Notable Quotes

“Iran’s not Stupid”

{image_1} “I think this is more [of a] political slogan than a real political decision to destroy Israel. I don’t think their political leadership is so stupid as to think they can do this [destroy Israel]. Iran wants to lead an international movement against the American presence in the region. They want to be one of the leaders, or maybe the most important leader, in the Muslim world. They need some strong political slogans. One of them [relates] to Israel.”

Notable Quotes

{image_1}Theodor Herzl
Founder of modern political Zionism

“Were I to sum up the Basel Congress [First Zionist Congress in Switzerland in 1897] in a word…it would be this: ‘At Basel, I founded the Jewish State.’ If I said this out loud today, I would be answered by universal laughter. If not in 5 years, certainly in 50, everyone will know it.”

—Journal entry, September 3, 1897

Enemy at the Gates

Palestinians Will Never Recognize Israel as a Jewish State

Just weeks before the Bush administration convened its Annapolis conference on the creation of Palestine, one of the PLO [Palestine Liberation Organization]/PA’s [Palestinian Authority’s] most senior spokesman, Saeb Erekat, declared that the “Palestinians” will never recognize Israel as a Jewish state. The words shone light on a central component of the deceptive, and usually hidden, PLO strategy whose end goal has always been the eradication of a sovereign Jewish state from the Muslim Middle East.

Boasts and Threats from the Other Side

{image_1}“Muslims Are Masters of the World”

“The Muslims and their societies are more advanced and more sublime than the West and its societies…are more perfect in value system and humanity. The fact that there are those who believe that these are Western values—it is a delusion and false, since the Muslims are masters of the world, its leaders and teachers, even if the West rejects this.”

“I Am Deeply Worried”

“There are thousands of people across this planet who get up every morning actively seeking to destroy the United States. They are spreading their poison by sermons, by the Internet, by a variety of recruiting devices. Tony Blair said it very well. The people who did the London subway bombings spoke English, were British citizens, lived in British housing and had jobs, and had decided, because of their relationships, that they were engaged in a war against the very country which had given them prosperity, freedom, and safety.”

—Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Israel/Middle East Friday Watch Fire, August 31, 2007

Israel Still Debating…

One year after the Second Lebanon War, the debate still rages in Israel as to whether or not Israel even won the war. Citizens are upset by what they perceive as ineffectual political and military leadership and coordination and are left feeling vulnerable on the home front to similar attacks in the future. The Winograd Commission’s reports have confirmed that there were mistakes made and that persons all the way up to the prime minister share in the blame.

But preparing…

However, as Israelis evaluate and recover from one war, they must train and prepare for any future threats against the Jewish state. Syria, supported by Iran, has given several warnings to Israel that if a peace is not achieved soon, then they may have no option but to go to war in order to “liberate” the Golan Heights. The war could be fought directly by Syria, by proxy through the Hizbullah, or by a new Syrian terror group using Hizbullah-style tactics.

Giuliani – No Palestinian State!

{image_1}Laying out his foreign policy positions, US Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani said it “is not in the interest of the United States, at a time when it is being threatened by Islamist terrorists, to assist the creation of another state that will support terrorism.”

Blessing and Curses

“I will bless those who bless you,
and I will curse him who curses you.”
Genesis 12:3a

Saudi Arabia: Our Plan or War

{image_1}Saudi Arabia claims to want to lead a new round of Middle East peace talks, but demands that Israel agree to withdraw from all land it won in the 1967 war (including all of the West Bank [Judea and Samaria] and half of Jerusalem) or face outright war with the Islamic [world].