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Many of you have been following the events of the last several weeks! I have received hundreds of emails of support. As usual, Israel has been portrayed with enormous bias by the western media. I submit the following interpretation of the recent events. (Ed Steele and Mel Borenstein contributed to the following article)

 Sixty years after the the Holocaust, Israel is a vital nation placed here by the mighty hand of God in fulfillment of biblical prophecy. But mortal enemies again seek its destruction and the extinction of the Jewish people…YET - WITH YOUR IMMEDIATE HELP, YOU CAN HELP US STAY THE COURSE AGAINST THOSE WHO AIM TO DESTROY US.

Make no mistake, the Palestinian Arab Radical Islamic forces, even the so-called moderate Al-Fatah groups are going all out to destroy the state of Israel. The blood-chilling chants of mobs in Ramallah and Gaza seen on television around the World, yelling “Itbach al Yahud” – Kill the Jews, are frightening witness to their awful plans. But we have news for them, God has other plans for Israel. And it includes a future with an unprecedented influx of Jews returning “home”… just as prophesied in Ezekiel 36 – 39.

                On September 29, 2000 following prayers in the Al Aqsa mosque on the Temple mount, a well planned and deceptively orchestrated violent uprising was launched by Yassir Arafat.

Deceptively protected by children and youth, Arab Palestinian “Police” (now numbering over 60,000, all of them equipped with automatic weapons) simultaneously attacked Israelis in more than a dozen locations – including Jerusalem and settlement communities including the one in which I live.

Their actions were punctuated by the blood curdling cry “Allah Akbar”, Allah is great -  KILL THE JEWS – KILL THE JEWS.

The Arab mobs also went after sites sacred to Jews such as Joseph’s tomb in Nablus. After the Israeli Government and the Israel Defense Forces made a shameful deal with the Palestinian Police to protect the site as prescribed by the Oslo Agreement, within half an hour they not only ripped the building apart and burned it, they took special pains to destroy precious prayer books. Now their Moslem leaders are constructing a Mosque where the Jewish Holy Site once stood. This is the crux of the Oslo Agreement.

Few wars break out spontaneously…and certainly the present one is no exception.

Does anyone believe that Ehud Barak, who went to Camp David and offered the Palestinian Arabs “peace” terms of breathtaking generosity, would be starting a war? Does anyone believe that the most dovish government in Israeli history, feeling itself just inches away from concluding a permanent peace, would initiate gun battles?

The plain fact is that Yasser Arafat, thrown on the diplomatic defensive by rejecting Barak’s offer has done what he has always done…resort to violence to regain the initiative and create new underage martyrs on world television-to regain the international sympathy he had forfeited by turning down peace at Camp David.

Arafat’s pretext was the September 28^th visit of Ariel Sharon to the Temple Mount. The audacity of this claim is astonishing. Yes, the Temple Mount is the 3^rd holiest place in Islam. But it happens to be the single most holy place to Jews

This is what the Palestinian Arabs call a war for Jerusalem. It is not what the world press has reported as an expression of Palestinian frustration. Frustration at what? Supposed Israeli occupation? 99% of Palestinian arabs live under the rule of Yasser Arafat. Over territory? Barak has conceded virtually the entire West Bank. Over political subordination? Barak offered full recognition of the first independent Palestinian state in history.

Bark gave up everything at Camp David except one last thing…the Temple Mount. He offered to relinquish sovereignty over Judaism’s holiest site and internationalize it under the UN security council…Arafat refused. He demands ownership of Judaism’s holy of holies---the sheer audacity of his arrogance is breathtaking.

And on top of it all…Arafat has been emboldened by an American Pre../side2nt and administration so craven for its place in history that it refuses to condemn Arafat for his constant violation of his single obligation according to the Oslo accords…the renunciation of violence.

The Palestinian Arabs have again been portrayed as the underdogs. The news media shows  Israeli tanks against Palestinian guns and stones. They deliberately send their children in the line of fire to get world sympathy. Families receive $300 for each injured child and $2,000 for every child martyred in the struggle to liberate Jerusalem. I ask, what loving parent would send their most precious possession in the middle of live fire between two opposing forces? As a loving, caring parent, I would look for every and any way to remove and protect my children from the area of conflict.

The difference between our two societies and cultures is that every time an Arab child is killed, we are truly pained that we have been put in the uncompromising position that forces us to hurt their children…when they kill us, they rejoice in the act and hold their blood drenched hands up proudly to express their pure enjoyment.

My friends…all I can say is thank God that we have the tanks. If the situation were reversed, I shiver at the thought of what the results would be.

We at Shuva Israel face a huge task. Our mission is urgent! We desperately need much help from Bible-believing friends like you!

The solution to the problem for Israel is not land for an illusive promise of peace,

or irrational concessions to our enemies -  it is population growth and settlement of one million Jews inJudea and Samaria.

The Bible clearly  prophesies that Jews are going to return in increasing numbers from all over the world. Most will be fleeing persecution and anti Semitism -  arriving with only the clothes on their backs. Even now the increase of state and individual anti-Semitism in over a dozen nations of the world IS ALARMING !!

As an evangelical Christian you must help. We desperately need it as the last few weeks have demonstrated again and again.

                The Bible that both of us read…clearly teaches that Jews will be a nation in the land, and in control of Jerusalem as the Messianic Age concludes.

Because we believe these prophecies, Shuva Israel has been increasing our efforts to provide education, food and clothing, job training, and a warm place to live while these newcomers become integrated into Israeli life.  That’s why we’re here. That’s why we’re staying here. That’s why we are continuing to expand.

We’ve read the last chapter of the Book. We believe in the promises of God for Israel.

Shuva Israel, working with the Samaria Regional Council, regularly picks up new immigrants at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv and brings these newcomers from the former Soviet Union,  Europe, and South America straight to the warmth of the community settlements of Einav and Shavei Shomron.

Here, they begin their new lives with their families in ramshackle caravan homes within the warm embrace of a community that loves them.

For as little as $100 per person per month we put a roof over their heads and provide the most basic needs. We desperately need your help right now to increase our efforts.