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Monday, January 25, 2016

The Prophetic Truth Behind the Rapprochement Between the Pope and the Jews By Rivkah Lambert Adler - BREAKING ISRAEL NEWS


Rabbi of the Western Wall, Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch, accompanies Pope Francis, during a visit at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site, in Jerusalem's Old City, on May 26, 2014. (Photo: Kobi Gideon/GPO/FLASH90)

Rabbi of the Western Wall, Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch, accompanies Pope Francis, during a visit at the Western Wall, Judaism’s holiest site, in Jerusalem’s Old City, on May 26, 2014. (Photo: Kobi Gideon/GPO/FLASH90)


“Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD; but they that deal truly are His delight.” (Proverbs 12:22)
On the surface, it looks like Pope Francis and the Jews are cozying up to one another and becoming besties. Below the surface, an End of Days prophecy that pits Rome against Jerusalem is playing out.
That’s the contention of Rabbi Tovia Singer, a Jewish expert in both Hebrew and Christian Scripture and director of the counter-missionary organization, Outreach Judaism. Singer opens his case by noting the proximity of two recent news items.
Orthodox Rabbis Hold Out An Olive Branch
On December 3, 2015, the Center for Jewish Christian Understanding and Cooperation (CJCUC) issued a statement calling for increased cooperation between Jews and Christians. Rabbi Dr. Eugene Korn, Academic Director of CJCUC told Breaking Israel News, “The statement was addressed to the Jewish community primarily, and secondarily to the Christian community.
“Most of our statement referred to the developments in the Catholic Church (e.g. Nostra Aetate) but it also applies to all Christians and churches who are not actively converting Jews and acknowledge that the biblical covenant between God and the Jewish people is still a valid living covenant.”
Nostra Aetate, passed in 1965, is a declaration by the Catholic Church that the Jewish people of today are not responsible for the death of Jesus. The statement also condemns any expression of anti-Semitism and confirms that “God holds the Jews most dear.”
Korn further commented to Breaking Israel News, “Our statement was not coordinated with the Vatican or the Pope’s request in any explicit way. As Orthodox rabbis, we felt that after 50 years there was a need to express our position on the positive changes brought about by Nostra Aetate and the Church’s affirmation of the validity of the special covenantal relationship between God and the Jewish people, which is the foundation of Judaism.”
Vatican Tells Catholics to Stop Trying to Convert Jews
Just one week later, on December 10, 2015, the Vatican called on Catholics to stop missionizing Jews.
In an extended interview with Breaking Israel News, Singer explained that, while that gesture looked to many like the next stage of friendship between the Jewish people and the Catholic Church, the Vatican’s statement is essentially meaningless since “Roman Catholics haven’t evangelized Jews in 75 years.”
Singer acknowledged that the evangelical Christians who oppose the Vatican’s statement are theologically correct when they claim that Pope Francis is presenting a distorted view of a central Christian teaching. “The New Testament clearly tells that Jews are the primary audience [for conversion],” he told Breaking Israel News.
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These two events – the peaceful statement of more than 50 Orthodox rabbis toward Catholicism and the Pope’s command to stop converting Jews – look to many like rapprochement. 

However, according to Singer, there’s a third, darker element that has been overlooked by most. This third element, which has prophetic implications, tells the real story of the Catholic Church’s agenda toward Israel.
Pope Makes Friends With Abbas
In May 2015, the Pope drew the Roman Catholic Church closer to the Palestinian Authority when he called PA President Mahmoud Abbas a man of faith and an angel of peace. A month later, in June 2015, the Vatican signed a treaty recognizing the State of Palestine.
Although the modern state of Israel was established in 1948, diplomatic relations between Israel and the Vatican were not established until 1993, 43 years after the founding of the State. Yet the Vatican has already recognized the State of Palestine, despite the fact that no such entity exists.
The Prophecy
According to Singer, the Pope recognizing the PA points to an End of Days prophecy that speaks of Edom (Rome) coming up against Jerusalem. The Jewish people’s conflict with Edom is discussed in the Book of Daniel (2:31-35) which speaks of four exiles of the Jewish people. Until the arrival of the Messiah, the Jewish people, even those who live in Israel, are still in the fourth exile, known as Galut Edom (the Exile of Rome)
The Exile of Rome began when the Romans destroyed the Second Temple in the year 70 CE, and continues until today. It will only end in the Messianic days, when the Third Temple is built. The Book of Obadiah includes a prophecy that, at the End of Days, Edom (Rome) will attempt to come up against Jerusalem a second time.
The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom: We have heard a message from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the nations: ‘Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.’  (Obadiah 1:1)
According to Singer, the surest way for Edom to “rise up against Jerusalem” and destroy Israel is to strengthen her enemy. Thus, the Pope’s friendship with Abbas and his efforts to embolden the PA is the real story, the true fulfillment of the prophecy of Obadiah.
Singer urged that the world not be fooled by signs that the Pope and the Jews are warming up to one another. The Catholic Church’s true agenda, to fight against Jerusalem, as Obadiah prophesied, is being revealed by the Church’s recognition of the non-existent State of Palestine.

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I sincerely believe we are living in the end of days, as prophetic words have been rapidly fulfilled since the re-birth of Israel in 1948. Jesus Himself had said that when we see the fig tree budding, we know that the time is near. 
This book, my 10th published in the last three years (all between 2013-2015) and before my 61st birthday, is very special to me. I sense it is something the Lord put on my heart to do several months ago, giving it that “urgency of getting it done and out there” feel as I wrote. Originally these chapters were Now Think On This messages. It was amazing to me how many were done in September and October of 2015 alone, as the Holy Spirit would speak a word or sentence to me, and I would write soon after. I am truly grateful for His impartation, and acknowledge Jesus (Yeshua), my Lord and Savior, above all. 
The photos I have included in the book are primarily ones I took (exceptions noted), both to document history and to share another way the Lord also speaks to His Body. Capturing moments of the Holy Spirit action, especially in the two “fire” photos, were exciting. In both cases I wasn’t even aware of it until they were “developed”. 
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Jan. 25, 2016


Influx of Mideast Migrants Brings Fear of Renewed Anti-Semitism to Germany by JNS - BREAKING ISRAEL NEWS

Anti Israel Rally. (Photo: Alan Popely / https://www.flickr.com/photos/alanpopely/ © with Attribution, NonCommercial)


Influx of Mideast Migrants Brings Fear of Renewed Anti-Semitism to Germany


“Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my pressure be heavy upon thee.” (Job 33:7)
While Germany takes pride in confronting its Holocaust past and maintaining a strong relationship with Israel, the European nation’s recent influx of more than a million Middle East migrants—many originating in countries like Syria and Iraq, which have deeply rooted anti-Israel and anti-Semitic cultures—has generated fear among German Jews that the refugees will undermine their safety.
In October, an official German state intelligence document leaked to the German weekly newspaper Welt am Sonntag warned that the mass migration could conflict with modern German values and lead to “instability in our land.”
“We are importing Islamic extremism, Arab anti-Semitism, national and ethnic conflicts of other peoples as well as a different societal and legal understanding,” the document said.
After the events in the German city of Cologne over New Year’s Eve, when hundreds of women accused migrants of sexually assaulting them, more Germans have grown skeptical about the Mideast refugee situation. A poll released Jan. 15 by public broadcaster ZDF found that 60 percent of Germans doubt the country’s ability to cope with the refugee influx. Meanwhile, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has faced growing backlash from the public and members of her own Christian Democratic Union political party, which recently pledged to “tangibly reduce the number of refugees arriving.”
This anxiety has been expressed by some prominent German Jewish leaders, who fear that the migrants will bring anti-Semitism from their home countries. Jutta Wagemann, a spokesperson for the Central Council of Jews in Germany, told JNS.org  “there are concerns in the Jewish community about the anti-Semitism of the Middle East refugees.”
In a joint op-ed with World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder, the Central Council’s president, Josef Schuster, wrote in September that “huge numbers of refugees are of course a big challenge for Europe.”
“It is also important that those who at present can’t return to their home countries will become familiar with our Western values. In Germany, that means respect for the values enshrined in the Constitution and also an acceptance that support for Israel is part of the political DNA of this country. Moreover, society by and large agrees that the Holocaust must be remembered,” they wrote.
This sentiment was shared with Merkel during an October meeting between the Central Council and the leadership of Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union party. “Many refugees come from countries where Israel is an enemy; this resentment is often transferred to Jews in general,” the Jewish leaders warned.
More recently, prominent German Jewish leaders have been outspoken in expressing their growing fears of the refugee influx, Islamic extremism, and attacks by far-right pro-Nazi extremists.
“No, we are no longer safe here,” said Daniel Killy, leader of the Jewish community in Hamburg, Germany, citing the disintegration of state power, the excesses of the far right, the loss of political credibility, and “the terrible fear of naming Islamism as such” as contributing to an insecure environment for Jews, the German news outlet Tagesshcau.de reported.
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Salomon Korn, president of Germany’s Frankfurt Jewish community, said that most of the new arrivals come from countries that do not enjoy an “enlightened” version of Islam, the German daily newspaper The Local reported.
“Many of the refugees had grown up in environments rife with anti-Semitism and a belief in Muslims’ mission to spread their religion,” Korn said.
Despite their fears, Jewish groups have also been at the forefront of helping refugees settle in Germany.
“Many individuals and official representatives of many local communities as well as the Central Council for Jews in Germany and the Central Jewish Social Organization have extended their hands to the newly incoming refugees, have participated in welfare work, and for example explicitly visited refugee homes,” Stefanie Schüler-Springorum, head of the Berlin-based Center for Anti-Semitism Research, told JNS.org.
“At the same time, many voiced their fear of ‘imported anti-Semitism,’ albeit again in a large variety of tones,” Schüler-Springorum added.
Many of Germany’s Jews were refugees themselves, fleeing the former Soviet Union during the latter half of the 20th century. The fact that many Jews chose Germany as their new home was a testament to the country’s post-war efforts in confronting its own dark history of anti-Semitism.
Yet Benjamin Weinthal, a Berlin-based fellow for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies think tank, believes that the “challenges are enormous” for Germany, given the fact that the country has had a growing presence of Islamic extremists. According to Weinthal, Germany is also home to 950 active Hezbollah members, 300 Hamas members, and a powerful radical Salafist movement with 7,000 radical Sunni Muslims.
“The Salafists in Germany export fighters to ISIS (Islamic State) and Al-Qaeda in the Syrian and Iraqi war theaters. Many have returned to Germany with combat experience,” Weinthal told JNS.org. “When you factor in Germany’s support for a BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement) measure—EU product labeling [of Israeli settlement products]—with the hotbed of jihadism in the country, one can see why Germany has no real political will to tackle the anti-Semitism of many of the refugees and immigrants from Muslim-majority countries.”
The summer of 2014 can be seen as a watershed moment in modern anti-Semitism in Germany, with a number of protests against Israel’s Operation Protective Edge in Gaza leading to an increase in anti-Semitic sentiments and attacks on Jews. At the time, reports indicated that anti-Israel protesters were heard shouting “Gas the Jews,” while a video of a radical Berlin imam show him telling his followers to “kill them (Jews) to the very last one.”
Regarding Germany’s challenge of integrating more than a million migrants, Schüler-Springorum believes that it is possible “with time, money, and the political will to [meet the challenge], even in face of negative events like [New Year’s Eve] in Cologne.”
Schüler-Springorum cited the historic precedent of Germany’s success in dealing with its anti-Semitic past as providing hope that Germany can successfully educate and integrate the current Mideast refugees.
“As my colleague Michael Brenner wrote some weeks ago: Where, if not in Germany, with its achievements in dealing with our own anti-Semitic past—due especially to many grassroots organizations, civil society initiatives, and NGOs—can this be expected to be successful? Not tomorrow, of course, but hopefully in the non-too distant future,” Schüler-Springorum said.
But despite Germany’s success in overcoming its Holocaust past, Weinthal argues that the country has “failed to internalize that modern anti-Semitism—hatred of the Jewish state and the delegitimization of Israel via product labels, for example—is the main problem.”
As such, Weinthal believes that many German Jews will seek aliyah as a viable option, much like their counterparts in France who are moving to Israel in droves, especially after the Islamist terror attacks in Paris last January and November. In 2015, about 200 German Jews made aliyah.
“The threat to the safety of German Jews will continue,” Weinthal said. “Aliyah as an escape hatch for German Jews will be the natural result of Germany’s failure to protect its small Jewish community and stop modern anti-Semitism.”

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

After Firestorm On-Air Resignation, This Former Russia Today Anchor is Exposing the Media’s Hidden Agenda Against Israel - by Ahuva Balofsky BIN

Liz Wahl (Photo: snapshot from YouTube)

Liz Wahl (Photo: snapshot from YouTube)

After Firestorm On-Air Resignation, This Former Russia Today Anchor is Exposing the Media’s Hidden Agenda Against Israel

“All my intimate friends abhor me; and they whom I loved are turned against me.” (Job 19:19)
A former television news anchor for Russia Today’s (RT) American affiliate has denounced the media’s anti-Israel bias, urging the public to fight bigotry with information. After experiencing first-hand the way media bias breeds anti-Semitism, Liz Wahl opted to create a documentary on the subject.
Wahl published an op-ed in the Jerusalem Post Tuesday, sharing her experiences and explaining the motivation behind the film.
In March of 2014, at the height of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict over Crimea, a disillusioned Wahl resigned her post with RT America on-air over her growing discomfort with her employer’s role in distorting media coverage of the events. Her actions created a firestorm on social media, but “I found the wave of anti-Semitic hate particularly shocking and confusing.”
Wahl is not Jewish, nor does she have any ties to Israel. Yet, “the accusations of being a ‘Zionist neocon’ were unrelenting.”
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A journalist based in Washington, DC., Wahl has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, The View, The Colbert Report and international news outlets. Her experiences with Russian media accustomed her to the knee-jerk accusations of “a paranoid population attributing any atrocity to a nefarious conspiracy by power-hungry evildoers intent on controlling the world.” However, she was surprised to see the Jews blamed for the events in question, and even more so to be charged with being a part of it.
Ultimately, however, Wahl realized this was nothing new. The Jewish people had been scapegoats for centuries. Wahl herself had watched as people’s opposition to Israel’s treatment of Palestinians had shifted into blatant anti-Semitism, even at her own TV station. She began to notice, as well, the proliferation of anti-Semitic sentiment among far-Left leaders in the US.
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Following the decidedly “uncool” personal brush with anti-Semitism, Wahl decided to investigate the role the media plays in propagating hatred. The resulting film, “Media 101: Reading Between the Lines, was produced in conjunction with Jerusalem U, a Jewish educational organization.
The film, narrated by Wahl, explores both the impact of the media and the tools available to the public to combat such misinformation and animosity.
Wahl points to the dangers posed by the “constant bombardment” of social media today. “How can we control the flames?” she asks. “I believe that education and awareness can be powerful tools against hate and bigotry.”
“‘Media 101’ not only sheds a light on where anti-Jewish sentiment might come from, but also on how we can identify different types of media bias and how we can all be wiser and more responsible information consumers.”

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

North Korea Tests Nuclear Weapon, Sets off Earthquake By Abra Forman - BREAKING ISRAEL NEWS

Kim Jong Un, Supreme Leader of North Korea (Photo: Traineek/Wikimedia Commons)


Kim Jong Un, Supreme Leader of North Korea (Photo: Traineek/Wikimedia Commons)

North Korea Tests Nuclear Weapon, Sets off Earthquake


“The voice of Thy thunder was in the whirlwind; the lightnings lighted up the world; the earth trembled and shook.” (Psalm 77:19)
North Korea is suspected of carrying out a nuclear test on Wednesday after a 5.1 magnitude seismic tremor was detected near its main atomic test site in the north of the country. The China Earthquake Network Center described the quake as a “suspected explosion”.
The Korea Meteorological Administration told AFP that upon first analysis, the quake seemed to be a result of “artificial” causes, and the Japanese government said that there was a strong possibility of the seismic activity being a nuclear test.
The quake, which was detected at 10:00 am Pyongyang time, took place in the northeast of the country, right next to North Korea’s known nuclear test site at Punggye-ri.
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Last month, North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-Un indicated that Pyongyang had already developed a powerful hydrogen bomb, though international experts doubted the claim. Researchers at the US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University reported around the same time that satellite images showed evidence of a new tunnel being excavated at the nuclear test site.
The tunnel “adds to North Korea’s ability to conduct additional detonations over the coming years if it chooses to do so,” said the researchers at the time.
This would be the fourth nuclear test carried out by North Korea. Each previous test has resulted in international condemnation and tightened sanctions and restrictions against the country.
China, an ally of North Korea, has been pushing for a resumption of international talks aimed at finding a peaceful solution to the security concerns raised by North Korea’s nuclear weapons program. If Wednesday’s tremor is proven to be a result of nuclear activity, it would be a serious blow to Beijing’s attempt at renewing a diplomatic dialogue.



USA TODAY Jan. 6, 2015
North Korea said Wednesday it had conducted a hydrogen bomb test, a defiant and surprising move that, if confirmed, would put Pyongyang a big step closer toward improving its still-limited nuclear arsenal. (Jan. 6) AP


TOKYO — North Korea announced Wednesday that it tested its first hydrogen bomb, a major leap in its nuclear program that promptly drew international condemnation.
A statement by the secretive nation's government said "the first H-bomb test was successfully conducted" at 10 a.m. local time Wednesday.
The statement, carried by the state-run Korean Central News Agency, said in a "world-startling event," North Korea has "proudly joined the advanced ranks of nuclear weapons states" and is "equipped with the most powerful nuclear deterrent."
The announcement came soon after a magnitude-5.1 earthquake was reported by the U.S. Geological Service 30.4 miles from the city of Kilju, North Korea, where the country's Punggye-ri nuclear test site is located.
That is the same area where North Korea conducted nuclear tests in 2006, 2009 and 2013.
The USGS put the depth of the earthquake at 6 miles below the surface, but South Korea's geological agency said it was near the surface. The earthquake was detected just after 10 a.m. Tokyo time (8 p.m. ET).
South Korean President Park Geun-hye called for a swift, accurate analysis of the North's claim at an emergency security meeting Wednesday.
"It's not only grave provocation of our national security, but also an act that threatens our lives and future. It's also a direct challenge to world peace and stability," she said.
She said the South will sternly deal with any additional provocation by the North, and ordered the military to maintain readiness in cooperation with U.S. troops.
The U.N. Security Council is holding an emergency meeting on the reported test starting at 11 a.m. ET Wednesday.
AFP tweeted that the council will consider new sanctions against North Korea, citing the British ambassador.
A television anchor in North Korea said in a propaganda-heavy statement that the North tested a miniaturized hydrogen bomb, elevating the country's nuclear prowess "to the next level" and providing it with a weapon against the U.S. and others. The TV anchor said the test went off perfectly.
A large crowd celebrated in front of Pyongyang's main train station as the announcement was broadcast on a big screen.
North Korean university student Ri Sol Yong, 22, said: "If we didn't have powerful nuclear weapons, we would already have been turned into the slaves of the U.S."
The Obama administration has been "re-balancing" U.S. forces to the Asia-Pacific region in part to deal with North Korea's nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs.
The White House said after the earthquake that it was aware of the seismic activity and of North Korea's claims of a nuclear test.
"While we cannot confirm these claims at this time, we condemn any violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions and again call on North Korea to abide by its international obligations and commitments," said Ned Price, the spokesman for theNational Security Council. "We have consistently made clear that we will not accept it as a nuclear state. We will continue to protect and defend our allies in the region, including the Republic of Korea, and will respond appropriately to any and all North Korean provocations."
U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy met with Japan's Foreign Minister Fumio Kishidaon Wednesday to discuss the test.
"We condemn any violation of the U.N. Security Council resolutions and call again on North Korea to abide by its international obligations and commitments," Kennedy said. "We stand with Japan and our other allies in solidarity against North Korean provocations, and we will work closely with them in the coming days."
Kishida said Japan would seek a new U.N. resolution condemning the test.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said in an annual New Year's speech last week that the country was ready for war if provoked by "invasive" outsiders, but did not repeat past threats to use the country's nuclear weapons or long-range missiles.
A confirmed test would mark another big step toward Pyongyang's goal of building a warhead that can be mounted on a missile capable of reaching the U.S. mainland.
The test drew immediate reaction from North Korea's neighbors.
Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the test represents a threat to Japanese security and is "totally intolerable," according to Kyodo News Service.
Abe said Japan "strongly condemns" the test and would have a "firm response."
China, North Korea's main ally, said it "firmly opposes" the test.
British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, who is currently visiting China, condemned the action and said he and his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi agreed to work with other members of the U.N. Security Council toward "a robust international response."
Lee Cheol Woo, a South Korean lawmaker, said the country's spy agency told him in a private briefing that the North may not have conducted a hydrogen bomb test because the estimated explosive yield of six kilotons and magnitude-4.8 quake theNational Intelligence Service said were detected Wednesday were a fraction of the hundreds of kilotons of explosive yield that a typical successful hydrogen bomb test would have.
He said an estimated explosive yield of 7.9 kilotons and a magnitude-4.9 quake were reported after the 2013 nuclear test.
Robert Kelly, associate professor of political science and diplomacy at Pusan National University in South Korea said he is not convinced that the test represents a hydrogen bomb and said the footprint more closely resembles that of the 2013 atomic bomb test.
"Hydrogen bombs are an order of magnitude more powerful in the amount of energy they release. They are fusion weapons ... it would be a major upgrade if they managed to pull it off," he said.
He added: "North Korea makes all sorts of claims and there is no reason, given their history of lying and dissembling, to take them at their word. I am waiting for definitive word from the South Korean and or American governments."
North Korea is believed to have three types of operational ballistic missiles, with a maximum range of 800 miles. That's enough range to hit targets in South Korea and Japan, including the massive U.S. military bases in both countries.
The North also is believed to be working on two types of long-range missiles that could hit targets in the U.S. territory of Guam, and in Alaska and Hawaii.
Pyongyang is thought to have a handful of crude nuclear weapons. The United States and its allies worry about North Korean nuclear tests because each new blast brings the country closer to perfecting its nuclear arsenal.
Contributing: Associated Press