 |
| Wednesday, 11th May 2011 | 7 Iyyar 5771 |
| News and digest on Israel and Middle East affairs compiled by FOR ZION'S SAKE MINISTRIES. |
Headlines 1. Israel Celebrates 63rd Birthday with Hopes for Peace 2. Mashaal gives Israel year to recognize Palestinian state 3. Top US senators call on Obama to halt funding for PA 4. FM: Israel will talk with PA, but won't freeze settlements 5. UN's Ban cautiously welcomes Palestinian unity deal 6. Ya'alon: Hamas signed unity deal out of weakness 7. PA media, school books use 'systematic indoctrination' 8. EU will give 85m. euros to PA to make up for frozen funds |  |
|
|
| |
 This week's Shop in Zion specialJerusalem Miniatures are copies of delicately hand painted pictures by immigrant artists who have come home to Israel, the land they were promised. Utilizing the gifts the Lord has given them, they were able to create these works of art representing the beauty of Zion. Click image to view in store |
| Israel celebrates its 63rd Independence Day Tuesday hoping its Palestinian neighbors will return to the negotiating table so the two sides can achieve real and lasting peace. Israel's Independence Day, or Yom Ha'atzmaut, began Monday evening and continues through Tuesday evening. Celebrations and parties across the country followed the somber Remembrance Day which recalls those who fell defending the country. Independence Day comes this year days after... [More] |
| Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal said that he gives the Israeli government a one-year deadline to recognize an independent Palestinian state founded on lands occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem as its capital, Palestinian news agency Ma'an reported. Mashal added that the challenge does not necessarily imply an armed conflict should Israel fail to recognize an independent Palestinian state, but that "[Hamas] would add new cards to the resistance,” Ma’an reported. The Hamas leader... [More] |
| Twenty-seven US Senators appealed on Friday to President Barack Obama to halt funding to a unified Fatah-Hamas government that refuses to renounce terrorism or recognize Israel. "It is imperative for you to make clear to [Palestinian Authority] President [Mahmoud] Abbas that Palestinian Authority participation in a unity government with an unreformed Hamas will jeopardize its relationship with the United States, including its receipt of US aid," the senators said in a letter they sent to Obama... [More] |
| Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Tuesday called on Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to reject the unity deal Fatah made with Hamas and to resume direct talks with Israel - even though Israel has no intention of ceding to Abbas's demand that it freeze settlement activity. "The State of Israel has always said, and I repeat, we are willing to come to the negotiating table immediately to start direct talks with all of our neighbors," Lieberman told an Independence Day... [More] |
| LONDON - British Prime Minister David Cameron pledged a commitment to Israeli security - but did not promise to reject the Fatah- Hamas unity deal - when he began his meeting Wednesday night with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. The Israeli leader entered the meeting at 10 Downing Street hoping to hear those words from Cameron. Netanyahu believes that a Palestinian government that is aligned with Hamas, an organization dedicated to Israel's destruction, is a threat... [More] |
| Strategic Affairs Minister Moshe (Bogie) Ya'alon said on Saturday that Hamas signed the unity agreement with Fatah out of weakness and that it should not be believed that they are moderating their extreme views toward Israel. Ya'alon's comments came at a cultural event in Beersheba. The former IDF chief of General Staff said that Israel's improved ability to defend itself, namely, the recently deployed "Iron Dome" anti-rocket system contributed to the Gaza leadership's decision... [More] |
| Palestinian Authority school textbooks and official government media practice routine indoctrination and denial of Israel's right to exist, according to a report to be issued on Sunday by Palestinian Media Watch. The report portrays what the organization describes as the indoctrination of Palestinian youth that makes reaching a peace settlement impossible. The report is divided into five sections: the "theft of Palestine by Zionist gangs,"; denial of Israel's right to exist; the depiction of Israel's founding...[More] |
| BRUSSELS - The European Union said on Friday it would provide an extra 85 million euros ($124 million) to the Palestinian Authority to help pay salaries of essential workers and to support vulnerable families. The move was decided on after Israel on Sunday blocked the transfer of $105 million in customs duties and other levies it collects on behalf of the Palestinian Authority, following a deal to reunite the two rival Palestinian wings. A European Commission statement said the EU funds were... [More] |
This is a FREE publication, however, your financial contributions help us to continue sharing the "Good News" here in Israel while helping support the urgent needs of "Olim" (Jewish immigrants returning home from the Diaspora).
Thank you for standing with Israel in our time of need!
Bradley Antolovich,
International Director
Bradley Antolovich,
International Director
Please click to donate now - 
(Checks may be sent directly to any of the addresses below)
(Checks may be sent directly to any of the addresses below)| For Zion's Sake Ministries PO Box 6536 Huntington Beach , CA 92615 Call toll free 1-800-334-2033 | For Zion's Sake Ministries P.O. Box 1429 Jerusalem, 91013, Israel Call (972)(2) 648-2056 | For Zion's Sake Schweiz Haus Schoenegg 3723 Kiental, Schweiz | ||
 |  |  | ||
| forzion@netvision.net.il (email) www.forzion.com If you were forwarded this email, and would like to subscribe, click here! You may re-publish any news with attribution. | ||||
No comments:
Post a Comment