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Ancient Mystery Solved: Greek Citadel Unearthed in Israel - CBN News
Ancient Mystery Solved: Greek Citadel Unearthed in Israel
Wednesday, November 04, 2015
JERUSALEM, Israel -- Earlier this week Israeli archaeologists announced one of the most important discoveries in history.
For more than a hundred years, Israeli archaeologists have searched for the Greek fortress, known as Akra, from the time of the Maccabees, around 200 BC. Now they say they've found it.
The discovery answers a perplexing question about the ancient city of Jerusalem -- a question that Israeli archeaelogists have been digging for for nearly a decade.
"We can now be more than positive we are facing part of the stronghold that used to house the upper part of the city of David in the time of Antiochus IV," Doron Ben-Ami, of the Israel Antiquities Authority, said.
Antiochus IV built the nearly 60-foot tall fortress in order to control Jerusalem. It also included a large ramp known as a Glasies. After he defiled the Jewish temple, the Macabees, also known as the Hasmoneans, revolted.
"We can now be more than positive we are facing part of the stronghold that used to house the upper part of the city of David in the time of Antiochus IV," Doron Ben-Ami, of the Israel Antiquities Authority, said.
Antiochus IV built the nearly 60-foot tall fortress in order to control Jerusalem. It also included a large ramp known as a Glasies. After he defiled the Jewish temple, the Macabees, also known as the Hasmoneans, revolted.
The excavation shows evidence of that revolt, including artifacts such as arrowheads with the inscriptions of Antiochus and sling stones. The discovery confirms the accounts of the historian Josephus and the book of Maccabees.
"In the book of Maccabees, it specifically says that the Akra fortress is built in the city of David," said Rabbi Barnea Levi Selavan, an archeologist and Jerusalem-based tour guide.
It also fills in another big piece of the puzzle of ancient Jerusalem.
"Today, because of this discovery, we can connect other elements that were isolated thus far and put them all together to see the real fortress or stronghold here on the upper part of the city of David," explained Ben-Ami.
"In the book of Maccabees, it specifically says that the Akra fortress is built in the city of David," said Rabbi Barnea Levi Selavan, an archeologist and Jerusalem-based tour guide.
It also fills in another big piece of the puzzle of ancient Jerusalem.
"Today, because of this discovery, we can connect other elements that were isolated thus far and put them all together to see the real fortress or stronghold here on the upper part of the city of David," explained Ben-Ami.
Rabbi Selavan says these ancient stones give proof to a story that many have considered legend, much like Santa Claus.
"Yes Virginia, there is a Josephus and he said the Greeks made it a powerful fortress which controlled the city," Barnea said. "The bravery of the Hasmoneans to take on the Greeks who were sitting there in Jerusalem, the bravery of the Hasmoneans to service in the Temple for 25 years while there's Greek soldiers right there. At least we can serve God. So what if we don't have political freedom, but we can serve God. What a message!"
"Yes Virginia, there is a Josephus and he said the Greeks made it a powerful fortress which controlled the city," Barnea said. "The bravery of the Hasmoneans to take on the Greeks who were sitting there in Jerusalem, the bravery of the Hasmoneans to service in the Temple for 25 years while there's Greek soldiers right there. At least we can serve God. So what if we don't have political freedom, but we can serve God. What a message!"
His Last Act: Inside Reagan's Twilight Years, Legacy - CBNNews.com
His Last Act: Inside Reagan's Twilight Years, Legacy
CBNNews.com Thursday, November 05, 2015
When former President Ronald Reagan passed away in 2004, he had been out of the public eye for 16 years. Not much was known about his post-presidential life – until now.
In his new book, Last Act: The Final Years and Emerging Legacy of Ronald Reagan, author Craig Shirley writes about Reagan's twilight years.
Much has been penned about the late president's early life and his eight years in the White House.
But in 1994, just a few years after he left office, Reagan announced in a letter to the nation that he had the beginnings of Alzheimer's disease.
"I now begin the journey that will lead me into the sunset of my life," he wrote. "I know that for America there will always be a bright dawn ahead."
For the last decade of his life, there were no public appearances, and little is known about his final years.
Now, in Last Act, Shirley sheds new light on:
How the former president and his wife dealt with the diagnosis and progression of the disease.
The planning of the state funeral.
The outpouring from the nation.
The significance of the Reagan legacy.
"The battle over the Reagan legacy and the meaning of Reagan came to a head the week he died," Shirley wrote. "And it remains a matter of debate to this day."
*Craig Shirley will share more about his new book and the final days of Ronald Reagan on Friday's edition of The 700 Club. Check your local listings or CBNNews.com after 10 a.m. EDT for the interview.
Freed Yezidi Teen Tells Of Life As ISIS Sex Slave - II&ET
E RBIL, Kurdistan Region – A young Kurdish Yezidi woman who became pregnant while being held as a sex slave of the so-called Islamic State, or ISIS, for more than three months tells her story.
The woman, 15, is originally from Shingal. Her name has been changed to Hind in this account to preserve her safety. She was abducted when ISIS fighters overran the Yezidi’s ancestral homeland.
“On August 3 at 2am, the war started in Shingal. The fight lasted until 9am and then the Yezidis and Peshmerga were defeated. I left with my brother’s wife to my uncle’s house. I had my little sisters with me and my aunts had their daughters, and we managed to find a car. My father and mother along with my uncle walked to the mountain. Those who walked towards the mountain managed to escape but those who took a car were stuck and ISIS caught them,” she told Rudaw.
Hind said she distrusted some local Arabs and suspected they had waited for this moment to attack the Yezidis.
She said most of the families who failed to escape were caught on the Syrian border and then taken to a camp in Khansor.
Hind had said she and two of her sisters were taken to Baaj and then transferred to Tal Afar. After Tal Afar, they were taken to Badoosh prison where they stayed for 25 days
“They took us again to Tal Afar and we stayed in a school. They separated the families with the young girls. We were around 700 girls,” she said.
She said she stayed at a three-storey house in Mosul and one day one an ISIS emir came and took her and one of her friends.
“At 3am he raped me. That ugly monster,” she told Rudaw. “For more than three months, I cried myself from the morning until the night.”
Hind and her friends never lost hope. They tried to escape but they were caught by the militants and taken to base where hundreds of other Yezidi girls were held as hostage.
“My friend and I were taken to a basement and stayed there for one week with no water and food,” she said.
Hind and her friend were continuously transferred between places. She said they were even taken to Syria and then returned to the basement.
“I still live in fear and have nightmares every night,” she said.
“The first one who raped me was tall and had a long beard. He was originally from Syria,” she told Rudaw.
Hind said she was sold once for $200 and once given as a gift from one ISIS fighter to another.
Finally, she was forced to marry an ISIS member who eventually took her to a Christian house.
“We managed to find a cell phone and gave the phone to my friends and they charged it. I talked with my family and they helped us find a smuggler who was secretly working to buy the girls who were in ISIS captivity,” she said.
“At 3am, my friends and I jumped from the second floor. A car arrived and took us to a house in Mosul. We stayed there for three days. Another smuggler came to take us to Jazira near Mosul,” she said.
Hind managed to return back to the Kurdistan region in November 2014. Four of her siblings are still held by ISIS.
“I would look them in the eye and ask, ‘Why are you doing this? Don’t you fear God?’ I told them, ‘We are the same age as your daughters. There is no mercy in your hearts. You hit me. You rape me’.”
She said the ISIS fighters would say, “Islam allows it and we will do it.”
“They forced me to read Quran and pray in front of them. And I had no choice but to obey,”
Hind said most ISIS members are foreigners and some spoke English. She said some were from Egypt, Afghanistan, Pakistan, the United Kingdom, the United States, China and other countries. She said the foreigners mostly stayed in Syria and did not come to Iraq.
During her captivity, she noticed that the militants were eager to pray and fast. She said they frequently mentioned heaven.
Hind said that some ISIS members drank alcohol, but only in secret because it is not allowed in Islam.
Hind said some of the foreign women who joined ISIS were very happy. She said a woman from the UK told her, “ISIS is very good. They provide us with everything: money, houses and guards.”
Hind said went to school and learned how to read and write, but after what ISIS did to her she remembers nothing.
“I was raped by three different ISIS members with different nationalities. I had no idea I was pregnant. I felt sick all the time and one day I started to bleed. I was taken to the doctor and they told me I was pregnant. I lost the child because the child was threatening my life,” said the woman.
“I am just happy that I did not carry an ISIS child into this world,” she said.
Hind was also left heartbroken and ashamed.
“Before ISIS attack, I was in love with a guy. After I returned, he told me that he is not interested in me anymore because I was raped,” she said.
Hind said that she has no desire to get married.
Hind now lives at a camp with her family in Erbil.
“Life at the camp is very hard, “ she said.
“Soon, I will leave to Europe and will never come back, even if this place becomes a heaven on earth.”
Rediscovered Prophecies - Day 3 with John Shorey - The Jim Bakker Show
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"A NUGGET FOR LIVING LIFE" - Prayer, Press On and Power - Steve Martin
A NUGGET FOR LIVING LIFE
Steve Martin
"Prayer is hard work.
That is why not enough people
do it."
do it."
"When you are pressed in
then press on."
"We need boldness
in our Christian walk.
The Holy Spirit can give it."
[nuhg-it]
1.
a lump of something, as of precious metal.
2.
a lump of native gold.
Canada to reach out to Arab states in bid for ‘efficient’ foreign policy - THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
Canada's new Foreign Minister Stéphane Dion (screen grab YouTube)
Canada to reach out to Arab states in bid for ‘efficient’ foreign policy
Israel is a friend, but to be an effective ally, Ottawa needs to bolster ties with ‘other legitimate partners,’ new FM says
November 5, 2015 THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
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Canada will strive for a more balanced policy regarding the Middle East, including active outreach to the Arab world, the country’s new foreign minister said Wednesday.
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“Israel is a friend, it is an ally but for us to be an effective ally we need also to strengthen our relationship with the other legitimate partners in the region,” Stéphane Dion said in an interview hours after being sworn in. “For example, we need to strengthen our relationship with Lebanon and this will help Lebanon but also Israel. To be helpful, you need to strengthen your relationship with the other legitimate partners and that is what we will do.”
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“Israel is a friend, it is an ally but for us to be an effective ally we need also to strengthen our relationship with the other legitimate partners in the region,” Stéphane Dion said in an interview hours after being sworn in. “For example, we need to strengthen our relationship with Lebanon and this will help Lebanon but also Israel. To be helpful, you need to strengthen your relationship with the other legitimate partners and that is what we will do.”
Ottawa strives to be more balanced, “more open” and more “efficient” in its foreign policy, he told Radio Canada in a separate interview. Siding with Israel only, as the previous governments under prime minister Stephen Harper did, is ultimately in nobody’s interest, he argued.
“We can say the things Israel wants to hear but to helpful to Israel we also need to be helpful to other states in the region, to Lebanon among others, with which he should establish excellent relations,” he said. Preventing states surrounding Israel from becoming completely dysfunctional like Syria will ultimately be beneficial to all parties, he indicated.
“We can say the things Israel wants to hear but to helpful to Israel we also need to be helpful to other states in the region, to Lebanon among others, with which he should establish excellent relations,” he said. Preventing states surrounding Israel from becoming completely dysfunctional like Syria will ultimately be beneficial to all parties, he indicated.
Ottawa will strive to become an honest broker in the Middle East and seek to avoid turning Israel into a partisan issue, Dion said.
Canadian Prime Minister-designate Justin Trudeau arrives to give a press conference after winning the general election, October 20, 2015. (AFP Photo/Nicholas Kamm)
On October 19, the Liberal Party under Justin Trudeau won the national elections, replacing Harper’s Conservatives, who had ruled the country for nearly a decade. The various Harper administrations were among Israel’s staunchest supporters on the international stage. Trudeau isconsidered a friend of Israel as well, but widely expected to adopt a more balanced approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, not shying away, for instance, from criticizing Jerusalem’s settlement policies.
In a telephone conversation between Trudeau and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week, the new Canadian leader “explained there would be a shift in tone, but Canada would continue to be a friend of Israel’s,” Trudeau’s spokesperson said.
Dion, a veteran politician whose previous roles included head of the opposition and environment minister, is known as sympathetic to the Jewish state.
“On Israel, Dion is indeed a friend,” said Gerald Steinberg, a political science professor at Bar-Ilan University and longtime observer of Canadian politics. “But he will also be influenced by less friendly voices.”
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