Since 2001, Palestinian civics textbooks, “with the help of Arab and Islamic centers,” have been referring to Rachel’s Tomb in Bethlehem as the Bilal Ibn Rabah Mosque, according to a new report by the Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education (IMPACT-SE). The report, released on Tuesday, said that Palestinian Authority textbooks have given new names to other historical Jewish sites as well. The report was recently prepared by IMPACT-SE following a UNESCO decision to recognize Rachel’s Tomb as a mosque only.
Since 2001, Palestinian civics textbooks, “with the help of Arab and Islamic centers,” have been referring to Rachel’s Tomb in Bethlehem as the Bilal Ibn Rabah Mosque, according to a new report by the Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education (IMPACT-SE). The report, released on Tuesday, said that Palestinian Authority textbooks have given new names to other historical Jewish sites as well. The report was recently prepared by IMPACT-SE following a UNESCO decision to recognize Rachel’s Tomb as a mosque only.
It has only been in very recent times that the 'Palestinians' have made a claim on Jerusalem as an Islamic 'holy place'.
According to the report, in 1995, Rachel’s Tomb was described in a grade-6 textbook as “Rachel’s Tomb: mother of Joseph our lord (Said) and Jacob’s wife.” In 2001, in a 7th-grade textbook, the editors reported to their students that they have decided “with the help of Arab and Islamic centers” to change its name to Bilal Ibn Rabah Mosque. The renaming turns the feminine Rachel into a masculine Bilal. According to Muslim tradition, Bilal was a slave who was set free and then converted to Islam after meeting Muhammad of the Kuraish tribe; he was later buried either in Bader near Amman or in Damascus, the legend says.
According to IMPACT-SE CEO Shelley Elkayam, who authored the report, the phenomenon is characterized by a few levels of significance, among them gender symbolism alongside subversive logical undermining and a slipping away from the modern historical to the mythical-legendary. source – JPost
Israel begins preemptive strike against Iran, defense minister says; sirens wail across Israel
The chatter across social media tonight is deafening, and everyone is talking about the same thing, the soon-coming strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities by Israel. The US has evacuated all non-essential embassy staff across the Middle East, and US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee posted this:“At our Embassy in Jerusalem and closely following the situation. We will remain here all night. ‘Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!’ “ Something is about to go down soon, that’s the memo.
“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.”Psalm 122:6 (KJB)
The US Department of State posted this earlier tonight: “Due to high tensions in the Middle East, the security environment remains complex and can change quickly. We remind U.S. citizens in Israel and the broader region of the continued need for caution and encourage them to monitor the news for breaking developments.” Word from NTEB sources in Jerusalem have informed us that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has entered the Mossad Command Bunker. Would you like to guess what that means? NTEB will bring you all the developments as the situation on the ground, and in the air, unfolds. Pray for the Jews, pray for Israel and pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
UPDATE: Israel has started the bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities
FROM THE TIMES OF ISRAEL: Defense Minister Israel Katz says he has declared an emergency situation across the country due to Israel’s action in Iran. “Following the State of Israel’s preemptive strike against Iran, a missile and drone attack against the State of Israel and its civilian population is expected in the immediate future,” Katz says.
He says he has signed “a special order, according to which a special state of emergency will be imposed in the home front throughout the entire State of Israel.” READ MORE
Israel launches preemptive strike on Iranian nuclear sites, military targets
FROM THE JERUSALEM POST: Warning sirens have been set off to get the public ready for potential Iranian counter attacks of ballistic missiles on Israel. Iran has not yet fired ballistic missiles, but has thousands of them.
According to the IDF, Iran has enough uranium to weaponize it to nuclear levels, to 15 nuclear weapons within days
In recent days, Iran developed a plan with Hezbollah and Hamas and other proxies to destroy the State of Israel, potentially including attempts to attack via all borders, including Egypt and Jordan. This was the point of no return according to the IDF. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has entered the security cabinet.
BREAKING NEWS: Bombs are now falling on Tehran as Israel begins the process of taking out their nuclear facilities. pic.twitter.com/HSEYiUOFHP
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The IDF targets also include commanders, bases as well as nuclear sites, though the main goal is nuclear sites. Further, the IDF said in the last 20 minutes, Iran was taken by surprise and they were attacked in places they didn’t expect.
Israel has had strong coordination with the US, but Israeli military officials refused to say whether America was pre-updated or fully coordinated into the current attack, coming hours after Washington seemed to suggest it might not be in the loop or approve. There was also a possibility that Israel having its navy in the area of Yemen and Iran could have military implications, though the IDF did not fully specify.This is a developing story.
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President Trump Tells Prime Minister Netanyahu To Not Take Out The Nuclear Sites In Iran Saying He Is ‘Close To A Deal’ With The Terror-Supporting State
US President Donald Trump confirmed on Wednesday that he asked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a call last week not to take military action against Iran that could disrupt Washington’s ongoing nuclear negotiations
I am no expert in US foreign policy, but I know this much. After watch the dealings of the government of Iran with other nations for the past 16 years, I know that they cannot be trusted and will break any and every deal they make with western powers. Trump has just as much of a chance of successfully making a deal with Iran over their nuclear program as he did with making a deal with Putin to end the war in Ukraine. That’s the memo.
“And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.”Revelation 17:12 (KJB)
The only thing that will stop Iran from successfully creating viable ICBM with nuclear capability is a strike on their facilities, and the appropriate nation to deliver that strike is Israel. Of course, the longer you delay that the more entrenched Iran will be and much harder to eradicate. Donald Trump telling Netanyahu to ‘not strike Iran’ is very bad advice, and Netanyahu would do well to not listen to it.
Trump: I told Netanyahu striking Iran would be ‘very inappropriate,’ as deal is close
FROM THE TIMES OF ISRAEL: Trump’s statement came after The New York Times reported details from the call, while stating that US officials were concerned that Israel may seek to carry out strikes on Iran’s nuclear program without much warning, which would leave the Americans little time to attempt to pressure Netanyahu to change his mind.
Asked by reporters in the Oval Office if he had told Netanyahu not to target Iran, Trump said: “Well, I’d like to be honest. Yes, I did… I told Netanyahu this would be very inappropriate to do right now because we’re very close to a solution.”
He added: “That could change at any moment. It could change with a phone call. But right now, I think Iran wants to make a deal, and if we can make a deal, that would save a lot of lives.”
“We’re having very good discussions with Iran, and I said to Netanyahu, ‘I don’t think that’s appropriate right now.’ Because if we can settle it with a very strong document — with inspections and not based on trust,” he continued. “I want the deal to be very strong, where we can go in with inspectors, we can take whatever we want. We can blow up whatever we want, but with nobody getting killed.”
Two Iranian official sources told Reuters Wednesday that the country may agree to pause uranium enrichment if the US releases frozen Iranian funds and recognizes Tehran’s right to refine uranium for civilian use under a “political deal” that could lead to a broader nuclear accord. The sources, close to the negotiating team, said a “political understanding with the United States could be reached soon” if Washington accepted Tehran’s conditions. One of the sources said the matter “has not been discussed yet” during the talks with the United States.
In Washington, a US official told Reuters the proposal aired by the Iranian sources had not been brought to the negotiating table to date. The US State Department and Iran’s foreign ministry did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The Iranian sources said Tehran would not agree to the dismantling of its nuclear program or infrastructure or the sealing of its nuclear installations, as demanded by Trump’s administration. READ MORE
Trump Says He Told Israel’s Netanyahu Not To Strike Iran During Talks
Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, President Trump discussed what he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about striking Iran.
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Two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington were shot and killed Wednesday evening while leaving an event at a Jewish museum, and the suspect yelled, ‘Free, free Palestine’ after he was arrested, police said.
The players are somewhat different than they were in Nazi Germany, but the game is still the same. Jews are not safe just about anywhere they go, including in Israel. Last night in Washington DC, two newly-engaged-staff members of the Israeli Embassy were brutally gunned down in cold blood as their assailant shouted ‘Free Palestine!’
“And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.”Deuteronomy 28:37 (KJB)
All through the writings of the prophets, we see about an event the Bible calls the time of Jacob’s trouble, and it will be a 7-year period in which God will judge the world in general and His chosen people, the Jews, in particular. Jesus says about this time in Matthew 24 that it will be a time a great tribulation such as the world has never seen, and that includes the Holocaust from WWII. Worse than the Holocaust? Much, much worse. This is why we spend every day warning the lost, encouraging the saints, and sending out as many Bibles as we can, that the word of God will be available to all who need it.
2 staff members of Israeli Embassy killed in shooting near Jewish museum in DC
FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS: Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar identified the victims as Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim. Lischinsky was a research assistant, and Milgrim organized visits and missions to Israel. They were leaving an event at the Capital Jewish Museum when the suspect approached a group of four people and opened fire, Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith said at a news conference.
“It was not an attack against us. It was an attack against American values”: Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations @dannydanon calls for action after two Israeli Embassy staffers were shot and killed pic.twitter.com/x9W2QizTvg
The suspect, identified as Elias Rodriguez, 31, of Chicago, was observed pacing outside the museum before the shooting, walked into the museum after the shooting and was detained by event security, Smith said.
When he was taken into custody, the suspect began chanting, “Free, free Palestine,” Smith said. She said law enforcement did not believe there was an ongoing threat to the community.
The stunning attack prompted Israeli missions to beef up their security. The shooting comes as Israel has launched another major offensive in the Gaza Strip in a war with Hamas that has heightened tensions across the Middle East and internationally and as antisemitic acts are on the rise.
“These horrible D.C. killings, based obviously on antisemitism, must end, NOW!” President Donald Trump posted on social media early Thursday. “Hatred and Radicalism have no place in the USA.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ’s office said Thursday that he was “shocked” by the “horrific, antisemitic” shooting. “We are witnessing the terrible price of antisemitism and wild incitement against Israel,” he said in a statement. Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter said the two people killed were a young couple about to be engaged, saying the man had purchased a ring this week with the intent to propose next week in Jerusalem. READ MORE
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