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What Did Yeshua Look Like?

When I look at the portrayals of Christ which have been produced during the course of Church history, I presume that they are declarations of love because they present the Lord in romanticized physical beauty. He is depicted with cherry-red lips, delicate feminine skin tones, and in silk robes woven with gold thread.

Yet what did the Messiah really look like? Today nobody knows because the oldest portrayal of Christ is from 375 AD and is thus not an eyewitness account.

Jesus was and is anything but a soft, pathetic Savior, for one day He will “rule the nations with a rod of iron” (Revelation 2:27).

The beautiful image of Jesus that we carry in our hearts is simply a sign of our love for Him. However, He fits in better with the Haganah (the pre-state Jewish army in Palestine) than in the Vatican. More

Did the Libyan Leadership Deceive the West?

Libya is opening a new page in its history after the execution of former leader Muammar Gaddafi. At a ceremony in Benghazi on October 23, Mustafa Abdul Jalil, Chairman of the National Transitional Council, which is the temporary power in Libya replacing the Gaddafi regime, announced the completion of the "liberation of Libya" and outlined the characteristics of the new government, which adopts Islamic law (Sharia) as a major source for legislation. That means Libya's transformation into an Islamic state.

In his victory speech, Abdul Jalil said: "We, as an Islamic state, determined that Islamic law is a major source for legislation, and on this basis any law which contradicts the principles of Islam and Islamic law will be considered null and void." More

Qaddafi's son's shrinking options for escaping with life and fortune

Muammar Qaddafi's eldest son who has been on the run across Africa since his father's death, is weighing the options for his survival and the preservation of the fortune the Qaddafis amassed in their 42-year rule over Libya.

One would be to turn himself into the International Criminal Court in The Hague which seeks his arrest on a crimes against humanity warrant issued in June.  Saturday, Oct. 29, the ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo confirmed informal negotiations through intermediaries for his surrender although Saif al-Islam insists he is innocent.  The Libya interim government has put in a prior claim for his custody and his trial at home. More

I need your suggestions

I have been posting on this Blog since 1995 and I am considering deleting the blog.

After all these years of posting links on news about Israel and the Middle East I am only having less then 100 visits daily to the blog. To me this is an effort in futility.

If you have any suggestions on how to improve and increase traffic to the blog, let me know at israeladvocate@gmail.com

Defense isn't enough

We are not talking about an "escalation" or "crossing a red line," but rather war: a terrorist rocket war. Its method is to accumulate simple rockets in the heart of densely populated civilian areas, using the civilians as human shields while launching rockets in spurts and then waves on Israelis.

We do not need to reoccupy Gaza, but if the battle leads to a wider campaign, to Operation Cast Lead 2, we will need to "go all the way" by toppling the Hamas regime. Hamas is not part of the solution - it is the problem. More

Assad says intervention will burn region

Syrian President Bashar Assad has warned that a western intervention in Syria will lead to an "earthquake" that "would burn the whole region."

In an interview with Britain's Sunday Telegraph, Assad said that such an intervention against his regime will cause "another Afghanistan."

On Sunday, the Kuwaiti daily Al-Qabas reported that the Arab League had warned Assad that if its mediation efforts failed to stop violence in his country, international intervention would be inevitable. A meeting between an Arab League delegation and Syrian officials is set to take place in Doha Sunday. More

West in state of denial

Western irrationally in respect to Middle East a recipe for tyranny and war.

The crisis in Egypt exploded some weeks ago when Copts took to the streets and demanded an end to Muslim violence, which has significantly increased since Mubarak's fall. The demonstrations were violently suppressed by the Egyptian army, leaving scores of Copts dead.

In a reaction, the Obama administration typically issued an even-handed statement in which it hilariously urged the Copts to “restrain” themselves. More

Gifts for Terrorists: Your Tax Dollars at Work

Last year’s grant of $100 million to Palestinians via the federal government’s USAID program has helped to underwrite a particularly egregious enterprise: gifts provided by Hamas to terrorist mass murderers released in exchange for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.

Each of these thugs was given $2000 and a Nokia X3 cellphone, no doubt as a reward for their efforts to exterminate Jews. Who are these prisoners? Men like Yehya Sinwar, 49, who helped establish Hamas’s military wing in Gaza as well as its internal security apparatus, which killed Palestinians suspected of collaborating with Israel. He was serving four life sentences for his involvement in the 1994 kidnapping and murder of Israeli soldier Nachshon Wachsman. More

Report: Grapel deal includes US F-16 sale to Egypt

Cairo military source says deal brokered to ensure release of Israeli-American Ilan Grapel includes pledge by Washington to sell Egypt fighter jets. What? Obama arms Israel's enemies.

Maan quoted Egyptian military expert General Sameh Sayf al-Yazal as saying that Washington was instrumental in negotiation the 27-year-old's release, and helped Egypt "get the best possible deal for Grapel's release."

Grapel, who at some point faced charges of espionage, sedition and attempted arson, will be debriefed by defense officials once he arrives in Israel, after which he is expected to fly back to the United States. More

Jewish Gaza Becomes Launching Pad for Terror Attacks on Israel

The ruins of a former Jewish town in northern Gaza on Wednesday night became the launching pad for Grad Katyusha attacks on southern Israel.

Military sources said three missiles fired by Gaza terrorists were most likely launched from the ruins of the former secular Jewish village of Dugit.

The community, a small seaside fishing, marine rescue and tourism village, was located in the northernmost part of the Jewish area of Gaza. It was closest to the shore of the Mediterranean Sea in a bloc of Jewish settlements that included Elei Sinai and Nisanit. Dugit was technically under the municipal authority of the Hof Aza Regional Council, and not physically part of the Gush Katif bloc, where most of the other Jewish communities were located. More