Thursday, April 24, 2014

US Backs Israel in Quitting Peace Talks (LFHP Editor's Note: GOOD FOR THE USA! Finally!)

US Backs Israel in Quitting Peace Talks

Thursday, April 24, 2014 | Ryan Jones ISRAEL TODAY

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The Obama Administration on Wednesday signaled its support for Israel’s decision to cancel further peace talks with the Palestinian Authority after the latter concluded a unity agreement with the Hamas terrorist organization.

“It’s hard to see how Israel can be expected to sit down and negotiate with a group that denies its right to exist,” US State Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki said in reference to Hamas.

Israel has long insisted that it cannot make genuine peace with a Palestinian government that includes Hamas.

In 2006, the Palestinian public responded to Israel’s position on the matter by overwhelmingly voting Hamas into power in national legislative elections. An internal power struggle with its rival Fatah kept Hamas from exercising its full authority. But Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas (Fatah) this week demonstrated that he had no problem reconciling with Hamas, even if doing so put peace with Israel further out of reach.

The deal forged between Abbas and his Hamas rivals calls for the formation of a unity government in the next five weeks, and could see the Palestinian leader visit the Gaza Strip for the first time since it was seized by Hamas in a bloody coup in 2007.

“I said this morning that Abbas needs to choose between peace with Israel and an agreement with Hamas, a murderous terrorist organization that calls for the destruction of the State of Israel and which both the United States and the European Union define as a terrorist organization,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a statement released to the press.

“This evening, as talks are still ongoing about extending the negotiations, Abbas has chosen Hamas and not peace,” he continued. “Whoever chooses Hamas does not want peace.”

Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, Israel’s chief negotiator in talks with the Palestinians, agreed: “The reconciliation agreement that Mahmoud Abbas signed with Hamas is a bad step, which not only caused the cancelation of [negotiations], but cast a heavy shadow on the possibility to progress.”

Livni added that Israel “has a duty, even when we want peace, not to stop seeing reality with eyes wide open: Hamas combines religious Muslim extremist ideology with terrorism and doesn’t recognize our right to exist.”

Finance Minister Yair Lapid said both the Fatah-Hamas unity agreement and Abbas’ recent decision to violate agreements with Israel by unilaterally seeking recognition for “Palestine” called into question whether or not the Palestinians really want a state of their own, or rather, a state alongside Israel.

“Hamas is not a government, it is a Jihadist terror organization that has inscribed on its flag the killing of civilians — women, children, old people — just because they are Jewish,” Lapid reminded a gathering of the European Jewish Congress in Tel Aviv.

At an emergency cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on Thursday, Netanyahu was reportedly urged to go beyond simply canceling a few negotiating sessions, and to impose real sanctions on the Palestinian Authority.

Palestinian leaders, meanwhile, maintained that unity with Hamas should not preclude a negotiated settlement with Israel. Abbas was quoted as saying that bringing Hamas into the PLO (the parent organization of the Palestinian Authority) would somehow bolster the chances of a lasting peace.

PHOTO: Hamas and Fatah negotiators shake hands in Gaza

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Love For His People Editor's Note:

GOOD FOR THE USA!

Finally! Supporting Israel again!!!

Steve Martin

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Nigerian Christians: 'Our Blood Will Speak about Christ' - CBN News

Nigeria, West Africa

Nigerian Christians: 'Our Blood Will Speak about Christ'

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Wednesday, April 23, 2014

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In Nigeria, Christians in the Muslim-majority North have been the targets of relentless deadly attacks by Islamic extremists.

More than 200 pastors in the Northeastern Borno state have either fled, closed their churches, or have been murdered by the militant Islamic group Boko Haram.

Christian leaders who remain have committed to fasting and praying for the region one week each month.

"We have to stay and uphold the name of Christ in this state," one pastor named James told the international ministry Open Doors.

"We are willing to pay the price for our calling. We don't only share the Gospel when things are rosy," he continued. "It is to be done in every situation. Hunger and want will never discourage us. Swords and guns, even the roar of the devil, will only encourage us to stand first for Christ."

"If we die, our blood will speak about Christ to our killers," he said.

"We are seeking the face of God in this situation," Rev. Pona, whose full name we cannot reveal for security purposes, told Open Doors. "Brethren are being killed all over the state. Thousands of homes have been destroyed. Our churches have not been spared. We are being struck from every direction. Only Christ can deliver us from this trial."

New Documentary Unveils 'Schindler' of Music World

New Documentary Unveils

'Schindler' of Music World

By Gary Lane

CBN News Sr. International Correspondent

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Most people have never heard of Branislav Huberman. The great Polish violinist founded the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra and used music to rescue hundreds of Jews from Nazis death camps.

Now, a new documentary, called "Orchestra of Exiles," is profiling the man some are calling the "Oskar Schindler of the music world."

"Schindler saved a thousand people. Huberman saved a thousand people and no one knows him," Academy Award-nominated director Josh Aronson explained.

"He was a hero. He was a heroic character. He was a great, great violinist, he was a great artist and was a great man," Aronson said.

Founder of Israel's Cultural Life

A Jewish child prodigy from Poland, Huberman began playing the violin at age 8. He performed throughout Europe and fell in love with audiences in Palestine.

"The film is about a man who starts the cultural life of Israel by founding the Palestine Symphony. It's about the difficulty and the obstacles, tremendous obstacles that were in the way of Huberman in doing this," Aronson said.

"It was before concentration camps," he continued. "It was before we knew what was coming in Germany. He talked to people about how dangerous it was going to get and it was eerie that he had that sense ...that Jews had to get out."

Stand-Off With Hitler

By the end of 1935, every Jew in the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra had left. Most had been fired.

Eventually the Nazis invited only so-called "special Jews" to perform, but Huberman refused.

"The moment that Hitler came in, Huberman said he would never play in Germany again until every musician who had been fired from the Berlin Philharmonic was back in their seats and from the Frankfurt Symphonies and so forth, and he said he wouldn't go otherwise," Aronson recounted.

Birth of the Palestine Orchestra

Eventually, Huberman decided to form the Palestine Orchestra, a symphony of exiled Jews that would perform music at the very highest levels to show the world that the Nazis and their anti-Semitic beliefs could be opposed with the only weapon many Jews possessed -- music.

Huberman spent two years traveling throughout Europe, auditioning the best musicians. Most were Jews exiled from Central European orchestras, musicians like highly regarded soloist David Grunschlag.

Fleeing Germany

Huberman helped Grunschlag and his family move to Palestine.

"Luckily for my family, nobody had to go through the ordeals of concentration camps, thanks to Huberman, because getting my father out in 1936 to Palestine not only saved his life, but also his sisters," Dorit Grunschlag, the daughter of David Grunschlag, said.

One sister was 20 years old. The other was only 16.

As Hitler's power and influence grew, the Grunschlag girls knew they had to get out. After several embassies rejected their visa requests, they sent a letter to Huberman who was housed at the Budapest hotel.

"So, Toni wrote him. Dear maestro, you're our last hope. Please help us," Rosi Grunschlag, one of the sisters David Grunschlag, recalled.

Huberman agreed to help. Six weeks later, the two women received student visas and were on their way to Palestine.

"He made it all happen, yes," Rosi said.

"He knew, any Jew he gets out of Europe, he's probably saved his life or at least spared him a lot of misery and a lot of suffering," Gad Lewertoff, a historian, explained.

Satisfying the Cultural Thirst

And in the process, Huberman brought music and culture to the desert.

"It was a big deal, coming to a land where the culture is almost non-existent. But everyone was very, very thirsty for it. There was a lot of excitement in the air, you know, hustle and bustle. This was a country in the making," Thalia Fenyves-Reichard, daughter of a Palestine Symphony musician, said.

Led by Italian conductor Arturo Toscanini, the Palestine Symphony performed its first concert on December 26, 1936. The event was broadcast on radio and heard by millions around the world.

Each One Teach One

Huberman also started a music school. He insisted that all symphony players instruct others so a new generation of musicians could be built in Palestine.

When Israel became a state in 1948, the Palestine Symphony was renamed The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.

Huberman died in 1947. Although he never heard his orchestra perform the Israeli national anthem, The Hatikva, his legacy lives on.

"The seeds of culture that Huberman planted here, that he brought from Central Europe, we are reaping its rewards today and we will continue to reap its rewards," Zubin Mehta, music director of the IPO, declared.

The Sacrifical Musician

When CBN News asked Aaronson what he admired most about Huberman, he replied:

"For a man to stand up against intolerance and to sacrifice so much of himself and to change himself in doing it. He saw something happening in the world that demanded a response. And so many people today-and I hope this is the lesson of the film-so many people are so quick to look the other way."

Aronson's film helps people look at Nazis anti-Semitism and see how one man not only used music to save hundreds of lives, but also to restore a little bit of humanity to an entire world.

Source video: Schindler of Music

Israel Air Force Welcomes 'Samson' to Fleet

Hercules cargo plane from the USA to Israel

Israel Air Force

Welcomes 'Samson' to Fleet

By Julie Stahl and Chris Mitchell

CBN News Middle East Bureau

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

JERUSALEM, Israel -- While talk of politics and peace talks lead some to question the U.S.-Israel relationship, the delivery of a new Hercules cargo plane highlights the strong military ties between the two countries.

Top U.S. and Israeli officials greeted the first of six U.S.-made transport aircraft sold to Israel as it landed at the Nevatim Air Force base, in Israel's southern Negev Desert. The deal is seen as a milestone in U.S.-Israel relations.

"The new capability will extend the long arm of the Israeli Air Force," Israeli Air Force chief Maj. Gen. Amir Eshel said.

The C-130 has been around since the 1950s. But this newer model can fly higher and is bigger, faster, and quieter. It can fly 4,000 miles without refueling. That's like flying from Canada to Israel or nearly four times the distance from Israel to Iran.

Eshel calls it the best plane of its kind.

"It will be able to operate long ranges, variety of missions, day and night, all weather. All type of joint operations with other special forces in the Israeli Defense Forces," Eshel said.

Almost 40 years ago, Israeli commandos used an older C-130 as part of the raid on Uganda's Entebbe Airport to rescue hostages from a hijacked Air France flight.

"Traveling over 2,500 miles at low altitude under cover of complete darkness it was Israeli C-130s Hercules aircraft that brought the commandos to the fight and delivered the hostages from peril to freedom," U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro said during a welcoming ceremony.

Dubbed the Super Hercules, Israel named its new C-130-J after the biblical hero Samson, or Shimshon in Hebrew.

Shapiro called the name fitting.

"More than 3,000 years ago Shimshon became a judge for Israel, renowned for his cleverness, wisdom, fearlessness, and above all his strength," Shapiro said.

"These three qualities epitomize the Israeli Air Force -- clever technological innovations, wise and judicious use of force, calm in the face of adversity and valor, bravery combined with compassion," he added.

CBN News received an inside look at the aircraft. Lt. Col "A," whose identity we've hidden for security reasons, flew this first plane to Israel.

"It's better than what I ever flew," Lt. Col "A" said. "It has a lot more capabilities, a lot more possibilities of being precise and safe on missions."

Developed by Lockheed Martin in the United States, Israel customized its aircraft with some special systems.

"With all the Israeli systems in it it will out-perform any C-130-J in the world, I think, and give the Israeli Air Force and the IDF better possibilities and advantages in all its challenges," Lt. Col. "A" told CBN News.

American chief test pilot Wayne Roberts said they're pleased to have the plane in the Israeli Air Force.

"It's really neat to be a part of it. The crew worked together and they just really did a great job and it was really fun to work with them," Roberts said.

Source video: Israeli Air Force & Hercules

A 'New Chapter of Hope Between Jews and Christians' in Israel

Wednesday, April 23, 2014 | Ryan Jones ISRAEL TODAY

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The Israeli defense establishment this week decided to begin actively recruiting local Christians into the Israeli army.

The move comes after years of encouragement by the Nazareth-based Israeli Christian Recruitment Forum for young Arabic-speaking Christians to voluntarily join the IDF so as to better integrate into Israeli society.

Israel Today has repeatedly reported on the activities of the forum, whose leaders have long insisted that local Christians can only expect equal opportunity when they decided to take on equal responsibility.

The forum has had great influence on a number of recent government decisions, most notably the passing of a law in February that officially recognized local Christians as an independent minority.

The decision to send official recruitment letters to young Christians is expected to significantly boost the number of Christian soldiers in the IDF. Though the recruitment letters will look the same as those sent to young Israeli Jews, service in the IDF will remain voluntary for Christians.

Israel Today sought out the reaction of the spokesman for the Israeli Christians Recruitment Forum, Maj. (ret.) Shadi Khalloul. This is what he had to say:

"The Israeli Christian Recruitment Forum welcomes this brave decision by the defense minister and the IDF chief of staff. Though the (recruitment) orders are voluntary, they demonstrate the seriousness and firm desire of the state to incorporate and promote the Christian population.

"This is a historic decision and the start of a new chapter, a chapter of hope between Jews and Christians in the State of Israel. It will allow young people from the Christian community to more seamlessly integrate into Israeli society and to more easily climb the ladder of progress in both military and civilian life.

"The Christian community is an important strategic asset for Israel and its security. Christians are one of the best educated communities in the country, meaning our young people can make a significant contribution both to the IDF and the state.

"We believe the IDF is a central component of Israeli society that can bring the various populations together so that in unity we can build a better future for everyone, while also ensuring the security of our community and the democratic Jewish state. [Army service] is an important step toward equal opportunity. [All must share] the rights and duties.

“The time has come for Christians to take it upon themselves to strengthen their position alongside the Jews. We see what is happening [to Christians] in the Arab countries. They lived the lie of unity [with the Muslims] and ignored the impending danger until it was too late. Conscription to the IDF is a small part of strengthening a community that seeks to live in peace and security with everyone. It seems that is the only way defend against the broad array of enemies.”

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Bobby Conner: Golden Shafts - It's About The HARVEST! A Dream Visitation From Bob Jones

Bobby Conner:

Golden Shafts - It's About The HARVEST!

A Dream Visitation From Bob Jones

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A Vivid Dream: "You Have a Visitor"

In the early morning hours of March 28, 2014, around 3:30 AM, I received a very vivid dream, which I feel is significant to help the Body of Christ gauge the season we have entered into. This was much more than a mere dream. This was a prophetic encounter! As the dream commences, I am in my study at my desk in Moravian Falls, North Carolina, and I am working on a new book.

The Holy Spirit said, "You have a visitor." Thinking someone was at the door, I am about to open the door. However, the Holy Spirit said, "Your visitor is at the window." Turning to look at my windows, suddenly with a flash of light appearing just outside my window, striding down what appeared to be translucent, pearl-colored stairs, was Bob Jones. He had the most winsome, warm smile and looked absolutely wonderful. However, in the dream I was completely aware that Bob had passed and gone to Heaven on February 14, 2014.

Bob simply stepped into my study. I did not need to open the window, he just walked right in. His appearance was incredible: He was firm and fit, and he was dressed in a wonderful, soft, beautiful, elegant, white robe past his waist down below his knees, like a long shirt.

His hair was extremely white and glistening. I was amazed at his skin: It was without blemish, white and soft, and his smile was truly radiant and beautiful. His eyes were bigger than normal and extremely clear, sparkling like that of an excited child.

I had been expecting his visit; nevertheless, words can't describe my delight and thrill! I was so excited to see my dear friend, I said, "I've been expecting this meeting! And looking forward to it." He quickly replied in an excited tone, "Me too!" His next words were, "You are doing fine!" And he said, placing both hands on his chest, "And I am doing wonderful."

Golden Shafts

In this encounter it seemed as if we could communicate without actual conversation, spirit to spirit, with our hearts. Then he said, "Have you noticed your hair?" I replied, "No, not really!" He said in an instructive tone, "Run your hand through your hair." Accordingly, I ran my right hand through my hair; it felt perfectly normal. Then Bob said in a delighted, gleeful tone, "Look in your hand."

When I looked at my hand, I had hundreds of golden pieces of strands. These golden particles seemed to me like the shaft of arrows, only much smaller! They were round and very straight, about one foot in length.

Bob said in an excited, informative manner, "Do it again, and again, and again!" Each time, more and more golden shafts appeared until my hands as well as his were overflowing with these golden strands. Bob declared with a wonderful twinkle in his bright blue eyes, and a smile of someone who knows a secret that you are about to learn, "Watch closely!"

Suddenly these golden shafts appeared to turn into wonderful, huge stalks of ripe grain.

These golden stalks filled not just our hands, they were now so huge you could hardly get your arms around them. And they continued to expand larger and larger. The rapid acceleration of their increase was breathtaking.

(Photo via Flickr by Tom McCagherty)

It is Harvest Time

Bob said with a childlike smile, "YOU know what this means don't you?" I replied somewhat tentatively, "I think I do!" He said in a most confident tone, "It is the HARVEST!" He said, "The coming harvest will be spearheaded by the prophetic."

The prophets will be used in an unprecedented way to announce and declare the fields that are now ripe and ready for harvest. The prophetic voices will sound a clear trumpet call to bring forth the Body of Christ to stand up and speak up, becoming anointed evangelists.

Bob said, almost in a personal matter-of-fact manner, "It is so much better to watch from my vantage point." He added, "I know we have much to talk about, but we will do that later!" And suddenly there was a strong flash of light extremely blue bright, and he was gone. In the dream, I am standing in my study, my body and mind both pulsating, shaken to the core by the visitation.

Abruptly, I am awake laying in my bed, my body still responding to the event that I just experienced, my heart pounding and my spirit electrified.

The main enlightenment we must comprehend from this encounter is: It is harvest time. The end of the age is now upon us. Arise prepare your heart to thrust yourself into the harvest field.

Bobby Conner
EaglesView Ministries

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Website: BobbyConner.org

Bobby Conner: This "Gentle Giant" is uniquely anointed with refreshing humor and razor-sharp prophetic accuracy, which has been documented around the world. Bobby's dynamic capacity to release outstanding demonstrations of the miraculous – healings, signs and wonders – reveals the very heart of the Father toward us! Surviving a dramatic abortion attempt by his mother, being rescued again by the hand of God from drug dealing and suicide, the story of Bobby Conner is a display of a man who now walks in his God-ordained destiny to set others free!

Highly esteemed as an internationally acclaimed conference speaker, Bobby has ministered effectively to over 45 foreign countries as well as here in the States for many years

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