Cardinal Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga of Honduras, candidate to replace Pope Benedict, is a Jew-hater.



Cardinal Maradiaga says that "the Jews" are to blame for the scandal surrounding the sexual misconduct of priests toward young parishioners.??.

His logic:

He begins by asserting that the Vatican is anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian (as he says it should be). It follows, therefore, that "the Jews" had to get even with the Catholic Church, while at the same time deflecting attention away from Israeli injustices against the Palestinians. The Jews managed to do this by arranging for the media - which he says they control - to give disproportionate attention to the Vatican sex scandal. He compares the Jewish controlled media with "Hitler," because they are "protagonists of what I do not hesitate to define as a persecution against The Church."

"Do not be misled: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
1 Corinthians 15:33

Israel has a new government (or will soon) and a new minister in charge of peace negotiations with the Palestinians, but Israel's military chiefs expect anything but peace in the near term. In fact, they are preparing for war.



An Israel Defense Forces (IDF) officer from the Central Command told Army Radio that a new analysis of the situation suggests it is far more likely the Palestinians will launch a new wave of terrorism than return to the negotiating table.

On trial in Cyprus, a dual Lebanese-Swedish citizen admitted to being a member of Lebanon's Hezbollah terrorist militia, and confessed to scouting locations where large groups of Israeli vacationers could be attacked.

Hossam Taleb Yakoub said he had found several places, including hotels, where Israelis were present in abundance. Cyprus is a popular vacation spot for Israelis.

Yakoub explained that his local contact was a man code-named "Haman" - fitting given the upcoming festival of Purim. Yakoub also explained that Hezbollah and other terror groups are very active across Europe. Yakoub himself had carried out missions in France, Holland and Cyprus.

Seeking to lessen his sentence  he claimed he had no intention of directly taking part in any attacks on Israelis, but felt compelled to aid Hezbollah in order to "defend Lebanon."

“There was something on the road that made the car slip sideways.” Pulling over to see what was wrong, a car immediately pulled up behind me.

I meant to get out of the car to check the damage, but when I lifted my head I saw young Arab men laughing as they walked up to me and I understood the situation I was in,” she said. She managed to restart her car and drive off before the men reached her. Minutes later, a second female driver found herself trapped in the same experience. Her car slipped sideways, she stopped to regain control, and immediately several young Arab men pulled up behind her and began to surround her vehicle. Fortunately, she, too, managed to drive away in time.

Two weeks ago an Arab crime gang stole an Israeli woman’s car in Samaria. The woman, five months pregnant, was dumped at the side of the highway late at night. Thankfully she was not hurt, and managed to make the trip to her home on foot.

and in America;

Authorities in New Jersey allege a Muslim man beheaded two Coptic Christians, burying their bodies and heads and hands. Each buried in separate graves in his backyard near Philadelphia, bringing the horror of the persecution of Christians in Islamic nations to the United States.

While the overwhelming majority of Muslims in America are not members of militant groups, seemingly respectable Muslim organizations have ties with militants who preach violence against moderate Muslims, as well as against Christians and Jews. Charitable contributions to those organizations make their way to extremists. Meetings are held in American hotels at which Muslims call for a holy war, raise funds for terror organizations, and predict that terror will ultimately come to the U.S.

As you move through your daily life be aware of those who are lost, separated from God, bound in chains of darkness around you; they are easy to spot. And as your paths cross - say a pray for their salvation.

Be they Muslim, Jew, Gentile, red, brown. yellow, black or white all need our Saviour - all need the touch of the Masters' hand.

Seven Syrians injured in fighting between government forces and armed opposition members in the Golan Heights near the border with Israel were evacuated by the IDF to a hospital in Safed on Saturday.

 “They asked for our help and we gave it,” said a top Defense Ministry official.

"You have heard that it was said, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR and hate your enemy.’ “But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. "For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? “If you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? “Therefore you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect." Matthew 5 

Unholy Alliance

"...they have consulted together with one consent. They form a confederacy against You: the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab and the Hagrites; Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre; Assyria also has joined with them." Psalm 83:5-8

A senior member of Iran's parliament has vowed that no amount of offensive or defensive capabilities will save Israel from destruction at the hands of its Muslim neighbors. MP Abbasali Arani scoffed at efforts to bolster Israel's northern defenses with Iron Dome and American-made Patriot anti-missile batteries. "The US seeks to prevent the destruction of the cancerous tumor it has created in the region in order to fulfill its own ominous interests," said Arani. The lawmaker stated the Muslim nations of the Middle East remain resolved to destroy the Jewish state, and will eventually succeed. In service to that ultimate goal, Iran is looking to ensure Syria remains a base for hostility, if not open warfare, against Israel.
[Israel Today]

“It is not by strength that one prevails: those who oppose the Lord will be shattered.” 1 Samuel 2:9-10

Republican opponents of former Senator Chuck Hagel welcomed the decision by the Senate Armed Services Committee last Thursday to postpone the expected panel vote on President Barack Obama’s highly controversial defense secretary nomination after he refused to release additional requested financial information, including details regarding compensation for speeches he delivered since leaving Capitol Hill.

While Hagel has provided some information on his personal finances, he said he could not provide all of what has been requested because it was the property of private organizations that he was not authorized to disclose.

Astonishingly, however, senate sources told Breitbart News exclusively on Thursday that they have been informed that one of the reasons Hagel has refused to release the documents on his sources of foreign funding is that one of the names listed is a group purportedly called “Friends of Hamas."

"O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who forsake You will be put to shame. Those who turn away from You will be written in the dust because they have forsaken the LORD, the spring of living water." Jeremiah 17:13



Israeli media outlets speculate Barrack Hussein Obama' scheduled 'first time visit' to Israel is designed to pressure Mr. Netanyahu to include left-leaning parties in his coalition  to make it easier to strong-arm Israel into giving more concessions to the Palestinians.

Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is already under pressure from new US Secretary of State John Kerry to return to the negotiating table and make concessions to the Palestinians.



The very day after Kerry phoned Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian officials began listing preconditions for even meeting with the Israelis.

Among those preconditions: The immediate release of all jailed Palestinians, most of whom have either tried or succeeded in killing Jews, and a full halt to the building of homes for Jews in areas claimed by the Palestinian Authority, including the eastern half of Jerusalem.

The Palestinians never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.

 

As tensions mount in the Middle East - let us ever be mindful that the majority of young men and women who defend the nation of Israel, the Land God gave to His people are between 18 and 20 years old. Just out of high school, with a life ahead of them.  Please remember them in your prayers:

 

He Who blessed our forefathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob — may He bless the fighters of the Israel Defense Forces, who stand guard over our land and the cities of our God, from the border of the Lebanon to the desert of Egypt, and from the Great Sea unto the approach of the Aravah, on the land, in the air, and on the sea.

 

 

     Sha'alu Shalom Yerushalayim.!!.