Iran, Hamas united in hate

Op-ed: Some in West fail to realize that persistent ideology calling for destruction of Jews, Israel flourishes among adherents of radical Islamic ideology

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Published:  07.30.12, 17:48 / Israel Opinion

Often times, western media overlooks a very key factor to the prolongation of the Middle East conflict. This type of oversight leads some media commentators to reach, through ludicrous logic, some very strange conclusions as to why Israelis are continuous targets of terror.

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Iran preparing Mahdi's Special Forces

Army of operatives planning for terror, destruction of the West

The Quds Forces, a special Iranian unit of thousands of operatives tasked with exporting Iran’s Islamic revolution, are being told to step up preparations for terrorism for the coming of the last Islamic messiah and the destruction of the West.
Ali Saeedi, the Iranian supreme leader’s representative to the Revolutionary Guards, emphasized during a Friday sermon in Tehran that the Islamic republic must directly confront America so that the necessary environment is created for the reappearance of Mahdi, the Shiite’s 12th imam, who will kill all infidels and raise the flag of Islam in all corners of the world.

Israel Revealed: A State of Mercy and Strength

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Barry Shaw writes, "Israel is a shining light of humanity in a desert of darkness and oppression."

Pastor Umar's message to the Jews requires serious reflection. As a former Muslim Pastor Umar understands the Islamic theology and doctrine better than anyone - believe his words because they are true. Pastor Umar gives you the reality despite all the good deeds Israel does that are illustrated in this Video. Special thanks to the Clarion Fund for all their work behind the scenes in saving Pastor Umar's life.

High Ranking DOJ Official Refuses to Affirm 1st Amendment Rights

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In a Constitution Subcommittee hearing yesterday, Congressman Trent Franks (AZ-02) questioned Assistant Attorney General, Thomas Perez, over the Administration's commitment to 1st Amendment rights. Franks' questions were prompted by a Daily Caller article from late last year in which Perez was quoted as warmly embracing the proposals of Islamist advocates in a meeting at George Washington University, among them a request for "a legal declaration that U.S. citizens' criticism of Islam constitutes racial discrimination."

Turkey's Press Freedom Day: 95 Journalists Behind Bars

by BIA Media Monitoring Group
July 31, 2012 at 4:45 am

The courts sentenced eight suspects to nine years in jail and five suspects to pay fines in the amount of 29,880 TL [$16,580], three of them directly to the person of Prime Minister Tayyip Recep Ergogan.

Turkish courts have sentenced 24 people, including six journalists, to a total of 91 years, nine months and 18 days in prison, as well as to pay 40,000 Turkish Liras in fines during the second quarter of 2012. They now stand among the ranks of some 95 journalists and 35 distributors who spent those three months behind bars. Below you can find the links to our last press release on this report, which we will continue to send regularly in the future

Turkish Armed Forces Press the Button

100,000 troops put on standby, army units moving toward Syrian border

by Claire Berlinski
July 30, 2012 at 1:35 pm

Murat Gurgen, writing for Habertürk, reports that all all units of the Turkish Land Forces' 2nd Army Command have been put on standby.
I apologize if there are errors in my translation--I'm not sure how some of these military terms are properly rendered in English--but I think this is roughly what he wrote:

Prime Minister Recip Tayyip Erdoğan, responding to Assad's threat to use chemical weapons and the Kurdish takeover of towns in Northern Syria, has said military preparations are proceeding "full steam ahead."

Haftorah - Parshas Vaeschanan & Shabbos Nachamu

Can we do תפילות prayers for:

Rabbi Dovid Siegel and Torah.org?

So that through them The האור Light, רפואה The Healing and The ואהבה Love of ישועת יהוה Yeshuath YHWH may come back to הארץ The Land of Israel?

Haftorah         by Rabbi Dovid Siegel
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Parshas Vaeschanan & Shabbos Nachamu Yeshaya 40:1 This week's haftorah introduces a special series of haftorah readings related to our final redemption. In this opening one the prophet Yeshaya delivers the Jewish people warm words of comfort from Hashem. After over one thousand years of exile the time will finally arrive for the Jewish nation to return to Hashem and His Promised Land. But, as Chazal explain (see Yalkut Shimoni Yeshaya 443, 445) the painful scars of exile, persecution, and rejection will remain fresh in their minds and it will be difficult to approach Hashem and rebuild a relationship. In addition, they will remember vividly all their acts of defiance and will be embarrassed to return to Hashem. Hashem therefore turns to His nation and expresses to them warm words of comfort and console.