Articles from Dr. Michael D. Evans http://216.147.74.32/articless4.php 120 Full article 1_736available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com From drip irrigation to natural pesticides, Israeli innovations are helping to fill hungry bellies everywhere, but particularly in the developing world. Food security is a major concern for our rapidly growing planet. As resources dwindle and the population rises, smart solutions for better agriculture and safer food storage are essential.No other single country - certainly not one as young and as tiny as Israel - has contributed more breakthroughs in this area than Israel.Here are 12 major ways Israel helps feed the world. 1. Drip irrigation 2. Grain cocoons 3. Biological pest control 4. Dairy farming 5. Tailor-made farm solutions 6. A better potato 7. Squeezing every drop of water from the air 8. Unparalleled crop protection 10. Food from greenhouse gas 12. Hardier seeds for better crops Read the details here. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 18 May 2012 22:56:57 -0800 Full article 1_735available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The new unity government put in place by my dear friend Prime Minister Netanyahu has many purposes, but there is no doubt that the primary focus of the coalition is dealing with the threat of Iran's nuclear program. The new government is strong—one commentator called it a "hundred tons of solid concrete"—and deeply experienced with defense and military issues. Three of the members of the cabinet have served as Defense Minister, and the 94-seat coalition (out of 120 members of Knesset) is unshakable. In 1967, such a unity government was formed just before the outbreak of war. While other observers have focused on domestic political implications, you and I understand that this is just one more step in the struggle for Israel's survival. A nuclear Iran is a threat that Israel cannot survive, and if the rest of the world refuses to act, Israel will have to act even though the costs of taking action are so high. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography onWikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news siteJerusalemWorldNewswhere you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 18 May 2012 22:29:36 -0800 Full article 1_734available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com At a conference in Tehran, Palestinian ambassador to Iran Salah Zawawi called for his hosts to lead an armed assault against Israel. "Liberating Palestine" can never be accomplished with "political initiatives," he said. Zawawi also declared the Palestinians would "never abandon the Holy Quds [Jerusalem]" but that it would be their capital. The increasingly hostile rhetoric coming from Tehran is a signal that events are moving toward their conclusion. The Iranians have done everything they can to arm, train, and equip Palestinian terrorists to launch attacks at Israel. There are hundreds of thousands of missiles and rockets in place, just waiting for the word to rain down death and destruction on Jewish men, women and children. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 17 May 2012 21:35:05 -0800 Full article 1_733available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The United States is leading the largest joint military exercises in the Middle East in more than ten years in Jordan. More than 12,000 troops from nineteen different nations are expected to take part in the drills, but Israel was not invited to attend. Eager Lion 2012 is focused on dealing with "unconventional attacks"—something Israel faces on a daily basis, but the United States did not see fit to include our closest ally in the Middle East in these exercises. It is just one more indication of the growing divide between Washington and Jerusalem that has characterized the Obama Presidency. America has long been Israel's most important strategic partner, but now that the threat is the greatest, our nation is backing away from support of the Jewish state. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 17 May 2012 20:29:00 -0800 Full article 1_732available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Ruler of Iran, has issued a fatwa—a binding legal opinion under Islamic law—that genocide against the Jewish people is justified. Khamenei said that the destruction of every man, woman and child in Israel is legitimate because of the threat posed to Iran by Israel. He said that Israel must be removed because it is the "cause of all our troubles." I met this demon-possessed man in New York City a year and a half ago when I met with President Ahmadinejad. He was there praying for the success of Iran's attempt to blind the world to their true goals. I was there as your ambassador praying for the Spirit of God to bind the evil spirits and bring his plots to confusion! To the best of my knowledge I am the only minister of the Gospel to have met with both of Iran's leaders. Khamenei called on all Muslims to take any steps they can to slaughter the Jewish people. This is nothing less than the "pope" of Iran issuing the orders for an attack. You will not read about this in our liberal media, but it happened. The threat is very real. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book,The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 17 May 2012 19:55:43 -0800 Full article 1_731available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Reflecting a growing confidence driven by the world's refusal to take any serious action against his nuclear weapons program, Iran's President Ahmadinejad boasted to Western reports that Israel, the "Zionist regime" as he calls it, can be destroyed "without the necessity of war." Iran has long called for Israel's destruction, and this latest round of threats revolves around economic warfare from Israel's neighbors. This strategy has become more of a threat with the rise to power of the radical Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. They have cut back or cut off shipments of some vital supplies and raised the prices on others. This poses a grave threat to Israel's already shaky economy. And it comes at a time when the rising military threat requires an increased military response. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book,The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 16 May 2012 19:08:54 -0800 Full article 1_730available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com A poll out of Egypt ahead of presidential elections later this month revealed that more than 60% of the people want the peace treaty with Israel repealed. This treaty signed by my dear friend Prime Minister Begin and Egyptian President Sadat (who was assassinated for making peace with Israel two years later by the same Muslim Brotherhood that is expected to win the upcoming election) at Camp David was a huge boost to the security of Israel. Now all that work and the years of peace between the two neighbors could be undone. The ending of the peace treaty would place a huge strain on Israel's already limited resources. Egypt fields a large military, and Israel has been able to leave her southern border very lightly defended. If that changes at the same time that the threat from Iran grows, it will be very difficult for Israel to meet both challenges. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 15 May 2012 17:49:10 -0800 Full article 1_729available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com In a statement that highlights the growing danger to the Jewish state posed by the increasing belligerence of Iran, one of the top hardline newspapers just published a column rejoicing over the fact that Israel has been "rejected by the West." They cite the rumored willingness of the Obama Administration to accept Iran's nuclear program (which Iran's leaders still claim to be peaceful despite all the evidence to the contrary) in the upcoming talks. It is clear that the current US government is desperate to avoid military action prior to the election this November. Whether they will abandon Israel in pursuit of that effort remains to be seen, but the fact that a growing number of people in Iran apparently believe they have will greatly increase the likelihood of a dangerous and destructive war. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 15 May 2012 17:43:24 -0800 Full article 1_727available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com It almost never gets covered by our liberal news media, but I want you to know the truth—the number of terrorist missile strikes launched against Israel, mostly from Gaza…the land Israel gave up seven years ago in exchange for promises of peace…has increased more than 250% over last year. This sad news is just one more reminder of the incredible level of hatred directed toward the Jewish people by their enemies. When we pray for the peace of Jerusalem and the protection of Israel, we are playing a vital role in the most important spiritual battle in our world today. There is no doubt this is a spiritual battle. Anti-Semitism is driven by the hatred of the evil one for God's Chosen People. He wants to see Israel destroyed and will stop at nothing to motivate evil men and women toward this wicked goal. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Mon, 14 May 2012 17:33:05 -0800 Full article 1_728available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Israeli government buildings, civilian targets, and Jewish schools and synagogues around the world have been placed on heightened security alert due to an increased risk of terror attacks by Iranian agents and Hezbollah operatives. Government officials and military personnel who are travelling outside Israel have been furnished with increased security details as well. The move follows an outbreak of attempted attacks earlier this year, and intelligence sources indicate that a new wave of strikes could happen at any moment. Iran's leaders have made no secret of the fact that they consider any Jewish person a legitimate target, and they have funded and trained countless terror teams to carry out their evil work. The mullahs of Tehran hope that by forcing Israel to focus on defending Jewish people and buildings around the globe, they can divert Israel from launching an attack to stop its weapons program. As my long-time friend PM Netanyahu has pointed out, Iran is "playing for time" so it can finish its nuclear weapons work. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Mon, 14 May 2012 17:32:11 -0800 Full article 1_726available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I have received an email from a friend with this subject line, "Military action is closer than you think, Mike!" The new unity government established by my dear old friend Prime Minister Netanyahu is a real source of concern to those in Washington and elsewhere who are frantically trying to prevent Israel from taking military action against Iran's nuclear program. Several members of the Obama Administration have publicly admitted they are worried about the economic implications of an attack in the period leading up to this November's presidential election. The pressure being put on Israel to do nothing is incredible. But the new government in Jerusalem is better prepared to resist that pressure, and that leads many to conclude that the outbreak of war is coming sooner rather than later. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 11 May 2012 22:37:45 -0800 Full article 1_725available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com A disturbing news report out of Jordan reveals that satellite photos show evidence Syria is moving Scud missiles closer to its border with Israel. The government of Syria is fighting a widespread rebellion, during which it is believed more than 5,000 of its own citizens have been killed. The Assad regime is desperately clinging to power, and many analysts have fear that an attack on Israel might be launched to unify the country against an outside enemy. The report says that "hundreds of heavy missile launchers" were involved in the move—the type that launch longer-range missiles capable of striking anywhere inside Israel. The Israeli defense forces along the northern border have been on heightened alert recently. I have stood in northern Israel and watched missiles fly overhead to strike Jewish homes and villages. I have comforted weeping families as they buried their children killed in these missile strikes. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titlesThe Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 11 May 2012 22:33:03 -0800 Full article 1_724available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The news yesterday that Prime Minister Netanyahu had created the broadest unity government in Israel's history was greeted with shock and surprise. All the talk in Israeli politics had centered on early elections, which had been expected to be held in September. Instead, my old friend worked out a plan for the largest opposition party to become part of his government. This change will impact Israeli internal politics greatly, but nowhere is it more important than on the issue of dealing with the threat of a nuclear Iran. By creating this broad coalition, Prime Minister Netanyahu has brought about a situation where the government can speak with one voice and take whatever military steps prove to be necessary to respond to the growing threat from the mullahs of Tehran. A united Israel presents a much stronger face to the enemies of the Jewish state. And the unity government also strengthens Israel's ability to resist pressure from the rest of the world to ignore the problem and hope that it goes away. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 9 May 2012 18:51:44 -0800 Full article 1_723available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com A powerful chemical smell that was described as being like chlorine or pesticides filled the air in Tel Aviv and the surrounding area late last week, triggering fears of a chemical attack being carried out by terrorists. Residents said they were sickened by the smell, which lasted for several hours. Tests carried out by the Environmental Protection Ministry showed the substance was harmless but did not immediately reveal the source. One report was that the odor had been released by a gas drilling project, but the IDF did not confirm that. Imagine having to live with the constant fear of terrorist attacks. That is the daily reality for every Jewish man, woman, and child in the world today. They know that their enemies will do anything they can to kill, maim, and harm them simply because of their race and religion…and they know all too well how serious the threats made by nations like Iran must be taken to prevent tragedy. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Mon, 7 May 2012 21:29:30 -0800 Full article 1_722available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Canada's largest Protestant denomination is calling for a boycott of goods produced in illegal" Israeli settlements, including eastern Jerusalem. In a 26-page report released Tuesday, the United Church of Canada calls for an economic boycott of Israel focused exclusively on settlement products. The report seeks "a church-wide campaign of economic action directed against one or more settlement products that can be identified as produced in or related to the settlements or the occupied territories." The Church wants "a focused boycott of products that are being created illegally," said the Very Rev. David Giuliano, a former moderator, or head, of the United Church, who chaired the three-member working group that wrote the report. "To buy settlement products is the same as buying stolen goods; in other words, benefiting from the crime," Giuliano said. He added, however, that "this is not a call for a boycott of Israel or Israeli products." A prominent Jewish leader charged Tuesday that the United Church has been hijacked by a small group of anti-Israel activists who do not speak for the whole denomination. "Israel has become an obsession for a small vocal group," Shimon Fogel, CEO of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, told the National Post newspaper. "I think frankly it betrays the sensibilities of the vast majority of ordinary members of the United Church." The report arises from a 12-day visit to Israel in February 2011 in which the working group met with representatives of Palestinian, Israeli, Christian, Muslim and Jewish communities in Israel and the West Bank. The group concluded "foremost" that the first step to peace is to end Israel's occupation of territories captured in the 1967 Six-Day War, including the West Bank, eastern Jerusalem and the Golan Heights. "The occupation is damaging both Palestinians and Israelis," the report states. "The occupation is being implemented by a democratic country and sustained and supported by Western governments, including Canada's." The Church advises against applying the term "apartheid" to Israel because it "shuts down conversation, disempowers those who desire and work for change in Israel, and does more to harm than to help the potential for successful peace negotiations." The report will be considered by the Church's General Council, which meets in Ottawa in August. Until then, the report is not Church policy. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Mon, 7 May 2012 19:15:53 -0800 Full article 1_721available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The world, including President Obama, is placing great faith in the latest round of negotiations to halt Iran's nuclear weapons program. Many say that if only sanctions and talks are given more time to work, they will succeed…but Iran's leaders are only playing for time. Every day that passes brings them closer to the day when they will have nuclear weapons—threatening Israel's very existence. And they have no intention of taking any serious steps to halt or even slow their work. Iran's ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, said that "enrichment will never be suspended" and that the underground enrichment facility at Fordow will not be closed. This site is a major source of contention because it was intentionally constructed deep under a mountain to render it impervious to most military assault, and Iran is making it clear it will never willingly give it up. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release isThe Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Mon, 7 May 2012 17:31:23 -0800 Full article 1_720available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com At least eleven people were killed in Egypt during election-related protests earlier this week. The rioting was so intense that large numbers of army personnel had to be sent to restore order. Five others were killed in an apparent mob attack on the Army Headquarters Building in Cairo. The rise of the Muslim Brotherhood to political power in Egypt poses grave threats to the Jewish state. Although when they speak to the west they are careful to maintain a façade of moderation, the Muslim Brotherhood is a violent terrorist organization driven by hatred of the Jewish people. Their success is posing yet another serious problem for Israel at a time when Iran has taken so much focus and attention. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 4 May 2012 17:56:21 -0800 Full article 1_719available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com A new report has revealed that Iran has imported well over half a billion dollars of arms and war equipment in the last three years in spite of the fact that Iran is supposedly under a United Nations arms embargo because of their nuclear program. Russia and China have been the biggest providers of weapons to Iran, flaunting the world community and refusing to consider the impact on Israel in order to line their pockets. That Iran is continuing a massive military buildup is one more indicator of the seriousness of their statements desiring to see Israel "wiped off the map." This total for imported arms is in addition to the major internal manufacturing increase Iran has mounted as well. The mullahs of Tehran want to see the entire world placed under Muslim sharia law, and they believe that a bloody war is an essential step in that process…a war they are clearly preparing for diligently. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 4 May 2012 17:48:48 -0800 Full article 1_718available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Israeli naval officials were on hand in Germany earlier this week as the INS Tanin, Israel's fourth Dolphin-class submarine, was lowered into the water for the first time. This submarine fleet, described as having the most advanced diesel-electric submarines in the world, is a key element in Israel's deterrent strategy against a nuclear attack. The stealthy submarines also would be capable of playing a crucial role in a potential Israeli strike against Iran's nuclear weapons program. They provide an option to reach distant locations that are beyond the reach of Israel's air force. The fact that Israel must continue to build up its military forces to respond to the growing danger is a sad reality and a grim reminder of the existential threat facing God's Chosen People. The threat against Israel today is the most serious the Jewish state has faced since her rebirth in 1948. Today we MUST do all that we can to stand in the gap to deliver Israel from destruction. After spending a week in prayer and fasting in the Holy City, I am more certain than ever that God has a crucial role for us to play in this vital spiritual battle. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 4 May 2012 17:40:57 -0800 Full article 1_717available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com News broke yesterday that the Knesset has authorized the Israeli Defense Forces command to call up six reserve army battalions to maintain security on the Sinai and Egyptian borders…and provided for the mobilization of sixteen additional battalions if needed. This comes following the growing threat I told you about recently of terrorists entering Israel across the Sinai border. In addition, unrest in Egypt continues to grow as the presidential election draws closer. The radical Muslim Brotherhood terrorist organization is consolidating its grip on power, and the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt that was signed at Camp David by my friend Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat—who the Muslim Brotherhood assassinated for making peace with Israel—is likely to be revoked as soon as they take full control of the government. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 3 May 2012 21:02:43 -0800 Full article 1_716available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com This is a critical time in Israel's history, and news reports from the Jewish state this week indicate that the existing government is likely to be dissolved next week with early elections to be held sometime this fall rather than next year as previously scheduled. Of course with the ongoing threat that Israel faces from Iran and from Muslim terrorists, and the increased pressure Israel is under from nations around the world, the leadership of the Jewish state is more critical than ever. There is no doubt in my mind that Prime Minister Netanyahu holds his office by Divine appointment "for such a time as this," just as I prophesied more than thirty years ago. But his coalition government has been somewhat constrained by the nature and reality of Israeli politics. Israel's government is modeled on the English system with the Knesset and a Prime Minister, rather than on the American system. Because no political party has a majority, the government of my friend Prime Minister Netanyahu depends on the continued support of a number of small political parties with competing agendas. These elections will represent a crucial watershed in Israel's course for the future. We are not a political organization, but we do know that "the Most High rules over the kingdoms of men and gives it to whoever He will" (Daniel 4:25). I believe that our prayers right now for Israel's new government are vital to the future of the Jewish state. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 3 May 2012 19:56:16 -0800 Full article 1_715available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Despite an official position that they will not negotiate with Hamas because it refuses to renounce terrorism and recognize Israel's right to exist, several European nations have been involved in secret talks with Hamas leaders over the past several months. A top Hamas diplomatic official revealed the ongoing talks in an interview this week. This is yet one more sign that most of the world does not take Israel's safety and security seriously, and that they are willing to sell out the Jewish state in hopes of "peace" in the Middle East. It cannot be said too loudly or too often—Hamas and other terrorist groups do not want peace…they want Israel destroyed and the Jewish people annihilated. The Hamas Charter, which governs their existence, explicitly calls for exactly that result. It is the worst kind of intentional ignorance to think that any negotiations with such committed terrorists will bring about the end of hostilities and the near-daily attacks on Jewish civilians launched from Gaza, which Hamas controls. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 2 May 2012 20:19:50 -0800 Full article 1_714available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Prime Minister Netanyahu, in remarks for Israel's Independence Day celebration, had a special word of gratitude for friends like you who stand with the Jewish state and God's Chosen People. "Israel is unique in restoring sovereignty and the capacity for self-defense to a people that had been stateless and powerless for 2,000 years. Israel is unique in gathering into an ancestral homeland an exiled people who had been scattered around the globe. Israel is unique in having become a global technological power despite the fact that we face threats faced by no other nation on earth. Israel is unique in the Middle East for having a vibrant, liberal democracy, where women are equal, minorities are free, and where all are subjects to the rule of law. "But Israel is unique in one other important way," Mr. Netanyahu said. "We are unique in having such passionate friends, Jews and non-Jews alike, for whom the well-being, security and future of our country is so important. This Independence Day, I want to thank the tens of millions of friends of Israel around the world for their unwavering support for the one and only Jewish State." **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release isThe Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 2 May 2012 19:49:15 -0800 Full article 1_713available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The Jerusalem Prayer Team is getting ready to launch one of the biggest and most important efforts in our history to help save Jerusalem. The Jerusalem DC (David's Capital) Campaign is essential because America is being led further and further away from support of the Holy City and of Israel by the current administration. For more than 3,000 years, Jerusalem has been recognized as the capital of the Jewish people. Yet today, the Obama Administration, in defiance of a law passed by Congress in 1995, refuses to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of the nation of Israel. Every other nation in the world is allowed to designate its own capital city…except for the Jewish state. The stance of the administration was made crystal clear recently when the State Department issued an official press release that read as follows: "Acting Under Secretary Kathleen Stephens Travels to Algeria, Qatar, Jordan,Jerusalem, and Israel." The release was quickly scrubbed after the glaring violation of the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995, which recognizes Jerusalem (the entire and undivided city of Jerusalem) as the capital of Israel, was pointed out by critics. But this was no innocent oversight or accidental reference. The Obama Administration last year scrubbed all references to Jerusalem being part of Israel from the official White House website. And President Obama has continued to refuse to move the American embassy to Jerusalem, despite the law passed by Congress. At a recent press briefing, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland was asked about the status of Jerusalem and said, "Our policy with regard to Jerusalem is that it has to be solved through negotiations. We are not going to prejudge the outcome of those negotiations, including the final status of Jerusalem." That's why we are launching the Jerusalem DC (David's Capital) Campaign. We are calling on the leaders of Congress to insist that the Administration follow existing law and recognize Jerusalem—the entire, undivided Holy City—as the capital of Israel, and to do so publicly. Soon I will ask you to join me in signing the petition to the President and our leaders, but right now I urgently need your help to launch this campaign. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 1 May 2012 19:12:58 -0800 Full article 1_712available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The liberal media buried the news last week as well as they could, but the announcement by President Obama that he was overruling Congress to send another $192 million in US tax dollars to the Palestinians should outrage every single American citizen. Our elected representatives rightly put a hold on aid to the Palestinians after they unilaterally tried to get United Nations recognition of them as a state last year. But their judgment is being ignored. The Administration's claim is that this money is to support the "moderates" in the Palestinian Authority. Let's look at that claim. The head of the Palestinian Authority is Mahmoud Abbas. His term as president expired more than two years ago, but he refuses to allow another election because he knows that he would lose. This is the same man who provided the funding for the Black September terrorists who murdered the Israeli athletes and coaches at the Munich Olympics in 1972. The Obama Administration wants to prop this man up and thinks he is a moderate? It would be a joke if the consequences were not so deadly serious. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate,The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 1 May 2012 19:07:49 -0800 Full article 1_711available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Another dangerous effect of the Egyptian revolution is playing out day after day along the Israeli-Egyptian border in the Sinai Desert. The peace treaty between the two nations and Egypt's willingness to control their side of the border allowed Israel to focus more on the Palestinian threat. Now all that has changed. Since last year's successful terrorist attack in August that left eight Israelis dead, the number of people caught crossing into Israel has doubled—and no one knows how many others escape detection. Israel is working rapidly to build a security fence to increase its control over the border and lessen the threat, but this remains a major vulnerability that is being exploited by Hamas and other terrorist groups. The enemies of Israel do not want peace; they want to see the Jewish state destroyed and the Jewish people slaughtered. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:54:27 -0800 Full article 1_710available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Retired General William Boykin, former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence, recently took a serious look at the threat posed by Iran—not just to Israel but to the United States as well. He wrote: A nuclear weapon gives the Iranian President a means of achieving his ultimate goal of ushering in the reign of his Mahdi. Current Iranian missile capabilities possess the range to reach Tel Aviv, which has been the primary target of Ahmadenejiad's vitriolic rhetoric, consisting of threats of annihilation of the Jewish state. An attack on Israel would create a huge problem for the United States. Whether or not America responded with military, economic, and diplomatic assistance for Israel, the U.S. economy would feel the devastating effect immediately. Any turbulence in the Persian Gulf region will drive crude oil prices up, striking a significant blow to the fragile global economy, including that of the United States. But there is also a threat to the American homeland that is even more sinister. Iran considers the U.S. a huge impediment to achieving its goal of a global caliphate (Islamic super-state). Called the "Great Satan" by the Islamic regime, like Israel, America is a target that Iran wants desperately to destroy, or at least to devastate. Current Iranian missile technology does not give Iran the capability to reach the shores of the U.S., although that technology is improving rapidly. That said, it is important to understand that there are other ways to attack America using the current capabilities of Iran that could result in death, destruction, and disruption of the American way of life. The threat against Israel today is the most serious the Jewish state has faced since her rebirth in 1948. Today we MUST do all that we can to stand in the gap to deliver Israel from destruction. After spending a week in prayer and fasting in the Holy City, I am more certain than ever that God has a crucial role for us to play in this vital spiritual battle. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book,The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation,Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:25:37 -0800 Full article 1_709available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com A well-known Jewish lady once asked me, "You do more to defend Israel than anyone in the world. Why?" I told her, "I could never defend my Jewish mother against a Jew-hater—my own father. So God gave me a nation as a Mother to defend—the nation of Israel. And I am not alone in this work. My brothers and sisters are 100% with me in making it happen!" That is what YOU are doing today—defending Israel along with me. More than seventy years ago, a prophetic cry went out…and the world was sound asleep. Because the world slept, six millions Jews (including one and a half million Jewish children) were slaughtered in Hitler's death camps. Included in that grim toll were a number of my own relatives, members of my mother's family. Now a new Hitler has arisen in Iran whose greatest desire is to finish the job Hitler left undone. Today there are about six million Jews living in Israel—and if the world sleeps again, Ahmadinejad will try to carry out his evil aims. We MUST NOT be silent. I cannot stand by and allow this great evil to continue unchecked, and I urgently need your help today. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 27 Apr 2012 22:10:57 -0800 Full article 1_708available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com In an interview this week, Lt. General Benny Gantz, Israel's Army Chief, discussed the threat posed by Iran and the response that threat requires. "We're in a period when something must happen," Gantz said. "Either Iran takes its nuclear program to a civilian footing only or the world, perhaps we too, will have to do something. We're closer to the end of the discussions than the middle." The situation as it is cannot continue. Israel cannot survive a nuclear Iran, yet the pressure Israel is under not to take action is incredible. I can't go into a lot of the details, but from Washington and the rest of the world, the screws are being tightened on the Netanyahu government to push home the point that if Israel takes action, there will be severe consequences not just from Iran and its terrorist proxies, but from the world community as well. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate,The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 27 Apr 2012 22:02:36 -0800 Full article 1_707available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Prior to the celebration of Israel's Independence Day, the nation paused to remember Yom Hazikaron—Israel's Memorial Day. This year the ceremony included a remembrance for the almost 22,993 men and women who have died in Israel's wars of defense and in terror attacks on the Jewish state. This staggering number is a reminder of how hated the Jewish people are and the lengths to which Israel's enemies will go to destroy them. The threat against Israel today is the most serious the Jewish state has faced since her rebirth in 1948. Today we MUST do all that we can to stand in the gap to deliver Israel from destruction. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:55:56 -0800 Full article 1_706available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com In a ceremony in Washington at the Holocaust Memorial Museum earlier this week, my friend Holocaust survivor and Nobel Prize winner Elie Wiesel confronted President Obama over America's lack of action against Iran. This good man, with whom I have met and worked many times in the past, made it clear exactly what is at stake if Iran is allowed to continue its evil work. He asked President Obama: "How is it that the Holocaust's number-one denier, Ahmadinejad, is still a president? He who threatens to use nuclear weapons—to use nuclear weapons—to destroy the Jewish state. We must know that when evil has power, it is almost too late. Mr. President, we are here in this place of memory. Israel cannotnotremember. And because it remembers, it must be strong, just to defend its own survival and its own destiny." **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news siteJerusalemWorldNewswhere you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:52:14 -0800 Full article 1_705available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com As Jewish people around the world continue the celebration that began at sundown yesterday to mark the 64thbirthday of Israel as a modern nation, the enemies of the Jewish state are continuing their efforts to destroy Israel. In an interview this week, Abu Marzook, Hamas' second in command, vowed that his organization would never recognize Israel's right to exist. Marzook said that no peace treaty that might be signed would bind Hamas and that they continue to refuse to even negotiate with Israel. Keep in mind as you read this that Hamas already controls Gaza and that if free elections were allowed by PA President Abbas (they were scheduled for three years ago), Hamas would undoubtedly take control of the entire Palestinian Authority. Yet Secretary of State Hillary Clinton just overruled Congress unilaterally and decided to send $147,000,000 of our tax dollars to the Palestinians, much of which will end up in the hands of Israel's bitter enemies. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:43:37 -0800 Full article 1_704available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Today we celebrate the miraculous and prophetic rebirth of the nation of Israel in 1948. No other nation in history has been reborn after hundreds of years—but Israel was, in direct fulfillment of the promise of God. I received some beautiful words on this joyous occasion from a friend in Jerusalem that I wanted to share with you today in honor of Israel's 64thbirthday. Israel, beautiful woman of 64 years. Every day you show us how to live, how to overcome and how to educate and be educated; every day we examine ourselves and our society without casting judgment on those societies which pass judgment on you; every day you embrace and adopt new children and protect them with intensity, ensuring the pain is momentary; you tend and nurse the children of those who would kill you in the hope that one day they will learn to love; you reach out to nations in pain and send teams who can ease their suffering; you are a fine woman, a fine example. Israel you are Eshet Chayil—a woman of worth. Israel's Anthem is Hatikva—The Hope. Hope for peace, hope for safe haven, hope for existence, hope for us her people. We have no other country, so let's ensure this one has all the support she so truly deserves. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:37:39 -0800 Full article 1_703available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Tonight at sundown, the celebration of Israel's Independence Day will begin. It was 64 years ago that David Ben-Gurion declared the rebirth of the Jewish state. Even before the ink was dry on her Declaration of Independence, Israel's Arab neighbors attacked in an attempt to drive the Jewish people from their newly-acquired homeland. God miraculously delivered the tiny nation from her vastly larger enemies. Today the same hatred and bigotry toward Israel and the Jewish people is alive and well in our world. Powerful forces in Tehran, Damascus, and many other Muslim cities would love nothing more than for Israel's 64thbirthday to be her last. Extremist "twelvers" like Iran's President Ahmadinejad believe that a bloody war is an absolute necessity to bring about Muslim rule over the entire world. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:32:11 -0800 Full article 1_702available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Reports surfaced from Iran yesterday that the Oil Ministry and the Kharg Island refinery (Iran's major export hub) had both suffered an attack from a computer virus like the Stuxnet virus that slowed Iran's nuclear enrichment last year. No official confirmation of this attack has yet been given, but it appears that Iran was forced to disconnect both facilities from the Internet in order to prevent the virus from spreading. Just as with Stuxnet, no claim of responsibility or admission of involvement has come from either Washington or Jerusalem, but the threat posed by a nuclear Iran is one Prime Minister Netanyahu made very clear again last week that Israel will not overlook. The rest of the world may wrongly think they can bury their heads in the sand and ignore the problem, but the painful lessons of history have taught the Jewish people that they cannot afford that luxury. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release isThe Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:12:36 -0800 Full article 1_701available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com In a biased and highly negative attack on Israel disguised as a so-called "investigative" report, 60 Minutes ran a segment called "Christians in the Holy Land" Sunday night. It highlighted the plight of Palestinian Christians, who have been persecuted, attacked, and even killed for their faith. Yet rather than blaming the Muslims who are carrying out these attacks, the report focused its blame on the Jewish state. What a travesty! As Israel's Ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren, pointed out recently: Christians are prominent in all aspects of Israeli life, serving in the Knesset, the Foreign Ministry and on the Supreme Court. They are exempt from military service, but thousands have volunteered and been sworn in on special New Testaments printed in Hebrew. Israeli Arab Christians are on average more affluent than Israeli Jews and better-educated, even scoring higher on their SATs. As Ambassador Oren so clearly shows, this 60 Minutes report is just one more effort by the liberal media to blame Israel instead of facing the reality of the situation and threats Israel faces. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography onWikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:33:00 -0800 Full article 1_700available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I wanted to share with you these powerful words from my dear old friend Prime Minister Netanyahu. Speaking at a Holocaust Remembrance Day event, he said: Today, the regime in Iran openly calls and determinedly works for our destruction. And it is feverishly working to develop atomic weapons to achieve that goal. I know that there are those who do not like when I speak such uncomfortable truths. They prefer that we not speak of a nuclear Iran as an existential threat. The truth is that a nuclear-armed Iran is an existential threat of the State of Israel. The truth is that Iran must be stopped from obtaining nuclear weapons. It is the duty of the whole world, but above and beyond, it is OUR duty. The memory of the Holocaust goes beyond holding memorial services; it is not merely a historical recollection. The memory of the Holocaust obligates us to apply the lessons of the past to ensure the basis of our future. We will never bury our heads in the sand. The threat against Israel is the most serious the Jewish state has faced since her rebirth in 1948. Today we MUST do all that we can to stand in the gap to deliver Israel from destruction. After spending last week in prayer in the Holy City, I am more certain than ever that God has a crucial role for us to play in this vital spiritual battle. Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:26:39 -0800 Full article 1_699available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Israel's Ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren, made the threat posed by Iran's nuclear weapons program crystal clear in his remarks last week on Holocaust Remembrance Day: "It's not a coincidence that Iran is denying the Holocaust while seeking to perpetrate a second one," Oren said during aYom HaShoahremembrance in Washington. "When Iran says it wants to destroy the State of Israel, which just happens to have six million Jews, we have to take the threat seriously." The threat against Israel is the most serious the Jewish state has faced since her rebirth in 1948. Today we MUST do all that we can to stand in the gap to deliver Israel from destruction. After spending last week in prayer in the Holy City, I am more certain than ever that God has a crucial role for us to play in this vital spiritual battle. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release isThe Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:21:13 -0800 Full article 1_698available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Despite another round of talks in Istanbul regarding the status of its nuclear program and a professed willingness to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Iran continues to refuse to make any concessions or halt its work. In the latest discussion, Iran refused access to its military nuclear site at Parchin near the capital of Tehran. Experts believe Iran is "sanitizing" the site so that if inspections do take place in the future, they will not reveal the extent of Iran's nuclear weapons work there. Israel's Defense Minister Ehud Barak pointed out that all these talks have accomplished is guaranteeing "Iran has five more weeks" of uninterrupted work on its nuclear program. Each day their evil work continues brings Israel one day closer to destruction. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sun, 22 Apr 2012 10:14:37 -0800 Full article 1_697available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Yesterday, as the world marked Holocaust Remembrance Day, Alice Herz-Sommer, believed at 108 years of age to be the oldest living Holocaust survivor, did what she does every day. In her small apartment in London, she played the piano. Neighbors and passers-by listened outside the window to the music that filled the air. Herz-Sommer says, "I love people, and every day in life is beautiful!" Like so many others who lived through those terrible years, this dear lady understands all too well the reality of evil. And sadly that evil is not just historical; it is very real right now. Today the Jewish people once again face the threat of extinction. There is no doubt in my mind that God has worked to make the Jerusalem World Center in the Holy City a reality "for such a time as this"…and I urgently need your help today. This is our Esther moment, and we must not miss it! We MUST show God's Chosen People that their Christian friends are standing with them during this crisis. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 20 Apr 2012 19:58:12 -0800 Full article 1_696available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com At an event for Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel earlier this week, my dear friend Benjamin Netanyahu made it crystal clear that Israel has not forgotten the painful lessons of the past, and that Iran must be stopped from acquiring nuclear weapons for Israel to survive. The Prime Minister rebutted the claims of those who think it is too extreme to compare the threat posed by Iran with that posed by Hitler. "I know there are people who believe that it is forbidden to mention the unique evil of the Holocaust while talking about the current threats facing the Jewish people. They claim that doing so cheapens the Holocaust and insults its victims," Prime Minister Netanyahu said. "I completely reject this approach." The Prime Minister is right about the nature and seriousness of the threat Israel faces. And yet Israel stands almost alone in the world today. You and I must stand in the gap to fight and win the spiritual battle for Israel's survival. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 20 Apr 2012 19:56:46 -0800 Full article 1_695available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com On Sunday night the television network Channel 10 here in Israel aired a powerful report on the Israeli Air Force pilots who would lead the strike to stop Iran's nuclear program. I couldn't help but think how young these heroes look…and I couldn't help but be moved as they talked about the families they would be leaving behind. Of course, for security reasons they didn't go into detail, but they made it clear that their families being protected while they go to defend the nation was the first thing on their minds. The threat of war grows more real each passing day that Iran continues its pursuit of nuclear weapons, and it is apparent that the rest of the world will take no meaningful action to halt the mullahs of Tehran from their evil course. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation,Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 17 Apr 2012 19:24:37 -0800 Full article 1_694available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com This weekend at a conference in Istanbul, Turkey, Iran once again came under pressure to give up its nuclear program—and once again refused. "You should know the Iranian nation is insisting on its fundamental rights and even under the most difficult pressure will not retreat even one iota from its rights," a defiant President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said. Iran continues to insist that its nuclear program is peaceful, despite massive evidence to the contrary. Israel faces an existential threat from Iran's nuclear program. While other nations may prefer that Iran not go nuclear, for Israel it is a matter of life and death. And Israel has received very little support. But what governments do or fail to do does not limit our ability to fight the battle for Israel's survival on our knees. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:56:19 -0800 Full article 1_693available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com In a rare move, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has personally overridden a Congressional hold on $147 million in US taxpayer money and sent it to the Palestinians. Congresswomen Ileana Ros-Lehtinen who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee had blocked the money from being sent due to continued terrorist attacks and the Palestinian Authority's push for world recognition without negotiation with Israel. This shocking move is yet one more indication that the current administration does not have Israel's best interests at heart. It is more imperative than ever that believers stand with the Jewish state. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sun, 15 Apr 2012 09:14:31 -0800 Full article 1_692available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Iranian news agencies have announced the largest military exercise since the Islamic revolution in 1979. Iranian army and air force units will join with the Revolutionary Guard forces to conduct live fire drills aimed at strengthening Iran's air defense against a possible attack. The announcement came as Iran's leaders declared their unyielding commitment to continuing their nuclear program. The threat posed to Israel by a nuclear Iran is too great for the Jewish state to accept. Iran CANNOT be allowed to have nuclear weapons. Yet world leaders will gather in Turkey tomorrow for still more talks with Iran that will almost certainly not include any serious measures to stop their evil aims. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sun, 15 Apr 2012 09:14:16 -0800 Full article 1_691available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Leaders of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood toured official Washington last week, largely receiving a warm welcome despite their history of terrorism and murder. The group's "Freedom and Justice Party" has dominated Egyptian elections and the new Parliament, and their candidate Khairat al-Shater is widely expected to win the upcoming presidential election. This radical group pretends to be moderate in the US, but there is no mistaking their hostile intent toward Israel. They have repeatedly called for the peace treaty with Israel to be overturned and recently halted crucial shipments of natural gas to the Jewish state. Israel's largest neighbor is once again becoming a hostile threat. There is no doubt in my mind that God has worked to make the Jerusalem World Center in the Holy City a reality "for such a time as this". **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 12 Apr 2012 22:01:10 -0800 Full article 1_690available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Continuing his defiant refusal to enter peace talks with Israel, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas—the man who provided the funding for the PLO Black September attack that killed eleven members of the Israeli Olympic team in Munich in 1972—is now threatening to renew the push for unilateral United Nations recognition of Palestinian statehood. Abbas sent a letter to Prime Minister Netanyahu last weekend restating his demand that Israel agree to all of his conditions before talks can even begin. Sadly, most of the world continues to view Israel as the obstacle to peace rather than as the victim of continuing terrorist attacks. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 11 Apr 2012 20:20:25 -0800 Full article 1_689available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Over the weekend, a number of news organizations in Israel and the Middle East reported that President Obama had sent a secret letter to Iran's leaders describing America's willingness to accept a civilian nuclear program in Iran. This message was reportedly sent ahead of this week's negotiations which are to be held in Turkey. Since Iran refuses to allow outside inspectors to evaluate that work, it is unclear how such a restriction would be enforced. This is just one more indication that Israel cannot depend on its former allies for safety and security…and brings us yet one step closer to a damaging and destructive war. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation,Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:11:20 -0800 Full article 1_688available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Ze'ev Bielski, the member of Israel's Knesset who chairs the panel on Home Defense Preparation presented a grim assessment this week to the Jewish people of the risk posed by war. Despite great advances in missile defense and the Iron Dome system, Bielski said that Israel's civil defense is simply not ready to protect the population from the expected massive missile attack. Almost one out of every four Jewish people in Israel does not have access to a bomb shelter. That means more than a million and a half people are at grave risk if and when war breaks out. Today Israel is surrounded by enemies and besieged on every side—but together we can offer help and hope. While I was in Israel recently, we signed the contract to purchase a five-story building within walking distance of the Temple Mount. This building will be the worldwide home of the Jerusalem Prayer Team and host the Christian Zionism Museum as a lasting witness to the Jewish people. There is no other Christian ministry with its own facility close by the Old City of Jerusalem, although a few others rent space there. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 5 Apr 2012 21:26:38 -0800 Full article 1_687available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com As the murderous Assad regime clings to power in Damascus, many analysts fear Syria could launch an attack on Israel in an attempt to divert the protestors who are threatening to bring down the government. As a result, top Israeli military officials recently conducted surprise drills to test the readiness of the army and air force to respond to a sudden Syrian attack. Though the greatest threat to Israel remains Iran's nuclear program, there are other, even closer dangers to face as well. Today Israel is surrounded by enemies and besieged on every side. While I was in Israel recently, we signed the contract to purchase a five-story building within walking distance of the Temple Mount. This building will be the worldwide home of the Jerusalem Prayer Team and host the Christian Zionism Museum as a lasting witness to the Jewish people. There is no other Christian ministry with its own facility close by the Old City of Jerusalem, although a few others rent space there. In the Holy City, the Jerusalem World Center will stand as a witness to the love of believers for the Jewish people…a constant presence of salt and light. Together we will share God's love with His Chosen People like never before. There is no doubt in my mind that God is bringing this miracle to pass to meet the challenges and threats that Israel faces today. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 5 Apr 2012 21:15:25 -0800 Full article 1_686available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The threat Iran poses with its nuclear program and sponsoring terrorist groups is not limited to Israel—it is a serious danger to America and the rest of the world as well. "In the face of any attack, we will have a crushing response. In that case, we will not only act in the boundaries of the Middle East and the Persian Gulf, no place in America will be safe from our attacks," Massoud Jazayeri, a senior commander in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard told an Iranian newspaper earlier this week. This declaration continues a pattern of Iran ramping up their threats of retaliation in an attempt to deter a military strike to halt its nuclear weapons program. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation,Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 4 Apr 2012 19:32:50 -0800 Full article 1_685available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The United States would not be safe from retaliation if Iran is attacked by Washington, the Iran newspaper quoted a senior Revolutionary Guards commander on Tuesday as saying. "In the face of any attack, we will have a crushing response. In that case, we will not only act in the boundaries of the Middle East and the Persian Gulf, no place in America will be safe from our attacks," Massoud Jazayeri was quoted as saying by the daily. Iran would not strike any country first, he said. Tehran is locked in a dispute with the West over its nuclear program. Israel and the United States have threatened military action against Iran unless it abandons activities which the West suspects are intended to develop nuclear weapons. Read full article here. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; andAtomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 3 Apr 2012 18:49:34 -0800 Full article 1_684available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com A disturbing report has surfaced from former United Nations Ambassador John Bolton alleging that the Obama Administration intentionally leaked information about Israel's plans for military action against Iran in order to delay or prevent Israeli action. If this report is accurate, it represents a stunning and callous disregard for Israel's safety on the part of the leaders of our country. It was clear while I was in Israel that distrust for the government in Washington is growing in the Jewish state. The Israeli people, sadly with good reason, believe that the administration is more focused on November's elections than on stopping Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. It is time for us to stand up and raise our voices to be counted as supporters and friends of Israel, and there is a very pressing need facing Israel right now that together we can do something about. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 3 Apr 2012 18:36:39 -0800 Full article 1_683available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com On March 30th, the Global March to Jerusalem (GMJ) took place. Joining the likes of Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood, and Mavi Marmara flotilla veterans, was one of the movement's "official advisers" whose name stood out: president Obama's former spiritual advisor, Reverend Jeremiah Wright. Rev. Jeremiah Wright, a man with a long track record of racist and anti-Semitic statements, was a perfect fit for this latest Palestinian PR endeavor. And despite the fact that Wright was president Obama's spiritual mentor for over twenty years, the White House has refrained from commenting on his involvement with a movement designed to produce more violence and more bloodshed. Wright long ago offered his reasoning for being off the president's radar. "Them Jews ain't going to let him talk to me. I told my baby daughter that he'll talk to me in five years when he's a lame duck, or in eight years when he's out of office," said the Reverend during a 2009 interview. He also criticized the president at the time for not sending a U.S. delegation to the World Conference on Racism, an annual, anti-Semitic hate-fest that unfailingly singles out Israel for condemnation. "Ethnic cleansing is going on in Gaza. Ethnic cleansing (by) the Zionist is a sin and a crime against humanity, and they don't want Barack talking like that because that's anti-Israel," Wright contended. Read the full article here. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 3 Apr 2012 18:33:25 -0800 Full article 1_682available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Iran's Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi made his country's intentions quite clear recently. Responding to a question about whether Israel might strike at Iran's nuclear program, he said, "We will not only continue to counter enemies' threats, but we will also pose a sufficient threat to them." Iran has provided billions of dollars of training and military equipment to the terrorists of Hezbollah and Hamas for use against Israel, and at its direction, a fiery rain of destruction will fall upon the Jewish state. The hundreds of rockets launched against Israel a few weeks ago are just a tiny taste of what is to come. And while Israel waits for open war, there is a silent killer stalking the homes of so many—as thousands upon thousands of poor Jewish people do not have enough food to eat. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 30 Mar 2012 21:58:06 -0800 Full article 1_681available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com In a major surprise announcement, the government of Azerbaijan has publicly revealed that they have granted Israel the right to use air bases along their border with Iran. This dramatically increases the likelihood of success for a potential strike because attack planes launched from such close proximity would not require refueling and could return for a second wave of strikes if the first did not accomplish all of its objectives. The Azeri authorities foiled two recent Iranian plots to strike Jewish targets in their country, and some analysts believe their anger over Iranian intelligence operating so blatantly within their country contributed to this decision. Reaction from Washington to the news was sharply negative, with one Obama Administration official anonymously declaring, "We're not happy about it." Iran shows no sign of backing down from its nuclear program, despite somewhat increased sanctions from the West. The only way Iran's leaders will give up their dream of gaining the means to annihilate Israel is if they are forced to do so. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release isThe Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNewswhere you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:48:28 -0800 Full article 1_680available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Intelligence authorities this week revealed the chilling information that Mohammed Merah, the terrorist who murdered a Jewish rabbi and three young children in southern France last week, may be only the tip of the iceberg. There are "dozens more French Muslims" like Merah who have received training from the Taliban and al-Qaeda in Afghanistan. Though the press tried to paint him as a lone wolf, Merah was definitely connected to terrorist networks, and his brutal crimes were driven by a hatred of the Jewish people. He even videotaped the murders so they could be broadcast on the Internet in hopes of inspiring others to follow in his evil footsteps. The world would prefer to look the other way instead of facing this great evil, but we cannot afford to do that. We must stand in the gap for the Jewish people. We must sound the alarm to awaken the world to the real nature of the threat Israel faces, and we must do what we can to meet the needs of the poor of the house of Israel. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction bookJimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:35:00 -0800 Full article 1_679available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Though the launching of rocket and mortar attacks from Gaza has slowed once more to a trickle (imagine only having one or two enemy terrorist attacks per day being an improvement!), the problem of terrorist hatred and violence is far from over. Right now Israeli authorities are preparing for the next outbreak of violence, and they expect it to be far worse than the last, which left hundreds of thousands huddled in bomb shelters for days while schools had to be closed. Israel's Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch said the government expects the next outbreak to be "more violent," and they are preparing accordingly. The bitter irony, of course, is that Israel gave up Gaza in 2005 in a deal that was supposed to bring peace to the Jewish state. Instead, Gaza has simply become the most convenient point from which terrorists can launch their attacks on the Jewish people. And against this background of near-constant violence and the looming threat of war, Israel is facing a grave hunger crisis as well. Hundreds of thousands simply don't have enough to eat. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:32:46 -0800 Full article 1_678available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Government and security officials are bracing for widespread protests and demonstrations…and the threat of violent terrorist attacks…during Friday's "March to Jerusalem." This protest is planned to feature large groups marching on Israel's borders from Gaza, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan. A similar protest last year saw widespread violence and more than a dozen killed in the riots that broke out. According to the event's official statement, "Our aim is to end the Zionist policies of apartheid, ethnic cleansing and Judaization, which all harm the people, land and sanctity of Jerusalem. The GMJ (Global March to Jerusalem) is comprised of a diverse coalition of Palestinian, Arab, and international activists who are united in the struggle to liberate the holy city of Jerusalem (the city of peace) from illegal Zionist occupation." This protest is just one more reminder of how many there are in our world that hate Israel and the Jewish people…and will stop at nothing to see Israel destroyed. There is no possibility of peace with such people. They only want death and destruction. Their desire is to see Israel completely destroyed and the Jewish people driven from the Holy Land. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation,Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 28 Mar 2012 22:33:37 -0800 Full article 1_677available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com My heart broke as I read a powerful editorial written by the daughter of a Holocaust survivor. Laura Kam recounted her mother's words on hearing of the massacre at the Jewish school in Toulouse: "They are killing Jewish children in Europe again." But as Kam points out, the problem is not limited to Europe; every single Jewish man, woman and child anywhere on the globe is at risk today. Kam wrote:It is not just Jewish children in France in danger of being murdered in cold blood. Just last week, hundreds of thousands of Jewish children, along with their families in southern Israel, were the targets of Islamic jihadist terrorists firing missiles at them.Sadly and tragically her words are the true reality Jewish people face today. And even as the threat of war and terror grows greater, there is another grim reality stalking Jewish children—the problem of hunger. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 28 Mar 2012 22:26:44 -0800 Full article 1_676available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The new regime taking power in Egypt is taking steps to make life in Israel as difficult as possible. They have been steadily reducing the flow of natural gas to Israel—the main source of Israel's electricity generation. Now there are reports that Egypt has completely shut off the transmission of the vital resource. That means that Israel is faced with going into the summer months without enough electricity for the population. This is just one more hardship for the Jewish people, especially the poor, to face. And one of the greatest problems facing Israel today is that of hunger. Next week, Jewish people around the world will celebrate the Passover, a wonderful remembrance of God's deliverance of His people. But for the hungry of Israel, it will not be a time of celebration. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:55:51 -0800 Full article 1_675available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The arrest of two Egyptian men has foiled another Iranian terror plot to strike at Israeli targets. The two were reported recruited by the Iranian intelligence service as part of a plan to blow up an Israeli ship traveling through the Suez Canal. Israel is very dependent on the Suez Canal for both sending and receiving merchandise, supplies, and food; it is a vital lifeline for the tiny country, and any disruption or closure of the canal would be a great blow to the Jewish people. So many are struggling right now just to put food on the table. When I was in Israel last week, I heard from people over and over about the growing problem of hunger for Israel's poor. I cannot just walk away from this problem and hope that someone else does something about it. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:41:49 -0800 Full article 1_674available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The former head of Israel's Counter-Terrorism Bureau revealed this week that jihadist groups around the world have joined together to attack Israeli targets and Jewish people wherever and whenever they can. General Nitzan Nuriel said that Iran is pushing these terrorists, many of whom it has funded and trained, to launch these attacks as an attempt to derail a possible military strike against their nuclear program. The brutal murder of three children and a teacher at a Jewish school in France this week was just the latest and most deadly in a string of recent attacks. There are repeated concerns for loved ones living in other nations. It is not just Israel that is in the crosshairs; every Jewish man, woman, and child in the world is a target for these terrorists. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:39:37 -0800 Full article 1_673available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com My long-time friend Prime Minister Netanyahu last week spoke to the Knesset in Jerusalem and delivered a stern denunciation of Iran's proxy war against Israel: The dominant factor that motivates these events in Gaza is not the Palestinian issue. The dominant factor that motivates these events in Gaza is Iran. Gaza equals Iran. Where do the missiles come from? From Iran. Where does the money come from? From Iran. Who trains the terrorists? Iran. Who builds the infrastructure? Iran. I have said this many times: who gives the orders? Iran. Gaza is a forward operating base for Iran. I heard some people say that a third- or fourth-rate terrorist organization is acting against a million citizens in the State of Israel. That is not true. Iran is operating against us. I hope that if not all, at least most members here and the public understand that the terrorist organizations in Gaza—Hamas and Jihad, as well as Hezbollah in Lebanon—are taking shelter under an Iranian umbrella. Now imagine what will happen if that umbrella becomes nuclear. Imagine that behind these terrorist organizations stands a country that calls for our destruction, and it is armed with nuclear weapons. He is exactly right in identifying the source of the problems and threats facing Israel today…and the Jewish people need our help right now. I am here in Israel to once again stand among the Jewish people as your ambassador, assuring them that even if the American government will not support them in the crisis hour, we will. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:50:16 -0800 Full article 1_672available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The nation of Israel is mourning the brutal attack on the Ozar Hatorah Jewish elementary school in France yesterday. A rabbi and three students were killed by a masked gunman on a black motorcycle, and several others were seriously injured. This is just one more painful reminder that every Jewish man, woman, and child in the world is at risk of being killed at any moment just for their religion and nationality. Iran is using the terrorist groups like Hamas and Hezbollah (into which they have poured billions of dollars) for weapons and training to carry out attacks against Jewish targets around the globe. Attacks or plots that were stopped before they could be carried out have occurred in more than half a dozen countries in the past few weeks…and the pace is increasing. We are getting closer and closer to the outbreak of open war—and we MUST stand for and with Israel and the Jewish people today. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Candidate, The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography onWikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:15:00 -0800 Full article 1_671available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Various groups in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Gaza and the so-called West Bank (Judea and Samaria) are planning massive demonstrations on March 30th as they march on Israel's borders. Last year's events saw nearly a dozen Israeli soldiers injured as they attempted to maintain peace and control of the border crossings. The concern this year is the strong evidence of Iranian ties to this event, particularly through their relationships with Hamas and Hezbollah. There is great concern that they will attempt to provoke violence among the protestors or that they will use this event as cover for a new round of terrorist attacks within Israel. This is just one more indication of the hatred of the Iranians toward Israel, and yet another reminder of the crucial importance of making certain the mullahs of Tehran never have nuclear weapons. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:39:09 -0800 Full article 1_670available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Despite a so-called cease fire, rockets and missiles from Gaza continue to rain down on southern Israel. Schools were closed again last Friday because of the extreme danger to children posed by these continuing terrorist attacks. Many of the poorest people in Israel, including numerous Russian Jews who fled persecution and discrimination by returning to the ancient homeland of God's Chosen People, live in extreme southern Israel because prices are lower there. But the prices are lower because of the proximity to Gaza and the massive terrorist network headquartered there—a network which is being used today to launch attack after attack on Jewish men, women, and children solely because they are Jewish. There is no other reason for these attacks than the demonic anti-Semitism that finds a welcoming home in evil hearts. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:44:46 -0800 Full article 1_669available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com With Iran attempting to kills Jews all over the planet and more Iranian warships next door to Israel in Syria, it is outrageous to hear world leaders side with Iran over Israel. The world watched in silence as millions of Jews were killed by Hitler. Can you imagine someone firing more than 50 missiles and rockets a day at the United States and us being told not to retaliate? Israel is increasingly isolated from the rest of the world. She is slowly being abandoned by nations that have supported her for decades. The latest evidence of this were the statements earlier this week by British Prime Minister David Cameron that an Israeli strike to halt Iran's nuclear program was "not justified" and that England would not support Israel if its leaders decided to take action. Despite his position, Cameron insisted that England was still a friend to Israel—a stance people here in Jerusalem do not find the least bit comforting. Yet Cameron is hardly alone. Almost every world leader who has spoken publicly has condemned the idea of military action to halt Iran while insisting that the threat isn't really that serious. I'm hearing daily information here in Israel that proves the threat IS that serious, and must be stopped before it is too late. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release isThe Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 16 Mar 2012 22:30:16 -0800 Full article 1_668available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The threat to Israel is growing day by day. This week, authorities in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, announced the arrests of nearly two dozen people involved in an Iranian plot to attack Jewish and American embassies and staffers in Azerbaijan. Many of those arrested had been to Iran for training, and the Azeri government said Iran's intelligence services and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard were directly involved in planning the attacks. This is at least the sixth foreign country where plots against Jewish people have either been carried out or stopped prior to their execution. Today there is not a Jewish person anywhere in the world who is safe from the demonic hatred and anti-Semitism that drives the enemies of God's Chosen People to seek their destruction. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 16 Mar 2012 22:00:44 -0800 Full article 1_666available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com A few days ago, the Egyptian government announced that they had brokered a "cease fire" with Hamas and the Palestinian terrorists of Gaza to stop the outrageous and continued attacks against Jewish men, women and children in southern Israel. Yet despite that so-called agreement, the Palestinians just fired another Grad rocket—one of the heaviest weapons they have—into the southern Israeli city of Netivot. The rocket struck a parking lot, and at least 12 people needed medical treatment, including one serious injury. This is just the latest indication that the Palestinians do not want peace. If they are this bold now, how much worse would it be if they were shielded by an Iranian nuclear umbrella? This is a dangerous and critical moment for the very future of the Jewish state. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:11:52 -0800 Full article 1_665available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Though the pace of attacks has lessened slightly since the weekend, there have been more than 250 rockets fired into southern Israel this week. The Israeli "Iron Dome" missile defense system has functioned well, destroying many of the larger rockets before they could reach their targets, and limiting the damage done by the attacks. Yet despite that defensive success, there has still been a number of Jewish civilians injured and a great deal of property damage. More than a million Israelis spent part of the last few days in bomb shelters, and children missed several days of school during the worst of the attacks. Though it has received very little attention in the media, this round of attacks is really just a trial run for the terrorists sponsored by Iran to test their ability to strike at Israel if and when war breaks out. We must stand with Israel right now in this moment of great danger. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release isThe Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 14 Mar 2012 20:39:50 -0800 Full article 1_664available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, has called on Israel to exercise "maximum restraint" in responding to the more than 250 terrorist rockets fired into Israel by terrorists in Gaza. Israel is NOT the problem! This latest round of attacks began when Israel thwarted a major planned terrorist attack, killing the leader of the Popular Resistance Committee who was plotting to kill innocent Jewish men, women, and children. Yet somehow, it is Israel that is expected to show restraint. This is an outrage. If there were any justice in the world, the evil hatred of the Palestinians toward the Jews would be condemned and punished. But even if the entire world turns against the Jewish state, we can and must and will stand firm in our support for Israel. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 13 Mar 2012 20:41:30 -0800 Full article 1_663available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com As rockets and missiles continue to rain down on Israel from Gaza (more than 130 at last report), five different Palestinian groups have publicly claimed responsibility for the attacks. Schools across southern Israel remain closed because authorities have determined the danger is too great. Today Israel is getting just a tiny taste of what will happen when war with Iran breaks out. It is tragic; more than a million Jewish people have spent all or part of the last three days hiding in bomb shelters to escape these random and brutal attacks. The territory of Gaza has become nothing but a launch pad for attacks against Israel. The empty promises of peace from the Palestinians have been revealed yet again to be worthless words that only mask the hatred in their hearts for God's Chosen People. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release isThe Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 13 Mar 2012 18:54:44 -0800 Full article 1_662available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com With the Quartet for Middle East Peace (the U.S., UK, Russia and the UN) meeting once again this week to try to restart the stalled peace process, the Palestinians have once again rejected any talks unless Israel gives in to their demands before the talks begin. The two major concessions the Palestinians are trying to force Israel to make are to stop all housing construction, including in the city of Jerusalem, and to recognize the pre-1967 borders (even though there was not and never has been a Palestinian state with those or any other borders). Israel is under enormous pressure from the Obama Administration to make these concessions, and because Israel desperately needs U.S. military aid and assistance to successfully halt Iran's nuclear program, it is in a precarious position. When I saw my old friend Prime Minister Netanyahu last week in Washington, it was easy to see the stress he is under. The Jewish people urgently need our help right now. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release isThe Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:07:24 -0800 Full article 1_661available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com A major outbreak of violence from Gaza over the weekend forced more than 200,000 Israelis into bomb shelters. More than 100 rockets and missiles were fired into Israel from Gaza. Israel's "Iron Dome" missile defense system intercepted many of them, and no fatalities were reported, but the damage from the strikes was intensive. This new round of terror followed Israel's success last week in stopping a major terror attack plot. Israeli Defense Forces launched a strike that killed two terrorists involved in planning the attack, including the commander of the Popular Resistance Committee, a terrorist group operating in Gaza. An attack like the one last year across the lightly-defended Sinai border that killed eight Israelis was in the final stages when the IDF took action. Remember that Gaza is the land Israel gave up seven years ago in exchange for "peace." It didn't work then, and it won't work now! The enemies of Israel have no interest in peace; they want the Jewish state destroyed and the Jewish people killed. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:55:49 -0800 Full article 1_660available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Last week when Israel, One of the major agenda of last week's meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanhayu and US President Barack Obama was Iran's nuclear program. Mr. Obama appealed to the Israeli leader to allow more time to pass for sanctions against Tehran to work rather than resort to military action soon. But Netanyahu insisted that his country remain master of its own fate. In an interview with Robert Siegel, Israel's Ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren, disclosed that there is not much time for the world to see if Iran is responsive to sanctions. Israel has been warning about the Iranian nuclear program for close to two decades now. Oren added that his country appreciates President Obama's great commitment but also reminds the world that Israel also lives in a very tough neighborhood. "The main goal will always be to prevent Iran from acquiring the ability to make nuclear weapons. This is a regime that is sponsoring terror worldwide. It's actually the largest state sponsor of terror, giving, you know, tens of thousands of rockets to terrorist organizations like Hezbollah and Hamas. It's supporting terror in Africa, in South America. This is all they're doing without a nuclear weapon. Imagine what they would do with a nuclear weapon." Oren added. Read full interview transcript here. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Mon, 12 Mar 2012 07:32:04 -0800 Full article 1_659available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com President Obama likes to boast that America and Israel are strong allies; but is it really true? Perhaps Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was more correct than we wish to admit when he told congressional leaders this past week that the two countries didn't always see eye-to-eye. He suggested that was because they were on different sides of the scale—one a world power, the other smaller and infinitely more vulnerable. The week of Purim, when Israel's appeal for America to stand by them against Iran was made, one hundred missiles were fired into Israel from Gaza. Taking into consideration the various scenarios since 1948, it is quite easy to see why the prime minister might feel as he does. Immediately after Israel declared her statehood and President Harry S. Truman recognized the Jewish state against the advice of his own State Department, Israel was attacked by her aggressive and belligerent Arab neighbors. Israel prevailed and her inhabitants set out to carve a nation from the sand and bedrock of a heretofore neglected Palestine. When we take a look at the various administrations since that of Richard Nixon, the Israel-US friendship has been maintained only through tough determination on Israel's part. Under the Carter administration, strong pressure was applied to force Israel to the peace table at Camp David. Prime Minister Menachem Begin was prodded to sign land-for-peace agreements that were supposed to lessen tensions within the region. During his presidency and certainly after his defeat in 1980, President Carter pushed for a Palestine state, befriended Yasser Arafat, had tea with terrorist leaders sworn to annihilate Israel, and penned books maligning the leaders of the Jewish state—all without repercussion or reprimand. He remains the US statesman emeritus. In 1981, despite public US objections, and perhaps providentially for much of the Western world, Mr. Begin proceeded with a plan to bomb Iraq's Osirik nuclear reactor. I was with him earlier that week and read him a scripture,"No weapon formed against thee will prosper." In that same meeting I also talked with him about Jonathan Netanyahu, the brave leader who was killed during the Entebbe raid. I asked him to give Jonathan's brother, Benjamin, a job in the government; Begin did not know him.He asked, "Why should I?" I replied, "Because one day he will be prime minister, not once, but twice." Begin laughed, but soon afterwards gave Benjamin a government position. Upon being told of the Osirik bombing, President Reagan responded with, "Boys will be boys." With the exception of the war in Lebanon in 1982 which exposed some philosophical differences between the two countries, Reagan's government favored Israel and emphasized her importance as an ally. Organizations favoring Israel labeled the president as having the "most pro-Israel ever" administration. George H.W. Bush raised the indignation of our Israeli friends when in 1990 he called East Jerusalem "occupied" territory and not a sovereign part of Israel. More importantly, he pressed Israel not to respond when targeted with SCUD missiles during the Persian Gulf War. Rather than consider the safety of Israeli civilians, the first thought was the fear of losing Saudi Arabia and Egypt as allies against Saddam Hussein. Even after Israel's compliance with the president's request, his Secretary of State James Baker demanded Israeli presence at the Madrid Peace Conference. It proved to be yet another attempt to appease Arab sensibilities by forcing Israel to give up more land-for-peace. On January 2, 2001—when he was supposed to be vacating the White House to make way for President George W. Bush, President Bill Clinton came up with yet another peace initiative, this one involved even more far-reaching Israeli concessions than those Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Barak had agreed to at Camp David and Arafat had refused just before initiating a Second Intifada. The president desperately wanted to leave behind a legacy of peace in the Middle East. Arab sources show that Clinton's far-reaching offer involved an extraordinary new development: it gave Arafat almost everything he wanted, including ninety-eight percent of the territory of Judea, Samaria, and Gaza, all of East Jerusalem except for the Jewish and Armenian quarters, Palestinian sovereignty over the Temple Mount, conceding only the right of Jews to pray there, and a compensation fund of $30 billion. Arafat thumbed his nose at the president and stalked indignantly out of the meeting. Why? He was not satisfied with a portion of Israel's land; he wanted it all. The Obama administration seems to have taken a page from both Carter's and Clinton's playbooks. Israel has certainly suffered the effects of the president's attempts to "engage" the Muslim world. Rather than appearing "presidential," Mr. Obama's bowing and groveling has only served to embolden and empower hostile regimes. The administration's lack of backbone toward Middle East terrorist organizations has simply placed America and Israel in greater danger, especially from the fanatics in Iran. Despite President Obama's push for more stringent sanctions against that nation, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called for "the Zionist regime" to be taken to pieces. He has declared that "anybody who recognizes Israel will burn in the fire of the Islamic nation's fury." When I arranged an exclusive interview with him for the Fox News Network, he said to me, "America is the big Satan; Israel is the little Satan; but both are going down." To Ahmadinejad, America has become a toothless and clawless tiger, no longer able to stop his rogue state from using its enriched uranium to make nuclear weapons. God help us and Israel if his perception is true and his threats are more than boastful talk. This issue has become more critical than ever since Prime Minister Netanyahu's visit with Mr. Obama earlier this month. Mr. Netanyahu requested advanced "bunker busting" bombs and aircraft necessary to refuel in mid-air. The request was apparently denied by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and/or other US officials. White House spokesperson Jay Carney stated that there had been no direct talks between the prime minister and President Obama regarding this matter. One Israeli newspaper reported, however, that the president had based any military assistance on the assurance that Israel would not attack Iran in 2012, an election year. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Final Generation, Cursed,The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Mon, 12 Mar 2012 06:36:57 -0800 Full article 1_658available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com News reports from both America and Israel have confirmed that Israeli leaders in Washington earlier this week asked for American military help to allow them to launch an effective strike against Iran's nuclear program. Specifically, the Jewish leaders asked for advanced "bunker buster" bombs designed to take out reinforced underground sites like the Iranian Fordo nuclear facility. Also requested were aircraft for in-flight refueling. Both of these items would be vital to ensuring a strike was actually effective in halting Iran's evil work. Neither government will confirm the status of the discussions, but Israeli news outlets have suggested that President Obama agreed to supply the needed equipment if Israel would promise not to strike Iran before the November elections. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release isThe Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sat, 10 Mar 2012 08:41:34 -0800 Full article 1_657available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Dan and Leah Ortiz know all too well how real the threat of terror is. Their son Ami was badly injured in a blast when someone placed a bomb wrapped as a gift by the door of the family home and he opened it. Our beloved Jerusalem Prayer Team partners have been a major help to this dear family as he has gone through many surgeries and a long recovery process. This week on their security system, they saw someone leave a package by their door and run away after ringing the doorbell. They closed their steel-reinforced security door and called the bomb squad. After they were evacuated through an upstairs window, the bomb squad destroyed the package. Thankfully, there was no bomb…but imagine the horror of needing a security system and a steel door and even then, never knowing if a package left at your door was meant to kill you! It's a horrible way to live—and yet that is the daily reality of life for the Jewish people living in Israel. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sat, 10 Mar 2012 08:38:27 -0800 Full article 1_656available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I am preparing to leave six days from now for an urgent trip to Israel as your ambassador to the Jewish people. Among the highlights of this trip will be the dedication of the completely renovated and remodeled bomb shelter for the use of elderly Holocaust survivors in Jerusalem. I will join the mayor of Jerusalem, Nir Barkat who asked the Jerusalem Prayer Team to take on this vital project, for the dedication which will be broadcast across the nation. Your compassion and financial support have made it possible for us to give this wonderful witness of God's love to His Chosen People. But there is so much more that urgently needs to be done. There are supplies that must be purchased, organization that must be put in place, and the list goes on and on. I have been in Israel for every major war in the last forty years, and I have seen firsthand the terrible toll war takes on the Jewish people. We must do all that we can to help them face the coming threat. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles The Final Generation, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNewswhere you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 9 Mar 2012 17:03:17 -0800 Full article 1_655available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com In six days, I leave for Israel as your ambassador to share our love and support of the Jewish people at this crucial time. The series of meetings held this week in Washington D.C. did not offer Israel the support and help it needed in the struggle to prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapons. The politics of the election in November are driving the life-and-death decisions regarding Israel. This is a tragedy, and I am asking you to join with me today in saying that no matter what our leaders say, we will NEVER abandon Israel…no matter what the economic or political consequences of defending the Jewish state. I want to take your gift with me to Israel to help the poor and suffering people and to prepare them for the terrors and hardships of the coming war. Once the war starts, it will be too late. We must help now, or many will die. Your gift today to the Jerusalem Prayer Team can literally be the difference between life and death. Please join me right now in praying a commanded blessing on every loving heart that responds to this urgent call for help. While I am in Jerusalem, I have set aside a special time to pray for your needs and those of my beloved Jerusalem Prayer Team partners. I am asking you today to share your most pressing prayer need so that I can take it before the Lord in agreement with you in the Holy City. I appreciate so much the help our prayer team members have already made possible. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 9 Mar 2012 14:32:30 -0800 Full article 1_654available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com In a press conference in Washington following his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Obama downplayed the threat posed to Israel and the rest of the world by Iran's nuclear program. While saying he was committed to not allowing Iran to get nuclear weapons, Mr. Obama also painted the threat as one that is still distant, leaving plenty of time for decisions to be made about what steps to take. His words were in sharp contrast to the description given by Mr. Netanyahu the day before. My old friend said, "We can't wait much longer." Sadly, I believe that Mr. Netanyahu is correct; the threat of a nuclear Iran must be dealt with quickly or it will be too late. That's why the Jerusalem Prayer Team has stepped up our efforts to help the Jewish people. And that's why the Purim Matching Gift Challenge matters so much. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 8 Mar 2012 14:18:47 -0800 Full article 1_653available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Today is the last day for our special Purim Matching Gift Challenge that will double your support to do more to deliver the Jewish people from destruction. When the evil Haman launched his plan to destroy the Jewish people in Persia (modern day Iran), Esther and Mordecai courageously stood up to oppose him. God heard and answered their prayers and miraculously delivered His Chosen People. The past few days have clearly highlighted the urgent need for the Jerusalem Prayer Team to stand for and with Israel. Prime Minister Netanyahu's meetings in Washington simply highlighted the deepening divide between Israel and the United States, particularly when it comes to the threat posed to Israel by Iran. President Obama is taking a "wait and see" approach. Prime Minister Netanyahu understands the crucial and precious nature of time; there is so little time left before it will be too late to stop Iran. At this moment, we can and must do everything possible to support the Jewish people.The Jerusalem Prayer Team has been making a special humanitarian effort to prepare for the coming war, and we have been blessed to receive a $100,000 matching gift challenge offer from a generous and dear friend. If we can meet this $100,000 matching gift challenge, we will MORE than reach our original goal and be able to do even more than we had planned to help the Jewish people prepare for this crisis. What an incredible blessing that would be! Your gift today will be doubled to help save more lives and meet more needs. So far 800 loving hearts have responded by giving $90,000 toward this matching gift challenge—but it ends today. Will you give today to help us reach this urgent goal? **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 8 Mar 2012 14:06:01 -0800 Full article 1_652available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Mitt Rommey, the Republican front-runner, recently issued an opinion piece in the Washington Postwas titled, "How I would check Iran's nuclear ambition." Stating that the "Iranian hostages taken during the Carter administration were released in essence because of Reagan's "peace through strength" stance." Romney declared: "On Jan. 20, 1981, during the hour that Reagan was sworn into office, Iran released the hostages. The Iranians well understood that Reagan was serious about turning words into action in a way that Jimmy Carter never was." His facts are wrong. Shortly after 4:00 A.M. on Inauguration Day, January 20, 1981, the Carter administration relinquished $7.977 billion to the Iranians through the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England. The transfer required fourteen banks and the participation of five nations acting concurrently. This was done to buy the hostages' release. Read full article here. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 7 Mar 2012 19:18:30 -0800 Full article 1_651available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Tonight the celebration of God's miraculous deliverance of His people (as recorded in the book of Esther) begins. Purim is an especially important reminder to us this year, as once again a plot hatched in Persia (modern-day Iran) to destroy God's Chosen People is unfolding. Today you and I are being called by God to stand for the deliverance of the Jewish people from death and destruction just as Esther and Mordecai did thousands of years ago. We must be faithful and fervent in our prayers. We must be diligent in speaking out to influence our leaders. And we must do what we can to help the people living in Israel who are in great need today. This sweet celebration is a bitter time for those who don't have enough food to eat. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 7 Mar 2012 18:48:45 -0800 Full article 1_650available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I wanted to share with you today some of the powerful and moving words of my long-time friend Prime Minister Netanyahu to America and the world. I prayed for him as he stood and issued this cry for the defense of Israel from the threat posed by Iran. The Prime Minister said: Some are prepared to accept…a world in which the Ayatollahs have atomic bombs. Sure, they say, Iran is cruel, but it's not crazy. It's detestable, but it's deterrable. My friends, responsible leaders should not bet the security of their countries on the belief that the world's most dangerous regimes won't use the world's most dangerous weapons. And I promise you that as Prime Minister, I will never gamble with the security of the State of Israel. From the beginning, the Ayatollah regime has broken every international rule and flouted every norm. It has seized embassies, targeted diplomats. It sends its own children through mine fields; it hangs gays and stones women; it supports Assad's brutal slaughter of the Syrian people; it is the world's foremost sponsor of terrorism. It sponsors Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hamas in Gaza, and terrorists throughout the Middle East, Africa, even South America. Iran's proxies have dispatched hundreds of suicide bombers, planted thousands of roadside bombs, and they fired over twenty thousand missiles at civilians. Through terror from the skies and terror on the ground, Iran is responsible for the murder of hundreds, if not thousands, of Americans. In 1983, Iran's proxy Hezbollah blew up the Marine barracks in Lebanon, killing 240 US Marines. In the last decade, it's been responsible for murdering and maiming American soldiers in Afghanistan and in Iraq. Just a few months ago, it tried to assassinate the Saudi Ambassador to the US in a restaurant just a few blocks from here. The assassins didn't care that several Senators and members of Congress would have been murdered in the process. Israel needs our help right now. They know they cannot rely on any other nation for their safety and security. But they need our prayers…and they need us to raise our voices on behalf of the Jewish state. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 7 Mar 2012 18:40:11 -0800 Full article 1_649available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Last night Prime Minister Netanyahu spoke to the large pro-Israel AIPAC gathering here in Washington D.C. I was in a meeting with him yesterday, and I wanted to write and give you this quick word of encouragement. Please keep praying; Mr. Netanyahu has told me more than once how important the prayers of Believers are to him and to his nation. The Prime Minister made it clear in no uncertain terms that Israel alone must determine how best to ensure the security of the Jewish people and the Jewish state. In prepared remarks, Mr. Netanyahu said, "My supreme responsibility as prime minister of Israel is to ensure that Israel remains the master of its fate. Israel must reserve the right to defend itself and after all, that's the very purpose of the Jewish state—to restore to the Jewish people control of our destiny." But while this choice is Israel's to make, it urgently needs our support right now. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release isThe Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 6 Mar 2012 17:57:20 -0800 Full article 1_648available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Last night I was in a meeting here in our nation's capital with my dear friend Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. So much has changed since the day more than thirty years ago when I anointed him with oil and prophesied over him that he would twice serve as Israel's Prime Minister…and that his second term in office would be in the moment of Israel's greatest crisis. That day has come. This is it: the moment that the Spirit of God spoke of through me on that day so long ago. The threat posed to Israel by a nuclear Iran is one the Jewish state simply cannot survive. I keep hearing apologists for Iran and enemies of Israel saying that the threat is being overblown; it is not! If action is not taken soon, either by Israel, the U.S. or both, Iran's leaders WILL have nuclear weapons, and it will be too late to stop them. In a powerful speech last night to AIPAC here in Washington, Mr. Netanyahu said, "We've waited for diplomacy to work. We've waited for sanctions to work. None of us can afford to wait much longer. We are determined to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons. We leave all options on the table. And containment is definitely not an option. The Jewish state will not allow those seeking our destruction to possess the means to achieve that goal." The pressures being put on Prime Minister Netanyahu are incredible. The Jewish state stands isolated and almost totally alone. Israelis know they are in the fight of their lives for their survival. And through prayer we can and must be part of this battle as well. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 6 Mar 2012 15:05:47 -0800 Full article 1_647available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I am in Washington D.C. with top Israeli leaders. In a few hours, I will be in a meeting with the Prime Minister. As I write, the meeting between President Obama and my old friend Benjamin Netanyahu is still going on. Mr. Obama is desperately attempting to persuade Israel not to attack Iran before the U.S. elections this November. The threat posed to Israel by an atomic Iran is no secret. The radical Islamists have made it more than clear that they want to see Israel "wiped off the map." Israel must take action soon, or Iran will pass into what Israeli Defense Minister Barak calls the "zone of immunity"—the stage where their program is so advanced that it cannot be stopped by military action. But Israel desperately needs U.S. help to launch a successful strike on Iran. The logistical requirements of striking so many heavily defended and widely scattered targets so far away from home requires capability Israel does not possess. Without U.S. refueling and technical assistance, and without help to take out Iran's anti-aircraft system, it is questionable whether a strike can succeed. The word here in Washington is that the Obama Administration is using Israel's well-grounded fear of Iran's nuclear program as a bargaining chip in an attempt to extract major concessions regarding the Palestinians. The stalled peace process is a thorn in the side of the president's re-election campaign. The deal being quietly proposed (and this will never be admitted publicly because of the potential repercussions) is that the U.S. will secretly help Israel with a strike on Iran in exchange for Israel giving up Jerusalem and most of Judea and Samaria (the so-called West Bank) and recognizing a Palestinian state. This would be a tragedy! In order to escape destruction today at the hands of Iran, Israel would have to agree to future destruction at the hands of the Palestinians. And I tell you with no doubt or uncertainty that God WILL judge our land if our leaders push through this plan to curse His Chosen People. I need you to urgently pray today that God will halt this plan in its tracks…and I am asking you to send an urgent gift to help us defend the Jewish people and the Jewish state. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release isThe Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNewswhere you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Mon, 5 Mar 2012 17:31:35 -0800 Full article 1_646available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I am at the White House. President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu are meeting now. I will update you after the meeting is over. I am here in our nation's capital as your ambassador to express our support of the Jewish people. Crucial meetings take place today between Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Obama. I see a level of concern in the eyes of my old friend of more than 30 years; the pressures of the growing threat Israel faces are taking a toll on him. Please join me right now in urgent prayer for the Prime Minister. Yesterday, President Obama addressed AIPAC, the largest pro-Israel political group in the country. He said all the right things about standing by Israel, but he also filled his remarks with reasons no action should be taken against Iran by either the U.S. or by Israel. He says there is plenty of time for sanctions to work. That is frankly a gamble with Israel's survival and security that I don't believe the U.S. should take. We must stand with and for God's Chosen People right now more than ever before. The truth is they have few friends left in the world, but they have the God of Abraham who hears and answers prayers…and we must be faithful to pray for the peace of Jerusalem. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Mon, 5 Mar 2012 14:07:31 -0800 Full article 1_645available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com We have a very brief moment in time to raise our voices and our prayers for the life of an Iranian pastor named Yousef Nadarkhani. He has been sentenced to death by the government of Iran for apostasy against Islam and attempting to evangelize Muslims. He has been in and out of jail for the past six years. The sentence of death by hanging has been upheld by Iran's Supreme Court; although the government officially denies this, Nadarkhani's attorney has released the ruling that declares it. The sentence was upheld on appeal late last year and could be carried out at any time. The government has offered to vacate the sentence if Nadarkhani recants his faith, but he has refused to do so. Today I'm asking you to join with me in an effort to help save his life. God has given me an open door to reach out to the leaders of Iran that no one else has. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sat, 3 Mar 2012 15:39:04 -0800 Full article 1_644available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The most critical meeting between Israeli and American leaders since 1948 is about to take place in Washington D.C. I am fully convinced that this will be the last meeting between President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu before Israel goes to war. I am about to leave for Washington, where I will be meeting with my dear old friend Benjamin Netanyahu. Today he is Prime Minister of Israel for the second time, just as I prophesied over him more than 30 years ago…and just as the Spirit of God spoke through me on that day, this is truly Israel's greatest crisis. The pieces are all in place, and the stage is set. The drums of war are growing louder and louder. We must stand with Israel right now as never before. I am going to Washington as your ambassador—to tell the leaders of both Israel and America that Believers are standing with Israel and will continue to do so. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sat, 3 Mar 2012 15:27:09 -0800 Full article 1_643available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com God has laid an urgent burden on my heart to work to help save the life of Yousef Nadarkhani. Because the Spirit of God opened a miraculous door for me to have a personal relationship with Ali Salehi, Iran's Foreign Minister, I feel a special responsibility to do everything possible to spare this young man from death. This young Iranian pastor has been sentenced to death by the government of Iran for apostasy against Islam and attempting to evangelize Muslims. He has been in and out of jail for the past six years. The sentence of death by hanging has been upheld by Iran's Supreme Court; although the government officially denies this, Nadarkhani's attorney has released the ruling that declares it. The sentence was upheld on appeal late last year and could be carried out at any time. The government has offered to vacate the sentence if Nadarkhani recants his faith, but he has refused to do so. Today I'm asking you to join with me in an effort to help save his life. God has given me an open door to reach out to the leaders of Iran that no one else has. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, andThe Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 2 Mar 2012 21:31:35 -0800 Full article 1_642available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com When President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu meet in Washington next Monday, nothing less than the survival of Israel is on the line. An Iran with nuclear weapons is a deadly danger to the Jewish state. The demonic hatred against the Jewish people that drives Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is real; I saw it when I confronted him face to face as your ambassador in New York City. This is not a normal dispute between world powers; it is a life-and-death spiritual battle for the survival of Israel. And it is time for us to do even more to support Israel and God's Chosen People as they face this grave threat. It grieves my heart, but I must tell you frankly that the leaders of our nation are wavering in their support of Israel. The President's budget proposal includes deep cuts for Israel's missiles defenses. Many in Washington are eager to prevent war at almost any cost because of the potential economic impact on the coming election. Israel simply cannot count on the United States to defend them today—but they can count on us! **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 2 Mar 2012 12:50:56 -0800 Full article 1_641available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com A young Iranian pastor named Yousef Nadarkhani has been sentenced to death by the government of Iran for apostasy against Islam and attempting to evangelize Muslims. This pastor has been in and out of jail for the past six years. The sentence of death by hanging has been upheld by Iran's Supreme Court. Although the government officially denies this, Nadarkhani's attorney has released the ruling that declares it. The sentence was upheld on appeal late last year and could be carried out at any time. The government has offered to vacate the sentence if Nadarkhani recants his faith, but he has refused to do so. Today I'm asking you to join with me in an effort to help save his life. God has given me an open door to reach out to the leaders of Iran that no one else has. To the best of my knowledge, I am the only minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ in the world who has a personal relationship with Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Salehi. We met two years ago in New York City when I was staying at the hotel with the Iranian delegation to the United Nations. The Spirit of God directed me to go to him and ask for his help, and he is the man who arranged my personal meeting with Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. I believe this relationship offers us a unique opportunity to speak directly to the leaders of Iran. I urge you to sign the petition to save the life of Pastor Nadarkhani today…and to forward this to everyone in your address book. Share it on Facebook. Print it out and take it to church. We need to get as many people as possible involved in this effort before it is too late. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 1 Mar 2012 20:34:51 -0800 Full article 1_640available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com A friend from Jerusalem sent me these thoughts about the celebration of Purim which is next week: Purim is creeping up on us, and the shelves are filled with "Hamantaschen"—Haman's Ears—filled with dates, or poppy seed, or raisins, or jams indeed almost every possible flavour. It is probably the most appropriate of festivals right now as one talks of the evil coming from Persia. From the town of Shushan the Grand Vizier, Haman, spoke evil of the Jews, convincing the King that they wanted to take over his world. It took a woman, Esther, guided by her Uncle Mordechai, to convince the King that indeed the evil one was Haman and thus saved the Jews. Haman was led through town, backwards on his own white horse for all to see his idiocy. Ahmedinejad—take note. Every Purim, families prepare "Mishloach manot"—gift packages (of food of course!) to give to friends and neighbours—usually of sweet treats to ensure that those you know have a truly festive Purim to celebrate our success over the evil Persian. Zvi has a philosophy that every Jewish festival is"They tried to kill us, we won." As Jews around the world prepare to celebrate Purim, another plot hatched in Persia to destroy them hangs like a dark cloud over the feast. Today, it is our moment to stand as Esther and Mordecai did and do our part to deliver Israel from destruction. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 1 Mar 2012 15:26:16 -0800 Full article 1_639available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Though it received little attention in the news, the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) report on Iran's nuclear program revealed the shocking news that Iran's output of highly enriched uranium has increased by some 50% just since last fall! They are rapidly increasing their production, and at the same time moving more and more of their centrifuges into the super-hardened underground facility at Fordow. Prime Minister Netanyahu correctly described this report as evidence that Iran is "grossly ignoring" the call for their nuclear program to stop. But Iran will not stop unless it is forced to do so. Iran's leaders want Israel destroyed; the deputy head of their armed forces again called this week for "Israel to be wiped off the map," and they want nuclear weapons to make that possible. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 29 Feb 2012 22:07:35 -0800 Full article 1_638available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com My old friend Prime Minister Netanyahu is heading to Washington D.C. this weekend for more urgent talks regarding the future. His White House meeting with President Obama is expected to focus almost exclusively on Iran. This is the most important meeting these two leaders have ever held…and I am going to Washington as your ambassador to assure the Prime Minister that no matter what government officials may say or do, Bible-believers who love Israel will NEVER desert God's Chosen People. At this moment of great danger and uncertain support, Israel and its leaders need to hear from us more than ever. We must speak out and encourage them to stand firm in the face of this great danger, and we must do what we can to help meet their urgent needs as well. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:45:56 -0800 Full article 1_637available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Following a round of "sermons" claiming that Jewish people were going to launch an attempt to take over the Al-Aqsa mosque, a mob of Palestinians seized control of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, stoning tourists and the police who were attempting to restore order. Palestinian incitement against the nation of Israel has dramatically escalated even beyond its normal level of hatred and bigotry in recent days. And yet the Obama Administration continues to push Israel and my old friend Prime Minister Netanyahu to make concessions to the same Palestinians who spread scandalous lies about the Jewish people and continue to insist that Israel has no right to exist. The Prime Minister is coming to Washington D.C. in just a few days, and I will go as your ambassador to make a firm expression of our support for Israel during these crisis days. It has never been more important than right now that we support God's Chosen People. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option,Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:29:03 -0800 Full article 1_636available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Several analysts have recently noted that leaders in both Washington and Tehran share a common goal—preventing an Israeli military attack to halt Iran's nuclear weapons program. Clearly, distrust between the two sides is too great for them to be actively working together, but just as clearly, they desire the same result. For Iran, every day that passes without an attack is a victory—one more day in which they can continue their nuclear weapons program unimpeded. For Washington, the presidential election is the key; if open war breaks out in the Middle East, the economic turmoil could significantly alter people's voting decisions. Against this background, my old friend Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is returning to Washington. I am going there to meet him, to stand as your ambassador encouraging him to stand firm despite the incredible pressure being put on him to cave in to Israel's enemies. We must stand with the people of Israel now more than ever. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:09:45 -0800 Full article 1_635available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Next week my friend Prime Minister Netanyahu will return to Washington D.C. for urgent meetings with President Obama and the leaders of our nation. He knows full well how urgent it is to stop Iran before it is too late. One analyst called this the "definitive meeting" between the two leaders. I will be there in Washington as your ambassador, calling on our nation to affirm our long support of Israel now when it matters most. I believe that without any doubt, the next 100 days are the most crucial and most important in Israel's modern history as a nation, so I have made a commitment; I am going to personally give $10 a day for the next 100 days. I want God's blessings on my family and on my nation, and I believe the promise of Genesis 12:3—both the curse and the blessing—with all my heart. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNewswhere you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:26:03 -0800 Full article 1_634available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com More than 30 years ago when I met Benjamin Netanyahu for the first time, I anointed him with oil and prophesied over him with the words the Spirit of God laid on my heart. I told him that day that he would twice serve as Prime Minister of Israel—he wasn't involved in politics at all back then—and that the second time would be during Israel's greatest crisis. That day has arrived. All you have to do is read the headlines or watch the news for a few minutes, and you can quickly see that danger surrounds Israel on every side. Beset by enemies all around, the survival of the tiny Jewish state since her rebirth in 1948 is a miracle. But today Israel is threatened like never before. Next week Prime Minister Netanyahu is coming to the United States. He will meet with President Obama to discuss Iran's nuclear program. He will speak to friends and supporters of Israel, asking for their help in this crucial hour. And I will be going to Washington D.C. as your ambassador to meet with my old friend and to assure him that he and his nation are not alone in this struggle for survival…that you and I are standing firmly with them. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:09:47 -0800 Full article 1_633available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Following the failed attempt by the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) this week to reach an agreement for inspection of Iran's nuclear sites, more disturbing news emerged as one diplomat revealed that Iran is nearing "full installation" at the Fordow nuclear site. This is yet one more indication of how serious Iran is about its nuclear weapons program and how rapidly the window for Israel to take action to stop them is closing. The Fordow site is located deep underground in the mountains near the Iranian holy city of Qom. It is heavily reinforced, rendering it able to survive all but the most accurate and heavy attacks. If Iran succeeds in getting its nuclear enrichment centrifuges and other equipment fully operational at Fordow, the chance of stopping Iran without an actual invasion will become increasingly small. For those who have ears to hear, the hoofbeats of the horsemen of war are sounding a loud call to action today! **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNewswhere you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sat, 25 Feb 2012 09:33:47 -0800 Full article 1_632available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Iran's leaders know the threat their nuclear program poses to Israel; that's why they're investing so much into it. And they are not going to sit by and allow Israel (or anyone else) to stop them. This was made extremely clear by one of Iran's top military officials. "If we feel our enemies want to endanger Iran's national interests, and want to decide to do that, we will act without waiting for their actions," Mohammad Hejazi, deputy head of Iran's armed forces, told Iran's FARS News Agency this week. The statement came as Iran announced yet another round of war games, known as "Sarallah" or "God's Revenge." Designed to practice the skills needed to protect nuclear and other important sites, the war games will involve anti-aircraft batteries, radar, and warplanes. Iran knows war is coming soon, and it is doing everything possible to prepare for it. Their hatred of the Jewish people drives their actions, and they want to inflict as much damage on Israel as possible. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sat, 25 Feb 2012 09:22:29 -0800 Full article 1_631available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Despite its public declaration that it is willing to allow IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) inspections, Iran has made it clear that the IAEA team in the country this week will not be allowed to visit any nuclear sites. It requires a deliberate and intentional willingness to overlook the obvious to miss the point of Iran's nuclear program; it has no need of more energy, but has an urgent need (in their twisted theology and worldview) for nuclear weapons. Only these ultimate weapons of mass destruction will allow the Jew-hating mullahs of Tehran to achieve their goal of seeing Israel "wiped off the map." Most of the world continues to ignore the reality of Iran's goals, but their leaders make no secret of what they want. Following the collapse of the effort to allow international inspectors into Iran's sites, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei said that Iran will "not be deterred" from its course, no matter what the world does. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, The Samson Option, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:37:39 -0800 Full article 1_630available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Sometimes Americans fall into the trap of thinking that because Iran is far away and the hatred of the Iranian people is directed at Israel, the radical Islamic state poses no danger elsewhere in the world. Nothing could be further from the truth. Vice Prime Minister of Israel Moshe Ya'Alon, the former Chief of Staff for the Israeli Defense Forces, reminded me not long ago that while Iran calls Israel the "little Satan," America is called the "great Satan." And they mean it. News from the Middle East this week revealed that Iran is continuing work on its inter-continental ballistic missile program, and it is now just 2 to 3 years away from having the capacity to strike the USA directly. A top Israeli official said, "Their aim is clearly not only to be able to threaten Israel and the Middle East, but to put a direct nuclear ballistic threat to Europe and to the United States of America." The immediate threat faces the Jewish state, but by helping defend it today, we are defending our own country as well. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 24 Feb 2012 07:10:55 -0800 Full article 1_629available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Refusing to buckle in the face of intense pressure from the Obama Administration and most other world leaders warning Israel not to attack Iran, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said, "We'll do what we need to do" to prevent Iran from completing their nuclear weapons program. Mr. Barak made these remarks after his weekend meeting with U.S. National Security Advisor Tom Donilon. Though the messages exchanged between the two leaders were not revealed, it is widely believed that Donilon's visit was part of the escalating U.S. strategy to try to prevent Israel from taking military action to stop Iran's nuclear program. The Obama Administration has publicly fretted about the potential economic consequences of a war and the impact that might have on the presidential election in November. Over the years, Israelis have learned the painful lesson that they cannot rely on others for their defense. Barak's statement underlined the commitment of the Netanyahu government to doing whatever is necessary to prevent the unthinkable tragedy of a nuclear-armed Iran…but the price of taking action will be high indeed. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:38:49 -0800 Full article 1_628available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com This morning as I had my devotions and spent time with God, He gave me seven amazing promises for my life and yours from His Word. David said: "Blessed is he who considers the poor; The LORD will deliver him in time of trouble. The LORD will preserve him and keep him alive, And he will be blessed on the earth; You will not deliver him to the will of his enemies. The LORD will strengthen him on his bed of illness; You will sustain him on his sickbed." (Psalm 41:1-3) God will deliver you from trouble—in the Hebrew it means "to escape" God will preserve you—in the Hebrew it means "to guard or watch over" God will keep you alive—in the Hebrew it means "to live prosperously" God will bless you—in the Hebrew it means "to lead rightly" or "to be made happy" God will not deliver you to your enemies—in the Hebrew it means "to be placed in the hands of" God will strengthen you in sickness—in the Hebrew it means "to comfort or support" God will sustain you—in the Hebrew it means "to turn the bed upside down"…in other words, God will take what is against you and turn it into a blessing Today I am activating these promises with my gift for the poor of Israel. I can think of no better way to "consider the poor" than to meet the urgent needs of God's Chosen People as they face the looming threat of war. I encourage you to join me today; circle these promises and write down the date and the amount of your gift. These promises come to pass for you and for me. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos , in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran ; and the fiction book, Game Changer ; and his newest titles Cursed , The Light , and The Protocols . His latest release isThe Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:36:04 -0800 Full article 1_627available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The intense pressure on Israel to stand back and "wait and see" on Iran was ramped up again over the weekend. President Obama sent his National Security Advisor to Jerusalem for another round of meetings with my friend Prime Minister Netanyahu. Meanwhile both General Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, and British Foreign Secretary William Hague publicly declared that Israel should not launch an attack on Iran. General Dempsey warned that an Israeli attack would be "destabilizing" (as if the current situation is calm and peaceful), and Mr. Hague said an attack would "not be the wise thing." These very public statements are part of a carefully orchestrated campaign to back up the messages that are being delivered privately. The election is a major factor in every decision being made in Washington these days—where it carries far more weight than concerns about Israel's security. The Jewish state is looking down the barrel of a loaded gun already…and the situation is rapidly getting much, much worse. It would be a tragedy of indescribable proportions if electoral and economic considerations are the main reason Iran is allowed to gain nuclear weapons—weapons it will certainly use against Israel at the first opportunity. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:03:20 -0800 Full article 1_626available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com As Iran nears the point of no return with its nuclear weapons program, President Obama is facing a dilemma. On the one hand, a nuclear Iran is a grave danger not only to Israel and the Middle East, but to the United States as well. On the other hand, taking action to stop Iran threatens the fragile economy with a presidential election looming just a little over nine months away. Today Mr. Obama is facing what one analyst called his "nuclear moment" much like the stark choice President John Kennedy faced during the Cuban missile crisis fifty years ago. Every path and every choice carries risk—economically, militarily, and politically. There is no easy answer to the problem posed by Iran. The question is whether the president will stand firm and do whatever is necessary to stop Iran. Many people in Israel fear that Mr. Obama will not make that choice. As I talk to people both inside and outside the government, they express doubts as to whether they can count on America in this crisis. Today I'm asking you to send a message loud and clear—no matter what choice others may make, Israel can count on me! **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:55:00 -0800 Full article 1_625available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Iranian leaders, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei and National Security Council deputy director Ali Baqeri, have been attempting to deter an Israeli attack by making increasing threats of retaliation. Khamenei promised that "iron fists" would be raised against Israel, and Baqeri went even further. On a visit to Russia (which has supplied much of the technology Iran is using to build its nuclear weapons), Baqeri said, "If the Zionist regime [attacks] a question of its existence will arise—not a question of its legitimacy, but a question of its existence." Iran's leaders have spoken bluntly and publicly of their desire to see Israel "wiped off the map." Today they are closer than ever to having the means to accomplish their evil purposes. The world has stood by and watched—except for the nations that are helping Iran—while uttering platitudes and doing nothing to defend Israel from death and devastation. But we are not standing silent! **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:17:27 -0800 Full article 1_624available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Lt. Gen. Ronald Burgess, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, has issued a grim warning to the Senate Armed Services Committee regarding Iran's ability to strike the US and other targets with advanced missiles. US forces in the Middle East, including those stationed in Afghanistan, Bahrain, and Kuwait are within range of Iranian missiles right now, and Iran is quickly developing even longer range weapons. Commenting on the general's briefing, RAND Corporation analyst Alireza Nader said, "Iran does have missiles capable of hitting U.S. facilities in the Persian Gulf, and notably, in Afghanistan, and it is known to be in development of long-range missiles that could reach Eastern Europe. It has a pretty robust missile program." Of course, the greatest target for Iran's missiles, which it hopes to soon equip with nuclear warheads, is the nation of Israel. Today there are more than 200,000 missiles aimed at the Jewish state. War is growing closer with every passing minute, and soon it will be too late to prevent Iran from building nuclear weapons. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:08:13 -0800 Full article 1_623available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Citing Iran's willingness to flout international law and the sanctions that have been put in place in an effort to halt the Islamic regime's nuclear weapons program, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week said that "sanctions on Iran are not working" because Iran "breaks all the rules." My good friend made these remarks while meeting with the president of Cyprus. Mr. Netanyahu was asked about Iran's announcement last week of major progress in its nuclear program. His reply makes it clear that while Israel would like to see the rest of the world take steps to halt Iran, they certainly are not depending on it. Israeli leaders know from painful experience that they cannot rely on the goodwill and words of others for security. The nation of Israel cannot survive a nuclear-armed Iran…yet the cost of stopping Iran will be high indeed. Already Jewish people in Israel and around the world have been forced to high alert for fear of impending attack. And things are getting worse and more dangerous by the day. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Mon, 20 Feb 2012 01:46:53 -0800 Full article 1_622available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com After numerous attacks and bombing attempts around the world last week, Jewish sites in the U.S.—synagogues, schools and embassy buildings—have been placed on a greatly heightened alert status. It is a tragedy that simply going to school or to synagogue places a Jewish man, woman, or child at risk of being attacked or killed. Being Jewish is NOT a capital crime…and yet to those driven by hatred and anti-Semitism and radical Islamist ideology, it is. This is not a far-off problem that affects only people in other lands; the war against Israel has come right to our own doorsteps. News reports indicate visibly heightened security measures being taken when Israeli officials travel to public events. Frank Cilluffo, director of the Homeland Security Policy Institute at George Washington University in D.C., said, "The recent [planned] attack on a Saudi official in Washington shows a willingness to attack in the United States. This could be an indicator of a much broader campaign and it is right to take precautionary measures." **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Mon, 20 Feb 2012 01:43:23 -0800 Full article 1_621available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com At least five more rockets fired from Gaza (the land Israel gave up for peace in 2005) struck southern Israel this week. Thankfully no one was injured, although there was some property damage. This is just one more reminder that the enemies of Israel will never rest while one Jew still lives. The campaign against Israel is not because of settlements or water rights or land swaps or the right of return or any of the other excuses routinely trotted out by the adversaries of the Jewish state. The drive to destroy Israel is fueled by a demonic hatred of God's Chosen People. There is no peace process which could defuse this evil anger. No concessions Israel could make will ever satisfy the demands of her enemies. The same racist rage that murdered my great- grandfather inside his own synagogue in Russia and took the lives of many of my mother's family during the Holocaust is alive and well today. Israel is a tiny nation, surrounded by enemies on every side. Few are willing to stand with and for the Jewish state today, but we can do it together! **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is he Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sat, 18 Feb 2012 02:37:18 -0800 Full article 1_620available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com This is really disturbing news. Mossad is known around the world as one of the premiere intelligence services. Yet the head of Mossad has now revealed that this week's bombing that injured the wife of an Israeli diplomat in India took Israel by surprise. Tamir Pardo, director of Mossad who had been in India just last week, said his agency "did not anticipate" the bombing. India has long been regarded as one of the safer places in the world for Jewish people, yet that relative calm has now been shattered. The attack took place when a motorcyclist attached a magnetic bomb to the car in which the diplomat's wife was traveling. She sustained minor injuries in the blast and is expected to recover. This week has seen a string of attacks against Jewish people and Israeli targets in at least three nations, as well as renewed rocket attacks on southern Israel. These attacks are just the latest round in the ongoing war for Israel's survival. Though Tehran has denied responsibility, there is little doubt that Hezbollah, which Iran funds and supports, is the most likely perpetrator. Iran continues to defiantly push ahead with its nuclear weapons program to gain the means to utterly destroy Israel. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sat, 18 Feb 2012 02:27:26 -0800 Full article 1_619available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Just as he declared a few days ago, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has announced that despite economic sanctions, his country is making rapid progress in its nuclear program. The grim news for Israel included the declaration that Iran is now fueling its test reactors with nuclear fuel rods that they have produced themselves. Previously, Iran had been dependent on importing these advanced rods from other countries. In addition, Ahmadinejad said that Iran now has new high-speed centrifuges capable of producing more highly enriched uranium much more rapidly. This will allow Iran to quickly ramp up production of nuclear weapons. The news is grim for those who have ears to hear. Time is rapidly running out for Iran to be stopped. Unless successful military action is taken or God directly intervenes, Iran will soon complete its evil work. This will give Iran the capacity to destroy Israel—and there is no question about its will to do so. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:23:46 -0800 Full article 1_618available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I am shocked and appalled at the latest news out of Washington. Despite the fact that there are more than 200,000 missiles aimed at Israel today, President Obama's new budget proposal cuts funding for Israel's missile defense program by nearly 7%! This program is probably the most important part of their defense shield. Hezbollah, Hamas, Syria, and Iran (and potentially Egypt as well under the new Muslim Brotherhood government) all possess advanced missiles capable of striking every city and village inside the nation of Israel. So far, the "Iron Dome" missile defense system Israel is building is only capable of stopping a small number of attacks and will not cover the entire nation for several more years. This is a crucial time for Israel, and cutting funding to this vital protection would be a tragedy—and a great danger to the Jewish people. Several Republican lawmakers in Congress have vowed to overturn these proposed cuts to make sure that the US continues to stand with our best ally in this crisis moment. Please join me in praying that they will succeed and that this vital part of Israel's defense will not face the budget cuts that would make the Jewish state more vulnerable to attack. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans' books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:20:19 -0800 Full article 1_617available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com When the moment of crisis came for Esther, she said YES! She was willing to risk her very life to appeal to the king to halt Haman's plan for the destruction of the Jewish people. Today it is our turn….What will you say to this urgent plea for help? Today in Iran (ancient Persia), another plot to annihilate God's Chosen People has been hatched. Driven by the same demonic power that fueled the Holocaust, the Inquisition, and the pogroms in Russia, the drive to see Israel "wiped off the map" is moving ahead at full-speed. The gallows for the destruction of the Jewish state are being built once again. And the threat is not only in far- off lands; it is right here at home as well. As you read these words today, police, bomb squads, and intelligence units across the United States are on high alert guarding Jewish targets such as synagogues and schools because of the threat of terrorist attack. But you and I have an even more important and more powerful tool at our disposal; we can pray to the God of Heaven, begging His help, just as Esther and Mordecai did. We MUST pray today more urgently than ever before. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:13:32 -0800 Full article 1_616available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com My heart is breaking this morning as I watch the divide between the United States and Israel growing deeper and deeper. The refusal of the Obama Administration to take serious steps to stop the Iranians from getting nuclear weapons is a horrible idea politically, militarily, economically and most important of all, prophetically. Now a news report following high-level meetings in Washington involving Mossad chief Tamir Pardo has revealed that Israel stopped sharing military intelligence with the United States for months because of the Obama Administration's positions. These two countries have been strong allies ever since the miraculous and prophetic rebirth of the Jewish state in 1948…but after more than six decades of friendship, that special alliance is crumbling over the Iranian crisis. Reportedly, Pardo asked whether the U.S. was willing to bomb Iran, and how the Obama Administration would respond if Israel did so unilaterally. This is yet another indicator that war is growing closer and closer. We must never lose sight of this crucial fact despite all the propaganda from the liberal media; Israel CANNOT survive a nuclear Iran. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:55:15 -0800 Full article 1_615available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The United States has provided billions of dollars to prop up Egypt's struggling economy since the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty was signed. Now the new Muslim Brotherhood-dominated government is warning Washington not to stop the handouts…or else. The decision by an Egyptian court to bring criminal charges against more than a dozen Americans (including the son of U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood) who were in Egypt to train candidates for the elections has sparked outrage in Congress. Leaders of both parties have threatened to cut off U.S. aid to Egypt in response. The Muslim Brotherhood doesn't just hate Israel, they hate America too…but they still want our money! They have sent a message to Washington that if U.S. aid is stopped, they will repudiate the peace treaty with Israel. This poses a grave threat to the Jewish state. Egypt's massive military capacity—much of which was funded with our tax dollars—is sophisticated and poised like a dagger at Israel's throat. Coupled with the threats from Syria, Hezbollah, Hamas and Iran, this is grave news indeed. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNewswhere you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:46:42 -0800 Full article 1_614available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com There have been a series of bombing attempts directed at Israeli targets this week in India, Thailand, and the former Soviet Republic of Georgia. Israel has identified Hezbollah and their Iranian sponsors as the perpetrators. Thankfully this troubling expansion of terrorist activity only slightly injured one person—the wife of an Israeli diplomat in India. But it is a grim reminder of Iran's determination to destroy the Jewish people. Every Jewish man, woman, and child anywhere in the world today is at risk, simply because of their race and religion. When Iran's leaders say that they want to see Israel "wiped off the map," they mean it! When one attack fails, another will follow. And looming behind every small bomb or grenade is the specter of a mushroom cloud as Iran continues to feverishly pursue nuclear weapons. The mad mullahs of Tehran have the demonic desire to destroy Israel…and if they are not stopped, they will soon have the means to carry out their evil plan. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:11:11 -0800 Full article 1_613available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com At a rally in Tehran celebrating the 33rdanniversary of the Iranian revolution, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told tens of thousands of cheering supporters that Iran will soon make a "big new nuclear achievement." Ahmadinejad also reiterated Iran's position that it will never give up its nuclear program, despite the sanctions on Iran's economy and oil sales that have created considerable financial turmoil within the country. I have personally met this man face-to-face, standing to confront him as your ambassador. I have seen the demonic drive that motivates him. I can assure you that he will never turn from his goal of seeing Israel "wiped off the map." He would happily see millions of his own people die to fulfill his twisted version of prophecy. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNewswhere you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:03:36 -0800 Full article 1_612available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Today I'm issuing a challenge to you with the words of Jesus to Peter…Do you love Jesus? Then feed His lambs! The Jerusalem Prayer Team is committed not only to defending Israel, but meeting the needs of the poor, the hungry, the sick and the forgotten in the house of Israel. Many thousands of children have no bomb shelter at their school…many elderly Holocaust survivors cannot afford to both buy food and pay for heat in their tiny apartments…many Russian Jews who fled to Israel to escape persecution now live just 15 seconds away from a terrorist rocket attack. These precious lambs are God's Chosen People, and He loves them. I'm convinced you do too, and today I'm urging you to stand with me and support the Jerusalem Prayer Team as we work to meet these urgent needs—made even more urgent by the looming threat of war. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:58:17 -0800 Full article 1_611available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com There is a huge divide between Washington and Jerusalem on the nature and timing of the threat to Israel posed by Iran's nuclear weapons program. Israeli military intelligence says that Iran could have nuclear weapons in a matter of months. The former head of Israel's Atomic Energy Agency told me personally that Iran is a "screwdriver turn" away from having these awful weapons. Yet the U.S. intelligence agencies and the Obama Administration say it will be years before Iran has a nuclear weapon. Who's right? It's the most important question for Israel's survival. Sadly, I believe that Israel is right and the United States is wrong. The Israeli intelligence services are renowned around the globe for the quality of their work, and they have much more at stake—not just a political election, but the lives of millions. Time is running out. Those with ears to hear and eyes to see can readily tell that war is looming just over the horizon. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:28:24 -0800 Full article 1_610available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com My sources in Israel tell me that the government is planning for as much as half of the population to be forced into bomb shelters for a month or even more when war breaks. Imagine if it were your children or grandchildren crammed into these tiny shelters for a month, afraid to go outside for risk of their lives. Imagine the horror of hearing explosions outside your shelter and the wailing of emergency sirens. Imagine wondering if you will ever be able to go home...or if your home will still be there. I don't have to imagine. I've been in Israel for every major war in the last forty years. I've seen the death and destruction firsthand. I've comforted the wounded and the bereaved. I've stood as your ambassador of hope and love for God's Chosen People. This threat is real. This war is coming. And I'm asking you today to help us stand with Israel in a moment of grave crisis. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNewswhere you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:24:28 -0800 Full article 1_609available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com High-level Israeli officials, including Defense Minister Ehud Barak, have been delivering a series of very blunt warnings about Iran's nuclear weapons program. Analysts see these very public statements as yet another indication that war is imminent. Iran's leaders have learned well from the mistakes of Iraq and Syria. Rather than having a single facility that can be taken out by one surgical attack, they have scattered different parts of their nuclear program around the country. But even that precaution is not enough, and they are moving more and more of the critical elements of the process, especially uranium enrichment, into heavily-fortified underground facilities. Iran will soon reach a "point of no return" when nothing short of an invasion will suffice to stop its evil work. Israel does not have the full support of the United States, and the discussions over whether to attack Iran have driven a deep wedge between two once-close allies. Every day that passes brings Israel closer to a devastating attack by Iran and its terrorist proxies. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:53:11 -0800 Full article 1_608available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Iran already has billions of dollars' worth of conventional weapons aimed at Israel, and now in addition to its nuclear program, Iran is rapidly and massively increasing its military forces. I've already told you President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has proclaimed a new budget that doubles Iranian military spending. Now official news sources within Iran have confirmed the start of nearly two dozen new weapons programs, including several aimed at striking US or other naval forces in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz. This follows the very disturbing news last week that Iran has placed a satellite into orbit. The technology to launch a satellite is exactly the same technology that launches long-range nuclear warheads. Increased capacity for military strikes at Israel on the part of Iran is just one more signpost warning of a soon-coming war. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:48:14 -0800 Full article 1_606available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Another Persian Plot to Destroy the JewsIt happened thousands of years ago--an evil Persian (modern day Iran) plot was hatched by Haman to annihilate the Jewish people. God intervened through the prayers, courage, and sacrifice of Esther and Mordecai and delivered Israel from destruction. Today it's happening again. Iran's leaders not only have the desire to destroy the Jews, but they are rapidly closing in on the means. And just as Esther and Mordecai stood in their day, this is our time--our day to pray in faith and give generously to counter the evil plans of the enemy. Iran is on the brink of launching a devastating strike against Israel. Hundreds of thousands of Jewish men, women, and children could perish in an instant if we fail to work to halt this deadly threat. We have a very short window of opportunity to do our part to deliver Israel from destruction. The Jerusalem Prayer Team is conducting a special campaign between now and Purim (the celebration of God's deliverance of His Chosen People in the days of Esther) to help the Jewish people. I'm asking you today to join us in the countdown to Purim as we do our part to deliver Israel from destruction. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:01:06 -0800 Full article 1_607available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Why isn't Iran stopping their nuclear weapons program despite the sanctions that have been placed on their economy and the threat of military action? One reason is their hatred of Israel and their desire to see the Jewish state "wiped off the map." But another reason is that they simply aren't taking the warnings from Israel and the United States seriously. Iran has spent billions of dollars upgrading their own military and arming their terrorist allies like Hezbollah and Hamas. They have purchased advanced missile technology from China and North Korea, and many military analysts believe they are convinced they cannot only withstand attacks but launch counterattacks that will seriously damage Israeli and US military power. The official Iranian news agency Press TV this week quoted senior Revolutionary Guard official Brig.-Gen. Masoud Jazayeri as saying that threats of military action from the US and Israel lack credibility. Iran is not going to stop because it is asked to; it will only stop if forced to do so. War between Israel and Iran is almost inevitable...and closer today than ever before. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:49:23 -0800 Full article 1_605available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com A website linked to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei has published a detailed plan for the "final annihilation of Israel's people" written by a close aide of Khamenei named Alireza Forghani. When I read the story and saw his picture, I was stunned--this same man was in New York City two years ago when I confronted Mahmoud Ahmadinejad face-to-face. While I was speaking to Ahmadinejad, he was praying for this demonic leader! It cannot be said too often; the war for Israel's survival is primarily a spiritual battle. It is a fight between good and evil, between light and darkness, between life and death. And it is not just Israel's fight; it is our fight. Here's what Alireza Forghani thinks Iran should do in its attack:"Residents of Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and Haifa can be targeted even by Shahab 3 [missiles]. Population density in these three adjacent areas composes about 60% of [the total] Israeli population. Sejjil missiles can target power plants, sewage treatment facilities, energy resources, [and] transportation and [communication] infrastructures; and in the second stage,Shahab 3, Ghadr, and Ashura missiles can target urban settlements until [the] final annihilation of Israel's people." **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available atwww.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 17:09:16 -0800 Full article 1_604available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Next month Jews around the world will celebrate the Feast of Purim. This celebration commemorates the deliverance of the Jewish people from destruction as recorded in the book of Esther. God has placed a burning message in my heart—you and I have been "brought to the kingdom for such a time as this." This is our moment to stand for Israel. And our actions are crucial. While it was God who worked to miraculously spare His Chosen People from destruction, it was through Mordecai and Esther who prayed and raised their voices that He worked. God can and will deliver Israel today…but you and I must do our part. Today the Jerusalem Prayer Team is launching a special effort to help prepare the people of Israel for the inevitable coming war. Today there are more than 200,000 missiles aimed at Israel. Every man, woman and child living in the Jewish state is at risk. Official Iranian websites have issued calls this week for the death of every single Jew living in Israel. Once the war starts, it will be too late. We must help now or many will die. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 9 Feb 2012 16:32:46 -0800 Full article 1_603available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com In an NBC interview Sunday, President Obama highlighted the risks--particularly the economic risks--of any military action taken against Iran. Mr. Obama said, "Military activity inside the Gulf is disruptive and has a big effect on us. It could have a big effect on oil prices." My sources in Israel continually speak of the impact the November elections are having on the strategy being set in Washington. Rising oil prices that are all but certain to follow any strike on Iran could dramatically weaken the economy, a crucial factor in peoples' voting decisions. I'm not worried about the economy; I'm worried about the millions of Jewish men, women, and children who are already in the crosshairs of Iran's conventional weapons and may soon be facing even worse! I'm worried about the 200,000 missiles that are aimed at Israel today...and could be launched at any moment. I'm worried about the safety and very survival of the Jewish state. That's what matters! **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 8 Feb 2012 17:14:34 -0800 Full article 1_602available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The growing rift between Washington and Jerusalem over whether or when to take action against Iran has broken into full public view, and it may well embolden the radical Islamists in Tehran to accelerate their efforts toward completing their nuclear weapons program. A series of public statements by high-ranking officials in both the U.S. and Israel over the past few days have revealed a deep division between the two allies over the proper response to Iran. Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said that action must be taken before Iran "reaches an immunity zone." But U.S. officials downplayed the threat that Iran is close to having a nuclear weapon, saying that they are still several years away and that there is time for diplomacy and sanctions to work. The division raised fears among the Obama Administration that Israel will act unilaterally, without getting approval or even notifying Washington. "There's a growing concern—more than a concern—that the Israelis, in order to protect themselves, might launch a strike without approval, warning or even foreknowledge," said Aaron Miller, who worked as a peace negotiator in the Clinton Administration. I have been told that the government in Jerusalem feels that it simply cannot trust the U.S. to act before it is too late. Israel would love to avoid a war with Iran because of the incredibly high cost in death and suffering that a war would bring—but a nuclear Iran is even worse than a war would be. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 8 Feb 2012 17:11:14 -0800 Full article 1_601available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com This is a stunning reminder of how deadly serious the threat against the Jewish people is, not just in Israel but around the world…and even here in America. Israel's Shin Bet security service has sent out an urgent worldwide warning of an imminent Iranian terrorist threat, not just against obvious targets such as embassies, but also "soft" targets like synagogues, Jewish community centers, and schools. A number of facilities across America have been placed on especially high alert. Iran has used this tactic successfully in the past, including the horrific bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1994 that killed 85 people. The warning indicates that Iranian-supported terrorists may be traveling on Israeli passports to divert suspicion. The truth is that every Jewish person alive today is a potential target simply because of their racial and religious heritage. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 7 Feb 2012 20:28:20 -0800 Full article 1_600available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com During Friday prayers in Tehran, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei announced that Iran would support any nation or group that attacks what he called the "cancerous tumor" of Israel. This is not empty rhetoric—he means it! The radical Islamists in Iran are driven by demons to accomplish the enemy's plan to destroy God's Chosen People. And they are closer than ever to the means to reach their goal. The Iranian Defense Ministry revealed over the weekend that they have successfully put a satellite into orbit using a two-stage, solid-fuel ballistic missile—more commonly known as an ICBM (Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile)—the kind used to deliver nuclear warheads. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 7 Feb 2012 13:12:13 -0800 Full article 1_599available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Many times my good friend Prime Minister Menachem Begin has said to me, "The Palestinians never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity." It has happened again. On his visit to the Middle East last week, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon attempted to get Israel and the Palestinians to restart the peace talks. Since the Palestinians don't want peace and the Israelis aren't willing to give in to all the Palestinian demands before the talks even start, he didn't get very far. But there was a very telling incident during this trip. While Secretary Ban was in Gaza, his armored convoy (the fact that he needs armed protection to visit the Palestinians should tell you something) was attacked by dozens of Palestinians. They threw sticks and their shoes—a sign of great disrespect—at Ban's car, accusing him of favoring Israel! It would be funny if it were not so tragic. The United Nations is the most pro-Palestinian body in the world, yet the UN leader is being physically attacked for not being pro-Palestinian enough. And despite all the attention it receives in the media, the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians is not the real threat. The real danger is posed by Iran—a nation led by radical Islamists who support terrorists and are working diligently to accomplish their goal of seeing Israel "wiped off the map." **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 17:26:41 -0800 Full article 1_598available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com It was all over the news this past weekend—U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta publicly expressed his fear that Israel is about to attack Iran. I have personally talked to both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad about this matter. I have met with more than 100 high-level Iranian and Israeli leaders, and I have written 5 books on the matter. One was endorsed by Moshe Ya'alon, former Chief of Staff of the IDF and current Vice Prime Minister of Israel. He said my book was "the most detailed account of the Iranian regime's determination, policy and plan to acquire military capabilities." It is for this reason that you and I have come into the kingdom for such a time as this. I have been in Israel during every major war for the last forty years, and I will be there again in the eye of the storm when it happens as your ambassador to save lives. If you are ever going to do something great for God, do it NOW! The Obama Administration has been putting intense pressure on Israel behind the scenes, and now they are going public with their statements. This represents a major shift—one that would not be happening without a triggering event. Diplomats rarely do their work in public. For this statement to be made in such a visible way indicates that things are moving rapidly. The U.S. has repeatedly asked Israel for assurances that it will not strike Iran, or that if it does, it will notify the U.S. in advance. The Netanyahu government has rejected these requests, unwilling to trust Israel's safety to anyone—even a long-time ally like the United States. There is no way to overlook the importance of the coming election to the decisions being made in Washington. I believe a desire to prevent war at almost any cost is driving the Administration to pressure Israel much more strongly than it is willing to pressure Iran. Time is not on Israel's side; every day of delay places Iran one day closer to having nuclear weapons. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Mon, 6 Feb 2012 17:22:42 -0800 Full article 1_597available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com My heart is breaking as I think of the plight of millions of men, women, and children living in Israel under direct threat of death simply because they are Jews. Please join me in urgent prayer for them today. I have just received a report from a high-level meeting in Israel regarding the terrorist threats that the Jewish state is facing. For some time, I've been telling you that Iran has been providing weapons to Hamas and Hezbollah for use against Israel…but the situation is even worse than had previously been believed. According to Israeli military intelligence, today there are more than 200,000 missiles and rockets pointed at the heads of innocent Jewish civilians. That's a staggering number. When war comes, as it almost surely will, those terrible instruments of death and destruction will rain down from the sky all across Israel. Families will be forced into tiny bomb shelters…or worse, have nowhere safe to hide. All of this is being financed and encouraged by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the leaders of Iran. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sat, 4 Feb 2012 17:03:34 -0800 Full article 1_596available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com One of the things I appreciate so much about my friend Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is that he tells it like it is. That's sadly becoming a rare quality, especially in politicians! When UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon was in Israel to try to restart the stalled peace negotiations, he urged Israel to make concessions to the Palestinians. The Prime Minister rebuffed those demands, correctly pointing out that settlements are not the problem preventing peace; it is the unwillingness of the Palestinians to accept Israel's existence that is the problem. Discussing the demand of the Palestinians that Israel stop building homes for its people, Mr. Netanyahu pointed out that such demands had to be part of the negotiations. "It can't be a precondition," he said, adding that "Settlements are not the crux of the conflict, but rather, one of its outcomes. The conflict started 50 years before there were settlements." There was no settlement freeze during the Oslo talks in 1993 nor the Camp David talks in 2000. This new demand by the Palestinians is simply a tactic to try to get the world to force Israel into concessions it could never achieve through talks. And in the background of all of this, the drums of war continue to beat. The radical Islamists of Tehran are frantically working to finish their nuclear weapons program. Iran is the bitter enemy of both Israel and America (and the rest of the free world as well), and it is time we started acting like it! Let's stand up and declare that America is the friend of Israel and stop treating our friends like second-class citizens. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sat, 4 Feb 2012 16:59:53 -0800 Full article 1_595available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I've known Moshe Ya'alon for many years, and when the current Israeli Vice Prime Minister and former head of the Israeli Defense Forces talks about Israel's military capacity, he knows exactly what he is saying. Calling a nuclear Iran "a nightmare for the free world, for Arab nations…and the State of Israel," Ya'alon declared that the problem is not the ability but the will to stop the radical Islamic regime. "It is possible to strike all Iran's sites," Ya'alon declared. He decried the lack of will keeping the world from taking effective action. "As long as Iran isn't convinced that there's a determination to follow through with it, they'll continue with their manipulations," he pointed out. These pointed remarks highlight the crucial importance of the Jerusalem Prayer Team. We must not only pray but speak out to convince our leaders to stand with the Jewish state. Iran is the bitter enemy of both Israel and America (and the rest of the free world as well), and it is time we started acting like it! Let's stand up and declare that America is the friend of Israel and stop treating our friends like second-class citizens. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 3 Feb 2012 16:48:56 -0800 Full article 1_594available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Israel's military intelligence chief General Aviv Kochavi has publicly revealed the grim news that Iran already has enough enriched uranium for at least four nuclear devices…and is redoubling its efforts to produce more! While the world talks about another round of sanctions, Iran continues full speed ahead toward gaining the means to accomplish its stated goal of seeing Israel "wiped off the map." I've been warning you for months that time is running out. This latest public confirmation from Israel's military intelligence simply corroborates that either very quick military action must be taken, or it will be too late. The US government is strongly pressuring Israel not to launch a strike to delay or halt Iran's nuclear weapons program, but we should be encouraging them instead. Iran is the bitter enemy of both Israel and America (and the rest of the free world as well), and it is time we started acting like it! Let's stand up and declare that America is the friend of Israel and stop treating our friends like second-class citizens. Please sign the petition to President Obama today to tell him to stop pressuring Israel and start dealing with Iran effectively. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 3 Feb 2012 16:10:12 -0800 Full article 1_593available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I personally confronted Iran's demon-possessed leader as your ambassador two years ago in New York City. His hatred for Israel and the Jewish people were plain for all to see. Now Ahmadinejad has announced plans to more than double Iran's military budget. He gave no details as to where the additional money would go, but countries like China that are willing to ignore the arms embargo against Iran have been more than happy to supplement what the Iranians are building themselves. Iran's vast oil wealth not only funds terrorists around the world; it funds the massive buildup of Iran's armed forces that is apparently now going to accelerate even further. Iran is the bitter enemy of both Israel and America (and the rest of the free world as well), and it is time we started acting like it! Let's stand up and declare that America is the friend of Israel and stop treating our friends like second-class citizens. Please sign the petition to President Obama today to tell him to stop pressuring Israel and start dealing with Iran effectively. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 2 Feb 2012 18:20:05 -0800 Full article 1_592available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com High-ranking Israeli officials are confirming publicly that the window for Israel to take military action to stop Iran from completing its nuclear weapons program is closing fast. The grim reality is that soon it will be too late to stop the mad mullahs of Tehran before they have nuclear weapons. Defense Minister Ehud Barak told the World Economic Forum last Friday: "We must not waste time on this matter; the Iranians continue to advance (toward nuclear weapons), identifying every crack and squeezing through. Time is urgently running out." Yet even as this reality becomes more apparent to those who have eyes to see, the Obama Administration continues to pressure Israel not to launch a pre-emptive strike to halt Iran's nuclear weapons program. The Administration has repeatedly asked the Israeli government for guarantees that it will not act, and top government officials are applying great pressure to Israel both publicly and privately to prevent an attack. The Administration knows that the potential economic fallout of a war in the Middle East could impact their chances for re-election this November. Iran is the bitter enemy of both Israel and America (and the rest of the free world as well), and it is time we started acting like it! Let's stand up and declare that America is the friend of Israel and stop treating our friends like second-class citizens. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 1 Feb 2012 21:23:48 -0800 Full article 1_591available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com If you need any further proof of the lengths to which Iran is willing to go to get nuclear weapons to use against Israel, this amazing news story has it. Because of sanctions designed to halt the transfer of weapons and nuclear arms-related equipment to Iran, the Islamic Republic has resorted to renaming and reflagging its ships to avoid their illegal shipments from being found. A careful study found that roughly seventy five percent of Iran's ships have been renamed in the past four years. The report said they "are being shuffled like a deck of cards in a Las Vegas casino." The national fleet (IRISL—Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines) has dropped from the 23rd largest in the world all the way out of the top 100 as Iran has transferred nominal control of its ships to other nations to avoid the sanctions. The Israeli navy has seized several cargo ships loaded with weapons bound for Gaza that while flying the flags of other nations were carrying Iranian cargo from Iranian ports (often falsely labeled as to contents and point of origin). Iran is the bitter enemy of both Israel and America (and the rest of the free world as well), and it is time we started acting like it! Let's stand up and declare that America is the friend of Israel and stop treating our friends like second-class citizens. Please sign the petition to President Obama today to tell him to stop pressuring Israel and start dealing with Iran effectively. Let's make it clear that as believers, we will never retreat from our support of God's Chosen People. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book,Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 1 Feb 2012 21:11:57 -0800 Full article 1_590available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I'm asking you today to join me in sending an urgent message to President Obama to ask him to stop pressuring Israel not to attack Iran. Below you will find a link to a petition to the president which urges him to stand with Israel—not just for the sake of Israel but for our own nation as well. We must raise our voices and reverse the course of our nation, or we WILL suffer the curse of God pronounced in Genesis 12:3 because we are cursing Israel today. The folly of trying to restrict Israel instead of Iran was highlighted by the testimony Director of National Intelligence James Clapper gave to Congress. Clapper said, "Some Iranian officials—probably including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei—have changed their calculus and are now more willing to conduct an attack in the United States in response to real or perceived U.S. actions that threaten the regime. We are also concerned about Iranian plotting against U.S. or allied interests overseas." Iran is the bitter enemy of both Israel and America (and the rest of the free world as well), and it is time we started acting like it! Let's stand up and declare that America is the friend of Israel and stop treating our friends like second-class citizens. Let's make it clear that as believers, we will never retreat from our support of God's Chosen People. Please forward this to everyone on your email list and ask them to join with us today in defense of Israel. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 1 Feb 2012 21:07:55 -0800 Full article 1_589available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com One of the dangers I've been warning about and the media ignores has been highlighted by the head of Israel's Air Force. General Ido Nehushtan, IAF chief, said that Israel's air superiority, a vital part of Israel's long-term defense strategy, is in danger of being erased by the so-called "Arab spring." The revolts that toppled several repressive governments have also led to a breakdown in law and order, and a number of military bases, particularly in Libya, were looted by groups with ties to terrorists. The IAF fears that advanced military hardware, especially next-generation surface-to-air missiles, will find their way to Hamas and Hezbollah. The IAF operates in Israel's tiny airspace, rendering military (and civilian) planes vulnerable to attack from the ground. A number of Libyan surface-to-air missiles were seized in Gaza, and the breakdown of control of the Egyptian military over the border with Gaza raises fears of larger and more damaging weapons being smuggled to the terrorists. General Nehushtan expressed a special concern regarding the situation in Syria. Hezbollah forces have been fighting on behalf of the Assad government, and the fear is that if the government falls or looks like it is about to fall, Hezbollah will either seize or be given advanced weaponry to use against Israel. This could also in a worst-case scenario include Syria's massive stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons. We must be urgent and fervent in our prayers for Israel today. I am on a God-ordained fast for Prime Minister Netanyahu, the nation of Israel, and for you, my beloved partner. I am asking God for supernatural provision. This is the Word of the Lord for you today: LORD, how they have increased who trouble me! Many are they who rise up against me. Many are they who say of me, "There is no help for him in God." Selah But You, O LORD, are a shield for me, My glory and the One who lifts up my head. I cried to the LORD with my voice, And He heard me from His holy hill. Selah I lay down and slept; I awoke, for the LORD sustained me. I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people Who have set [themselves] against me all around. (Psalm 3:1-6, NKJV) **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 1 Feb 2012 03:15:49 -0800 Full article 1_588available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Israel's President Shimon Peres blasted Iran's government over the weekend—words that every world leader should take to heart. Calling Iran the "most morally corrupt nation on earth," President Peres pointed out that the problems with the government in Tehran go far beyond its nuclear weapons program. Its radical and extremely harsh version of Islam takes a huge toll on its own people. The government of President Ahmadinejad is responsible for the deaths of scores of its own people…in addition to the many around the world who have been killed at the hands of terrorists funded and trained by Iran. I am so thankful that President Peres had the courage to publicly declare what Iran's government really is. If other world leaders would exhibit the same courage, the world, and especially the nation of Israel, would be much safer. Please join me in praying today that God will open the eyes and strengthen the spines of world leaders to stand with Israel during the current crisis. I am on a God-ordained fast for Prime Minister Netanyahu, the nation of Israel, and for you, my beloved partner. I am asking God for supernatural provision. This is the Word of the Lord for you today: The earth is the LORD's, and all its fullness, The world and those who dwell therein. For He has founded it upon the seas, And established it upon the waters. Who may ascend into the hill of the LORD? Or who may stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to an idol, Nor sworn deceitfully. He shall receive blessing from the LORD, And righteousness from the God of his salvation. (Psalm 24:1-5, NKJV) **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 1 Feb 2012 03:14:26 -0800 Full article 1_587available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Because of the grim threat posed to Israel by Iran and its nuclear weapons program, little attention is being paid to an even closer threat—that posed by Syria. I am on a God-ordained fast for Prime Minister Netanyahu, the nation of Israel, and for you, my beloved partner. I am asking God for supernatural provision. This is the Word of the Lord for you today: I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make its boast in the LORD; The humble shall hear of it and be glad. Oh, magnify the LORD with me, And let us exalt His name together. I sought the LORD, and He heard me, And delivered me from all my fears. They looked to Him and were radiant, And their faces were not ashamed. This poor man cried out, and the LORD heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles. The angel of the LORD encamps all around those who fear Him, And delivers them. (Psalm 34:1-7, NKJV) Please stop right now and join me in praying a blessing over every Jerusalem Prayer Team member as we stand together in defense of Israel. Syria continues to be rocked by protests against the brutal and repressive Assad regime. Dozens of people were killed by forces loyal to the government last week as they protested against the government in Damascus. Now rumors are starting to surface that Assad is being backed by more than his own military—that Iranian forces have joined in the crackdown just across Israel's border. A rebel group claims to have captured about a dozen Iranian Revolutionary Guard soldiers in southern Syria. In addition, Hezbollah terrorists are fighting for the government. These troops, armed and trained by Iran, are hoping to keep Assad in power as he protects and funds terrorist activities. Israeli military forces in the north of the country have been placed on heightened alert for fear that Iran, Syria, and/or Hezbollah will use the unrest as a cover for attacks on the Jewish state. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:16:49 -0800 Full article 1_586available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com All across the globe, my people are under threat and attack. Will you join me today in special prayer for the protection of Jewish people around the world? It reads like the itinerary for a trip around the globe—Thailand, Bulgaria, Venezuela, Denmark, even the United States. But it's not a trip…it's a list of countries where plots to attack Jewish people and synagogues have been either carried out or thwarted recently. The billions of dollars Iran has poured into the Hezbollah and Hamas terror networks have given it a global reach. Right here in America, several car dealerships have been shut down for providing funding to Hezbollah! This is not an accident. Iran's leaders have made the cold calculation that they need to divert Israel's attention from them into a defensive posture. They hope that by forcing Israel to worry about defending embassies, cultural centers, and synagogues around the world (more than 400 boxes of explosives were found when a Hezbollah operative was arrested in Thailand a few days ago), they can buy time to complete their nuclear weapons program and gain the means to accomplish their goal that Israel be "wiped off the map." I am on a God-ordained fast for Prime Minister Netanyahu, the nation of Israel, and for you, my beloved partner. I am asking God for supernatural provision. This is the Word of the Lord for you today: The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears, And delivers them out of all their troubles. The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart, And saves such as have a contrite spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the LORD delivers him out of them all. He guards all his bones; Not one of them is broken. Evil shall slay the wicked, And those who hate the righteous shall be condemned. The LORD redeems the soul of His servants, And none of those who trust in Him shall be condemned. (Psalm 34:17-22, NKJV) Please stop right now and join me in praying a blessing over every Jerusalem Prayer Team member as we stand together in defense of Israel. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:16:07 -0800 Full article 1_584available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com General Martin Dempsy, Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, visited Israel for a series of closed-door meetings in Jerusalem with Prime Minister Netanyahu, Defense Minister Barak, and other Israeli leaders. Though details of the talks have not been revealed, sources tell me that General Dempsy strongly pushed Israel not to attack Iran. It is becoming increasingly apparent that the Obama Administration is desperate to hold off military action until after the election. A number of high-ranking officials have warned about the economic consequences of war in the Middle East and the toll rising oil prices would take on the fragile U.S. economy. I am far more concerned with the survival of Israel than the election of any president of any political party. God's eternal promise in Genesis 12:3 applies to nations as well as individuals. If America curses Israel, our nation will be cursed. If America blesses Israel, our nation will be blessed. Please join me in praying today that we will not fall under the curse of Almighty God for failing to stand with the Jewish people at this moment of crisis. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sat, 28 Jan 2012 07:16:44 -0800 Full article 1_585available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com This is no surprise to me or anyone who has been paying attention (yet somehow the media is shocked), but the Palestinians have no interest in peace, and they just proved it again. After a series of meetings in Amman, Jordan, as laid out by the Quartet for Middle East Peace (the U.S., UN, EU and Russia), the Palestinians have declared the peace proposals dead on arrival. They are especially upset because Israel continues to (correctly) maintain that Jerusalem is the capital city of the Jewish state and will remain under Israeli control. This is crucial to the spiritual battle taking place. Satan wants the Holy City. He declared in Isaiah 14 that he would rule the world from the "sides of the north"—an ancient reference to Jerusalem and the Temple Mount. The Holy City MUST NOT be divided. It is critical to Israel's survival…it is critical to God's prophetic plan for the world…and we need to be doing everything we can to support the Jewish people and defend the city of Jerusalem. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sat, 28 Jan 2012 07:15:52 -0800 Full article 1_583available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Today is the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust. Each year the United Nations observes the horrific murders of more than six million Jews—including a number of my family members. Today there are many people who are trying to finish the job Hitler started...and we MUST stop them! I am on a God-ordained fast today for Prime Minister Netanyahu, the nation of Israel, and for you, my beloved partner. I am asking God for supernatural provision. This is the Word of the Lord for you today: I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; They shall never hold their peace day or night. You who make mention of the LORD, do not keep silent, And give Him no rest till He establishes And till He makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth. The LORD has sworn by His right hand And by the arm of His strength: "Surely I will no longer give your grain As food for your enemies; And the sons of the foreigner shall not drink your new wine, For which you have labored. But those who have gathered it shall eat it, And praise the LORD; Those who have brought it together shall drink it in My holy courts." Go through, Go through the gates! Prepare the way for the people; Build up, Build up the highway! Take out the stones, Lift up a banner for the peoples! Indeed the LORD has proclaimed To the end of the world: "Say to the daughter of Zion, 'Surely your salvation is coming; Behold, His reward is with Him, And His work before Him.'" (Isaiah 62:6-11, NKJV) **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:37:49 -0800 Full article 1_582available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com God has laid a special prayer burden on my spirit today—to pray for the peace of Jerusalem more than ever. Will you please join me? Saudi prince Turki al-Faisal, former head of Saudi Intelligence and Ambassador to the U.S. and Great Britain, gave a grim warning of the future of the Middle East if Iran's nuclear weapons program is not stopped. He described a nuclear arms race as "inevitable" and predicted it would include at least Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Egypt and Turkey and possibly other nations as well. My contacts have told me that one of the main reasons Russia and China have refused to go along with serious sanctions on Iran is that they hope to profit from the billions of dollars in spending that would accompany the nuclear arms race. Regardless of what nations eventually become involved, a nuclear Iran is a threat Israel cannot survive. We must stand with the Jewish people today as never before. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:35:58 -0800 Full article 1_580available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The news report says this is because of sanctions, but I believe it is the direct result of our prayers! The economy of Iran is on increasingly unstable footing. The announcement this week that the central bank has received approval from President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to raise the interest rate to 21% in an effort to prop up Iran's currency, the rial, is just the latest in a series of bad economic news to come out of Tehran. The government is not popular with the people, most of whom believe the last election was stolen by Ahmadinejad (and they're right!), and there are deep divisions within the government between different factions. The Old Testament tells us that God often divided Israel's enemies, and we need to keep praying that Iran will be rendered unable to attack the Jewish state! I am on a God-ordained fast today for Prime Minister Netanyahu, the nation of Israel, and for you, my beloved partner. I am asking God for supernatural provision. This is the Word of the Lord for you today:The news report says this is because of sanctions, but I believe it is the direct result of our prayers! The economy of Iran is on increasingly unstable footing. The announcement this week that the central bank has received approval from President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to raise the interest rate to 21% in an effort to prop up Iran's currency, the rial, is just the latest in a series of bad economic news to come out of Tehran. The government is not popular with the people, most of whom believe the last election was stolen by Ahmadinejad (and they're right!), and there are deep divisions within the government between different factions. The Old Testament tells us that God often divided Israel's enemies, and we need to keep praying that Iran will be rendered unable to attack the Jewish state! I am on a God-ordained fast today for Prime Minister Netanyahu, the nation of Israel, and for you, my beloved partner. I am asking God for supernatural provision. This is the Word of the Lord for you today: I will lift up my eyes to the hills—From whence comes my help? My help comes from the LORD, Who made heaven and earth. He will not allow your foot to be moved; He who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, He who keeps Israel Shall neither slumber nor sleep. The LORD is your keeper; The LORD is your shade at your right hand. The sun shall not strike you by day, Nor the moon by night. The LORD shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul. The LORD shall preserve your going out and your coming in From this time forth, and even forevermore. Psalm 121:1-8 **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNewswhere you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:40:29 -0800 Full article 1_581available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com There is a lot going on behind the scenes in the Middle East—most of which doesn't make the news…but we want to let you know what is happening. The U.S. military for the first time has publicly confirmed that there is an elite commando team working in the Persian Gulf region to deal with the threats posed by Iran. According to a spokesman for the U.S. Special Operations Command, this is a team of "highly trained personnel that excel in uncertain environments" and are specifically tasked with confronting "irregular threats." The careful wording of the announcement contains a wealth of information for those who know how to read between the lines. Members of this group, known as the JSOTF-GCC are training military units in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf oil nations threatened by Iran. I am so grateful for the courageous men and women of our military who stand on the front lines to fight for freedom. But this battle cannot be won solely with the force of arms. The war against Israel is a spiritual battle; the enemy is driving the forces of hatred and evil bent on destroying the Jewish state. That means that just as our commandos are working to deal with the military threat, we must be God's strike team, using the powerful weapon of prayer to defend His Chosen People. Your gift today allows the Jerusalem Prayer Team to continue to deploy this awesome power on behalf of Israel and the Jewish people. I am on a God-ordained fast today for Prime Minister Netanyahu, the nation of Israel, and for you, my beloved partner. I am asking God for supernatural provision. This is the Word of the Lord for you today: Why do you fume with envy, you mountains of many peaks? This is the mountain which God desires to dwell in; Yes, the LORD will dwell in it forever. The chariots of God are twenty thousand, Even thousands of thousands; The Lord is among them as in Sinai, in the Holy Place. You have ascended on high, You have led captivity captive; You have received gifts among men, Even from the rebellious, That the LORD God might dwell there. Blessed be the Lord, Who daily loads us with benefits, The God of our salvation! Selah (Psalm 68:16-19, NKJV) **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction bookJimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; andAtomic Iran; and the fiction book,Game Changer; and his newest titlesCursed,The Light, andThe Protocols. His latest release isThe Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available atwww.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography onWikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news siteJerusalemWorldNewswhere you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:39:27 -0800 Full article 1_573available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com As you read this latest report, keep in mind that these are the people the world, including the Obama Administration, wants Israel to negotiate with for the sake of peace. The radical Hamas terrorist faction is looking forward to the next round of elections, currently slated for May. They are widely expected to win when the elections are held, just as they did the last round when they took over power in Gaza. The Fatah faction is supposedly moderate (although those who describe them as such conveniently overlook the fact that their leader President Abbas financed the Black September terrorist attack that killed 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics), but they do not have the support of the Palestinian people. This is the dilemma that Israel faces. The people with whom they are supposed to negotiate for peace have no interest in peace. The Palestinians refuse to acknowledge Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state. They still hold the same position they held more than sixty years ago—there should be no place in the ancient Land of Promise for God's Chosen People. And they will not rest until Israel is destroyed. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:05:00 -0800 Full article 1_574available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Daniel 2:21-22 says, "He changes times and seasons; He deposes kings and raises up others. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning. He reveals deep and hidden things; He knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with Him." The world is facing an unprecedented crisis this year as Israel prepares a possible attack on Iran's nuclear reactors. Iran's leaders, in retaliation, have threatened to fire some 100,000 missiles at Israel through its proxies, Hezbollah and Hamas. Jews and Jewish installations worldwide will also be targeted. The Persian Gulf through which approximately 20 percent of the oil traded worldwide would be shut down. The world's oil supply would be crippled, precipitating an economic crisis. The conditions in the day of the prophet Daniel were no more serious than those in the day in which you and I live. Through the power of prayer the Jewish people were delivered from annihilation, turning a season of war into a season of peace. If it happened in Daniel's time, it can happen again. In mid-September 2010, the Spirit of God spoke to me to go to New York and confront President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran and his entourage. I was given the Scripture in Revelation 3:20: "Behold, I have set before you an open door, and no man can shut it." When I arrived in the city, I had no idea in what hotel the Iranians were staying. As I walked by faith to a hotel down the street from where I was staying, I believed that if I found the Iranian delegation, I would have a room. As I neared the entrance, I could see that the streets were blocked off. When I inquired what was happening, I was informed that the Iranians had control of the entire hotel; there was no possible way I could secure accommodations. The scripture God had given me encouraged me. I knew that I had a room because every room has a "door," and if there was a door, then I had a room in the hotel. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:03:50 -0800 Full article 1_575available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The silent war Israel is conducting to halt Iran's nuclear weapons program is vital—and it appears to be taking a toll on the Islamic radicals in Tehran. After a string of "accidental" explosions at key military and industrial facilities vital to Iran's nuclear weapons program and the unexplained deaths of several key Iranian nuclear scientists, a top aide to the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Khamenei, has called for Israel to be "punished" to make the attacks stop. He declared that "terrorism has a long history" in Israel and said, "The Zionist regime should be punished in a way that it cannot play such games with our country again." Iran is frantically working to complete its nuclear weapons program to further its terrorist aims. It has provided hundreds of millions of dollars to terrorists around the world, including providing thousands of rockets to Hezbollah and Hamas to use against Israel. They will destroy Israel if they are given the opportunity. This evil regime must be stopped before it is too late. Our prayers and support for God's Chosen People are vital to winning the great spiritual battle for Israel's survival. I'm asking you today to join me in doing something great for the people of Israel. They are facing great threats from without and economic hardship within. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:02:07 -0800 Full article 1_576available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com As the European Union moves toward a ban on Iranian oil sales (a step that actually could impact Iran's behavior—and one that should have been taken months ago), Iran is responding by threatening to close the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S., Great Britain, and France responded to the new threat by sending six warships, led by the aircraft carrierUSS Abraham Lincoln, through the Strait. The move was described by an analyst as "highly unusual" and came following an Iranian threat warning the U.S. not to send an aircraft carrier back into the Persian Gulf through the narrow strait. This crucial chokepoint to the flow of a significant portion of the world's oil supply may be the trigger for a regional war. Israel is watching closely, for her leaders know that if war breaks out, even a war between the U.S. and Iran, they will suffer massive terrorist attacks as Hezbollah and Hamas loose the tens of thousands of missiles Iran has given them to strike the Jewish state. Events are moving quickly. Please be fervent in your prayers for Israel today. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:01:24 -0800 Full article 1_578available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com One of the things that I've been warning you about regarding Israel's enemies is coming true; please keep praying diligently for the peace of Jerusalem. After three rounds of elections in Egypt to choose a new Parliament, the various radical Islamist groups control about three-fourths of the seats in the body. I predicted this in my book The Revolution: From Egypt to Armageddon. It's happening just as I said it would. Mohamed Saad el-Katatni, secretary-general of the Freedom and Justice Party, the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood, was chosen as the speaker in a vote during the parliament's first session on Monday. The threat a hostile Egypt poses to Israel cannot be overstated. This is a grave danger to my people, already living with the threat of attack on a daily basis. The events foretold in Scripture that lead up to the final prophetic battles are happening before our eyes! **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:00:21 -0800 Full article 1_579available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Just a few weeks after I anointed him with oil and prophesied that he would twice serve as Prime Minister of Israel, a young Benjamin Netanyahu spoke out in a debate to defend the nation of Israel. This is an amazing video! My dear friend clearly lays out the dangers of a Palestinian state, pointing out that their purpose can only be the eventual destruction of Israel. His words are so clearly true, and decades after he spoke them, we are seeing what he warned about in the news day after day. When I saw this, I just had to share it with you…and I'm urgently asking you to stand with Israel and defend the Jewish state today with your gift to the Jerusalem Prayer Team. I am on a God-ordained fast today for Prime Minister Netanyahu, the nation of Israel, and for you, my beloved partner. I am asking God for supernatural provision. This is the Word of the Lord for you today: 1Why do the nations rage, And the people plot a vain thing? 2The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against the LORD and against His Anointed,saying, 3"Let us break Their bonds in pieces And cast away Their cords from us." 4He who sits in the heavens shall laugh; The Lord shall hold them in derision. 5Then He shall speak to them in His wrath, And distress them in His deep displeasure: 6"Yet I have set My King On My holy hill of Zion." 7"I will declare the decree: The LORD has said to Me, 'YouareMy Son, Today I have begotten You. 8Ask of Me, and I will giveYou The nationsforYour inheritance, And the ends of the earthforYour possession.'" Psalm 2:1-8 (NKJV) You are God's child, and this is your coronation day! So ask and trust God to give you your inheritance! **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:59:37 -0800 Full article 1_572available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Another day, another world leader sending a message to Israel not to defend themselves from the threat of certain death. Sad! French President Sarkozy has joined the list of world leaders trying to influence Israel against a strike aimed at stopping Iran's nuclear program. He said military action would "trigger war and chaos in the Middle East and maybe the world. A military intervention would not solve the problem." This facile judgment ignores two vital facts. First, Israel CANNOT live with a nuclear Iran. The threat is too great, and there is no doubt how a madman who publicly declares that he wants to see Israel "wiped off the map" would use these horrible weapons. Second, the world community, including France, has refused to take any effective action to stop Iran, leaving Israel's leaders with no choice but to take matters into their own hands. Sarkozy is right that a military action will bring chaos and difficult times to Israel, but they are left with no other choice. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:58:45 -0800 Full article 1_577available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com For a number of years, people have been asking me about leading a trip to Israel. God has told me to bring my prayer partners to Jerusalem to battle evil. The Temple site is Ground Zero for spiritual warfare. In Isaiah 14 Satan said, "I will ascend the sides of the north…." That is the Holy City! This trip is a divine appointment with destiny that may never happen again. Please ask the Lord right now if He would have you be part of this prophetic team. I wanted you to be one of the first to know that we are now making final plans for a group trip on August 30 to September 8, 2012. Whether you've been to the Holy Land before or this is your first time, this trip will be like nothing you have ever experienced. We will enjoy first-class accommodations throughout this trip. Today I'm inviting you to come and join Carolyn and me in Israel as we: Take part in a Jerusalem Prayer Summit Study the Word as you walk where Jesus walked See the places you have read about on the pages of Scripture in a whole new way Visit Calvary and the Garden Tomb, Masada, Galilee, Caesarea and more Meet with leaders of Israel as I include you in some of my interactions with them Have the option to plant a tree in Israel in honor of someone special in your life And so much more We believe this trip is going to fill up quickly, so I encourage you to contact us today if you are interested in joining us. The price including air-fare from New York is $3,149 which is a great price for that time of year You can get all of the details by calling our travel agent at1-800-929-4684 ext. 1, or you can register byclicking here. I have been to Israel more than 70 times over the past several decades, and I look forward to sharing with you from my personal experiences and study. Carolyn and I invite you to join us for a wonderful time in the Land of Promise in 2012. We are eagerly looking forward to this trip and pray that God will do a great work in the hearts of all who are able to go. I am also asking you to join me in standing for Israel today in a special way during this time of great danger and crisis. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:39:06 -0800 Full article 1_571available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I will never forget my mother's words, "Christians hate Jews. Christians kill Jews." That was all she knew from her family's history. It was seventy years ago today that the "Final Solution" was proposed and agreed to at the Wannsee Conference. Ninety minutes—a mere ninety minutes—was all it took for Adolf Hitler's henchmen to determine the fate of six million Jews. During that period, roughly the time it would take to drive from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv during peak traffic, the Holocaust became a heinous reality. The date: January 20, 1942. The place: a beautiful villa in a serene lakeside suburb of Berlin. The objective: to find a "Final Solution to the Jewish Question." Presiding over the conference was SS-Lieutenant General Reinhard Heydrich, Chief of the Security Police and Security Service. In attendance were fourteen high-ranking German military and government leaders, among them Adolf Eichmann. Imagine, over lunch fifteen men in ninety minutes changed the world forever. January 20, 2012 marks the 70thanniversary of that fateful conference. We dare not let this dubious anniversary pass without marking how little time it takes to alter the course of history. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:28:13 -0800 Full article 1_570available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I've seen stunning examples of hatred of the Jewish people before, but this is one of the worst I've ever read. These words come from a leading Egyptian cleric named Hazem Shuman: "Oh nation of Muhammad, Allah says to you: If you fear war with the Jews, brace yourselves for war with Allah.It is either a war with the Jews or a war with Allah.Allah says that the entire nation could be replaced if it is not prepared to sacrifice its blood for the sake of Palestine. My message to all the Jews is that the battle is bound to come and you will be vanquished. Allah has promised that you will be vanquished and that we will prevail. Why, oh Messenger of Allah? Because these Jews are a cancer. These Jews are a catastrophe. There is not a catastrophe in the world that is not the handiwork of the Jews.These Jews are a cancer in the body of planet Earth, and if permitted, it will spread and infect the entire body. Getting rid of these Jews is a must." The enemies of Israel make no apologies for their vile hatred, and they mean every word. How can those of us who love the Jewish people and stand with Israel keep silent? The bottom line is that Genesis 12:3 is just as true today as it was thousands of years ago when God made the promise to Abraham. Every nation that blesses Israel will be blessed. Every nation that curses Israel will be cursed. I know which side I choose! **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:46:06 -0800 Full article 1_569available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I have just left my prayer room with a fresh Word for you from Isaiah 43:2: "When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, nor shall the flame scorch you." One Word from God can change your life forever. I know! Just weeks before the Iran Contra affair broke into public view, I received a call from Carolyn Sundseth, the religious liaison officer at the White House. "Mike, can you fly to Washington and pray for a man? I can't tell you his name or anything else about him, but if you get a promise from God's Word, please share it with him." I told her I would do so. I went to Washington, D.C. to the White House and prayed over the man without knowing who he was. I gave him Isaiah 43:2—the same Word I am sharing with you today. Please write the date on this promise. I have done it. You need to do it as well. Put it on a card, tape it to your mirror or refrigerator where you can see it daily. Activating this promise will transform your life! What I didn't know is that within two weeks of giving him that scripture, he would be embroiled in the Iran Contra scandal. I had flown to El Salvador to deliver a scripture to President Alfredo Cristiana whose country was embroiled in a civil war. I shared II Chronicles 7:14 with the president and told him that if he were to apply that verse, the civil war could be resolved. While in San Salvador, I picked up a newspaper, and there on the front page was a picture of the young military officer with whom I had prayed just weeks before—Colonel Oliver North. The Iran Contra affair had broken on all the major news outlets. I didn't hear the rest of the story for almost twenty years. Benjamin Netanyahu had become prime minister, and I was at the White House to cover his visit. I had also given him a promise and prayed over him. My cell phone rang; it was Oliver North. He said, "Thank you so much for giving me that promise. I stood on it every day in the midst of the greatest accusations I had ever faced. I believed the waters would not overtake me; the fire would not burn me. I confessed that Scripture throughout the days and nights...and believed it." I was so thrilled to hear Oliver North share that testimony. What a joy to see the power of God's promise activated! I now share this same proven promise with you. I know it's a fresh Word from the Lord because it came like fire as I was praying. I can tell you with all sincerity, every miracle in my life has come through a promise in God's Word on which I've stood, confessed, and declared no matter how great or discouraging the news. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:22:46 -0800 Full article 1_568available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I am greatly burdened by today's news. We must pray. We must intercede. We must go before the throne of grace and beseech God for help for the nation of Israel like never before. An Iranian member of Parliament has gone public with a claim that President Obama sent Iran's leaders a secret letter asking for direct talks between Washington and Tehran. Relations between the countries have been broken since the hostage crisis during the Iranian revolution in 1979. There are no formal diplomatic ties, and there have been no direct communications for decades. The White House is refusing comment on the authenticity of the story, neither confirming nor denying Iran's claims. The question we must ask if this story is true is: What is President Obama planning to tell Iran's leaders in the talks? What will he offer them? What promises will he make? Will he undercut Israel in an attempt to avoid a war? Will he remain committed to America's traditional support of the Jewish state and convey that message in uncertain terms? This is a critical moment for Israel. The entire Middle East is precariously balanced on the brink of war. The bottom line is that Genesis 12:3 is just as true today as it was thousands of years ago when God made the promise to Abraham. Every nation that blesses Israel will be blessed. Every nation that curses Israel will be cursed. I know which side I choose! **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:09:46 -0800 Full article 1_567available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com "Behold, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel…" (Ezekiel 33:7) What will happen in Israel when death rains down from the skies? Iran has given tens of thousands of missiles, rockets and other weapons to Hezbollah and Hamas to use in an attack on Israel. Israel has a sophisticated missile defense system but it does not cover the entire nation, and it would quickly be overwhelmed by the massive volume of the attack. That means up to one half of the population—more than 3 million people—would be forced into bomb shelters to save them from the attacks. And this is only conventional attacks…if Iran uses a dirty bomb, or even worse a nuclear missile, the entire nation is at risk of instant death. Israel is caught in a deadly dilemma. It cannot allow Iran to gain nuclear weapons, but the cost of taking action to stop the mad mullahs of Tehran will be staggering. God has called you and me as watchmen for Israel—standing guard on the walls through our prayers and raising our voices to warn of the coming danger and plead for God's intervention. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:04:24 -0800 Full article 1_566available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I am praying today especially for you, my beloved Jerusalem Prayer Team partner. Thank you so much for being a friend to Israel during these difficult days. According to confidential documents leaked in a British newspaper, the government of Israel has begun planning responses for the "day after" Iran's first nuclear weapons test. This is an acknowledgement of the very real possibility that all efforts to halt Iran may fail in the end. It is a grim reminder of the seriousness of the threat that Israel faces. A nuclear-armed Iran is a danger to the United States and Europe, but it is a deadly threat to Israel. Because the government is controlled by fanatics like Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the tactic of deterrence that worked successfully to keep the U.S. and USSR from going to war will not work with Iran. They must be stopped. There is no alternative. The lives of hundreds of thousands—perhaps even millions—of Jewish people are hanging in the balance. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:57:17 -0800 Full article 1_565available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The United States has cancelled operation "Austere Challenge"—the joint U.S.-Israeli missile defense exercise that was to have been carried out in a few weeks. Sources indicate the drills might be rescheduled for some time later in the year, but no date had been set. The reasons for this cancellation are not yet clear. In briefing reporters, military officials mentioned the need to avoid "escalating" tensions with Iran. Iran had responded to the announcement of the massive military training exercise with a plan to hold further drills of its own, which could easily have brought the two sides into direct conflict. If nothing else, the cancellation of "Austere Challenge" presents Iran's leaders with a huge propaganda victory to present to their own people. The news there is being presented as America and Israel backing down in the face of Iran's determination…and while I don't know exactly what went into this decision, I do know that weakness in the face of evil simply invites more evil. We still have not learned that we cannot appease the enemies of Israel…and America. They hate us and want us dead. And they will do whatever they can to see their evil aims accomplished. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:01:45 -0800 Full article 1_564available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I'm thrilled with this news…but we can't quit praying now! In an interview with an Australian newspaper, my dear friend Prime Minister Netanyahu said that the threat of increasing sanctions on Iran is starting to have an impact. "For the first time, I see Iran wobble," he said. Among the hopeful signs he mentioned was that Iran has agreed to allow IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) inspectors back into the country. He called on the world to continue to keep up the pressure to halt Iran's nuclear weapons program. No one knows what will happen next, but if war can be avoided, Israel will not suffer the horrible and tragic costs. Please pray with me even more urgently than ever that God will intervene to deliver His Chosen People from destruction. At a time like this, our prayers are critical—but our support of the Jewish people is also critical. We must do everything we can to meet their needs now and to help them prepare for what is coming. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:51:56 -0800 Full article 1_563available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com America is on the path to a national disaster, and I shudder to think of the impact our actions today will have tomorrow. Members of the Obama Administration, including the president himself, have issued a string of warnings to Israel in the past week not to launch a military strike to halt Iran's nuclear program. They are insisting that Israel give sanctions more time to work. Analysts have noted the fear of the economic impact of war on the president's reelection campaign as a powerful influence on Washington. It would be a tragedy for the U.S. to turn against Israel for the sake of winning an election. No member of either party—and no American—will benefit. Instead we will receive the curse of God pronounced in Genesis 12:3. We CANNOT allow this to happen. We must raise our voices and cry out to God to turn the heart of our leaders back to supporting His Chosen People. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:47:56 -0800 Full article 1_562available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Things are moving fast! The events that I've been telling you about are starting to unfold. The U.S. issued by far its sternest warning yet to Iran through secret diplomatic channels that closing the Strait of Hormuz as Iran has threatened to do would be a "red line" event that would trigger a military response. A Navy spokesman said that while Iran might be able to close the strait "for a little while," the U.S. has a contingency plan to re-open it. Though details have not been disclosed for obvious reasons, the re-stationing of a second aircraft carrier strike force in the Arabian Sea gives a number of military options which Iran could not hope to overcome. High-level sources in Israel have described the Iranian government as "panicked" over the rapidly escalating situation. The question is how will they respond? Will they force the war that many, including President Ahmadinejad, believe is a necessary introduction to the Muslim "second coming," or will they choose self-preservation? Only time will tell. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:03:24 -0800 Full article 1_561available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I have told you often in recent days of the threats against Israel, but it is not just the Jewish people living in their homeland who are at risk. The Israeli government has issued an urgent security warning for Jews living around the world, particularly those connected to official missions because of a new threat from Iran. One of Iran's leading newspapers, whose editor was personally appointed by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, has issued a call for attacks on Jewish people outside of Israel. "These corrupted people are easily identifiable and readily within our reach... assassinations of the Zionist regime's military men and officials are very easy," Hossein Shariatmadari wrote. Already at least one plot has been thwarted as police foiled what apparently was an attack on a bus used to transport Jewish tourists and vacationers in Bulgaria. Tensions are running high, and in nations around the world, Jews are living with fear and threats. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sat, 14 Jan 2012 09:59:42 -0800 Full article 1_560available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I cannot escape thinking of this verse of Scripture today: "And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him" (Revelation 6:8). An Iranian newspaper with close ties to the most radical part of Iran's government has published a call for "retaliation" against Israel for the string of explosions at key military and industrial facilities and the deaths of a number of Iranian nuclear scientists. This is yet another escalation in tensions, leading toward the day when the silent war becomes an open war. Truly the pale horse of war and death is about to ride across the Middle East. Ahmadinejad and his radical supporters believe they can ensure Muslim rule over the entire world through a bloody conflict that leaves millions dead…and they are willing to die to bring that about. I confronted this evil man face-to-face as your ambassador, and I have seen in person the intensity of the demonic power that drives him toward his evil goal. We are living in prophetic days…and God wants us to be more than just spectators. Our prayers and support for God's Chosen People are vital to winning the great spiritual battle for Israel's survival. I'm asking you today to join me in doing something great for the people of Israel. They are facing great threats from without and economic hardship within. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book,Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sat, 14 Jan 2012 09:55:27 -0800 Full article 1_559available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I am praying with a special burden and intensity today, and I ask that you join me; the threat to Israel is growing day by day. The U.S. Navy announced yesterday that the carrier strike group led by theUSS Carl Vinsonis now in the Arabian Sea. TheVinsonhad most recently been stationed in the Pacific Ocean. TheVinsonis home to almost 90 airplanes, and the strike group includes missile cruisers and submarines capable of launching long-distance attacks. This is a significant buildup of U.S. military power near the coast of Iran. TheUSS John Stennisis already in the region, and there are rumors that a third carrier group may be deployed there in the near future. As the silent war to halt Iran's nuclear weapons program continues, the open war is drawing closer and closer. Unless God directly intervenes, it is all but certain that full-scale open conflict will begin in months…if not sooner. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:26:27 -0800 Full article 1_558available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The same hatred of Jewish people that resulted in the death of my great-grandfather in Russia and many other relatives in the Holocaust is alive and well in Europe today. The European Union has just issued a new report blaming Israel for the breakdown in peace talks and saying that Israel's policies "endanger the two-state solution." The report, signed and approved by all the members of the EU, condemns Israel for "forcing" Palestinians to relocate. I find this incredible because Palestinians living in Israel have far more rights than the subjects of any of Israel's neighbors. It is just further proof that the prophecy of Psalm 2 is being fulfilled. "The kings of the earth take counsel together against the Lord and against His anointed." But even if the whole world turns against the Jewish state, we WILL NOT! **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:14:02 -0800 Full article 1_557available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com In October of 1983, I went to Beirut. I filled the trunk of the car with food and medicine and ministered to suffering Lebanese people who were being victimized by the PLO. I also took Bibles to share with the U.S. Marines who had been stationed in the city to keep the peace. I witnessed to them, and many were saved. When I asked if they would be going home for Christmas, they said they would not. So I got my cameraman, and we taped holiday greetings to share with their families. I'll never forget the words of one young Hispanic Marine who looked in the camera and said, "Mom, I know you've been praying that I would find the Lord. I've got a Christmas present for you. I just accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior." That night I slept on the beachhead while the Marines returned to their barracks. Early the following morning, I was awakened shortly after 6:00 by a horrific sound. A yellow Mercedes truck driven by an Iran-funded Hezbollah operative made its way to the Beirut International Airport where the Marines had set up their headquarters. The truck was not the water truck that was expected, but rather a hijacked truck carrying explosives. The driver turned onto an access road leading to the Marines' compound and circled a parking lot. He then accelerated and crashed through a barbed-wire fence around the parking lot, passing between two sentry posts, and crashed through a gate. He drove into the lobby of the Marine headquarters where the terrorist detonated the truck laden with explosives. It carried the equivalent of 12,000 pounds of TNT. The force of the explosion caused the four-story building to pancake—one floor collapsing onto the one beneath it, crushing many of those inside. When the terrible rumbling had stopped and the dust-filled air rose into the sky, 241 American servicemen lay dead or dying. Many of them were men to whom I had given Bibles and shared the Gospel with the day before. I knew I had to get back to Israel, but in the early morning darkness, I couldn't find the right road. I ended up in the middle of a Hezbollah funeral peopled by terrorists carrying a body above their heads. To be in an Israeli vehicle with Jerusalem license plates was like painting a bulls-eye on my forehead. Only through the mercy of God did we get through the crowd. Our car was targeted by artillery shells, and I was driving as fast as I could….Suddenly, the car sputtered and stopped. We had run out of gas. As we sat there praying that angels of the Lord would protect us, a young Arab man, perhaps eighteen or nineteen, suddenly stepped out of the darkness. We were certain the end had come. He rapped on the window and held up a can of gasoline. He walked to the rear of the vehicle and emptied the can into the gas tank. He then came back and pointed at the door lock. I reached over and pulled up the button. He slid into the seat, and for the next thirty-two kilometers, he directed us by pointing his finger first one way and then another. He did not speak a word while directing us toward the border with Israel. About fifty yards from the border, he held up his hands signaling me to stop. I stopped; he stepped out of the car, and we pulled up to the border crossing. An Israeli lieutenant colonel walked up to the car and said, "We thought you were dead. We reported that to the prime minister's office. How did you survive?" We turned back to look and there was no one on the road. It was an angel of the Lord! The scripture God had given me was from Isaiah 41:10: "Fear not, for I am with you. Do not be discouraged, for I am your God; I will strengthen you and help you. I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:35:51 -0800 Full article 1_556available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The vultures are circling the nation of Israel today. Meeting together in Caracas, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reaffirmed their enmity toward the United States and Israel and joked about a "big atomic bomb" they said was about to be revealed. "When we meet, the devils go crazy," Chavez said. The two nations have been increasing their trade and military ties, bound together by their common hatred of the Jewish people and the Western world. Anti-Semitism is rising not just in the Middle East, but in South America as well, and many Jews are fleeing to escape the growing danger. But where will they find safety? Israel is on the brink of suffering a catastrophic attack. America is on the brink of suffering God's curse and judgment for turning against His Chosen People. You and I MUST do what we can right now to change the future. We are living in prophetic days…and God wants us to be more than just spectators. Our prayers and support for God's Chosen People are vital to winning the great spiritual battle for Israel's survival. I'm asking you today to join me in doing something great for the people of Israel. They are facing great threats from without and economic hardship within. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:39:04 -0800 Full article 1_555available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com It was more than twenty years ago that I received a Word from God to go and change the destiny of a nation. El Salvador was being racked by a horrific civil war. More than seventy-five thousand people had been murdered by the rival forces and death squads that roamed the country. My heart broke when I heard the horror stories, and I felt that God was saying to me, "Go to San Salvador in ninety days. Preach to the nation on the scripture from II Chronicles 7:14, and tell them I will heal their land if they will humble themselves. The civil war will end." It sounded like an impossible task. And it was, in the natural. Those whom I asked to help me laughed me to scorn, and even my denomination fought me and tried to halt the crusade. The leaders felt I was an embarrassment to them and that the crusade would fail. I flew into the country and met Minister of the Interior Martinez for breakfast. I turned to the minister and began to pray, but I didn't realize what I had said. I prayed, "The man of God who speaks to you right now must leave and meet the president as he comes through the door." Lifting my head, I asked, "Do you have a meeting with the president right now?" He said he did not. I said, "Then I do!" I rushed out of the restaurant towards the door of the hotel. To my amazement, the president of the country was entering the door with his entourage. They were on their way to a meeting in the hotel. I said, "Mr. President. I'm looking forward to our meeting." Even though I didn't have a meeting at all, because of God's direction, I was soon in his office to talk with him! I told him the story of II Chronicles 7:14. He wrote the scripture on his hand. I told him how God could heal his country if the people would humble themselves and pray. Day after day as I preached, God worked great miracles. We saw the sick healed and crippled made whole in the name of Jesus. The power of God reached not just the hearts of the people but the hearts of the leaders as well…and the civil war ended in El Salvador. All my life I've endeavored to attempt something great for God. Unless the Lord intervenes, I am destined to fail. I wanted to share this story with you today to encourage you to keep stirring the waters, stepping into them by faith, and believing God for great things. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:10:16 -0800 Full article 1_554available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Though the Obama Administration has been very hostile toward my friend Prime Minister Netanyahu and his government, the people of Israel still have friends in the capital. I was so pleased to read this story, and I wanted to share it with you. Senator Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, who has been in the Senate for almost fifty years, said this week that an Iranian attack on Israel would be an act of war against the U.S. as well. Speaking to a group of students in Israel, Inouye said, "If the Iranians should ever develop a nuclear device or bomb, that could mean the end of the world as we know it in the Middle East. It would have an impact on all countries, not just Israel. As a result, our position is that if you attack Israel, you are attacking the United States." I am so grateful that Senator Inouye stands with Israel! And I believe you agree with me that we must do all we can to help the Jewish state survive the coming conflict. That's why I'm asking for your help today. Israel is on the brink of suffering a catastrophic attack. America is on the brink of suffering God's curse and judgment for turning against His Chosen People. You and I MUST do what we can right now to change the future. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:01:01 -0800 Full article 1_553available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com It seems like every day, I see another news story pointing out just how close we are to all-out war in the Middle East. The IEA (International Energy Agency) has prepared an emergency plan to respond to the threat from Iran to close the crucial Strait of Hormuz. Some 40% of the world's oil flows through this narrow waterway, and a closure would have a devastating impact on gas prices and world economies. In response, the IEA has a contingency plan to release up to 14 million barrels from emergency reserves every day—more than 5 times the release that helped stave off chaos after Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990. Iran is willing to play every card in its hand to prevent an attack that will stop its nuclear weapons program. It will strike any target, launch any attack, threaten, bluff, bribe or blackmail anyone it can. This is a life or death issue for Israel. The Jewish state is squarely in the crosshairs, and I'm asking you today to do something about it. The Bible says, "Arise, and shine for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon you. Darkness shall cover the deep and gross darkness the people, but the Lord shall arise upon thee" (Isaiah 60:1). Today I'm asking you to rise up and shine a light for the nation of Israel. It is time for those of us who love Israel and God's Chosen People to stand up in their defense. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNewswhere you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:58:54 -0800 Full article 1_552available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I do everything I can to keep up with what's going on regarding Israel. I read constantly, talk to friends and contacts, and follow the news. Occasionally I read something that just blows me away; this is one of those days. In the Jerusalem Post Op-Ed, "Bibi and Barack," former Middle East peace negotiator Aaron Miller described the deteriorating relationship between the heads of Israel and the U.S. in stark terms. His advice for the coming days: "Buckle your seatbelt." Miller expects tensions to continue to rise as President Obama focuses on his re-election campaign and Prime Minister Netanyahu focuses on the existential threat from Iran. Regarding the President's attitude toward my dear friend the Prime Minister, Miller writes: "Obama doesn't like him, doesn't trust him, and views him as a con man." It is a tragedy for the United States of America, so long Israel's best friend and ally in all the world to be turning against the Jewish state. It would be a disaster at any time, but now as Israel stands almost alone, it is especially dangerous. Israel is on the brink of suffering a catastrophic attack. The U.S. is on the brink of suffering God's curse and judgment for turning against His Chosen People. You and I MUST do what we can right now to change the future. We are living in prophetic days…and God wants us to be more than just spectators. Our prayers and support for God's Chosen People are vital to winning the great spiritual battle for Israel's survival. I'm asking you today to join me in doing something great for the people of Israel. They are facing great threats from without and economic hardship within. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:20:43 -0800 Full article 1_551available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com This is a major event—and I'm asking you right now to consider joining me in a special time of prayer and fasting for Israel today. Over the weekend, sources revealed that the Iranian nuclear enrichment facility buried deep underground in a mountain near Fordow is ready to begin uranium enrichment of weapons-grade material. Though Iran is already believed to have enough fissile material for a handful of small nuclear weapons, this is a major step forward in its program—one it has not taken before, but apparently is now ready to. News reports are that uranium gas has already been fed into the centrifuges for several weeks, so the facility is ready for full-scale production at a moment's notice. Unlike other sites which have suffered explosions, the deep bunker would require a massive military campaign to reach. Iran has floated the idea of returning to nuclear talks, but this revelation indicates that may simply have been a stratagem to buy time for their work to continue. We are rapidly approaching the crisis moment. The Bible says, "Arise, and shine for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon you. Darkness shall cover the deep and gross darkness the people, but the Lord shall arise upon thee" (Isaiah 60:1). Today I'm asking you to rise up and shine a light for the nation of Israel. It is time for those of us who love Israel and God's Chosen People to stand up in their defense. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Mon, 9 Jan 2012 17:47:13 -0800 Full article 1_550available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Last week Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas gave a major speech on Palestinian identity…in front of a picture of the Holy City of Jerusalem pictured under a Palestinian flag. There is no doubting his claim—that Jerusalem, the ancient city of David, the place my dear friend Menachem Begin called the "eternal capital of Israel"—belongs not to the Jews but to the Palestinians. There can be no peace with neighbors who desire to steal your capital city! Yet Israel is being urged to negotiate and make concessions to the Palestinians. What do the Palestinians give up? Nothing. What do they take? Everything they can get. We can and MUST stand for and with Israel right now. We are living in prophetic days…and God wants us to be more than just spectators. Our prayers and support for God's Chosen People are vital to winning the great spiritual battle for Israel's survival. I'm asking you today to join me in doing something great for the people of Israel. They are facing great threats from without and economic hardship within. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Mon, 9 Jan 2012 17:33:01 -0800 Full article 1_549available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com In 1994, during the massive genocide in Rwanda, God directed me to go to the Congo to hold a mass evangelistic event. When I arrived, I learned that thousands of believers were praying. En route to join their meeting and thank them, I made my way through a crowd who opposed what we were trying to do. As I walked through the darkness, I heard a Muslim leader say, "You will have five days to kill Mike Evans. Get big stones. We will stone or shoot him, but do not eat any food until he is dead." As I stood on the platform to preach, I saw witch doctors with large dolls sporting huge hands and feet. One was sticking pins in an effigy when I suddenly realized it was supposed to be me. I quietly moved away from the crowd, hoping no one would realize that I was there. The demons of hell were raging, but God was greater. One night as the witch doctors were sticking pins into the dolls, I stopped in the middle of my sermon and commanded them to stick the needles deeper and call on their false gods. I vowed to call on the one true God. As the test continued, the power of God fell on them, and the witch doctors hit the dirt screaming. They slithered like snakes as demon spirits were leaving them. Miracles happened spontaneously throughout the crusade. The blind were seeing; the deaf were hearing; the crippled were walking. There were so many miracles that the president of the country decided to turn the Voice of The Congo, the national television station, over to us for the daily evening news. That station broadcast across Rwanda as we proclaimed the Gospel nightly as well as delivering the news. We called it the "Good News," and invited people who had been healed and delivered by the power of God to give their testimony. Ten thousand pastors, many of whom had walked for days, came to the Peoples' Palace in the capital for our five-day School of Evangelism. More than 650,000 came to the crusades at night. A tremendous number of people not only came to Christ, but were called into the ministry. They are now preaching the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ all over central Africa. The Bible says, "Arise and shine for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon you. Darkness shall cover the deep and gross darkness the people, but the Lord shall arise upon thee" (Isaiah 60:1). *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sun, 8 Jan 2012 04:01:50 -0800 Full article 1_548available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com A few days ago, I told you that the U.S. and Israel will be holding a major joint military exercise later this spring involving thousands of U.S. troops. Now Iran has announced they will hold another set of war games at the same time—even larger than the one they just completed. The prospects for all-out war are higher today than they have ever been. The final pieces are being put in place. We are living in prophetic days…and God wants us to be more than just spectators. Our prayers and support for God's Chosen People are vital to winning the great spiritual battle for Israel's survival. I'm asking you today to join me in doing something great for the people of Israel. They are facing great threats from without and economic hardship within. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; andAtomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sun, 8 Jan 2012 03:50:08 -0800 Full article 1_547available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The Israeli Transportation Ministry has issued a warning to Jews traveling abroad and asking foreign nations, specifically in Eastern Europe, to beef up security in light of credible terrorist threats. Danny Shenar, head of security at the ministry, revealed that he asked European security services "to tighten security around groups of Israelis in various resorts like ski resorts and hotels." Shenar said, "I asked to formally tighten security because I am worried about a security-related incident." It is not just in Israel that Jewish people face the grave threat posed by anti-Semitism—an evil tide which is rising all around the world. Jews have been attacked in nations across the globe, and those attacks are increasing. Iran's terrorist proxies Hezbollah and Hamas have networks around the world…including right here in America. Several used car dealers, who are allegedly involved in money laundering and funding terrorist activities, have been raided in recent weeks. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 6 Jan 2012 18:02:45 -0800 Full article 1_546available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Almost thirty years ago, I received a terrifying phone call from an ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms) agent. An anti-Semitic American terrorist had just been apprehended. He had already killed two men—a pawnshop owner who he mistakenly thought was a Jew and an Arkansas state trooper who tried to stop him from escaping. On the front seat of his car were silenced pistols, submachine guns, and grenades…and a piece of paper with my unlisted phone number and home address! I was speaking out on behalf of Israel, standing up to defend the Jewish people then just as I am still today. God reminded of this story today, and I wanted to share it with you to encourage your faith. No matter what enemies you face, God is able to deliver you. I have had my life threatened more times than I can count. I have been in war zones and disaster areas. Through it all, God delivered me, and He will do the same for you. Be strong and courageous, and do great things for Him. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 6 Jan 2012 17:48:30 -0800 Full article 1_545available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Following last week's massive naval exercise in the Persian Gulf and around the critical Strait of Hormuz, the Iranians have issued a blunt warning to the U.S. Navy—stay out or else. Iran's Army Chief Atalloah Salehi said, "Iran will not repeat its warning ... the enemy's carrier has been moved to the Sea of Oman because of our drill. I recommend and emphasize to the American carrier not to return to the Persian Gulf. I advise, recommend, and warn them (the Americans) over the return of this carrier to the Persian Gulf because we are not in the habit of warning more than once." The U.S. Fifth Fleet, anchored by the aircraft carrier USS John Stennis is now outside the Gulf, but its regional base in Bahrain, to which it is expected to return, is in the Persian Gulf. Washington made it clear last week that it "would not tolerate" an Iranian closure of the Strait of Hormuz, through which some 40% of the world's oil passes, and responded to the threat by declaring U.S. ships would travel through the Persian Gulf as and when needed. The continuing escalation of tensions between Iran and the U.S. is yet another confirmation of the coming conflict…and we need to do all that we can to stand with Israel right now. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 6 Jan 2012 17:39:03 -0800 Full article 1_544available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com For a number of years, people have been asking me about leading a trip to Israel. I wanted you to be one of the first to know that we are now making final plans for a group trip on August 30 to September 8, 2012. Whether you've been to the Holy Land before or this is your first time, this trip will be like nothing you have ever experienced. We will enjoy first-class accommodations throughout this trip. Today I'm inviting you to come and join Carolyn and me in Israel as we: Take part in a Jerusalem Prayer Summit Study the Word as you walk where Jesus walked See the places you have read about on the pages of Scripture in a whole new way Visit Calvary and the Garden Tomb, Masada, Galilee, Caesarea and more Meet with leaders of Israel as I include you in some of my interactions with them Have the option to plant a tree in Israel in honor of someone special in your life And so much more We believe this trip is going to fill up quickly, so I encourage you to contact us today if you are interested in joining us. The price including air-fare from New York is $3,149 which is a great price for that time of year. You can get all of the details by calling our travel agent at1-800-929-4684 ext. 1, or you can register by clicking on this link: https://www.forms.travelwithus.com/web/paxreg.nsf/Registration20041b?OpenForm&NH12+E+083012E I have been to Israel more than 70 times over the past several decades, and I look forward to sharing with you from my personal experiences and study. Carolyn and I invite you to join us for a wonderful time in the Land of Promise in 2012. We are eagerly looking forward to this trip and pray that God will do a great work in the hearts of all of us who are able to go. I am also asking you to join me in standing for Israel today in a special way during this time of great danger and crisis. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 6 Jan 2012 17:36:51 -0800 Full article 1_543available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Because of the growing threat of war both with Iran and its neighbors, Israel has formed a new counter-terrorism unit known as the Strategic Depth Command. While most of the details of this new force are being kept secret for operational reasons, it is known that the unit involves special forces operatives, designed and trained to conduct clandestine warfare around the world. This is just the latest step Israel is taking to prepare for the coming battle. It seems as though each day brings a new reminder that time is growing short. We are on the prophetic brink of all-out war in the Middle East?and we MUST stand for Israel and God?s Chosen People today. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 4 Jan 2012 16:43:21 -0800 Full article 1_542available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Following last week?s massive naval exercise in the Persian Gulf and around the critical Strait of Hormuz, the Iranians have issued a blunt warning to the U.S. Navy?stay out or else. Iran?s Army Chief Atalloah Salehi said, "Iran will not repeat its warning ... the enemy's carrier has been moved to the Sea of Oman because of our drill. I recommend and emphasize to the American carrier not to return to the Persian Gulf. I advise, recommend, and warn them (the Americans) over the return of this carrier to the Persian Gulf because we are not in the habit of warning more than once.? The U.S. Fifth Fleet, anchored by the aircraft carrierUSS John Stennisis now outside the Gulf, but its regional base in Bahrain, to which it is expected to return, is in the Persian Gulf. Washington made it clear last week that it "would not tolerate? an Iranian closure of the Strait of Hormuz, through which some 40% of the world?s oil passes, and responded to the threat by declaring U.S. ships would travel through the Persian Gulf as and when needed. The continuing escalation of tensions between Iran and the U.S. is yet another confirmation of the coming conflict?and we need to do all that we can to stand with Israel right now. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 4 Jan 2012 02:11:15 -0800 Full article 1_541available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Is this the sign of open war we?ve been expecting? What I am about to tell you was told to me by a former Chief of Staff in Israel. The U.S. is going to hold the largest-ever joint missile defense drill with the Jewish state. Scheduled for May, the drill will be called "Austere Challenge? and is expected to see the deployment of several thousand American soldiers in Israel. It will also include the establishment of IDF command posts at European Command headquarters in Germany?with the ultimate goal of establishing joint task forces in the event of a large-scale conflict in the Middle East. The U.S. will bring its THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) and ship-based Aegis ballistic missile defense systems to Israel to simulate the interception of missile salvos against Israel. The American systems will work in conjunction with Israel?s missile defense systems?the Arrow, Patriot, and Iron Dome and live interceptions are expected to take place during the drill. At that point all of the pieces for a serious joint strike against Iran to halt their nuclear weapons program will be in place. I do not know that open war will happen in May, but this is one of the clearest signals I?ve seen yet that we are in the final stages of the process. It is more critical than ever as we start this new year that we are faithful to do everything possible to stand with and for God?s Chosen People. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 3 Jan 2012 18:45:55 -0800 Full article 1_540available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com As of this morning, we are $71,300 short of our matching gift challenge. It has been extended for five days, meaning we have until Sunday to reach the goal of $330,000 to help the Jewish people. Your generosity and love for God's Chosen People are touching thousands of lives...and as you give today, your gift will still be doubled to do twice as much to defend Israel from destruction. Early this morning, I was up praying. God gave me a mighty word for you, my partner for 2012. It is the Scripture He placed in my heart decades ago. I didn?t fully understand it then, but these verses revolutionized my life. Isaiah 43:18-19 says, "Do not remember the former things, Nor consider the things of old. BEHOLD I DO A NEW THING, NOW it shall spring forth; Shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert." Please write the date on this promise I am giving to you. Put it on a small card and tape it to your mirror or refrigerator...somewhere you can see it every day. Say these verses every day in 2012. At the end of 2012, would you send me the testimony of the amazing miracles that God has done for you because you stood on this promise? One word from God can change your life forever. I know! The word the Lord has prompted me to give you today for the new year is the word He gave me on September 21, 1981. I was going through some battles, and in intercessory prayer, God gave me this Scripture and told me to stand on it. I began praying it aloud in spite of my circumstances. Suddenly, the Spirit of God came on me, and I felt strongly that the Lord wanted me to send a fax to the prime minister of Israel...who did not know me...asking him if he would meet with me. I flew by faith to Israel to pray, even before I received an answer. The prime minister's secretary contacted me at my hotel and told me Prime Minister Begin would meet with me the following day. I went to the meeting, and for thirty minutes I spoke not a word. I only knew that God had sent me, but He didn't tell me why. The prime minister opened his heart and talked with me as if I were his pastor. He told me about his two heart attacks and a grandchild who had attempted suicide. At the end of thirty minutes, he asked, "Why did you come?" I was terribly embarrassed because I didn't know why I was there. I repeated the question, and the prime minister asked, "Did you not hear me?" I replied, "Yes, Mr. Prime Minister, I heard you; I don't know." "What? You don't know?" he asked. "No, I don't know why I'm here." "You fly 8,000 miles to meet with me, and you don't know why. Do you know anything?" he asked as he laughed. "I know God sent me." He turned to his secretary and asked, "Can you believe it? God sends him to meet with me and doesn't tell him why. Kadisi, shake Mike Evans's hand. You've finally met an honest man. He flies 8,000 miles to meet with the prime minister because God sent him, and he doesn't know why. Mike Evans, will you do me a favor? When God tells you why, would you come back and tell me?" I said that I would. The next morning I awoke and picked up the newspaper. It was the anniversary of Yoni Netanyahu's death. He was the leader of the Entebbe raid in Uganda; he was the only fatality among the Israeli Defense Forces. As I read the account, the Spirit of the Lord prompted me to go to the Netanyahu home to comfort the family. When I knocked at the door, Benzion, Yoni's father, invited me inside. I sat next to his very depressed and hurting son, Benjamin. I asked him if I could pray over him. He said I could. I prayed and wept over him. In my prayer, I said, "Jonathan loved David. You loved your brother, Jonathan. Out of the ashes of your despair will come strength from God, and you will be the prime minister of Israel, twice." When the prayer ended, he looked at me as though I were out of my mind. He wasn?t involved in politics at all. I politely dismissed myself, contacted Prime Minister Begin's secretary and requested a meeting the following day. He agreed. I met with the prime minister and said, "I know why I've come." And then, I told him the story of Benjamin Netanyahu and the word God had given me. He said, "Do you really believe it?" "Yes," I said, "I really believe it. He's going to be prime minister twice. Will you give him a job?" That evening, the senior advisor to the prime minister, Reuben Hecht, offered Benjamin Netanyahu his first government post. Yes, he is now prime minister of Israel for the second time. In that same meeting, I also told Mr. Begin, "I know the full reason why I'm here. God has told me to build a bridge." He laughed and replied, "The Brooklyn Bridge?" I said, "No, Mr. Prime Minister, a bridge of love between Bible-believing Christians and Bible-believing Jews." He laughed, "Fabulous! Let's build it together." Our partnership in the Jerusalem Prayer Team came about because of the promise I'm giving you today for 2012. Stand on it! And please stand with us as we stand for Israel during this great crisis. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 3 Jan 2012 18:38:35 -0800 Full article 1_539available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Happy New Year?and may the God of Israel bless you every day of the coming year. Will you join me in believing for a miracle for Israel today? This is the last day for us to see a great miracle for Israel, and I?m asking you to join me today in making it happen! I will fast and pray tomorrow on New Year's Day for every Jerusalem Prayer Team member. Please join me if possible in faith agreeing that 2012 will be the greatest year of your life in every way. If every Jerusalem Prayer Team member who loves God?s Chosen People will respond today, we will have a miracle. We have $112,300 in matching funds left to claim. Every gift will be doubled. Your gift of $50 will be doubled to $100. Your gift of $100 will be like giving $200. Why not do something great for God today? Remember that your gift is tax deductible. Please join me right now in praying that the Spirit of God will speak to every heart and this miracle will happen. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sat, 31 Dec 2011 12:09:58 -0800 Full article 1_538available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com This is the last day for us to see a great miracle for Israel, and I?m asking you to join me today in making it happen! Please join me right now and pray that every Jerusalem Prayer Team member will receive God's blessing and favor where they need it most and that the enemy will be rebuked. I will be fasting and praying all day tomorrow for you. If every Jerusalem Prayer Team member who loves God?s Chosen People will respond today, we will have a miracle. We have $112,300 in matching funds left to claim. Every gift will be doubled. Your gift of $50 will be doubled to $100. Your gift of $100 will be like giving $200. Why not do something great for God today? Remember that your gift today is still tax deductible for 2011. Please join me right now in praying that the Spirit of God will speak to every heart and this miracle will happen. Here?s why it matters so much. When you give to the Jerusalem Prayer Team, you are touching the lives of thousands of elderly Holocaust survivors just like Taubkin Seraphima. Here is her story, told in her own broken English: My name is Taubkin Seraphima. I was born in 1915 and survived the Holocaust. Before the war, I have lived in Polotsk (Belarus), which at the beginning of the war was occupied by the Germans. When the Germans began bomb attack and they entered the city, I was hiding in the forest without food and clothes with my little son and my younger sisters. After that, first by the walk and then by riding, we've escaped to the Urals city of Sverdlovsk, where relatives of my husband have been living by that time. After the war we've stayed in Sverdlovsk, because our house together with my grandmother was burned. In 1999 we repatriated to Israel. I currently live in a rented apartment with my daughter Rita. She is 69 years old. My daughter have worked (caring for elderly people), but two and a half months ago, she fell and broke her leg. After a serious operation on her leg, she cannot work anymore. I am very grateful and thankful to the community Jerusalem Prayer Team for their care and attention for not just a moral but also for material support every month. I thank everyone who helps Holocaust survivors, and remember the millions of Jews killed in the war. Sincerely Yours, Taubkin Seraphima. When you give today, your gift will be doubled to do twice as much to help the elderly Holocaust survivors?and other Jewish people in urgent need. Please be as generous as you can when you give. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release isThe Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sat, 31 Dec 2011 12:08:41 -0800 Full article 1_537available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com We have just two days left to see a great miracle for Israel, and I?m asking you to join me today in making it happen! If every Jerusalem Prayer Team member who loves God?s Chosen People will respond today, we will have a miracle. We have $129,000 in matching funds left to claim. Every gift will be doubled. Why not do something great for God today? Remember that your gift is tax deductible. Please join me right now in praying that the Spirit of God will speak to every heart and this miracle will happen. Major European nations, including Great Britain, France, and Germany have condemned Israel for not making enough concessions to coax the Palestinians back to the peace talks. They called for Israel to immediately cease all building in Jerusalem (do you think they would take kindly to being told they could not build homes for their people in London, Paris, or Berlin by another country?) and insisted that Israel reveal its negotiating position prior to any further negotiations. Despite the fact that the Palestinians will not do this, European leaders continue to place all their pressure on the Jewish state. The truth is that Israel has very few friends in the world right now, and we need to do all we can to stand with and support her during this crucial battle for survival. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:49:54 -0800 Full article 1_536available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Will you join me in believing for a miracle for Israel today? We now have two days?just 48 hours?left to take full advantage of our special matching gift challenge. There is so much that we need to do for Israel and for the Jewish people, and God has provided us with this wonderful open door to do more than ever! If every Jerusalem Prayer Team member who loves God?s Chosen People will respond today, we will have a miracle. We have $129,000 in matching funds left to claim. Every gift will be doubled. Why not do something great for God today? Remember that your gift is tax deductible. Please join me right now in praying that the Spirit of God will speak to every heart and this miracle will happen. Today I?m asking you to be a blessing to God?s Chosen People in a special way. A recently-released study from Israel?s National Insurance Institute revealed that one in five people in Israel cannot afford to buy enough food for good health, and one out of ten is suffering from malnutrition. That?s nearly ¾ of a million Jewish people suffering physical problems because they don?t have enough food! Together we can help meet this urgent need?and we must act right now. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:38:48 -0800 Full article 1_535available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com There is very troubling news out of the Middle East this week regarding Iran?s "Velayat 90? naval exercises. This ten-day event will be the largest display of Iranian military might in decades, and during it, the Iranians are threatening to close the critical Strait of Hormuz, through which 40% of the world?s oil flows on a daily basis. Iran?s chief of naval operations says this is something they could do "very easily.? The U.S. has responded by declaring the Strait will remain open. A spokesman said that closing the Straits "will not be tolerated.? The U.S. Fifth Fleet is stationed in the region, anchored by theUSS John Stennisaircraft carrier. The possibility of an intentional or even accidental incident that sparks a wider conflict is higher now than it has been in many years?and the people of Israel are most at risk from such a conflict. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:03:50 -0800 Full article 1_534available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Do you believe in miracles? I do! We have just three days?72 hours?left in our matching fund challenge. If every Jerusalem Prayer Team member who loves God?s Chosen People will respond today, we will have a miracle. We have $137,400 in matching funds left to claim. Every gift will be doubled. Why not do something great for God today? Remember that your gift is tax deductible. Please join me right now in praying that the Spirit of God will speak to every heart and this miracle will happen. Jesus transformed a boy?s little lunch into a feast for "five thousand men, besides women and children? (Matthew 14:21). And I love the details that John added: And Jesus took the loaves,?distributed them to the disciples, and the disciples to those sitting down; and likewise of the fish, as much as they wanted. So when they were filled, He said to His disciples, ?Gather up the fragments that remain, so that nothing is lost.? Therefore they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves which were left over by those who had eaten. Then those men, when they had seen the sign that Jesus did, said, ?This is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world? (John 6:11-14). *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:53:37 -0800 Full article 1_533available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Tonight the eight-day Festival of Lights comes to a close?but the tragedy of hunger affecting the lives of hundreds of thousands of Jewish people does not. So far 1,700 loving partners have given $188,200 toward the $330,000 matching gift offer which will be doubled to $376,400. Why not do something great for God today? Remember that your gift is tax deductible. Please join me right now in praying that the Spirit of God will speak to every heart and this miracle will happen. I remember going to bed hungry during the holidays when I was a child. One Saturday morning, I went to the dump to look for food. An elderly man who was also there looking for food gave me a stick because I was scared to death of the rats. My pants had holes in them...my shoes were so small that I had an abscess on my heel. I don't want to close my heart or wallet to the cries of poor children like I was?or the precious elderly Holocaust survivors in Israel who are hidden from sight but whose needs are very real. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:14:12 -0800 Full article 1_532available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Every time I think I can?t be shocked by an outrageous Palestinian claim, they prove me wrong again. As part of the Christmas celebration in Bethlehem this weekend, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad (a man regarded by the Obama Administration as a moderate and reliable partner for peace) said, "Christmas is an opportunity to celebrate the Palestinian identity of Jesus Christ.? Such claims, which were often made by chief terrorist Yasser Arafat during his life, are part of a calculated strategy by the Palestinians to delegitimize Israel and remove any traces of Jewish history from the Promised Land. While we may laugh at such silly and obviously false statements, the Palestinian people take them as gospel truth. They are indoctrinated in hatred for the Jewish people and given a totally perverted view of history. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:10:05 -0800 Full article 1_531available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I?ve been telling you this for months?now maybe Washington is finally starting to wake up. U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced last week that the government now thinks Iran is less than a year from having nuclear weapons. This is a major change from previous statements that put an Iranian nuke years into the future (and conflicting with Israeli and other intelligence estimates). Panetta, who had recently downplayed the likelihood of military action against Iran, warning of the economic consequences, also sounded much more belligerent. Panetta warned that Iranian nuclear weapons "crossed a red line? and said that not only Israel but the United States as well would take military action before allowing that to happen. Despite these remarks, the Obama Administration still refuses to place serious sanctions on Iran?s Central Bank to bring pressure on Tehran to halt their nuclear program. Congress did pass sanctions against Iranian oil over the president?s objections, but analysts believe banking sanctions would have a more significant impact. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 27 Dec 2011 17:16:59 -0800 Full article 1_530available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I trust that you and your loved ones had a wonderful a Christmas celebration as my family and I did. I am praying for God?s favor on your life and family in a special way. We were blessed and enjoyed wonderful food and fellowship together, but I remember another Christmas long ago that was very different? Huge flakes of snow had fallen for days. I had walked to church that morning for the Christmas service. My pants pocket held everything I had in the world: $23.26. I had walked several miles that morning. Weeks before, I had driven into Philadelphia in my car which held all the beautiful custom-made clothes I had purchased in Korea while in the army. I had placed my wallet in the trunk and gave a parking attendant an extra $5.00 to watch my vehicle while I ran across the street. When I returned, my car, clothes, wallet?all of my earthly possessions?were gone. I remember well the first couple of nights I spent in the Salvation Army barracks. There were rows of cots, one next to the other. I stared at the yellow pipes overhead, read a Gideon Bible, and meditated on Hebrews 11, and especially the story of Moses. The chapter says of him: "By faith Moses, when he became of age, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin, esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt; for he looked to the reward. By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible.? As I left the Christmas service and headed back to downtown Philadelphia, slogging through the cold, wet snow, several cars carrying church-goers passed by, and the passengers rolled down the windows and shouted, "Merry Christmas!? I really wanted to feel sorry for myself, but I refused. I believed that a mighty God whom I served was with me and that I would pass this test. My $23.26 cents was now down to $3.26 because I had given $20.00 to a person in the church who told me they were in need. The only place I could think of to have Christmas dinner?or should I say breakfast?was the local diner. A plate of bacon and eggs was less than $3.00. As I sat there eating my "Christmas dinner,? a scripture leapt into my spirit. I felt God?s presence settle over me. I began to weep as I recalled God?s word, "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him. But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit" (I Corinthians 2:9). Joy unspeakable flooded my soul. I knew at that moment I had been given the greatest Christmas gift of all, and I was rich, indeed. Now 8,000,000 miles of traveling the world have flown by; 10,600,000 souls have come to Christ through my ministry and crusades. I?ve met fifty-two world leaders and written thirty-six books since that lonesome December day all those years ago. I want to encourage you today to fix your eyes on the Savior. God?s promises to you are true; He has great things and great blessings in store for you during the coming year. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 27 Dec 2011 16:58:07 -0800 Full article 1_529available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com No, we?re not there today, but we wrote this while in Jerusalem recently. While at the Garden Tomb, We had a glorious time of prayer for you and for Jerusalem. As seen here, we are on top of the Mount of Olives beholding the sunset over the Temple site. It was here that heaven and earth met, and will meet again; where prophets, priests, and kings were given divine instruction and changed the destiny of the world. Our morning began very early. We walked through the old city before the sun rose. The Dome of the Rock was open, and Muslims were praying. The Western Wall is always open, and Jews are praying. The Church of the Holy Sepulcher is open, and Christians are praying in many languages. At 2:00 AM the orthodox begin their prayers with eight priests chanting in Greek around the tomb. Next are the Armenians with their badarak service in Armenian. Meanwhile, the different groups are singing their matins. Only one Copt is allowed to stay the night, praying alone in ancient Coptic Egyptian. I can see the Garden of Gethsemane where our Lord interceded until His perspiration became as drops of blood. Shortly after 4:00 AM, the Chief Rabbi of the Western Wall, Shmuel Rabinowitz, begins his daily routine of prayer and reading the Torah as he walks through the Jewish Quarter to the Wall. He wraps the tefillin around his arm, recites the morning prayers?the Shacharit?which ends with "God bless the nation with shalom, peace.? To think that this tiny, 48-square miles spot called Jerusalem is the apocalyptic center of gravity where the spiritual battle of the world is being fought. It is here that Satan wages his war, and angels battle demonic spirits. All roads lead to Jerusalem. How blessed we are to be part of prophecy and the Jerusalem Prayer Team which is greatly loved by the people of Jerusalem. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:40:22 -0800 Full article 1_528available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I pray that you and those you love are enjoying a wonderful Hanukkah and Christmas. Hanukkah has begun. The Festival of Lights goes on for eight days as the miracle of the Menorah during the rededication of the Temple is remembered. Each night a new candle is lit until the entire lampstand is filled with a glowing light. But there is another light that must continue to shine as well. God promised to make Israel a "light to the nations? (Isaiah 49:6). And Jesus said that His children were to be "the light of the world? (Matthew 5:14). During this wonderful holiday season, we have a unique opportunity to show that light to the poor, hungry, and hurting Jewish people of Israel. While others around them are enjoying feasting and joy, they are suffering alone. Many thousands of elderly Holocaust survivors have never received an act of love and compassion from a Christian. Many thousands of hungry Jewish children wonder if anyone cares about them. Today you and I can change that! We can shine the light of God?s love to these precious people during the Festival of Lights. "Light is sown like seed for the righteous and gladness for the upright in heart? (Psalm 97:11). *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:03:51 -0800 Full article 1_527available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com God had told me while in prayer to share Jesus with one million souls at one time?Hindus and Muslims?in Madras, India. My daughter Shira was a young teen at the time and made the trip with me. She said to me while we were on the plane, "Daddy, do the people know you?? I said, "No, honey.? She then asked, "How will they come to hear you?? I smiled and said, "They won?t, sweetheart, unless they see Jesus.? That night in a dream, I had seen the throne room of God, and hundreds of idols of all sizes and shapes sat around the throne. The Lord spoke to me and asked, "Whose idols are these?? I started to answer quickly, because I knew they had to be the idols of the Indian people. Before I could say a word, I looked down and saw my name written on one of them, and then another and another. I was so horrified that I couldn?t breathe when I awoke. I crawled on my hands and knees into the parlor and lay flat on my face before God as I wept and prayed the remainder of the night. I told the crusade team, "I can?t preach tonight. I?ve seen the Lord and I am unclean.? They insisted, and one said, "No, it?s just the opposite: Because you have seen the Lord, you are cleaner than you?ve ever been.? I preached a message that night entitled, "Seeing Jesus? from the story of blind Bartimaeus, a beggar. As I preached to several thousand Hindu people?not 100,000 or even 50,000, more like five to ten thousand?suddenly my associate came to me and said, "Stop preaching. You?re disrupting the service.? I looked at him like he had lost his mind. Then he told me that when I said "Seeing Jesus? three Hindu girls who had been blind from birth had received sight! Their parents, the teachers from the school for the blind and a doctor who treated them confirmed the miracle. The story of the blind girls hit the Indian wire service that night. I never knew it as I was asleep, but in the morning when I opened my door into the hall, there was a line of people outside my door that went down the stairs several floors and into the street. The first man in the line was the speaker of the house in the Indian Parliament. He was a Hindu accompanied by a Muslim aide. He was sick, as were all the people waiting in line. I began praying for those precious people. That night tens of thousands of Indian people lined both sides of the street. Their hands were outstretched and they were asking for a blessing. When we arrived at the beach area, there were people as far as our eyes could see. So many came to Christ that night that we could not baptize them individually. We had them walk into the ocean by the thousands. I instructed them, "When I say, ?In the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,? go down under the water and come up rejoicing.? They did. Over and over again, massive groups of people walked into the water to be baptized. However you may feel this Christmas season, I want to encourage you to understand that God loves you! He is crazy about you because of the precious blood of Jesus which was shed for you. Your eyes have not seen, your ears have not heard; neither has it entered into your spirit the things God has prepared for you. But He will reveal it unto you by His own Holy Spirit. When you see Jesus, everything changes! My prayer is that you will have a blessed Christmas and that 2012 will be the greatest year of your life. I speak favor over you, your children, grandchildren, your dreams and visions, and every one you love. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:59:29 -0800 Full article 1_524available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com We all know of the gifts the wise men brought to Jesus, but those gifts aren?t what most people think they are. Gold, frankincense, and myrrh are not gifts for a baby; they were the burial items of kings. From the moment Jesus came into the world, He came to die to be the Savior of the world. Jesus knew His purpose. Just before the crucifixion, Jesus celebrated Passover with His disciples. Years ago an aged rabbi, then the last living signer of the Declaration of Independence of the State of Israel, told me that the custom of the Jews was to sing Psalm 118 at the Passover. When I read that Psalm, I was astonished at the power of the words?and their fulfillment in the birth, life, ministry, death, and resurrection of Christ. Verse five: "I call upon the Lord in my distress.? Verse six: "I will not fear what man can do to me.? Verse ten: "All nations compassed me about.? Verse seventeen: "I shall not die, but live and declare the works of the Lord.? Verse nineteen: "Open to me the gates of righteousness. I will go into them?? Verse twenty-two: "The stone which the builders refused has become the head of the corner.? Verse twenty-four: "This is the day which the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it.? Verse twenty-seven: "God is the Lord which has showed us light. Bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.? As you prepare to celebrate this wonderful holiday and the birth of our Savior, remember that He was born to die for you! God loves you so much that He gave the best gift in all of history when He sent His Son to earth. My prayer is that you will have a blessed Christmas and that 2012 will be the greatest year of your life. I speak favor over you, your children, grandchildren, your dreams and visions, and everyone you love. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:49:55 -0800 Full article 1_526available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com As you and your family celebrate the birth of our Savior tomorrow, please take a moment and extend a hand of love and compassion to thousands of hungry Jewish people. Jesus said that what we do "for the least of these? is really done for Him. I can?t think of a better present you could bring Him than to feed one of the hungry among His Chosen People. I know all too well what it feels like to go to bed hungry?and I?m asking you today to help stop the plague of hunger cursing the poor Jewish people of Israel today. There is a tragic and widespread epidemic of hunger stalking the nation of Israel. The economic crisis has taken a toll on Jewish families, especially the children. A shocking report revealed that almost 750,000 people in Israel, many of them children, are suffering from malnutrition. My heart breaks when I think of their suffering?and today I?m asking you to help me change that. Together we can provide food for the hungry of Israel; a simple meal that you provide can save a life. It?s always awful to be hungry, but it seems to hurt even worse during a happy time when others around you are celebrating. Today as you read these words, millions of men, women, and children are at great risk. Their lives could be snuffed out at any moment?simply because they are Jewish. The hatred and anti-Semitism filling the Middle East, and indeed the world, must be countered with the truth and the love of God. But even if there were no threat of war, the problem of hunger would not go away. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:44:06 -0800 Full article 1_525available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I know all too well what it feels like to go to bed hungry?and I?m asking you today to help stop the plague of hunger cursing the poor Jewish people of Israel today. There is a tragic and widespread epidemic of hunger stalking the nation of Israel. The economic crisis has taken a toll on Jewish families, especially the children. A shocking report revealed that almost 750,000 people in Israel, many of them children, are suffering from malnutrition. My heart breaks when I think of their suffering?and today I?m asking you to help me change that. Together we can provide food for the hungry of Israel; a simple meal that you provide can save a life. It?s always awful to be hungry, but it seems to hurt even worse during a happy time when others around you are celebrating. Today as you read these words, millions of men, women, and children are at great risk. Their lives could be snuffed out at any moment?simply because they are Jewish. The hatred and anti-Semitism filling the Middle East, and indeed the world, must be countered with the truth and the love of God. But even if there were no threat of war, the problem of hunger would not go away. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:06:29 -0800 Full article 1_523available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com In his annual Christmas message, Victor Batarseh, the mayor of Bethlehem (which is under Palestinian control), called for a worldwide boycott of Israel. "It is the only way to make peace,? he said. "We call for boycotting Israel culturally, educationally, in sports, economics, and trade.? Israel?s economy is very dependent on trade, and the Palestinians have been working overtime to try to force Israel to give in to their demands by means of economic pressure from the rest of the world. It is ironic that the leader of the town where the Prince of Peace was born is so cynical in his approach, especially at this special time of year. Never forget that the enemies of Israel do not want peace; they want to see the Jewish state destroyed. Every Palestinian map shows the entire land as part of Palestine; no mention of Israel is ever made. Every Palestinian school teaches children that there is no place for the Jewish state. As the enemies of the Jewish state continue their evil work, we need to stand with Israel now more than ever. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:36:02 -0800 Full article 1_522available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com This time of year, I reflect on God?s blessings on my life. I have so many. I am blessed and highly favored. As a young child, I only had one friend?my dog. But my dad got very angry with my dog one day and shot him. I am so glad to have you as a friend, and more than a friend. We are partners in the vital cause of defending Israel and the Jewish people through prayer. How blessed I am to have married my best friend, Carolyn. She was the first person to ever believe in me, and she still does. How blessed I am to have three beautiful daughters, Michelle, Shira, and Rachel, and a handsome son, Michael David. I am blessed to have seven and one-half grandchildren. I say that because Michael?s wife, Jessica, is pregnant with their second child, a little girl. Regarding Michael, I had never told Carolyn that I wanted a son to love the way my father never loved me. I think she knew that in her spirit, because after three girls, she was determined to have a boy. She said God had revealed to her that she would have a boy. When my son was born, I looked on the bed, and it said, "Michael David II.? I was a bit confused because I had no middle name, and I wasn?t Michael, I was Mike. I asked, "Carolyn, how can he be Michael David II when I?m not Michael David I?? She looked at me and laughed, "That?s your problem.? Shortly afterward, I went before a judge in a courtroom filled with people. He asked, "Why do you want to change your name?? I answered, "I want to be named after my son, so when I grow up, I?ll be just like him.? My son is a mighty man of God and a pastor. I couldn?t possibly be more proud of him. I?ve walked with my Savior for fifty-three years?since the day he appeared to me face-to-face at the age of eleven. He said, "Son, I love you and have a great plan for your life.? He certainly did, and He still does. I?m so grateful that His great plan included you, my partner. My prayer is that you will have a blessed Christmas and that 2012 will be the greatest year of your life. I speak favor over you, your children, grandchildren, your dreams and visions, and every one you love. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:51:10 -0800 Full article 1_521available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com My heart broke as I watched the world reward evil and call it good. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas flew to Paris last week for a ceremony at UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) headquarters. The Palestinian flag was raised there in recognition of the overwhelming vote in October to admit Palestine as a full member of one of the United Nations? most important international groups. "It is moving to see our flag raised and for it to be flying in this beautiful city of Paris among all the other states. This bodes well for Palestine becoming a member of other international institutions,? Abbas said. This is just one more step in the world?s efforts to legitimize the Palestinians as a nation without negotiations with Israel. The curse of God will fall on every nation that curses His Chosen People. The promises of Genesis 12:1-3?both the blessings and the curses?remain in full effect. And as the enemies of the Jewish state continue their evil work, we need to stand with Israel now more than ever. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:06:28 -0800 Full article 1_520available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Yesterday I told you a little bit about an amazing work of God in Cambodia. Today I want to tell you another part of that story to encourage your faith. When I went to Cambodia to survey the possibility of holding a mass evangelistic meeting there, I met a precious, humble man, Pastor Surpal. He told me the story of his church members who had gathered with him during the massacre by the Khmer Rouge. He said to them, "We must leave and scatter, or they will kill us all. But if you survive, come back and write your name on the wall of the church.? When he returned, only six names were written on the wall! He took me to a huge, Olympic-sized convention center that had been gutted and had been used as a place to detain the people and then murder them. The field was embedded with pieces of bone, and the blood and tissue had become nourishment for the ground. He then took me to an area where the skulls were stacked one upon another. We wept until there were no tears left as we thought about the pain and agony these precious people had suffered. I said to him, "Pastor Surpal, let?s go back to the stadium and pray.? We returned, and after a time of prayer, I said, "Surpal, how many people do you see if we hold a crusade to reach them for Jesus?? He closed his eyes and then said, "I see fifty!? I said, "Pray again.? Then he said, "I see a hundred,? and then, "I see one thousand,? I see five thousand?ten thousand?fifty thousand?sixty thousand?seventy, eighty thousand.? That vision came to pass! We saw that vast stadium packed with people, despite the fact that there were less than 2,000 publicly professing Christians in the entire nation! God is able to answer any prayer, if we have the faith and vision to ask for His Almighty power. I encourage you today to enlarge your vision; ask Him for great things. And I encourage you today to stand with us as we stand for the nation of Israel. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:54:14 -0800 Full article 1_519available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com It seems like the election has been going on forever, and there?s still nearly a year to go! I?m not picking sides or endorsing a candidate, but I do want to make sure you heard an important piece of news that came out of the campaign recently. Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich sparked both outrage and support when he called the Palestinians an "invented people.? As the person who recommend Benjamin Netanyahu for his first political position when I was an advisor (unofficial) to Prime Minister Begin, I find Mr. Gingrich?s comments quite refreshing. There is not today, nor has there ever been, a sovereign nation called Palestine. The name was placed on the region by the Roman Emporer Hadrian, who following yet another Jewish revolt, the Bar Kochba revolt in 135 AD, determined to remove every trace of the Jewish state from the land of Israel. The Latin name Palestinia derives from Philistine?the ancient enemies of God?s Chosen People. And even the ancient Philistines were not native to Israel. Most scholars believe they migrated from Greece or Crete. So when you hear people talking about Palestine like it is or was an existing nation, they?re wrong! They?re just repeating an ancient Roman insult?and ignoring reality! *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book,Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:13:55 -0800 Full article 1_518available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com It was seventeen years ago, but I?ll never forget that night! I was in Cambodia for a nationwide crusade at the invitation of two denominational leaders following the "killing fields? massacre where the bloody Khmer Rouge and Pol Pot had murdered more than 2 million people. They had nearly wiped out Christianity; when I went to Cambodia there were less than 2,000 professing believers still alive. One dear pastor only had six members of his church survive. Through the miracle power of God?s Spirit, the leaders agreed to allow me to come and preach, thinking that nothing would happen. They were wrong! Twenty-three hundred pastors from across Southeast Asia came for a pastors? school. The fire of God fell on that place, and the Olympic Convention Center was packed. A new Church was birthed in that miracle moment?but the murderous regime was furious. Night after night, demon-possessed men lunged at me, trying to stab me with AIDS-infected needles. I was warned that I would be shot. Then one night, the army surrounded our hotel and refused to allow us to go to the service. They went to the stadium and told the crowd there were bombs ready to go off and forced everyone to leave. I didn?t sleep a wink! All night long, I paced the floor of my hotel room, quoting Psalm 23 and praying for God?s will to be done. I was willing to die for the church to be reborn in Cambodia, but I wanted to return home to Carolyn and my family. I missed celebrating our 25thwedding anniversary while I was in Cambodia. About 5:30 in the morning, there was a loud knock at my door. Looking through the peep hole, I saw soldiers standing there. I was convinced it was the Khmer Rouge come to kill me?but when I opened the door, I found an American special forces team. They took me and our entire evangelistic staff to the airport. We hunkered down in the floorboards of the cars so no one would see us, and we flew out of the country. As we celebrate Christmas in just a few days, I thank my Lord that seventeen years ago, as I quoted Psalm 23:1, He spared my life. More importantly, lives of tens of thousands were born into the Kingdom of God. Whatever your need today, I want to encourage you to fear no evil, for the Lord is your Shepherd. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:07:48 -0800 Full article 1_517available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Hanukkah starts in just a few days, and I can?t wait! I?m so looking forward to the beginning of Hanukkah and sharing this special celebration with my family. The word Hanukkah comes from the Hebrew word which means to dedicate. The Feast of Hanukkah, also known as the Feast of Dedication or the Festival of Lights, commemorates the Jews regaining control over Jerusalem and rededicating the Temple. The temple had been desecrated by the invading Seleucid armies of Antiochus in 167 BC. A Jewish priest, Mattathias, and his five sons (known as the Maccabees) led a revolt and called the nation back to God. He said, "If all the nations of the king?s dominion harken unto him, yet I and my sons will walk in the covenant of our fathers.? After the invading armies were driven out of Judea and Jerusalem, the Maccabees consecrated the Temple and rededicated the Holy of Holies. There wasn?t enough oil to keep the Temple menorah burning throughout the week-long dedication, but somehow the candle never went out. To me, this story is symbolic of you, God?s covenant saint and your commitment to keep the light of the Holy Spirit shining brightly in your life. May that light burn brighter than ever for God?s glory during this next year. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sat, 17 Dec 2011 05:23:19 -0800 Full article 1_516available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I am praying especially today for God?s hand of protection on the nation of Israel, and I ask that you join me. When the last U.S. troops leave Iraq later this month, something unexpected will go with them?a major barrier to an Israeli attack on Iran?s nuclear program. The U.S. has controlled Iraqi airspace, which is the only practical way for Israel?s planes to reach Iran. Iraq has no air force and no means of controlling the skies over its nation. While its air defense radar could potentially see Israeli planes heading toward Iran, they would not be able to do anything to stop them. However, as retired Air Force General Thomas McInerney pointed out, the reverse is true as well; it will also be easier for Iranian forces to strike at Israel. We are entering a crisis moment. The silent war that is happening now will almost certainly be replaced by an open war in the very near future. We are seeing the pieces moved into place for a great conflict of nations that will shape the future of the Middle East. And while all this is going on, there is an epidemic of hunger in Israel that demands our response. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sat, 17 Dec 2011 05:17:34 -0800 Full article 1_515available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I can?t imagine my precious grandchildren going to bed hungry every night. But that is the reality for many poor Jews?young and old alike?living in Israel today. For them, Hanukkah will be a bitter time instead of a happy one. There are hundreds of thousands of Jews who do not have enough food to eat during the holidays. I remember going to bed hungry just before Christmas when I was a child. One Saturday morning I went to the dump to look for food. An elderly man who was also there looking for food gave me a stick because I was scared to death of the rats. My pants had holes in them...my shoes were so small that I had an abscess on my heel. I don't want to close my heart or wallet to the cries of poor children like I was?or to the precious elderly Holocaust survivors in Israel who are hidden from sight but whose needs are very real. Today I?m asking you to help the Jerusalem Prayer Team feed the hungry of Israel this holiday season. There is a tragic and widespread epidemic of hunger stalking the nation of Israel. The economic crisis has taken a toll on Jewish families, especially the children. A shocking report revealed that almost 750,000 people in Israel, many of them children, are suffering from malnutrition. My heart breaks when I think of their suffering?and today I?m asking you to help me change that. Together we can provide food for the hungry of Israel; a simple meal that you provide can save a life. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:43:08 -0800 Full article 1_514available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I?m amazed that it took them this long, but the Administration is finally facing the truth. After years of downplaying the threat of a nuclear Iran, claiming it was still far in the future, the Obama Administration is apparently reversing course. Anonymous leaks from the White House to various news media confirm that the U.S. government is now acknowledging that Iran is "on the verge? of hitting the 20% uranium enrichment level needed for nuclear weapons and may get there "in a matter of weeks.? Work at the Fordow Iranian enrichment facility, located deep underground near the Iranian holy city of Qom, is progressing very rapidly. Dennis Ross, former advisor to President Obama for Middle East matters, flatly declared, "there is no justification for it? other than to make nuclear weapons. The threat to Israel that I have been telling you about is growing greater every day. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:32:38 -0800 Full article 1_513available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I will never forget the painful memories of childhood hunger, especially during holiday times. The word Hanukkah comes from the Hebrew word which means to dedicate. The Feast of Hanukkah, also known as the Feast of Dedication or the Festival of Lights, commemorates the Jews regaining control over Jerusalem and rededicating the Temple. The temple had been desecrated by the invading Seleucid armies of Antiochus in 167 BC. A Jewish priest, Mattathias, and his five sons (known as the Maccabees) led a revolt and called the nation back to God. He said, "If all the nations of the king?s dominion harken unto him, yet I and my sons will walk in the covenant of our fathers.? After the invading armies were driven out of Judea and Jerusalem, the Maccabees consecrated the Temple and rededicated the Holy of Holies. There wasn?t enough oil to keep the Temple menorah burning throughout the week-long dedication, but somehow the candles never went out. To me, this story is symbolic of you, God?s covenant saint and your commitment to keep the light of the Holy Spirit shining brightly in your life. May that light burn brighter than ever for God?s glory during this next year. But for the hungry of Israel, Hanukkah will be a bitter time instead of a happy one. There are hundreds of thousands of Jews who do not have enough food to eat during the holidays. I remember going to bed hungry just before Christmas when I was a child. One Saturday morning I went to the dump to look for food. An elderly man who was also there looking for food gave me a stick because I was scared to death of the rats. My pants had holes in them...my shoes were so small that I had an abscess on my heel. I don't want to close my heart or wallet to the cries of poor children like I was?or to the precious elderly Holocaust survivors in Israel who are hidden from sight but whose needs are very real. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:37:16 -0800 Full article 1_512available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Do you remember what you were doing twenty years ago this week? Twenty years is a long time, but I?ll never forget where I was. It was just before the first Gulf War started, and I had flown to Saudi Arabia to preach the Gospel. I arrived in Dhahran and encouraged the Saudis on the street to come near to hear the message of Jesus, and a large group did come. As I prepared to speak, I could hear the voice of Satan saying, "Do not open your mouth. If you do, you will be beheaded.? I paused and something came out of my mouth which I will never forget. I said, "Before I preach, we are going to sing a song.? Immediately, I realized how absurd my statement was?I can?t sing! As I hesitated, the air was filled with what sounded like the voice of an angel of the Lord. I turned and standing behind me was an African-American sergeant who had been watching me. He sang, with the most incredible baritone: "His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.? Tears streamed down my face. I didn?t know that soldier and had no idea he was there. The following day, through a miracle of God, I was able to share the Gospel with Mohammad Khalid, the governor of Dhahran, the head of the Saudi Royal Air Force, and a nephew of the king. He took me with him to a meeting with the Egyptian Third Army and the Syrian High Command. At the end of the meeting, he asked me to introduce myself while he interpreted for me. Instead, I introduced Jesus. He said to me, "Would you like me to show you where we cut off heads on Thursdays?? I said, "No, my schedule is totally filled on Thursday; I have no time.? He laughed. Years later, I met three Philippine pastors as I preached a crusade near the Bay of Manila to over a quarter-million people. They cried and hugged me and told me they had been condemned for preaching the Gospel in Saudi Arabia. Mohammad Khalid had commuted their sentences and deported them. He said to them, "You can thank Mike Evans who told me about your Jesus and his cross.? *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:30:46 -0800 Full article 1_511available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Hanukkah begins next week at sundown on December 20 and ends on December 28. It begins with the lighting of the first candle on the menorah. It is called the "Festival of Lights,? and commemorates a small cruse of consecrated oil which burned for eight days in the Temple?s menorah?instead of the usual one day. Each night, a candle on the menorah is lit. Much food fried in oil is eaten?such as potatolatkes(pancakes) and jellied donuts (sufganiyot). As a child, I ate a lot of those while playing with thedreidel, a four-sided top. But for the hungry of Israel, Hanukkah will be a bitter time instead of a happy one. There are hundreds of thousands of Jews who do not have enough food to eat during the holidays. I remember going to bed hungry just before Christmas when I was a child. One Saturday morning, I went to the dump to look for food. An elderly man who was also there looking for food gave me a stick because I was scared to death of the rats. My pants had holes in them...my shoes were so small that I had an abscess on my heel. I don't want to close my heart or wallet to the cries of poor children like I was?or to the precious elderly Holocaust survivors?in Israel who are hidden from sight but whose needs are very real. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNewswhere you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:35:20 -0800 Full article 1_510available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I believe I?ve found the answer to a question that?s been troubling me. For months now, it?s been apparent as I read the news and talk to friends in Washington and Jerusalem that the Obama Administration is not serious about stopping Iran?s nuclear weapons program. Make no mistake?nuclear weapons in the hands of the radical Islamists in Tehran are not just a threat to Israel; they pose a grave threat to America and the rest of the free world as well. Yet Washington has refused to impose serious sanctions on Iran?s Central Bank?sanctions that the British government put in place several weeks ago. Administration officials this past week, including Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, have been speaking publicly about the economic fallout of potential military action against Iran. With the election looming, another economic shock could spell disaster?but is it worth sacrificing Israel for a few more votes? It is more important than ever before that you and I stand in the gap for Israel. The Scripture tells us that God controls the heart of kings, and we need to seek His face to turn the hearts of world leaders in favor of Israel during these critical days. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:31:17 -0800 Full article 1_372available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stood before the United Nations, holding in his hand an application for statehood. World leaders, foreign ministers, and ambassadors arrived an hour early to fill the empty seats in the auditorium. People were standing against the walls and sitting on the stairs. With all the hype and enthusiasm, one would think it was Lady Gaga or Madonna preparing for a performance. As Abbas waved the copy of the petition he had earlier submitted to the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon, the hall repeatedly resounded with thunderous applause. One would have sworn it was Nelson Mandela fresh out of prison to proclaim South African statehood. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu?s speech delivered less than an hour after Abbas left the podium was brilliant and focused, but instead of enthusiastic applause there were empty pockets in the hall where representatives of Arab countries had departed. The silence was deafening. The question that remains is simple: What is next? The application will be delivered today to the Security Council which has five permanent members, Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States, and ten rotating members. The Council will delay a vote on the application while the Quartet (Russia, the UN, the EU, and the United States) attempts to use all possible global influence to pressure Prime Minister Netanyahu to concede. A two-thirds majority or 129 votes is required by the General Assembly for the Palestinian Authority to be given observer status. The Security Council requires nine votes in order to pass the Palestinian petition for permanent status. The five permanent members who have veto power can vote against it. What transpired at the United Nations is pure theater packaged in shuck and jive, shake and bake, and smoke and mirrors. President Obama spun his "plausible deniability? speech to attempt to convince Democratic and American Jewish voters that he was on the team. This was nothing more than a re-election ploy. At the same time, the husband of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former President Bill Clinton, stated that Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu "moved the goalposts upon taking power. It is the key reason there is no Palestinian peace deal.? The boys played the "good cop-bad cop? game perfectly. Speaking of playing games, at the end of the week, both enjoyed a round of golf. The Obama administration formula of "never miss the opportunity of a crisis? is working perfectly. The Middle East Quartet that has been working on a plan for years will have accomplished basically everything Abbas wants by the end of 2012. I outlined this in my book, Cursed, released in 2010. During the Persian Gulf War the senior advisor to the prime minister and my mentor, Dr. Reuben Hecht, told me that Israeli intelligence had received notification that Saddam Hussein was going to put weapons of mass destruction into the missiles being fired from Iraq into Israel. Prime Minister Shamir immediately opened two nuclear silos and pointed the weapons at Baghdad. Saddam Hussein was informed that the moment one WMD landed inside Israel Baghdad would cease to exist. The first phase of twenty-first century warfare begins with an economic bomb; the second phase is a media bomb?the battle for the mind; and the third phase is a proxy war. Look for the Palestinians to use HAMAS in Gaza as their proxy as a wave of unspeakable terror rolls over the state of Israel. Not only will the most sophisticated weapons be smuggled in, but additionally, WMDs will flow through Lebanon from a destabilized Syria?thanks to Hezbollah. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:47:13 -0800 Full article 1_509available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I'm having a great time getting ready for Hanukkah and Christmas, and I pray you are as well. The word Hanukkah comes from the Hebrew word which means to dedicate. The Feast of Hanukkah, also known as the Feast of Dedication or the Festival of Lights, commemorates the Jews regaining control over Jerusalem and rededicating the Temple. The temple had been desecrated by the invading Seleucid armies of Antiochus in 167 BC. A Jewish priest, Mattathias, and his five sons (known as the Maccabees) led a revolt and called the nation back to God. He said, "If all the nations of the king?s dominion harken unto him, yet I and my sons will walk in the covenant of our fathers.? After the invading armies were driven out of Judea and Jerusalem, the Maccabees consecrated the Temple and rededicated the Holy of Holies. There wasn?t enough oil to keep the Temple menorah burning throughout the week-long dedication, but somehow the candles never went out. To me, this story is symbolic of you, God?s covenant saint and your commitment to keep the light of the Holy Spirit shining brightly in your life. May that light burn brighter than ever for God?s glory during this next year. This will be a time of happy celebration, exchanging of gifts, and special meals?but for the hungry of Israel, Hanukkah will be a bitter time. There are hundreds of thousands of Jews who do not have enough food to eat during the holidays. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:55:54 -0800 Full article 1_508available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Years ago when I was an (unofficial) advisor to Prime Minister Menachem Begin, he told me, "The Palestinians never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.? Today he is being proved right once again. The Israeli government has once again asked the Palestinians to resume peace talks, as requested by the Quartet for Middle East Peace (US, EU, UN and Russia). Once again the Palestinians have refused. They say they will only return to talks if Israel agrees to freeze all building activity in Jerusalem and agrees to return to the 1967 borders. It should go without saying, but when you hear news from the Middle East about Israel?s reluctance to make peace, remember that peace talks can?t even begin unless Israel gives the other side everything they want in advance! No sane person would ever enter negotiations on that basis. There will be no lasting peace because the Palestinians do not want peace. They want to see the Jewish people killed and Israel destroyed. We must repeat this basic truth again and again because the media is so committed to hiding it. Israel is on the brink of all-out open war, and the human toll that war will take will be horrendous. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:38:09 -0800 Full article 1_507available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Will you join me and celebrate Hanukkah today so that the light does not go out? Hanukkah begins next week at sundown on December 20 and ends on December 28. It begins with the lighting of the first candle on the menorah. It is called the "Festival of Lights,? and commemorates a small cruse of consecrated oil which burned for eight days in the Temple?s menorah?instead of the usual one day. Each night, a candle on the menorah is lighted. Much food fried in oil is eaten?such as potato latkes (pancakes) and jellied donuts (sufganiyot). As a child, I ate a lot of those while playing with the dreidel, a four-sided top. This will be a time of happy celebration, exchanging of gift and special meals?but for the hungry of Israel, Hanukkah will be a bitter time. There are hundreds of thousands of Jews who do not have enough food to eat during the holidays. I remember going to bed hungry just before Christmas when I was a child. One Saturday morning I went to the dump to look for food. An elderly man who was also there looking for food gave me a stick because I was scared to death of the rats. My pants had holes in them...my shoes were so small that I had an abscess on my heel. I don't want to close my heart or wallet to the cries of poor children like I was?or the precious elderly Holocaust survivors?in Israel who are hidden from sight but whose needs are very real. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:38:16 -0800 Full article 1_506available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Israel's war with Iran (ancient Persia) has begun. No, the media isn't reporting it, but you know what is going on. I was personally told this information by a top general in Israel. Assessments of the massive blast at the Isfahan nuclear site in Iran last month are now being put together. Though there still has not been a claim of responsibility or direct link to Israel?s covert special forces and intelligence teams, there is no doubt that another major blow was struck against Iran at Isfahan. One intelligence report based on analysis of satellite photos revealed that the attack appears to have focused on an underground storage facility. (Iran is known to be moving their nuclear weapons program underground in an effort to protect it from attacks.) The report indicated the damage was more focused than the earlier strike at a major Iranian missile base but said that several "buildings [were] no longer present? and the "terrain was altered? at the site. Israel cannot allow Iran to complete their nuclear weapons program. The Jewish state will be destroyed if her enemies have the means to do so. Retaliatory missile and rocket attacks against Israel from Hamas have increased dramatically in recent days. In your wildest imagination, you cannot comprehend the living hell the poor people of Israel will endure once the war advances to the next stage. Twenty thousand missiles or more will rain down on their heads. We must help them now while there is still time. At the same time, there are other grave threats to Israel that are not making the headlines. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNewswhere you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:15:18 -0800 Full article 1_505available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com It?s never easy to be hungry, but it seems like it hurts worse than usual at times when everyone else is happy like during the holidays. I remember going to bed hungry just before Christmas when I was a child. One Saturday morning, I went to the dump to look for food. An elderly man who was also there looking for food gave me a stick because I was scared to death of the rats. My pants had holes in them...my shoes were so small that I had an abscess on my heel. I don't want to close my heart or wallet to the cries of poor children like I was?or to the precious elderly Holocaust survivors?in Israel who are hidden from sight but whose needs are very real. Today I?m asking you to help the Jerusalem Prayer Team feed the hungry of Israel this holiday season. There is a tragic and widespread epidemic of hunger stalking the nation of Israel. The economic crisis has taken a toll on Jewish families, especially the children. A shocking report revealed that almost 750,000 people in Israel, many of them children, are suffering from malnutrition. My heart breaks when I think of their suffering?and today I?m asking you to help me change that. Together we can provide food for the hungry of Israel; a simple meal that you provide can save a life. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sat, 10 Dec 2011 19:24:14 -0800 Full article 1_504available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Violence against the Jewish people continues to escalate as Gaza terrorists have fired at least ten rockets into Israel over the past two days. The southern region around Ashkelon was the target of these latest attacks, which thankfully resulted in no injuries. It is so ironic to me to read the news reports of attacks on Israel from Gaza?the land Israel gave up in exchange for empty promises of peace?side by side with reports of politicians like President Obama urging Israel to give up even more land for peace. There will never be peace until the Palestinians give up their dream of destroying Israel and killing the Jews. That is their purpose. They have no interest in peace. They may enter into an agreement that will give them a temporary advantage, but they will never rest until their evil goal is accomplished?or until they are stopped. The threat to Israel will not disappear because a meaningless piece of paper is signed. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sat, 10 Dec 2011 19:20:29 -0800 Full article 1_503available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com If you knew Jesus was hungry, would you do anything to feed Him? Today tens of thousands of His Jewish brothers and sisters are living with hunger?not just occasionally, but on a daily basis. They go to bed hungry at night, and they wake up hungry in the morning. One out of every five people living in Israel today is struggling to get enough food to eat. Jesus said that what we do "for the least of these,? we do for Him?so will you join me today in showing your love for God by helping us feed His Chosen People? There is a tragic and widespread epidemic of hunger stalking the nation of Israel. The economic crisis has taken a toll on Jewish families, especially the children. A shocking report last week revealed that almost 750,000 people in Israel, many of them children, are suffering from malnutrition. My heart breaks when I think of their suffering?and today I?m asking you to help me change that. Together we can provide food for the hungry of Israel; a simple meal that you provide can save a life. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 9 Dec 2011 19:27:59 -0800 Full article 1_502available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Israeli Defense Forces successfully launched a military strike against a smuggling tunnel that was to be used for another attack on Jewish civilians. It led from the Sinai desert like one earlier this year that resulted in the deaths of eight people?seven of them civilians. Intelligence provided indicated that members of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade were preparing an immediate attack. Two senior leaders of the terrorist group were killed, and several others are believed to have been injured in the strike. In response, the terrorists launched at least five rockets into Israel, but no casualties were reported. I give thanks to God today that this attack was thwarted and innocent Jewish men, women, and children were not butchered for the crime of being Jews. But I ask you to stop and think about the toll it takes on a person to live with the constant knowledge that he or she could be killed at any moment?simply because of their race. It is a horrible injustice, and we must stand against it. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 9 Dec 2011 14:57:54 -0800 Full article 1_501available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I saw their faces when I was in Israel a few days ago?elderly Holocaust survivors, frail and weak, struggling to survive. Most of these precious people are in their 80s and 90s, and many have no surviving relatives to care for them. There are more than 250,000 Holocaust survivors living in Israel today, and many of them are desperately poor. The meager stipends they receive from the government are not enough to buy food and pay for their rent and to heat their tiny apartments. As a result, they often go hungry?and they are not alone. There is a tragic and widespread epidemic of hunger stalking the nation of Israel. The economic crisis has taken a toll on Jewish families, especially the children. A shocking report last week reveals that almost 750,000 people in Israel, many of them children, are suffering from malnutrition. My heart breaks when I think of their suffering?and today I?m asking you to help me change that. Together we can provide food for the hungry of Israel; a simple meal that you provide can save a life. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 8 Dec 2011 17:09:31 -0800 Full article 1_500available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Following the attack on the British Embassy in Tehran, a bomb exploded this week at the British Embassy in Bahrain. England has led what little efforts are being made to stop Iran?s nuclear program. They placed sanctions on Iran?s Central Bank that if followed by other nations would prove to be crippling to the Iranian economy. Iran responded by sending a carefully orchestrated mob to attack the embassy in Tehran, briefly taking six workers hostage. This act of war has now been followed by another apparent attack on another British Embassy. Iran has also issued "warnings? to the rest of the European Union not to impose sanctions or other diplomatic penalties on the Islamic regime. Iran has long-range missiles capable of striking most of Europe, and is letting it be known that it will not limit these attacks to Israel alone if Iran?s nuclear program is attacked. At the same time there are other grave threats to Israel that are not making the headlines. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 8 Dec 2011 12:34:52 -0800 Full article 1_499available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com There is a tragic and widespread epidemic of hunger stalking the nation of Israel. The economic crisis has taken a toll on Jewish families, especially the children. A shocking report last week revealed that almost 750,000 people in Israel, many of them children, are suffering from malnutrition. My heart breaks when I think of their suffering?and today I'm asking you to help me change that. Together we can provide food for the hungry of Israel; a simple meal that you provide can save a life. I know what it feels like to go to bed hungry. There were nights I did that as a child. I remember as an 8-year-old boy digging through the garbage with a stick looking for something to eat. When I tried to enlist in the Army at 17, I was so malnourished that I only weighed 111 pounds. They told me I had to weigh at least 132 pounds to get in. Today as you read these words, millions of men, women, and children are at great risk. Their lives could be snuffed out at any moment?simply because they are Jewish. The hatred and anti-Semitism filling the Middle East, and indeed the world, must be countered with the truth and the love of God. But even if there were no threat of war, the problem of hunger would not go away. I am asking you today to stand with Israel with a special offering to help us prepare the people of Israel for the horrors of the coming war and meet the urgent need of hunger among the Jewish people. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 7 Dec 2011 21:19:46 -0800 Full article 1_498available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com As more details emerge from the massive explosion at an Iranian missile base a few weeks ago, the Iranians are heightening their military preparedness. Units, particularly those that would respond to a military assault, have been placed on high alert. Iran's Revolutionary Guard forces are said to be on a "war footing." The missile base that was destroyed was home to solid fuel missiles?which can be launched without notice. (Liquid fuel missiles take several hours to prepare for launch?actions which can be observed by spy satellites and drones.) The Iranians also claim to have shot down an unmanned U.S. drone. The Pentagon acknowledges that they lost the drone but say that it crashed after losing communication with controllers rather than being downed by enemy action. The announcement highlights the growing tensions in the region. The threat of open all-out war is growing every day. When I was in Israel a few days ago, I was briefed on the likely plan of action, and things are unfolding just as I was told to expect. But at the same time, there are other grave threats to Israel that are not making the headlines. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 7 Dec 2011 21:18:09 -0800 Full article 1_497available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com In stunning remarks at a European Jewish Union conference, U.S. Ambassador and top Obama fund-raiser Harold Gutman said, "Muslim hatred for Jews?stems from the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.? This completely false and historically ignorant statement stunned the audience. The remark raised further fears that the Obama Administration is so hostile to Israel that it will not do what is needed to defend the Jewish state. And while the threat from Iran, Egypt, Syria, and radical terrorist groups to Israel is great, there are other threats as well. I was shocked and horrified to read the study last week by the National Insurance Institute in Israel that revealed that almost three quarters of a million Jewish people are suffering physical problems because they are malnourished. Most of us are worried about losing weight, and these precious Jewish people don?t have enough food to eat. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 6 Dec 2011 19:26:37 -0800 Full article 1_496available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Israel?s Intelligence Minister Dan Meridor, in an interview with Israel?s Army radio, refused to say whether Israel was behind the recent explosions at Iranian military facilities. He did say, "There are countries who impose economic sanctions, and there are countries who act in other ways." Israel?s silent war to halt Iran?s nuclear weapons program must continue and must succeed if Israel is to survive. Atomic weapons in the hands of the mad mullahs of Tehran mean certain death for the Jewish state. But there are other grave threats to Israel that are not making the headlines. A just-released study from Israel?s National Insurance Institute revealed that one in five people in Israel cannot afford to buy enough food for good health, and one out of ten is suffering from malnutrition. That?s nearly ¾ of a million Jewish people suffering physical problems because they don?t have enough food! Together we can help meet this urgent need?and we must act right now. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 6 Dec 2011 17:26:53 -0800 Full article 1_495available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I visited Yad Vashem, the Holocaust memorial dedicated to the six million Jews who died during Hitler?s reign of terror?including one-and-a-half million children. I saw the director for the Hall of Righteous Gentiles. She came to my book signing several months ago at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center. During the Holocaust, the Jewish people did everything in their power to show reverence to the Name of God. In Hebrew it isKiddush Hashem?to hallow the name. A person?s name was used as an idiom for his reputation. It is still that way in Holland where we purchased and restored the ten Boom Museum. I am chairman of the board. In the Netherlands people ask you, "What is your last name?? If your father or grandfather was a crook, they are very suspicious of you. If, however, they were honorable men, the doors usually open to you. Kiddush Hashemis the opposite of profaning God?s Name. It means to hallow or sanctify the name. When I visited the trees planted for Corrie, Betsie, and Casper ten Boom at the Hall of the Righteous Gentiles at Yad Vashem, I was reminded of when I spoke, along with the ambassador, at the induction of Betsie and Casper at Yad Vashem. Corrie ten Boom was given a gift from God, the last verse from Psalm 91, while she was in solitary confinement:"And with long life shall I satisfy you.? I was stunned to read that one out of five people in Israel today cannot afford to buy enough food for themselves and their families. Even worse, one in ten is suffering physical symptoms due to malnutrition. This is tragic! At a time when most of us are trying to lose weight, there are thousands of Jewish men, women, and children going to bed hungry every night. We must do something about this urgent need. The threat of open war with Iran grabs the headlines, but this is no less a threat to the survival of Israel. I know what it feels like to go to bed hungry. There were nights I did that as a child. I remember as an 8-year-old boy digging through the garbage with a stick looking for something to eat. When I tried to enlist in the Army at 17, I was so malnourished that I only weighed 111 pounds. They told me I had to weigh at least 132 to get in. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Mon, 5 Dec 2011 23:56:31 -0800 Full article 1_494available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I was in Jerusalem reading Isaiah 52:7 during my devotional time. It says, "How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news (besorah) and bring peace (shalom), who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation and say to Zion, ?Your God reigns.?? That is you! Good news has power to change lives overnight?the birth of a baby, the end of a war, the toppling of an evil government, a graduation ceremony, a wedding. The Hebrew wordbesorahwhich we translate as "good news? has exactly that connotation. It is news of national importance?a victory in war, the rise of a powerful new king. Soon we will celebrate the birth of our Savior. The angels said to the shepherds, "Do not be afraid, I bring youbesorah?good news?of great joy that will be unto all the people. Today in the town of David, a Savior has been born. He is Christ the Lord.? (Luke 2:10-11). Despite a call for an arms embargo of the brutal Assad regime in Damascus which has killed more than 4,000 of its own people in a desperate attempt to cling to power, Russia has delivered a major shipment of advanced cruise missiles to Syria. These missiles, designed specifically to strike at ships, pose a serious threat to Israel?s Navy. Hezbollah used a less advanced missile during the 2006 war to kill four sailors on the INSHanit. Many people fear that the Assad government will launch an attack on Israel in order to unify the people and divert attention from their brutality and incompetence. Syria not only has a highly advanced military but also massive stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons as well. The support of nations like Russia, willing to sell weapons of death to murderous regimes for profit, makes them an even more dangerous adversary for Israel. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Mon, 5 Dec 2011 23:51:53 -0800 Full article 1_493available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I visited Yad Vashem, the Holocaust memorial dedicated to the six million Jews who died during Hitler?s reign of terror?including one-and-a-half million children. I saw the director for the Hall of Righteous Gentiles. She came to my book signing several months ago at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center. During the Holocaust, the Jewish people did everything in their power to show reverence to the Name of God. In Hebrew it is Kiddush Hashem?to hallow the name. A person?s name was used as an idiom for his reputation. It is still that way in Holland where we purchased and restored the ten Boom Museum. I am chairman of the board. In the Netherlands people ask you, "What is your last name?? If your father or grandfather was a crook, they are very suspicious of you. If, however, they were honorable men, the doors usually open to you. Kiddush Hashemis the opposite of profaning God?s Name. It means to hallow or sanctify the name. When I visited the trees planted for Corrie, Betsie, and Casper ten Boom at the Hall of the Righteous Gentiles at Yad Vashem, I was reminded of when I spoke, along with the ambassador, at the induction of Betsie and Casper at Yad Vashem. Corrie ten Boom was given a gift from God, the last verse from Psalm 91, while she was in solitary confinement:"And with long life shall I satisfy you.? Following the explosion at Iran?s nuclear facility in Isfahan on Monday, four missiles were fired into northern Israel from Lebanon, apparently by Hezbollah forces. This is the first attack from the north in more than two years. There can be no doubt that Iran pulls the strings of the terrorists who continually strike at Israel. The pattern is clear to those who have eyes to see. The war has begun; though it is still in the silent phase, it is deadly serious business. Israel will continue to work to destroy Iran?s nuclear program. Iran will continue to use its terrorist proxies to respond. Neither side wants an all-out open war yet. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sat, 3 Dec 2011 19:32:10 -0800 Full article 1_492available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com We went to eat in the marketplace in Jerusalem. Thousands of Israelis have streamed into the streets to buy food for Shabbat which begins in a few hours. They are desperately trying to live out their faith according to the law. Carolyn bought me a loaf of challah. I was raised on it as a child. My Jewish mother would buy it every Friday. When the bakeries here bake bread today, they bake ten percent more than they need to give to the poor?and so do great numbers of Israeli merchants. They put out ten percent, a tithe of their bread, for the poor. The Bible says, "Love the Lord with all your heart, with all your strength, and with all your soul.? The word "strength? is the Hebrew wordmayopekah. It literally means with all your "muchness? which sounds odd. It means "exceedingly much, a force or abundance.? There is always a price to pay to be a disciple of Jesus. It requires obedience, sacrifice, and dying to the flesh, and to take up the challenge and love the Lord with all yourmayopekah, today. Earlier this week, Egypt held the first round of elections for the new parliament that will be seated next year. My sources told me they feared that the Muslim Brotherhood and other radical groups would do well, perhaps even taking a majority of the seats. But the actual results that are being released are far worse for Israel. The radical Islamists?the bitter enemies of Israel?appear to have taken as much as two-thirds of the vote. And this round of elections was held in the more liberal and less religious parts of the country! The vote in the more traditional regions is expected to be even higher. The peace between Israel and Egypt that has lasted for more than thirty years is in great danger. Leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood speak openly of breaking the peace treaty signed by my dear old friend Prime Minister Begin and Anwar Sadat (who was assassinated by the Muslim Brotherhood for signing it). A hostile Egypt with its huge military represents yet another grave threat to Israel?s survival. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sat, 3 Dec 2011 19:26:12 -0800 Full article 1_491available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I was praying at the Kotel, the Western Wall in Jerusalem. It is the only side left of the ancient Temple. It was Shabbat, and Jews were rocking back and forth in prayer while reading the Scriptures. Most were saying the Shema: Shema Yisrael Adonai Eloheinu Adonai Ehad. Hear, O Hear, O Israel: the Lord is our God, the Lord is One. The word shema means "to hear or listen.? Most every place in the Bible where we see the word "obey,? it has been translated from the word shema?to hear is to obey. Jesus prayed the Shema in Jerusalem (Deuteronomy 6:4-5). Again and again He told His disciples, "He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit is saying. Take heed; listen.? He wants us to be doers of the Word, and not hearers only. Israel?s Defense Minister Ehud Barak this week welcomed steps by the EU and Great Britain to place greater sanctions on Iran because of its nuclear weapons program, but he clearly stated that "sanctions won?t stop Iran.? He also said that Israel would act "calmly and quietly? to deal with the threat of Iran. This is one of the most direct statements yet acknowledging Israel?s silent war for survival against the radical Islamists of Tehran. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 2 Dec 2011 20:31:44 -0800 Full article 1_490available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com It was late in the evening as I enjoyed my time in the Galilee. The sky was spectacular?every color of the rainbow. Here, God?s glory was revealed. It is where Jesus spent most of His earthly life. It is where the Word became flesh and dwelt among us. "And they saw the glory, the glory of the one and only who came from the Father full of grace and truth.? (John 1:14) "God with us? in Hebrew is well-known even in English?Emmanuel. Jewish people had never had God dwell among them. His presence was in the Tabernacle and in the Temple. But miracle of miracles, He came to earth and Emmanuel was manifested?God with us. If you think you are alone, you?re not. If you think you?ve been forgotten, you haven?t. God is greater, closer, more ambitious, and more committed than you think. Iranian Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, who heads the Revolutionary Guards' aerospace division made an explicit threat this week to widen the scope of war in the Middle East by attacking NATO members like Turkey?home to advanced satellite-based missile defense technology that would help defend Israel from an Iranian attack. The threat is given credibility by Iran?s successful recent tests of longer range missiles. The government of Iran has so far refused to acknowledge the stealth attacks that are damaging Iran?s military capability, but they certainly will respond at some point. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 2 Dec 2011 20:07:16 -0800 Full article 1_489available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com How is your peace? I was praying in Galilee where Jesus called forth His disciples and taught them, declaring mah shalomkah which literally means, "How is your peace? How is your shalom?? It has a much wider meaning; it is a prayer asking God to supply all of our needs, all of our peace. The Aaronic benediction says, "May the Lord look upon you with favor and give you His shalom.? (Numbers 6:24-26). May the shalom of God fill you today. Mah shalomkah! And we certainly need God?s peace for a troubled world. The war for Israel?s survival?the war to stop Iran from finishing its nuclear weapons program?has already started. The massive explosion that rocked Isfahan earlier this week has now been confirmed by satellite photos to have struck the uranium enrichment facility there. One unnamed Israeli source told a London newspaper that it was "no accident.? My sources in Israel confirm that the covert phase of the war has already begun. These first actions are being carried out by special forces and covert ops teams that are trained to strike without being noticed. There have already been two successful strikes at Iran?s military capacity, and more are certain to follow. Israel is at great risk and will face harsh retaliation for taking action to stop Iran, but the risk of doing nothing is even greater. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 1 Dec 2011 17:46:18 -0800 Full article 1_488available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I was sitting by the Sea of Galilee where Jesus called His disciples?talmid. He told them to go forth and maketalmids?disciples of all nations, and He would be with them always (Matthew 38:19-20). In Jesus? day to be atalmidor disciple of a rabbi was an honor. He was expected to have knowledge about the Bible and to live the scriptures. A disciple?s goal was to gain the rabbi?s knowledge, but more importantly, he was to take on the rabbi?s character. A disciple would live with a rabbi twenty-four hours a day, walking from town to town, eating and studying. A rabbi was considered like a father to his disciples. Jesus has left His sweet, precious presence to lead us and guide us to betalmids?disciples. May you follow Him today in discipleship! Iran?s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei has published on his official website how Iran expects to be attacked and how Iran?s leaders expect to respond. The unusual move of making this information public led some analysts to conclude that Iran is attempting to prepare its own people for the coming war. The fanatical leaders of Iran may be willing to see millions of their own people killed as they launch a bloody war to usher in Muslim domination of the entire world, but their people may not be so eager to become collateral damage. If the people of Iran were to rise up against their government, it is possible that the worst of the destruction that is hovering over the world like a dark cloud could be averted. In the meantime, Israel must continue to take steps to halt Iran?s progress toward nuclear weapons. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 1 Dec 2011 17:29:50 -0800 Full article 1_487available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I was sitting by the Sea of Galilee, the main source of water for the nation of Israel. In Hebrew it is calledMayim Hayimor "Living Water.? It is symbolic, not only of life-giving water which is sustaining the nation, but also rivers of living water. I am reminded of the Samaritan woman at the well (John 4:10) and when Jesus spoke at the Sukkot feast (John 7:38). One of the most beautiful prophecies of living water is Ezekiel 47:1-12. The prophet saw a trickle of water coming from beneath the Temple altar and flowing down the southern stairs. As it flowed, it grew deeper and deeper and became a river. It flowed twelve miles wide out of Jerusalem to the Dead Sea. The parched wasteland through which it flowed sprang to life surrounded by plants and trees. The Dead Sea suddenly filled with fish. Today, may God?s living water flow into you and through you. In a scene reminiscent of the Iranian hostage crisis of 1979 and 1980, mobs of protestors overran the British embassy in Tehran this week. At least six embassy staffers were reportedly taken hostage for a brief period of time before being rescued by police, although Iran has denied that they were taken prisoner, and British authorities referred to their status as "confusing.? The rage of Iran against not just Israel but the Western world as well knows no bounds. They will strike at every opportunity until they are stopped. Right now Israel is being forced to act virtually alone, but this fight is not just their fight; it is our fight. And it is time for God?s people who know the truth and love His Chosen People to take a stand. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:26:09 -0800 Full article 1_486available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Here is a thought God laid on my heart last week in Israel that I wrote down to share with you today: I was in Galilee where Jesus called His disciples and where he lived. Nazareth is not far from Capernaum where I was staying. There is a Hebrew wordbayitwhich means "house.? It has a wide range of meanings; it refers to a house, a temple, a family, a lineage. King David wanted to build abayitfor God. The Lord declares to you, "The Lord himself will establish abayit(house) for you.? The Apostle Paul talked about Jesus who would build God?s true house (bayit), which is the family of God (Ephesians 2:21). May God?s light shine in you, His house, today. I have received a phone call from a top military source in Israel confirming that the war with Iran has already begun. The "accidental? explosions that have rocked Iran in recent days, one near the nuclear enrichment facility in Isfahan and another at a missile base, are the initial salvos in the war to stop Iran from gaining nuclear weapons. These beginning stages are being carried out by specially trained covert ops teams with high-tech equipment; full-on attacks with planes and missiles will follow. As you can see from the pictures below from the Iranian missile base, serious damage is being done to Iran?s military capability by these strikes. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:19:58 -0800 Full article 1_485available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I wrote these words for you last week while I was in Israel: It?s early in the morning, and I?m having my daily devotions by the Sea of Galilee. When they saw the storm rage on the sea, the disciples cried out to Jesus. I am watching a beautiful bird fly overhead as I write. I?m thinking of the precious Hebrew word for "wings??kndafim?from wings of protection. The Psalmist declared, "How priceless is your unfailing love! Both high and low among men find refuge in the shadow of your wings.? (Psalm 36:7). The disciples found that strength from the arm of the Lord as His face shone upon them. They found refuge in the shadow of the Almighty. The bird I am watching spreads its wings like the eagle over its nest to protect its little ones from the sun, rain, and predators. It is extremely protective of its young?even willing to sacrifice its own life to save them. That is precisely what your Heavenly Father did for you. May He strengthen you with His revelation today. Iran's third largest city, Isfahan, was rocked yesterday by a massive explosion. Isfahan is home to one of the major uranium enrichment facilities in Iran and also to an experimental nuclear reactor. Questions were immediately raised as to whether this was a stealth Israeli attack designed to slow Iran's progress toward nuclear weapons. What is known with certainty is that Israel cannot long survive a nuclear Iran. Every top government and military leader with whom I spoke when I was there last week knows the use to which Iranian nukes will be employed. They must take action because the rest of the world refuses to take any serious steps to stop the radical Islamist government in Tehran. The coming war is the most dangerous threat Israel has faced, and we MUST do all we can to stand in the gap for the Jewish people right now. It is time for God?s people who know the truth and love His Chosen People to take a stand. The Jerusalem Prayer Team is standing on the front lines?but we urgently need your help. There are critical needs that must be met, but we can only meet them with your generous support. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:25:01 -0800 Full article 1_484available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I wrote these words last week in Galilee by a lovely spring near the Mount of Beatitudes, and I share them with you today: The Hebrew wordmakormeans "spring, source, fountain.? Jesus said that out of His belly would flow fountains of living water. The Psalmist proclaimed, "For with you is the fountain (makor) of life. In your light we see life.? (Psalm 36:7-9). "There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy places where the Most High dwells. God is within her; she will not fall. God will help her at break of day.? (Psalm 46:4-5). John the Revelator describes a river of the water of life as clear as crystal flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the great streets of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life bearing twelve crops of fruit?yielding its fruit every month, and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. (Revelation 22:1-2). Today, may that precious fountain of life touch you and minister life to you. Turnout in yesterday's Egyptian parliamentary election was very high. Full results will not be available for several days, but early reports confirmed the expectation that the radical Muslim Brotherhood and other extreme Islamist parties will be the most powerful forces in whatever new government is eventually formed. The election occurred following violent protests that saw dozens killed and hundreds injured in Egypt. This election result, though expected, is grave news for Israel, which also is watching unrest roil Syria to the north. Either or both of these nations could try to provoke a conflict with Israel in an effort to build popular support for their besieged governments...a war that would pose an even greater threat than the Hamas and Hezbollah terrorists who have been launching near-daily missile and rocket attacks against Israel. I have been telling you that war is coming soon?and it may be coming even sooner and be even bigger than many expected. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:36:33 -0800 Full article 1_483available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com During my time in Israel last week, I was told that the "Iron Dome? missile defense system designed to protect the civilian population and crucial military bases is still years away from being completed. What has already been deployed is capable of countering small attacks, but not yet ready to defend the entire nation. This problem was highlighted when one of Iran?s top military officials, Major General Seyyed Yahya Rahim-Safivi, declared that Israel?s defenses were "no match for Iran?s arsenal.? Between the thousands of long-range missiles Iran could launch and the tens of thousands of short-range missiles they have provided to Hezbollah and Hamas, Israel?s defenses would likely be quickly overwhelmed. I was told by a high-ranking military source that as much as half the population could be forced into bomb shelters?for lengthy periods, possibly even for as long as a month. The coming war is the most dangerous threat Israel has faced, and we MUST do all we can to stand in the Gap for the Jewish people right now. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:17:03 -0800 Full article 1_482available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Major developments in Syria are making war in the Middle East even more likely and more imminent. The U.S. State Department has instructed all U.S. citizens to leave Syria "immediately.? At the same time, the navy has decided to reposition the USSGeorge H. W. Bushaircraft carrier and its support ships near the Syrian coastline. As I prepared to leave Israel last week, rumors were circulating that the U.S. and NATO forces were planning a military operation against the Assad government like the one that led to the overthrow and death of Col. Kaddafi in Libya. It is highly likely that Iran would be drawn into the hostilities; it has recently strengthened its military ties with Syria and is believed to have several thousand soldiers stationed in that country. It is also very likely that an attack on Israel would be launched in retaliation for military strikes on Syria. Neither Syria nor Iran currently has the weaponry to strike at America?s homeland, but they could quickly rain down death and destruction on the Jewish state. I have been telling you that war is coming soon?and it may be coming even sooner than expected. *** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:45:10 -0800 Full article 1_481available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Shalom from the Holy City! I trust you had a blessed Thanksgiving with your family. I prayed for you at the Kotel (Western Wall) for God to bless and protect your life...and to do deliver my people from destruction. I am certain that this will be our last Thanksgiving before the war with Iran begins. I feel like Esther in the Bible standing in the gap for my people?and I believe you feel the same. Soon I will be back home in America. I appreciate so much your prayers for me while I have been in Israel. It is a blessing to have friends and partners like you join me in standing in the gap for Israel. The need for our prayer ministry and humanitarian aid has been made clear to me over and over again during the past week. Together we can stand against the evil schemes of the enemy. We must never lose sight of the fact that the attacks against Israel and the Jewish people are driven by demonic forces. The hatred of those who wish to kill and destroy the Jews has a spiritual dimension?and that evil power can only be counteracted by prayer. That is why the Jerusalem Prayer Team is so vital?and why your support is so urgently needed today. It is time for God?s people who know the truth and love His Chosen People to take a stand. The Jerusalem Prayer Team is standing on the front lines?but we urgently need your help. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sun, 27 Nov 2011 10:38:35 -0800 Full article 1_480available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Shalom from the Holy City. I am preparing to return home from Israel, where I have been for a week of special meetings and times of urgent prayer. And there is so much that needs to be done to support the Jewish people in this hour of great need. The world is turning against Israel, just as foretold in the Scriptures. This week UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon lectured my old friend Prime Minister Netanyahu. He blasted the building of homes for Jewish people in the city of Jerusalem and called on Israel to create "an environment conducive for the resumption? of peace talks. The world does nothing to stop the almost daily terrorist attacks launched against the Jewish people, yet continues to demand that Israel make sacrifices in the name of peace. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sat, 26 Nov 2011 02:49:49 -0800 Full article 1_479available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Shalom from the Holy City! Even as the people of Israel are preparing for a possible?likely?war with Iran, new waves of unrest are rocking the nations of Syria and Egypt. Hundreds of thousands have taken to the streets in Cairo to protest the ruling military council. At least three dozen protestors were killed, and more than 1200 were injured. Meanwhile, Syria continues its brutal crackdown on dissent. The Assad government has killed hundreds as it tries to cling to power. Either of these governments could attempt to provoke a war with Israel as a pretext to divert attention and pacify the unrest so they can maintain control of their people. This is simply one more threat Israel is facing at this dangerous crisis moment. The enemies of the Jewish people, driven by demonic hatred, will not stop their attempts to destroy Israel. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release isThe Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 25 Nov 2011 07:40:06 -0800 Full article 1_478available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Shalom from the Holy City. I have come to Israel once again because the Spirit of God laid a heavy burden on my heart to pray in this ancient city and to meet with many leaders of the Jewish nation. This has been an incredible week. I am so excited about being able to give you a full report on everything that has happened?and the doors God is opening for us to increase our outreaches and touch the entire nation of Israel. Night after night, I have awakened to pray for you. I am convinced in my spirit that God is preparing great blessings for those who are standing with Israel in this crucial and prophetic moment of history. The enemies of Israel are many, and they are fully committed to their evil cause?but God is greater, and He will fight for His Chosen People. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 25 Nov 2011 07:24:47 -0800 Full article 1_477available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com From the Holy City of the Great King, I give thanks to God and pray a blessing on America and on you. I am so thankful that America has been a refuge for my people. Without America, my entire family would have perished in the pogroms of Russia and the Holocaust of Europe. America helped birth Israel and has been Israel's best friend since that miraculous rebirth in 1948. But the links between America and the Jewish people go much further back into history. Columbus began his voyage to the New World on August 3, 1492, just three days after the last Jews were forced to leave Spain. As Columbus witnessed ships filled with Jewish people leaving the port of Palos (which delayed his own departure), he noted in his log book that the expulsion deadline was Tisha B'Av?the date Jews mourn the destruction of both the First and Second Temples. Columbus referred to the Second Temple as the "Second House? (Bayit Sheini in Hebrew), a term used only in Jewish sources, leading some historians to conclude that Columbus himself was of Jewish origin. His voyage of discovery laid the foundation for what would become the great friend of Israel, the United States of America. The Jewish prayer of thanks begins "Baruch Atah Adonai??"Blessed are you God? and then goes on to list the things for which you are thankful. I want you to know that I have been praying for you repeatedly here in Jerusalem, and that I give thanks to God for you and your love for His Chosen People. I am here in Israel as your ambassador to God?s Chosen People in this hour of great need. America?s ability to know and understand what is happening in the Middle East suffered a major blow with the discovery and capture of the CIA?s networks in Lebanon and Iran. More than a dozen informants were caught and are believed to have been executed. One insider described this intelligence disaster as the result of sloppy work by the American spy agency. "We were lazy,? he admitted. This is a deadly serious business. The enemies of Israel will stop at nothing to bring about their evil plans. The loss of intelligence and information could be crucial in the coming days. The clock is ticking loudly for those who have ears to hear. Iran is poised on the brink of completing their nuclear weapons program?and there is no doubt how they would use such weapons if they get them. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book,Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:32:25 -0800 Full article 1_476available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Shalom from Jerusalem. I am here in a nation preparing for war as your ambassador of hope and encouragement?and that war is coming very soon. In an interview this week, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak refused to give a timeline for possible military action against Iran but said clearly, "people understand that the time has come.? Meanwhile the Obama administration continues to refuse to take Iran?s nuclear weapons program seriously. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton threatened Iran with "increased isolation? this week?hardly the kind of action that will deter the radical Islamists and Jew-haters of Iran from their evil purposes. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:48:24 -0800 Full article 1_475available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Shalom from the Holy City! I am here in Israel as your ambassador, meeting with top leaders in preparation for the soon-coming war, and spending special time in prayer, not just for the nation of Israel and God?s Chosen People, but for you, my beloved Jerusalem Prayer Team partner, as well. I have set aside an urgent time of prayer this week, and I invite you to share your most important prayer need right now so that I can touch Heaven for you. Last week?s massive blast at an Iranian military base was called an accident by the Iranian government, but many suspect it was tied to Israel?s Mossad intelligence agency. Now the brother of the general killed has revealed that he was involved in "the final stages? of a "secret and high tech? project?believed by some Western sources to have been a ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear payload to strike Israel. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:12:19 -0800 Full article 1_474available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Shalom from Jerusalem. I was up a dozen times last night praying for the nation of Israel in light of the sobering truth that Iran is just a "screwdriver turn away from going atomic? as a top Israeli defense official told me. I will be with hundreds of rabbis at the Western Wall praying for the nation?and for you?tomorrow evening. Please send me your most urgent prayer need right now so that I may touch Heaven for you. I am here in a nation preparing for war as your ambassador of hope and encouragement. The Jewish people in the streets reflect the same concern that I am hearing in my meetings with top military and political leaders. They know the grim reality of the choice their nation faces. If Israel is to survive, Iran CANNOT have nuclear weapons. Yet taking action against Iran because the world has refused to act places Israel in the cross hairs of what security expert Frank Gaffney called "a wave of terrorist retaliation.? They know the costs full well. Yet they also know the even greater cost of inaction. There are still a quarter of a million Holocaust survivors here in Israel, and they know that when a threat is made to exterminate the Jewish people, it must be taken seriously. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed,The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:07:48 -0800 Full article 1_473available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Israel is facing the threat of war?a war that is more likely to start in weeks or even days rather than months. Yet friends and allies including the United States are turning away from supporting Israel at this crisis moment. I cannot believe that our government is more concerned about the economic impact of a strike against Iran?s nuclear weapons program than it is about Israel?s security. Yet that?s exactly the point Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta made to Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak this weekend. Panetta warned of the "unintended consequences? of military action, saying that "there are going to be economic consequences to that that could impact not just our economy but the world economy.? It is time for God?s people who know the truth and love His Chosen People to take a stand. The Jerusalem Prayer Team is standing on the front lines?but we urgently need your help. There are critical needs that must be met, but we can only meet them with your generous support. Please send me your most important prayer request right now. I will be fasting and praying and will touch Heaven for you. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 22 Nov 2011 02:59:31 -0800 Full article 1_472available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Shalom from the Golan Heights. I just finished a time of special prayer for you at the Mount of Beatitudes. The last time I was at this spot was during the Hezbollah War in 2006. Red hot missiles rained down on Galilee from Lebanon. It will happen again very soon without divine intervention. The generals I have spoken with all believe that war is not months or years away, but weeks?perhaps even days. They are making preparations for the most serious assault launched on Israel since the Yom Kippur War in 1973. As much as half the population will be forced into bomb shelters by the tens of thousands of rockets, missiles, and mortars that will rain down on Jewish cities, towns, and villages from Hamas and Hezbollah. Iran has provided these weapons?and the training to use them?to the terrorists for one purpose?they want as many Jews killed as possible. Ahmadinejad believes the lies about a Jewish plot to take over the world revealed in The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion?the same book that inspired Hitler?s Holocaust. He told me this in a face-to-face conversation last year in New York City. It is the basis of his belief that Israel must be "wiped off the map.? And if he has the means to do so, he will not hesitate to pursue his evil aims. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:39:19 -0800 Full article 1_471available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I would rather be home to celebrate my anniversary and enjoy Thanksgiving with my family, but instead I am travelling to Israel at the direction of God?s Holy Spirit. I will be meeting with a number of top officials, working on some amazing projects that I look forward to being able to share with you very soon. And I will be spending extra time in prayer, both for the Jewish people and for you as well. If you have a special prayer need, please share it with me so that I may pray with you. The next few weeks are crucial for Israel?s survival. The final pieces are being put in place that will almost certainly lead to war between Israel and Iran?and perhaps a much wider conflict. We have the opportunity and responsibility to stand in the gap right now at the moment of great danger. You and I must not, under any circumstances, close our hearts of compassion to this huge storm cloud that is gathering. I am asking you today to join with us as we stand in the gap and blow the trumpet in Zion. I have been in virtually every major battle fought by Israel over the past several decades. I was with the troops during the Hamas and Hezbollah war comforting my people even as missiles flew over our heads to rain down death and destruction on Jewish men, women, and children. Israeli diplomat friends called me and begged me to leave the war zone?to get out of the line of fire. They warned me, "You could die.? I responded that I planned to die; death would be no shock to me. Until that day comes, I will do everything within my power to obey my Savior and defend my people. I have seen firsthand that in the south of Israel great numbers of Russian Jewish refugee children do not have bomb shelters in which to seek safety. I can tell you that there will be an enormous need for food, medicine, and blankets. In Arab countries, Jews will be hanged, shot, and blown up when the war comes. This is especially true in Iran. We must do everything in our power to "blow the trumpet in Zion.? This is the Word of the Lord for you and me today. Can you imagine what you would do if you knew your children and grandchildren were in harm?s way and a missile would hit their home? I know you would do everything humanly possible to protect your loved ones. God wants us to do everything humanly possible to protect His loved ones?your brothers and sisters in Israel. Will you stand with me today in support of the Jewish people? **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sun, 20 Nov 2011 09:36:29 -0800 Full article 1_470available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com For the past two nights I have been under an especially heavy burden from the Lord, spending much time in prayer. My trip comes as Israel faces the most serious threats since her rebirth in 1948. Iran?s nuclear weapons program poses an existential threat to Israel; the Jewish state cannot long survive atomic weapons in the hands of the mad mullahs of Tehran. But that is not the only threat. A senior U.S. military official recently declared that Iran is the biggest threat in the world, not just to Israel but to America as well?and he is right. When we stand together for God?s Chosen People, we are doing more than just defending them; we are defending our own families?our children and grandchildren?as well. We must not fail to meet this challenge and answer the call of duty to faithfully and fervently pray for the peace of Jerusalem and the protection of Israel. Today as you read these words, millions of men, women and children are at great risk. Their lives could be snuffed out at any moment?simply because they are Jewish. The hatred and anti-Semitism filling the Middle East, and indeed the world, must be countered with the truth and the love of God. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sun, 20 Nov 2011 09:30:36 -0800 Full article 1_469available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The IDF (Israeli Defense Forces) have revealed that hundreds of Palestinian terrorists have been sent to Iran for special training in using advanced weaponry, including sophisticated Russian-made anti-tank missiles. Iran clearly hopes to use Hamas and Hezbollah as a shield against an Israeli attack on its nuclear weapons program. They believe that if they can bog down IDF troops and inflict casualties on them in sufficient numbers, coupled with their attacks on the civilian population, they can force Israel to withdraw?or perhaps not act at all. If and when war comes, the consequences to the Jewish people will be dire?but the consequences of doing nothing would be even worse. You and I must not, under any circumstances, close our hearts of compassion to this huge storm cloud that is gathering. I am asking you today to join with us as we stand in the gap and blow the trumpet in Zion. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sun, 20 Nov 2011 09:21:53 -0800 Full article 1_468available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Iran?s nuclear weapons program poses an existential threat to Israel; the Jewish state cannot long survive atomic weapons in the hands of the mad mullahs of Tehran. But that is not the only threat. Hamas terrorists continue to launch dozens of missiles and rockets from Gaza?the land that Israel gave up for peace?including one earlier this week that demolished a kindergarten for Jewish students. Thankfully the children had already left for the day, but the evil of this attack is not lessened because there were no victims. The Qassam rockets favored by Hamas are unguided missiles; they are not aimed at specific targets but just launched in a general direction in hopes of killing or injuring Jewish people living in southern Israel. Today as you read these words, millions of men, women, and children are at great risk. Their lives could be snuffed out at any moment?simply because they are Jewish. The hatred and anti-Semitism filling the Middle East, and indeed the world, must be countered with the truth and the love of God. I am asking you today to stand with Israel. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sun, 20 Nov 2011 09:13:35 -0800 Full article 1_467available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com More than 40% of the world?s oil travels through the Persian Gulf and the narrow Straits of Hormuz. Now Iran has threatened to close the gulf to all shipping if its nuclear weapons program is attacked. Retired CIA analyst Larry Johnson says Iran has the military capacity to make good on its threats. He said that Iran could close the gulf for a week or more?perhaps even a month, which would disrupt the entire world?s economy. It is believed the threat is aimed not so much at deterring Israel from attacking but at persuading the rest of the world to pressure Israel to drop plans for a military strike at Iran?s nuclear program. But that is something Israel simply cannot do. If the rest of the world will not act, and it becomes more apparent by the day that they will not, then Israel must. Dire enemies like President Ahmadinejad of Iran cannot be allowed the means to carry out their threats to "wipe Israel off the map.? If and when war comes, the consequences to the Jewish people will be dire?but the consequences of doing nothing would be even worse. You and I must not, under any circumstances, close our hearts of compassion to this huge storm cloud that is gathering. I am asking you today to join with us as we stand in the gap and blow the trumpet in Zion. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 17 Nov 2011 21:05:30 -0800 Full article 1_466available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I am leaving for Israel in two days for a time of prayer and meetings with top Israeli officials. This trip comes as Israel faces the most serious threats since her rebirth in 1948. Iran?s nuclear weapons program poses an existential threat to Israel; the Jewish state cannot long survive atomic weapons in the hands of the mad mullahs of Tehran. The drums of war continue to beat loudly across the Middle East. Not just Israel but the Sunni Arab Gulf States like Saudi Arabia are at risk from Iran?s nuclear weapons program. One analyst looking at the situation noted that "all the elements for destruction? are in place. The mistrust and hatred between nations in the region could result in an outbreak of widespread violence greater than anything seen since the end of World War II. But despite the threat of regional war, there is no doubt that Israel remains firmly in the cross hairs as ground zero for future attacks. Today as you read these words, millions of men, women, and children are at great risk. Their lives could be snuffed out at any moment?simply because they are Jewish. The hatred and anti-Semitism filling the Middle East, and indeed the world, must be countered with the truth and the love of God. I am asking you today to stand with Israel. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:48:41 -0800 Full article 1_465available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Israel?s President Shimon Peres, long viewed as opposing war with Iran, now says the time for diplomacy is "nearly over.? Following the International Atomic Energy Agency?s report detailing the scope and purpose of Iran?s nuclear program, Peres told Israeli reporters, "It seems Iran is moving closer to having a nuclear weapon. In the time that remains, we need to turn to the nations of the world and tell them that the time has come to fulfill their promise and their responsibility, which is about more than imposing sanctions. We must do what should be done to stop Iran.? These words reinforce the belief among most analysts that Israel is in the final stages of preparing to take whatever steps are necessary to prevent Iran from completing work on its atomic weapons program. If and when war comes, the consequences to the Jewish people will be dire?but the consequences of doing nothing would be even worse. You and I must not, under any circumstances, close our hearts of compassion to this huge storm cloud that is gathering. I am asking you today to join with us as we stand in the gap and blow the trumpet in Zion. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:12:39 -0800 Full article 1_464available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I am leaving for Israel in three days for a time of prayer and meetings with top Israeli officials. This trip comes as Israel faces the most serious threats since her rebirth in 1948. Iran?s nuclear weapons program poses an existential threat to Israel; the Jewish state cannot long survive atomic weapons in the hands of the mad mullahs of Teheran. And the Palestinians continue to ramp up their attacks as well. Dozens of rockets and missiles continue to be fired from Gaza, randomly launched against Israeli towns and villages along the southern border. At least two schools were badly damaged, though thankfully no children were present during either attack. This week a senior Palestinian official threatened further "violence and anarchy? because the UN Security Council refused to act on the resolution to create a Palestinian state. Today as you read these words, millions of men, women, and children are at great risk. Their lives could be snuffed out at any moment?simply because they are Jewish. The hatred and anti-Semitism filling the Middle East, and indeed the world, must be countered with the truth and the love of God. I am asking you today to stand with Israel. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 16 Nov 2011 20:05:23 -0800 Full article 1_463available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The Israeli government has refused President Obama?s request for a guarantee that no attack on Iran will be launched without him being notified. According to reports, the request was made in person by Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta at a recent meeting in Jerusalem. Despite what was apparently a pointed question, Israel?s leaders refused to say that they would not attack, nor were they willing to promise to warn America in advance of any action they might take. The chilly relationship between Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Obama leaves many in Jerusalem with the feeling that they cannot trust the current administration in Washington when the chips are down. Iran is on the brink of going nuclear, and Israel has no option but to stop this demon-possessed terror regime whose leader has declared that Israel is a "stinking corpse which will be wiped off the map,? and that the Jews are "evil, greedy thieves and murderers?a cancerous tumor...filthy germs and savage beasts.. a rotted dry tree?a true manifestation of Satan.? You and I must not, under any circumstances, close our hearts of compassion to this huge storm cloud that is gathering. The attempted attack in the U.S. by Iran is just a dress rehearsal for what is coming. I am asking you today to join with us as we stand in the gap and blow the trumpet in Zion. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:29:35 -0800 Full article 1_462available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com In four days I am leaving for Israel as your ambassador. Israel is on the brink of a major war with Iran. A multitude of Jewish lives are in the cross hairs?and we are doing everything possible to save lives with your help. The massive blast that struck at what was described as either an Iranian missile base or a military arms depot (conflicting reports appeared in the Iranian press) is being linked by many Western intelligence officials to Israel?s Mossad (intelligence service.) Gen. Hasan Moghaddam, one of Iran?s top missile commanders, was killed together with 16 other Guard members Saturday at a military site outside Bidganeh village, 40 kilometers southwest of Tehran. The Iranians claimed the "accidental explosion? occurred while military personnel were transporting munitions. I have been telling you about the likelihood of war and why and how Israel must take action against Iran?s nuclear weapons program. Most of the people I have interviewed and spoken with to expect an attack at any moment; many believe it will happen before Christmas. Israel has no choice. The world has taken no action to stop Iran, and Israel cannot survive a nuclear Iran. We have an opportunity today to stand for Israel at a crucial crossroads moment of history. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:10:17 -0800 Full article 1_461available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com War is coming to the nation of Israel. It is almost inevitable?the world has left Israel no other option. I am going in just a few days to the Holy City as your ambassador?to stand for the Jewish people in this time of urgent need. As I prayed about this and the coming crisis, I was directed to the Book of Joel: "Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare for war! Wake up the mighty men, Let all the men of war draw near, Let them come up,? (Joel 3:9). "Blow the trumpet in Zion, And sound an alarm in My holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble; For the day of the LORD is coming, For it is at hand?? (Joel 2:1) "Blow the trumpet in Zion, Consecrate a fast, Call a sacred assembly; Gather the people, Sanctify the congregation, Assemble the elders, Gather the children and nursing babes; Let the bridegroom go out from his chamber, And the bride from her dressing room. Let the priests, who minister to the LORD, Weep between the porch and the altar?? (Joel 2:15-17) Iran is on the brink of going nuclear and Israel has no option but to stop this demon-possessed terror regime whose leader has declared that Israel is a "stinking corpse which will be wiped off the map,? and that the Jews are "evil, greedy thieves and murderers?a cancerous tumor...filthy germs and savage beasts.. a rotted dry tree?a true manifestation of Satan.? You and I must not, under any circumstances, close our hearts of compassion to this huge storm cloud that is gathering. The recent attempted attack in the U.S. by Iran is just a dress rehearsal for what is coming. I am asking you today to join with us as we stand in the gap and blow the trumpet in Zion. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Mon, 14 Nov 2011 22:59:58 -0800 Full article 1_460available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com This week we have seen a huge answer to prayer with the global launch of the www.tenboom.org website and the airing yesterday on Glenn Beck TV (GBTV) of the movie The Hiding Place instead of their regular programming. Millions around the world are being impacted by this outreach, including many in Israel who are watching to see what will happen next. The same love and compassion for the Jewish people that drove Corrie ten Boom and her family to risk their own lives saving more than 800 Jews from the Holocaust needs to be multiplied around the world, and with your help we are doing just that. This is a message we MUST give to the world. Every day we see new reminders of the growing threat to Israel. Terrorist rockets, suicide bombers and unstable governments join with the looming specter of a mushroom cloud from an Iranian nuclear attack in posing a grave danger to Israel?s very survival. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Mon, 14 Nov 2011 09:49:22 -0800 Full article 1_459available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com With only eight nations committed to support Palestinian statehood rather than the nine needed for approval, the UN Security Council has deferred voting on the resolution indefinitely. The Palestinian leaders continue to insist that they will seek an up-or-down vote, but it is unclear when or if such a vote will be held. Some sources indicate that the Palestinians may try to obtain upgraded status from the General Assembly, but Palestinian President Abbas insists that he will continue to seek full member status from the Security Council. When I was in New York City for the UN General Assembly in September, I saw in person the fanatical commitment to seize Jerusalem from Israeli control and to hand much of the Holy City to the Palestinians. Though this initial attempt has failed at least for now, that desire is not lessened. The enemies of Israel will not cease in their efforts to destroy the Jewish state and annihilate the Jewish people. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Mon, 14 Nov 2011 03:37:50 -0800 Full article 1_458available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com GBTV, Glenn Beck's new media venture, has chosen the movie, "The Hiding Place," to air Friday, November 11 at 4:00 PM (ET) in remembrance of Kristallnacht or the Night of Broken Glass, so-named because of the glass shards that littered the streets of Germany and Austria on the night of November 9-10, 1938. The Nazis had ransacked over 7,000 Jewish businesses, homes, villages, burning 200 synagogues. It was viewed as the beginning of the Holocaust, Hitler's "final solution." The following morning 30,000 Jewish men were arrested and sent to concentration camps; hundreds perished. Beck's inspiration for choosing "The Hiding Place," according to Michael Evans chairman of the board of the ten Boom Holocaust Museum in Ha'arlem, Holland, was the book of the same name. Beck told Evans he had been searching for a great summer read for his family ? one that modeled courage, integrity and honor ? and found it in The Hiding Place. Moved by the story of the ten Boom family, Beck invited Evans to Israel to speak at his "Restoring Courage" events. Evans said, "The story had a great impact on Glenn. He was amazed to learn that the family had made a commitment to protect Jews in Holland, and successfully saved 800 before being arrested by the Gestapo. Casper died after ten days in custody. Corrie and Betsie were sent to Ravensbruk where Betsie later died. Corrie survived to become a worldwide evangelist." Dr. Billy Graham purchased the film rights to the book, and produced the movie through his organization, Gospel Films. He graciously gave Beck permission to air the movie at no charge. Evans said, "We at the ten Boom Holocaust Center have been working to keep the story of this precious Christian family alive. All three family members were inducted into the Yad Vashem Hall of Righteous Gentiles. It was my privilege to speak at the induction of Casper and Betsie ten Boom. "Millions of people will never see the museum in person, so we have created an innovative virtual tour of the ten Boom clock shop. Another purpose is to help Islamic youth realize that the Holocaust did happen. "The tour is available in English, and seventeen additional languages including Arabic and Farsi. The virtual tour is free of charge. Thanks to Glenn Beck and GBTV, the program will be launched this week at www.tenboom.org." **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNewswhere you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Mon, 14 Nov 2011 03:19:27 -0800 Full article 1_457available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Even with their nuclear weapons program fully revealed to the world this week, Iran?s leaders remain defiant. President Ahmadinejad said Iran will not change "a needle?s width? from reaching its goals, and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei promised any attack would be met with "iron fists.? The people of Israel have no question about the intentions of Iran?they know that if he can, Ahmadinejad will carry out his goal to see Israel "wiped off the map.? Israel has no choice. Since the world shows no willingness to stop Iran, Israel will be forced to take action. The lessons of the Holocaust may have been forgotten by most of the rest of the world, but the Jewish state remembers. There are still nearly a quarter of a million Holocaust survivors living in Israel. They have made the promise "Never Again!? and no matter the cost, Israel must strike. And they need our help right now. I?m asking you to join me in standing for God?s Chosen People at this critical and prophetic moment. This week we have seen a huge answer to prayer with the global launch of the www.tenboom.orgwebsite and the airing today on Glenn Beck TV (GBTV) of the movie The Hiding Place instead of their regular programming. Millions around the world are being impacted by this outreach?including many in Israel who are watching to see what will happen next. I believe God has presented us these opportunities for this moment in order to prepare for the coming war against Israel. Will you take your stand in the gap to defend God?s Chosen People with your gift today? **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Mon, 14 Nov 2011 03:08:58 -0800 Full article 1_456available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Even with their nuclear weapons program fully revealed to the world this week, Iran?s leaders remain defiant. President Ahmadinejad said Iran will not change "a needle?s width? from reaching its goals, and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei promised any attack would be met with "iron fists.? The people of Israel have no question about the intentions of Iran?they know that if he can, Ahmadinejad will carry out his goal to see Israel "wiped off the map.? Israel has no choice. Since the world shows no willingness to stop Iran, Israel will be forced to take action. The lessons of the Holocaust may have been forgotten by most of the rest of the world, but the Jewish state remembers. There are still nearly a quarter of a million Holocaust survivors living in Israel. They have made the promise "Never Again!? and no matter the cost, Israel must strike. And they need our help right now. I?m asking you to join me in standing for God?s Chosen People at this critical and prophetic moment. This week we have seen a huge answer to prayer with the global launch of the www.tenboom.orgwebsite and the airing today on Glenn Beck TV (GBTV) of the movie The Hiding Place instead of their regular programming. Millions around the world are being impacted by this outreach?including many in Israel who are watching to see what will happen next. I believe God has presented us these opportunities for this moment in order to prepare for the coming war against Israel. Will you take your stand in the gap to defend God?s Chosen People with your gift today? **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography onWikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sat, 12 Nov 2011 08:38:34 -0800 Full article 1_455available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com A new report from the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) has stripped away the last veneer of deniability from Iran in regards to its nuclear weapons program. The report reveals that Iran?s actions and tests have no civilian applications?their only purpose is the design and creation of nuclear weapons. The world is at a prophetic crossroads. The time to prevent this tragedy is rapidly running out. If the world will not act, then Israel must?but the coming war will be devastating to the Jewish people. We need to stand in the gap for Israel today?and rally others to stand with us. A few months ago I had the opportunity to join Glenn Beck at the Restoring Courage Rally in Israel which was broadcast on satellite literally around the globe. Glenn and I had the chance to spend some time together and discuss the crisis facing Israel and the Jewish people. One of the things that made the biggest impression on him was the story of Corrie ten Boom. He told me that he had been searching for a great summer read for his family that modeled courage, integrity and honor?and he found it in The Hiding Place. Since I oversaw the restoration of the ten Boom clock shop in Holland and am chairman of the board of the Corrie ten Boom Foundation I was delighted to be able to share this wonderful story with the world at his Restoring Courage Rally. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book,Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 10 Nov 2011 22:11:37 -0800 Full article 1_454available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com After days of debate the UN Security Council is scheduled to vote tomorrow on the resolution to establish a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital. Eight of the fifteen members have said they will vote in favor of the measure; nine are needed for passage. Though the U.S. has pledged to veto the resolution if it receives nine votes, my contacts in Israel fear that such a move would trigger waves of violence and terrorist attacks unlike anything we have seen before. We must stand for Israel now?and I?m asking you today to help me with a special project. God has provided an amazing opportunity to share Corrie ten Boom?s story with the world. Tomorrow at 4:00 PM (ET), Glenn Beck is planning a global airing of the movie The Hiding Place on GBTV instead of regular programming. This is a wonderful opportunity to encourage people around the globe to visit our website and see more of Corrie?s story for themselves. We are producing advertising to alert people of this opportunity, and in addition we are going to offer a free copy of The Hiding Place book to those who respond. Your gift today will allow us to place ads in a variety of places online, including news sites like Fox News, and to encourage people to watch the movie and visit the website for the virtual tour of the ten Boom home and museum. We need to raise $100,000 this week to purchase books, pay for the production of the ads, and run them as widely as possible. So far 120 caring friends have given $9,000. I believe God has presented us this opportunity for this moment in order to prepare for the coming war against Israel. Will you take your stand in the gap to defend God?s Chosen People with your gift today? **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:46:31 -0800 Full article 1_453available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com This week the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in the case of a Jewish boy born in Jerusalem. His parents want his passport to show his place of birth as Israel, but the Obama Administration has refused, despite a law passed in 2002 explicitly authorizing the State Department to do so. The Administration told the justices that recognizing Jerusalem as part of Israel would "harm? their efforts at Middle East peace. It is a tragedy and a travesty for the United States of America to continue to refuse to acknowledge that the Holy City belongs to Israel forever. We must stand for Israel now?and I?m asking you today to help me with a special project. God has provided an amazing opportunity to share Corrie ten Boom?s story with the world. This Friday, November 11, at 4 PM (ET) Glenn Beck is planning a global airing of the movieThe Hiding Placeon GBTV instead of regular programming. This is a wonderful opportunity to encourage people around the globe to visit our website and see more of Corrie?s story for themselves. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 10 Nov 2011 02:05:02 -0800 Full article 1_452available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com An "open mike? at the G-20 summit accidentally broadcast the words of President Sarkozy of France and President Obama about Israel. Sarkozy called Prime Minister Netanyahu "a liar? and said, "I can?t stand him.? President Obama complained of having "to deal with him every day.? It?s just one more indication of what the world really thinks of Israel and the Jewish people?and one more reason for us to do everything we can to support God?s Chosen People right now. Yesterday I had the privilege of being interviewed by Glenn Beck on GBTV to promote the airing of the movieThe Hiding Placewith the wonderful story of Corrie ten Boom and her family which is scheduled to air this Friday, November 11, at 4 PM (ET). I can?t think of a better time for us to share this story with the world than right now when Israel is facing such grave threats?and cruel words from leaders who pretend to be Israel?s friends. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 10 Nov 2011 01:41:20 -0800 Full article 1_450available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I am in New York City for an interview this morning on Glenn Beck TV promoting the airing of the movie The Hiding Place with the wonderful story of Corrie ten Boom and her family which is scheduled for this Friday morning. I can?t think of a better time for us to share this story with the world than right now when Israel is facing such grave threats. A few months ago I had the opportunity to join Glenn at the "Restoring Courage? Rally in Israel which was broadcast on satellite literally around the globe. We had the chance to spend some time together and discuss the crisis facing Israel and the Jewish people. One of the things that made the biggest impression on him was the story of Corrie ten Boom. He told me that he had been searching for a great summer read for his family that modeled courage, integrity, and honor?and he found it inThe Hiding Place. Since I oversaw the restoration of the ten Boom clock shop in Holland and am Chairman of the Board of the Corrie ten Boom Foundation, I was delighted to be able to share this wonderful story with the world at his Restoring Courage Rally. Now God has provided an amazing opportunity to share Corrie?s story with the world. This Friday, Glenn Beck TV (GBTV) is planning a global airing of the movieThe Hiding Place instead of their regular programming. But we want to make sure as many people as possible take part in this event. We are producing advertising to alert people of this opportunity. Your gift today will allow us to place ads in a variety of places online, including news sites like Fox News, and to encourage people to watch the movie and visit the website for the virtual tour of the ten Boom home and museum. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 8 Nov 2011 20:16:57 -0800 Full article 1_449available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The threat of war is growing day by day?and the Jewish people need Believers around the world to stand with them in prayer right now. This is a spiritual battle, not just a physical one, and it can only be won through the use of spiritual weapons. We must not fail to get the warning out before it?s too late?and I have some wonderful news to share with you! Now God has provided an amazing opportunity to share Corrie?s story with the world. This Friday, Glenn Beck TV (GBTV) is planning a global airing of the movie The Hiding Place instead of their regular programming. I will be flying to New York City for an interview that will air tomorrow with Glenn who is graciously promoting this airing. This is a wonderful opportunity to encourage people around the globe to visit our website and see more of Corrie?s story for themselves. But we want to make sure as many people as possible take part in this event. We are producing advertising to alert people of this opportunity, and in addition we are going to offer a free copy of The Hiding Place book to those who respond. Your gift today will allow us to place ads in a variety of places online, including news sites like Fox News, and to encourage people to watch the movie and visit the website for the virtual tour of the ten Boom home and museum. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 8 Nov 2011 20:16:42 -0800 Full article 1_448available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com A few months ago I had the opportunity to join Glenn Beck at the Restoring Courage Rally in Israel which was broadcast on satellite literally around the globe. Glenn and I had the chance to spend some time together and discuss the crisis facing Israel and the Jewish people. One of the things that made the biggest impression on him was the story of Corrie ten Boom. He told me that he had been searching for a great summer read for his family that modeled courage, integrity, and honor?and he found it inThe Hiding Place. Since I oversaw the restoration of the ten Boom clock shop in Holland and am Chairman of the Board of the Corrie ten Boom Foundation, I was delighted to be able to share this wonderful story with the world at his Restoring Courage Rally. Now God has provided an amazing opportunity to share Corrie?s story with the world. This Friday, Glenn Beck TV (GBTV) is planning a global airing of the movieThe Hiding Placeinstead of their regular programming. I will be flying to New York City for an interview that will air tomorrow with Glenn who is graciously promoting this airing. This is a wonderful opportunity to encourage people around the globe to visit our website and see more of Corrie?s story for themselves. But we want to make sure as many people as possible take part in this event. We are producing advertising to alert people of this opportunity, and in addition we are going to offer a free copy ofThe Hiding Placebook to those who respond. Your gift today will allow us to place ads in a variety of places online, including news sites like Fox News, and to encourage people to watch the movie and visit the website for the virtual tour of the ten Boom home and museum. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 8 Nov 2011 20:16:17 -0800 Full article 1_451available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Israel?s President Shimon Peres said recently that war with Iran is "almost inevitable??and he is right. You and I must do all that we can to defend Israel today. That?s why I?m here in New York City. Earlier today, I was interviewed by Glenn Beck to promote a wonderful door God has opened for us. God has provided an amazing opportunity to share Corrie?s story with the world. This Friday, Glenn Beck TV (GBTV) is planning a global airing of the movie The Hiding Place instead of their regular programming. This is a wonderful opportunity to encourage people around the globe to visit our website and see more of Corrie?s story for themselves. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 8 Nov 2011 20:15:56 -0800 Full article 1_447available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Specially trained teams of Hezbollah terrorists have been sent to Iran for logistical training to allow them to use the hundreds of millions of dollars in missiles, rockets, and other weapons Iran has provided to them. They boast of being able to fire ten thousand missiles at pre-selected targets inside Israel in one day. In addition to striking military targets like airfields and bases, they are expected to launch attacks against oil refineries and civilian population centers as well. This planned outbreak of violence could be released at any moment on Iran?s command, but even now rocket and missile attacks on Israel are a daily occurrence?and they are growing ever more frequent. The continued escalation of violent terror attacks on Jewish civilians and the launch of dozens of rockets and missiles underlined the seriousness of the threat Israel faces today. The physical, mental, and emotional toll of such attacks is great. Our hearts grieve when we hear the stories of these victims?but we must do more than grieve; we MUST help! In the past, our caring Jerusalem Prayer Team members have touched many of these lives, and today I?m asking you to do it again. Will you give so that these dear Jewish people who have lost and suffered so much can receive comfort, encouragement and help? **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sat, 5 Nov 2011 22:06:03 -0800 Full article 1_446available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Earlier this week Israel successfully test-fired a new long-range ballistic missile, capable of striking military targets deep inside Iran. This test, which in an unusual move was not announced in advance, may have been meant to send a signal to Iran?or the rest of the world?as to how seriously Israel takes the threat posed by Iran?s nuclear weapons program. In remarks to Israel?s Knesset earlier in the week, my old friend Prime Minister Netanyahu said, "A nuclear Iran will pose a serious threat to the Middle East and the entire world, and it of course poses a direct and heavy threat to us.? God?s Chosen People have learned the bitter lesson that they must take seriously those who publicly declare their intentions to exterminate the Jews. The threat is more serious than ever, and we must stand with the Jewish people right now even as more and more of the world turns against them. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sat, 5 Nov 2011 10:08:20 -0800 Full article 1_445available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com In a move seen as a response to the action by UNESCO earlier this week to admit Palestine as a full member, Prime Minister Netanyahu announced the building of new apartments in Jerusalem. My old friend made his position on the Holy City crystal clear. "We have a right to build in our eternal capital,? he said. "We must protect its unity, stop those who try to rewrite its history, and remind the world over and over again that Jerusalem was never the capital of any other nation.? The continued escalation of violent terror attacks on Jewish civilians and the launch of dozens of rockets and missiles underline the seriousness of the threat Israel faces today. The physical, mental, and emotional toll of such attacks is great?our hearts grieve when we hear the stories of these victims?but we must do more than grieve; we MUST help! In the past, our caring Jerusalem Prayer Team members have touched many of these lives, and today I?m asking you to do it again. Will you give so that these dear Jewish people who have lost and suffered so much can receive comfort, encouragement and help? **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sat, 5 Nov 2011 10:01:23 -0800 Full article 1_444available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com In remarks timed to precede the release of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report next week on Iran?s nuclear program, Iran?s top military official threatened serious reprisals against both Israel and the US if military action is taken to stop their work in acquiring weapons of mass destruction. Iran?s Chief of Staff Major-General Hassan Fayrouz Abadi promised "serious damage? and a "surprising? attack on Israel if military steps are taken to halt the nuclear program. One of the greatest fears of military and intelligence experts in Israel is a "dirty bomb,? nuclear material smuggled into Israel in the back of a truck or in a shipping container that threatens the lives of hundreds of thousands in a single blast. The threat is more serious than ever, and we must stand with the Jewish people right now even as more and more of the world turn against them. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sat, 5 Nov 2011 09:55:16 -0800 Full article 1_443available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The past few days have seen a major increase in terrorist violence and attacks against Israel. Dozens of rockets and missiles?more than one per hour for much of that time?have rained down on southern Israeli villages and towns. At least one man?a Jewish father of four?was killed in this latest escalation of violence, and a number have been wounded. Several schools were forced to cancel classes, and one empty school was mostly destroyed by a direct rocket strike. The physical, mental, and emotional toll of such attacks is great?our hearts grieve when we hear the stories of these victims?but we must do more than grieve; we MUST help! In the past, our caring Jerusalem Prayer Team members have touched many of these lives, and today I?m asking you to do it again. Will you give so that these dear Jewish people who have lost and suffered so much can receive comfort, encouragement and help? **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sat, 5 Nov 2011 09:45:21 -0800 Full article 1_442available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com According to some mainstream "theologians? support for Israel is a sin! They wrote:American Christian Zionism as it currently stands is sinful and produces sin.Well, they are wrong?and we must not stop supporting Israel?especially during the current crisis. As prominent voices call Christians to abandon Israel, we must be more focused than ever on sounding the alarm and encouraging God?s people to pray. Praying for the peace of Jerusalem is a command of God?and it is never more important or needed than it is right now. The enemies of Israel have no concern about the theological correctness of their position?they know their "holy book? calls for the elimination of Jews?and they mean to obey that evil command. The threat is more serious than ever, and we must stand with the Jewish people right now even as more and more of the world?and even those who claim to be believers turn against them. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sat, 5 Nov 2011 07:15:31 -0800 Full article 1_441available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Following the massive prisoner swap that brought about the release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit after more than five years in captivity, radical clerics have called for the kidnapping of more soldiers?and a Saudi prince has offered a bankroll of $1,000,000 to reward the capture of another Jewish soldier! Meanwhile rockets and missiles rain down on Jewish cities and villages, especially those near the Gaza border. The Hamas terrorists are increasing their attacks even as the world demands that Israel negotiate with the same terrorists who are trying to kill Jews every day. The physical, mental, and emotional toll of such attacks is great?our hearts grieve when we hear the stories of these victims?but we must do more than grieve; we MUST help! In the past, our caring Jerusalem Prayer Team members have touched many of these lives, and today I?m asking you to do it again. Will you give so that these dear Jewish people who have lost and suffered so much can receive comfort, encouragement and help? **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sat, 5 Nov 2011 06:53:50 -0800 Full article 1_440available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com In a blistering document from the Just Peacemaking Initiative of Fuller Theological Seminary, two professors make the outrageous claim in an "Open Letter to Christian Zionists? that the instability and coming outbreak of violence and war in the Middle East is the fault of those of us who support Israel! They wrote: The prevailing version of American Christian Zionism?that is, your belief system?underwrites theft of Palestinian land and oppression of Palestinian people, helps create the conditions for an explosion of violence, and pushes US policy in a destructive direction that violates our nation?s commitment to universal human rights. In all of these, American Christian Zionism as it currently stands is sinful and produces sin. These are not cranks (though they are deeply and sadly and dangerously wrong)?they are mainstream seminary professors at once-respectable and well-known educational institutions. Yet they say that the murder of Jews at the hands of Arab terrorists is our fault! I am sure that you share my outrage?and I have determined that I will do MORE to support Israel in the face of these scurrilous and false accusations. The threat is more serious than ever, and we must stand with the Jewish people right now even as more and more of the world?and even those who claim to be believers turn against them. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sat, 5 Nov 2011 06:48:37 -0800 Full article 1_439available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com We have received an urgent request for help from Israel for the survivors of terrorist attacks and the families of those killed by the haters of the Jews. Saturday night another Jew was murdered as a father of four named Ami Moshe was killed in a rocket attack. He was driving his car when the warning siren went off?and though he raced for shelter, he did not get there in time. The rocket that killed Moshe was one of more than 40 launched from Gaza over the weekend. The physical, mental, and emotional toll of such attacks is great?our hearts grieve when we hear the stories of these victims?but we must do more than grieve; we MUST help! In the past, our caring Jerusalem Prayer Team members have touched many of these lives, and today I?m asking you to do it again. Will you give so that these dear Jewish people who have lost and suffered so much can receive comfort, encouragement and help? **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed,The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sat, 5 Nov 2011 06:42:33 -0800 Full article 1_438available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Over the weekend UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) approved Palestine as a full member of the international body. Two thirds of the nations represented in UNESCO voted in favor of the resolution. Palestinians proclaimed the move as further legitimization of their claim to statehood. U.S. diplomats said the move threatened peace talks, and that it might also have an impact on U.S. funding for the group. The Palestinians continue their push for world recognition, and the UN Security Council is scheduled to vote on the resolution on Palestinian statehood at its meeting next week. There is widespread fear in Israel that the use of a U.S. veto to block the resolution would result in a new outbreak of severe violence. The threat is more serious than ever, and we must stand with the Jewish people right now even as more and more of the world turn against them. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sat, 5 Nov 2011 06:01:09 -0800 Full article 1_437available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com We have received an urgent request for help from Israel for the survivors of terrorist attacks and the families of those killed by the haters of the Jews. These precious people with broken bodies and broken hearts urgently need to hear from someone that they are loved?that the world is not filled completely with people who hate Jews. As the attacks continue and the death and injury toll continues to rise, it is vital that we stand with God?s Chosen People. The physical, mental, and emotional toll of such attacks is great?our hearts grieve when we hear the stories of these victims?but we must do more than grieve; we MUST help! In the past, our caring Jerusalem Prayer Team members have touched many of these lives, and today I?m asking you to do it again. Will you give so that these dear Jewish people who have lost and suffered so much can receive comfort, encouragement and help? **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sat, 5 Nov 2011 05:52:45 -0800 Full article 1_436available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Jordan?s King Abdullah sounded the alarm about an impending war between Egypt and Israel. In an interview with the Washington Post, Abdullah said there was "a very, very strong possibility? that Egypt would break the peace treaty and that in situations like this, "there is usually a war.? The blunt remarks highlighted the escalating tension across the Middle East. The king noted that his country was the "last man standing? in maintaining a good relationship with Israel. But Jordan is not immune to the "Arab spring,? and protests against the government in Amman continue to boil. Objections to Jordan?s good relationship with Israel are at the heart of many of these protests against Abdullah. The Jordanian king said he was "very pessimistic? that the Israeli-Palestinian situation could be peacefully resolved. The threat is more serious than ever, and we must stand with the Jewish people right now. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed,The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release isThe Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sat, 5 Nov 2011 05:14:16 -0800 Full article 1_435available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com In Genesis God told Cain that the blood of his brother Abel, who Cain murdered, cried out from the ground. Today the blood of precious Jewish children killed and injured in evil terrorist attacks cries out for our help. They have been maimed and even murdered simply because they are Jewish children?just as in the days of Pharaoh in Egypt. Today those who have survived these attacks and the families of those who have not desperately need our help. The physical, mental, and emotional toll of such attacks is great. Our hearts grieve when we hear the stories of these victims?but we must do more than grieve; we MUST help! In the past, our caring Jerusalem Prayer Team members have touched many of these lives, and today I?m asking you to do it again. Will you give so that these dear Jewish people who have lost and suffered so much can receive comfort, encouragement and help? **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sun, 30 Oct 2011 08:27:52 -0800 Full article 1_434available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com After four years of internal struggle and bloody civil war, the leaders of the two main factions of the Palestinians?Fatah and Hamas?are scheduled to hold meetings in November. Hamas has totally controlled Gaza, using it as a launching pad for thousands and thousands of attacks on the Jewish people. The supposedly more moderate Fatah party headed by President Abbas (who financed the Black September raid that killed the Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics) controls Judea and Samaria?the so-called West Bank. The uniting of these two groups can only have one purpose?to further their attacks on the Jewish state and the Jewish people. They share a common goal: the destruction of Israel. So far this year, at least 20 people have been killed by these evil terrorists. The threat is more serious than ever, and we must stand with the Jewish people right now. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed,The Light, andThe Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sun, 30 Oct 2011 07:57:59 -0800 Full article 1_433available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The government of my dear friend Prime Minister Netanyahu has been under incredible pressure from the Obama Administration to make concessions to the Palestinians in the name of peace. I was greatly troubled to read the news that Israel has reversed its position and has agreed to present a border proposal to the Quartet for Middle East Peace. I know Mr. Netanyahu is committed to defending Israel and retaining control of Jerusalem, but his hand may have been forced by threats?both specific and implied?from the United States. For Israel to declare a position on borders in advance of the Palestinians is for them to negotiate with themselves. They are being forced to make concessions even in advance of any future negotiations that may take place. Any sign of weakness will be seized on by Israel?s enemies. This is grim news indeed, and I believe it is just one more indication that a new outbreak of war is possible at any moment. The threat is more serious than ever, and we must stand with the Jewish people right now. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 28 Oct 2011 22:19:17 -0800 Full article 1_432available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I remember the anger in my mother?s eyes as she told me "Christians hate Jews. Christians kill Jews.? That was all she had known?the death of family members at the hands of people who claimed to be believers. Today you and I have a wonderful opportunity to show God?s love to Jewish people in great need. We have received a plea for help from one of our ministry partners in Israel to meet the needs of survivors and the families of victims of terrorist attacks. The physical, mental, and emotional toll of these attacks is great?our hearts grieve when we hear the stories of these victims?but we must do more than grieve; we MUST help! In the past, our caring Jerusalem Prayer Team members have touched many of these lives, and today I?m asking you to do it again. Will you give so that these dear Jewish people who have lost and suffered so much can receive comfort, encouragement and help? I am preparing to go back to Israel again soon. I would like to take your most urgent prayer request with me as I spend time in prayer and fasting in the Holy City, believing God with you. Please send me your request today. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 28 Oct 2011 22:11:08 -0800 Full article 1_431available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com With the UN Security Council vote on Palestinian statehood scheduled for two weeks from now, fears are rising in Israel about an outbreak of violence or even all-out war if the U.S. follows through on the pledge to veto the resolution. Security precautions are being increased, and extra training is being given to Israel?s military and police forces to respond to the expected increase in attacks. The Palestinians continue to refuse to participate in peace talks, believing they will get a better deal from the UN than they could possibly negotiate with Israel. The Middle East is a powder keg right now, just waiting for someone to strike the match. My contacts in Israel are telling me they expect the spark in a matter of a few weeks. And while I hope and pray that the tragedy of war can be averted, we must plan and prepare for how we can help God?s Chosen People when and if it comes. The threat is more serious than ever, and we must stand with the Jewish people right now. I have been in virtually every major battle fought by Israel over the past several decades. I was with the troops during the Hamas and Hezbollah war comforting my people even as missiles flew over our heads to rain down death and destruction on Jewish men, women, and children. Israeli diplomat friends called me and begged me to leave the war zone?to get out of the line of fire. They warned me, "You could die.? I responded that I planned to die; death would be no shock to me. Until that day comes, I will do everything within my power to obey my Savior and defend my people. I have seen firsthand that in the south of Israel great numbers of Russian Jewish refugee children do not have bomb shelters in which to seek safety. I can tell you that there will be an enormous need for food, medicine, and blankets. In Arab countries, Jews will be hanged, shot, and blown up when the war comes. This is especially true in Iran. We must do everything in our power to "blow the trumpet in Zion.? **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:08:25 -0800 Full article 1_430available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Jesus said that what we do "for the least of these? is done for Him. Today you have an opportunity to show your love for God?and to show His love to the people of Israel in a special way. We have received an urgent request from Israel for help for the families of victims and the survivors of terror attacks. They have great needs that are not being met. When we meet those needs, we are sending them a message?that they are not alone, not forgotten, and not forsaken. The physical, mental, and emotional toll of these attacks is great?our hearts grieve when we hear the stories of these victims?but we must do more than grieve; we MUST help! In the past, our caring Jerusalem Prayer Team members have touched many of these lives, and today I?m asking you to do it again. Will you give so that these dear Jewish people who have lost and suffered so much can receive comfort, encouragement and help? **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:04:14 -0800 Full article 1_44available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com President Barack Obama spoke directly to the Iranian people Friday, March 20, in an endeavor to engage that country in direct talks. He wished Iran and its leaders a Happy New Year at the start of the Persian holiday Nowruz. It marked the beginning of Spring and the Iranian new year. Obama's greeting came after three decades of strained relations between the two countries. It was the first "Happy New Year" speech made by any president since Jimmy Carter delivered his greeting to the Shah of Iran On December 21, 1977. In fact, while at the home of Farah Pahlavi, the wife of the late Shah, while visiting with her outside Washington, D.C., I noticed on her coffee table, a beautiful Persian album. She opened it to the page where Jimmy Carter had written a New Year's greeting more than thirty years ago. President Obama offered the Iranian people greater opportunities for "partnership and commerce" and said, "We know that you are a great civilization, and your accomplishments have earned the respect of the United States and the world." Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenie rejected Obama's offer. He demanded the U.S. revamp it foreign policy which, he reiterated, would include terminating "unconditional support" for Israel and a cessation of claims that Iran seeks nuclear arms. Iran insists its nuclear program is only for peaceful energy purposes. Khamenei challenged the president, "Have you released Iranian assets? Have you lifted oppressive sanctions? Have you given up mudslinging and making accusations against the great Iranian nation and its officials?" While the Ayatollah delivered his scathing rhetoric in the northeastern city of Mashhad, the crowd gathered around him chanted "Death to America." On April 1, 1979 "Death to America" chants were also heard from the crowds surrounding the American Embassy in Iran. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, responsible for the rise of the Islamic revolution, declared it the "first day of the government of God." It was to become the birthday of radical Islam. That inauspicious day thirty years ago has become the great crisis of the twenty-first century. How could it happen that a little-known, exiled cleric could take the world by storm? One answer could center in the fact that a CIA memo from 1972 revealed: "While in Iraq, Khomeini began working closely with the Islamic Terrorist Group Mujahedeen-e-Khalq (the People's Strugglers). In late 1972 Khomeini issued a religious declaration, or Fatwa, that enjoined faithful Shia to support the Mujahedeen and called for the devout to provide funds for their use. The money was raised from the ulema (Muslim scholars trained in Islamic law) and in the bazaars and funneled to Khomeini, who in turn gave it to the terrorists." The Carter administration failed to pinpoint Khomeini as a possible source of turmoil in the Middle East. After all, he was revered as a holy man. "U.S. Ambassador William Sullivan even compared Khomeini to Mahatma Gandhi, and Andrew Young termed the radical cleric a "twentieth-century saint." Surely a religious man could do little harm in political circles in the Persian Gulf region. Khomeini decided in October 1978 to leave Najaf, Iraq for the greener pastures of Neauphle-le-Chateau just outside Paris. It was in France, that most cosmopolitan of countries, that Khomeini received the make-over of all time. Dominique Lorenz, a journalist for the French Liberation, wrote that "having picked Khomeini to overthrow the Shah, [the Americans] had to get him out of Iraq, clothe him with respectability, and set him up in Paris; a succession of events which could not have occurred if the leadership in France had been against it." In November of 1978 former diplomat and Johnson Administration Undersecretary of State George Ball was engaged to do an independent and classified study on the Shah and make recommendations to the Carter administration. Among the suggestions in the Ball Report was the need to "¦open a disavowable channel of communication with [Khomeini] or his entourage" and a recommendation that "The Shah must announce unequivocally that he is transferring all civil power to a civilian government coalition." The opening days of 1979 found three world leaders in a meeting on the island of Guadeloupe. Although Carter prompted the meeting, ostensibly for him "and the leaders of Britain, France, and West Germany to talk informally about strategic and economic problems," the invitations were issued by French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing to West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and British Prime Minister James Callaghan. During the meeting of the three European heads of state, President d'Estaing was amazed to hear Jimmy Carter's announcement that "the United States had decided not to support the regime of the Shah anymore. Without that support, that regime is now lost." In my interview with the former French president, he described Carter as "a bastard of conscience, a moralist, who treats with total lightness the fact of abandoning a man that we had supported together." In France, Khomeini's visitors totaled more than one thousand per day, all of whom the French blessed or, at the very least, turned a blind eye. Two of Khomeini's visitors in France were Farouk Kaddoumi, PLO department head, and a Libyan representative of Muammar al-Qaddafi. Khomeini tendered arms and money in support of the revolution. Soon after, Radio Tripoli broadcast messages in Persian to Khomeini backers in Iran, and PLO terrorists were dispatched to Tehran. The Ayatollah's compound was reportedly surrounded by representatives of covert agencies from the major powers: the CIA, Britain's MI-6, Russia's KGB, and the French intelligence organization, SDECE. On February 1, 1979, a jumbo jet was chartered from Air France for the mere pittance of $3 million dollars plus an undisclosed sum to cover the insurance premium for the aircraft. The crew that manned the Tehran-bound airliner was comprised totally of volunteers. On the plane with Khomeini was a young ABC reporter, Peter Jennings. During the flight Jennings is said to have asked the Imam, "What do you feel [about returning to Iran]" Khomeini replied, "Nothing" In his attempt to reach out to the Islamic Republic, President Barack Obama called for Iran to take its rightful place among the nations. To the fanatical leaders in the former Persian nation, Iran's "rightful place" is at the head of a worldwide caliphate with every individual bowing a knee to Islam. Mr. Obama seems to be following in the footsteps of Jimmy Carter who, too, recognized the Islamic Republic with catastrophic results. President Ronald Reagan made a similar error in judgment in 1986. He sent a key-shaped chocolate cake, a Bible with a personal inscription, and an offer to supply millions in military hardware to the crafty cleric. What signal does this send? Radical Islamic terrorists worldwide will surely interpret this as a sign of fear and weakness on the part of our new commander-in-chief. It could embolden them to strike America yet again. ********** Michael D. Evans, a #1 New York Times bestselling author, is the author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos. A television special based on the book is currently being produced (www.carterbooktv.com). Iran's Supreme Leader Dismisses Obama? Overtures, ABC News, March 22, 2009? http://abcnews.go.com/International/WireStory?id=7138814&page=2. (Accessed March 22,2009) CIA intelligence memorandum, January 19, 1979, entitled "Iran: Khomeini's Prospects and Views." Dinesh D'Souza, "Giving Radical Islam its Start"; Townhall.com, January 29, 2007; http://www.townhall.com/Common/Print.aspx. (Accessed December 2007.) ] "Une Guerre," ("One War"), Ä?ditions des Arenes, Paris, 1997. ] George W. Ball, "Issues and Implications of the Iranian Crisis," Declassified December 12, 1984; Princeton University Library, Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, Princeton, NJ. Jim Hoagland, "Carter Set to Tell European Allies He Fully Backs Shah," The Washington Post, January 5, 1979, p. A5. Extract from Le Pouvoir et le Vie, Part 3, Chapter 6, V. Giscard d'Estaing, 2006; translated in Paris for Dr. Evans with permission from Mr. d'Estaing in May 2008; and personal interview with Giscard d'Estaing, May 2008. Extract from Le Pouvoir et le Vie, Part 3, Chapter 6, V. Giscard d'Estaing, 2006; translated in Paris for Dr. Evans with permission from Mr. d'Estaing in May 2008; and personal interview with Giscard d'Estaing, May 2008. Samuel Segev interview, Jerusalem, Israel, May 15, 2008. Mohamad Heikal, pp.191. Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:39:33 -0800 Full article 1_52available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Iranian anger at scientist's funeral Terms | Copyright | Privacy Policy |Advertise with Us | Media Kit | RSS Feeds [ close window ] var m3_u = (location.protocol=='https:'?'https://solutions.vaizata.com/adserver/www/delivery/ajs.php':'http://solutions.vaizata.com/adserver/www/delivery/ajs.php'); var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999); if (!document.MAX_used) document.MAX_used = ','; document.write (""); var rand = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999); document.write(""); Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:31:35 -0800 Full article 1_58available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad threatened to strike a "telling blow" against "global arrogance" on February 11, the 31st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution that overthrew the Shah and installed the radical mullahs in Tehran. After interviewing 100 world leaders, I wrote a prophetic book, Jimmy Carter, the Liberal Left and World Chaos, that details the events leading up to that revolution and what defense analysts now believe is a threat revolving around Iran's nuclear program. In early February, Iran announced a successful test of the new Kavoshgar 3 rocket in defiance of global concerns with her nuclear weapons program. The rocket is capable of placing a satellite in orbit-or carrying a weapons payload. President Ahmadinejad said the results were "a miracle" and credited the nation's Islamic faith for the test's success. The announcement is seen as another attempt to distract attention from growing unrest and resentment of the government in Tehran. The anniversary of the Iranian revolution provides a rallying point by the opposition to continue attacks on Ahmadinejad's fraudulent and corrupt theft of the presidential election in Iran. This new threat-and the action that is likely to follow-is thought to be an attempt to divert popular unrest against the Iranian government by focusing anger outward against an enemy nation. Taking Ahmadinejad's threat seriously, the US government announced deployment of new troops, ships and Patriot anti-missile defense systems to the Gulf Region. The move may be an attempt to: Encourage the Arab Gulf nations to stand up to pressure from Iran Keep Israel from striking preemptively against Iran's nuclear program, since some experts believe the goal of the February 11 deadline was to provoke Israel into an attack, thus sparking the war that radical mullahs of Tehran view as a necessary step to establishing Muslim rule over the entire world. As Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in my new prophetic television special that I prepared for Jerusalem Prayer Team, Atomic Iran, nothing is more important than the support of Bible-believing Christians at this time in Israel's history. ### Mike Evans is an author and award-winning journalist who has served as a confidant to leaders in the Middle East for more than two decades. He has appeared on hundreds of network television and radio shows, including Good Morning America, Crossfire, and Nightline. He appears frequently on Fox News, CNN World News, NBC, ABC, and CBS. He has produced numerous television specials about the Middle East. Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:43:51 -0800 Full article 1_429available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com One of the best-known parables Jesus told is that of the Good Samaritan. Jesus related this well-known story to answer the question, "Who is my neighbor?? In the story a man was robbed, beaten, and left for dead by the side of the road. Men passed by but did nothing to help. Only a Samaritan stopped to care for the wounded man. Here is my challenge to you today: Will you be a Good Samaritan to the thousands of hurting Israelis who have been victimized in brutal terrorist attacks? The ones who truly care are the ones who take action. We have received an urgent request from Israel for help for the families of victims and the survivors of terror attacks. They have great needs that are not being met. The physical, mental, and emotional toll of these attacks is great?our hearts grieve when we hear the stories of these victims?but we must do more than grieve; we MUST help! In the past, our caring Jerusalem Prayer Team members have touched many of these lives, and today I?m asking you to do it again. Will you give so that these dear Jewish people who have lost and suffered so much can receive comfort, encouragement and help? **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:51:05 -0800 Full article 1_428available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The announcement that all remaining U.S. forces will leave Iraq before the end of the year is sparking fears in Israel that Iran will be emboldened to strike against the Jewish state?either directly with its own military or through their terrorist proxies in Hezbollah and Hamas. Iran has provided hundreds of millions of dollars worth of military equipment and training to these bitter enemies of Israel. My contacts in the Israeli military and intelligence communities expect the terrorists to ramp up their attacks against Israel at the bidding of the mullahs in Teheran in a last-ditch effort to prevent Israel from launching an attack aimed at stopping Iran?s nuclear weapons program. Short of divine intervention, such an attack in the next year is a virtual certainty. The threat is more serious than ever, and we must stand with the Jewish people right now. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:38:04 -0800 Full article 1_427available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Because Israel is such a tiny nation (the entire country could fit inside Lake Michigan), every single resident is at risk if the war that Israel?s enemies are threatening to launch against her begins. Most of the experts I speak with expect hostilities to increase greatly following the upcoming UN Security Council vote on Palestinian statehood currently scheduled for November 11. During such a war, as much as half of Israel?s population would be forced into bomb shelters, perhaps for as much as a month?if not longer. If the UN vote does not lead directly to all-out war, which many analysts fear, there remains the threat of Iran?s nuclear weapons program and the near-certainty that Israel will be forced to take military action to stop the mad mullahs of Teheran from gaining access to the ultimate weapons of mass destruction?which they would certainly use as part of their belief that a bloody war is required to bring back the Mahdi and create Muslim rule over the entire earth. The threat is more serious than ever, and we must stand with the Jewish people right now. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:34:10 -0800 Full article 1_426available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:25:20 -0800 Full article 1_425available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The world yawns and turns away from the news that another Jew has been murdered by terrorists?but we must never forget! I thought again of 16-year-old Daniel Viflic this morning. He was killed when terrorists launched an anti-tank missile at the school bus he was riding. He was the only remaining passenger on the bus, and the shrapnel from the explosion snuffed out his young life. His death was a heinous crime, one that is being repeated over and over again. Today we have an opportunity to do more than just remember. We have received an urgent request from Israel for help for the families of victims and the survivors of terror attacks. They have great needs that are not being met. The physical, mental, and emotional toll of these attacks is great?our hearts grieve when we hear the stories of these victims?but we must do more than grieve; we MUST help! In the past, our caring Jerusalem Prayer Team members have touched many of these lives, and today I?m asking you to do it again. Will you give so that these dear Jewish people who have lost and suffered so much can receive comfort, encouragement and help? **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:19:49 -0800 Full article 1_424available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Over and over on my trips to Israel, I have met with survivors of terror attacks and the families and loved ones of those killed by the evil terrorists who hate Jews and wish to see them all dead. I have caught their tears on my shoulders and prayed with them for grace and peace. I have done my best to comfort them as your ambassador, sharing the love of God with them in their dark moments. Today we have an opportunity to do more than just speak words of comfort. We have received an urgent request from Israel for help for the victims and survivors of terror. They have great needs that are not being met. The physical, mental, and emotional toll of these attacks is great. Our hearts grieve when we hear the stories of these victims?but we must do more than grieve; we MUST help! In the past, our caring Jerusalem Prayer Team members have touched many of these lives, and today I?m asking you to do it again. Will you give so that these dear Jewish people who have lost and suffered so much can receive comfort, encouragement and help? **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sun, 23 Oct 2011 02:41:53 -0800 Full article 1_423available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Imagine living with the knowledge that at any moment a warning siren could sound, leaving you fifteen seconds or less to find shelter before the missiles strike?and if you are out in the open, you are at great risk of a serious injury?or worse. Now imagine you have small children with you, perhaps on a shopping trip or on the way to school. Where would you turn? Where would you hide? Would you live or die? That describes the daily reality of life in Israel today. These precious people are being targeted simply because they are Jews. And as you read these words, there are thousands of scientists and military personnel in Iran working feverishly on a weapon that will reach inside bomb shelters and buildings and kill hundreds of thousands in an instant. The threat is more serious than ever, and we must stand with the Jewish people right now. I have been in virtually every major battle fought by Israel over the past several decades. I was with the troops during the Hamas and Hezbollah war comforting my people even as missiles flew over our heads to rain down death and destruction on Jewish men, women, and children. Israeli diplomat friends called me and begged me to leave the war zone?to get out of the line of fire. They warned me, "You could die.? I responded that I planned to die; death would be no shock to me. Until that day comes, I will do everything within my power to obey my Savior and defend my people. I have seen firsthand that in the south of Israel great numbers of Russian Jewish refugee children do not have bomb shelters in which to seek safety. I can tell you that there will be an enormous need for food, medicine, and blankets. In Arab countries, Jews will be hanged, shot, and blown up when the war comes. This is especially true in Iran. We must do everything in our power to "blow the trumpet in Zion.? This is the Word of the Lord for you and me today. Can you imagine what you would do if you knew your children and grandchildren were in harm?s way and a missile would hit their home? I know you would do everything humanly possible to protect your loved ones. God wants us to do everything humanly possible to protect His loved ones?your brothers and sisters in Israel. Will you stand with me today in support of the Jewish people? More than 1,400 Israelis have been killed in the past 12 years, and more than 17,000 injured. Over 1,000 precious Israeli children have lost at least one parent in these attacks. At least ten babies under one year old have been murdered?the list goes on and on. More than 1 out of every 260 families in Israel has had a member killed or injured in the last twelve years. When I saw these statistics, my heart broke. I couldn?t help but think of my own great-grandfather who was burned to death inside his synagogue in Russia?the many members of my mother?s family who perished in the Holocaust?and how hatred of the Jewish people is sadly still alive and well today. It is time for us to take a stand for the Jewish people. Will you join with me today to help meet this urgent plea for help? Will you reach out hands of love to suffering Jews today? Will you show them that they are not alone and not forsaken? Will you show them the love of God? **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, Game Changer; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNew swhere you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sun, 23 Oct 2011 02:31:15 -0800 Full article 1_422available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com This has already been the deadliest year for terror attacks in Israel since 2008, and the threats of more violence are growing by the day. We have received an urgent appeal from Israel to help meet the physical, medical, and emotional needs of attack survivors and families of victims. I just can?t stand the thought of turning down this request, but the only way we can meet it is with your help. Each time there is another story of a deadly attack against Israel?a story like that of the eight people murdered in a highly coordinated terrorist attack in August?our hearts grieve?but we must do more than grieve; we MUST help! In the past our caring Jerusalem Prayer Team members have touched many of these lives, and today I?m asking you to do it again. Will you give so that these dear Jewish people who have lost and suffered so much can receive comfort, encouragement and help? More than 1,400 Israelis have been killed in the past 12 years, and more than 17,000 injured. Over 1,000 precious Israeli children have lost at least one parent in these attacks. At least ten babies under one year old have been murdered?the list goes on and on. More than 1 out of every 260 families in Israel has had a member killed or injured in the last twelve years. When I saw these statistics, my heart broke. I couldn?t help but think of my own great-grandfather who was burned to death inside his synagogue in Russia?the many members of my mother?s family who perished in the Holocaust?and how hatred of the Jewish people is sadly still alive and well today. It is time for us to take a stand for the Jewish people. Will you join with me today to help meet this urgent plea for help? Will you reach out hands of love to suffering Jews today? Will you show them that they are not alone and not forsaken? Will you show them the love of God? **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 21 Oct 2011 22:10:48 -0800 Full article 1_421available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The United Nations Security Council has scheduled a meeting for November 11, and sources indicate the resolution for Palestinian statehood will likely be voted on that day. Though the US has threatened to veto the measure, the Palestinians hope to get the nine votes necessary for approval, forcing the U.S. to step in to stop it. Currently eight of the nine countries needed have declared support for the measure. My sources in Israel fear that a US veto will be the trigger for a new outbreak of violence and perhaps even full-scale war. Iran has spent hundreds of millions arming Hezbollah and Hamas with advanced weapons to use against the Jewish state. The mullahs of Tehran believe that if they can tie Israel down with domestic terror attacks, Israel will be hindered from attacking to stop their nuclear weapons program from being completed. Israel?s army is on heightened alert, and intensive training to prepare for this expected round of attacks continues. The threat is more serious than ever, and we must stand with the Jewish people right now. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 21 Oct 2011 22:01:47 -0800 Full article 1_420available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com We have received an urgent plea for help from Israel for survivors of terror attacks and the families of the victims from one of our ministry partners. The financial situation in Israel is dire; the cost of living is spiraling out of control. The basic necessities of life cost almost double what America and most of Europe pay and the government cannot provide for the thousands who are dealing with ongoing medical expenses and the physical and psychological trauma suffered at the hands of evil terrorists. Our hearts broke when five members of the Fogel family, including an infant, were brutally murdered in their own home earlier this year?but we must do more than grieve; we MUST help! In the past, our caring Jerusalem Prayer Team members have touched many of these lives, and today I?m asking you to do it again. Will you give so that these dear Jewish people who have lost and suffered so much can receive comfort, encouragement, and help? Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNewswhere you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 20 Oct 2011 20:41:35 -0800 Full article 1_419available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Last week, Attorney General Eric Holder announced indictments against Mansoor Arbabsiar, an Iranian-American citizen holding an Iranian passport, and Gholam Shakuri, an Iranian Quds Force member and relative of a senior terror mastermind in Iran?s Revolutionary Guard. They were the key figures driving Iran?s plot to blow up the Saudi Arabian and Israeli embassies in Washington. This act of war has huge implications for political as well as security concerns. President Obama would like nothing better than to get the US out of Iraq and Afghanistan, but the threat posed by Iran limits his options. Most of the improvised explosive devices used against American troops are coming from Iran. Iran?s latest attempt to launch a terror attack in the U.S. was a desperate move to intimidate President Obama, thinking they could scare him into a Jimmy Carter-like stupor. Instead, he boldly went public and exposed the plan, giving him moral justification to protect the Persian Gulf, by providing back-up support for Israel, and impeding Iran?s retaliatory capabilities. Since 1979, when it declared war on the United States, Iran has used its terror proxies in Lebanon, Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere in the region to target U.S. interests and allies. It is a screwdriver?s turn away from going nuclear. If the U.S. plays only the sanction card before the presidential election, a trillion-dollar atomic nuclear arms race will begin in the billion-Sunni Middle East. All of the Gulf Oil States will scramble to obtain nuclear reactors to defend themselves against Iran, a non-Arab terror state. An atomic Iran would usher in an apocalyptic tsunami of terrorism against the Middle East and the world, the likes of which has never been known. Iran?s nuclear umbrella would usher in unending terrorist activities throughout the Gulf Oil States, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Egypt, and Libya, as it attempts to establish an Islamic caliphate. Western countries would not be immune to Iran?s attacks. Top former military sources in Israel told me that Israeli leaders will undertake the mission to destroy Iran?s most important nuclear facilities by launching a massive air strike designed to last 7 to 11 days at most. Iran would undoubtedly hit Israel with missiles from proxy strongholds in Gaza and Lebanon and at the same time, launch terrorist attacks on Jews worldwide by any means available?including suicide bombers. The threat is more serious than ever, and we must stand with the Jewish people right now. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 20 Oct 2011 20:33:27 -0800 Full article 1_418available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I have received an urgent plea for help from Israel from one of our ministry partners who works with the survivors of terrorist attacks and the families of victims. The death and injury toll on the Jewish people is staggering. In the past twelve years, more than 1,400 Jewish people have been killed in terrorist attacks, and more than 17,000 have been injured. They are being overwhelmed by the great need. The survivors of terrorist attacks often have incredibly high medical expenses, and many face ongoing medical needs that will require treatment for the rest of their lives. In the past, our caring Jerusalem Prayer Team members have touched many of these lives, and today I?m asking you to do it again. Will you give so that these dear Jewish people who have lost and suffered so much can receive comfort, encouragement, and help? **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate .Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:55:50 -0800 Full article 1_417available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I have a word a warning that I must share with you today: War is coming to Israel. Over the years, I have written and spoken many things about the future?things which have come to pass. I told Benjamin Netanyahu nearly thirty years ago that he would be prime minister of Israel twice?He is now in his second term. I wrote that Osama bin Laden would attack the United States; he did. I wrote that there would be an Islamic revolution which would spread through Egypt, Libya, Syria, and other Middle Eastern countries; it happened. I told you that I would meet with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in New York; I did. Now I am going to tell you something I am totally convinced will happen: War is coming. Israel will go to war against Iran and will attack its nuclear reactors. Over the past forty months, I have written over 1,000 pages on this crisis in four major books and dozens of articles, produced two television specials, done hundreds of network television shows on the Fox Network, CNN, MSNBC, and others. My articles on this subject have appeared in USAToday, the Washington Times, Wall Street Journal, the Jerusalem Post, and others. My book, Showdown with Nuclear Iran, written in 2006, was endorsed by the former Chief of Staff of Israel and current deputy prime minister of Israel, Lt. General Moshe Ya?alon. He wrote: "The most detailed account of the Iranian regime?s determination, policy, and plan to acquire nuclear capabilities. [Mike Evans] compellingly analyzes policy options for confronting this threat.? In this book, I laid out the aircraft carriers, submarines, cruise missiles, and even ground forces which would be involved in the battle plan. In Atomic Iran, written in 2009, I took it one step further. I have been agonizing in prayer over what is currently happening. In my book, GameChanger, written in 2010, I warned that Iranian spies were in the United States and would attempt attacks on this country. One man has just been arrested for allegedly planning to bomb the Israeli embassy and assassinate the Saudi Arabian ambassador. A second man is still at large. The threat is more serious than ever, and we must stand with the Jewish people right now. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:47:48 -0800 Full article 1_416available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com At a recent Iranian military parade showcasing the Islamic regime?s new missile technology, hundreds of Iranian soldiers marched through the streets dressed in white shrouds covered with simulated blood stands. They declared their willingness to die to advance the cause of worldwide Islamic domination. Most of the world is looking the other way and ignoring this growing threat. I?ve been warning for years of the danger, not just to Israel but to the United States posed by these demonic forces. They are deadly serious. The people of Israel live with this daily reality; at any moment, a terrorist attack, a missile or worse could strike. It is time for God?s people to stand up and speak out?for the Jewish people and for our own families as well. Your support of the Jerusalem Prayer Team is a vital investment as we stand in the gap together against this grave threat. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNewswhere you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:50:42 -0800 Full article 1_415available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Nothing in the Middle East is ever done until it actually happens, but the deal to secure the release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who has been held by Hamas for more than five years now, is expected to happen tomorrow. The price for securing his release is high indeed?hundreds of Palestinian prisoners are being released in return?and the fear is that many of them will again attack the Jewish people. There is a terrible feeling of isolation in Israel right now. When I talk to friends and contacts in the Jewish state, this sense of being alone and abandoned is very real. It comes across in both their words and the tone of their voices?and right now we MUST stand for and with them as never before. There is no doubt in my mind that God has brought us together "for such a time as this? to support Israel. Will you send your gift today? The need is urgent. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:37:29 -0800 Full article 1_414available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com A terrifying announcement came at the end of last week that a large number of the 20,000 advanced missiles lost during the uprising in Libya are turning up in Gaza. These shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles are extremely accurate, with a range up to two miles. They pose a danger both to Israeli military aircraft and helicopters operating near the Gaza border and are small enough (less than six feet long and only 55 pounds) to be easily smuggled into Israel where they could be used against civilian aircraft as well. The Egyptian authorities claimed to have seized a number of these missiles, but no one knows how many may have reached Hamas. One senior US Congressional leader told reporters the situation was "the worst nightmare.? Your support of God?s Chosen People right now with the Jerusalem Prayer Team is urgent; the enemies of Israel will use every means they can to destroy the Jewish state. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:31:23 -0800 Full article 1_413available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Former President Jimmy Carter, long a supporter of Palestinian causes and enemy of Israel, issued a public warning to President Obama not to use the U.S. veto in the UN Security Council to stop the recognition of a Palestinian state. Saying that such a move would be "a mistake,? Carter told an interviewer, "I hope [President Obama] will fulfill the promises that were made at the time he got the peace prize.? Carter made the remarks in Oslo, Norway where the Nobel Peace Prize announcement for this year will be made shortly. His remarks highlight the growing pressure on Israel from around the world. The plan to divide Jerusalem and curse the nation of Israel is moving full-speed ahead. Even though President Obama may veto a Security Council measure creating a Palestinian state, he is still firmly committed to that outcome. It is time for God?s people to urgently and fervently pray for Divine intervention on behalf of Israel. Will you join with us in this great cause today? **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sun, 16 Oct 2011 05:17:45 -0800 Full article 1_412available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com In response to an appeal from the Quartet for Middle East Peace (the United States, the European Union, Russia, and the United Nations) to return to direct peace talks with Israel, Palestinian President Abbas has demanded that Israel immediately freeze all building of homes for its citizens (the so-called settlements) and agree to the 1967 borders. He did not say any rational person would agree to talks that required up-front unilateral surrender. This latest obstructionist demand simply highlights the undeniable fact that the Palestinians do not want peace or even a state; they want Israel destroyed. Yet the world community continues to ignore the clear statements of the Palestinians and demands that Israel give in to their every whim. This is a dangerous time for Israel. If the Jewish state refuses these demands, the economic, political, and military implications are grave?but if they give in, things will be far worse. It is urgent that we stand with Israel and with God?s Chosen People right now. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction bookJimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; andAtomic Iran; and the fiction book,GameChanger; and his newest titlesCursed,The Light, andThe Protocols. His latest release isThe Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate.Evans? books are available atwww.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography onWikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news siteJerusalemWorldNewswhere you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sat, 15 Oct 2011 00:12:28 -0800 Full article 1_411available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Speaking at a conference in Tehran in support of the Palestinians, Iran?s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called the rebirth of Israel in 1948 the "most heinous modern crime.? Ahmadinejad said the West created Israel as part of a plan to control the Middle East, and repeated the objections of Iran?s Supreme Ayatollah Khamenei to the two-state solution because it leaves Israel in existence. Iran?s President also complained that the West was "intolerant of a debate over the existence of the Jewish state.? This is the man who will likely very soon have nuclear weapons capable of carrying out his stated goal to "wipe Israel off the map.? The enemies of Israel are becoming increasingly bold in their threats against the Jewish state. Will you stand in the gap for Israel today? The prophet Isaiah wrote of hearing God?s question: "Whom shall I send and who will go for us?? Isaiah answered, "Here am I, send me.? What will your answer be today? **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:12:31 -0800 Full article 1_410available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Making clear what is usually kept hidden a key member of the Fatah Central Committee, Abbas Zaki, said in an Al-Jazeera interview that the proposal to force Israel to give up the so-called West Bank, the Bible lands of Judea and Samaria, would bring Israel to its doom. He described the creation of a Palestinian state as simply the first step toward the overall goal of completely eliminating the nation of Israel. All of the talk about a "two state solution? is just window dressing to disguise the fact that one of those "states? doesn?t want peace. The enemies of Israel want nothing less than the utter destruction of Israel?and they are now brave enough to start saying so in public. Will you stand in the gap for Israel today? The prophet Isaiah wrote of hearing God?s question: "Whom shall I send and who will go for us?? Isaiah answered, "Here am I, send me.? What will your answer be today? **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:03:57 -0800 Full article 1_409available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Christmas is getting closer every day?and it?s time to start thinking about presents for the holidays. This year, why not send a present that is meaningful and will not soon be forgotten or laid aside. Because you are part of the Jerusalem Prayer Team, we have a special Christmas and Chanukah offer for you on some of my best-selling books. When you send your gift to support the Jerusalem Prayer Team today, you?ll get special discounts on these books. GO HERE TO VIEW THESE SPECIAL CHRISTMAS OFFERS Your support of the Jerusalem Prayer Team makes it possible for us to urge world leaders to stand with Israel, to encourage Believers around the globe to join us in prayer, and to meet urgent humanitarian needs of the poor in Israel. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate.Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Fri, 14 Oct 2011 03:21:47 -0800 Full article 1_408available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Fri, 14 Oct 2011 03:17:43 -0800 Full article 1_407available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com President Obama truly believes that pressuring Israel to surrender to her enemies and making damaging and destructive concessions is the path to peace in the Middle East. You can see the evidence in his call for a settlement freeze in May of 2009 (while asking nothing of the Palestinians in return), his humiliating treatment of Prime Minister Netanyahu at the White House in 2010, and his demand for a return to the 1967 borders in May of 2011. President Obama cannot be trusted when it comes to Israel because he fundamentally does not have Israel's best interests at heart. Since the loss of the once safe Democratic seat in the 9th District in New York (formerly held by the disgraced Anthony Weiner), the President has made more public statements in support of Israel. But most analysts see this simply as an attempt to prevent further erosion of Jewish voter support ahead of next year's election rather than a genuine change of heart. Behind the scenes, the Obama Administration continues to tighten the screws on Israel and trying to undermine the Netanyahu government. If the Obama plan to divide Jerusalem and curse the nation of Israel with economic and military damage on a scale never seen before succeeds, we can expect the judgment of God to fall on America. Our work in support of the Jewish people and gathering believers to pray for the peace of Jerusalem has never been more important than it is right now. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNewswhere you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:52:06 -0800 Full article 1_406available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The Feast of Tabernacles?Sukkot?begins at sundown tonight, but there is still time for you to provide food for the hungry of Israel for this special week of celebration if you act now. And the people of Israel desperately need our help today. The Jewish state is surrounded by enemies on every side. The world continues to push the Netanyahu government to surrender the land that God has promised to His Chosen People forever. It would be a military, economic, political, and social tragedy?but worse, it would bring down the curse and judgment of Almighty God on every nation that supports this evil plan. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction bookJimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; andAtomic Iran; and the fiction book,GameChanger; and his newest titlesCursed,The Light, andThe Protocols. His latest release isThe Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate.Evans? books are available atwww.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography onWikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news siteJerusalemWorldNewswhere you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:48:48 -0800 Full article 1_405available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Shin Bet security forces have arrested two Palestinians who have admitted responsibility for the tragic death of a young Israeli father and his infant son. Twenty-five year old Asher Palmer and his baby boy were driving near Kiryat Arba when their car was struck by a large rock. Palmer swerved and both he and his son were killed in the resulting crash. These two Jews were murdered simply because they were Jews. The IDF announced last week that September was the most violent month in at least a year and half; there were nearly 500 attacks on Jews by Palestinians. My sources inside Israel expect the violence to only get worse in the coming days. We need to sound the alarm now more than ever. Will you stand in the gap for Israel today? The prophet Isaiah wrote of hearing God's question "Whom shall I send and who will go for us?" Isaiah answered, "Here am I, send me." What will your answer be today? **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:47:26 -0800 Full article 1_404available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The Quartet for Middle East Peace (made up of the United States, the European Union, Russia and the United Nations) met in Brussels on Sunday, attempting again to get the Israelis and Palestinians to resume direct negotiations. Israel is being forced to listen to their demands by a combination of threats and pressure that come close to outright blackmail. Meanwhile the Palestinians continue to refuse to even begin talks unless Israel gives in to their demands in advance. The nation of Israel is almost completely alone and isolated on the world stage today. Even countries like the United States that for so long were loyal to Israel have turned against her. Hillary Clinton even intervened in a Supreme Court case last week to try to prevent Jerusalem from being considered part of Israel by the US State Department! Will you stand in the gap for Israel today? The prophet Isaiah wrote of hearing God's question "Whom shall I send and who will go for us?" Isaiah answered, "Here am I, send me." What will your answer be today? **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction bookJimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available a twww.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:45:59 -0800 Full article 1_403available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Thousands of protestors have thronged Wall Street for the past few weeks, expressing their outrage over the profits of banks and big companies during difficult economic times. But there is a darker, underground current driving the protests that came to light this week. "The Jews control Wall Street," some protestors shouted. Other carried signs with references to Hitler. Anti-Semitism is not just found in Muslim nations?it is alive and well in Europe as well as in America. Those who hate the Jews have learned that they will not be condemned as the racist bigots they are if they express opposition to the nation of Israel rather than just the Jewish people. We need to sound the alarm now more than ever. Will you stand in the gap for Israel today? The prophet Isaiah wrote of hearing God's question "Whom shall I send and who will go for us?" Isaiah answered, "Here am I, send me." What will your answer be today? **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction bookJimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:44:29 -0800 Full article 1_402available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The reality is that the entire world is crying for the Palestinians to be given a state. I say, "Yes, let's give them a state." Now that we are agreed on that though, the first thing we must do is to identify who the real Palestinians are. Neither they nor Palestine are mentioned in the Koran. Why? A little lesson in history: The etymology of the word "Palestinian" in English is derived from the Old French word "Philistin," from Late Latin it is "Philistinus," and from Late Greek, "Philistinoi." They were not an Arab or a Semitic people, but were more closely related to the ancient Greeks and originated in the Aegean region of Asia Minor. Any student of the Bible knows that the Philistines were enemies of Israel. In the history of the Philistines is also the story of the young Hebrew man, David, son of Jesse, who was incensed that a Philistine warrior was allowed to challenge the one true God. The enemy of Israel had advanced to the Valley of Elah and there challenged the Israelites. They produced a brobdingnagian (gigantic) champion, Goliath of Gath. David volunteered to fight the giant and went out to face him with his slingshot and five smooth stones he had retrieved from a dry river bed. He slipped one of the stones into his sling and smote the Philistine on the forehead. He used the giant's own sword to behead him. Jehovah God gave David the courage and skills not only to face Israel's enemy, but to kill the challenger. The Israelites pursued the Philistines all the way to the city of Ekron. The Philistines were ultimately defeated, absorbed into the Babylonian/Persian Empire, and by the late fifth century BC, had disappeared. In 135 BC, Simon bar Kokhba, a Jew, proclaimed himself Prince of Israel, Son of the Star, the Messiah, and led a revolt against the Romans. The Roman governor and two legions of soldiers were defeated. Bar Kokhba controlled the state of Israel from the Fort of Herodium just south of Jerusalem. His coins were inscribed, "Year one?the redemption of Israel." The Roman emperor, Hadrian, in response razed 985 villages and killed almost 600,000 Jews. Hadrian wiped Jerusalem and Judea off the map and deliberately renamed the area Palaestinia after the Jews' ancient enemy, the Philistines. So, spread the word. Wanted: Non-Arab Philistines. As soon as all these peace-loving nations can prove that Philistines are back, then let's persuade the Arab League to absorb them as refugees the way Israel did with the Jews and all nations have done. Let them then turn over the territories that have become a nightmare for the Jewish people to the Philistines. You can be certain of one thing: there will probably be some pretty large dudes in the bunch. Goliath was a Philistine, and from what I know about him, he was not what you would call a "happy camper." I expect life will not be too pleasant for mythological Palestinians when they meet the original Philistines. To fulfill the reality of a Palestinian state, the world must demand that the vast majority of the land occupied by Arabs in Judea and Samaria be returned to Israel. The people that call themselves "Palestinians" must return to the Arab lands from which they came. Then true Palestinians, the proven descendants of the Philistines, could have their land. Since there are none to be found on this planet, perhaps the next Mars rover will find them. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction bookJimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNewswhere you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:41:07 -0800 Full article 1_401available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Congressional leaders furious over the UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) vote to accept the Palestinians as a full member are threatening to cut off funding to the world body. The move was widely and correctly seen as another step in an attempt to get the Palestinians what they want without negotiating with Israel. Congresswoman Illeana Ros-Lehtinen, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the House of Representatives said, "Feeling that their efforts at the UN Security Council will fail, the Palestinian leadership is shopping around the UN system for recognition. This attempt to rig the process needs to be stopped dead in its tracks. Our contributions are our strongest leverage at the UN, and should be used to stand up for our interests and allies and stop this dangerous Palestinian scheme." Will you stand in the gap for Israel today? The prophet Isaiah wrote of hearing God's question "Whom shall I send and who will go for us?" Isaiah answered, "Here am I, send me." What will your answer be today? **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction bookJimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate.Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:39:17 -0800 Full article 1_400available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has voted overwhelmingly in favor of granting full membership in one of the UN's most important bodies to the Palestinians. The move by UNESCO was widely and correctly seen as another attempt to achieve what the Palestinians want without their having to negotiate with Israel. Though membership in UNESCO is not a legal status, it is yet another step in the campaign of isolation against Israel. Israel's Foreign Ministry decried the move as yet another sign that the Palestinians have no intention of negotiating for peace and statehood. "This move negates the efforts of the international community to advance the political process. A decision like this will not advance the Palestinians in their aspirations to statehood," the ministry said. We need to sound the alarm now more than ever. Will you stand in the gap for Israel today? The prophet Isaiah wrote of hearing God's question: "Whom shall I send and who will go for us?" Isaiah answered, "Here am I, send me." What will your answer be today? **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available a twww.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:37:40 -0800 Full article 1_399available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Yom Kippur begins at sundown this evening. One of the highlights of the observance of this special day is the reading of the book of Jonah. God appears to the prophet and sent him to call the people of Ninevah to repentance. Jonah refuses the call of God and believes he can escape God's assignment by heading out to sea to find a harbor where he is unknown. Many Christians do that today, especially when a message from God is to give the gift of mercy and forgiveness. Why did Jonah resist God's assignment? Ninevah was the capital city of Assyria, the archenemy of Israel. In the eighth century BCE, Assyria defeated the ten tribes and banished them into exile. Jonah could not understand why God was so interested in showing compassion and mercy to that people by calling them to repentance. After all, Jonah questions, doesn't Assyria deserve judgment? Wouldn't it benefit Israel if God's verdict caused the Assyrians to weaken? Shortly after Jonah boarded a ship to Tarsus, a raging storm struck. The crew realized that Jonah was responsible for the storm because of his disobedience. They grabbed the disobedient prophet and tossed him into the thundering waves. He was quickly gobbled up by a great fish God had prepared just for that moment. Grace begins when the Spirit of God moves on the roiling waters. At Jesus' baptism, He heard the voice of God saying, "This is my beloved Son in whom I am well-pleased." Waters are symbolic of life, of God's mercy, and of purification. "And I shall sprinkle upon you the water of purification, and you shall be pure." (Ezekiel 36:25) In Jonah's horrible pit of darkness in the belly of the great fish, he cried out to God and was saved: "I called in my distress to God, and He answered me. From the belly of the grave, I cried out. You heard me; you cast me into the depth of the seas. Your waves passed over me, yet you lifted my life from the depth of the sea. You lifted my life from the pit, O Lord God." (Jonah 2:3, 7) Will you be an instrument of God's deliverance for His Chosen People today? **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction bookJimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed,The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:35:40 -0800 Full article 1_398available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com In a legal brief filed with the US Supreme Court, Hillary Clinton has urged the justices not to callJerusalempart of Israel. At issue is the birthplace designation on passports given to US citizens born in Israel. The Administration?s policy is to require those born in the Jewish capital to have their place of birth listed asJerusalemrather than Israel. This rule applies to no other capital city on earth; its only purpose is to refuse to acknowledge thatJerusalemis the capital of the Jewish state. The Supreme Court has agreed to take up the case of nine-year-old Menachem Zivotofsky, who was born inJerusalemin 2002. His parents want his birthplace listed as Israel. Congress passed a law in 2004 requiring Israel be listed as the place of birth to those born inJerusalemat their request, but the State Department headed by Hillary Clinton has refused. Truly there are powerful forces within our own government determined to divide the Holy City ofJerusalem. Will you stand in the gap for Israel today? The prophet Isaiah wrote of hearing God?s question: "Whom shall I send and who will go for us?? Isaiah answered, "Here am I, send me.? What will your answer be today? **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNewswhere you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:33:33 -0800 Full article 1_397available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Israel's government has formally agreed to the timeline laid out by the Quartet for Middle East Peace in their latest plan which requires direct peace talks to resume by October 23. The US says the Palestinians have agreed to the plan as well, although the Palestinians have not yet publicly stated their willingness to talk unless Israel first meets their pre-conditions. The weight of the world is arrayed against Israel, and the Quartet cannot be trusted; they do not have Israel's best interests at heart. We need to sound the alarm now more than ever. Will you stand in the gap for Israel today? The prophet Isaiah wrote of hearing God's question: "Whom shall I send and who will go for us?" Isaiah answered, "Here am I, send me." What will your answer be today? ****Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNewswhere you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:32:31 -0800 Full article 1_396available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The European Parliament has unanimously voted for a declaration of support for the creation of a Palestinian state. The move is just one more tightening of the screws against Israel. As the Security Council continues to discuss the resolution for Palestinian statehood, only one more member vote is needed for approval. Both Columbia and Bosnia/Herzegovena are being heavily lobbied by the Palestinians, backed with Arab oil billions, for their votes. Normally a Security Council vote on a statehood declaration would be processed in approximately one month. This contentious issue may take longer, but we could well be less than thirty days away from a vote on Palestinian statehood. Will you stand in the gap for Israel today? The prophet Isaiah wrote of hearing God's question: "Whom shall I send and who will go for us?" Isaiah answered, "Here am I, send me." What will your answer be today? **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release is The Revolution which is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate.Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNewswhere you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:31:10 -0800 Full article 1_395available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Speaking at a conference in Tehran in support of the Palestinians, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called the rebirth of Israel in 1948 the "most heinous modern crime." Ahmadinejad said the West created Israel as part of a plan to control the Middle East, and repeated the objections of Iran's Supreme Ayatollah Khamenei to the two-state solution because it leaves Israel in existence. Iran's President also complained that the West was "intolerant of a debate over the existence of the Jewish state." This is the man who will likely very soon have nuclear weapons capable of carrying out his stated goal to "wipe Israel off the map." The enemies of Israel are becoming increasingly bold in their threats against the Jewish state. Will you stand in the gap for Israel today? The prophet Isaiah wrote of hearing God's question: "Whom shall I send and who will go for us?" Isaiah answered, "Here am I, send me." What will your answer be today? **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction bookJimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. His latest release isThe Revolutionwhich is about democracy, dictators, deception and the birthing of a Caliphate.Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:26:59 -0800 Full article 1_394available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Making clear what is usually kept hidden a key member of the Fatah Central Committee, Abbas Zaki, said in an Al-Jazeera interview that the proposal to force Israel to give up the so-called West Bank, the Bible lands of Judea and Samaria, would bring Israel to its doom. He described the creation of a Palestinian state as simply the first step toward the overall goal of completely eliminating the nation of Israel. All of the talk about a "two state solution? is just window dressing to disguise the fact that one of those "states? doesn?t want peace. The enemies of Israel want nothing less than the utter destruction of Israel?and they are now brave enough to start saying so in public. Will you stand in the gap for Israel today? The prophet Isaiah wrote of hearing God?s question: "Whom shall I send and who will go for us?? Isaiah answered, "Here am I, send me.? What will your answer be today? **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction bookJimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titlesThe Revolution, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:14:30 -0800 Full article 1_393available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The Palestinian people have no option except violent struggle against Israel, according to top Hamas official Khaled Mashaal. "Palestinians must resort to resistance no matter how costly it is, until Palestine is free and Israel is destroyed,? Mashaal said at a conference in Teheran this past weekend. Hamas has repeatedly expressed its opposition to the Palestinian bid for statehood at the UN, as was demanded in New York City by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. Last week, Gaza?s Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh accused Abbas of relinquishing Palestinian rights by seeking recognition for a state in the pre-1967 borders. "The Palestinian people do not beg the world for a state, and the state can't be created through decisions and initiatives,? Haniyeh said. "States liberate their land first and then the political body can be established.? The enemies of Israel are becoming increasingly bold in their threats against the Jewish state. Will you stand in the gap for Israel today? The prophet Isaiah wrote of hearing God?s question: "Whom shall I send and who will go for us?? Isaiah answered, "Here am I, send me.? What will your answer be today? **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1New York Timesbestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book,GameChanger; and his newest titles The Revolution, Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:04:34 -0800 Full article 1_337available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com This video is an excerpt of Glenn Beck introducing Dr Mike Evans to speak at the Restoring Courage Event in the Roman Amphitheatre in Caeserea, Israel on August 21st, 2011. The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion is The Lie That Will Not Die Prime Minister Benjamin Netanhayu's September 2011 Speech to UN Benjamin Netanyahu Interview on Fox News Durban Music Video Glenn Beck Introduces Mike Evans at Restoring Courage Event in Caesarea, Israel Glenn Beck Hosts Mike Evans and Distinguished Guests at Restoring Courage Event in Jerusalem A Personal Message of Thanks from Mike Evans in Caesarea, Israel Dr. Mike Evans Discusses The Protocols in a Speech in Jerusalem at the Menachem Begin Museum Thu, 6 Oct 2011 20:57:41 -0800 Full article 1_391available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei condemned the proposed two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinians because it allows Israel to control part of the Promised Land. He said "all the land? belongs to the Palestinians, and they should not settle for even the 1967 borders. Speaking at the 5th International Conference in Support of the Palestinian Intifada in Teheran, Khamenei declared the UN plan unworkable, saying it was "doomed to fail.? He declared the borders of Palestine reached "from the river (Jordan) to the sea (Mediterranean), nothing less.? Khamenei also referred to Israel as a "cancerous tumor.? With Iran nearing completion of its nuclear weapons program, the threat to Israel posed by her enemies is graver today than ever. Iran?s leader promised "harder blows in the future? if the Palestinians are not successful in claiming the land. Will you stand in the gap for Israel today? The prophet Isaiah wrote of hearing God?s question: "Whom shall I send and who will go for us?? Isaiah answered, "Here am I, send me.? What will your answer be today? **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 6 Oct 2011 20:34:30 -0800 Full article 1_390available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Bragging that sanctions had been unable to stop Iran?s military from moving forward, General Alireza Sabahifard announced the deployment of new anti-aircraft missiles designed and manufactured within Iran. These medium-range missiles are to be deployed around Iran?s nuclear weapons sites, as a deterrent to attacks, and on Iranian naval vessels. The defiant announcement followed a pattern of Iranian military upgrades, and analysts fear that new missile technology from Iran will soon be in the hands of Hezbollah and Hamas terrorists. The range of these new missiles would pose a threat to both military and civilian aviation inside Israel?and there is no doubt how they would be used. The world continues to turn a blind eye to the immense threat posed to the Jewish state by her hostile neighbors. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 5 Oct 2011 21:33:05 -0800 Full article 1_389available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Last Wednesday the Jewish people began observing the High Holy Days. This is a special time, not just for the nation of Israel, but on God?s calendar as well. God says: The Festival of Trumpets (Rosh Hashanah) "The LORD said to Moses, "Say to the Israelites: ?On the first day of the seventh month, you are to have a day of sabbath rest, a sacred assembly commemorated with trumpet [shofar] blasts. Do no regular work but present a food offering to the LORD.?? The Day of Atonement "The LORD said to Moses, "The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. Hold a sacred assembly and deny yourselves and present a food offering to the LORD. Do not do any work on that day because it is the Day of Atonement when atonement is made for you before the LORD your God.? The Festival of Tabernacles "The LORD said to Moses, "Say to the Israelites: ?On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, the LORD?s Festival of Tabernacles begins and it lasts for seven days. ? ("?These are the LORD?s appointed festivals, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies.? (Leviticus 23:23-27) Your support of God?s Chosen People today is more important than ever. Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, starts this coming Friday at sundown. Five days after Yom Kippur, the holiday of Sukkot begins, which in Israel is seven days long, but is two days longer in the Diaspora, culminating the month of holidays. Will you stand in the gap for Israel today? The prophet Isaiah wrote of hearing God?s question "Whom shall I send and who will go for us?? Isaiah answered, "Here am I, send me.? What will your answer be today? **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 5 Oct 2011 21:28:19 -0800 Full article 1_388available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Dr. Salah Sultan, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood (the group the Obama Administration regards as a legitimate part of the Egyptian political process), issued a call for mass murder recently on Al-Jazeera television. He called for the "death of every Zionist who enters Egypt.? There are no limits to the hatred of the anti-Semites, not just for the nation of Israel, but for individual Jews as well. According to news reports, Dr. Sultan lived in Columbus, Ohio for some time where he taught at an Islamic academy. He now has moved to Bahrain and may be connected to the efforts to overthrow the government of that Gulf oil state. Do not be deceived by the news media as it tries to paint groups like the Muslim Brotherhood as secular and peaceful. They are radical Islamists, dedicated to using any means necessary to annihilate the Jewish people. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 5 Oct 2011 20:59:42 -0800 Full article 1_387available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The invisible economic war against Israel has already begun. Some countries are planning to impose new sanctions against Israeli products, while others will raise tariffs and make trade more difficult. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called this week for the nations of the world to "put pressure? on Israel to force them to make concessions in the name of peace. This is a deliberate attempt to destroy Israel?s economy. This is new warfare for the modern age?before the rockets fly and the tanks roll, and the boycotts and economic sanctions fall. The OPEC nations are using their vast oil wealth to blackmail and bribe nations to support the Palestinians and attack Israel. The Israeli Defense Forces are dependent on Israel?s economy; if the economy can be destroyed, Israel?s military will be crippled. Your support today is more important than ever. Will you stand in the gap for Israel today? The prophet Isaiah wrote of hearing God?s question, "Whom shall I send and who will go for us?? Isaiah answered, "Here am I, send me.? What will your answer be today? **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Wed, 5 Oct 2011 20:53:56 -0800 Full article 1_386available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com At a press conference with the Egyptian Foreign Minister on Wednesday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called on the rest of the world to "put pressure? on Israel to give in to the demands of the Obama Administration and the Quartet for Middle East Peace and make the concessions needed to restart peace talks. "There is no alternative,? she declared. Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair also complained about the Israeli decision to build 1,000 apartment units in the city of Jerusalem. He called building homes for Jewish people in Israel?s capital city, a "provocative action? and a "cause for concern.? It could not possibly be clearer that the powers of the world intend to divide the Holy City. We must not let that happen! We must stand for Israel now. We must speak out to warn the world of the danger of cursing God?s Chosen People and we must do what we can to meet the needs of the poor and suffering in Israel. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sat, 1 Oct 2011 15:41:57 -0800 Full article 1_385available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The threat posed to Israel by the demand for a Palestinian state is much worse than what is being reported by the news media. The actual submission for statehood that was presented to the UN last week does not reference the 1967 borders (which would be a disaster for Israel)?instead it references the 1948 borders. This would force Israel to relocate millions of its citizens, give up the airport at Tel Aviv, and of course, surrender complete control of all of Jerusalem. But even that is not the Palestinians? true intention. Take a look at the image from the official Palestinian mission to the United Nations. Look carefully at the green area in the center of the page?it includes ALL of Israel. The enemies of the Jewish state will never rest until Israel is destroyed. They may make promises of peace in exchange for some land now, but it is only a ploy to give them time to get what they truly want. It is vitally important that we stand with Israel right now. We must continue to alert Believers around the world to the danger Israel faces, and we must continue to show the Jewish people the love of God. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sat, 1 Oct 2011 15:35:22 -0800 Full article 1_384available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The Palestinians have announced that they have the support of eight members of the UN Security Council?only one short of the nine required for the measure to be approved. This news comes as a great disappointment to Israeli leaders who had lobbied heavily to keep Nigeria and Gabon from voting for the creation of a Palestinian state. My sources in Israel had expected those nations to at least abstain if not vote against the measure. Though the US has promised to veto the measure if it passes, the fear is that such an action would unleash a torrent of terrorist activity against Israel?and possibly the United States as well. Bosnia and Herzgovina along with Columbia are the two remaining undecided members of the Security Council. If either of them chooses to vote for the resolution, a harvest of death and destruction will almost certainly result. Will you join me right now in urgent prayer for the peace of Jerusalem and the protection of Israel? Our support of God?s Chosen People has never been more important than it is right now. In two weeks, Jews across Israel will begin celebrating the Feast of Sukkot. During this harvest festival, many people sleep in small booths to remember the wandering of the Chosen People through the Wilderness...and they celebrate with feasting for a full week...but for hungry Jewish children in Israel, this is no time of joy. Instead they wonder why they have to go to bed hungry every night...why their friends come to school talking about special meals and fun things to eat...why they are left out. Poverty and hunger are very real threats to Jewish children today, as well as to many elderly Holocaust survivors. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sat, 1 Oct 2011 15:24:39 -0800 Full article 1_383available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I have just received an urgent plea for help from Israel. Many Jewish families in Judea and Samaria?the so-called West Bank?are struggling financially. The cost of living, especially basic necessities like food and gas, are dramatically higher in Israel than in America and Europe. The struggle of providing food for their children is a constant burden for Israelis. Sukkot, the Feast of Booths or Tabernacles, which begins at sundown on October 12, is a time to celebrate God's provision for the Children of Israel as they traveled through the Wilderness on their way to the Promised Land. This harvest festival is celebrated with feasting for a full week...but for hungry Jewish children in Israel, this is no time of joy. Poor children have to wonder why they have to go to bed hungry every night...why their friends come to school talking about special meals and fun things to eat...why they are left out. Poverty and hunger are very real threats to Jewish children today and to elderly Holocaust survivors as well. As a young Jewish child, I lived in poverty in the projects. I would go to the dump to look for food. I had a stick to dig through the garbage and fight off the rats that were competing with me for the food. I know firsthand how painful it is to go to bed hungry. I will never forget the pit the Lord lifted me out of?thus the reason I care so very much for the suffering, impoverished, and forgotten Jewish refugees in Israel. Jesus said, "I was hungry and you fed Me ... what you do for the least of these you have done for Me.? Today I'm asking you to help provide special Sukkot meals for poor families in Israel, especially for those in Samaria and Judea. We can turn their hunger and sadness into joy and celebration. We can help make this special time of year happy and meaningful for them. We can reach out to them in the love of God and feed the poor and needy. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Sat, 1 Oct 2011 15:16:51 -0800 Full article 1_382available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com In two weeks, Jews across Israel will begin celebrating the Feast of Sukkot. During this harvest festival, many people sleep in small booths to remember the wandering of the Chosen People through the Wilderness...and they celebrate with feasting for a full week...but for hungry Jewish children in Israel, this is no time of joy. Instead they wonder why they have to go to bed hungry every night...why their friends come to school talking about special meals and fun things to eat...why they are left out. Poverty and hunger are very real threats to Jewish children today, as well as to many elderly Holocaust survivors. As a young Jewish child, I lived in poverty in the projects. I would go to the dump to look for food. I had a stick to dig through the garbage and fight off the rats who were competing with me for the food. I know firsthand how painful it is to go to bed hungry. I will never forget the pit the Lord lifted me out of?thus the reason I care so very much for the suffering, impoverished, and forgotten Jewish refugees in Israel. Jesus said, "I was hungry and you fed Me...what you do for the least of these you have done for Me.? Today I'm asking you to help provide special Sukkot meals for poor families in Israel. We can turn their hunger and sadness into joy and celebration. We can help make this special time of year happy and meaningful for the poor and hungry of Israel. We can reach out to them in the love of God. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:22:57 -0800 Full article 1_381available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Rosh Hashanah?the Feast of the Trumpets? marks the beginning of the Jewish year. Following the ancient traditions passed down for centuries, shofars are being sounded to announce the news. Rosh Hashanah begins the High Holidays, which will culminate on the Day of Atonement. This holiday is believed by most Jews to coincide with the creation of the world. It was used for the dating of contracts and according to rabbinical tradition, books that record the deeds of His people are opened and reviewed by God. Those who are found righteous are sealed to life on Yom Kippur which follows Rosh Hashanah, the Day of Atonement. The Talmud describes this day as one of malchuyot, zichronot, shofrot?Sovereignty, Remembrance and Shofar. It was meant to be a reminder of the goodness of God to His people and the importance of righteous living. This year the shofars are sounding over the Holy City facing an uncertain future. The world is working feverishly on its plan to divide Jerusalem and hand over control of much of the ancient city, including the holy places of Judaism and Christianity, to Israel?s bitter enemies. The UN Security Council has taken up the application for Palestinian statehood. The Quartet, comprised of the UN, EU, Russia, and the United States, is putting forward yet another plan aimed at drawing concessions from Israel in the name of peace. The Jewish people need our help right now, and I?m asking you today to stand with me in standing for Israel. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:16:28 -0800 Full article 1_380available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com In two weeks, Jews across Israel will begin celebrating the Feast of Sukkot. During this harvest festival, many people sleep in small booths to remember the wandering of the Chosen People through the Wilderness...and they celebrate with feasting for a full week...but for hungry Jewish children in Israel, this is no time of joy. Instead they wonder why they have to go to bed hungry every night...why their friends come to school talking about special meals and fun things to eat...why they are left out. Poverty and hunger are very real threats to many Jewish children and elderly Holocaust survivors today. As a young Jewish child, I lived in poverty in the projects. I would go to the dump to look for food. I had a stick to dig through the garbage and fight off the rats who were competing with me for the food. I know firsthand how painful it is to go to bed hungry. I will never forget the pit the Lord lifted me out of?thus the reason I care so very much for the suffering, impoverished, and forgotten Jewish refugees in Israel. Jesus said, "I was hungry and you fed Me...what you do for the least of these you have done for Me.? Today I'm asking you to help provide special Sukkot meals for poor families in Israel. We can turn their hunger and sadness into joy and celebration. We can help make this special time of year happy and meaningful for the poor and hungry of Israel. We can reach out to them in the love of God. The prophet Isaiah cried out, "Comfort ye, comfort ye my people saith your God? (Isaiah 40:1). The poor of Israel are in great need of our help today. We cannot turn away. We cannot ignore their cries. We must not turn our backs on the poor of Israel, especially at this moment when so much of the world is shunning the Jewish state. Hear the words of the Lord: "Deliver those who are drawn toward death and hold back those stumbling to the slaughter. If you say, ?Surely we did not know this,? Does not He who weighs the hearts consider it? He who keeps your soul, does He not know it? And will He not render to each man according to his deeds?? (Proverbs 24:11&12) God sees your efforts to care for the poor and needy among the Chosen People. When the Children of Israel came before the Lord to celebrate Sukkot, they brought their offerings. Today I'm asking you to send a special, sacrificial Sukkot offering so that we can share the blessings God has given us with hungry Jews in Israel. When you send your gift to help the Jerusalem Prayer Team feed poor Jews in Israel, we will send you a beautiful set of "Comfort ye my people? note cards with envelopes. If you are able to send a gift of $100 or more, we will send you the note cards along with a lovely "Comfort ye my people? afghan. They will be constant reminders of your love for poor and hungry of Israel...and the protection and provision of God for His people. The Jewish people need our help right now as they are isolated and threatened on every side. Every Jew living in Israel knows where the nearest bomb shelter is and lives with the daily reality that an attack could come at any moment, leaving them just seconds to seek shelter. The boycott of Israeli products has crippled Israel?s economy, greatly increasing the cost of living and leaving many struggling just to find enough food to eat. Your ambassador to Jerusalem, Dr. Michael Evans **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:05:02 -0800 Full article 1_379available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com My good friend, the Prime Minister of Israel, defended his nation beautifully last week against grave threats and incredible pressure. "The truth,? Netanyahu told the UN, "is that Israel wants peace... The truth is that so far the Palestinians have refused to negotiate. The truth is that Israel wants peace with a Palestinian state, but the Palestinians want a state without peace. You should not let that happen.? The world does not want to hear this truth. The Quartet for Middle East Peace has revealed a new plan with a one year timetable. They are still trying to force Israel to give up Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria in exchange for promises of peace from the Palestinians?who refused once again to even recognize Israel?s right to exist! This newest peace plan is nothing new?it is the same pattern as every one that has come before. Israel is to make concessions but will receive nothing in return. The Chosen People are largely alone and isolated. Most of their friends have abandoned them?growing weary of the decades-long struggle for survival that Israel has been forced to endure. The pressure being placed on the Prime Minister is almost beyond belief and description. He is being threatened, hounded, criticized and demonized?and I know he would appreciate hearing from you today. Would you please take a moment right now to send him a brief word of encouragement? **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:52:09 -0800 Full article 1_378available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I spent last week in New York City as your ambassador standing for Israel in a city filled with world leaders, many of whom are the enemies of the Jewish people. The attacks on Israel were unrelenting. I watched in horror as the world applauded the call for a Palestinian state built on Jewish land. I listened in disbelief as haters of Israel cited the fictitious and slanderous Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion as if it were true. I prayed earnestly for God to sway the heart of leaders to stand with Israel. Today Israel faces a two-pronged threat. On the one hand, the UN Security Council will take the Palestinian demand for statehood. There is an incredible amount of negotiating, bargaining, pressuring, and dealing going on to influence the vote. Of more immediate concern is the new Quartet plan, intended to slow the UN process by establishing a firm one year timeline for peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians to be completed. The plan calls for an agenda to be set within 30 days and a concrete set of proposals to be in place after three months. It is not clear how the Quartet intends to deal with PA President Abbas? "final answer? that he would never recognize a Jewish state. The plan also calls for Russia, long an enemy of Israel and ally of the Palestinians, to host an international peace conference. The Chosen People are largely alone and isolated. Most of their friends have abandoned them?growing weary of the decades-long struggle for survival that Israel has been forced to endure. The pressure being placed on the Prime Minister is almost beyond belief and description. He is being threatened, hounded, criticized and demonized?and I know he would appreciate hearing from you today. Would you please take a moment right now to send him a brief word of encouragement? **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:22:41 -0800 Full article 1_377available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com My good friend Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been in New York City for the past several days desperately struggling to defend his country against the weight of the world. Yesterday when he took the podium at the United Nations, the sense of hatred could be felt in the room. There were cheers and applause and a warm welcome for PA President Abbas when he spoke?not for the leader of Israel. So many nations have disguised their anti-Semitism behind a hatred of Israel. The enemies of the Jewish state want nothing less than the utter destruction of Israel, and they are using the demand for Palestinian statehood as a step toward reaching that evil goal. Despite the urging of many leaders and diplomats, Abbas went forward with his demand for full statehood recognition and the 1967 borders. He also insisted that "we shall not recognize the Jewish state.? His demands were supported by many; his placing of blame on Israel was accepted by most in the hall. It is a tragedy to see this life-long enemy of Israel applauded by the world. The Chosen People are largely alone and isolated. Most of their friends have abandoned them, having grown weary of the decades-long struggle for survival that Israel has been forced to endure. The pressure being placed on the Prime Minister is almost beyond belief and description. He is being threatened, hounded, criticized and demonized?and I know he would appreciate hearing from you today. Would you please take a moment right now to send him a brief word of encouragement? **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 27 Sep 2011 21:30:19 -0800 Full article 1_376available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I am here in New York City as your ambassador, standing for Israel against her enemies. Mahmoud Abbas presented his demand for full statehood recognition at the United Nations today, just minutes after telling a crowd of Palestinian leaders and supporters, "We shall not recognize a Jewish state.? Full recognition requires a vote of the Security Council, where the US has said it will use a veto if necessary to keep the measure from passing. There are also reports of widespread violence in Palestinian towns and senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said, "States are not built on UN resolutions; states liberate their own land.? The news media has presented a very slanted version of events, and I don?t want you to be deceived. President Obama?s threat to veto the Security Council recognition of a Palestinian state does NOT mean that the danger is over. Behind the scenes, the President is placing enormous pressure on my dear friend Prime Minister Netanyahu to make the concessions being demanded by the Palestinians. Mr. Obama is not backing down in any way from his support of a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital. Many analysts believe that a political decision has been made with an eye toward the 2012 elections to have the President appear to support Israel in public while privately working to force the Jewish state to make impossible concessions in the name of peace. While a US veto in the Security Council would be better than full UN recognition of Palestine as an independent nation, this matter is far from resolved. The pressure being brought to bear on Israel to give in is incredible. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 27 Sep 2011 21:21:26 -0800 Full article 1_375available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I am in New York City as your ambassador standing for Israel. I am in meetings right now with top Iranian leaders. Over the past 72 hours, some have screamed, "We know who you are!? But others have been in tears as I have shared my testimony with them. I have heard them say in Farsi, "We see the mercy of God on you.? I expect to meet with Iran's president any time now...Please pray, pray, pray! In a bitter attack on both the US and Israel at the United Nations yesterday, Iran?s President Ahmadinejad referred to the 9/11 attacks as a "mysterious incident? and called the killing of Osama bin Laden part of a US "cover-up? of who was really behind the death of nearly 3,000 people. Ahmadinejad said the US orchestrated the attacks as a pretext for the invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq. Representatives from many Western nations, including the US, walked out in protest during the speech. The enemies of Israel are having a field day here. The Durban III Conference has reaffirmed the declaration of the first Durban Conference, equating Zionism with racism. Many of the attendees at this conference wish that Hitler had finished the job he started?and they will do so if given the opportunity. Today the crucifixion of Israel is being prepared. The enemies of the Jewish people are fully committed to their destruction. If they are not stopped, they will rip Israel apart. No one knows exactly what the Palestinians will do today?or what the UN will do in response. This is a critical and pivotal prophetic moment, and I ask that you join me in urgent prayer for Israel and the Chosen People today. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 27 Sep 2011 21:15:40 -0800 Full article 1_374available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Please pray for me. I am in meetings with Iranian leaders at the hotel where Ahmadinejad is staying, giving them my testimony! Bill O'Reilly has asked for my help arranging an interview for tomorrow on Fox News. I am standing for Israel as your ambassador. Almost thirty years ago when I anointed Benjamin Netanyahu with oil and prayed with him, I told him he would be prime minister of Israel twice. My prayer ended with, "the second time will be the gravest days of Israel?s history.? The following day, I shared the prophecy with then Prime Minister Menachem Begin and asked him to give Benjamin an appointment in his government; he did later that night. Those "gravest days? are here. Israel has been brutally attacked by the entire world in the past two days. Tomorrow, the terrorist, Mahmoud Abbas, will appeal to the UN to recognize a Palestinian state while receiving standing ovations from many of its members. He wants East Jerusalem as its official capital. This PLO organization has a unity government with a State Department-designated terrorist group Hamas, which controls Gaza. Its charter declares candidly that "Zionist scheming has no end, and after Palestine they will covet expansion from the Nile to the Euphrates. Only when they have completed digesting the area on which they will have laid their hand, they will look forward to more expansion, etc. Their scheme has been laid out in the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, and their present [conduct] is the best proof of what is said there. Leaving the circle of conflict with Israel is a major act of treason, and it will bring curse on its perpetrators.? This entire crisis with Abbas and the Palestinian Authority can be laid at the feet of President Barack Obama. Last year at the UN, he spoke to the General Assembly. In his speech, he appealed to the world to unite so that, "when we come back here next year, we can have an agreement that will lead to a new member of the United Nations?an independent, sovereign state of Palestine, living in peace with Israel.? His brutal speech at the White House this year when Prime Minister Netanyahu was his guest called for a freeze in Jewish settlements and a two-state solution with borders based on the 1967 lines. Abbas will present his two-state declaration to the Security Council which consists of Russia, China, the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Lebanon, Germany, Colombia, Brazil, Bosnia/Herzegovina, Nigeria, India, Portugal, Gabon, and South Africa. He will attempt to use every pressure conceivable?economic, political, diplomatic, etc.?to bend Israel?s back until his plan is successful. It is a plan conceived in hell. Don?t think for one second that the storm clouds will disappear after Friday. The delegitimization of Israel is happening before our eyes. You can be assured of one thing: Radical Islam will be emboldened. A wave of suicide bombings of unprecedented proportions will hit the state of Israel. Iran?a screwdriver away from having an atomic weapon?is backing this move to deter the world from holding it accountable. The Gulf Oil States are behind it in order to take the focus off their own corruption. They fear being inundated by the Arab Spring tsunami. We must stand with Israel now before it?s too late. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 27 Sep 2011 21:02:05 -0800 Full article 1_373available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The bigots and anti-Semites of the world came together as one yesterday to denounce Israel?and you and me?as racists. Those of us?Zionists?who believe that the Jewish people have a right to live in peace and safety in their ancient homeland?are described as the worst sort of racists in the modern world! It is an outrage. They are crucifying Israel, trying to destroy this tiny nation surrounded by a sea of enemies. They readily admit that a Palestinian state is just a "first step? in their plan to destroy the Jewish state. This battle is not over land or borders or settlements; it is over the survival of Israel. It must be understood in this light, and those of us who know the truth must speak out now before it is too late. I urgently need your help today. We have prepared an ad to support Israel that we want to run in major papers across the country?especially in Washington and New York City. These ads will be seen by the leaders of our nation and the leaders of the world?but even more importantly, they will be seen by God-fearing Believers who will join us in fervent intercession for the protection of Israel from her enemies. It will cost about $84,000 to run this ad in the Washington Post and $139,000 to run it in the New York Times. So far $28,000 has come in toward this project. This is a major expense, but I believe it is worth it to send a message to both our leaders and Believers all over the country?but we can?t do it without your help. I am in New York fighting for Israel. Please, if you are ever going to do something great for God, now is the time. Will you help sponsor this ad with your gift today? Will you stand for Israel and help us encourage our leaders to do the same? Will you help win the battle for Israel?s survival? **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:49:58 -0800 Full article 1_360available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Today Durban III will be held in New York City. Imagine with me what was going on in the spirit-realm during the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ. That is the best example I can give for what will happen tomorrow?during the planned crucifixion of the nation of Israel. When Durban II was held in Geneva, I was there defending Israel. I sat in one of the empty chairs where the Israeli delegation would have been seated as the world?s most evil man, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad raged. I confronted him face-to-face last year in New York City during the UN General Assembly, and fully intend to do the same this week. Ahmadinejad has openly called for the obliteration of the Jewish state and denied the Holocaust. When I spoke with Glenn Beck in Israel, he said to me, "The reason I?m doing this is because some day when I am old, my grandchildren will say to me, ?Grandpa, what did you do when this was happening?? I want to be able to say to them, ?I spoke out; I stood up; I gave; I was not silent.?? Do not think it a coincidence that the world leaders will gather on Wednesday to proclaim that Zionism is racism and attack Israel. Then on Friday, they will attempt to nail Israel to the cross. The UN fully plans to proclaim a Palestinian Authoritystate on Friday. There is only one problem: according to the UN, in order to have a state, there must be a permanent population, a defined territory, a government, and the ability to interact diplomatically with other governments. The PA territory is not defined; it is disputed. There never has been a Palestinian state or an established border between Israel and Palestine. There is no Palestinian language or culture. It is all a myth. The PA is doing this because its leaders know Israel will never sign an agreement that includes the right of return of millions of Palestinians from Lebanon and other Arab countries. The PLO game is a zero sub-game. I have confronted these devils worldwide, and have written more than half a dozen books on the topic. Israel can never concede enough land to satisfy these terrorists. Even if Israel offered to destroy itself and hand its lands to the PLO, the PLO would pocket the concessions and then declare war against whatever remnants remained of the defunct Jewish state. This would be done in order to "liberate? the land from its Jewish "occupiers.? This is precisely what the PLO did in Gaza. The UN vote is not about a peace deal, it is about sovereignty. Who is this man Mahmoud Abbas, the PLO president? His name in Arabic is Abu Mazen. He graduated from Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow. This school was chartered to train terrorists worldwide. The theme of his dissertation was, "The Other Side: The secret relations between Nazism and the leadership of the Zionist movement" in which he attempted to prove that the Nazi Holocaust of Jews never happened. The terrorists who planned the Munich Massacre in 1972, AbuDaoud, wrote that the funds for the operation were provided by Abbas, knowing full-well for what the money would be used. If ever we were living in a time of mass deception, it is now. The Islamic world controls more than six million square miles in the Middle East. It is uniting to add 11,000 more square miles?the tiny country of Israel, and an additional 45 acres, the Temple site. They also want East Jerusalem, the home of Christianity. The last time they were in possession of that area, they desecrated the land and destroyed schools, synagogues, and buildings. The Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives was defiled. Many of its headstones were used to build latrines. On Friday, world leaders, like rabid dogs, are going to gather to chew on the flesh of the House of Israel. They will debate the issue of recognizing a Palestinian state, but you will never hear this fact: In 1948 when the UN recognized the state of Israel, Haj Amin al-Husseini, the great hero of Abu Mazen, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem declared: The entire Jewish population in Palestine must be destroyed or driven into the sea. Allah has bestowed upon us the rare privilege of finishing what Hitler only began. Let the jihad begin; murder the Jews, murder the Jews, murder them all. Within twenty-four hours of this statement war began and the Arab League tried to do precisely that. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:55:01 -0800 Full article 1_371available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I urgently need your help today. We have prepared an ad to support Israel that we want to run in major papers across the country?especially in Washington, D.C. and New York. The leaders of our nation and of the world will see these ads?as will God-fearing believers who will join us in intercession for Israel?s protection. It will cost $84,000 to run this ad in the Washington Post and $139,000 in the New York Times. This is a major expense, but it is worth it to send a message to both our leaders and believers all over the country?but we need your help. I am in New York fighting for Israel. If you are ever going to do something great for God, now is the time. Help sponsor this ad with your gift today. Will you stand for Israel and help us encourage our leaders to do the same? Will you help win the battle for Israel?s survival? Now is our moment. This is our time. God has brought us together for this defining crossroads moment of history. Will you help me stand for Israel? Will you pray for God's blessing and protection for me? Will you give to meet the needs of the Jewish people and allow me to continue to stand for them on the world stage? Every nation and individual that supports the plan to curse Israel and steal from her the land God promised the Jews as an eternal possession will suffer His chastisement and judgment. Every nation and individual that opposes this plan and stands with Israel as a blessing to her will enjoy His blessing. That is why we have launched a national campaign to rally opposition to the Obama Administration's plan, to expose the anti-Semitism that lies behind world efforts to curse Israel, and to support the Jewish people. Your gift today to bless Israel is urgently needed. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:54:28 -0800 Full article 1_370available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The Durban III Conference will soon begin. Please pray right now. I cannot express the seriousness of this matter in the spirit realm. The Conference will again declare Zionism is racism?that we who support the Jews? right to live in Israel are racists! This is not coincidence. It is timed just before the UN Vote on a PLO state. ? WHAT YOU DO WITH THIS MESSAGE WILL ECHO THROUGHOUT ETERNITY. Mahmoud Abbas is in New York City to demand the world recognize Palestine?and that the UN establish the borders he wants for his nation. Only then, Abbas says, will he resume negotiations with Israel. But what will be left to negotiate? Abbas wants Israel left with no power to influence the outcome. My response to this audacious demand is, "You must be kidding!? This is not a joke. This is a tragedy, yet it is supported by most nations of the world. I do not know what will happen later this week, but this plan for Palestinian statehood is a political, legal, economic, military and prophetic disaster for Israel. We cannot allow this plan to proceed unchallenged. That is why I have returned to New York to fight for Israel. We must continue our campaign to alert people to the danger posed?not just to Israel but to America as well?by the Obama Administration?s plan to divide Jerusalem. I have returned from speaking to the world from Israel, and I am in New York as your ambassador to stand for Israel in the face of opposition from nearly the entire world. Your gift this week will allow us to continue to stand and fight for Israel at this prophetic moment. Father, open the windows of heaven and pour out a blessing on those who have given that they will not have room to contain, and rebuke the devourer for their sake in the name of Yeshua?Jesus, Amen. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:47:02 -0800 Full article 1_369available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Events are moving rapidly here in New York City. My old friend Prime Minister Netanyahu plans to address the UN General Assembly on Friday, shortly after Palestinian Authority President Abbas presents his demand for full membership and recognition as a state. Netanyahu holds no illusions regarding the reception he will likely receive. "The General Assembly is not a place where Israel usually receives a fair hearing,? he said. "But I still decided to tell the truth before anyone who would like to hear it.? Rumors are racing through the streets regarding what the Palestinians will do this week. The latest reports are that they will seek full statehood, daring the United States to veto the resolution. The Arab League nations are pushing hard?using their billions of oil dollars to bribe and threaten other nations to support full statehood. It remains to be seen if the U.S. would uphold the pledge to use a Security Council veto to block the plan. While a veto would deny the Palestinians official member status, Palestine could still seek upgraded observer status at the General Assembly as a non-member state. If the Palestinians were to be recognized as a non-member state, they would be able to sign certain international treaties, such as the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, which they cannot currently sign. This will mean thousands of lawsuits against Israel and isolation and demonization of the State of Israel. This is the most important week in Israel?s modern history. The fate of nations hangs in the balance as the vote on Palestinian statehood looms. I ask you to join with me in prayer for Israel. The Palestinians remain committed to demanding a state formed from Israeli land, and much of the world will support them. But the God of Israel is able to defend His Chosen People, and I believe He hears and answers prayer. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:41:00 -0800 Full article 1_368available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The Palestinian Authority?s top diplomatic envoy to the United States, Maen Rashid Areikat, said the new Palestinian state has no place for Jews. Asked about his vision for the new nation, he said, "I think it will be in the best interests of the two peoples to be separated first. I personally believe that as a first step we need to be totally separated, and we can contemplate these issues in the future.? This is the most blatant expression of racism imaginable, yet the Obama Administration continues to promote Palestinian statehood?supporting the creation of a racist, bigoted, anti-Semitic nation with Jerusalem, Israel?s ancient capital, divided to serve as Palestine?s new capital. How foolish to reject Israel?s historical and prophetic claim to the Holy City, yet be willing to hand over control of it to people who want to put up signs that say, "No Jews allowed.? The bottom line is this: While a Security Council veto would deny the Palestinians official member status, they can also seek upgraded observer status at the General Assembly as a non-member state. This could be interpreted as implicit UN recognition of Palestinian statehood because the Assembly would be acknowledging that the Palestinians control an actual state. The advantage of this option is that it would require only a simple majority of the General Assembly. Since around 120 countries have already recognized the state of Palestine to date, it would likely win such a vote overwhelmingly. We must continue our national campaign to alert people to the danger posed?not just to Israel but to America as well?by the Obama Administration?s plan to divide Jerusalem. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Dr. Evans also runs the news site JerusalemWorldNews where you can receive current intel on Israel and the Middle East. Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:33:08 -0800 Full article 1_367available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal wrote an outrageous screed demanding that the U.S. support Palestinian statehood ? or else. How dare he? "Outraged? doesn?t begin to describe my emotions when I read his haughty words. To make matters worse, he published his demands on September 11?the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attack on America. Remember that 17 of the 19 hijackers were from Saudi Arabia ? and Turki al-Faisal was the director of the Saudi intelligence service! He met repeatedly with Osama bin Laden during the 1990?s and personally intervened to block bin Laden?s extradition and execution. Now he writes, "The United States must support the Palestinian bid for statehood at the United Nations this month or risk losing the little credibility it has in the Arab world. If it does not, American influence will decline further, Israeli security will be undermined, and Iran will be empowered, increasing the chances of another war in the region. Moreover, Saudi Arabia would no longer be able to cooperate with America in the same way it historically has.? America saved this arrogant Saudi prince and his entire nation when Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait some 20 years ago. American blood was spilled, and American treasure was spent to defend him and his ungrateful nation. Now they presume to lecture us on what we must do! I am so angry ? and I believe you will be too. We MUST stand with Israel now before it is too late! We have 8 days until the UN Palestinian statehood vote. The bottom line is this: While a Security Council veto would deny the Palestinians official member status, they can also seek upgraded observer status at the General Assembly as a non-member state. This is a spirit battle led by Satan himself ? please join me right now in binding that spirit in the name of JESUS ? and pray for the peace of Jerusalem. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Wed, 21 Sep 2011 10:37:41 -0800 Full article 1_366available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com A raging mob of protestors took to the streets of Cairo Friday and attacked the Israeli embassy. They tore down a security fence, ransacked and looted offices, and burned a number of vehicles and the Israeli flag. Egyptian commandos were forced to storm the building to rescue the security guards from the threat of death. The Israeli ambassador and the entire staff have been forced to flee the country for their own protection. The revolt that overthrew President Hosni Mubarak was portrayed in the Western media as a largely secular, peaceful and democratic uprising. But the forces of Islamic extremism are strong and growing, and the same people who inspired this raid?an act of war against Israel?are likely to be in charge of the new government of Egypt after elections are held. Israel and Egypt have been at peace for more than 30 years, but that peace is fragile and threatened today. We must continue our national campaign to alert people to the danger posed?not just to Israel but to America as well?by the Obama Administration?s plan to divide Jerusalem and curse Israel. I need your financial support in order to be able to go to New York for these two major events?the UN General Assembly meeting and the Durban III conference. I have just returned from speaking to the world from Israel, and I must go to New York as your ambassador to stand for Israel in the face of opposition from nearly the entire world. Now is our moment. This is our time. God has brought us together for this defining crossroads moment of human history. Will you help me stand for Israel? Will you give to meet the needs of the Jewish people and allow me to continue to stand for them on the world stage? **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Wed, 21 Sep 2011 10:28:58 -0800 Full article 1_365available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The ideological, political, military and strategic questions of why 9/11 happened have all been exhausted. The spiritual question has not been addressed. Hundreds of glassy-eyed prophets of doom have come up with thousands of reasons why it happened. I?m not interested in joining that chorus. The key question, in my mind, is how we regain God?s protection over our beloved nation so that this never happens again. Jesus looked at the Temple in Jerusalem where the Shekinah glory had abided and wept over it. He prophesied that it would be taken apart stone by stone. After a four-month siege of Jerusalem, and on the eighth day of the Jewish month of Av (our July) in A.D. 70, Titus, the Roman emperor?s son, ordered his entire army to storm the Temple at dawn. In the preceding months, Titus had ordered all prisoners crucified; five hundred Jews died each day. The Mount of Olives and the craggy mountains around the city were so crowded with crucifixes, there was scarcely room for any more to be stood upright or trees with which to make them. So, the Romans began ripping open the bellies of the Jews and disemboweling them while they were still alive. Is it possible for America to truly believe it will be exempt from God?s judgment if Jerusalem was not? In the Oval Office during Ronald Reagan?s presidency, he showed me a small sign on his desk. It said, "A man can become too big in his own eyes to be used by God, but never too small.? Then I saw his mother?s Bible opened to 2 Chronicles 7:14: "If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.? In the margin she had written, "Son, this scripture is for the healing of the nation.? **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Wed, 21 Sep 2011 09:37:12 -0800 Full article 1_364available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Many years ago in Rome, Mother Teresa prayed with me for the children of Jerusalem. I said to her, "It must be difficult living in Calcutta, one of the poorest cities in the world, and with such terrible suffering.? She looked at me with sparkling eyes and said, "Where? Calcutta?? She said, "I don?t live there.? I was amazed when she said, "I live in the city of joy, but I?m going to the poorest country in the world tomorrow?America. It suffers from a poverty of spirit. Pray for me.? Jesus looked at the Temple in Jerusalem where the Shekinah glory had abided and wept over it. He prophesied that it would be taken apart stone by stone. After a four-month siege of Jerusalem, and on the eighth day of the Jewish month of Av (our July) in A.D. 70, Titus, the Roman emperor?s son, ordered his entire army to storm the Temple at dawn. The next day was the same day on which the Babylonians had destroyed Jerusalem five thousand years before. Within the walls of Jerusalem, nearly one-half million starving Jews were living in horrific conditions. The gates of the Temple were set afire. As the wooden doorways and windows burned, gruesome scenes unfolded. Thousands of bodies putrefied in the sun. Packs of dogs and jackals feasted on human flesh. In the preceding months, Titus had ordered all prisoners crucified; five hundred Jews died each day. The Mount of Olives and the craggy mountains around the city were so crowded with crucifixes, there was scarcely room for any more to be stood upright or trees with which to make them. So, the Romans began ripping open the bellies of the Jews and disemboweling them while they were still alive. The people were eating cow dung, leather girdles, shoes, old hay, and even cannibalizing corpses. Six thousand Jewish women and children huddled inside the Temple, believing for divine intervention and protection. All were massacred. Is it possible for America to truly believe it will be exempt from God?s judgment if Jerusalem was not? The words of Mother Teresa are echoing through eternity: America is, in fact, the poorest country on Earth. It suffers from poverty of spirit. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Wed, 21 Sep 2011 09:29:25 -0800 Full article 1_363available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I am writing you from New York City where I have been interceding for our nation. I arrived yesterday, on 9/11 because I heard the word of the Lord: "Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?? I am praying for God?s protecting hand upon America, especially in light of the greatest spiritual battle that it has ever faced. It will take place in 9 days when all the demon-possessed, Jew-hating leaders of the world will arrive in the city to hold the Durban III Conference. They will again proclaim Zionism as racism, and virtually the majority of the world?s nations will stand in the General Assembly and proclaim a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem, the home of our faith, as an Islamic capital. I will return in a few days to fight the biggest battle of my life ? and I need your help. I am meeting with very important people right now?for security reasons I cannot say more yet. Yesterday?s 9/11 anniversary remembrances took place under heightened security alerts and threats of new attacks. The death of nearly 3000 people in that terrorist attack we view as a tragedy; our enemies view it merely as a small beginning. Though we have not suffered another major attack for ten years, it does not mean they have stopped hating us and wanting to kill us. And while I am grateful for the courage, commitment and sacrifices being made for our protection by the men and women of our military, intelligence, and police forces, they cannot ultimately succeed without Divine protection. For this is a spiritual battle?part of the great struggle for control of this world ? particularly the Holy City of Jerusalem ? between the forces of good and evil. We MUST do our part in this battle. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Wed, 21 Sep 2011 09:22:53 -0800 Full article 1_362available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Ten years ago tomorrow, we saw the face of radical Islam revealed. Nineteen terrorists screaming, "Allah Akbar!? killed almost 3,000 people on that awful day. To many people it was a huge surprise, but I had been warned years before by Isser Harel of Israel?s Mossad that New York City would be targeted. The same Islamic terrorists who hate Israel hate America as well. Their evil is driven by their fanatical belief that Islam should rule the entire world. We must never forget. We must never let down our guard. We must continue to pray that God will guard our land?and work to ensure that we receive His blessing rather than His cursing. The bottom line is this: While a Security Council veto would deny the Palestinians official member status, they can also seek upgraded observer status at the General Assembly as a non-member state. This could be interpreted as implicit UN recognition of Palestinian statehood because the assembly would be acknowledging that the Palestinians control an actual state. The advantage of this option is that it would require only a simple majority of the General Assembly. Since around 120 countries have already recognized the state of Palestine to date, it would likely win such a vote overwhelmingly. If the Palestinians were to be recognized as a non-member state, they would be able to sign certain international treaties, such as the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, which they cannot currently sign. This would mean thousands of lawsuits against Israel and isolation and demonization of the State of Israel. Every child of God must fight this battle in prayer. This is a spirit battle led by Satan himself ? please join me right now in binding that spirit in the name of JESUS ? and pray for the peace of Jerusalem. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Wed, 21 Sep 2011 09:15:12 -0800 Full article 1_361available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com If the Palestinians were to be recognized as a non-member state, they would be able to sign certain international treaties, such as the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, which they cannot currently sign. This would mean thousands of lawsuits against Israel and isolation and demonization of the State of Israel. The bottom line is this: While a Security Council veto would deny the Palestinians official member status, they can also seek upgraded observer status at the General Assembly as a non-member state. This could be interpreted as implicit UN recognition of Palestinian statehood because the assembly would be acknowledging that the Palestinians control an actual state. The advantage of this option is that it would require only a simple majority of the General Assembly. Since around 120 countries have already recognized the state of Palestine to date, it would likely win such a vote overwhelmingly. Despite the insistence of the Palestinians on pushing forward with a UN vote to declare them a nation, the Prime Minister of Israel, my old friend Benjamin Netanyahu, continues to urge them to return to negotiations. The diplomatic, economic and military pressure on Israel to give in to the Palestinians? demands is enormous. The world is rapidly approaching a crisis point, and we must stand for Israel now more than ever. We must continue our national campaign to alert people to the danger posed?not just to Israel but to America as well?by the Obama Administration?s plan to divide Jerusalem and curse Israel. I need your financial support in order to go to New York as your ambassador to stand for Israel in the face of opposition from nearly the entire world. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Wed, 21 Sep 2011 09:09:05 -0800 Full article 1_336available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com September has arrived. The winter winds of Armageddon have begun to blow. Approximately one half million Israelis marched through the streets on what was coined by the Liberal Left "a wonderful peaceful demonstration of social values.? It was the largest demonstration in Israel?s history. The same thing was said about the Tunisian, Egyptian, Syrian, and Libyan marches that had been named the "Arab spring.? Those events had been called a counterculture revolution. I had described this in The Final Move Beyond Iraq, my #1 New York Times bestseller in 2007: An Islamic revolution is spreading. It is on the brink of becoming America?s greatest threat since the Civil War. A different type revolution took place in America during the 1960s. The U.S. government, dead in its tracks in its ability to wage war in Vietnam, groomed the nation. It, too, was a counterculture upheaval described on the cover of Time magazine as the "God is dead? movement. The uprising taking place today throughout the Middle East, including Israel, is a revolt in cultural values based upon entitlement and birthed from a secular humanism mindset. Counterculture revolution is swirling like a tornadic wind in the cradle of civilization?a spirit war that embraces the perpetrator and castigates the victim. It is being fueled, fed, and financed by the God-hating Liberal Left that believes evil really doesn?t exist. People are basically good and individuals can?t really be held accountable for the wrong they do. Disguised by the cloak of human rights, the Arab spring conundrum refuses to accept the biblical position because it is being driven by moral relativists who reject absolute standards of good and evil?of right and wrong. In their world view, Man is capable of perfection; human nature is on a path toward enlightenment; the concept of original sin is primitive. Evil is coddled and is not confronted. Alexander Solzhenitsyn described this dalliance with evil at Harvard in 1978 when he delivered his speech, "A World Split Apart.? Moral values have been undermined. Those who have lost the courage to confront evil characterize the conflict as a physical and spiritual war. The globe is experiencing what Jesus described in His end-time predictions as "the earth groaning.? Winter is almost upon us. It will emerge in a September in which for the first time in American history two terrorist organizations, the Palestine Liberation Organization and HAMAS have joined forces and enjoy the support of the vast majority of the world. There is a component no one is openly discussing: Syrian WMDs. Israeli and American intelligence agencies believe that Syria?s large cache of various chemical weapons and long-range missiles are being smuggled to Hezbollah and HAMAS. This would create an existential dilemma that Israel has never before faced. On September 22 a vote will be taken in the UN General Assembly for a unilateral declaration of statehood for the PLO based on the 1967 lines of demarcation. This means the Western Wall would fall into a UN- recognized terrorist state. Of this one thing you can be certain: Liberal Left God-haters responsible for driving the Arab Spring will pour a fortune into the legitimization of this newly-formed Palestinian state. Israel will be isolated and demonized in an attempt to break through the blockades that will turn into another war between the PLO and Israel. Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon will join with other oil-rich Jew-hating Arab states to encourage more bloodshed. Despite the fact that Israel has submarines, the most sophisticated air force in the region, and nuclear capability, it has never found the weapon to defeat spirit wars. The world will sit by in silence as anti-Semitic regimes in countries worldwide unite in a racist hate-fest called Durban III. Israel will again be labeled an apartheid state and Zionism will be declared to be racism. The events of 9/11/01 took place just seventy-two hours after Durban I. The Bible declares: For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. (Ephesians 6:12 NKJV) You can be certain of one thing: all roads to the Arab Spring lead to Jerusalem. The word tawreet is translated "embroil.? There is no doubt that this embroiling will not only continue, but will accelerate. When Ronald Reagan was president he took me into the oval office where I noticed a small sign on his desk. It read: "A man can become too big in his own eyes to be used by God, but never too small.? On a side table lay his mother?s Bible open to II Chronicles 7:14: If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land. In the margin next to the scripture Mrs. Reagan had written, "Son, this scripture is for the healing of the nations.? Ronald Reagan had placed his hand on that scripture when he was sworn into office the first time. As he did, America?s humiliation ended after 444 days of hell for the fifty-two hostages that had been held in Iran. At President Reagan?s second inauguration, he placed his hand on that same scripture and during that term in office Communism fell without a shot having been fired. May God-fearing people around the world seek the wisdom of that same scripture?knowing that God is the only One who can change a season of war into a season of peace. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Tue, 20 Sep 2011 20:38:56 -0800 Full article 1_359available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com We have 12 days until the UN Palestinian statehood vote. The bottom line is this: While a Security Council veto would deny the Palestinians official member status, they can also seek upgraded observer status at the General Assembly as a non-member state. The advantage of this option is that it would require only a simple majority of the General Assembly. Since around 120 countries have already recognized the state of Palestine to date, it would likely win such a vote overwhelmingly. If the Palestinians were to be recognized as a non-member state, they would be able to sign certain international treaties, such as the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, which they cannot currently sign. This would mean thousands of lawsuits against Israel and isolation and demonization of the State of Israel. Just twenty-four hours before a planned suicide bombing attack in Jerusalem last month, Shin Bet security teams broke up several Hamas cells operating in East Jerusalem. They recovered an armed suicide vest and arrested a number of suspected terrorists. The increased number and severity of terrorist attacks in recent days has heightened tensions and fears in Israel?a place where Jews already live with the knowledge that they could be attacked at any moment. When I was there a couple of weeks ago, there were constant threats and warnings. Things got so bad at one point that the State Department issued a warning to all U.S. citizens to avoid the area around the Temple Mount. The citizens of Jerusalem have no way to avoid it; it is their home! It is folly to think that creating a nation out of Jewish land for the Palestinians will halt their bitter hatred toward the Chosen People. They will never rest until Israel is destroyed. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Tue, 20 Sep 2011 08:01:39 -0800 Full article 1_358available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com In a new advertising campaign encouraging the world to vote for Palestinian statehood, the Palestinian Authority is using President Obama?s UN speech last year as the centerpiece. The President said then, "When we come back here next year, we can have an agreement that can lead to a new member of the United Nations, an independent, sovereign state of Palestine living in peace with Israel.? The ad then features PA President Mahmoud Abbas saying, "If he said it, he must have meant it.? The Palestinians are continuing their push for world recognition of their claim to the land God promised to Abraham and his descendants forever. I stood in Jerusalem at the Kotel, the Western Wall, just a few days ago. The division of the Holy City, the city my dear old friend Menachem Begin rightly called the "eternal capital of Israel,? would be a tragedy of unspeakable scope. Not only would it place Israel in terrible military and economic peril, but it would bring down the judgment of God on every nation that supports it. We must continue our national campaign to alert people to the danger posed?not just to Israel but to America as well?by the Obama Administration?s plan to divide Jerusalem and curse Israel. I need your financial support in order to be able to go to New York for these two major events?the UN General Assembly meeting and the Durban III conference. We must raise at least $200,000 to keep this campaign going until the UN vote. We have received a matching gift offer of $100,000?in other words, if you give $100, your gift will be worth $200 to the Jerusalem Prayer Team. Please, please let's all finish strong this month. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Tue, 20 Sep 2011 07:56:00 -0800 Full article 1_357available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com In a dramatic demonstration of worsening tension and anger toward Israel in the Middle East, Turkish officials have expelled the Israeli Ambassador from their country and suspended all military agreements with Israel. Turkey was once one of Israel?s closest allies in the Middle East, but the new government has been playing to radical Muslim sympathies in the country and taken a harder line against the Jewish state. The current dispute goes back to last year?s attempt to break the Israeli security blockade of Gaza. Israeli troops boarded a Turkish-flagged ship carrying "peace activists? who attacked them with knives and clubs. Turkey is demanding that Israel formally apologize for the incident and lift the blockade. Israel has refused, saying that while it is sorry for the death of nine people who attacked the Israeli military contingent, the blockade is legitimate, and Israel will not stop enforcing this effort to keep deadly weapons out of the hands of Hamas terrorists. We must continue our national campaign to alert people to the danger posed?not just to Israel but to America as well?by the Obama Administration?s plan to divide Jerusalem and curse Israel. I need your financial support in order to be able to go to New York for these two major events?the UN General Assembly meeting and the Durban III conference. I have just returned from speaking to the world from Israel, and I must go to New York as your ambassador to stand for Israel in the face of opposition from nearly the entire world. We must raise at least $200,000 to keep this campaign going until the UN vote. We have received a matching gift offer of $100,000. Thus far 220 loving Jerusalem Prayer Team members have given $22,000 toward the matching-gift challenge. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Tue, 20 Sep 2011 07:49:47 -0800 Full article 1_356available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com News reports surfaced over the weekend that former top Clinton strategist Stan Greenberg has been working to coordinate and grow the protests against the Netanyahu government in Israel. It is unclear whether this effort is being directly supported by the Obama Administration. This is a repeat of events from the late 1990s when President Clinton sent his strategists, including Greenberg to Israel to work on the election campaign of Ehud Barak in an ultimately successful effort to end the first term of Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister. The Obama Administration has made no secret of their contempt and frustration with my old friend?s refusal to give up control of Jerusalem and the Bible lands of Judea and Samaria to Israel?s sworn enemies. They would be delighted to see Netanyahu replaced by a more "reasonable? leader who would make such damaging and dangerous concessions. Today America is becoming an enemy of Israel rather than a friend?and the implications of that are frightening to anyone who knows the Word of God. We must continue our national campaign to alert people to the danger posed, not just to Israel but to America as well, by the Obama Administration?s plan to divide Jerusalem and curse Israel. I have just returned from speaking to the world from Israel, and I must go to New York as your ambassador to stand for Israel in the face of opposition from nearly the entire world. A dear friend has stepped forward with a matching gift challenge of $100,000 from now until the UN vote. Every penny you give up to that amount will be doubled, allowing us to do more to speak out for Israel and encourage Believers around the world to join us in urgent prayer. Please do your very best as you give today. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Tue, 20 Sep 2011 07:43:28 -0800 Full article 1_355available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com In a series of meetings with top European diplomats this week, my old friend Prime Minister Netanyahu has been trying desperately to highlight the folly of creating a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital. He asked, "Will the Western Wall be occupied territory?? The thought that this ancient and sacred place could soon be placed in the hands of radical Islamic terrorists who hate both Christians and Jews both saddens and angers me. I know the burden the Jewish people are facing right now. They feel abandoned by the world and are living with the constant threat of attack. At least ten Jews have been killed in the last two weeks by terrorists. Yet the world still wants to hand Jerusalem to the killers! It?s an outrage. With less than three weeks left until the UN meets in New York City, Palestinian President Abbas continues his campaign for world recognition. "We want to fulfill our dream of achieving official recognition of our Palestinian state with full sovereignty over the territories occupied in 1967 and a full membership in the UN,? Abbas said to a group of Muslim religious leaders. "We want to put an end to the occupation.? The PA president also offered to skip asking the UN for recognition if Israel would agree to retreat to the 1967 borders and stop all construction in Jerusalem?demands that would be suicidal if accepted. As the world prepares to vote to hand over Jerusalem to the terrorists who have spent decades killing every Jew they can (Abbas provided the funding for the Black September attack on Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics, but claims he didn?t know what the money was for!), those of us who believe the Scriptures must stand with the Chosen People. We need a miracle?but God is in the miracle business! **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Sun, 18 Sep 2011 16:12:57 -0800 Full article 1_354available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com A frightening report from Israel?s Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren raised the specter that the tottering Assad regime in Syria might lose control of its extensive stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons to Hezbollah terrorists. The Assad government is believed to have killed at least 3000 of its own people and tortured and injured tens of thousands more in its desperate attempt to cling to power. The Syrian stockpiles are missile-ready?and Hezbollah already has highly accurate D-class Scud missiles capable of striking any city in Israel. They would simply need to put the two together?a matter of a couple hours of work, and they could launch an attack using deadly Sarin nerve gas, mustard gas, or one of the other illegal chemical weapons Assad is known to possess. As you read the news reports from the Middle East, keep in mind that in many cases, a brutal dictator is being overthrown but replaced by even more radical enemies of Israel. Yet despite the looming threat to Israel, the world continues full speed ahead on the plan to divide Jerusalem and force Israel to hand over the Bible lands of Judea and Samaria to the Palestinians. My heart breaks every time I read a report of a new threat against the Chosen People. We must stand with them right now! Will you please join me in prayer for this urgent need? A dear friend has stepped forward with a major gift, but we still need to raise about $68,000 this week. If 30 people will give $1000 and 300 people will give $100, and 200 people will give $50, we will reach this miracle goal. Pray that every beloved lover of Israel who gives will receive a commanded blessing on their lives. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Sun, 18 Sep 2011 16:07:01 -0800 Full article 1_353available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Early Monday morning, a Palestinian terrorist got into a taxi, then stole it at knifepoint after stabbing the driver in the hand. The terrorist drove to a club for Israeli teens where nearly 1000 teens were attending an end of summer party and rammed a police barricade. He then jumped out and began stabbing people. Eight were injured in the attack, though none of the injuries is believed to be life-threatening. This is just the latest in a string of violent escalations of attacks directed at Israeli civilians. The Palestinians give lip service to peace on one hand while continuing to murder and maim every Jew they can. Yet the world continues to push Israel to give them control of much of Jerusalem and the Bible lands of Judea and Samaria. In just a few days, the UN will consider creating a Palestinian state, placing these terrorists closer than ever to their intended targets. We must sound the alarm and raise our voices to stop the plan to curse Israel. Will you please join me in prayer for this urgent need? One dear friend has stepped forward with a major gift, but we still need to raise almost $75,000. If 300 people give $100, and 60 people give $1000, and 600 people give $25, we will reach this goal. Pray that every beloved lover of Israel who gives will receive a commanded blessing on their lives. DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES? DO YOU NEED ONE RIGHT NOW? I DO! LET?S BELIEVE GOD TOGETHER ACCORDING TO MATTHEW 18:19 ("Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven?). As you send your best gift to help make my miracle happen, I will release my faith for your miracle also. But even if you do not have a gift to send, I will still pray and believe with you. God Bless You and thank you! **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Sun, 18 Sep 2011 16:01:06 -0800 Full article 1_352available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Ron Proser, Israel?s top UN diplomat, has issued a gloomy assessment of the upcoming vote on Palestinian statehood. He estimates that more than 130 of the 193 members of the UN will vote in favor, and that most nations that oppose the plan will not have the courage to vote against it but will instead abstain. Proser?s conclusions are drawn from meetings with more than sixty other diplomats and the extensive talks Israel has been conducting to attempt to lessen support for the plan. Proser wrote, "Only a few countries will vote against the Palestinian initiative.? At a time when the nations of the world are turning against the Chosen People, we must stand with them more than ever. The destinies of countries will be set by their choice to either curse Israel or bless Israel in this vote. There is still time for God to work a miracle, but we must be faithful to do all that we can to oppose this great evil.? UN approval of the resolution would immediately place Israel in dire economic straits. The Palestinians have already announced their intention to follow the UN vote with appeals to the World Court and other international bodies to punish Israel economically. Israel?s economy is already struggling. When I was there last week, I saw firsthand the social turmoil that has resulted from skyrocketing prices on food, gas, housing, and other necessities. Will you please join me in prayer for this urgent need? We still need to raise almost $200,000. If 500 people give $100, and 100 people give $1000, and 1000 people give $25, and 1 person gives $25,000, we will reach this goal. Pray that every beloved lover of Israel who gives will receive a commanded blessing on their lives. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Sun, 18 Sep 2011 15:54:40 -0800 Full article 1_351available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com My husband isn?t even home yet, and he is already making plans to go to New York City to stand for Israel. He will be there among those who hate Israel the most ? including President Ahmadinejad of Iran, and I can assure you Mike isn?t going there to shake his hand! Mike was the first Christian Zionist ever to meet with Ahmadinejad when he confronted him last year in New York and arranged the exclusive Fox News interview that exposed Ahmadinejad?s evil hatred of Israel. But Mike urgently needs your help. We have just five days left to meet our August budget to defend Israel over the Palestine statehood attempt. In order to do everything we can for Israel and to prepare for the upcoming trip to New York for the UN vote, we need a miracle. Will you be part of it? The budget for August for this campaign is $350,000. I thank God for the beloved Jerusalem Prayer Team members who have already given $125,000 toward this goal, but we still need to raise $225,000 in the next five days. Mike has only been getting 2 or 3 hours of sleep a night. I know when he gets home, he is going to be exhausted beyond words, and I don?t want him to have to carry this heavy financial burden alone. I love him dearly. Will you please believe with me right now for a financial miracle in the next few days? Please pray that EVERY person reading this will pray right NOW, "Spirit of God, what do You want me to do?? I know that if EVERY Jerusalem Prayer Team member will join me in this prayer, we will have the miracle we need. Remember this campaign is to stop the UN vote to divide Jerusalem. "I will bless them that bless thee.? (Genesis 12:3) "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem; they will prosper that love thee.? (Psalm 122:6) **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Sun, 11 Sep 2011 22:22:17 -0800 Full article 1_350available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com As I prepare to return home from a busy and blessed week in Israel, I wanted to quickly let you know how very much I appreciate the prayers and financial support of our wonderful Jerusalem Prayer Team members as we support the Jewish people. I was in Israel as your ambassador, expressing your love and support for the Chosen People at this critical and prophetic moment. I am being led of the Spirit of God to pray this blessing upon your life: Lord God of Israel, I pray that You will greatly bless my beloved Jerusalem Prayer Team partners. May Your favor and grace rest upon every part of their lives. Increase their strength, multiply their resources, protect their homes and families, and reward them for the blessing they have been to Your Chosen People. I also ask that you join me in prayer regarding the $350,000 we need to defend Israel this month through our urgent campaign to expose the anti-Semitism behind the plan to divide the Promised Land and the Holy City of Jerusalem. Thus far $118,000 has come in toward this goal. Pray that every beloved lover of Israel who gives will receive a commanded blessing on their lives. DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES? DO YOU NEED ONE RIGHT NOW? I DO! LET?S BELIEVE GOD TOGETHER ACCORDING TO MATTHEW 18:19 ("Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven?). As you send your best gift to help make my miracle happen, I will release my faith for your miracle also. But even if you do not have a gift to send, I will still pray and believe with you. God Bless You and thank you! **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Sun, 11 Sep 2011 22:16:59 -0800 Full article 1_349available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Hello again from Jerusalem. What an amazing, wonderful, busy week this has been. It has been my privilege once again to come to the Holy Land and stand for the people of Israel as your ambassador. The Jewish people are in desperate need of our help right now. They are facing physical, spiritual, economic, and emotional attacks on every side. In less than 30 days, the UN will vote on Palestinian statehood?a vote that is a grave threat to Israel?s very survival. Things in Israel are very tense. Terrorist attacks killed at least nine people in the last week and a half. Tensions with Egypt are the highest they have been since the 1970?s. Iran continues to arm Hamas and Hezbollah terrorists. The Israeli economy is being hamstrung by boycotts against their products throughout Europe. The cost of living is spiraling out of control, leading to widespread protests. Over everything hangs the specter of the looming UN vote. But God is working. I was privileged to speak to thousands in person and a worldwide audience via television and the Internet, encouraging people to stand with Israel. I was constantly aware of your prayers during this event. It was wonderful to see so many people willing to stand up and be counted on behalf of Israel. And I am so thankful for God?s Divine protection on all of us who were involved. There were very serious threats made against these events, and I know prayer raised a shield the enemy could not penetrate to attack us. I also ask that you join me in prayer regarding the $350,000 we need to defend Israel this month through our urgent campaign to expose the anti-Semitism behind the plan to divide the Promised Land and the Holy City of Jerusalem. Thus far $112,000 has come in toward this goal. Pray that every beloved lover of Israel who gives will receive a commanded blessing on their lives. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Sun, 11 Sep 2011 22:11:45 -0800 Full article 1_348available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Mike sent me a link to an incredibly dishonest video attacking Israel and supporting Palestinian statehood. It?s amazing what Arab oil money can buy! This video calls Israel?s leaders and American supporters of Israel "extremists? and is filled with lies about what is really happening in the Middle East. Here?s the sad part?because the media doesn?t tell the truth about what?s happening in Israel, many Americans will believe this slanted version of events ? and support the plan to curse Israel and divide Jerusalem unless we tell them what?s really going on. So I?m asking for your help with a special burden Mike is carrying. He has launched a national campaign to stop the Obama Administration?s plan to curse Israel. But the budget for August for this campaign is $350,000. I thank God for the beloved Jerusalem Prayer Team members who have already given $102,500 toward this goal, but we still need to raise $247,500 in the next seven days. Mike is only getting 2 or 3 hours of sleep a night. I know when he gets home, he is going to be exhausted beyond words, and I don?t want him to have to carry this heavy financial burden. I love him dearly. Will you please believe with me right now for a financial miracle in the next few days? Please pray that EVERY person reading this will pray right NOW, "Spirit of God, what do You want me to do?? I know that if EVERY Jerusalem Prayer Team member will join me in this prayer, we will have the miracle we need. Remember this campaign is to stop the UN vote to divide Jerusalem. "I will bless them that bless thee.? (Genesis 12:3) "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem; they will prosper that love thee.? (Psalm 122:6) **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Sun, 11 Sep 2011 22:06:46 -0800 Full article 1_347available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I?ve just learned that a coordinated attack has been launched by the Jew haters against the videos of the Restoring Courage rallies that we posted on YouTube for the world to see. They are leaving negative feedback and trying to get them pulled from distribution. This is an organized effort to silence any voice that supports Israel. You can take action to stop this attack today. Simply take a moment to click the links below and express your support for keeping these powerful testimonies that call for the world to support Israel from being removed?then please ask everyone on your e-mail list to do the same. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hK94BznRg0&feature=email http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdyMX8PWEuI I also ask that you join me in prayer regarding the $350,000 we need to defend Israel this month through our urgent campaign to expose the anti-Semitism behind the plan to divide the Promised Land and the Holy City of Jerusalem. Thus far $100,000 has come in toward this goal. Please pray that every beloved lover of Israel who gives will receive a commanded blessing on their lives. Now is our moment. This is our time. God has brought us together for this defining crossroads moment of human history. Will you help me stand for Israel? Will you pray for God's blessing and protection for me on this vital trip? Will you give to meet the needs of the Jewish people and allow me to continue to stand for them on the world stage? **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Sun, 11 Sep 2011 22:01:05 -0800 Full article 1_346available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Sheikh 'Adel Shehato, a senior official in Egyptian Islamic Jihad, told an Egyptian newspaper that though his group is running a slate in the Egyptian elections, he doesn?t believe in democracy. "It is not the faith of Muslims, but the faith of Christians and Jews. Once Allah's law is applied, the role of the people will end, and Allah will reign supreme.? he said. He further promised that if the terrorist organization gains power, they will launch a worldwide armed campaign to institute Islamic sharia law. "The Christian is free to worship his God in his church, but if the Christians make problems for Muslims, I will exterminate them.? Shehato, along with many other Egyptian candidates, has called for the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel to be revisited. Israel shares a 150-mile border with Egypt, and recent terrorists have taken advantage of the desert regions of Sinai to infiltrate Israel. Israeli troops and warships have been assigned to the region, and tension between the two nations is rising. Israel faces this looming threat at the same time it is facing the crucial UN vote on Palestinian statehood in just a few days. We must not only continue our national campaign to alert people to the danger posed, not just to Israel but to America as well, by the Obama Administration?s plan to divide Jerusalem and curse Israel, but I need your financial support in order to be able to go to New York for these two major events. Now is our moment. This is our time. God has brought us together for this defining crossroads moment of human history. Will you help me stand for Israel? Will you pray for God's blessing and protection for me on this vital trip? Will you give to meet the needs of the Jewish people and allow me to continue to stand for them on the world stage? **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Sun, 11 Sep 2011 21:24:04 -0800 Full article 1_345available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com We have been in the trenches all spring and summer battling principalities and powers, thanks to your support. I believe this is, without question, the most significant battle facing America and the world today because it is being waged over Jerusalem and prophecy. It is a battle that is ultimately about binding Satan?s power. The Palestinians will attempt to proclaim statehood on September 20 at the UN. The entire battle we have been fighting against world leaders aligned with and listening to the principalities and powers of darkness is coming to a head. Shortly, I will be able to confront them face-to-face?including the demon-possessed President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. You know I am the only Christian, Jew, and Zionist ever to speak with him face-to-face. The interview I arranged with Fox News Network last year was to expose his lies. I am certain God put us together for this moment. The good news is that what happened in Jerusalem was viewed on 5000 television stations and 16 satellite networks. I can?t imagine the number of people mobilized to stand with us because of the events of this last week. As I prayed for you this morning, I was reminded of the story of Nehemiah. When he was rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem, the enemy was attacking. The workers had tools in one hand and a weapon in the other. I am certain of one thing, Satan despises what you and I are doing. I believe that what is happening economically, and so many other ways in America, is directly related to America?s treatment of Israel in light of God?s prophetic plan. Twenty-six nations have lifted their hands against Jerusalem in the past. Today, those nations no longer exist. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Sun, 11 Sep 2011 21:17:12 -0800 Full article 1_344available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I have finally had a moment to write a brief summary of my trip to Israel, and I wanted to share it with you. Please understand this: there is no way that we could have been able to wage this battle were it not for you. Satan declared that he would make the Temple site ground zero for his battle: "For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north? (Isaiah 14:13). Everything in the world is based upon the Temple site (Mount Scopus). This is the area where Abraham offered up Isaac. It is the place where virtually everything of significance has happened since God created man. (The Jewish people believe it is where man was created.) I was in Jerusalem 14 days ago fighting this battle. It was fierce. Glenn Beck got so sick from heat dehydration that he had to be taken to the hospital. What we did on the area near the Temple site was the first time ever that Christians have interceded and prayed on that spot, taking a stand that Jerusalem belongs to the Jewish people. The battle was so severe that we were informed the police had found three suicide vests?obviously suicide bombers trying to breach our security. The world leaders do not understand what they are touching when they come against Jerusalem. President Obama does not understand that he is putting a finger on the "apple of God?s eye.? Believers such as you and me accept the words of the prophet Zachariah: "Thus says the Lord, I will return to Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem.? **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Sun, 11 Sep 2011 21:11:08 -0800 Full article 1_343available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Reacting to growing threats of new terrorist attacks from Egypt, like the one that killed eight Jews two weeks ago, Israel has moved several warships closer to the southern border with Egypt in the Red Sea. In addition, IDF forces have beefed up security along the 150-mile border. Tension between Israel and Egypt is higher than it has been in more than 30 years. The leading candidates for office in Egypt?s upcoming elections are running on campaign platforms of overturning the peace treaty with Israel. Reports surfaced last week that Hamas had purchased next generation anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles from the Gadhafi regime in Libya just before it collapsed. The opening of the Gaza border by Egypt has made it possible for Hamas to obtain more advanced weaponry, greatly increasing the threat against Israel?s civilian population. And we are now just a few days away from the UN vote on Palestinian statehood and the anti-Israel Durban III Conference being held in New York City. We must not only continue our national campaign to alert people to the danger posed?not just to Israel but to America as well?by the Obama Administration?s plan to divide Jerusalem and curse Israel, but I need your financial support in order to be able to go to New York for these two major events. I have just returned from speaking to the world from Israel, and I must go to New York as your ambassador to stand for Israel in the face of opposition from nearly the entire world. Now is our moment. This is our time. God has brought us together for this defining crossroads moment of human history. Will you help me stand for Israel? Will you pray for God's blessing and protection for me on this vital trip? Will you give to meet the needs of the Jewish people and allow me to continue to stand for them on the world stage? **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Sun, 11 Sep 2011 21:04:56 -0800 Full article 1_342available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com As we celebrate Labor Day in America, the Jerusalem police are on high alert. The recent discovery of three suicide vests in the Holy City, apparently placed there for use in yet another attack on the Chosen People, proves there is no sign of a letup in the increased terror campaign by Israel?s enemies. Things have gotten so bad that the State Department has issued an advisory warning of the danger. The world does not understand that this is spiritual warfare?but you and I do. There is a great invisible battle taking place in the supernatural realm for control of Jerusalem. In a few days, the battlefield will shift to New York City. The UN vote on Palestinian statehood and the violently anti-Semitic Durban III Conference are a direct spiritual?as well as physical?attack on Israel. I will be there as your ambassador, but I urgently need your help. We must not only continue our national campaign to alert people to the danger posed?not just to Israel but to America as well?by the Obama Administration?s plan to divide Jerusalem and curse Israel, but I need your financial support in order to be able to go to New York for these two major events. I have just returned from speaking to the world from Israel, and I must go to New York as your ambassador to stand for Israel in the face of opposition from nearly the entire world. Now is our moment. This is our time. God has brought us together for this defining crossroads moment of human history. Will you help me stand for Israel? Will you pray for God's blessing and protection for me on this vital trip? Will you give to meet the needs of the Jewish people and allow me to continue to stand for them on the world stage? **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Sun, 11 Sep 2011 20:58:11 -0800 Full article 1_341available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Iran has announced it is sending its 15th Fleet, including at least one submarine, to the Red Sea. The move heightened tensions in Israel, as Iran has the missile capacity to strike Israeli targets from offshore. Though Iran?s naval commander described the news as conveying a "message of peace and friendship to all countries,? the presence of this new threat so close to Israel does not build confidence in a nation that has been repeatedly threatened with being "wiped off the map? by Iran?s leader. This latest escalation follows a blistering attack on Israel by President Ahmadinejad on Qods (Jerusalem) Day in Teheran. Ahmadinejad described Israel as a "cancer? that needed to be removed from the region and declared the creation of a Palestinian state just the "first step? to reaching the goal of destroying Israel completely. Iran has just started production on a new line of anti-tank missiles with upgraded capability for striking military targets. This is a grave concern in Israel?not just for the military, but for civilians as well. The major terrorist attack that struck Israel the day before I got there last week included the use of an anti-tank missile against a civilian bus. This new tactic is one Hamas is using more often in recent days in their attempt to kill as many Jews as possible. Now that Egypt has opened the border with Gaza, it is easier than ever for Iran to get these weapons to Hamas to use against Israel. Many of the military leaders I spoke with in Israel believe that Iran is urging its terrorist proxies in Hamas and Hezbollah to increase attacks against Israel in an effort to tie down Israel?s military and prevent a strike against Iran?s nuclear program. Attacks have escalated over the past week, and Israel is making preparations for an all-out attack. We must stand with the Chosen People right now. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Sun, 11 Sep 2011 20:50:32 -0800 Full article 1_340available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Palestinian Authority Minister of Prisoner Affairs Issa Qaraqi accused Israel this week of "harvesting organs? from Palestinian prisoners. This outrageous lie hearkens back to the blood libel of the Middle Ages when Jews were accused of celebrating Passover with the blood of Christian babies. Keep in mind that this is not some random radical saying these things; it is a high official in the Palestinian government ? the same sort of people President Obama and the UN want to put in charge of Jerusalem! Falsehoods like this are published and broadcast across the Arab world every single day. The governments of the region routinely blame all problems on the Jews and promote a virulent strain of anti-Semitism. Arab oil dollars have bought huge stakes in all the major media companies, and it definitely influences their coverage. Today, as the world prepares to vote to divide Israel, we must never forget that most of the Middle East does not oppose Israel; they want the Jewish nation utterly destroyed. In fact, over the past two weeks, a major wave of terror has swept over the nation of Israel. At least ten Jews have been killed and dozens more injured in a series of carefully planned and coordinated terrorist attacks. In addition, the Palestinian terrorists in Gaza have dramatically increased their rocket, missile, and mortar attacks on Israel. Perhaps most disturbing of all, Egypt appears to be allowing (if not outright helping) these attacks. Keep in mind that the creation of a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital would place these terrorists a few feet away from Israel. The plan supported by the Obama Administration and UN would place every Jew living in Israel in even greater immediate and imminent danger of death from terrorist attack. We must do all we can to stop this plan from succeeding. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Sun, 11 Sep 2011 20:43:47 -0800 Full article 1_339available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I?ve been defending the Jewish people for decades. During that time, I?ve watched and listened to and read piles of Palestinian propaganda. I?ve heard the most vile and disgusting claims about Jews that you can imagine. I thought I had reached the point where I couldn?t be shocked by anything a Palestinian said ? but I was wrong. In a shocking interview with a newspaper in Jordan, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said that even if the UN gives Palestine a state with 1967 borders and Jerusalem as its capital, the Palestinians will STILL not be satisfied. In one sense, I?m not shocked because I?ve known that they will never rest until Israel is destroyed. But I am stunned that he feels free to make public his outrageous and frankly genocidal goal. Abbas told the paper on the record that even if there is a Palestinian state, he will never drop the demand for the "right of return??Palestinians told by Arab leaders to leave their homes in 1948 when Israel was under attack want to be allowed to move back into Israel. That would immediately destroy Israel as a Jewish state, for the Jews would be a minority in their own homeland. But that is what the Palestinians want ? no Israel at all! We must not fail to fight the plan to divide Jerusalem and curse Israel. Will you please join me in prayer for this urgent need? A dear friend has stepped forward with a major gift, but we still need to raise about $60,000 this week. If 20 people will give $1000 and 300 people will give $100, and 200 people will give $50, we will reach this miracle goal. Pray that every beloved lover of Israel who gives will receive a commanded blessing on their lives. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Sun, 11 Sep 2011 20:36:28 -0800 Full article 1_317available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Few people in the entire world have as clear a picture of the threat posed by Iran's nuclear program as my friend Prime Minister Netanyahu. When I interviewed him, I asked him about the threat posed by the mullahs of Teheran. He said, "This is not the Soviet Union. This is not China. These are not rational forces. You can't count on the ayatollahs, armed with nuclear weapons, to back off. Their mad, apocalyptic vision would be perfectly possible for them to do." Mr. Netanyahu also said, "They prefer their zeal over survival. Have you ever heard of a Communist suicide bomber? No. But militant Islam produces battalions of them. They smash into buildings in Manhattan, and they smash into the Pentagon; into warships and school and buses?you name it. They are really after you, not after us. We are just the frontal position of the West." As Iran comes ever closer to completing its nuclear weapons program, the day when Israel and the rest of the world must deal with the awful reality draws near. Yet, instead of doing anything effective about this grave threat, the world is focusing on Israel instead. In some ways it's not surprising since in his Cairo speech, President Obama identified the Arab-Israeli conflict as second only to Al Qaeda as a threat to peace. But it's ridiculous! The Obama Administration and the UN are fully committed to creating a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital. Understand this clearly?every nation and individual that supports this plan to curse Israel and steal from her the land God promised the Jews as an eternal possession will suffer His chastisement and judgment. Every nation and individual that opposes this plan and stands with Israel as a blessing to her will enjoy His blessing. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Sat, 10 Sep 2011 21:28:52 -0800 Full article 1_338available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com This video is an excerpt of Glenn Beck hosting a panel of distinguished guests, including Dr Michael D Evans, at the Restoring Courage Event in Jerusalem on August 22nd, 2011. Sat, 10 Sep 2011 21:06:09 -0800 Full article 1_329available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I am in Israel, a nation in mourning. Families mourn the dead while others keep watch by the bedside of critically injured victims of this week?s brutal terrorist attacks. The world should be rising up in righteous anger at this assault on the innocents of Israel; instead they scarcely notice. No world leader has pointed to this latest and most clear evidence of the implacable hatred of the Palestinians for the Jews as proof of the folly of making concessions in the name of peace. These evil, demonically inspired anti-Semites will never rest as long as one Jew still clings to life. Though the Jews have learned from more than 60 years of modern history that terror can strike at any moment, this week?s brazen attack was a harsh wake-up call for all who hope for peace. Israel urgently needs our help and support right now. Many people here are frustrated and confused by the fact that so many nations that have been friendly?like the United States, England, and others?are now turning against them, ready to divide their land and their capital city. There is a constant threat of terrorist attack, and looming over everything is the specter of a nuclear-armed Iran that will come to pass in the very near future. Now more than ever, we must stand for Israel, and I'm asking for your help. I am going to the Kotel?the Western Wall?the only remaining part of Herod?s Temple. At this ancient holy place, I will be praying for those Israelis who are mourning the death of loved ones and family members in this week?s terrorist attacks. I will also be praying for you, my beloved Jerusalem Prayer Team partner. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Fri, 9 Sep 2011 13:23:26 -0800 Full article 1_335available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I am at the Temple site right now with Glenn Beck. There is a massive spiritual battle taking place?we are fighting against principalities and powers. Satan wants the Holy City, and he is now unleashing all of his demonic powers against the nation of Israel. There are five thousand television stations and 16 satellite networks covering this event. This is a prophetic first?something that has never happened before. And together you and I are defending Israel, not just in the physical realm but also in the spiritual. I am here as your ambassador, speaking truth to the world and calling all people to stand with Israel. We are now less than 30 days away from the UN vote on Palestinian statehood; the clock is ticking, and we must do all that we can now for Israel before it is too late. Many Israelis came to me with tears in their eyes after I spoke and told me how moved they were by my testimony. See it here: http://www.youtube.com/user/jerusalemprayer#p/a/u/0/09HzegWpOvc In addition to your prayers for this special event, I also ask that you join me in prayer regarding the $350,000 we need to defend Israel this month through our urgent campaign to expose the anti-Semitism behind the plan to divide the Promised Land and the Holy City of Jerusalem. Thus far $86,600 has come in toward this goal. Please pray that every beloved lover of Israel who gives will receive a commanded blessing on their lives. This is our time?now is our moment. God has brought us together at the crossroads for this defining moment in human history. Will you help me stand for Israel? Will you pray for God's blessing and protection for me on this vital trip? Will you give to meet the needs of the Jewish people and allow me to continue to stand for them on the world stage? **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Wed, 7 Sep 2011 11:30:13 -0800 Full article 1_334available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Tonight my husband will speak at the final Restoring Courage event in Jerusalem just a few feet away from the Temple site. He will bind Satan. Muslims are making very, very serious threats against this event. In less than 30 days, the Palestinian Authority will take their case to the United Nations for a vote that would give them full control over the holiest places of both Judaism and Christianity. Millions around the world will hear Mike?s call to prayer as he stands as your ambassador. Please join me in praying right now for his safety and for the power of God to flow around the world through this special night of prayer. I am also asking for your help with a special burden that Mike is carrying. He has launched a national campaign to stop the Obama Administration and its plan to curse Israel. The budget for August for this campaign is $350,000. I thank God for the beloved Jerusalem Prayer Team members that have already given $84,000 toward this goal, but we still need to raise $266,000 in the next eight days. Mike is only getting 2 or 3 hours of sleep a night. I know when he gets home he is going to be exhausted beyond words. I love him dearly, and don?t want him to have to carry this heavy financial burden. Will you please believe with me right now for a financial miracle in the next few days? Please pray that EVERY person reading this will pray right NOW, "Spirit of God, what do You want me to do?? I know that if EVERY Jerusalem Prayer Team member joins me in this prayer, we will have the miracle we need. Remember this campaign is to stop the UN vote to divide Jerusalem. "I will bless them that bless thee.? (Genesis 12:3) "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem; they will prosper that love thee.? (Psalm 122:6) **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Wed, 7 Sep 2011 11:23:49 -0800 Full article 1_333available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com There is a mighty spiritual battle being waged here in Israel today. Satan is really angry! The Restoring Courage rallies are striking at the heart of his plan to divide the Holy City of Jerusalem. The concluding session of this powerful event is scheduled for tomorrow night just steps away from the Kotel?the Western Wall of Herod?s Temple. I am leaving for dinner right now with a number of mayors, diplomats, other leaders, and Glenn Beck. Please pray for tomorrow's prayer event by the Temple site. The enemies of Israel are threatening to do everything possible to stop this event. Security has had to be greatly increased due to the number and seriousness of the threats being made against this final night of the rally. I am asking you to urgently and seriously pray for the next 24 hours. Pray that God will divinely intervene and send His angels to keep charge over all of us who are involved with Restoring Courage. Pray that the message of love and support for Israel that we are sharing with the world will be heard and change hearts. Pray for strength and safety as we complete this urgent mission to which God has called us. SEE A CLIP FROM A PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE THREATS TO ISRAEL FROM PALESTINIAN PROPAGANDA **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Wed, 7 Sep 2011 11:15:17 -0800 Full article 1_332available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com It?s 4 a.m. in Jerusalem, and I am praying for you here in the Holy City. The Lord has greatly blessed the Restoring Courage events that have been held so far. I have been privileged to speak to thousands in person and a worldwide audience through television and the Internet, calling people across the globe to stand with Israel. My heart is full of rejoicing, and I want to let you know how much I appreciate your sending me back here to the Promised Land as your ambassador. I pray a commanded blessing upon your life, like the anointing of Aaron that covered him from the crown of his head to the soles of his feet. May God?s goodness and rich outpouring of favor come upon you. Events continue to unfold rapidly around the world that greatly impact Israel. Iran is moving more of its nuclear program into hardened underground bunkers as a precaution against a military attack to halt its acquisition of nuclear weapons. The apparent collapse of Libya?s government would remove a brutal dictator who supported terrorists from power, but according to news reports, huge stockpiles of weapons have gone missing?and could easily find their way to Hamas or Hezbollah for use against Israel. Tensions with Egypt are very high since last week?s terrorist attacks where the terrorists infiltrated Israel not from Gaza but from Egypt itself. I am staying here in Jerusalem as the Restoring Courage event continues. SEE A CLIP FROM A PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE THREATS TO ISRAEL FROM PALESTINIAN PROPAGANDA **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Wed, 7 Sep 2011 11:04:46 -0800 Full article 1_331available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Just a few minutes ago, I addressed the world from Jerusalem on the topic of Jew hatred. This past week has furnished reminder after reminder that this hatred is sadly alive and well. At least nine Israelis were killed in terrorist attacks. Egyptian "cyber attacks? have struck at Israel?s communications network. Despite a "ceasefire,? rockets, missiles and mortars continue to rain down on southern Israeli towns and villages from Gaza. Tonight, I briefly told my testimony and shared the story of the ten Boom family and how they suffered and risked so much to save hundreds of Jews from the Holocaust and the high price they paid for their love and faith. Right now, I?m asking you: How can we do less? How can we stand by and allow the world to divide the Holy City of Jerusalem and take the land God promised away from Israel? How can we do nothing while Jews are killed day after day simply for being Jews? How can we not do everything possible to defend Israel? I hope and pray that you will stand with me in standing for Israel right now. SEE A HIGHLIGHT FROM MY SPEECH AT THE RESTORING COURAGE EVENT IN JERUSALEM **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Wed, 7 Sep 2011 10:55:16 -0800 Full article 1_330available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Since I arrived in Israel on Friday, more than 100 rockets, mortars and anti-tank missiles have been fired from Gaza at Israeli towns and villages along the southern border. A suicide bomber detonated himself over the weekend at the Israeli-Egyptian border. A rocket hit a home in Beersheva Saturday, killing one Jewish civilian and wounding four others. Dozens have been hospitalized for treatment of shock. And the day before I arrived, eight were killed in a carefully planned and coordinated assault on public bus transportation, and at least 30 others were injured. Israeli forces have struck back against terrorist targets in Gaza with airstrikes, but the violence continues to escalate. Meanwhile, Palestinian leaders persist in their plans to demand a UN vote recognizing them as an independent nation a month from now. Last night I spoke to the world from Caesarea. In just a few hours, I will speak again from Jerusalem. My topic for tonight is Jew hatred?sadly more fitting than ever. I will be telling the ten Boom story and inviting people around the world to join us in standing for Israel. Pray that I will be anointed to deliver the message to our world that we MUST stand with Israel. I also ask that you pray regarding the $350,000 we need to defend Israel this month through our urgent campaign to expose the anti-Semitism behind the plan to divide the Promised Land and the Holy City of Jerusalem. Thus far $72,000 has come in toward this goal. Pray that every beloved lover of Israel who gives will receive a commanded blessing on their lives. Now is our moment. This is our time. God has brought us together for this defining crossroads moment of human history. Will you give to meet the needs of the Jewish people and allow me to continue to stand for them on the world stage? **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Tue, 6 Sep 2011 20:15:27 -0800 Full article 1_320available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Glenn Beck called and asked me to speak at the special upcoming Restoring Courage event in Israel. I accepted his invitation, and am looking forward to taking part in this effort to build support for Israel. I?m sending you a copy of an open letter from Glenn that contains more information about this event. Please join me in praying for God?s continued favor and blessing on both the Jerusalem Prayer Team and the Jewish people. August 4, 2011 To Whom This May Concern: In these ever-changing times, it is imperative that we, as concerned citizens and friends of Israel, stand up for what is right. You have been engaged in fighting for right for a long time. Others, too many, have only recently enlisted in those efforts. Specifically, too many of us have stood back and watched as our leaders implement policies that threaten the security and future of Israel for far too long. It is time to stand with Israel. It is time to take a stand and that is why I have planned for a Restoring Courage event to take place in Jerusalem from August 21st-August 24th. As I shared my thoughts with Michael, he graciously agreed to participate as well as suggested that I reach out to you and share my vision of creating a movement that we hope will spark momentum and inspire a renewed support for Israel around the globe. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Tue, 6 Sep 2011 13:22:12 -0800 Full article 1_328available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I leave for Israel tomorrow to defend the nation as your ambassador. I have the opportunity to mobilize millions worldwide to stand for the Jewish people by speaking at Glenn Beck's Restoring Courage rally in both Caesarea and Jerusalem. You can watch the event in Caesarea on the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) on Sunday, August 21, at 10:00 ET, 9:00 CT, 8:00 MT, and 7:00 PT. Along with the upcoming UN vote on Palestinian statehood, September will also see the so-called Durban III Conference on Racism. This marks the 10th anniversary of the 2001 meeting held in Durban, South Africa. This ugly UN event was used by Muslims and anti-Semites from around the world to brand Israel as a racist nation rather than addressing actual racism. Three days later, terrorists struck America in the devastating 9/11 attacks. The first Durban conference set the stage for an effort that continues to this day to isolate and delegitimize Israel in the eyes of the world. Because of the bigoted hatred for the Jewish people at the first conference, Israel boycotted the second conference held in Geneva in 2009. I was there as your ambassador, sitting in the empty chair left for the Israel delegation. And I will be back in New York City next month to stand for Israel again. The timing of these two events?the UN vote and the Durban III Conference?is no coincidence. There is a coordinated attack against Israel taking place in both the natural and the spiritual realms. We MUST stand now for the Jewish people against the evil plot to steal their land, divide their capital city, and weaken them so that they can be destroyed. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Mon, 22 Aug 2011 21:14:45 -0800 Full article 1_327available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I am stunned and outraged, and you should be too! The Obama Administration?s support for Israel?s enemies is leading toward destruction and the judgment of God. Read the words of the people our president is helping ? and insisting Israel make concessions to. Fatah Foreign Relations Director Nabil Sha?ath said Sunday, "The story of two states for two peoples means that there will be a Jewish people over there, and a Palestinian people here. We will never accept this.? Keep in mind that the "two state? solution is the key to the entire Obama plan, and that Fatah is the "moderate? group of Palestinians. There can be no peace. There will be no peace. There will only be a brief pause while the Palestinians use their new position and billions of dollars from the international community to prepare to resume their attacks on Israel. Sha?ath left no doubt of his position on another key issue as well: "We will never agree to a clause preventing the Palestinian refugees from returning to their country.? When Israel was attacked in 1948 by her Arab neighbors, nearly three-quarters of a million Palestinians were told to leave their homes. The so-called "right of return? Sha?ath references would force Israel to accept Palestinian descendants, now numbering more than four million, back into Israel. Israel would immediately become a minority Jewish nation if that happened. These are the people for whom our president is prepared to divide Jerusalem and curse Israel. Are you willing to allow that to happen? If not, we MUST speak out now before it is too late! **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Mon, 22 Aug 2011 21:09:52 -0800 Full article 1_326available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The Palestinian Authority has officially notified Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon that they will seek UN recognition as an independent state on September 20. President Abbas plans to personally present the Palestinians? demand for statehood and insist on a vote from the world body. All diplomatic efforts by Israel and other countries to prevent this from happening have been unable to deter the plan from moving forward. Perhaps that is not surprising giving the historic hatred of the Palestinians for the Jews and their utter refusal to take serious steps toward bringing peace. In July, a Palestinian envoy told the UN Security Council, meeting to consider steps leading up to the vote on statehood: "With international political and financial support, this plan has reached its objectives as acknowledged by the international community. We have completed our responsibilities and are ready to govern ourselves. We cannot keep waiting for Israel to negotiate with good faith.? A majority of the 193 members of the United Nations have already indicated support for the plan, including most members of the Security Council. Israel?s future is being threatened more seriously than ever before. The political, economic, and military implications of a Palestine perched on the very steps of Israel?s home (including in her capital city?Jerusalem) are dire. This plan must not pass! Understand this clearly?every nation and individual that supports this plan to curse Israel and steal from her the land God promised the Jews as an eternal possession will suffer His chastisement and judgment. Every nation and individual that opposes this plan and stands with Israel as a blessing to her will enjoy His blessing. That is why we have launched a national campaign to rally opposition to the Obama Administration's plan, to expose the anti-Semitism that lies behind world efforts to curse Israel, and to support the Jewish people. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Mon, 22 Aug 2011 21:02:07 -0800 Full article 1_325available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The U.S. could easily stop the plan to recognize Palestine as an independent nation. Yet the Obama Administration has steadfastly refused to flatly promise to use our UN veto to defend Israel from this threat. Why? A growing number of observers in both America and Israel are raising this question: Is President Obama blackmailing Prime Minister Netanyahu by threatening to withhold the veto and allow the UN vote to go forward unless the Israeli leader makes the concessions being demanded by Washington? If this explanation is true, it would explain a great deal of what has been transpiring. The Obama Administration has been demanding, frequently and very publicly, that Israel "withdraw? to the 1967 borders. Everyone who pays the least attention knows that this would be a political, military, economic, and humanitarian catastrophe for the Jewish state. More than half a million Jews would be left homeless, and Israel's enemies would be poised on the doorstep for military strikes at any moment. So far the Netanyahu government, which is a divided coalition government in Israel's parliamentary system, has resisted this pressure. But what happens if President Obama tells my old friend, "Either give in to my demands, or face a UN-recognized Palestinian state?? Will Israel be able to resist that kind of pressure? Will the God-fearing and Israel-loving people of America allow our leaders to do this in our names? Understand this clearly?every nation and individual that supports the United Nations and Obama Administration plan to curse Israel and steal from her the land God promised the Jews as an eternal possession will suffer His chastisement and judgment. Every nation and individual that opposes this plan and stands with Israel as a blessing to her will enjoy His blessing. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Mon, 22 Aug 2011 20:55:42 -0800 Full article 1_310available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com America is on a prophetic countdown to the gravest days in our history. In a few weeks, a vote will be taken at the United Nations that will force America to choose between standing with Israel and standing with her enemies. The Bible says we do NOT wrestle against flesh and blood but against principalities and powers. This is a spiritual battle, and it must be fought with spiritual weapons. Israel has asked the Jerusalem Prayer Team for its support at the United Nations and a week later as the nations of the world gather for the demonic Durban III conference to continue accusing Zionists of being racists. The first Durban Conference ended on September 8, 2001 ? and 72 hours later the U.S. was attacked by radical Islam. I can assure you that in the spirit realm, this was no coincidence. God's Word promises a curse on any nation that touches Jerusalem. Once before, an American president attempted to divide Jerusalem and surrender the Temple Mount to radical Islam. That president was Bill Clinton. Now President Obama plans to do the same?this time by formally recognizing a Palestinian State at the UN in September within days of the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. For this reason, the Jerusalem Prayer Team will stand in the gap with a major campaign to stop this insanity. Israel will boycott this anti-Semitic conference in New York. I do not believe for a second that all the agony America is going through is coincidental. America needs Divine intervention that can only come from God's people standing in the gap like Esther. This national campaign will cost $350,000. I am asking every Jerusalem Prayer Team member to stand up to Jew hatred like Corrie ten Boom and her family did in Holland during the Holocaust. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Mon, 22 Aug 2011 20:46:24 -0800 Full article 1_324available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com In talks with a visiting U.S. Congressional delegation, Palestinian Authority President Abbas laid out his view of what a Palestinian state would look like after the upcoming UN vote. In an eye-opening move, he called for U.S. and NATO troops to be assigned to the region to provide security. When I read those words, I was immediately reminded of Beirut, Lebanon. In 1983 I was there, preaching to the young Marines stationed there just before Christmas. The next morning, a suicide bomber drove a truck into their barracks, killing more than 240 American military personnel. To place hundreds of American lives at risk of imminent terrorist attack is the height of folly?yet that is the Palestinian plan! Abbas went on to say that despite his intention to seek an immediate UN vote on statehood, he remains committed to negotiations with Israel. This falsehood would be laughable were it not such a grave threat to Israel's survival. The upcoming UN vote will do exactly what Abbas claims not to be doing?isolate and de-legitimize Israel ? and Abbas knows it. This after all is the same man who provided the Black September terrorists with the funds they needed to carry out their attack on the Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972. The fact that the world community accepts him as a legitimate member of any "peace talks" is a farce. If he has his way, Israel will not only be forced to retreat; it will be utterly destroyed. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Mon, 22 Aug 2011 20:46:03 -0800 Full article 1_323available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com For the past few weeks, I have been hearing from high-level sources in Jerusalem that the nation of Israel is preparing for war. The belief is that once the UN vote takes place on a unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital city, war will break out. Israel is preparing to be attacked by its neighbors?not only the Palestinian terrorists of Hamas and Fatah, but Hezbollah, armed and funded by Syria and Lebanon, and perhaps even troops from Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, and Iran as well. The enemies of Israel are encouraged by the lack of support from America and the Obama Administration for the Jewish state, and they believe this is their moment to accomplish their long-held goal to destroy Israel. I was in the Holy Land during the last outbreak of war. I held weeping survivors in my arms and comforted them and prayed with young soldiers before they went into battle. I was there as your ambassador to help the Jewish people in their time of great need. I know firsthand what an awful tragedy a new round of war will bring. My sources indicate that public support expressed by the Arab League for UN recognition of Palestine poses a grave risk because of the leverage of the oil nations over Europe. Europe imports most of its oil, and in addition, the vast oil wealth of the Arab Gulf states is coveted by the European Union to help them survive their current financial crisis. The threat Israel faces is not just a meaningless UN vote; it is a life and death struggle for survival ? and Israel's enemies are focused and fully committed to their evil plan. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Mon, 22 Aug 2011 20:37:51 -0800 Full article 1_322available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu knows full well that Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is serious about his threat to "wipe Israel off the map.? He described the threat posed by Iran this way: "Imagine a world in which Hitler had atomic bombs. That's pretty much the world you will have if the ayatollahs have atomic bombs. People underrate this mad ideology. "They think this is a normal country with a normal susceptibility to the calculation of cost and benefit?basically a country that operates on the world scene with a modicum of responsibility. That's not the case. Iran is an outlaw state. It fans terrorism and militancy worldwide. It is preparing to launch nuclear warheads into an enormous radius. It's not just targeting Israel. If they only wanted Israel, they would not build long-range rockets that can reach pretty much every European capital and soon will cover the U.S.? As Iran comes ever closer to completing its nuclear weapons program, the day when Israel and the rest of the world must deal with the awful reality draws near. Yet instead of doing anything effective about this grave threat, the world is focusing on Israel. In some ways it's not surprising since in his Cairo speech, President Obama identified the Arab-Israeli conflict as second only to Al-Qaeda as a threat to peace. But it's ridiculous! The Obama Administration and the UN are fully committed to creating a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital. Understand this clearly?every nation and individual that supports this plan to curse Israel and steal from her the land God promised the Jews as an eternal possession will suffer His chastisement and judgment. Every nation and individual that opposes this plan and stands with Israel as a blessing to her will enjoy His blessing. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Mon, 22 Aug 2011 20:30:03 -0800 Full article 1_321available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Tishah B'Av is a fast date to remember the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem. King Herod began to rebuild Solomon's Temple in 20 BC. It was 15 stories high. The outer court and walls were not fully completed until A.D. 64, some 68 years after Herod's death. One day as Jesus was teaching in the Temple, He called his disciples to behold the Temple and said, "Do you see all these things? I tell you the truth, not one stone here will be left on another. Every one will be thrown down." (Matthew 24:2) The words of Jesus were precisely fulfilled in A.D. 70 when the Roman army swept through Jerusalem and reduced Herod's Temple to a pile of blackened rubble. The only thing that remained was a retaining wall that once supported the Western portion of the Temple Mount?now called the Western Wall. Jerusalem was ravished by 26 nations and leveled to the ground five times. The very spot where Abraham offered up Isaac was on the Temple Mount. Every nation that reached out a hand to curse the Jews and Jerusalem was cursed by God Almighty. He said to Abraham, "I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curses thee." (Genesis 12:3) In the Hebrew, it says that those who speak lightly against you, I will visit with heavy blows. When God made His eternal covenant with Abraham there was no United Nations, only pagan nations. God's prophetic time clock has been set on Jerusalem time. It is the only city God claims as His own, and has written His Name there. "In the Temple and in Jerusalem which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever." (2 Kings 21:7) It is time for us to stand with the Chosen People. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Mon, 22 Aug 2011 20:15:40 -0800 Full article 1_319available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Palestinian Authority President Abbas told the PLO Central council that the United States has not told them no regarding Palestinian statehood. Though the US could use our Security Council veto to halt the plan to divide Jerusalem and take the Bible lands of Judea and Samaria from Jewish control, leaving more than half a million Jews homeless in the process, the Obama Administration strongly supports a Palestinian state, and it is still not certain that they will stop this plan. Abbas said, "We have 122 countries that recognize the state of Palestine on the 1967 borders. We want to rally support." The lack of a clear rejection from the United States is of great concern to supporters of Israel. Though the US has long stood with the Jewish state, dating back to the vote in 1947 that created the modern nation of Israel, relations between the Obama Administration and the Netanyahu government are strained at best. The U.S. continues to place unacceptable demands on Israel, while not asking any serious concessions of the Palestinians. The enemies of Israel grow bolder with every passing day. They see the reality that Israel's so-called friends will not help her in the current crisis. They realize that America is now led by the most anti-Israel administration in our history. They see the United States and the United Nations doing the work of harming Israel without them having to launch a single missile or fire a single bullet. They know that if the plan to create a Palestinian state succeeds, they will have the greatest opportunity to destroy Israel they have ever seen. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:54:05 -0800 Full article 1_318available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Recently, the source of an E. coli outbreak that killed four dozen people in Europe was traced to a shipment of infected seeds from Egypt. Rather than apologizing or taking steps to correct the problem, the Egyptian agriculture minister blamed Israel for the problem. "Israel is waging a commercial war against Egyptian exports," he claimed. This recent statement continues a long trend of conspiracies focused on blaming Egyptian problems on the Jews. The evil forgery The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion remains a perennial best-seller, and the government and the media have used the Jewish people as a scapegoat to distract attention from its own failings. The new government continues to use its control over the press to foment anger and hatred toward Israel. Egypt is strongly supporting the drive of Palestinians toward a unilateral declaration of statehood. They have opened the border crossing at Gaza which allows weapons from Iran for use by the Hamas terrorists against the Jewish people. Like the other members of the Arab League, Egypt is certain to vote in the United Nations to recognize Palestine as an independent nation with Jerusalem as its capital. Understand this clearly?every nation and individual that supports the United Nations and Obama Administration plan to curse Israel and steal from her the land God promised the Jews as an eternal possession will suffer His chastisement and judgment. Every nation and individual that opposes this plan and stands with Israel as a blessing to her will enjoy His blessing. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:45:29 -0800 Full article 1_316available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com In a sobering interview, former head of Israel's military intelligence service and current Vice Prime Minister Moshe Ya'alon said, "The radical Islamists feel like they are winning. They feel that though they do not have the power, they have the will and the determination. They believe that as they defeated the Soviet Union in Afghanistan, they will be able to defeat the United States. "They're encouraged by the Muslim Brotherhood gaining power in Egypt. They're encouraged by what's happening in Somalia. They are very self-confident today that they are on the way to defeating the West. I'm not sure that the West has an understanding, the awareness, the will and the determination to stand against the main generator today for terror activity all over the world?the Iranian regime." With the threat of a new Palestinian uprising growing, Israeli authorities revealed they have been increasing their stockpiles of non-lethal response options, including rubber bullets and tear gas. In addition, military units have been receiving additional training in riot response and crowd control. The contrast between Israelis and Palestinians when it comes to treatment of civilians is a stark reminder that one side of the "peace process" is dedicated to protecting life while the other is committed to bringing death and suffering. Calls are mounting from Palestinian leaders for their people to take to the streets to try to increase pressure on Israel to make concessions ahead of the upcoming UN vote on Palestinian statehood in September. The plan being promoted by the Obama Administration is utterly impossible for Israel to accept, yet the Jewish state continues to be pressured to make concessions to bring a promise of peace from those who are committed to their destruction. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:56:36 -0800 Full article 1_315available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com James Woolsey, who was director of the Central Intelligence Agency during the Clinton Administration and has remained heavily involved in the intelligence and security arena since leaving that post, has a clear understanding of the threat posed by Iranian support of terrorism and its nuclear-weapons program. Woolsey said, "Iran's threats should be taken seriously. The people who have the mindset that they're just rhetoric are the same types of people who in the late 1920's and early 1930's said that Hitler's Mein Kampf was just rhetoric. "With these crazy, highly ideological, totalitarian movements, one's best guide often to what they will really do if they get power is their statements that they issue in line with their ideology in order to rally their troops and get them enthusiastic. It would be very foolish and really quite naïve to say that Ahmadinejad is just blowing smoke. I think he certainly would do it if he could." As Iran comes ever closer to completing its nuclear-weapons program, the day when Israel and the rest of the world must deal with the awful reality draws near. Yet, instead of doing anything effective about this grave threat, the world is focusing on Israel instead. In some ways it's not surprising since in his Cairo speech, President Obama identified the Arab-Israeli conflict as second only to Al-Qaeda as a threat to peace. But it's ridiculous! The Obama Administration and the UN are fully committed to creating a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital. Understand this clearly?every nation and individual that supports the United Nations and Obama Administration plan to curse Israel and steal from her the land God promised the Jews as an eternal possession will suffer His chastisement and judgment. Every nation and individual that opposes this plan and stands with Israel as a blessing to her will enjoy His blessing. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:42:38 -0800 Full article 1_314available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com President Obama has repeatedly called for Israel to return to the "1967 borders," but that is a falsehood?there are no 1967 borders. What the President's plan would do in reality is return Israel to the 1949 Armistice lines ? the borders that Israeli statesman Abba Eban described as "Auschwitz lines." The so-called 1967 borders are simply where the armies halted at the end of the previous attempt by Arabs to commit genocide against Israel. From 1948 to 1967, Jordan illegally occupied the Holy City of Jerusalem until it was liberated during the Six Day War. The City of David belongs to Israel by every possible right?historic, military, and most importantly?prophetic. Yet now after 44 years of a united city, President Obama is pushing as hard as he can to once again divide Jerusalem and hand it over to Israel's most bitter enemies. Many observers have labeled the Obama Administration as the most anti-Israel U.S. government ever, and they are correct. From threatening to withhold vital military and economic aid to condemning the building of homes for Jews in Israel's capital city of Jerusalem, again and again President Obama and his top aides and advisers have stood against Israel and for her enemies. Nowhere is that more clearly seen than in these final days leading up to the UN vote on Palestinian statehood. Understand this clearly?every nation and individual that supports this plan to curse Israel and steal from her the land God promised the Jews as an eternal possession will suffer His chastisement and judgment. Every nation and individual that opposes this plan and stands with Israel as a blessing to her will enjoy His blessing. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Fri, 19 Aug 2011 15:56:03 -0800 Full article 1_313available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad holds to an extremist version of Islam that teaches that the hidden "Twelfth Imam? will return to place the entire world under Muslim rule following a bloody conflict. Ahmadinejad is quite willing to see millions of his own people killed in order to fulfill his twisted version of prophecy. James Woolsey, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency and international security expert, describes the impact of Ahmadinejad's religious beliefs this way: "I think his religious beliefs are at the heart of his fanaticism. He is not like a Communist or a Nazi who also happens to be a religious man. He's a religious fanatic. Ahmadinejad believes that the Twelfth Imam, the Mahdi, went into occlusion in the eight century and is waiting to come back. He believes it very much the way Jews believe the Messiah will come or Christians believe Christ will return. Ahmadinejad believes the price of pain will summon the Mahdi.? The recent protests against the repressive Assad regime in Damascus have seen thousands killed by the Syrian army and security police. But the unrest has also given Iran the excuse to pour thousands of secret police, undercover agents, and members of the Revolutionary Guard into Damascus and the surrounding countryside to prop up the regime of Bashar Al-Assad. In turn, this gives them a prime position on Israel's border, poised to attack at any moment. This in addition to the hundreds of millions of dollars Iran has given to Hezbollah terrorists in Syria and Lebanon to use against the Jews. Israeli military leaders have told me they are preparing for Iran to use Hezbollah and Hamas to start conflicts within Israel and on its borders that would tie the Israeli military down and prevent an attack aimed at Iran's nuclear weapons program. The Iranians have provided long-range missiles capable of striking at key military and economic targets deep within the tiny nation of Israel. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Fri, 19 Aug 2011 15:49:26 -0800 Full article 1_312available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I urge you to carefully read this sobering warning regarding the threat Iran's nuclear program poses not just to Israel but to America from former CIA Director James Woolsey. We cannot afford to discount this threat just because Iran is far away; it has many options to strike at America. "You could hide a small nuclear device in a bale of marijuana and smuggle it across the border. There are all sorts of ways to get across our borders?both our northern and southern borders. The amount of nuclear material you need for a bomb is twenty-five to thirty-five pounds?about the size of a volleyball or maybe a basketball. Assembling a bomb itself is fairly easy to do, unfortunately. "Iran could also utilize what's called a 'Scud in a bucket.' A Scud is a short-range missile that could be equipped with a nuclear warhead and launched from a tramp steamer within one hundred miles of New York City. These people hate us for what we are. They have a passionate belief that they are the instruments of Allah's will; that infidels deserve at best to be put into a subservient position, and in many cases killed.? As Iran comes ever closer to completing its nuclear weapons program, the day when Israel and the rest of the world must deal with the awful reality draws near. Yet instead of doing anything effective about this grave threat, the world is focusing on Israel. In some ways it's not surprising since in his Cairo speech, President Obama identified the Arab-Israeli conflict as second only to Al-Qaeda as a threat to peace. But it's ridiculous! The Obama Administration and the UN are fully committed to creating a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Fri, 19 Aug 2011 11:24:54 -0800 Full article 1_311available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Israel's Vice Prime Minister, Moshe Ya'alon, was previously head of military intelligence and Army Chief of Staff. He is an expert on Iranian terrorism, and described the potential for a "dirty bomb? attack this way: "You can bring a dirty bomb to any city using maritime cargo or air cargo or ground cargo. It doesn't matter. It might be brought to be used in a very highly populated urban area. "It would cause devastating collateral damage?killing many civilians in a concentrated area of a big city. It might be tens of thousands; it might be hundreds of thousands. It depends on the quantity of the materials in the dirty bomb.? In addition to those killed by the initial blast and the fallout as radioactive materials are spread by the explosion, a major downtown area could be contaminated so that it would be rendered uninhabitable for years to come. As Iran comes ever closer to completing its nuclear weapons program, the day when Israel and the rest of the world must deal with the awful reality draws near. Yet instead of doing anything effective about this grave threat, the world is focusing on Israel. In some ways it's not surprising since in his Cairo speech, President Obama identified the Arab-Israeli conflict as second only to Al-Qaeda as a threat to peace. But it's ridiculous! The Obama Administration and the UN are fully committed to creating a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital. Understand this clearly?every nation and individual that supports the United Nations and Obama Administration plan to curse Israel and steal from her the land God promised the Jews as an eternal possession will suffer His chastisement and judgment. Every nation and individual that opposes this plan and stands with Israel as a blessing to her will enjoy His blessing. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Fri, 19 Aug 2011 11:14:36 -0800 Full article 1_309available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com It is impossible to support a Palestinian state without at the same time supporting terrorism. Of course that doesn't mean that every person who promotes Palestinian statehood is a terrorist, but that is the inevitable and inescapable end result of their support. The Palestinians are fully committed to terrorism as both a means and an end toward their goal of the destruction of the nation of Israel. You would think after 9/11 and the billions of dollars we spent and the thousands of lives we lost fighting nations that supported terrorists, we would have learned our lesson. But the Obama Administration is hell-bent (literally) on repeating the mistakes of the Carter Administration in supporting our enemies and condemning our friends. President Obama is a prime mover behind the plan to establish a Palestinian state at the expense of Israel's safety and security ? and in direct defiance of the promises of Almighty God. Again and again over the past few decades, Israelis and Palestinians have met over a negotiating table. Again and again Israel has offered concessions?territorial, military, financial and political?and made them. Again and again the Palestinians have offered concessions and broken their promises. They have not revised their charters to recognize Israel's right to exist as required by the Oslo Accords of 1993. They have refused to restrict the flow of weapons to terrorists or enforce security in their own areas of control; in fact, Palestinian policemen often attack Jewish soldiers and civilians. They fail to account for the billions in international aid they have accepted, and despite claiming to be a democracy, haven't held regularly scheduled elections in more than two years. Yet the United Nations and the Obama Administration somehow believe that if this time Israel makes concessions, the Palestinians will keep their word. The plan for peace being promoted would be a disaster for Israel even if it purchased a temporary lull in attacks, but it won't. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Tue, 2 Aug 2011 16:29:25 -0800 Full article 1_306available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Since its rebirth in 1948 Israel has endured and overcome attacks from neighboring military. She has been assailed by gun-wielding fanatics and terrorists encased in explosive-laden backpacks. Israel stands today because of the grit and tenacity of the Jewish people. Having been deterred by Israel?s security forces, her enemies have turned to defaming the nation by questioning her very right to exist. This attack is both convoluted and hazardous. The airwaves are constantly bombarded by those wishing to prove Israel?s lack of legitimacy as a nation, and detailing her supposed "war crimes? against humanity. I don?t often quote Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi war criminal, but in this instance, it is appropriate: "If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.? There is, of course, legitimate criticism, and then there is the process by which repeated lies have undermined Israel?s right to exist. The denial of the authentic claim of the Jewish people to occupy their homeland is de-legitimization at its best. Those who would wish to strip the Jewish people of their birthright are subtle and urbane. Israel is cleverly portrayed as a nation of immoral people whose birth is illegitimate and character questionable. The test for those embroiled in this issue is to separate valid criticism from innuendo?to distinguish the truth from the lie. In peace talks Israel is portrayed as the recalcitrant child unwilling to share her toys with the other kids on the block. The Palestinians are the poor, deprived underlings. They are the orphans with a hidden roomful of toys donated by those who pity the underprivileged?the bully on the block who somehow manages to elicit sympathy while surreptitiously pummeling the innocent. Israel is plunged into negativity even when trying desperately to reach a negotiated settlement that will allow her people to live free from fear of assault. The fires of public opinion are burning brightly against the State of Israel. Western countries and leaders unfortunately seem to have embraced this crusade for de-legitimizing Israel. The Liberal Left has joined forces with fanatical Muslim elements in an attempt to crush the very life from the Jewish nation comparable in size to the state of New Jersey. Israel is expected to kowtow to the demands of its detractors without a whimper and accept her intended fate without a fight. With the Liberal Left emphasis on human rights and a finger of blame pointed at Israel as a nation that intentionally violates those standards, world leaders have become more accepting of the de-legitimization process. This threat to Israel cannot be miscalculated. She is a strong swimmer surrounded by sharks in a vast ocean. Her supporters are going under one by one, falling prey to the onslaught of public opinion. Her legitimacy as a world contender is being threatened by economic harm and legal attacks. A prime example is South Africa, a nation that was brought to its knees following years of sanctions and de-legitimization. The Durban Conference in 2001 was a perfect example of reverse intimidation as Israel was labeled an "apartheid state?. Conference members called for the complete isolation of the Jewish state in an attempt to force Israel to knuckle under to the demands of the Arab League and other radical Islamic thug-ocracies. As America?s most trusted and responsible ally in the Middle East, Israel depends on U.S. support and that of other democratic countries worldwide. The challenge now is to educate those supposed allies on the tactics used by those whose main objective is to de-legitimize the Jewish state. The tactics of the detractors must be exposed to the light; the public must be educated and public opinion must be turned from the bully to the bullied, from those who fire the rockets at innocent people to the innocent targets. The spotlight of human rights must be turned from those who labor diligently to insure the rights of everyone to those who would hide behind the Liberal Leftists in order to obscure their true plan and purpose?the destruction of Israel. The battle of public opinion can be won by Israel, but it will take diplomacy, education, alertness, a definitive plan and all of Israel?s political resources. It will take bridge-building and resourcefulness, all of which the Jewish people possess in excess. Israel must confront those who wish to de-legitimize her and she must do so with speed and fervor. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Mon, 1 Aug 2011 16:31:50 -0800 Full article 1_308available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Palestinian Authority representative Riyah Mansour told the UN Security Council, "We have completed our responsibilities and are ready to govern ourselves." He said that the Palestinian people could not be denied their rights any longer, and that the world body had the obligation to support a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital city. Israel's UN Ambassador Ron Prosor responded by pointing out that the Palestinians are far from united, having not even been able to hold elections for more than two years, that they have no effective security control over their own people, and that their proposal for statehood fails to address Israel's security concerns?or even Israel's right to exist. Despite the Palestinians? refusal to stop attacking Jews, the plan to declare them a nation is proceeding full speed ahead. Palestinian terrorist leader Marwan Barghouti, who is serving a life sentence in Israel for murder, issued a statement calling for Palestinians to join in a massive uprising of protest against Israel in hopes of forcing Israel to give in to their demands for a state carved out of Israeli land. "I call on our people in the homeland and in the diaspora to go out in a million-man march during the week of voting in the UN in September," he said. Israel has been fortifying its defenses and preparing for unrest in the weeks leading up to the UN vote?and even making preparations for all-out war. The Palestinians do not want peace; they want Israel destroyed. Sadly a majority of the nations of the world, including the Obama Administration, support the plan that would force Israel to retreat to its 1967 borders and give up control of much of their capital city, Jerusalem. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Mon, 1 Aug 2011 16:24:13 -0800 Full article 1_307available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Dhimmitude?it's not a word most people are familiar with ? yet. Dhimmitude is the status that sharia?Islamic law?mandates for non-Muslims, primarily Jews and Christians. In every nation ruled by Islam, the status of non-Muslims is definitely second-class, if that. Dhimmis, or "protected people," are made subject to a number of humiliating regulations designed to enforce the Qur'an's command that they "feel themselves subdued" (Sura 9:29). This denial of equality of rights and dignity remains part of the sharia, and, as such, is part of the legal superstructure that global jihadists are laboring to restore everywhere in the Islamic world and wish ultimately to impose on the entire human race. The plan of radical Islam for America, Israel and the rest of the world is to bring everyone into subjection to Muslim rule. They believe this is their sacred duty, and worth dying for. Ground Zero of their attack at the moment is the plan to create a Palestinian state out of Israeli land. Massive amounts of oil dollars are being paid out to bribe or coerce the nations of the world to support the plot. A major Saudi Arabian news organization said that the Palestinians have "no choice" but to seek the UN's approval of a unilateral declaration of statehood. The statement blamed Israeli "expansionism" and President Obama's "weasel words" for the plight of the Palestinians. There was no mention or condemnation of the almost daily terrorist attacks launched against Jewish civilian targets. The statement continued, "If the world endorses their rightful demands, it will provide Palestinians with a massive moral victory and illuminate America's honest broker status as a sham." The Saudi Arabian government has been using its vast oil wealth to encourage the nations of the world to vote in favor of the plan for Palestinian statehood being supported by the Obama Administration that would destroy Israel's security and divide the Holy City of Jerusalem. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Mon, 1 Aug 2011 16:17:28 -0800 Full article 1_293available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com This is an edited video of the Speech by Dr Michael D Evans about his new book, The Protocols, at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center Museum in Jerusalem, Israel. Thu, 28 Jul 2011 14:10:52 -0800 Full article 1_302available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com More than 2,000 Syrians have been killed with tens of thousands injured and more than ten thousand imprisoned during the revolution that has gripped that country. In 2007 when I wrote the No. 1 New York Times bestseller, The Final Move Beyond Iraq: The Final Solution while the World Sleeps, I said, "An Islamic caliphate will sweep the Middle East.? That is precisely what has been happening since the first of this year. Thousands of Iranian agents, the long arm of Iran, are in Damascus, Syria to aid President Bashar al Assad. He and his father before him have done everything possible to kill Jews and defeat Israel during all of its wars. In the midst of the Six Day War, June 5, 1967, Syria controlled the Golan Heights overlooking the Sea of Galilee, with nine brigades (7,500 soldiers with artillery and armor) determined to drive the Jews into the Mediterranean Sea. A famous general who graced the cover of Life told me that he was alone in his tank when a large number of Syrian tanks crested the top of the Golan Heights. He turned his badly broken tank to face the enemy and stood his ground though wounded severely. He said later, "The Syrian tanks ground to a halt and the men inside climbed out waving white flags. They marched toward me. When they were interrogated they said they surrendered because they saw a huge angel of Allah over a hundred feet tall standing with a sword drawn against them.? This general came to my room late one night and asked me to join him as he took a small Gideon Bible and used it like a Geiger counter. With a diagram of Jerusalem in hand, he would go to the holy sites. Once there, he would read the New Testament and, sensing the Holy Spirit, he would mark the site on his map. He said he was doing this to determine the areas of Jerusalem where the Holy Spirit did not dwell. One morning near the Damascus gate, we sat and sipped Turkish coffee. I said to him, "My dear friend, you are reading the scriptures and exalting the Lord. When you do, the Holy Spirit comes. He will be everywhere.? Iran, through Syria and Lebanon, has fueled and fed terrorist organizations such as Hamas and Hezbollah both firmly entrenched on Israel?s borders. Syrian farmers have been paid $1,000 to march in protest against Israel and try to cross the border and $10,000 if their families are killed. Tens of millions of dollars of military equipment has been poured into Syria. Iran?s leaders believe a Shi?a caliphate can sweep from Iran across Afghanistan and into Pakistan, and from Iraq into Syria on to Egypt and into North Africa. The ultimate goal is to engulf the entire Middle East. The Saudi Arabians are so concerned about this that when I was issued a state invitation from President Barzani in Iraq, I was told that the Saudi?s were building a 400 mile wall between their country and Iraq. Damascus is mentioned over sixty times in the King James Bible. The road to Damascus is the place where the Apostle Paul was converted and was the place where the disciples were first called "Christians.? (Acts 9; Acts 11:26) Barnabas taught there for a year. Aramean, the language Jesus spoke, is still spoken in some of the cities in Syria. On October 22, 1983 I drove a rental vehicle with Jerusalem license plate across the border at Nahariya, Israel to Sidon and Tyre and into Beirut. I carried a trunk filled with food and medicine to comfort suffering Lebanese Christians. I went down to the beach to minister to young American Marines stationed at the Beirut Airport. I gave them Gideon Bibles and shared the Gospel with them. I prayed with and led many to the Lord. These young men knew they would not be home for Christmas, so I asked my cameraman to film short segments of them sending Christmas messages to their loved ones. One Hispanic Marine from Wooster, Massachusetts said, "Hi Mom, I know you?ve been praying that I would find the Lord. Well, I just did! Merry Christmas.? That night I slept on the beach while the Marines returned to their barracks nearby. Shortly after 6:00 AM the next morning, I was awakened by a terrific explosion. A yellow Mercedes Benz truck was driven through the check point at the airport where the driver aimed it at the lobby of the Marine headquarters. A smiling suicide bomber detonated the explosive-laden truck loaded with approximately 12,000 pounds of TNT. The massive force of the explosion pancaked the floors of the building one on top of the other. Those inside were crushed. At that point all hell broke loose in Beirut as terrorists began firing at anything that moved. I jumped into the car and headed what I thought was north along the Mediterranean toward Israel. As the battle raged and the sun began to set, I could no longer see the sea. Suddenly I was caught in the midst of a funeral for a Hezbollah terrorist whose body was being held high above the crowd while mourners waved guns in the air. Somehow God blinded their eyes and I was able to escape. Much to my dismay, I discovered that I had taken a wrong turn. Like the Apostle Paul, I found myself on the road to Damascus, the target of 35mm shells being fired at my car. Spotlights from the hills beamed down on the vehicle. My cameraman and an associate, L.W. Dollar, were in the rental car with me when we suddenly ran out of fuel. It was the worst possible spot in which to be. There was no possibility that we could escape undetected. One of the men began to shout, "We?re dead! We?re dead!? I jumped out of the car with a screwdriver to remove the light from the license plate so it could not be seen. When I got back into the car, I prayed that angels of the Lord would undergird and protect us. At that moment, an old Arab man walked up to the window and banged on it. My first reaction was, "Yes, we?re dead.? I expected at any moment to see a gun aimed at us with murderous intent. I was stunned when he held up a can of diesel. He poured the liquid into the tank, knocked on the window, and pointed at the door lock. When I opened the door, he climbed inside and sat down. Not saying a word, he led us by pointing with his finger the thirty-two kilometers to the border of Israel. Within about one hundred yards of the border he indicated that I should stop. When I brought the car to a halt, he opened the door and stepped out into the night. When we pulled up to the border, the colonel greeted us with awe. He said, "I cannot believe you are alive. Someone from the Prime Minister?s office called and said there was no way we would come back alive. They were certain no would could travel the road we had traveled that night from Beirut to Israel. I turned toward the old Arab to point out that he had saved us; he was not there. I am certain God had sent an angel of the Lord to guide and protect us on that dark and dangerous journey. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Thu, 28 Jul 2011 11:12:19 -0800 Full article 1_305available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Top Palestinian diplomat Saeb Erekat has announced a "massive diplomatic? push for recognition of a Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders with Jerusalem as its capital. Emboldened by the support of the Obama Administration for this plan, which would mean destruction and disaster for Israel, the Palestinians are pushing forward toward a UN vote on statehood in September. Various Palestinian officials are visiting this week with China, India, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Russia, Spain, Turkey, and many other nations seeking support for their effort. The UN Security Council begins debate next week on the plan for Palestinian statehood ahead of a vote at the upcoming General Assembly meeting. The U.S. could stop formal recognition with a Security Council veto, but the strained relations between the Obama Administration and Prime Minister Netanyahu and Mr. Obama's repeated statements of support for a Palestinian state by September of this year make it far from certain that the U.S. will act to stop the plan from proceeding. We must not allow this to happen! We have produced a major TV documentary revealing the origins and goals of this evil plan to curse Israel and divide Jerusalem. There is no time to waste. We must sound the alarm and warn Believers across America of what is going on before it is too late. We need to raise $250,000 immediately for this urgent project. I would like to thank the 920 loving Jerusalem Prayer Team members who have already given $65,900 toward this goal. A generous Jerusalem Prayer Team member is so incensed by the actions of the Obama Administration in cursing Israel that he will match every gift up to $125,000 for July only! That means that there are only 11 days left for your gift to be doubled to do more to defend Jerusalem! Will you join with us in standing for Israel today? **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:46:25 -0800 Full article 1_304available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com It was confirmed this week that Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority, will personally present the case for Palestinian statehood to the United Nations General Assembly this September. Thirty-nine years ago this September, this same man furnished the funding for the Black September PLO terrorist attack that killed 11 members of the Israeli Olympic Team at the Munich Olympics. (Abbas claims he didn't know what the money was for.) This is a man who hates the Jewish people and the nation of Israel and has spent a lifetime heavily involved in terrorist attacks on Israel. Now he will be welcomed with open arms by the world community to present his case for the destruction of the Jewish state. They won't call it that, of course, but there is no way Israel can survive the creation of a Palestinian state on the terms being proposed. In less than two months, the decision will be made that could devastate Israel economically, politically and militarily. The Palestinians have now declared that they will press forward with their attempt to win UN recognition of their unilateral declaration of statehood even if peace talks with Israel were to resume. A few of the nations that haven't yet given full support to the plan to divide Jerusalem and curse the Jewish people by destroying the safety and security of their nation have been pushing for peace talks as an alternative; now the Palestinians have rejected that approach. They believe they can win what they want without making a single concession to Israel?not even recognizing Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state. And they may be right! The Obama Administration continues to prod Israel to makes concessions without making any demands on the Palestinians in return. And President Obama continues to steadfastly support the creation of a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:38:21 -0800 Full article 1_303available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Iran confirmed this week the installation and testing of new high-speed centrifuges to allow them to more quickly process uranium to high enrichment levels?the levels needed for nuclear weapons production. The move followed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini?s call last week for Iran to complete this work on its atomic weapons program quickly. The new machines with a modern 164-unit cascade are replacing units from the 1970s and potentially could greatly increase the amount of highly enriched uranium Iran is producing. Robert Baer, a veteran CIA agent with more than twenty years experience in the Middle East, told a Los Angeles radio host that an Israeli attack on Iran to halt its nuclear-weapons program is imminent. Baer said, "There is almost near certainty that Netanyahu is planning an attack (on Iran) ? and it will probably be in September before the vote on a Palestinian state.? Baer further said that it was likely that the United States would be drawn into the conflict, given the threats of Iran to respond against U.S. forces in the Middle East if it is attacked, whether by Israel or the U.S. Baer cautioned about the impact of such an escalation, stating, "What we?re facing here is an escalation, rather than a planned out-and-out war ? it?s a nightmare scenario. We don?t have enough troops in the Middle East to fight a war like that. I think we are looking into the abyss.? Iran is determined to complete work on its nuclear weapons program to give it leverage to either blackmail or attack Israel outright. The world has refused to take any effective steps to prevent this tragic escalation of military threat, and someone must act soon, or it will be too late to stop the mullahs of Teheran from acquiring their long-sought weapons of mass destruction. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:32:55 -0800 Full article 1_299available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I was just informed by a high-level source in Jerusalem that the nation of Israel is preparing for war. The belief is that once the UN vote on a unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital city takes place, war will break out. Israel is preparing to be attacked by its neighbors?not only the Palestinian terrorists of Hamas and Fatah, but Hezbollah, armed and funded by Syria and Lebanon, and perhaps even troops from Egypt, Syria, Lebanon and Iran as well. My source also said that public support expressed by the Arab League for UN recognition of Palestine poses a grave risk because of the leverage of the oil nations over Europe. Europe imports most of its oil, and in addition, the vast oil wealth of the Arab Gulf states is coveted by the European Union to help them survive their current financial crisis. The threat Israel faces is not just a meaningless UN vote; it is a life and death struggle for survival ? and Israel's enemies are focused and fully committed to their evil plan. Why do so many people hate Israel? The answer is simple. It is not because of a dispute over ownership of a few square miles of land. It is not because of a boundary argument over the placement of national borders. It is not even because of a disagreement over governments. People hate Israel because they hate Jews. It is that simple ? and that ugly. Much of the hatred of Jews today traces its roots to The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion. Published in Czarist Russia in 1903, this evil and fraudulent book claims to reveal the secret plan of Jews to take over the world. Adolph Hitler was a big fan. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran bases his hatred of Israel on this book; I heard him say it in person in New York City last year. And the anti-Semitism at the root of the hatred of Israel is also behind the plan being pushed by the Obama Administration to curse Israel, divide Jerusalem, and hand the Holy City to Israel's bitter enemies. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Thu, 21 Jul 2011 20:27:50 -0800 Full article 1_301available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Early this morning the Spirit of the Lord gave me this scripture as I was praying for the Jewish people in Israel in light of their great fear that war is coming. I am certain He wants me to share it with you. Daniel 2:21-22 says, "He changes the times and seasons. He gives power to kings, and He takes their power away. He gives wisdom to people so they become wise. He lets people learn things and become wise. He knows hidden secrets that are hard to understand. Light lives with Him, so He knows what is in the dark and secret places.? Only God can change a season of war into a season of peace. Would you agree with me in prayer for peace? I am so burdened by the news I received from Israel last week that I wanted to share this urgent update with you again: I was just informed by a high-level source in Jerusalem that the nation of Israel is preparing for war. The belief is that once the UN vote on a unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital city takes place, war will break out. Israel is preparing for an attack by its neighbors?not only the Palestinian terrorists of Hamas and Fatah, but Hezbollah, armed and funded by Syria and Lebanon, and perhaps even troops from Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, and Iran as well. My source also said that public support expressed by the Arab League for UN recognition of Palestine poses a grave risk because of the leverage of the oil nations over Europe. Europe imports most of its oil, and in addition, the vast oil wealth of the Arab Gulf states is coveted by the European Union to help them survive their current financial crisis. The threat Israel faces is not just a meaningless UN vote; it is a life-and-death struggle for survival?and Israel's enemies are focused and fully committed to their evil plan. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:28:18 -0800 Full article 1_300available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com A massive forest fire that raged out of control threatened many Jerusalem neighborhoods and landmarks, including the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum, which had to be evacuated last night. Thick billowing smoke hindered attempts to control the fire, as water-dropping planes were not able to get close to the source of the blaze, and it had to be fought largely on the ground. Some of the workers at the museum insisted on remaining behind to save the irreplaceable artifacts that give witness to the horror that saw the slaughter of more than six million Jews. "Some of the staff, including the director general and security people, have remained behind to try and help and make sure everything is okay,? a spokeswoman said. "Nothing has been damaged as far as we know at the moment, and we hope it stays like that.? Another threatened site was the major fuel depot at Pi Gilot. Early reports are that some homes also had to be evacuated. The police have arrested one person who is believed to be linked to the start of the fire, although early reports indicate that it may have been accidental rather than deliberately set. I ask that you urgently join me in prayer for the Holy City. It breaks my heart to see a news story like this. I also ask that you send a special gift to help us respond to needs that arise from this fire. When you give to support the work of the Jerusalem Prayer Team, you not only help us stand for Israel in front of governments and world leaders and encourage others to join with us in prayer, but you also help to meet urgent humanitarian needs of the Chosen People. Please be as generous as you can when you give, and thank you so much for being part of the team. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:18:32 -0800 Full article 1_285available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Let me tell you a little about this amazing man?my husband. His father, Robert, began to violently abuse Mike at the age of four. (He quit school because of it and did not go to high school.) Mike's dad beat him with extension cords and coat hangers and often threw him into the canning cellar with its dirt floor. Mike's father hated Jews, even though he married one. He regularly beat his wife, Mike's mom, especially on Friday nights when he would come home drunk at one or two in the morning. Mike developed a stomach ulcer and speech impediment because of the abuse. He did not have low self-esteem; he had no self-esteem. He had many phobias. He was afraid of the dark, of people, of death, of heights?Mike walked everywhere with his head down and couldn't look anyone in the eyes. When Mike was 11, he was asked at school what he wanted to be when he grew up. Mike replied, "Twenty." He had no expectations beyond living to be 20 years old. That was on a Tuesday. That Friday at 2:15 in the morning, Mike's dad broke both of his arms and strangled him, leaving him unconscious in the darkness. That night Mike prayed his first prayer: "God, why was I born?" Suddenly the room was filled with a bright light. Two hands with nail scars reached through the light. Mike says that when he saw the Lord Jesus in the room, His eyes were smiling, and he had never seen a man's eyes smile before. Jesus spoke and said, "Son, I love you." Mike had never heard those words from his father. Then Jesus said, "I have a great plan for your life." The greatest evidence that Christ exists is my husband. I know him better than anyone, and I know how God's love transformed him. Mike forgave his father unconditionally and cared for him until his death last year at the age of 91. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:25:08 -0800 Full article 1_298available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com A war of biblical proportions is being fought in Washington D.C. The Quartet (Russia, the EU, the UN and the U.S.), along with representatives from China and the Arab League, were invited to dinner by President Obama to unite behind his plan to divide Jerusalem and take all lands from Israel gained in the 1967 war. This is a battle between Politics and Prophecy. The next move will be when the UN meets in preparation for the official proclamation of Palestinian Statehood in September at the UN General Assembly in New York. In 1973, the newfound Communist/Muslim voting bloc spearheaded the passing of a UN resolution that officially stated "Zionism is a form of racism." Yes, Zionism! The movement trying to find ways to protect Jews FROM racism was redefined AS racism. It's the equivalent of saying the civil rights movement was racism and Martin Luther King was a racist. This voting bloc is the reason resolution, after resolution, after resolution against Israel from 1973 until this day have easily passed through the UN. But today, this movement has a new tool for attacking Israel as the cause of all of our problems. The UN's Review Conference on Racism (Durban III) will be held in NY at the UN the same week the world attempts to rip Israel apart. This conference is charged with finding the real root of racism?yet at the last conference in Geneva (Durban II), keynote speaker Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the same world leader who openly called for Israel's annihilation?revealed that Zionism is not only racist, but in fact the true ROOT of racism throughout the world. What has history taught us about what tends to happen when one ethnic group is believed to be the hidden root of all of the world's problems? **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:19:31 -0800 Full article 1_297available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Imagine a group of foreign political leaders sending a message to the United States: "You must hand over half of Washington, D.C., to Al-Qaeda, or there will never be peace." Of course we would reject such a silly notion out of hand. Yet that is exactly the message that the Obama Administration and the Quartet for Middle East peace that met in Washington earlier this week are sending to Israel. These world leaders are telling the Jewish people they must hand over half of their nation's capital to the very people who are attacking and killing them at every opportunity. No other nation on Earth is expected or asked to do what is being demanded of Israel. It is an outrage! There are very few friends of the Jewish state left on the world stage. Nations that once were at least not hostile like Turkey and Egypt have turned against her. And even allies like America and England have increasingly made impossible demands of Israel. If the Quartet has its way, Israel will also be forced to give up the lands of Judea and Samaria, as well as much of Jerusalem. This plan, being put together and promoted in our name, is a disaster for Israel and for every nation that supports it. Ironically, the Palestinians have bitterly complained that the Quartet isn't doing enough to pressure Israel to give in to their demands, while the Quartet makes no demands at all on the Palestinians. The Quartet's plan gives the Palestinians almost all of what they are asking for, but still it is not enough. If either the Quartet plan or the UN plan goes into effect, the results for Israel will be devastating. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:11:07 -0800 Full article 1_296available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Despite repeated requests, the Palestinians have again refused to return to the negotiating table with Israel. They remain committed to pushing for a unilateral declaration of independence to be recognized at the United Nations General Assembly in September. Top Palestinian officials have declared they have the support of more than 130 nations for the plan. They continue to refuse to recognize Israel as a Jewish state ?. or even as a legitimate nation, and they refuse to take any effective steps to end the ongoing campaign of violence and terror against Jewish civilians. During talks in Jerusalem with the President of Greece, Prime Minister Netanyahu reiterated Israel's willingness to resume negotiations, saying they could "begin tomorrow." But the Palestinians know they can get a better deal through unilateral action by the Quartet or the United Nations, and they are holding out for a state with 1967 borders and Jerusalem as its capital. The latest attack on Jews living in southern Israel saw five more Kassam rockets fired from Hamas-controlled Gaza. Thanks only to Divine protection, no one was injured. These attacks are so commonplace that they receive no attention in the Western media. But imagine what would happen if five rockets were fired from Mexico targeting civilians living in California or Texas! We wouldn't ignore it! Yet the Quartet for Middle East Peace that met in Washington continues to push President Obama's plan to hand over much of Jerusalem, along with Judea and Samaria, to the same terrorists who are attacking Israel on an almost daily basis. It's outrageous. It's foolish. And it is a direct attack on the prophetic Word of God. Yet, in just a few days, the UN Security Council will begin debate on the plan to create a Palestinian nation with no consideration for Israel's security or future survival. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:54:16 -0800 Full article 1_295available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I am incensed and insulted by Israel's treatment in the public arena. On July 11, President Barack Obama invited the Quartet?Russia, the UN, and the EU?as well as representatives from China and the Arab League, to the White House for a summit on Israel. Following the meetings, a dinner that lasted over two hours was held for the participants. Did you hear a word about it in the media? I certainly didn't. Why? The White House had imposed a media ban on the event. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hosted the dinner. I am hard-pressed to find a time in American history when a trusted ally was ever treated so shabbily. Israel is the best friend America has and to NOT invite Israel to a summit that will affect her future?and the future of Jerusalem, Judea, and Samaria?is evil. Why has President Obama not convened a summit on Iran, a country whose leaders are determined to wipe Israel from the map? It's simple; he believes that Israel is the second-greatest destabilization force in the Middle East after Al-Qaeda. In approximately two weeks, on July 26, the United Nations Security Council will hold an open "debate" on whether or not Israel's land will be seized in September and Jerusalem divided by the establishment of a Palestinian state. This would be done without negotiation or approval from Israel. According to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, "President Obama says he wants to see an independent Palestinian state by September." This indicates that Mr. Obama may not veto this blatant land grab. No wonder Palestinian leaders are so confident of success that they are willing to seize the moment. It is highly likely that Israeli leaders would refuse to recognize the UN move and decline to forfeit their land. The Palestinians would probably declare war on Israel with the whole world lining up on their side. As of today, 116 of the 192 UN member states are willing to recognize a Palestinian state. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:48:42 -0800 Full article 1_294available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Despite the revolution that overthrew Egypt's government earlier this year and the near-certainty that the new government to be elected this fall will be dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood that is very hostile to Israel, the Obama Administration has announced plans to move ahead with an arms deal with Egypt worth more than one billion dollars. The highlight of the proposed package is 125 Abrams tanks?the top-of-the-line fighting vehicle used by U.S. forces. A Pentagon official described the deal as providing Egypt "a modern tank fleet, enhancing its capacity to meet current and future threats." One has to wonder exactly what threat the Obama Administration thinks Egypt faces. It is on friendly terms with all its Arab neighbors and has been at peace with Israel since the historic treaty signed by Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat. Then on July 11 a mob of pro-Assad demonstrators in Damascus attacked the U.S. Embassy in Damascus. They broke windows, painted graffiti on the walls, and planted a Syrian flag in the embassy compound. The Assad government has faced growing protests against brutality to their own people, and yet despite the fact that Assad has killed more than one thousand of his own people in the past weeks, the Obama Administration has continued to support him. Against this backdrop, the Quartet for Middle East peace meeting in Washington takes on a special irony. With a brutal thug like Assad unleashing his army on his own people and continuing to threaten the safety and security of neighbors like Lebanon and Israel, the Obama Administration thinks the problem in the Middle East is Israel. History has taught us repeatedly that appeasement doesn't work, yet our leaders are trying to sell out Israel to buy peace with the radical Muslims who hate both Christians and Jews. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:41:01 -0800 Full article 1_292available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com A terrorist organization is at the center of gravity in a newly proposed Middle East peace plan fashioned by the European Union. It is no surprise that the Liberal Left in America is in full agreement. President Obama has scheduled a July 11 summit in Washington instead of just "saying no? to Mahmoud Abbas and his plan for unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state at the United Nations in September. Each time Israel is summoned to a farsical meeting such as this, she loses land, people, and bargaining power. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is being dragged to Washington once again to appease the Arab world. It was this concept of appeasement that drove Mr. Obama?s speech on May 19. During that address, he called for the Israeli government to return to its 1967 borders?a move that would surely jeopardize the future of the tiny Jewish nation. To negotiate with the Palestinian Authority would mean bargaining with not one but two soon-to-be-united terrorist organizations: Hamas and Fatah. The liberal EU is now insisting that Hamas be allowed a seat at the table. This is the organization responsible for lobbing thousands of rockets into Israel in attempts to fulfill its charter by targeting Jews. Given that information, why then does President Obama continue to insist that the Israelis negotiate with such an evil enemy? President Obama seems to see nothing wrong with dancing with the devil. Liberals have a difficult time seeing moral issues clearly because most are moral relativists. They reject absolute standards of good and evil or right and wrong. In their worldview Man is capable of perfection, human nature is on a path towards enlightenment, and the concept of original sin is primitive. These humanists reinvented Arafat in the 1990s as a peacemaker and gave him the façade of a freedom fighter not a terrorist. Now the same extreme makeover is being applied to Hamas. In the eyes of humanists, those who blow up Jews are driven to such acts because of injustice and provocation. The victims of these crimes are seen as the source of the problem, and the terrorists are seen as the innocent and exploited. In this age of moral relativism, political correctness, fear of offending others, self-justification, and liberalism, we sympathize with the murderer and blame the victim; we point fingers at the rape victim and make excuses for the rapist; we blame the innocent for the attacks that kill and maim, while the attackers simply become "freedom fighters.? In a culture where wickedness is condoned, the innocent suffer repeatedly. They are victimized by the criminal, the court, and the media. The Liberal Left rationalizes this little game play in order to justify a lack of moral virtue and to make themselves feel better. In response to President Obama?s feel-better summit scheduled for July 11, Prime Minister Netanyahu pressed PA negotiators to return to talks without preconceived conditions. He also established six fundamentals upon which the Israelis believe peace can be realized: "mutual recognition between two states, two nation-states for two peoples: a Jewish State which means a nation-state, the nation-state of the Jewish people, Israel, and a nation-state for the Palestinians.? "the refugee problems are settled in these two respective states ? the question of Palestinian refugees will be resolved in the Palestinian state and not in Israel.? "the demilitarization of the Palestinian state.? "to incorporate what are called the settlement blocs, these large, urban communities that are fairly dense and concentrated alongside Greater Tel Aviv and Greater Jerusalem, and other areas of critical, strategic and national importance in the final borders of Israel.? "Jerusalem must remain united, under Israeli sovereignty.? "the ending of the conflict, the ending of the claims.? As an indication of Israel?s commitment to the talks, an Israeli outpost in the West Bank was demolished last week. On another encouraging note, the U.S. Senate voted to eliminate $600 million in annual aid to the Palestinian Authority if they insist on pursuing unilateral recognition at the UN in September. Another reality is that by merging with Hamas the PA would lose is eligibility for any U.S. aid. Not surprisingly, there are wide fissures in the ongoing negotiations between Hamas and Fatah?primarily over the choice of leadership for the proposed unity government and over the PA?s thrust for recognition at the UN. The time has come for President Obama to stand up for America?s staunchest ally in the Middle East: Israel. President John Adams said, "Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.? This nation needs a leader with unassailable moral authority. Solzhenitsyn noted that although U.S. politicians engage in occasional outbursts in dealing with weak governments, they became paralyzed when dealing with foreign powers and international terrorists. This is not the time for the leader of the free world to take the easy way out; it is time for him to take the road less traveled and support Israel. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Tue, 19 Jul 2011 12:51:10 -0800 Full article 1_291available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Over 50 years ago, I saw Jesus face-to-face. I was an abused child, and when I saw Him, I was in the cellar where my father threw me after strangling me and leaving me to choke on my own vomit. One of the most amazing things about Jesus was His eyes. Until that day, I walked with my head down and could not look a man in the eye. Eyes are an incredible creation. They act as a camera to reflect and focus light and convert it into electrical signals, which the brain translates into images. The eyes of Jesus were smiling. I'd never before seen that in a man's eyes. I had only seen rabid anger until my encounter with Jesus. I know His eyes were not a single color?not brown, or blue, or green. Every color in the rainbow was in His eyes which were like magnets drawing me into their depths. That night my life was radically transformed. I was healed of a stomach ulcer, a speech impediment, delivered from all my fears, and called to do what I am now doing. It seemed as if I could see through the eyes of Jesus into eternity. I want to share my experience with you?and share with you how you can experience the same freedom from pain, sickness, bondage, abuse and suffering in my new novel, The Light. And I want you to have a copy of this book when you send your gift of $30 or more to support the Jerusalem Prayer Team. If you are able to send a gift of $80 or more, we will send you an autographed hardback copy. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Fri, 8 Jul 2011 16:42:46 -0800 Full article 1_290available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Today the Jerusalem Post published my article, "Happy Fourth of July, Israel." In it I point out the long ties of friendship and freedom that have bound our nation to the Jewish state as wonderful allies for so many years. The article reflects on the 35th anniversary of the death of Yonathan Netanyahu?brother of the current Prime Minister in the raid on Entebbe?and looks to the future, issuing a clarion call for Americans and all freedom-loving people to stand with Israel. Your support of the Jewish people through your support of the Jerusalem Prayer Team means so much to the people of Israel. Again and again on my recent visit, they expressed their gratitude. I stand as your ambassador, expressing your support and love for Israel at a moment when our help and our support are urgently needed. What you do by supporting this ministry is so very important! If you would like to read my entire article, the link is below. In light of the threats facing the Jewish people, we are increasing our efforts to help the Chosen People who are living in great need. Your gift will bless the Children of Abraham?elderly Holocaust victims, terror victims, Jewish refugees living in poverty, and much more. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Fri, 8 Jul 2011 16:37:00 -0800 Full article 1_289available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I am outraged, and you should be too! Next week the Quartet is coming to Washington for talks to "jump-start" the Middle East peace process. Last week a UN official blew the cover of secrecy that had surrounded this event when he revealed that the meetings of the European Union, Russia, the United Nations, and United States representatives will be held in Washington. They have been trying to keep this quiet so the American people will not rise up in protest against this horrible betrayal of Israel. The menu for this "dinner" is barbequed Jew; the state of Israel is being offered up as a sacrificial lamb in the name of peace. The very people who have been killing Israelis for years are about to be handed the keys to the city of Jerusalem?given control of the holiest sites of Judaism and Christianity?and handed deadly military positions on Israel's shrunken borders! We must not allow this to happen! We have produced a major TV documentary revealing the origins and goals of this evil plan. But we do not have the funds right now to continue airing it. There is no time to waste. This meeting will take place next week. We must sound the alarm and warn believers across America of what is going on before it is too late. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Fri, 8 Jul 2011 16:30:55 -0800 Full article 1_288available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com America celebrates Independence Day, by far the most important national holiday of the year in the United States. It commemorates the birth of the nation and the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, with fireworks, picnics, concerts, parades, political speeches and ceremonies. It is a day of patriotism and pride ? the largest birthday celebration in America and a true day of remembrance. It is in this spirit that I, as an American, will celebrate Israel. The nation of Israel and the Jewish people have sacrificed more for American freedom per capita than any nation on earth. Radical Islamists call America the "Great Satan,? and Israel the "Little Satan.? The reason is obvious; the Jewish people in Israel have, with their own blood, defended America and the Western world against radical Islam since the days of its rebirth on May 14, 1948. When Jewish poetess, Emma Lazarus, penned the immortal words emblazoned on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty, Palestine was desert, a wasteland in the hands of the unfriendly Turks. From 1881 to about 1920, three million Jews emigrated from Eastern Europe to the United States. Welcoming them to America were Lazarus? words: "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.? Ties between the Jewish people and the early pilgrims in America were as foundationally strong as the rock on which they stepped ashore in 1620. A group hoping to found a "New Israel? would become highly influential when the colonists began to aspire to freedom. Early founders and presidents of the newly-formed republic would express the hope that the children of Israel might one day find rebirth in their homeland ? the land God gave to Abraham. Our forefathers, Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin lobbied for an image of Moses guiding the Israelites on the Great Seal. Such presidents as John Adams, Woodrow Wilson, and Abraham Lincoln lobbied for a homeland in Palestine for the Jews. President Harry S. Truman was the first world leader to recognize the new State of Israel in 1948. One of the greatest symbols of Israel?s sacrifice is Yonathan Netanyahu, commander of Sayaret Mutkal, who was killed in action during Operation Entebbe in Uganda. His brother, Benjamin, is the current prime minister of Israel. Character and dedication are symbolized in a letter Yonathan wrote to his parents on December 2, 1973. In the letter he wrote: "We are preparing for war and it?s hard to know what to expect. What I am positive of is that there will be a next round and others after that. But, I would rather opt for living here in continual battle than for becoming part of the wandering Jewish people. Any compromise will simply hasten the end. As I don?t intend to tell my grandchildren about the Jewish State in the twentieth century as a mere brief and transient episode amid thousands of years of wandering. I intend to hold on here with all my might.? On July 4, 1980, the anniversary of his death, I read Yoni?s story in the Jerusalem Post. It deeply touched me in such a way that I made my way to the Netanyahu home to express my sympathies for his sacrifice to the Netanyahu family. Benzion Netanyahu answered the door and very graciously invited me inside for tea. After a few moments, we were joined by Benjamin. I had never seen a more painful agony than I saw in Benjamin?s eyes. I was so moved by the encounter that I requested a second meeting that week with Prime Minister Menachem Begin through his personal secretary, Yehiel Kadishai. When Mr. Begin came through the door of his office I said, "Mr. Prime Minister, yesterday I met the prime minister of Israel.? He said, "You are mistaken; it wasn?t yesterday that we met.? I said, "No, it is not you.? He laughed and asked, "Who is this competitive prime minister?? "Benjamin Netanyahu. He will be prime minister twice. Will you give him a job?? He laughed. "Twice? Isn?t once enough?? At that time, Mr. Begin didn?t know Benjamin. His senior advisor Reuven Hecht, also in the room, knew Benjamin, and spoke highly of him. Menachem Begin agreed. The following night, Reuven offered Benjamin a position in the Israeli embassy in Washington, DC under Moshe Arons. For over twenty years, I kept the story in confidence and did not tell Benjamin that I had asked for an appointment for him ? not until he demanded that I tell him the truth. He smiled and said, "Oh, so you?re the one. I don?t know whether to kiss you or kick you in the rear.? Without a doubt, Benjamin is prime minister of Israel and has maintained courageous moral clarity because of the sacrifice of his brother, Jonathan. The death of Yoni Netanyahu inspired me to write Israel: America?s Key to Survival in 1981. On the front cover of the book are U.S. and Israeli flags sliced in half by an Islamic Saudi Arabian sword. The premise of the book was that Israel was the only democracy and firewall between radical Islam and the West. I wrote that if Israel was weakened, radical Islam would begin attacking the West. New York City?s tallest building would be the first target. On the back cover is a quote from Benjamin Netanyahu: "Their goal is to destroy America ? destroy it ? reduce it to nothing and they feel they can effectively do it through terrorism.? **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Fri, 8 Jul 2011 16:24:24 -0800 Full article 1_287available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Why in heaven?s name is the peace process so complicated? One would think that after forty-four years, a solution could easily be found. The truth is, the problem will never be resolved until the root is exposed. The root is not the refusal of the Palestinians to recognize Israel as a Jewish state; it is the Palestinian?s unwillingness to recognize the Jews. Offering land-for-peace to the Palestinian Authority is as absurd as President Obama offering Georgia and Alabama to the KKK, and then declaring that blacks could no longer live there. The truth is Palestinian bigotry and racism makes the KKK look like NAACP supporters. For America?s first black president to skirt that issue is outrageous. The Palestinians? greatest friends have always been among the Liberal Left in Europe, the U.S., and even in Israel. It?s time to say as we do in Texas, "Fish or cut bait.? The Liberal Left would never come out of the closet and say openly, "I support racism.? It is time to define the terms of the debate because, "He who defines the terms controls the debate.? When George H.W. Bush was running for his second term as president, a man in the audience yelled, "It?s about the economy, stupid.? That one statement cost Mr. Bush the presidency. It serves no purpose to skirt the issue and talk about everything but the real problem. Jews in Israel are not killed over land, nor was that the reason for their murders in Arab countries. They are killed because they are Jews. Anti-Semitism, bigotry, and racism are the root and reason for the killing season. One kills the body and the other kills the soul. I was the first journalist to confront Yasser Arafat after his gun-waving at the 43rd General Assembly of the United Nations in 1988. It was there that he was forced to say the words, "I denounce terrorism.? I held up the Palestinian Covenant and said, "If you denounce terrorism, then denounce this covenant that calls for the destruction of the Jewish people.? He was so incensed that he began shouting, "Shut up, shut up! What must I do to make you shut up?striptease for you?? Arafat knew that the real root of the problem was Jew-hatred. In 1991 at the Madrid Peace Conference, I had the same confrontation with Secretary of State James Baker who had reportedly said, "F--- the Jews.? His response was, "You?re not going to entangle me in fruitless debate.? How guileless can a man in his position possibly be? Jew-hating and baiting has been with us for six thousand years. Every peace summit, conference, "dialogue?, debate or gesture is of no value until the root of the problem has been honestly addressed and expunged. How in the world could Russian Orthodox Christians massacre Jews during the pogroms? How could Protestant German Christians ignore the Holocaust? It was because of anti-Semitism fueled by a lie that will not die. No one in America could get away with using the "N? word?be he a politician, celebrity, businessman, or a broadcaster. It would be the kiss of death. Palestinians and Muslims throughout the Middle East use the "J? word while blaming the Jews for diseases, wars, economic crises, 9/11, and even blast them for owning and controlling the media. It is a shame they do not visit Israel, a government that is almost in the media Stone Age. I complained to the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin that Israel?s government needed to do something about its archaic media, and that the nation never missed an opportunity to miss an opportunity. He responded, "You know that all the way back to the pogroms when the fictitious book, The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion, was first written accusing us of controlling the media, we have done everything in our power to run from it. We did not want to legitimize their claims.? It is now time for Israel to stop running, to stop apologizing for being Jewish, to stop skirting the real problem. Until that happens, the only price Israel will pay for peace is with Jewish blood. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Fri, 8 Jul 2011 16:12:12 -0800 Full article 1_286available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com On March 28, 2011, President Barack Obama addressed the National Defense University student body. He explained America?s rationale for approving a military campaign to halt Libyan leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi?s violent crackdown on demonstrators. Mr. Obama said, "Some nations may be able to turn a blind eye to atrocities in other countries. The United States of America is different. And as president, I refused to wait for the images of slaughter and mass graves before taking action." The war in Libya rages on after nearly three months with no end in sight. One question, however, remains unanswered: Why the above policy of not turning a blind eye to atrocities doesn?t apply to other countries in the Middle East, i.e. Syria, Lebanon, and Gaza for example. By last Thursday, the death toll in Syria is believed to have reached over 1,500, but the international community led by the United States could not even reach an agreement on the language of a resolution to reprimand Syria?s President Bashar Al-Assad some countries wanted to push through the Security Council. The difference between Syria and Libya is simply?Israel. While the tiny nation does not border Libya, it does Syria, and there is definitely bad blood between the two countries. And, there is definitely a very cogent fear in the Israeli Defense Forces that in the event of foreign military intervention against Assad, Israel would bear the brunt of his retaliation. Assad, eager to turn the eyes of the world away from his heinous crackdown in Syrian towns and villages, has apparently spurred Palestinian refugees to try to breach Israel?s security. Just days ago a group from the Yarmouk facility tried to cross the border into Israel. And this is just the first foray?only a tip of the iceberg of what Syria could instigate. Assad has at his fingertips a stockpile of ballistic missiles. Over the years Syria has produced those missiles as well as an arsenal of chemical weapons designed to exact the harshest penalties possible against Israel. These were developed following Israel?s destruction of Syria?s nuclear reactor in 2007. The major concern by Israel?s leaders is what will happen when Assad is removed, and who will take charge of the missiles and weapons in his cache. In actuality, Israel would rejoice at his removal from power, but the results of such a move must be assessed from every conceivable angle. Another plus of Assad?s fall would possibly be a breach in Syria?s alignment with Iran. The country is a bridge between the two powers and enables Ahmadinejad to flood supplies to Hezbollah in Lebanon. Iran would be cut off from at least one of its proxies in its war to "wipe Israel from the map.? The symbiotic relationship between Iran and Hezbollah is of great concern to both entities as Syria falls further into chaos. According to some intelligence gathering agencies, Hezbollah is so concerned it is working to move advanced war materiel stored in Syria to Lebanon. These weapons are said to include long range SCUD missiles that were destined for use along Lebanon?s southern border with Israel. Israel is also in the crosshairs of Hamas in Gaza where efforts to join with Fatah are feeling the strain of two entities that each want controlling interest. Nothing is being done in the region to stop educating the children as if war was the only way. And the funds for that education come directly from the budget of the United Nations Relief and Works Committee (UNRWA.) There is little reason and no incentive for the Gazans to work. They live predominately in a welfare state funded in large part by the United States. When the Israelis abandoned the region, an infrastructure was left behind in the form of greenhouses designed to produce fruit and vegetables that would have helped not only the economy, but would feed the poor and hungry. All was destroyed because of Jew-hatred. Today Gazan women birth, on average, six children per family. While Iran may be responsible for fueling and feeding the machinery for war against Israel, the West is guilty of helping to fund yet another generation of children with a mindset only for terrorism and martyrdom. Perhaps it is time to force the leaders in Gaza to spend some of the funds in its war coffers to feed and clothe its own people. The union of Fatah and Hamas contained no verbiage requiring the terrorist organization to recognize Israel?s right to exist and stop attacks against the Jewish state. In response to the merger, a group of Democratic and Republican congressional members led by Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the powerful Republican chairwoman of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee and a staunch defender of Israel, were adamant that U.S. law should force an end to funds for the Palestinian Authority. According to Ros-Lehtinen, "U.S. taxpayer funds should not and must not be used to support those who threaten U.S. security, our interests and our vital ally, Israel.? And yet the UN continues to pour funds into Gaza just as Ahmadinejad continues to find ways to sneak rockets and ammunition into the hands of yet another of Israel?s enemies. With Syria on one border, Lebanon on another, Gaza sitting like a cancer in the south, and Syria on the northeastern border and Lebanon in the north, proxies of Iran all, Israel must continue its search for ways to stop Ahmadinejad and the mad Mullahs who run Iran. In response to the turmoil in Syria, Ahmadinejad revealed that the production of uranium will be tripled. The announcement also stated that the clandestine facility built near Qom would be put online and outfitted with equipment to produce a higher grade of uranium. This came only days after Yukiya Amano, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, stated the obvious?that Iran?s nuclear program pointed to the involvement of its military. This conjecture has been rampant among those concerned about Iran?s nuclear pursuits. The director?s pronouncement came soon after the IAEA released its latest findings. The notice pointed to an increase of up to four tons of low-enriched uranium (LEU). This reflects the collection of enough uranium that, if enriched, could produce two nuclear weapons. Though plagued with technical problems, and especially the virus that caused havoc at the Natanz plant, it is believed that Iran is once again on track. It is little wonder that Iran is taking full advantage of the upheaval in the Middle East. While the rest of the world is focused on events in Libya, Syria, Gaza, and other countries, Iran?s leaders are ramping up its illegal nuclear programs and its determination to continue to enrich uranium. The choice to send submarines into the Red Sea is a signal that Iran?s leaders are secure in their belief that no measures will be taken to contain the rogue nation. Iran?s confidence stems from the fact that current sanctions have been only minimally effective due to burgeoning oil prices. It is also bolstered by the severe crackdown on and near disappearance of any protests in the country. Prognostications in intelligence circles are that in approximately one year, Iran will have produced enough low-enriched uranium to manufacture a nuclear device capable of being tested. Of course, comments like those attributed to the former head of Mossad, Meir Dagan, also lifted Iran?s assurance that there could be little or no response to its nuclear pursuits. Dagan called any plan to attack Iran?s reactors a "stupid idea" and an "impossible" contest. The Iranians, as you might expect, were overjoyed with Dagan?s assessment. Perhaps it is a true estimation of Israel?s preparedness, or perhaps it is a Trojan Horse designed to give Ahmadinejad and his cohorts a sense of well-being. At the very worst, it could erode Israel?s confident stance in the face of the threat posed by Iran. Moshe Ya?alon, Israel?s Deputy Prime Minister, who also holds the portfolio of Strategic Affairs Minister, had long averred that Israel must develop a "credible military option" in order to confront Iran?s nuclear program. Ya?alon believes that Israel must have a genuine, practicable, and efficient option. According to Ya?alon, "They need to fear that the military option is real and can be used,? Ya?alon has said in the past. Recent revelations indicate that Iran is no longer afraid of retaliation from any source ? U.S. or Israeli. Ahmadinejad and his backers continue to threaten world peace without fear of retribution. Certainly there has been no indication that President Barack Obama and his administration are willing to do anything to halt Iran?s march toward securing nuclear weapons. Once that has been accomplished, no part of our planet is safe from Ahmadinejad?s murderous sights. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Fri, 8 Jul 2011 15:29:06 -0800 Full article 1_279available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Shalom from the Holy City of Jerusalem. At 2 a.m. this morning I stood at my window and beheld the walls of Jerusalem. As the lights around the walls sprang to life, I prayed for you. God reminded me of a scripture as I prayed: "You who call on the LORD, give yourselves no rest." (Isaiah 62:6) There have been nonstop meetings since my plane landed last night. Critical events are taking place in the Holy City, and I am here as your ambassador for Israel. My old friend Prime Minister Netanyahu just has appealed to the leaders of Israel to demand that the Palestinian Authority recognize Jerusalem as the united capital of the Jewish state. He is facing great opposition from political opponents who are being strengthened and supported by the Obama Administration. I'm asking you to send a brief one-line word of support for the Prime Minister on Twitter or Facebook. I will present your words of encouragement when I meet with him. He needs to know that Believers around the world are standing with him during these difficult days. I am here in Jerusalem by Divine appointment, ready to hold up the hands of Israel's leaders and assure them of your prayer and love. Please pray for me. While I am here in the Holy City, I will be meeting with the Prime Minister, the President, the Mayor of Jerusalem, and many other leaders. An event to honor me will be held at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center. In attendance will be 100 leaders of the nation of Israel. I have been invited to attend the president's conference with 200 world leaders. There will also be a meeting with dozens of victims of terrorism, comforting them and sharing your love and compassion. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Fri, 1 Jul 2011 15:54:31 -0800 Full article 1_284available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com During their annual military war games this week, Iran successfully test-fired 14 long-range missiles capable of striking Israel and American military bases in the Middle East. This demonstration of military power, according to the head of Iran's military aerospace program, was meant to send "a message of peace and friendship." But he revealed more of the truth in another comment. "The range of our missiles has been designed based on American bases in the region as well as the Zionist regime," Commander Amir Ali Hajizadeh told Iran's Fars news agency. The "Great Prophet 6" war games are a striking show of force from Iran. They are publicly acknowledging and even emphasizing their ability to strike at Israel or America. Analysts view this as an attempt at deterrence, trying to prevent a military strike on Iran's nuclear-weapons program. The nation of Israel is under grave threat. A dozen of these missiles equipped with nuclear warheads could completely devastate the Jewish nation in a matter of moments?and Iran's leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad would gladly allow his own nation to be destroyed by retaliatory strikes to accomplish his goal of "wiping Israel off the map." The challenges and threats against Israel continue to grow. A deputy prime minister told me, "Israel is facing a tsunami at the United Nations." In just eleven weeks the UN General Assembly will meet, and is almost certain to vote on the recognition of Palestine as an independent state based on the 1967 borders. This would be a tragedy for Israel. Yet only a handful of nations, including Germany, Italy and Holland, have expressed reservations about the vote. The Palestinians have already declared their intention to follow the UN vote with appeals to various world courts and governing organizations to force Israel into further concessions that strike at the very heart of Israel's safety and security?and Divine prophecy concerning the land. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Fri, 1 Jul 2011 15:36:41 -0800 Full article 1_283available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Dr. Mike Evans speaks from the Knesset in Jerusalem about the filming on his new TV special called The Protocols. Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:35:38 -0800 Full article 1_282available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Mike Evans Files a Video Update from the Future Conference in Israel, Hosted by President Shimon Peres, with 200 World Leaders and distinguished guests and speakers. Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:33:58 -0800 Full article 1_145available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Photo courtesy of AsiaNews.it. I was just briefed on Prime Minister Netanyahu's visit to the US last week. I was told that Mr. Netanyahu boldly declared that he would build 1,300 apartments in East Jerusalem in spite of President Obama's threats. He also stood up to President Obama's weak diplomatic position on Iran's plan to have an atomic bomb by this time next year. Israel now will be punished economically for this by the US government I was also told our government?with our tax dollars?is helping fund a museum in honor of Yasser Arafat?a terrorist who has killed more Jews than anyone since Hitler. This is outrageous. I will be meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu in a few weeks and want to let him know you are standing with him. The Prime Minister came to America last week to meet with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton regarding the stalled Middle East peace talks. The meeting came just days after Clinton announced America was giving another $150 million to the Palestinian Authority to help them "close their budget gap." Netanyahu's trip appeared to be part of an effort to stem a rising anti-Israel tide within the US government. Both President Obama and Secretary Clinton have strongly denounced the building of homes for Jews in Jerusalem?the only nation on Earth where they object to citizens being allowed to live in the capital city. They are blaming Israel for failure of the peace talks to reach a solution, even though it is the Palestinians who are continuing to murder innocent Jews and refuse to even acknowledge Israel's right to exist. *********** Dr. Michael D. Evans is the #1 New York Times bestselling author, and author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos and Atomic Iran. Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:08:43 -0800 Full article 1_281available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The newest thriller from New York Times best-selling author Dr. Mike Evans is here! The Protocols will be officially launched at a gala event with more than 100 leaders of the nation of Israel at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem, but you can request your copy today. This exciting and fast-paced story exposes the reach of anti-Semitism and exposes the lies behind "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" and the impact that book has had on the world. Follow along as two unlikely allies race against time to uncover and prevent the plot to unleash a nuclear holocaust that will destroy both America and Israel. It's a book you'll enjoy reading and will want to share with your friends. Receive your paperback copy of The Protocols when you send your gift of $30 or more to support the Jerusalem Prayer Team. If you are able to send a gift of $100 or more, we will send you an autographed hardback copy. Your support of the Jerusalem Prayer Team allows us to continue to stand for the Chosen People and to meet the needs of the hurting, the hungry, and the helpless Jews living in great need. Thank you so much for being part of the team and helping us defend the nation of Israel and the peace of Jerusalem through prayer. God bless you. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:21:17 -0800 Full article 1_280available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Shalom from the Holy City of Jerusalem. I just came back to my room from a prayer walk around Mount Zion. I ended my walk at the Garden Tomb where I prayed for Jerusalem ? and for you. I have a busy day coming up, including dinner with the President of Israel. I am here as your ambassador standing for Israel. Your support of the Jewish people does not go unnoticed. The head of the Jewish World Congress said to me, "A Christian living out his faith in God inspired me to do the same." Another man told me that his father was named for the Dutch Christian who saved the family from death in the Holocaust. His father ate tulip bulbs to survive?he was rescued by faith in action. The same anti-Semitism that inspired the Holocaust is seen today as anti-Israeli sentiment. This attitude is used to justify attacks on individual Jews as an extension of attacks on Israel. Please pray for me. While I am here in the Holy City, I will be meeting with the Prime Minister, the President of Israel, and many other leaders. I will be honored at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center by 100 leaders of the nation of Israel. I have been invited to attend the president's conference with 200 world leaders. I will meet with dozens of victims of terrorism, comforting them and sharing your love and compassion. I am your Ambassador to Jerusalem. While the enemies of the Jewish people curse them, you still have the opportunity to bless the Children of Israel. "I will bless them that bless thee and curse him that curses thee." (Genesis 12:3) Your support of the Jerusalem Prayer Team makes it possible for us to continue to rally Believers to stand with Israel, to speak out to leaders of our nation and the world in defense of Israel, and to meet urgent humanitarian needs of the Jewish people. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:12:32 -0800 Full article 1_278available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com A chilling posting on an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Web site describes what will happen when Iran conducts its first nuclear test: "The day after Islamic Republic of Iran's first nuclear test will be an ordinary day for us Iranians but in the eyes of some of us, there will be a new sparkle. It's a good day. In central deserts of Iran, where once Americans and some other Western countries wanted to bury their nuclear waste, an underground nuclear explosion has taken place." The fact that Gerdab, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard-run Web site, published this speculative article is chilling. Though few believe the claim, the government has always denied that there was a military purpose to its nuclear program. But they are enriching uranium to far higher levels than is needed for peaceful energy production, and Teheran has just announced plans to triple its uranium enrichment program. Now this statement that describes the aftermath of a nuclear test appears to be intended to prepare the Iranian people for the announcement that the government has finished their atomic-weapons development. Analysts speculated that the announcement could also be intended to shore up national pride and support for the regime, which lost popularity following the rigged presidential elections and the harsh crackdown that followed. The news could also be aimed at Western governments considering further sanctions against Iran for its continued nuclear work. In any case, there is no question about the intended target for Iran's nuclear weapons program?it is Israel. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad holds to the extreme "twelver" belief that the so-called Hidden Imam will return to place the entire world under Islamic rule ? and that this Muslim "second coming" will only occur after a bloody conflict that inflames the world. Now he is nearing the point of being able to create the apocalypse he believes is a necessity. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:02:19 -0800 Full article 1_276available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Forty-four years ago, Jewish soldiers took control of the Holy City during the Six-Day War. On the afternoon of June 7, Defense Minister Moshe Dayan stood at the Western Wall and said, "This week the IDF liberated Jerusalem. We have united Jerusalem, the divided capital of Israel. We have returned to the holiest of our holy places, never to part from it again. To our Arab neighbors we extend, also at this hour?and with added emphasis at this hour?our hand in peace. And to our Christian and Muslim fellow citizens, we solemnly promise full religious freedom and rights." In the years since that statement, Israeli governments have made Dayan's vision a reality. For the first time in history, full religious freedom to worship, never respected under Muslim rule, was extended to all three monotheistic religions?Christianity, Islam and Judaism alike?out of respect for the unique bonds each of these faiths has with Jerusalem's matchless landscape. Today that access, along with Israel's right to control its own capital city, is under attack. If the plan to create a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital goes forward, the holy sites of Judaism and Christianity will again be restricted. This plan to curse Jerusalem and divide it again is not just an attack on Israel; it is a direct attack on the prophetic Word of God. We can and must stand against this plan. Throughout the Muslim world, violent demonstrations erupted as protestors spat, shook their fists, and screamed the word "nakba" (catastrophe). They demand that Jerusalem be taken from the Jews to be the next Islamic capital. While the enemies of the Jewish people cursed them, you still have the opportunity to bless the children of Israel. "I will bless them that bless thee and curse him that curses thee." (Genesis 12:3) **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Thu, 9 Jun 2011 20:38:31 -0800 Full article 1_273available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com As I was celebrating Yom Yerushalayim?Jerusalem Day?I received a great piece of news that I wanted to share with you. As you may have seen, a short time ago, Iran's Supreme Leader Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urged the Muslim world to boycott anything and everything that originates with the Jewish people. In response, Meyer M. Treinkman, a pharmacist, out of the kindness of his heart, offered to assist them in their boycott as follows: "A Muslim who has heart disease must not use Digitalis, a discovery by a Jew, Ludwig Traube. Should he suffer with a toothache, he must not use Novocaine, a discovery of the Jew, Alfred Einhorn. If a Muslim has diabetes, he must not use insulin, the result of research by Oskar Minkowski, a Jew. "Any Muslim who has Syphilis must not be cured by Salvarsan discovered by a Jew, Dr. Paul Ehrlich. He should not even try to find out whether he has Syphilis, because the Wasserman Test was the discovery of a Jew. "Muslims with convulsions must put up with them because it was a Jew, Oscar Leibreich, who proposed the use of Chloral Hydrate to treat them. Should a Muslim child get Diphtheria, he must refrain from the "Schick" reaction which was invented by the Jew, Bella Schick. "They should continue to die or remain crippled by Infantile Paralysis because the discoverer of the anti-polio vaccine was a Jew, Jonas Salk. Muslims must refuse to use Streptomycin and continue to die of Tuberculosis because a Jew, Zalman Waxman, invented the wonder drug against this killing disease. "Muslim doctors must discard all discoveries and improvements by dermatologist Judas Sehn Benedict, or the lung specialist, Frankel, and of many other world renowned Jewish scientists and medical experts." That highlights pretty well how much the Jewish people have contributed to the world?yet they have so many enemies today committed to their destruction. We must stand with the Jewish people now more than ever. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Thu, 9 Jun 2011 20:38:09 -0800 Full article 1_277available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com One month ago, the new government of Egypt negotiated a unity pact between the Hamas and Fatah factions to join a "power sharing" agreement within the Palestinian Authority. Hamas is identified by the United States as a terrorist organization. They have not renounced their charter calling for the destruction of Israel. They have not stopped launching rocket and missile attacks against Jewish targets. Yet they are now officially part of the Palestinian government, and as a result, Hamas is receiving millions of dollars of our tax money. Not only is the Obama Administration continuing to fund Hamas as part of the Palestinian Authority, they are insisting that Israel negotiate with them to bring peace to the Middle East! This is folly?Hamas has no interest in peace. No concessions Israel can ever make will satisfy their anger and hatred. Just a few days ago in his speech to AIPAC in Washington, President Obama said he would continue to "demand that Hamas accept the basic responsibilities of peace, including: recognizing Israel's right to exist, rejecting violence, and adhering to all existing agreements." If we continue sending them millions of dollars, why would they change their evil ways? Of course they won't ? and we are footing the bill. The Obama Administration is cursing Israel in our name by funding their terrorist enemies with our tax dollars. We must speak out against this great evil today. So far 2,400 friends of Jerusalem have signed the petition, but we are praying 100,000 will join us in standing in defense of the Holy City. I'm asking you to not only sign the petition to President Obama, but also to forward this email to everyone in your address book. Post it on Facebook. Send it out by Twitter. Put it on your blog. Use every means at your disposal to get the word out. The more people who respond, the more powerful our combined voices will be urging President Obama to take action. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Thu, 9 Jun 2011 13:38:35 -0800 Full article 1_275available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com A top spiritual adviser to Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Ayatollah Mohammed Tagbi Mesbah, has issued an edict clarifying the duty of Muslims to kill Jews by any means possible?including suicide attacks. "When protecting Islam," the cleric wrote, "Muslim people depend on martyrdom operations. It not only is allowed, but even is an obligation." Mesbah's followers regard his words as binding religious edicts. His statement clearly directs them to strike even at Jewish children. This evil spirit of hatred and anti-Semitism is ruling the nation of Iran. It is the driving force behind their nuclear-weapons program. They seek the means to accomplish Ahmadinejad's stated goal to "wipe Israel off the map." What they have not yet been able to accomplish on a grand scale they are being instructed and encouraged to do on an individual basis. Israel's enemies do not want peace ? they want Israel destroyed. The recent celebration of the liberation of Jerusalem in 1967?Yom Yerushalayim?was a bittersweet day in some ways. Though it was a happy day, no one who loves the Holy City could fail to realize the threat Jerusalem faces. The world is making preparations to divide Jerusalem and curse the Jewish people. We have designated the month of June as "Bless Jerusalem Month." Your gifts will go to bless the Holy City of Jerusalem?elderly Holocaust victims, terror victims, Jewish refugees living in poverty, and much more. We are praying that at least 3,000 will respond to this urgent call to touch the hearts and lives of hurting people in Jerusalem. Pray that God will bless them according to the promise of Psalm 122:6: "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee." Many of the Jews in Jerusalem have been brought back to Israel through the hands of Gentiles in fulfillment of prophecy, "Thus says the Lord GOD: 'Behold, I will lift My hand in an oath to the nations, And set up My standard for the peoples; They shall bring your sons in their arms, And your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders?'" (Isaiah 49:22) Jerusalem is God's delight, His royal diadem, His firstborn, His chosen, His beloved. He declares, "For he who touches you touches the apple (pupil) of His eye" (Zechariah 2:8). Jerusalem is the only city where God has promised to prosper those who love it. (Psalm 122:6) Dr. Mike Evans will be in the Holy City the latter part of June to present your gifts to the Jewish people. He also will be meeting with the Mayor of Jerusalem and with the Prime Minister. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Thu, 9 Jun 2011 13:15:56 -0800 Full article 1_274available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com More than 40,000 Israelis paraded through the streets of Jerusalem celebrating the liberation of the Holy City during the Six Days War in 1967. Crowds of people, both old and young, marched through the City of David singing patriotic songs and waving flags. The annual celebration sparked outrage in Arab neighborhoods. At least three marchers were injured by thrown rocks and needed medical attention. One Palestinian man condemned the parade. "It sends a clear message. Look at them, they're celebrating?it's a provocation. Why are they doing it in an Arab neighborhood?" he asked. "There will be more problems; there will never be peace," he added. How can Israel possibly negotiate peace with people who think it is provocative for them to celebrate in their own capital city? It's outrageous! But that is exactly what the world is doing with the plan for Palestinian statehood. Not only does their scheme require Israel to hand over the ancient Bible lands of Judea and Samaria, but much of the Holy City as well. This plan is scheduled to be put in place in September. After much prayer, we have designated the month of June as "Bless Jerusalem Month." The name of every person who contributes to this campaign will be engraved in the Holy City. Those names will be there until the Messiah appears in His glory: "When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory." (Psalm 102:16) You are the watchman God has placed on the walls of Jerusalem. "I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; They shall never hold their peace day or night. You who make mention of the LORD, do not keep silent, And give Him no rest till He establishes And till He makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth." (Isaiah 62:6-7) **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Thu, 9 Jun 2011 13:06:31 -0800 Full article 1_272available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com This is a most important day for the Jerusalem Prayer Team?it is Yom Yerushalayim ? Jerusalem Day. On this day, we celebrate the prophetic reunification of the city of Jerusalem, the City of God, the Holy City ? Jerusalem DC (David's Capital). It is the only city in the world where God has placed His name. "In this temple, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my name forever." (II Chronicles 33:7) Jerusalem is the city where the prophet Zechariah, in a dark and lonely cave, prophesied, "I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock for all nations. All who try to move it will injure themselves" (Zechariah 12:2-3). The first mayor of Jerusalem and my dear friend, Teddy Kollek, took me to Zechariah's cave. It is commonly known today as Golgotha. The prophetic end of the age as described in the book of Revelation centers around a 45-acre tract of land in Jerusalem called the Temple Mount by the Jewish people. It is home to the foundation stone, the exposed bedrock of Mount Moriah, that lies under the Dome of the Rock. The Jewish people believe it is the spot where God created Adam. They call it the rock of Abraham because it was there that Abraham offered up Isaac. Even the Muslims acknowledge it with an inscription in Arabic on the Dome of the Rock which says: "The Rock of the Temple in the Garden of Eden." For two thousand years of unspeakable agony and horror, the Jewish people cried out in Russia during the pogroms, and in Germany during the Holocaust, "Next year in Jerusalem." God Almighty miraculously restored the Holy City of Jerusalem in fulfillment of prophecy. Today we celebrate that restoration. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, having penned numerous titles including nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and Atomic Iran; and the fiction book, GameChanger; and his newest titles Cursed, The Light, and The Protocols. Evans? books are available at www.TimeWorthybooks.com. You can read his full biography on Wikipedia. Thu, 9 Jun 2011 12:45:51 -0800 Full article 1_271available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com OPEC leaders will meet in Vienna on June 8 to review oil production allocations. A nightmare scenario is unfolding; however, that may further strain the world's economy. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran's fanatical president, has anointed himself "oil minister." That would be but a passing blip on OPEC's radar screen if it were not for the fact that Iran holds the rotating presidency of OPEC at this crucial moment. Ahmadinejad will thus arrive in Vienna with all the pomp and ceremony he can create "setting the stage for a highly politicized gathering of the cartel," according to the Financial Times. The outcome could well be higher oil prices for Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the other members of OPEC. Hand-wringing at the rise of the cost of a barrel of oil aside, the members of the cartel would have a perfect scapegoat?the ever mercurial Mr. Ahmadinejad. Sadly, many world leaders would shake their heads in helplessness and acquiesce to another form of blackmail. Mr. Obama's appeasement card will force the Israelis to once again pay the price for Arab rage and European spinelessness by the shedding of Jewish blood. In his speech to AIPAC on Sunday, the president said, "It is the right and responsibility of the Israeli government to make the hard choices that are necessary to protect a Jewish and democratic state for which so many generations have sacrificed." For Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Jewish people, the "hard choice" may not be in bowing to President Obama's pressure, but in withstanding it, and doing what is right for the people of Israel. Choosing to sail on alone in a sea of hatred and revulsion would perhaps be the hardest choice of all. It would take courage, fortitude, wisdom, and leadership unknown to those who blithely excel in telling Israel what to do. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Mon, 30 May 2011 12:33:45 -0800 Full article 1_270available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com It has been my great privilege for thirty years now to be a friend to Benjamin Netanyahu. I have been so impressed with his poise and wisdom as he faces hostile leaders with humor and grace. He did not cave in to the enormous pressure placed on him during the past week in Washington. As I have watched my old friend, I am reminded of the prophetic word I spoke over him all those years ago when I anointed him with oil and told him he would be Prime Minister twice. He wasn't even in politics then, but I believe God has placed him in his position "for such a time as this.? President Obama is in Europe promoting his plan for a Palestinian state with "1967 borders? as its basis. We must follow the Prime Minister's outstanding speech with our efforts to turn America to stand once again with our old ally, the nation of Israel. Already 112 nations have recognized a Palestinian state. The plan is for official state recognition in September at the United Nations. The only person who can stop this?in the natural?is President Obama with a Security Council veto, and there is no certainty that the Obama Administration will stop a plan that is largely what they have been calling for. The only ministry, to my knowledge, that has taken on this crisis is the Jerusalem Prayer Team I have a book on this subject and have received many letters of rebuke from pastors calling me, "a fool ? a moron ? an idiot." Some even said they spat on the book and threw it in the trash because President Obama's picture is on the cover below the title, "Cursed: A conspiracy to divide Jerusalem." I am not ashamed for believing the Word of God and telling the truth?no matter who despises me. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Mon, 30 May 2011 12:27:25 -0800 Full article 1_269available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Last year President Obama declared that he hoped the Palestinian state could be admitted to the United Nations by the time world leaders gathered in September in New York City for the annual General Assembly session. The president knows that he could push it through the Security Council, or if the U.S. abstained, it would be passed. President Obama was quite clever when he met with Mr. Netanyahu when he said, "Symbolic actions to isolate Israel at the United Nations in September won't create an independent state." In terms of UN membership, he is correct. That suggests the U.S., a member of the Security Council, would veto any Palestinian membership if negotiations with Israel do not succeed. But a U.S. veto may not matter. An effort is underway at the UN to garner support for a General Assembly vote in favor of Palestinian membership. Supporters would have to find 193 votes to have a two-thirds majority of the General Assembly. The plan then would invoke resolution 377?the "Uniting for Peace" resolution: "Resolves that if the Security Council, because of lack of unanimity of the permanent members, fails to exercise its primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security in any case where there appears to be a threat to the peace, breach of the peace, or act of aggression, the General Assembly shall consider the matter immediately with a view to making appropriate recommendations to Members for collective measures, including in the case of a breach of the peace or act of aggression the use of armed force when necessary, to maintain or restore international peace and security." This simply means that the UN General Assembly would bypass the Security Council. Both Mr. Obama and Mr. Netanyahu know that any signs of weakness by the president could be apocalyptic for the state of Israel. The perfect storm could sweep over Israel in September. President Obama's game with Israel is not high-stakes poker; it is Russian roulette. He knows that the Quartet?Russia, the EU, the UN, and the U.S.?is seriously considering endorsing the creation of a Palestinian state along the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital. President Obama considers Netanyahu an obstacle to his Middle East peace initiative. There is one primary reason the prime minister has come to the U.S., and that is to lobby against Palestinian statehood in the UN in September. Mahmoud Abbas, chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, laid out his Palestinian state appeal on Monday, May 16 in the New York Times. Referring to Israel's declaration of statehood on May 14, 1948, Abbas said, "This month, however, as we commemorate another year of our expulsion?which we call the nakba, or catastrophe?the Palestinian people have cause for hope: this September, at the United Nations General Assembly, we will request international recognition of the State of Palestine on the 1967 border and that our state be admitted as a full member of the United Nations ? Palestine's admission to the United Nations would pave the way for the internationalization of the conflict as a legal matter, not only a political one. It would also pave the way for us to pursue claims against Israel at the United Nations, human rights treaty bodies and the International Court of Justice." In essence, the plan is to isolate and demonize Israel and strangle her economically. What President Obama has done with his statement is to draw a line in the sand forcing Netanyahu to?as we say in Texas, "fish or cut bait." He has demanded that the prime minister cooperate with the Obama plan or suffer the consequences. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Mon, 30 May 2011 12:18:17 -0800 Full article 1_268available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The U.S. media has completely missed what has happened to the state of Israel in Washington this week. On May 17, President Barack Obama declared, "The borders of Israel and Palestine should be based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps, so that secure and recognized borders are established for both states. The Palestinian people must have the right to govern themselves, and reach their potential, in a sovereign and contiguous state." The media reported this as if it were simply an off-the-cuff statement with little meaning. They couldn't be more wrong. President Obama knew precisely what he was saying and why. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had not even boarded a plane to fly to the States to begin his U.S. media blitz. The question now is why did Mr. Netanyahu come, and what was Mr. Obama's intent by making the statement he made just two days before the prime minister's arrival? The president knew that if he made that statement, Prime Minister Netanyahu would be forced to reject it. He knew firsthand that a nine-mile border at Israel's narrowest point would be completely indefensible. It would commit the Jewish people to unspeakable hell as it did before the Six Day War in 1967. Not only did the president speak the unspeakable, he also excluded the previous U.S. commitment that Palestinian refugees would not be resettled within Israel's borders. Such a move would mean the end of Israel's existence as a Jewish state. President Obama considers Netanyahu an obstacle to his Middle East peace initiative. There is one primary reason the prime minister has come, and that is to lobby against Palestinian statehood in the UN in September. Prime Minister Netanyahu risked everything by taking on President Obama and accepting an invitation to speak to a joint session of Congress. He made his case in his speech in hopes that Bible-believing, evangelical legislators and others will stand with Israel. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Mon, 30 May 2011 12:10:32 -0800 Full article 1_267available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The highlight of my trip to Washington to defend Israel as your Ambassador was as I watched my friend of thirty years, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, address a special joint session of Congress. It was a powerful and amazing speech, and it effectively laid out the case for America to stand with Israel in opposition to the UN plan to unilaterally declare a Palestinian state. Near the beginning of his remarks, the Prime Minister said: Israel has no better friend than America. And America has no better friend than Israel. We stand together to defend democracy. We stand together to advance peace. We stand together to fight terrorism. Congratulations America, Congratulations, Mr. President. You got bin Laden. Good riddance! In an unstable Middle East, Israel is the one anchor of stability. In a region of shifting alliances, Israel is America's unwavering ally. Israel has always been pro-American. Israel will always be pro-American. We must stand with Israel. It is the right thing to do politically, militarily, economically and most importantly?prophetically. We cannot allow the leaders of America to direct our course so that we turn our backs on the Chosen People now. Prime Minister Netanyahu is risking everything by taking on President Obama and accepting an invitation to speak to a joint session of Congress. He made his case in his speech today in hopes that Bible-believing, evangelical legislators and others will stand with Israel. Already 110 nations have recognized a Palestinian state, including Italy in just the past few days. The plan is for official state recognition in September at the United Nations. The only person who can stop this?in the natural?is President Obama with a Security Council veto, and there is no certainty that the Obama Administration will stop a plan that is largely what they have been calling for. The only ministry, to my knowledge, that has taken on this crisis is the Jerusalem Prayer Team. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Mon, 30 May 2011 12:03:54 -0800 Full article 1_266available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I am here in Washington D.C. where I have been in meetings today with top Israeli diplomats and officials. I have just been given an advance copy of the Prime Minister's planned remarks to the join session of Congress tomorrow, and I wanted to share it with you: Dear Friends, Senators and Congressmen, Representatives of the American people who are the best friend the Jewish people have had in all of history, The Jewish people and the state of Israel are honored that the Prime Minister of Israel is invited to stand here before both houses of the American Congress. I wish, in the name of the Israel's citizens, to thank you for this opportunity to talk to you. In 1492, two events of great historical significance occurred. An evil decree of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain brought about the expulsion of the 150,000 Jews of Spain from the country where they had once lived tranquilly and had had a semblance of civil rights. Yet an act of deliverance preceded this debacle, when, in the same year, Christopher Columbus discovered America. This was the start of the American nation, the nation whose very existence is an act of grace for the entire world and for the Jewish people in particular. America was fated one day to become a place of refuge and support for the Jewish people. Our people feel great affection for the American nation, which became a safe harbor for us towards the end of our exile. We thank the Almighty for choosing the American people to be the best and most helpful friend in our efforts to establish a national homeland for the Jewish people. From the very start, there has been a covenant of love and friendship between the American people and the Jewish people and its state. The United States of America has stood by Israel in the past, in the present and will, please G-d, stand by her forever. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Mon, 30 May 2011 11:28:09 -0800 Full article 1_265available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com President Obama told my old friend Prime Minister Netanyahu that he speaks for the American people. Does he really speak for you? Do you support pushing Israel back to the indefensible 1967 borders and making them give up Jerusalem? Are you willing for him to curse the Jews and put them at the threat of destruction in your name? Again yesterday President Obama reiterated his plan for the Middle East that requires Israel to make sacrifices and concessions that are foolish from a military and political standpoint and catastrophic from a prophetic standpoint. Mr. Obama announced support from the European Union, the United Nations, Russia, the Arab League and others, and said that he would present the plan to the G8 economic summit he is attending this week in Europe. Prime Minister Netanyahu is not yielding to the pressure being brought to bear on him. He clearly stated to President Obama that his demands were unreasonable. "A peace based on illusions will crash eventually on the rocks of Middle Eastern reality," Mr. Netanyahu said. He flatly rejected the possibility of basing the borders of a Palestinian Authority-led Arab state on either the "1967 lines," or the 1949 armistice line. "While Israel is prepared to make generous compromises for peace, it cannot go back to the 1967 lines. These lines are indefensible, because they don't take into account certain demographic changes that have taken place on the ground." Netanyahu also highlighted the problems posed by the demand that he negotiate with Hamas, reiterating that Israel has no intention of negotiating with the terrorist group. As part of the Jerusalem Prayer Team, you are playing a vital role in the defense of Israel. Your support makes it possible for us to continue to stand for Israel as well as to meet the urgent humanitarian needs of the Jewish people. Thank you so much for being part of the team. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Mon, 30 May 2011 11:17:49 -0800 Full article 1_264available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Jesus said in Matthew 24 one of the signs of His return would be that nations would rise up against nations and kingdoms against kingdoms. This is precisely what is happening in the Middle East; kingdoms are rising against kingdoms. In Tunisia and Egypt, both had pro-Western leaders ousted. In Libya, civil war has erupted. Syria, too, is in the throes of civil war. This will not end. I saw it approaching in 2007 and wrote a book, The Final Move Beyond Iraq, which became a #1 New York Times bestseller. On the back cover I wrote, "An Islamic revolution is spreading and is on the brink of becoming America's greatest threat since the Civil War." The Bible declares in Ephesians, "We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers and spirits of wickedness ?" The one trillion dollar question is: How can the war on terror be won when there are more than one hundred million radical Islamic followers worldwide? This is unquestionably a youth-led movement with almost 50 percent of the population of the Middle East being under the age of 30. The U.S. supported the revolution in Cairo but will not support it in the Gulf Oil States for fear of a global meltdown. Nevertheless, the revolution will continue in Tunisia, Algeria, Jordan, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Iran, Syria, and throughout the Middle East. It will become a holy war between the Sunnis and Shi'a. Iran, a Shi'a state, has already become the strong arm of Syria, as well as Hezbollah and Hamas. Its DNA is impacting Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, and most of the Middle East. All roads of this holy war lead to Jerusalem. The Arabic word tawreet is translated "embroiling." There is no doubt this embroiling will continue and accelerate. Ultimately, the United States will face demands to leave the Middle East, and appalling pressure will be applied to the state of Israel. President Obama can take credit for much of this because of his June 2009 speech in Cairo where he articulated U.S. Middle East policies. He stated, "I come here to seek a new beginning between the United States and the Muslim world." He then went on to blame Israel: "Al-Qaeda is the first cause of instability in the Middle East, and Israel is the second." In spite of the fact that the masses in Egypt chanted isqat al nivam, "the fall of the regime," the revolution did not lead to regime change. The military and state bureaucracy remains in control. The forces that staged the revolution will be marginalized as the Muslim Brotherhood strikes a deal with the military. How can the U.S. continue to wage a war against al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan when the two groups have fled that country and moved into Pakistan? How can the U.S. promote democracy in the region without risking anti-American and Israel Islamists taking control? Bin Laden and al Qaeda have attempted to overthrow Arab governments for more than twenty years. It now appears that radical Islam may have found a way to infiltrate those governments the same way the Ayatollah Khomeini did in Iran?through subterfuge and deception. Can the U.S. take on the Pakistani Taliban which controls one-third of Pakistan?the world's first nuclear-armed failed state? Half of Pakistan's population faces severe poverty, and there are millions of Taliban followers in the Buner district, just sixty-five miles north of the capital. Northern Waziristan is the headquarters of the Haqqani network, an al Qaeda-affiliated Afghan military group that leads across-the-border terrorist attacks in eastern Afghanistan. It continues to allow top members of the former Afghan Taliban regime to operate in major Pakistan cities, especially in Quetta and Karachi. The greatest weapon the world has never seen is spiritual warfare against principalities, powers, and spiritual wickedness. This could genuinely bring an unprecedented revival described perfectly in II Chronicles 7:14. The key is God's people humbling themselves, seeking His face, repenting of their wicked ways, so He might hear from heaven, forgive their sins, and heal their land. The almost daily attacks from terrorists and the looming specter of Iran's nuclear weapons program are not the only threats Israel faces. The forces pushing the United Nations to curse Israel are strong and determined in their plan to declare a Palestinian state this September. If we do not stand and raise our voices now, it will soon be too late. They have a demonic strategy birthed in hell by Satan to divide the city of Jerusalem. You and I have come into the kingdom for such a time as this just as ancient Esther did in the Old Testament. The cry of David is echoing throughout eternity, "Is there not a cause?" Tuesday was the celebration of Yom Ha'Azmaut (Israel's Independence Day) when the nation was prophetically reborn. June 1 is Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day), the celebration marking the reunification of the city in 1967. This is our moment to stand with and for the Chosen People. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Thu, 19 May 2011 13:19:07 -0800 Full article 1_263available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Muslim leaders have described the present Middle East crisis as the coming of Armageddon. The president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, told me that face-to-face when I met with him in New York and arranged the Fox News Network interview. "Of the day and hour knows no man, no not even the angels in heaven, but my Father only." (Matthew 24:36) "When you see all these things, know that He is near, even at the door." (Matthew 24:33) All signs point to a Middle East war against Israel. The march to Jerusalem has begun. Biblical prophecy is being fulfilled on the front pages of the newspaper. Jesus foretold that kingdoms would rise up against kingdoms. This is happening now in the Middle East. If you listen carefully to the voice of the Spirit, you will hear the echo of eternity and a call from heaven to touch things beyond the grave. You will hear your spirit respond, "Even so come, Lord Jesus." The prophet Isaiah described our time as "darkness covering the earth, and gross darkness the people." He also declared, "The Lord shall arise upon thee and His glory shall be seen upon thee." (Isaiah 60:2) Look up, for our redemption is drawing nigh! The almost daily attacks from terrorists and the looming specter of Iran's nuclear weapons program are not the only threats Israel faces. The forces pushing the United Nations to curse Israel are strong and determined in their plan to declare a Palestinian state this September. If we do not stand and raise our voices now, it will soon be too late. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Thu, 19 May 2011 13:11:11 -0800 Full article 1_262available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com God's Word declares that not one tear of His children falls to the ground. David said, "Put my tears in thy bottle. Are they not in thy bottle?" (Psalm 56:8) The tears of the Godly are so precious to Him that He preserves them. If God preserves your tears, He will preserve you from your fears. I've preached the Gospel in downtown Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. I was told if I did, I could have my head cut off. Before I began preaching, I said that we would sing. The only problem is that I can't sing. Standing behind me was a precious African-American soldier who began to sing, "His eye is on the sparrow; I know He watches me." As he sang, tears ran down his face. I wept for joy knowing that the God who sent me to minister to the broken-hearted had numbered every hair on my head. Be encouraged today. Every tear you've shed you've shed worshipping the Lamb, every tear of affliction and stress, every tear over lost souls, every tear over the Jewish people is preserved by God. Many years ago, the prime minister of Israel, Menachem Begin, asked me to host a group meeting with him in New York. I brought twenty-three partners to join me in prayer. Four of them read scriptures from the Psalms. He wept as we read and prayed because he had recently lost his beloved wife. As we comforted him, he said, "Weeping lasts for the night, but joy comes in the morning." He stood, looked around the room, and said, "The spirit I sense in this room is the spirit of the redemption of Israel." At those words, everyone in the room wept. Know this; what you and I are doing is the most precious thing to God. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Thu, 19 May 2011 13:05:03 -0800 Full article 1_261available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The Prime Minister of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, told a crowd of 10,000 worshipers at Gaza City's al-Omari mosque to pray for an end to Israel. "Palestinians mark the Nakba (Israel's Independence Day) with great hope of bringing to an end the Zionist project in Palestine," he said. The day was marked with massive demonstrations and marches from Syria, Jordan, Gaza and Lebanon. Senior Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat rejected any compromises or concessions from the Palestinian side. Referring to the borders that existed prior to the Six Days War (which are expected to form the basis of the state the United Nations plans to declare in September), Erekat said,"I want to hear the numbers 1-9-6-7 from Netanyahu. Until we hear that, we're not going to waste our time." Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be meeting with President Obama to discuss the Middle East situation on Friday and then address a special joint session of the US Congress next Tuesday. Please pray for my dear old friend during this crucial week?and please send your gift today to help the Jerusalem Prayer Team stand with Israel. I am making preparations to go to Washington, D.C., to represent you as your ambassador. I have requested a meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu and plan to meet with many other leaders from both Israel and America while in the capital. This is without question the most important meeting concerning Israel's fate since the miraculous rebirth of the State of Israel on May 14, 1948. The reason: President Obama is putting massive pressure on Israel to accept his plan to divide Jerusalem and give up most of Judea and Samaria, or else. Prime Minister Netanyahu is risking everything by taking on President Obama and accepting an invitation to speak to a joint session of Congress. He will try to make his case in hopes that Bible-believing, evangelical legislators and others will stand with Israel. Already 110 nations have recognized a Palestinian state, including Italy in just the past few days. The plan is for official state recognition in September at the United Nations. The only person who can stop this?in the natural?is President Obama with a Security Council veto, which he does not plan to do. There is no doubt in my mind that he will do everything conceivable to pressure the prime minister, even up to an attempt to overthrow the Netanyahu government if the Prime Minister does not cave to his demands. I have a book on this subject and have received many letters of rebuke from pastors calling me, "a fool ? a moron ? an idiot." Some even said they spat on the book and threw it in the trash because President Obama's picture is on the cover below the words, "Cursed: A conspiracy to divide Jerusalem." I am not ashamed for believing the Word of God and telling the truth?no matter who despises me. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Thu, 19 May 2011 12:56:45 -0800 Full article 1_260available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I am leaving for Washington, D.C., to represent you as your ambassador. I have requested a meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu, and plan to meet with many other leaders from both Israel and America while in the capital. There is no doubt that this is the most important meeting concerning Israel's fate since the miraculous rebirth of the State of Israel on May 14, 1948. The reason: President Obama is putting massive pressure on Israel to accept his plan to divide Jerusalem and give up most of Judea and Samaria, or else. Prime Minister Netanyahu is risking everything by taking on President Obama and accepting an invitation to speak to a joint session of Congress. He will try to make his case in hopes that Bible-believing, evangelical legislators and others will stand with Israel. Already 110 nations have recognized a Palestinian state, including Italy in just the past few days. The plan is for official state recognition in September at the United Nations. The only person who can stop this?in the natural?is President Obama with a Security Council veto, which he does not plan to do. There is no doubt in my mind that he will do everything conceivable to pressure the prime minister, even up to an attempt to overthrow the Netanyahu government if the Prime Minister does not cave to his demands. In an op-ed piece published in the New York Times yesterday, Palestinian President Abbas made no secret of his aims for the UN plan. He wrote that United Nations recognition of Palestine would "pave the way for us to pursue claims against Israel at the United Nations, human rights treaty bodies, and the International Court of Justice." This is a clear indication, that as Prime Minister Netanyahu pointed out in response to the slanderous op-ed, "the Palestinian leadership sees the establishment of a Palestinian state as a continuation of Israeli-Palestinian conflict as opposed to its end." The enemies of Israel will never rest in their efforts to destroy her...so we must never rest in our efforts to defend her. These next seven days are vital to the future of our world **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Thu, 19 May 2011 12:46:38 -0800 Full article 1_259available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Tzivka Shahak During an emotional Remembrance Day ceremony leading up to the celebration of Israel's 63rd birthday, Tzivka Shahak, whose daughter was murdered in a terrorist bomb attack fifteen years ago declared, "This is our homeland, we fought for it, and we must protect it. From this place we will not leave, because we have no other country." Ever since the Jewish people returned to their ancient homeland in 1948, they have been constantly attacked both in all-out war and through terrorist activity. Shahak, who now heads the Terrorist Victim's Association (and how sad is it that Israel needs such a group?) tried to bring comfort to those who have suffered the same loss he experienced during the recent upsurge in terrorist activity. In the same ceremony, my dear friend Prime Minister Netanyahu read a list of the most recent victims from terrorist attacks. Then he said, "All these people died for just one reason. Because they were Jews." It should not be a death sentence to be a Jew. My own family suffered many lost lives during the pogroms in Russia and in Hitler's death camps. I know firsthand the pain and suffering of the survivors; I have held them in my arms and wept with them over their loss. We must stand with Israel...now more than ever before, and I need your help. The almost daily attacks from terrorists are not the only threat Israel faces. The forces pushing the United Nations to curse Israel are strong and determined in their plan to declare a Palestinian state this September. If we do not stand and raise our voices now, it will soon be too late. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Thu, 12 May 2011 13:28:46 -0800 Full article 1_258available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com A growing rift between Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and supreme spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has resulted in the arrest of several top advisers to Ahmadinejad for the use of "supernatural powers" and "magic." The Iranian news outlet Ayanhdeh described one of the arrested men, Abbas Ghaffari, as "a man with special skills in metaphysics and connections with the unknown worlds." Despite the comic sound of the words, the charge is a very serious one in the strict Islamic republic. A number of Parliament members loyal to Ayatollah Khamenei have called for Ahmadinejad to either resign or be impeached. Though Ahmadinejad was the hand-picked candidate of the mullahs who are the power behind the throne in Tehran, his increasingly bizarre behavior and drive to consolidate power apparently are creating fear among the religious hierarchy. The latest crisis began when Khamenei ordered the reinstatement of Iran's Intelligence Minister, who Ahmadinejad had fired. Last fall when I met with President Ahmadinejad in New York City and arranged the Fox News interview to reveal his extreme ideas to the world, I also prayed a prayer binding the evil, demonic forces behind him. Removing Ahmadinejad from office would not make Iran a friend of Israel or America, but he is the most outspoken anti-Semitic world leader since Hitler and Stalin. Much hangs in the balance as these events unfold in Iran. Please join me today in praying that God's will be done for the deliverance of Israel. Of course Iran is not the only threat Israel faces. The forces pushing the United Nations to curse Israel are strong and determined in their plan to declare a Palestinian state this September. A voice must speak for the people of Israel. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Thu, 12 May 2011 13:18:28 -0800 Full article 1_257available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Dr. Mike Evans and Benjamin Netanyahu in 1983. I just finished praying for my old friend Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He has a critical meeting coming up with President Obama on May 20th. President Obama is threatening to support the unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state at the United Nations this September. If this plan goes forward, America will be cursed. God said, "I will bless those that bless thee and curse those that curse thee." That promise is eternal and unchanging, and President Obama is preparing to curse Israel in our name. It is urgent that we sound the alarm and call believers to action before it is too late. It only takes one act of obedience to move God's hand and turn His head. When I prayed over Benjamin Netanyahu thirty years ago on the anniversary of his brother's death and prophesied over him that he would be Prime Minister and anointed him with oil, it was a small act of obedience. When I asked then-Prime Minister Begin to give him his first job in politics, it was a larger act of obedience. I have been blessed and favored by God because of my obedience. Your act of obedience today will release God's blessing and favor on your life. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Thu, 12 May 2011 13:10:17 -0800 Full article 1_256available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com All across Israel, families gathered to support Israel's Independence Day. Beginning at sundown May 9, the Chosen People rejoiced in the anniversary of their return to being a free and independent nation once more. Before they mark that celebration, they stop for Yom ha Zikaron?the Day of Remembrance for the brave young men and women who have given their lives for Israel's freedom. As I write these words, there are solemn ceremonies taking place all across the Holy Land to remember the high price that has been paid for Israel's freedom. There is no way to have independence without someone being willing to pay the price. We need to stand with Israel today more than ever before, and I encourage you to do so. At sundown on May 9, the celebration of Yom Ha'Azmaut (Israel's Independence Day) begins marking the wonderful day when the nation was prophetically reborn. In just a few days, June 1st is Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day ), the celebration marking the reunification of the city in 1967. This is our moment to stand with and for the Chosen People. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Thu, 12 May 2011 13:00:52 -0800 Full article 1_255available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Many beloved saints cannot sleep at night because they are troubled by all kinds of worries and negative thoughts over past mistakes, children, grandchildren, a spouse, or physical, financial and emotional issues. The Enemy constantly assaults them with accusations. They feel defeated, demoralized, paralyzed, and fearful. When the Devil assaults your mind, resist him ? talk back to him, refuse to entertain his thoughts. You are at war! This is not a game. Jesus experienced the same attacks of the Enemy and more. In the midst of it, He spoke the Word of God to the enemy and was more than a conqueror. Satan will assault your mind and give you negative thoughts. Speak the Word aloud: "I am more than a conqueror in Christ Jesus. I take the shield of faith and quench every fiery dart of the wicked one. Greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world." Isaiah 60, verses 1 and 2 say it best: "Arise, shine; For your light has come! And the glory of the LORD is risen upon you. For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, And deep darkness the people; But the LORD will arise over you, And His glory will be seen upon you." The light described in this passage is from a Hebrew word which means "luminaries or stars." In other words, "Arise and shine for your Star has come?the Bright and Morning Star." **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Thu, 12 May 2011 12:52:47 -0800 Full article 1_254available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com In his Washington Post op-ed this week, former President Jimmy Carter, long a supporter of the Palestinians and opponent of Israel, urged America and the rest of the world to support the Fatah-Hamas unity government deal that is meant to end fighting between the two terrorist groups. Carter wrote, "If the United States and the international community support this effort, they can help Palestinian democracy and establish the basis for a unified Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza that can make a secure peace with Israel." The clueless Carter either does not know or does not care that Hamas has no interest in peace with Israel. In fact, they continue to refuse to acknowledge Israel's right to exist. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sees things more clearly. He said, "The Palestinian Authority must choose either peace with Israel or peace with Hamas. There is no possibility for peace with both. Hamas aspires to destroy Israel and fires rockets at our cities ... at our children." The time is fast approaching when America must make a choice?will we stand with the Chosen People, or will we stand with their enemies? On last Sunday May 1, we marked Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day). We must always remember the six million victims of the Holocaust. May 10 is the celebration of Yom Ha'Azmaut (Israel's Independence Day) when the nation was prophetically reborn. June 1 is Yom Yerushalayim?Jerusalem Day, the celebration marking the reunification of the city in 1967. This is our moment to stand with and for the Chosen People. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Thu, 12 May 2011 12:41:37 -0800 Full article 1_253available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The only sure thing about a revolution is its capriciousness. Once the door is thrown open, once the genie is out of the bottle, once Pandora's Box has been opened, there is little control over events that occur. As in Libya, the West and the Arab League stepped in to forestall mass executions by a madman. Now we can only sit back and adopt a wait-and-see attitude. Perhaps Libya will thrive under a new regime or conversely, the aid from NATO allies may only result in a loss of credibility, a loss of influence in the region, and an increase in targeted terrorist attacks once the dust has settled. The decisions former President Jimmy Carter made in the late 1970's regarding Iran and the Shah have been rehashed, reviewed, and regurgitated ad nauseam. However trite it may sound, there are important parallels. The Carter administration chose to side with the radical Ayatollah Khomeini to the detriment of the Iranian people and the Western world. That country is now controlled by a fanatical regime bent on the destruction of Israel and the West. There is, of course, no way to know what might have happened had Carter backed the Shah and bolstered his rule. U.S. support during the upheaval was so apathetic, so wishy-washy, that in the end, both sides were alienated, with all credibility lost. Far from bringing desired stability in the Middle East, propped-up despots have often looted the wealth of countries in question, stockpiling huge sums in offshore or Swiss bank accounts. Nepotism is rife and sadism the order of the day. Once the leaders are ousted, these countries are left in a weakened and destitute state?much like a body ravaged by a plague. Leadership is sparse and political parties are disorganized. It is the perfect situation for a Muslim Brotherhood-type group to step in and become empowered. Leaders in Iran are jumping for joy to see American allies abandoned and at the mercy of the more fanatical population. The door is open for them in Bahrain where Shi'a Muslims are the majority. An invasion of that tiny island and a challenge to the U.S. naval base in the Persian Gulf could result in the Armageddon scenario for which Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been patiently waiting. Fearing Iran's use of its soon-to-be-available nuclear weapons, the U.S., Israel, or even Saudi Arabia could very well respond with an attack on Iran's nuclear reactors. Other proxies would be drawn into the fight?Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza. The resulting response to what the world would see as a major threat to economic security due to chaos among the world's oil suppliers would cause a meltdown of the economy unlike any we've seen since September 11, 2001. The current Facebook revolution would pale in comparison to the terror attacks launched against the U.S., Israel, and any ally which chose to align itself with the "Great Satan" or the "Little Satan." Those countries would, I fear, be few as most would side with the gorilla in the room?Iran. Or perhaps the indecision which plagues the Obama administration would result in no action at all, and that would have an even more sensationally damaging effect worldwide. Threats to the peace and safety of the American people would be rife wherever U.S. interests were found. Our weaknesses would be exploited. There is no doubt that those leaders?the Gadhafis and Assads of the world who murder their own people?would have little regard for Americans in the United States or any place on the globe. The allies that Obama should have backed, and then used the considerable weight of foreign aid to implement desired changes within the country, have been left to fend for themselves. He did just enough in Libya to further anger Gadhafi and leave the Libyan leader's own people fighting for their lives. Syria, the country that ranks just below Iran in strength in the region and where change should have been encouraged and supported, has received little overt attention. Weakness invites the bullies on the block to attack, and there are plenty lined up and waiting. President John Adams said, "Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases." Unfortunately for the United States, moral authority is sadly missing in the current administration. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Thu, 12 May 2011 12:22:15 -0800 Full article 1_252available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com As one U.S. ally after another falls or finds itself on shaky ground in the Middle East, Israel's leaders must wonder if her long-time friend will come to the rescue if necessary. Perhaps Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has gone back to the dictionary to research the true meaning of the word "ally." One dictionary defines a political ally as "a country that has agreed officially to give help and support to another one, especially during a war." War could be defined as anything from a border skirmish to an all-out global conflagration. It could be a war on terror?fighting an elusive enemy whose hatred is renowned and whose ultimate aim is the destruction of an entire people. The countries loyal to the United States are few; but there is one whose steadfastness has not wavered ? the State of Israel. The friendship has been of the utmost importance to a succession of presidents since Harry Truman who first endorsed the new nation in 1948. The solidarity between the U.S. and Israel has been tested under past administrations but nothing like the current Obama presidency. The relationship between the two countries both founded on democratic principles and on the Judeo-Christian ethic should be inviolable; it is not. There are those politicos in Congress who see little or no tactical advantage from a continued association and the $3 billion in military aid to Israel yearly. How foolish! We pour money into Iraq and Afghanistan, the futures of both linked indelibly to the Arab world, not to the United States. Still, there are those in the current administration who bemoan the dollars in military assistance pledged to Israel as being ill-spent, and who fear Muslim retaliation because of U.S.backing for the hated Jewish state. Those who see Israel as the problem fail to heed the wishes of the majority of the American electorate. Those numbers are not just theoretical; they are substantiated by a Gallup Poll in February 2011 showing that two-thirds of the American people support Israel. Despite the negative media reports aimed at Israel's response to terror attacks by Lebanon and Hamas, support for the tiny nation has increased overall. This would be encouraging if it were not that the Obama Administration and its party pay little heed to what the American people want. It's important that the U.S. maintains a stable relationship with Israel as the unrest and upheaval continues throughout the Middle East. The strength of the friendship was never more evident than on 9/11. While Israeli citizens halted in mid-stride to honor the victims of the horrendous attack and the prime minister declared a national day of mourning, Palestinians gleefully fired their weapons and danced in the streets. Israel is indisputably pro-American and deserves a clear, unambiguous commitment. Ties between the Jewish people and the early pilgrims in America are as foundationally strong as the rock on which they stepped ashore in 1620. A group hoping to found a "New Israel" would become highly influential when the colonists began to aspire to freedom. Early founders and presidents of the newly formed republic would express the hope that the children of Israel might one day find rebirth in their homeland?the land God gave to Abraham. Of late many in the Middle East have cried for democracy while Israel remains a bastion of the very desire of some Arab nations. President John F. Kennedy said of Israel that it carried "the shield of democracy and [honored] the sword of freedom." Not only is she a valued friend and ally, Israel is also a military partner. U.S. soldiers and airmen train alongside the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). Naval combat ships put into port in Haifa, planes are welcome at Israel's airbases, and the U.S. has been given permission to stockpile medical equipment and war materiel in Israel. Marines use a special laser provided by the Israelis and used to aid in targeting specific objects provided by the Israelis. Israel is the first line of defense against the proliferation of terror worldwide. Maj. Gen. George J. Keegan, Jr. (U.S.A.F. Intelligence) said that the U.S. "owes more to the Israeli intelligence input than it does to any single source of intelligence ? [it exceeds] five CIAs." The $3 billion annually in military aid seems a small price to pay for the edge provided by the ground-breaking discoveries shared with the U.S. for instance, body armor for military vehicles and a "coagulating bandage" used in combat situations (and used to save the life of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson, AZ on the day she was targeted by an assassin.) The U.S. and her friends in Israel join together in other, broader efforts: humanitarian aid (earthquake and tsunami relief), commercial endeavors, and scientific discoveries. As a partner in trade, Israel ranks 20th as one of America's largest buyers of goods and, incidentally, signed the first free trade agreement in U.S. history. The research and development industry in Israel sports such clients as IBM, AOL, Microsoft, and Google. But it's not all one-sided: the Israelis produce high-tech items for the American market as well. The USB flash drive was invented in Israel, as was the microcamera which can be swallowed and tracked through the digestive system. Now, technology architects are working to develop more viable electric vehicles to help reduce the carbon footprint both in Israel and the U.S. The U.S.-Israel relationship is of indescribable worth. Scientists and inventors in the Jewish nation have readily shared technological advances, innovative designs, and military intelligence with the U.S. The IDF stands ready to assist its counterparts when necessary. We have repaid that generosity with threats of splitting the country asunder and dividing Jerusalem, forcing Israel to give up portions of land necessary to its proper defense, and yet the tiny country surrounded by enemies has remained an ally. But not just an ally?Israel is the only truly reliable and trustworthy friend in the region...and it is time for us to stand up and raise our voices in support. The forces pushing the United Nations to curse Israel are strong and determined. If we do not stand and raise our voices now, it will soon be too late. They have a demonic strategy birthed in hell by Satan to divide the city of Jerusalem. You and I have come into the kingdom for such a time as this just as ancient Esther did in the Old Testament. The cry of David is echoing throughout eternity, "Is there not a cause?" On Sunday, May 1, we marked Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day). We must always remember the six million victims of the Holocaust. May 10 is the celebration of Yom Ha'Azmaut (Israel's Independence Day) when the nation was prophetically reborn. June 1 is Yom Yerushalayim?Jerusalem Day?the celebration marking the reunification of the city in 1967. This is our moment to stand with and for the Chosen People. Indeed, Israel is our friend. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Thu, 5 May 2011 12:23:16 -0800 Full article 1_251available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com While most Americans rejoiced over the killing of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, the Hamas terrorists have a different view. Hamas chief Ismail Haniya said, "We condemn any killing of a holy warrior or of a Muslim and Arab person...we consider it a continuation of the American policy based on oppression and bloodshed against Arabs and Muslims." Hamas is standing firm in its support of the number-one terrorist in the world. Yet despite Hamas' support of bin Laden and Al Qaeda and the continued and repeated terrorist attacks against Israel, the Obama Administration continues to regard them as a partner for peace in the Middle East. The agreement of Hamas last week to create a unity government for Palestine with the Fatah party means the leadership of the Palestinian Authority is composed of people who do not recognize Israel's right to exist and refuse to renounce violence against Israel. It is these people to whom the UN and the US are determined to hand the Holy City of Jerusalem. The forces pushing the United Nations to curse Israel are strong and determined. If we do not stand and raise our voices now, it will soon be too late. The UN has a demonic strategy birthed in hell by Satan to divide the city of Jerusalem. You and I have come into the kingdom for such a time as this just as ancient Esther did in the Old Testament. The cry of David is echoing throughout eternity, "Is there not a cause?" **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Thu, 5 May 2011 11:44:05 -0800 Full article 1_250available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is meeting in Europe this week with European leaders, including British Prime Minister Cameron and French President Sarkozy, making an urgent appeal against a unilateral recognition of Palestinian statehood without regard to Israel's security concerns or input. The Palestinians have been heavily lobbying the European Union to announce support for the recognition plan prior to the United Nations meeting in September. Palestinian Authority President Abbas has also been making the rounds of European capitals, trying to sway opinion there in favor of efforts to establish a Palestinian nation. German Chancellor Merkel pushed him to return to negotiations with Israel. But the Palestinians have refused to make any serious effort to establish peace, believing that they will get a much better deal from the United Nations than from Israel. Palestinian terrorists continue to launch almost daily attacks on Jewish targets. The Jewish people need our help now more than ever before. The forces pushing the United Nations to curse Israel are strong and determined. If we do not stand and raise our voices now, it will soon be too late. There is a demonic strategy birthed in hell by Satan to divide the city of Jerusalem. You and I have come into the kingdom for such a time as this just as ancient Esther did in the Old Testament. The cry of David is echoing throughout eternity, "Is there not a cause?" Yesterday, May 1st, was Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day). We must always remember the six million victims of the Holocaust. May 10th is the celebration of Yom Ha'Azmaut (Israel's Independence Day) when the nation was prophetically reborn. June 1st is Yom Yerushalayim?Jerusalem Day?the celebration marking the reunification of the city in 1967. Throughout my life, I've fought no battle stronger than I have the battle for Jerusalem. This is why the Jerusalem Prayer Team exists. I've written more than a dozen books on Jerusalem and have received Israel's highest award, the same award that presidents and prime ministers receive from the State of Israel. I've been recognized as an ambassador to Jerusalem. I urgently need your help today to stand for Jerusalem again before it is too late. I need your prayers. If we allow our President to curse Jerusalem in our name, the resulting judgment of God will make 9/11 look like a Sunday school picnic. This is a battle that can only be won in the spiritual realm?and I urge you to join me in fighting and winning this crucial battle today. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Thu, 5 May 2011 11:31:08 -0800 Full article 1_249available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Last September I was at the United Nations, confronting Iranian ministers and even the president of Iran face-to-face. I arranged an exclusive interview between Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the Fox News Network to expose his extreme apocalyptic "twelver" beliefs to the world. I have defended the nation of Israel for decades. My first experience was in 1988 when I confronted Yasser Arafat at the 43rd General Assembly of the United Nations in Geneva. This September, the Palestinian Authority will receive official recognition of statehood by the UN, if we sleep. More than one hundred nations worldwide have already recognized a Palestinian state. Israeli leaders estimate that as many as two-thirds of the UN members will have recognized the Palestinian state before the UN convenes in September. Germany is on the cusp of recognizing Palestinian statehood now, as is France, and the entire European Union. They will succeed in cursing Israel if we are silent. President Obama is preparing a peace plan that he will deliver in the city of Jerusalem on June 22 at a summit meeting which I will also attend. He is going to take his proposal to Israel to confront Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Mr. Netanyahu, with whom I plan to meet in Washington, DC on May 22, will speak to a joint session of the Congress on May 24 to take his plan to the House of Representatives and the Senate in an effort to counter the Obama strategy. President Obama fully supports Jerusalem being divided and East Jerusalem, the birthplace of Christianity, becoming the official Islamic capital of a Palestinian state. The plan is for the UN to recognize statehood for the Palestinians the same way it did for Israel in 1948. All who love the Jewish people must stand up and fight this effort. Our friends in Israel are counting on us. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Thu, 5 May 2011 11:02:17 -0800 Full article 1_248available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The door has now been opened for change in the Middle East, and we can only wait and see what happens in Libya. The only sure thing about a revolution is its capriciousness. Once the door is thrown open, once the genie is out of the bottle, once Pandora?s Box has been opened there is little control over events that occur. As in Libya, the West and the Arab League stepped in to forestall mass executions by a madman. Now we can only sit back and adopt a wait-and-see attitude. Perhaps Libya will thrive under a new regime or conversely, the aid from NATO allies may only result in a loss of credibility, a loss of influence in the region, and an increase in targeted terrorist attacks once the dust has settled. The decisions former President Jimmy Carter made in the late 1970s regarding Iran and the Shah have been rehashed, reviewed, and regurgitated ad nauseam. However trite it may sound, there are important parallels. The Carter administration chose to side with the radical Ayatollah Khomeini to the detriment of the Iranian people and the Western world. That country is now controlled by a fanatical regime bent on the destruction of Israel and the West. There is, of course, no way to know what might have happened had Carter backed the Shah and bolstered his rule. U.S. support during the upheaval was so apathetic, so wishy-washy, that in the end both sides were alienated, with all credibility lost. Far from bringing desired stability in the Middle East, propped-up despots have often looted the wealth of countries in question, stockpiling huge sums in offshore or Swiss bank accounts. Nepotism is rife and sadism the order of the day. Once the leaders are ousted, these countries are left in a weakened and destitute state ? much like a body ravaged by a plague. Leadership is sparse and political parties are disorganized. It is the perfect situation for a Muslim Brotherhood-type group to step in and become empowered. The noise then heard from the region is the sound of leaders and subjects alike being sucked into the vacuum of leadership left by the Obama administration. Having thrown Hosni Mubarak in Egypt to the sharks and left the leaders in Bahrain and Yemen fending for themselves other countries around the world ? including Israel ? are waiting to see what the outcome will be. Will the U.S. really stand behind her allies ? or does her president cut and run at the first sign of trouble? Leaders in Iran are jumping for joy to see American allies abandoned and at the mercy of the more fanatical population. The door is open for them in Bahrain where Shi?a Muslims are the majority. An invasion of that tiny island and a challenge to the U.S. naval base in the Persian Gulf could result in the Armageddon scenario for which Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been patiently waiting. Fearing Iran?s use of its soon-to-be-available nuclear weapons, the U.S., Israel, or even Saudi Arabia could very well respond with an attack on Iran?s nuclear reactors. Other proxies would be drawn into the fight ? Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza. The resulting response to what the world would see as a major threat to economic security due to chaos among the world oil suppliers would cause a meltdown of the economy unlike any we?ve seen since September 11, 2001. The current Facebook revolution would pale in comparison to the terror attacks launched against the U.S. and Israel, and any ally which chose to align itself with the "Great Satan? or the "Little Satan.? Those countries would, I fear, be few as most would side with the gorilla in the room ? Iran. Or perhaps the indecision which plagues the Obama administration would result in no action at all, and that would have an even more sensationally damaging effect worldwide. Threats to the peace and safety of the American people would be rife wherever U.S. interests were found. Our weaknesses would be exploited. There is no doubt that those leaders ? the Gadhafis and Assads of the world who murder their own people ? would have little regard for Americans in the United States or any place on the globe. The allies that Obama should have backed, and then used the considerable weight of foreign aid to implement desired changes within the country, have been left to fend for themselves. He did just enough in Libya to further anger Gadhafi and leave the Libyan leaders? own people fighting for their lives. Syria, the country that ranks just below Iran in strength in the region and where change should have been encouraged and supported has received little overt attention. Weakness invites the bullies on the block to attack, and there are plenty lined up and waiting. President John Adams said, "Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.? Unfortunately for the United States, moral authority is sadly missing in the current administration. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Thu, 28 Apr 2011 22:01:49 -0800 Full article 1_247available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Events in the Middle East are rapidly moving toward total chaos. Eyes worldwide are directed toward every country but the one most that is most important ? Israel. It has been called the "world?s canary in the coal mine.? You know the story of how miners carried canaries into coal mines to detect poisonous methane gas. It was one of the first early warning systems. Each of the countries that surround Israel ? Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Egypt ? is in upheaval to some degree. The only matter on which all can agree is their hatred for Israel and the Jewish people. It is unlikely that few in the region are aware that centuries ago ancient prophets took up quill and ink and wrote the names of these nations on the pages of time. Yet many those who are alive and remain, fail to see the truth as the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse saddle up to herald the approach of Armageddon. And on the sidelines, the canary waits, muscles alert, heart beating rapidly, feathers aquiver. Is anyone paying attention to these skirmishes that signal the beginning of the end? Sadly, the Liberal Left in America has drawn a line in the sand and stepped over to the other side ? away from our long-time ally, Israel. President Barack Obama?s one-world view has placed him squarely alongside the United Nations. He has cast his lot with those who would see Israel stripped, bleeding, and impotent to defend herself. No longer the Good Samaritan, he has befriended those who pass by on the other side and ignore the threat Israel faces. Israel stands as a shining beacon in a sea of darkness, an island in a sea of madness, abandoned by her friends, but determined to defend those in her care. In preparation, this tiny nation has installed "Iron Dome? what has been called its most advanced version of an antimissile defense system. Another new system for intercepting anti-tank missiles, the "Trophy-Windbreaker? system was battle tested in early March. It successfully intercepted an anti-tank missile launched from Gaza. It appears that Israel is making preparations for whatever is to come. With Iran courting Syria and Egypt and with its proxies, Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon fully entrenched, it is only a matter of time until the canary flies the cage and leaves the hapless "miners? to face the consequences of their hateful actions. Israel?s leaders are well-aware that without the aid of the world?s premier fighting force behind them, Israel?s odds are grim. The percentage is the same as that of one of its Old Testament heroes, Samson. After having met the seductive Delilah, he revealed that his long locks were the secret to his strength. Lulling him to sleep, Delilah called in her Philistine cohorts who shaved her lover?s head. The once mighty Samson was then bound and dragged away to Gaza where he was blinded. In time, he repented of his perfidy and as his hair grew, so did his strength. Asking to be led to the pillars that supported the temple of the Philistines, he braced himself between the uprights, and brought the structure down on its inhabitants ? dying in the rubble. With that historical figure in mind, Israel named its nuclear plan "The Samson Option.? It is Israel?s strategy of last resort. It will bring her enemies to their knees, but will also bring about Israel?s near-total destruction. Knowledgeable individuals estimate that Israel has a stockpile of some 400 thermo-nuclear weapons capable of being launched by air, sea, or land. Israel would have second-strike capability even after being severely crippled from a retaliatory nuclear attack. Israel is prepared to face her enemies with unconventional weapons rather than face the possibility of captivity or annihilation at the hands of her enemies. Only once in its history has Israel considered the Samson Option ? during the days of Prime Minister Golda Meir. The nation was surrounded by her enemies and facing the possibility of being overrun when Ms. Meir ordered that silos be opened in anticipation of a nuclear attack. President Richard Nixon stepped in and offered arms assistance to forestall a nuclear confrontation. Sadly, our current president has shown little more than disdain for Israel. Our ally has been treated like a Cinderella ? ordered about and demeaned. Rather than look to Israel, the canary in the coal mine, for insight, Mr. Obama has cozied up to Israel?s foes. The U.S. is playing the harlot and crawling into bed with whomever offers her the best deal. The payoff: black gold and the promise of continued greatness. Little does Mr. Obama realize that America is more akin to the Revelation church of Laodicea described as wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked. Mr. Obama is the emperor ? the leader whose new clothes are about to leave him exposed for all to see. The world stands on the brink of destruction; Armageddon is just around the corner. The President of the United States has the opportunity of a lifetime; the opportunity to stand as a champion of Israel. Yet, he has shown no propensity to do so. Instead, he has bowed to the kings of this world, invited terrorists to talk, and turned his back on the canary that would warn of impending peril. Will he choose to ignore the signs until it is too late? It is time for Mr. Obama to take an unpopular stand; it is time for him to take his position firmly beside our brothers and sisters in Israel. Should Mr. Obama decline, he should be given his walking papers and allowed all the time he might want to improve his prowess at basketball, practice filling in his brackets, or just community organize to his heart?s delight. It is time for the American people to call for accountability from their elected officials, and to post a warning that the job of defender of the brave and free is up for grabs. Only those who are willing to stand with our staunchest ally in the Middle East need apply. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Thu, 28 Apr 2011 21:50:42 -0800 Full article 1_246available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com As one U.S. ally after another falls or finds itself on shaky ground in the Middle East, Israel?s leaders must wonder if her long-time friend will come to the rescue if necessary. Perhaps Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has gone back to the dictionary to research the true meaning of the word "ally." One dictionary defines a political ally as "a country that has agreed officially to give help and support to another one, especially during a war." War could be defined as anything from a border skirmish to an all-out global conflagration. It could be a war on terror ? fighting an elusive enemy whose hatred is renowned and whose ultimate aim is the destruction of an entire people. The countries loyal to the United States are few; but there is one whose steadfastness has not wavered ? the State of Israel. The friendship has been of the utmost importance to a succession of presidents since Harry Truman who first endorsed the new nation in 1948. The solidarity between the U.S. and Israel has been tested under past administrations, but nothing like the current Obama presidency. The relationship between the two countries both founded on democratic principles and on the Judeo-Christian ethic should be inviolable; it is not. There are those politicos in Congress who see little or no tactical advantage from a continued association and the $3 billion in military aid to Israel yearly. How foolish! We pour money into Iraq and Afghanistan, the futures of both linked indelibly to the Arab world, not to the United States. Still there are those in the current administration who bemoan the dollars in military assistance pledged to Israel as being ill-spent, and who fear Muslim retaliation because of U.S.-backing for the hated Jewish state. Those who see Israel as the problem fail to heed the wishes of the majority of the American electorate. Those numbers are not just theoretical; they are substantiated by a Gallup Poll in February 2011 showing that two-thirds of the American people support Israel. Despite the negative media reports aimed at Israel?s response to terror attacks by Lebanon and Hamas, support for the tiny state has increased overall. This would be encouraging if it were not that the Obama administration and its Party pay little heed to what the American people want. It's important that the U.S. maintains a stable relationship with Israel as the unrest and upheaval continues throughout the Middle East. The strength of the friendship was never more evident than on 9/11. While Israeli citizens halted in mid-stride to honor the victims of the horrendous attack and the prime minister declared a national day of mourning, Palestinians gleefully fired their weapons and danced in the streets. Israel is indisputably pro-American and deserves a clear, unambiguous commitment. Ties between the Jewish people and the early pilgrims in America are as foundationally strong as the rock on which they stepped ashore in 1620. A group hoping to found a "New Israel? would become highly influential when the colonists began to aspire to freedom. Early founders and presidents of the newly formed republic would express the hope that the children of Israel might one day find rebirth in their homeland ? the land God gave to Abraham. Of late many in the Middle East have cried for democracy while Israel remains a bastion of the very desire of some Arab nations. President John F. Kennedy said of Israel that it carried "the shield of democracy and [honored] the sword of freedom.? Not only is she a valued friend and ally, Israel is also a military partner. U.S. soldiers and airmen train alongside the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). Naval combat ships put into port in Haifa; planes are welcome at Israel?s airbases; and the U.S. has been given permission to stockpile medical equipment and war materiel in Israel. Marines use a special laser provided by the Israelis and used to aid in targeting specific objects provided by the Israelis. Israel is the first line of defense against the proliferation of terror worldwide. Maj. Gen. George J. Keegan, Jr. (U.S.A.F. intelligence) said that the U.S. "owes more to the Israeli intelligence input than it does to any single source of intelligence ? [it exceeds] five CIAs." The $3 billion annually in military aid seems a small price to pay for the edge provided by the ground-breaking discoveries shared with the U.S. For instance, body armor for military vehicles and a "coagulating bandage? used in combat situations (and was used on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson, AZ on the day she was targeted by an assassin.) The U.S. and her friends in Israel join together in other, broader efforts: humanitarian (earthquake and tsunami relief), commercial endeavors, and scientific discoveries. As a partner in trade Israel ranks 20th as one of America?s largest buyers of goods, and incidentally signed the first free trade agreement in U.S. history. The research and development industry in Israel sports such clients as IBM, AOL, Microsoft, and Google. But it?s not all one-sided: the Israelis produce high-tech items for the American market as well. The USB flash drive was invented in Israel as was the microcamera which can be swallowed and tracked through the digestive system. Now, technology architects are working to develop more viable electric vehicles to help reduce the carbon footprint both in Israel and the U.S. The U.S.-Israel relationship is of indescribable worth. Scientists and inventors in the Jewish nation have readily shared technological advances, innovative designs, and military intelligence with the U.S. The IDF stands ready to assist their counterparts when necessary. We have repaid that generosity with threats of splitting the country asunder and dividing Jerusalem, forcing Israel to give up portions of land necessary to its proper defense, and yet the tiny country surrounded by enemies has remained an ally. But not just an ally ? Israel is the only truly reliable and trustworthy friend in the region. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Thu, 28 Apr 2011 21:37:58 -0800 Full article 1_245available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com President Obama has stepped up his secret talks with the Taliban. He believes that the moderate members can be utilized to broker an end to the Afghan war. In March 2009, an Afghanistan security conference was held in The Hague, Holland. At the conference, I was the first to confront Secretary of State Hillary Clinton regarding her statements about the "moderate" Taliban. I asked Secretary Clinton, "What is your basis for believing there is a moderate Taliban?" All of the Taliban support Shari'a law where women are forced to wear a burqa when in public, and are not allowed to work or be educated after the age of eight. They face public floggings and executions for violations of Taliban laws. Rather than respond to my question, Ms. Clinton turned her head in the opposite direction and asked for the next question. After the press conference, ministers of the Afghan government invited me to join them for a private dinner. They told me softly, "You are absolutely correct. There is no moderate Taliban." The Taliban was overthrown by Operation Enduring Freedom after the September 11 attack. Most fled to neighboring Pakistan where they regrouped as an insurgent movement to fight the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. The group became a safe harbor for Osama bin Laden. According to a report to the UN, the Taliban was responsible for more than 75 percent of all civilian casualties in 2010. As a show of good faith, the Obama administration is working on a request to open a Taliban political office most likely in one of the Gulf States. With such an office, there could be direct talks between the group and the Afghan government. If the plan goes well, it could lead to an office in Afghanistan for the fanatical group. In recent months, the U.S. government has quietly dropped its preconditions that the Taliban sever links with al Qaeda and accept the Afghan constitution before holding face-to-face talks. Instead, the U.S. has said that those conditions must be met at the end of the talks. The first target date is a presidential speech in July to mark the planned first withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. It is likely that President Obama will sketch out his new strategy, including his first public admission that his administration is talking to the Taliban. The next date is in December when a conference in Germany marks the meetings ten years ago that created the post-Taliban government in Kabul. Most of the top generals, including General Petraeus, believe all NATO forces in Afghanistan will be replaced over the next nine months. The Obama administration wants to shift from military to political strategy. The endgame has begun in Afghanistan. The legitimization of the Taliban will open Pandora's Box for democracy-loving Afghans, and especially the women. The Taliban in Pakistan would then be emboldened to ultimately take control of that nuclear-armed country in the same way they will regain control of Afghanistan. It appears that in the end, Obama will cut a don't ask, don't tell deal with Shi'a Iran to partner with the U.S. so it can leave Afghanistan. Stabilizing the Shi'a population in the country is critical to an exit strategy and is a calculated move in exchange for Iran going nuclear. The Obama plan commits the United States to a Jimmy Carter-style slippery slope paramount to dancing with an Islamic gorilla. The dance will not be over until the gorilla?the Taliban?says it's over. The hatred of the Islamists for America...and Israel...drives everything they do, and no concessions will ever change that. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Thu, 28 Apr 2011 21:31:34 -0800 Full article 1_244available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com These are precious days. We have observed Good Friday, although there is nothing good about the fact that the Passover Lamb, our Lord and Savior, was crucified, and we?ve celebrated Easter. These two work together to ensure for us the fact that through the suffering of Jesus Christ, you and I have received the gift of eternal life. A rabbi in Jerusalem researched for me the Passover ceremonies during the time of Jesus. He told me that Jesus and His disciples would have sung a song during the Passover celebration. The song was Psalm 118: Verse 5: I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me ? Verse 10: All nations compassed me about? Verse 14: The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation. Verse 17: I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD. Verse 19: Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them ? Verse 22: The stone the builders refused is become the head of the corner. Verse 24: This is the day the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Verse 25: Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send now prosperity. The Jewish people prepared for the Passover well in advance. Six weeks prior, roads were repaired, wells dug, ritual baths prepared, graves whitewashed, and special ovens set up for roasting the thousands of Passover lambs. Tens of thousands of Jews flooded into Jerusalem singing the Psalms. The back of the Passover lamb was sliced open to examine it to be sure it was spotless. Then it was hung on a vertical and horizontal stake, in a crucifixion pose, while its blood drained. Not a bone of the lamb was broken. When the High Priest had examined the lamb he declared that it had atoned for the sins of the people. The lamb was then skinned and prepared for roasting. No, the High Priest did not examine the man who presented the lamb; he examined only the lamb. I know you will understand the amazing symbolism between that and the suffering of our Lord Jesus Who hung on a cross from the third hour, 9:00 a.m. While He was hanging there, the blood of the lambs that had been sacrificed was placed on the altar as a line of priests used a gold and silver basin to pass the blood to the altar. While the sacrifices were being performed, the Levites in the Temple chanted the Hillel, which Jesus and His disciples would have sung the night before. When the ninth hour arrived, a long blast on the shofar signaled the Levites to begin the chant. When Jesus was in the grave, things looked hopeless?it appeared that the enemy had won. But praise God, the grave could not hold Him! Up from the grave He arose with a mighty triumph over His foes. Things may look dark in your life today, but Easter proves that God can overcome any obstacle and you can win the victory. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Thu, 28 Apr 2011 21:23:51 -0800 Full article 1_243available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com On his visit to Tunisia, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas confirmed his intention to seek United Nations recognition of an independent Palestinian state this September. Palestinian leaders have abandoned any pretense of peace negotiations with Israel, believing they will get far more from the world authority which has indicated its willingness to adopt the boundaries preferred by the Palestinians without regard to Israel's interests or security. Abbas cited the support of the Obama Administration for his goal. "We are counting on the words of US President Barack Obama who said his vision is to see a Palestinian state this coming September according to a deadline set by the Quartet." Abbas also noted, "More than 130 countries have already recognized a Palestinian state on 1967 borders. This number has the potential to reach 140 or 150." At this point, the only way for this plan to divide Jerusalem and curse Israel to be stopped is for America to use its veto at the United Nations?but the Obama Administration shows no interest in doing so. Now more than ever we need to stand with the Jewish people and the nation of Israel. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Thu, 28 Apr 2011 21:13:54 -0800 Full article 1_242available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com In a speech to crowds gathered in celebration of Iran's "Army Day," President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told the crowd that the era of Zionism had passed and then described his vision for the future of the Middle East: "A new Middle East will emerge without the presence of the United States and the Zionist regime [Israel], and their allies in the near future." In the month of September, I met with Ahmadinejad, his foreign minister, and the majority of his cabinet. I arranged Fox News Network's first interview with Ahmadinejad and was there during the dialogue with him. I wrote the book The Final Move Beyond Iraq three years ago when I realized what was happening. Here is one sentence from the back cover: "An Islamic revolution is spreading and is on the brink of becoming America's greatest threat since the Civil War." The Final Move beyond Iraq: The Final Solution While the World Sleeps, was a #1 New York Times bestseller in 2007. Following its release, I debated Arianna Huffington, Pat Buchanan, Al Sharpton, and Tucker Carlson on my belief that Islamic countries would be overthrown in the Middle East?all in the name of democracy. The unrest would not bring democracy as we know it; it would bring an Islamic revolution between the Shi'a (Iran), and the Sunnis (Gulf Oil States). I can tell you now that the future will see Iran taking over Afghanistan and Iraq and creating a Shi'a caliphate. No, it will not take over the countries in the sense that Iran will occupy those countries, but they will be populated with Islamic clerics. It will unite 300 million Shi'ites in a holy war against a billion Sunnis. America and Israel will be in the crosshairs. This is Passover week in Israel commemorating God's deliverance from an evil leader (Pharaoh) who was oppressing the children of Israel. Pray today that this same God would supernaturally move on Israel's behalf again. When Passover occurred, every family would take a lamb to Jerusalem as an offering. The priest never inspected the man presenting the offering, only the lamb. The lamb's back was cut open to see if it was spotless. It was hanged on a vertical and horizontal pole and its blood drained. By Levitical law, not a bone of the lamb could be broken. The Levites would sing Psalm 118 through Psalm 121 as the blood was poured over the altar in sacrifice. It was the same Psalm sung by Jesus and His disciples during His Last Passover. Verse 5 says, "I will call upon the Lord in distress. The Lord will answer me, and set me in a large place." Verse 17: "I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord." Verse 19: Open to me the gates of righteousness; I will go into them and will praise the Lord." Verse 22: "The stone which the builders refused is become the head of the corner." Verse 27: "God is the Lord which has shown us light. Bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar." Verse 24: "This is the day which the Lord hath made; I will rejoice and be glad in it." Yes, the day David is describing?the day in which we are to rejoice and be glad?is the day when the Lamb of God was sacrificed for you and for me and when God, the Father, inspected the Lamb, not the man. May the love of God be especially close to you this Passover and Easter. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Fri, 22 Apr 2011 10:24:41 -0800 Full article 1_241available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Many believe that the clash between the Arabs and Israelis is political and that the religious factor has just lately risen to the surface; that is an erroneous assumption. It has long been a conflict between two books and two spirits: The Bible and the Quran, and the spirit of death (jihad) and the spirit of life. It is, indeed, a religious conflict. The danger that emanates from Iran's proxies, Hezbollah, Hamas, and Islamic Jihad is the direct result of the belief that each terrorist entity speaks for Allah and is acting at his behest to bring death to the infidels. The center of gravity for the fundamentalist Islam wolf pack is Iran. Its footprint can be seen in comments by the head of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, who refers to himself as the special envoy, not of Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, but of its supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. This gives subtle overtones of Shi'a radicalism to Hezbollah. At last count, the terrorist group has some 50,000 rockets trained on Israel. And while the Islamic Jihad terrorists in Gaza with their 5,000 rockets can't vie in numbers, they can compete in the intensity of their hatred for the Jewish nation. There was a time when Arab players linked their distinctiveness to the country from which they came (nationalism). Today, they more readily identify themselves simply as practicing and non-practicing Muslims. The factors that will one day blur the lines between the Shi'a and the Sunni Muslims is a desire of both to see an Islamic caliphate dominate the world, and their hatred for Israel. This is why when dealing with Iran, the U.S. must understand that there are truths in the political arena which cannot be denied: harsh sanctions can work, the U.S. must maintain its role as a world leader, and its support for Israel must not waiver. It is the only firewall between radical Islam and the West. Iran needs the world trade market to sustain its economy. Tighter sanctions, especially by China, Russia, and the European Union (all of which continue to trade heavily with Iran) could do much to rein-in its leaders' determination to obtain nuclear capability. If Iran is allowed to pursue its nuclear ambitions to a logical conclusion, the world will have changed forever. The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty will not be worth the paper on which it is written. Several Middle East countries, including Egypt, have determined to follow the nuclear path if Iran is successful. Some will simply acquire nuclear weapons without fanfare. The U.S. and its allies will be impotent to corral the feathers that have been cast upon the hot desert winds. No one will have to wonder if Armageddon will happen in our generation; it will. A nuclear arms race between the Shi'a and Sunnis who occupy the 200-mile Persian Gulf coast will guarantee it. Countries that cannot afford to enter the nuclear race would be obliged or coerced to take sides, and many would side with the bully on the block?Iran. The havoc we see in the world oil market would be minimal compared to what would happen if Iran were to control the flow to the West. Since its rebirth, Israel has been a staunch ally of the United States and a bastion of democracy in the region. The U.S. must not turn its back on Israel. The strong military deterrence provided by that tiny nation is of the utmost importance in pursuing peace in the Middle East. Thus far it has been only preventative because Israel has not been allowed to unleash the might of its military against its enemies. At some point, the line of demarcation will be crossed, and Israel will be forced to do what its allies do not seem to have the courage to do?remember Iraq's Osirik nuclear reactor? If the U.S. fails to stand behind Israel's attempts to free the world from Iran's implied threats of nuclear attacks, the results will be catastrophic. On the other hand, if the U.S. stiffens its resolve to be the true leader of the Western world and takes its place as such, the threat from Iran will be averted, and the countries now seeking democracy and a better way of life will not be held hostage by the religious radicals who wish to control not only the Middle East, but the world. The Jewish people urgently need our help right now. They need our prayers. They need us to speak out in support of their right to live in peace and safety. And they need to know that Christian friends around the world stand with them at this critical moment in prophetic history. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Fri, 22 Apr 2011 10:11:00 -0800 Full article 1_240available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I received an email from a friend in Jerusalem talking about the coming of Passover, and I wanted to share some of the preparations that are being made in the Holy City with you: Shabbat Shalom dear friends - the countdown is on! Jerusalem is so clean! I swear that the white stones are glistening, the streets gleaming, and the parks have not one sweet wrapper on the ground as we prepare for the last run-up to Passover! Despite the wonderful orange blossoms on the trees the predominant scent is of cleaning fluids! The shouk, Mahane Yehuda, is buzzing and the multi-coloured mountains of newly picked fruit and vegetables are grabbed as if going out of style. In the markets, the fish are jumpin' in the springtime, too. Carp, traditionally used to make gefilte fish, is so fresh that it is bought alive, and I won't describe the other part! Remember the supermarket I went to last week that had nothing on the shelves because they were cleaning them all? Well this week, even the wide passageways were filled to overflowing, and the streets around Givat Shaul were lined with huge delivery trucks trying hard to keep up with demand! I have not seen my neighbours for a week or two, but I can hear them. The constant hum of vacuum cleaners and furniture being dragged to clean behind, the thud of carpet beating on verandas and the sound of scrubbing as apartments and houses are prepared for Passover. The sense of spiritual cleansing is deep in our souls, and the excitement of the new and fresh days to come make it all worthwhile. However - it is important to remember that Passover is the festival that celebrates our delivery from slavery so please - don't overdo it! Seder, the order of reading the story of the Exodus from Egypt, is brilliantly put together. We eat herbs, we bless the wine, the children ask four essential questions: "Why is this night different from all other nights?" pertaining to our behaviour on this night; the host then reads the story to explain to the children so that they will also make their nights different to all other nights and respect our incredible achievements for a nation that has been in slavery not once but many times. We eat unleavened bread - to appreciate the simple essentials of life of a free man. We eat a hard boiled egg in salt water - to celebrate new life embodied in an egg, combined with the tears we shed in slavery. We eat bitter herbs, herbs and a delicious combination - to remember the bitterness, to celebrate the green of new growth and to remember the cement between the stones of the incredible structures we built in slavery. We eat........... and eat............ and eat........... and eat!!! Oh yes, predominantly we eat after reading the story, and then we thank G-d for what we have eaten, we put out wine for the Prophet Elijah who visits each home (not down the chimney, though), and then we sing special songs. One friend from California asked me what Jerusalemites say on Seder Night since the whole Jewish world invokes the prayer "Next Year in Jerusalem" at the end of the Passover Seder (literally means order but has become a term for the meals at which we recite the story of Exodus), but we are already here. I told him the prayer is not just a personal prayer; it is a prayer for the whole Jewish people. Here we it sing with extra gusto so that you will come here, too - "NEXT YEAR IN JERUSALEM" ......... next year and the year after that and the year after that and after that and after that............ ad infinitum. AMEN. I wish you a happy and kasher Pesach - with love from Jerusalem where it all started! **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Fri, 22 Apr 2011 09:58:13 -0800 Full article 1_239available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Moishe Holzberg. Auschwitz survivor Michael Goldman-Gilad, is seen in this January 2010 photo, second from left, with Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, Polish President Lech Kaczynski and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Moishe Holzberg, a four-year-old child orphaned when his parents were killed in a terrorist attack in Mumbai, India, has been named to light one of the beacons at Mount Herzl military cemetery in celebration of Israel's Independence Day next month. The orphaned boy, who is being raised by his grandparents, will light this powerful symbol of Chabad light overcoming the darkness. Another of the twelve beacons will be lit by Holocaust survivor Michael Goldman Gilad, who still bears the Auschwitz number 161135 on his arm. Gilad headed the team that interrogated the notorious Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann after his capture in Argentina. He also witnessed the execution of the man who was responsible for the death of so many during the Holocaust. This ceremony is just one of many that will mark Israel's annual celebration of their rebirth as a nation in 1948. This year the anniversary will be marked on May 9th. This special day remembers the fulfillment of ancient Bible prophecy that God would gather His Chosen People back to the Promised Land after they had been scattered. Today as Israel prepares for this anniversary, it is under assault from all sides. The Jewish people are hated more than any other group on earth, and at this crisis moment, we must stand with them as never before. May this kind of harm never come again. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Fri, 22 Apr 2011 09:48:43 -0800 Full article 1_238available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com This morning I considered Corrie ten Boom's favorite chapter of the Bible, Psalm 91, verse 11: "For He will give His angels [especial] charge over you to accompany and defend and preserve you in all your ways." (Amplified) This is a precious promise that speaks of great honor and comfort to the saints. My first book was Israel: America's Key to Survival. It was endorsed by Prime Minister Begin in 1981. I produced a television special and mobilized millions to pray for and support Israel. I was flying back home from Houston in a single-engine Cessna after a showing. About 21 minutes out of Waco, Texas, the engine began to break apart. The cockpit smelled of fuel. All the lights in the plane shorted out. The pilot told me he could not land the plane unless we reached the lighted runway in Waco. He said that the plane was breaking apart and we might never make it. Suddenly, I saw my own obituary and thought of my beloved wife and precious children. The Spirit of the Lord filled me with a Word: "The angels of the Lord undergird me. The angels of the Lord undergird me." For 21 minutes, I prayed that prayer, and for 21 minutes the plane stayed in the air until we reached the Waco airport. The next morning, there was a phone message from a precious partner. She said that the Lord had awakened her at 11:25 p.m. He impressed her to pray that the angels of the Lord would undergird me. She said the burden to pray left her about 11:45 p.m., and she went back to sleep. That was precisely the time I was in the plane crying out, "Angels of the Lord undergird me." There was no way she could have known our predicament except through the Spirit of the Lord. The Bible records 104 appearances of angels in the Old Testament and 165 in the New Testament. They appeared to Hagar, Abraham, Jacob, Moses, Joshua, Gideon, David, Elijah, Daniel, Zachariah, Mary, and Joseph, just to name a few. Yes, that night God's angels accompanied me, defended me, preserved me, and had charge over me. Those same angels of the Lord have charge over you now. Recently I stood at the top of Mount Carmel in Israel along with the mayor of Haifa. It was just after the fire, and smoke was still rising. We talked about Elijah. The Bible records the glorious story of how the young prophet awoke one morning and went outside only to discover that he was surrounded by tens of thousands of Syrians. Elijah cried out, "Those who are for us are greater than those who are against us." A person hearing Elijah rebuked him and said, "Look around the mountain. There are one hundred thousand horses and men who are going to kill us." Elijah cried out, "Open his eyes so that he can see." What did Elijah see? He saw angels and chariots of fire?tens of thousands of them?encircling the entire mountain of Syrians. He led a massive, powerless army right to the king. Angels can do all kinds of things: they can eat, they can do without food; they can be visible, or invisible; they travel at inconceivable speeds?faster than the speed of light?that cannot be calculated. Angels are organized into principalities and rulers. When Peter lifted his sword to defend Jesus, the Lord said, "Put it down. My father can release twelve legions of angels." That is 71,000; all Jesus had to do was say the word. Put your angels on assignment today by praising and worshiping God and speaking the Word. The Bible says, "Let the weak say, 'I am strong.'" Because you bless my people Israel, God has promised to bless you. Because you stand with Jerusalem, God has promised to prosper you. "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem; they shall prosper that love thee." (Psalm 122:6) **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Fri, 22 Apr 2011 09:36:49 -0800 Full article 1_237available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Bahrain, the oil-rich chain of islands neighboring Saudi Arabia, has been rocked by the violent anti-government protests that have spread across the Arab world. Though the kingdom is 75% Shi'ite Muslim, the government is overwhelmingly Sunni. Estimates are that the crowds at recent protests reached 100,000 people?a stunning number in a nation with a population of just 700,000. Saudi Arabia was forced to send troops into Bahrain to help put down the protests and keep the government from collapsing. The House of Saud fears that a Shi'ite uprising in the neighboring kingdom could easily spread to its own large Shi'ite population. Protesters in Bahrain insist that Parliament be dissolved and that a more representative body take its place. They are asking for meaningful social reforms as well. Intelligence reports indicate that Iranian agents affiliated with Hezbollah were active in promoting the spread of rebellion. Iran and Saudi Arabia have been jockeying for dominance over Bahrain for more than 30 years. As in other countries, what started as a pro-democracy movement is in danger of being hijacked by radical Islamists bent on destroying Israel and the West. If they can gain control of the oil-producing Gulf States, they can bring the world to its knees by shutting off or even destroying much of the supply on which the world depends. The revolutions are part of an ongoing Islamist strategy to institute Shari'a law throughout the entire world. It is critical that we understand the nature of the enemy we face. They are willing to use any tactic and employ any means without regard for human life. The recent attacks against Jewish civilians, including the destruction of a school bus by an anti-tank missile launched from Gaza last week, show how committed these evil men are to their cause. We cannot be any less committed! I'm asking you today to stand with us in blessing Israel through a special project of the Jerusalem Prayer Team. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Fri, 22 Apr 2011 09:24:00 -0800 Full article 1_236available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Psalms 28:7 says, "The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in Him, and I am helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoices; and with my song will I praise Him." Examine your heart. Do you naturally praise the Lord? Is the natural out-flowing of your heart to sing forth God's praises? David understood what the Lord had done for him. David placed all of his trust in the Lord so regardless what occurred, he was able to praise the Lord. David did not have to worry about the circumstances that surrounded him because he understood that God was in control. Have you ever seen a young child who was quick to be singing? This child did not seem to care about all the problems that were occurring in the world, they just had so much joy in their heart that all they could do is sing. That is the position that God desires for you to be in. God longs for you to put all your trust in HIM and not in your own strength or in the material possessions you have obtained. It does not matter how bad your situation is, you must learn to trust in the Lord. You must learn to rejoice in your difficulties because God is greater than your problems. Joseph understood that while his brothers meant to do evil to him by selling him as a slave, God was able to turn Joseph's problems into HIS perfect plan. Job understood that while he had just lost his health, wealth and family, God was in control and that there was no reason why he should curse God for what God had permitted in his life. It is easy to praise God when things are going well in your life. However, it is not until you learn how to praise God during the hard times that those around you will truly know that God is your strength. Your greatest testimony to God will arise when you are able to sing forth God's praises when things are difficult. The world naturally expects you to curse God when things are not right, so when you respond differently, they are attracted by your testimony. You must learn to change your perspective in life. No longer can you afford to just praise God for the good things HE does. You must learn to give thanks for everything. You must understand that God allows both evil and good to occur in your life and that regardless of what happens, HE deserves your trust. In order to truly trust the Lord with all your heart, you must add virtue to your life to change your thinking so that you put the things of God first in your life. By learning to think upon the things of God, God will give you the strength necessary to sing forth HIS praises regardless of your circumstances. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Fri, 22 Apr 2011 09:15:51 -0800 Full article 1_235available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com You are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from trouble; You shall surround me with songs of deliverance. ?Psalm 32:7, NKJV As chairman of the board of the Corrie ten Boom Holocaust Museum in Holland, a part of our ministry which we restored almost 30 years ago, I am pleased that we have been able to keep the doors open at no charge to visitors. When I met Corrie ten Boom over dinner in 1972, the first words out of her mouth were from the Scripture above. That is why she called the secret room behind her bed "The Hiding Place." It was there that 800 Jewish lives were saved. Some of them are still living in Israel today thanks to the ten Boom family, most of whom gave their lives to save the Chosen People. When David referred to a hiding place, he was referring to a den, a cave, or a secret chamber where a man could hide from danger. It is a cry from the Spirit to you and me from the prophet Isaiah in chapter 26, verse 20: "Come, my people, enter your chambers, And shut your doors behind you; Hide yourself, as it were, for a little moment, Until the indignation is past." (NKJV) Beloved, we have a hiding place from stress, a heavenly shelter in the time of storms where you can be shut in with God in a secret place, there in the Spirit beholding His face. That hiding place is the Lord. David declares, "There the Lord surrounded me with joyous songs of salvation, deliverance." Go to your hiding place, that place the angels of the Lord inhabit. The Hebrew word "preserve" means to guard, protect, and keep. You are kept by the precious blood of Jesus and the Word of the Living God and the sweet Holy Spirit. In the fall when I was young, I would help my mother as she canned pickles and fruits. The seals were very tight to preserve the food through the winter months. She always had me tighten the lids on the jars to seal them for her. You are preserved through the winter seasons of your life through the precious nail-scarred hands of the Savior. Rejoice today in His goodness for you! On Sunday, May 10, 1942, two years after the fall of Holland, Corrie's brother, William ten Boom, began playing the Dutch National Anthem at their church. The Germans had decreed that it was against the law to do such a thing. Corrie's 82-year-old father, Casper, stood to his feet and one by one, the entire congregation joined him and sang. When a Jewish neighbor across the street asked Casper ten Boom if she might stay with them, he replied, "In this household, God's people are always welcome." Word spread through the Jews in Ha'arlem that the ten Booms loved them. They began to slip into the ten Boom clock shop and were saved in the secret hiding place from where they made their way to Israel. Do you remember the story of Oskar Schindler? He was memorialized in the Hall of the Righteous Gentiles in Yad Vashem?the Holocaust Museum in Israel. There are three other famous people in Schindler's company at Yad Vashem. They are Corrie ten Boom, her father, Casper, and her sister, Betsie, who were inducted just a few years ago. I spoke at the ceremony in Ha'arlem along with the Israeli ambassador to the Netherlands. While I was there, one woman who was taken to the ten Boom house by her mother told me how she was saved. The woman said, with tears running down her face, "My mother took me to the house and said there was a hiding place for us." "Casper ten Boom came to the door. He was very old and had a big beard. My mother asked if he could take a little girl's and an old lady's watch. (This was the code word to bring Jews for hiding.) He said, 'One moment please, I have to ask God.' He walked away for a moment. I turned to my mother and asked, 'Mother, is God in the house?' My mother answered, 'I don't know; maybe.' He came back and said, 'God says yes.' And so they risked their lives to save us. And, we were saved." Stand on this promise today. The Lord is your hiding place. He shall preserve you from trouble. He will encompass you about with songs of deliverance. In a few days we will celebrate a glorious birthday party. I would like to invite you to join me in celebration. Corrie was born on April 15, 1892. As amazing as it may sound, she died on April 15, 1983. In 1972, I saw an elderly lady carrying her suitcase into a hotel in Texarkana, Arkansas. I didn't know who she was but rushed over and offered to carry her bag. She declined my offer with, "It's okay, young man. I'm just a tramp for the Lord. But if you insist, then please join me for a cup of soup." That precious lady was Corrie ten Boom. I accepted her invitation and, over soup, she comforted me. The first time I ever heard the message of Jesus was at the age of six. I was watching cartoons, and when they went off, I turned the channel. There was Dr. Billy Graham who turned Corrie's book, The Hiding Place, into a movie. He was giving an invitation with "Just as I Am" playing softly in the background. My mother, an Orthodox Jew, ran into the room and turned off the set. The veins in her neck were bulging as she pointed at me. She said, "Don't ever watch that again! Christians kill Jews! Christians hate Jews! Jesus died; don't dig Him up." My mother sat down and told me the story of her grandfather, a rabbi, who was burned to death in his synagogue in Minsk, Russia. The entire congregation was inside when the doors and windows were nailed shut by a group of Orthodox Christians. As the building burned, screams of "Christ killer" could be heard. She also said many of her relatives fled to Germany and were thrown into the ovens by German Christians who also screamed, "Christ killers!" My mother had never seen loving, compassionate Christians. Instead she had tomatoes and eggs thrown at her in our community and was called a "Jew witch." Our house was spray painted with that same epithet. Corrie wept and held my hand as I told her that story. She said, "No, they were not real Christians. Real Christians love the Jewish people." She then told me about being in Ravensbruck concentration camp on her birthday. Corrie was in solitary confinement as she prayed, and the Lord gave her a birthday gift: Psalm 91. I remembered that, so I turned to read it. When I did, I was overjoyed because the last verse says, "With long life will I satisfy him and show him my salvation." Corrie was 51 when God gave her that scripture at Ravensbruck. The present God gave her was 40 years of ministry. The following year, the Lord put a burden on my heart to go to Holland and make inquiries about buying the ten Boom clock shop so that loving Christians could restore it and keep it open to share the love of Christ with the Jewish people. I was amazed when the man who owned the building said no. I asked if we could pray. He said he wouldn't, but that I could. I prayed, and when I finished my prayer, the clocks began to chime. It was noon. He asked if I knew what day it was. "I completely forgot," he said. "It's Corrie's birthday. I will sell the building." I know of no other elderly Christian family who gave their lives saving 800 Jewish lives. When the Gestapo arrested them, Casper was told, "Old man, you can die in your bed if you promise not to bring any more Jews into this house." He replied, "It would be an honor to give my life for God's ancient people." He did ten days later. Here are some of my favorite quotes from Corrie: "This is what the past is for! Every experience God gives us, every person He puts in our lives is the perfect preparation for the future that only He can see." "Worrying is carrying tomorrow's load with today's strength?carrying two days at once. It is moving into tomorrow ahead of time. Worrying doesn't empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength." "What wings are to a bird, and sails to a ship, so is prayer to the soul." "Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden." "It is not my ability, but my response to God's ability, that counts." "Happiness isn't something that depends on our surroundings ... It's something we make inside ourselves." **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:53:22 -0800 Full article 1_234available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Psalms 65:4 says, "Blessed is the man whom thou chooses and causes to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple." In David's time, God had chosen the line of Aaron to approach unto God and be the High Priest. In this verse, we see David's recognition of God's blessing upon those who were chosen by God to have a close relationship with HIM. Because of the birth, life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, there is no longer a need to go through a priest in order to draw closer to God. Now you have the ability to draw nigh unto God anytime you choose. However, just because you have the ability to draw closer to God, it does not mean that you choose to live by God's higher standards and live your life with HIM guiding your every step. You can call yourself a Christian, but do you actually take the time to discover God's will for your life? You are a servant of God, but do you live your life as if God sees your every thought, word, and action? Your relationship with God should grow. You should always be seeking to draw closer to God. As you learn to choose God in all that you do, you will learn to be satisfied with the goodness of God. How can you be content with where you are in life if you have not taken the time to first put God as a priority? Until God is number one in your life, the things of this world will distract you and will constantly be causing you to desire to put things above God. If you desire to see the blessing of God in your life, then you need to take the time to approach unto God. The blessing of God does not mean that you will have great wealth, long life, and no troubles. The blessing of God is the peace that passes all understanding. You can be in the midst of the storm but because you know that you are in the center of God's will; you can give glory to God even though things appear to be difficult. You cannot be in the center of God's will if you do not take the time to understand God and discover HIS will for your life. Until you are willing to make the sacrifices that are necessary to put God first in your life and to approach unto HIS goodness, your life will lack the blessing of God. Corrie and Betsie ten Boom were in Ravensbruck Concentration Camp. They learned to draw near unto God and to give HIM praise for the trials they faced. God used these women to bring many to HIM. God used lice to keep the guards out of the barracks, thus permitting the sisters to share the gospel with many troubled souls. Corrie and Betsie did not have an easy life; in fact, Betsie died at Ravensbruck. However, because they desired to draw closer to God, God used them in a mighty way. The choice is yours whether you are going to draw closer to God. God is waiting on you. All you need to do is lay aside the things of this world and draw closer to HIM. If you desire the blessing that comes with being in the center of God's will, then you must change the way of your thinking and add virtue to your life. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:42:41 -0800 Full article 1_233available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com After meeting with top Iranian diplomats this week, Egypt's Foreign Minister, Nabil Elaraby said that Egypt will re-establish full diplomatic ties with Iran. Those ties were broken more than 30 years ago following the Islamic revolution that overthrew the Shah of Iran and installed the violently anti-Israel and anti-American government in Teheran. The continuing radical nature of Iran's mullahs apparently poses no problem to Egypt's new government. "The Egyptian and Iranian people deserve to have mutual relations reflecting their history and civilization," Elaraby said. The meeting and mutual statements of cooperation and common interests followed the decision by Egypt to allow two Iranian warships to pass through the Suez Canal last month. That was also a first since the Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979. The Iranian ships included a massive supply ship which docked in Syria for a few days before returning to Iran. Elaraby said Egypt's goal in the talks was to "achieve common interests." Every move the new governing powers have made has been anti-Israel and pro-Islamist. Christians and other minority groups are being persecuted. The three-decades-old peace treaty between Egypt and Israel is under attack. Now the news that Egypt is cozying up to the terrorists of Teheran signals a further threat to the Jewish state. Right now Israel needs our help more than ever before. Terrorist attacks are increasing?it seems like almost every day there is another story of Hamas or Hezbollah launching an assault against innocent Jewish men, women and children. This persecution must stop. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:33:50 -0800 Full article 1_232available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The US government has expressed dismay over Israel's decision to build 942 housing units in Jerusalem. National Security Staff spokesman Tommy Vietor told reporters the government was "deeply concerned" over the decision, calling it "illegitimate." Stop and think how you would feel if some other nation condemned America for the building of apartments for one particular race of people in Washington DC. It's ridiculous?but it's the official position of the Obama Administration. These inflammatory remarks were made as Israeli President Shimon Peres was in Washington for meetings with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Obama try to restart the failed direct peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. Meanwhile the Palestinians continue their barrage of missile and mortar attacks against Israel, including the attack on a school bus last week with an anti-tank missile. Many years ago my dear friend Prime Minister Menachem Begin told me that Jerusalem was the "eternal capital of Israel." He was right then?and what he said is still right today. Jerusalem belongs to Israel by historical right, by the laws of man, and most importantly of all, by the Word of God. Every nation that stands against Israel and curses her will fall under the judgment and condemnation of God. Every nation that blesses Israel will receive the protection and blessing of God. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:24:46 -0800 Full article 1_231available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com A weapon launched from Hamas controlled Gaza struck an Israeli school bus on the afternoon of April 7, seriously injuring several people, including the driver and a 13-year-old boy. The bus carrying children home from middle school had already dropped off most of the 50 passengers when the attack was made. It was not immediately clear whether it was a mortar shell or an anti-tank missile that was used in the attack against the bus. The 13-year-old student reportedly has serious head injuries, and medics were struggling to save his life. This is just the latest in a string of outrageous attacks against Jewish civilian targets that have been launched in recent weeks as Hamas has stepped up its attacks against Israel. Please join me right now in praying for those who were injured in this terrorist attack, as well as for their families and loved ones in this difficult moment. Many times I have held weeping Jewish parents in my arms as they watched their children fight for life. We must stand for Israel right now more than ever before! **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:17:19 -0800 Full article 1_230available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The nation of Jordan has been rocked by violent protests in recent days as the same unrest that brought down the government of Egypt has spread to threaten another mostly pro-Israeli government. Protesters have taken to the streets, demanding that Parliament be dissolved and that the powers of King Abdullah II be restricted in a revised constitution. The most recent round of street violence left more than 100 people injured, and one person was killed. One Jordanian journalist described the situation as a "powder keg" ready to explode at any moment. The government has condemned the Muslim Brotherhood as the primary source driving the protests. Radical Islamists pushing for a more hostile stance toward Israel continue to work to gain control of the government. This represents a grave potential threat to Israel. The border between Israel and Jordan is the longest Israel shares with any of its neighbors. Up till now, Israel has largely been able to focus its security efforts on the Gaza and Lebanon borders. If they are forced to strongly defend the length of their border with Lebanon, it will place an enormous strain on military resources. In addition, the proximity of Lebanon to Israel's largest cities presents a huge threat if radical Islamists seize power. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Thu, 14 Apr 2011 10:58:26 -0800 Full article 1_229available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com A rabbi in Jerusalem researched for me the Passover ceremonies during the time of Jesus. He told me that Jesus and His disciples would have sung a song during the Passover celebration. The song was Psalm 118: Verse 5: I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me ? Verse 10: All nations compassed me about? Verse 14: The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation. Verse 17: I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD. Verse 19: Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them ? Verse 22: The stone the builders refused is become the head of the corner. Verse 24: This is the day the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Verse 25: Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send now prosperity. The Jewish people of that time prepared for the Passover well in advance. Six weeks prior, roads were repaired, wells dug, ritual baths prepared, graves whitewashed, and special ovens set up for roasting the thousands of Passover lambs. Tens of thousands of Jews flooded into Jerusalem singing the Psalms. The back of the Passover lamb was ripped for examination to be sure it was spotless. Then it was hung on a vertical and horizontal stake, in a crucifixion pose, and its blood drained. Not a bone of the lamb was broken. When the High Priest had examined the lamb, he declared that it had atoned for the sins of the people. The lamb was then skinned and prepared for roasting. No, the High Priest never examined the man; he examined only the lamb. I know you will understand the amazing symbolism between that and the suffering of our Lord. Jesus hung on a cross from the third hour, 9:00 a.m. While He was hanging there, the blood of the lambs that had been sacrificed was placed on the altar as a line of priests used a gold and silver basin to pass the blood to the altar. While the sacrifices were being performed, the Levites in the Temple chanted the Hillel, which Jesus and His disciples would have sung the night before. When the ninth hour arrived, a long blast on the shofar signaled the Levites to begin the chant. I hope you have a meaningful Easter, knowing the suffering and symbolism of our Lord on your behalf. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Thu, 14 Apr 2011 10:52:22 -0800 Full article 1_228available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com He ran against a disgraced president and his policies. He ran in the aftermath of an unpopular war and on a platform of human rights; and he won. His theme was change, and that's what America and the Middle East got. No, not Barack Obama; Jimmy Carter. The Liberal Left Democratic president believed that America needed to support an Islamic revolution. Carter perceived Khomeini as a "religious holy man in a grassroots, democratic revolution," rather than the founding father of modern terrorism. Carter's ambassador, Andrew Young, said, "Khomeini will eventually be hailed a saint." His ambassador to Iran, William Sullivan, declared, "Khomeini is a Gandhi-like figure." The former president of France, Valery Giscard D'Estaing told me that in January 1979 on the French Island of Guadeloupe, Carter informed him, the West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, and British Prime Minister James Callaghan that the U.S. government could not support the Shah of Iran but was working behind the scenes to oust him in favor of a cleric?Khomeini. I was told the same thing by General Robert Huyser, sent to Iran by Carter to keep the Iranian military in check. On April 1, 1979, Khomeini officially declared his Islamic revolution and called it the "first day of the government of God." That declaration was accompanied by screams of "Death to America." The tragic mistake by Jimmy Carter precipitated the Russian invasion of Afghanistan, the Iran-Iraq War, the funding of the Mujahedeen beginning with $50 million and ultimately up to $10 billion, matched by the Saudis. Nothing much has changed in the thirty-plus years since Khomeini's declaration. Radical Islamists have planned from the beginning to try to establish Islamic states in the Middle East, including Pakistan, Afghanistan, the Gulf States, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, etc. Their second phase would be to expand to regions and nations that already have a strong Muslim population, i.e., Eastern Europe. The third phase would be to spread the caliphate to America and the rest of the world. The attack on the United States on September 11, 2001, was not aimed at bringing down the U.S., or even to allow radical Islam to take over; it was to send a message to America. It was aimed at illustrating to the government the ability of radical Islamic terrorism to seriously injure the economy and the safety of its citizens. It was a signal that if the U.S. did not initiate a foreign policy that corresponded with the interests of radical Islam, the unthinkable would happen. Bin Laden and radical Islamists consider the U.S. as the primary obstacle to achieving the first phase of the strategy to take over the Middle East. The plan was to force America to stop supporting Muslim allies in the Gulf as it had done with the Shah of Iran. Bin Laden believed if he could get America to turn on its allies, there would be no one to protect these regimes from a radical Islamic revolution. This is precisely what an Internet-savvy, community organizer, President Barack Hussein Obama is doing. He is betting the farm on democratic governments that will likely be totally aligned with mosques, mullahs, and madrassas, and will enhance America's foreign policy interests in the region rather than lending support to dictator-allies. History will give President Obama as much credit for the Islamic revolution now being birthed as it gave Ronald Reagan for the fall of the Berlin Wall. The president has now taken on becoming the Middle East Muslim community organizer. He apparently believes that change is not only desirable and inevitable, but that the U.S. must take the lead in shaping the Middle East. In August 2010 President Obama, believing that America's relationship with the Arab world was broken, issued Presidential Study Directive 11 asking agencies to prepare for change. The document cited evidence of growing citizen discontent with the "region's regimes" and warned that "the region is entering a critical period of transition." The president asked his advisors to "manage these risks by demonstrating to the people of the Middle East and North Africa a gradual but real prospect of greater political openness and improved governance." Six months later, this revolution was toppling leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya and spreading to the Gulf oil fields. The response of Obama's deputy national security adviser, Ben Rhodes was, "We have a core interest in stability through political and economic change. The status quo is not stable." The White House reviewed earlier democratic shifts in Indonesia, the Philippines, Serbia, Poland, and Chile for "lessons learned." From that study, Obama's team bought into transition to achieve "buy-in"; affecting quick change that is obvious to all, i.e., setting political prisoners free, giving freedom to the press, freedom to protest?precisely what Jimmy Carter demanded in Iran. This review has led U.S. officials to conclude that countries need to bring the opposition quickly into a change to achieve "buy-in"; make fast changes that people can see, such as freeing political prisoners; and sequence events, putting the easiest first, so that presidential elections precede parliamentary balloting and detailed rewriting of the Constitution. President Obama gave his "Berlin Wall speech" on June 4, 2009, in Cairo. He declared that "tension has been fed by colonialism that denied rights and opportunities to many Muslims, and a Cold War in which Muslim-majority countries were too often treated as proxies without regard to their own aspirations." This is the core of Obama foreign policy change: to not have strong allies in the Middle East as proxies. President Obama inspired hope for the masses when he, as an African-American with the name Barack Hussein Obama, made it clear that America was not "at war with Islam," and that the two greatest destabilizing factors in the Middle East were al Qaeda and Israel. President Obama made a bold and impassioned plea for democracy in his speech. He said: "There are some who will advocate for democracy only when they are in power, and once in power, they are ruthless in suppressing the rights of others ? elections alone do not make true democracy." The specter of a global collapse of the world's economy, along with Islamic Sunni oil states at war against the "Great Satan"?America, and the "Little Satan"?Israel, may be the price the West will have to pay for "April Fools." **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Thu, 7 Apr 2011 21:19:17 -0800 Full article 1_227available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Jesus warned that as the end of the age approached, "Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name." (Matthew 24:9) Today that prophetic warning is being fulfilled. As I stated in my book, The American Prophecies, the greatest century to date of Christian persecution was not the first century, but the twentieth. In the history of the world and of the nearly 69.6 million Christians martyred for their faith, over sixty-five percent of them were killed in the twentieth century. That is not even mentioning what happened to Jews in the Holocaust. It is estimated that the first ten years of the twenty-first century saw another million Christians murdered for their faith. Though this shows a significant decrease in martyrdom worldwide as compared to the twentieth century, it is still an alarming number. The truth of the matter is that while some of the most severe persecutors of Christians in recent history have eased their "cultural revolutions"?namely Communist governments?those who profess faith in Jesus Christ, still place their lives on the line virtually every day throughout the Islamic world. Though I could present numerous examples of this, one that has most recently come to my attention is the predicament of Aasia Noreen (also called Aasiya Bibi, Asia, or other transliterations in the world press), a forty-five-year-old mother of five. In 2009, Aasia got into a disagreement with fellow field workers in her village of Ittan Wali in Pakistan near the Indian border. The other workers were trying to pressure her into renouncing Christianity and becoming a Muslim. Aasia's family was the only Christian household in the village. Aasia however, stood her ground, much to the chagrin of at least one of the other women who also held a grudge against her for a past land dispute. To end the bickering, the wife of a village elder demanded Aasia go to fetch them water from a well in the Nankana Sahib district, several miles away. Aasia complied, but when she returned, the disgruntled Muslim woman said it was sacrilegious to drink water collected by a non-Muslim. Aasia replied, "Are we not all humans?" The response brought another strong rebuke and another altercation arose. Shortly after, the disgruntled women went to a local Muslim cleric and told him about the incident. The cleric filed a report with the police about it on June 19, 2009, and on that same day, the disgruntled woman confronted Aasia in front of her home accusing her of having defamed the name of Muhammad, saying she had denied that he was a prophet. Men working in the fields nearby overheard the altercation, left what they were doing, and forced their way into Aasia's house. There they began torturing Aasia and her children, demanding she admit to the blasphemy and repent. As things escalated, they tried to put a noose around Aasia's neck ready to hang her. However, the police soon arrived and took Aasia into custody, supposedly for her own protection. As more allegations were made, instead of being released, Aasia was charged with blasphemy under Section 295 C of the Pakistan Penal Code, a crime punishable by death. While awaiting trial, Aasia would have to remain in the horrible conditions of a Pakistani prison, separated from her family except for when they could visit. Aasia spent more than a year incarcerated before her trial. Then finally in November 2010, the accusations were heard before a judge. While the family hoped they might finally put this matter behind them, instead of dismissing the charges because of a lack of evidence, the judge sentenced Aasia to death by hanging and fined her 100,000 rupees ($1,100). Because many convicted in lower courts of blasphemy are threatened or even killed in prison, Aasia was put into solitary confinement and all visiting rights were revoked. The National Commission for Justice and Peace (NCJP) has said that up to eighty percent of such blasphemy charges are filed to settle old grievances, which seems to be the case with Aasia as well. In recent years, most such convictions get overturned in higher courts. It is believed that local courts are usually pressured into convictions by local clerics and Islamic groups. The word of such cases travels fast, and generally angry mobs surrounding the courthouse chant slogans and demand the death sentence as trials take place. In Aasia's area, the local imam said he cried with joy when Aasia was sentenced to hang. He told reporters, "She'll be made to pay, one way or the other. . . If the law punishes someone for blasphemy, and that person is pardoned or released, then we will take the law into our own hands." Despite the fact that no one has ever been executed by the government under this law, many have been murdered after their release. Several Islamic groups have already taken to the streets of Pakistan to let the government know there will be anarchy if Aasia's sentence is not carried out. Since her sentencing, Aasia's family has had to go into hiding. At the end of that November, a hard-line Islamic imam promised to pay anyone who killed Aasia $6,000 if she were set free by the courts. While the sentencing has brought international protests, Aasia still remains in prison as of this writing. Even Pakistani government officials have been among those who have spoken out against the sentencing and called for Aasia's pardoning and protection by the president of Pakistan. Doing so has placed anyone who speaks out into the crosshairs of Islamic fundamentalists as well. One who spoke out for Aasia was Punjab Governor Salman Taseer. Because of this, Taseer was assassinated by one of his bodyguards on January 4, 2011?shot down in cold blood in broad daylight. Several clerics and imams in Pakistan had called for Taseer's execution after his defense of Aasia. Different religious leaders offered a total of 50 million rupees ($579,300) for the assassination of Aasia and any who spoke out on her behalf. The call apparently worked. The bodyguard made no attempt at escape after gunning down Taseer, turning himself in to the police and telling them he had killed Taseer "because of the governor's opposition to Pakistan's blasphemy laws." Roughly two months later, the Pakistani minister for religious minorities, Shahbaz Bhatti who had also called for Aasia's pardoning and opposed the blasphemy laws, was gunned down in the streets. Radical Islamists will stop at nothing to spread their hatred?a hatred that is aimed particularly at Israel. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Thu, 7 Apr 2011 21:13:11 -0800 Full article 1_226available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com At a press conference on Tuesday, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon stated that the world body expects Israel to immediately surrender to demands from the Palestinians for control of the Bible lands of Judea, Samaria, and East Jerusalem?the "West Bank." Ban called Israel's position "morally and politically unsustainable" and said that it "must end." Meanwhile the Palestinians continue to move forward with their plan to unilaterally declare themselves an independent state. They are expecting to receive support from the United Nations, completely apart from any negotiation with Israel and without making any concessions or promises of peace. I am hearing from people inside Israel that my friend Prime Minister Netanyahu is being urged to insist that the United Nations recognize the fact that the Jews have as much or more claim to those lands as the Palestinians do. One political leader said off the record that if the Palestinians proceed with their plan, Israel should officially annex the parts of the West Bank with the largest Jewish populations?the so-called "settlements." Whatever the final outcome, events are moving rapidly toward the crisis point. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Thu, 7 Apr 2011 21:01:40 -0800 Full article 1_225available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Ehud Barak, Israel?s Defense Minister. The pressure on Israel to make concessions to the Palestinians continues to grow as unrest sweeps across the Middle East. Israel's leaders are being told that if they do not make an acceptable offer, the UN will vote to recognize Palestine as a nation?including all of the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Such a move would immediately place Israel in the category of illegally occupying the land of a UN member state which would be grounds for economic or even military action by the world body. "We are facing a diplomatic-political tsunami that the majority of the public is unaware of and that will peak in September," Ehud Barak, Israel's defense minister, said. "It is a very dangerous situation, one that requires action." Yet Israel's options are extremely limited. Because the Palestinians know that they are likely to receive UN support no matter what they do, they are preemptively rejecting out of hand any offer Israel is likely to make. "We want to generate pressure on Israel to make it feel isolated and help it understand that there can be no talks without a stop to settlements," said Nabil Shaath, head of the foreign affairs department of Fatah, the main party of the Palestinian Authority. "Without that, our goal is membership in the United Nations General Assembly in September." As Israel is surrounded by increasingly hostile neighbors, their vital security interests are at the forefront of their concern for the future. Yet Israel's territorial security concerns and borders issues are viewed by the Palestinians as unacceptable. Events are moving quickly toward a crisis point, and our prayers and support of the Chosen People are more important than ever. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Thu, 7 Apr 2011 13:31:02 -0800 Full article 1_224available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The Muslim Brotherhood started in Egypt back in the 1920's, but they remained a small, ineffective group until they gained a powerful new mentor?Adolph Hitler. Under his guidance, the Muslim Brotherhood launched the original global jihad against the Jewish people. Matthias Kuntzel said, "The significance of the Brotherhood to Islamism is comparable to that of the Bolshevik Party to communism: It was and remains to this day the ideological reference point and organizational core for all later Islamist groups, including al-Qaeda and Hamas." Though the Muslim Brotherhood was responsible for the death of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and viewed with suspicion by his successor Hosni Mubarak, their violently anti-Semitic views remain widespread in popular media and culture. The phony book that lays out a supposed plot by Jews to take over the world, The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, remains a best-seller in Egypt today. Today, history is repeating itself in Egypt. Following the First World War, Egypt passed a secular constitution that guaranteed rights for everyone. Christians and Jews were protected and respected, and had freedom to fully participate in every part of life. Yet over time, that freedom and tolerance were replaced with a radical Islamic view that demanded all submit to Muslim doctrine. Millions took to the streets in Egypt recently to demand freedom. Yet once again, we see the process of that freedom being stolen away to be replaced with an Islamist government that will carry out the hatred of the Jewish people that has long festered in the Arab world. Though Egypt and Israel have officially been at peace for more than thirty years, a vast majority of the people are bitterly opposed to peace with Israel. It is telling that the most famous Palestinian terrorist in history, Yasser Arafat, was born in Cairo. Events in the Middle East are making the threats to Israel more deadly than ever. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Thu, 7 Apr 2011 13:18:18 -0800 Full article 1_223available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com It was a parent's worst nightmare. Gabi Tatarov, a resident of the southern Israeli city of Ashdod, near the Gaza border, was at work when the sirens went off, warning of an impending rocket attack. His nine-year-old son was home alone?the schools had been closed because of heightened threats. Not all the schools of Ashdod have enough bomb shelters for every student, so they frequently ask the children to stay home if attacks are expected. Tatarov rushed home to check on his boy, not knowing what he would find when he returned to his house. The rockets and mortars Hamas terrorists fire from Gaza are unguided?the evil men launching them neither know nor care where they will land. These terrorists are happy to kill any innocent man, woman, or child simply because they are Jews. "In the morning, I told him what to do if there is an attack because with school out and me and my wife at work, we knew he'd be home alone. I rushed home and found him hiding in the stairwell. We have a safe room in the house, but there were other people in the stairwell, so he felt safe there," Tatarov said. Imagine having to teach your kids what to do when terrorists launched attacks against your city. That is the reality for families living in southern Israel. And the attacks are increasing. During the past month alone, dozens of rockets, mortar shells and missiles have rained down on the Jewish families of Ashdod, Sderot, Ashkelon, and other Jewish towns and villages. They need our help right now! **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Thu, 7 Apr 2011 13:08:45 -0800 Full article 1_222available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Begin advisor, Isser Harel. On Sept 23, 1979, I had dinner with Isser Harel, former head of Israeli Mossad, at the home of the senior advisor of the Prime Minister Menachem Begin, Dr Reuben Hecht. I asked Isser two questions and shall never forget his answers; all three came to pass just as he said they would. The first question was would President Anwar Sadat be able to remain in power with Jimmy Carter pushing him for human rights and democracy in Egypt? The second question was, "Will terrorism come to America?? His answer to the first was that he feared Sadat would be killed because of his push for democratic reform. In answer to the second, he said: "Yes, I fear it will come in time. America is developing a tolerance for terrorism. The US has the power to fight terrorism, but not the will; the terrorists have the will, but not the power. That could change in time. Oil buys more than tents.? And then he made this thought-provoking observation: "You in the West kill a fly and rejoice. In the Middle East, we kill one, and one hundred flies come to the funeral.? In Middle Eastern Muslim countries, the "winner takes all? philosophy rules the day. Democracy, if considered at all, has to go through the filter of mullahs, mosques, and madrassas before it has any chance of acceptance. In countries such as Afghanistan and Libya, tribalism triumphs tribunals more often than not. This is the morass where the flies of which Isser Harel spoke are bred. It is in the morass that people are murdered, maimed, and martyred for the sake of radical Islam and Shari?a law. During the Persian Gulf War in 1991, I had lunch one afternoon Prince Mohammed Khalid (Commander-in-Chief of the Saudi Royal Air Force and the Arab multi-national forces). At the time he was over the Syrian High Command, and the Egyptian Third Army Commanders. During lunch, Khalid and I talked privately about Islamic fundamentalists and the threat that their fanatical religion could be to the West. Our conversation antagonized Khalid, and he told me in no uncertain terms that Islam was a peaceful religion. The fundamentalists represent no more than 10 percent of Islam. I replied, "That really comforts me to know that only 150 million people want to kill me in the name of their religion.? The fuel for those millions of radical Muslims is their hatred for the Great Satan, America, and the Little Satan, Israel. When they or their leaders are embarrassed by the President of the United States or bested in war by the Israelis their ire grows to limitless proportions. In this particular instance a media show has erupted surrounding the "coalition? imposed no-fly zone and the bombing of Libya. No matter their feelings about Gadhafi as a person or a leader, what is important is their unsupported belief that the Crusaders are killing Muslims for oil. Of all the actions taken by the United States to protect its own citizens or for humanitarian efforts, it has never occupied another country and drained it of its oil reserves. Never! Yet, when Muslims see U.S. aircraft targeting other Muslims, it only fuels the conspiracy myth and feeds the rage against the West. The only problem in Libya is Gadhafi and his unlimited resources with which to buy mercenaries to attack his own people. Sadly, there will not be Jeffersonian democracy in Libya or any of these Middle Eastern countries in turmoil. Hamas in Gaza supposedly has a democratic state, as did Hitler in Germany. There is too vast a difference between what we in the U.S. call democracy and the Shari?a law-type democracy that will likely emerge in Muslim countries. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Wed, 30 Mar 2011 16:44:24 -0800 Full article 1_221available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Is the dream of democracy turning into a nightmare of radical Islam for the hopeful in Egypt? The vision seems remote especially now that religion has surfaced as a strong political contender for the minds of the people. The initial protests were based on a call for a democratic Egypt. Young, schooled, idealistic men and women were the first to drive the demonstrations calling for democracy. Now the Muslim Brotherhood has emerged, with the blessing of President Barack Obama, as a partner in whatever government the military decides is best for the country. Many in Egypt?s political circles deny any direct participation by the Muslim Brotherhood. However, the organization, while dormant to the naked eye, has worked behind the scenes to position itself for an eventual takeover. If that happens, Egypt will not experience the hoped-for democracy, but will be added to the list of caliphate-ready Islamic nations. It now appears that the Brotherhood has managed to join itself to the military that once maligned it and its leaders. Elijah Zarwan with the International Crisis Group says, "There is evidence the Brotherhood struck some kind of a deal with the military early on. It makes sense if you are the military ? you want stability and people off the street. The Brotherhood is one address where you can go to get 100,000 people off the street.? The protest leaders are now greatly concerned about the direction in which Egypt seems to have been taken. On the one hand Mubarak is gone; on the other demonstrations and sit-ins have been outlawed in the country. There is little transparency regarding demands for democracy and an end to the corruption that gripped the country. Television producer Amr Koura expressed the feelings of many: "We are all worried. The young people have no control of the revolution anymore. It was evident in the last few weeks when you saw a lot of bearded people taking charge. The youth are gone.? And it?s not only the youth who are concerned; Coptic Christians in Egypt are very wary of what the future may hold for them. There have already been clashes in which they were targeted. If the Brotherhood or the ultraconservative Salafis rise to the surface, what does that portend for Christians in the country? Essam Sharaf, Egypt?s new Prime Minister, as of March 3, 2011. During the initial protests, the Brotherhood refrained from any involvement. It was only after the hard work had been done and Egyptians hungry for democracy had died that the Brotherhood began to make its presence known. Touted for its strength and superb structure, the organization now seems to have taken charge in many areas. According to Mr. Zarwan, they have "set their sights higher.? A well-positioned member of the Brotherhood stood alongside the new prime minister, Essam Sharaf, when he spoke to the protesters gathered in Tahrir Square. A member of the organization now sits on the committee appointed to draft the new Constitution. It is also to the advantage of the Brotherhood that one of the proposed amendments calls for holding parliamentary elections prior to September. That gives a decided advantage to the two best organized groups: the Muslim Brotherhood and Mubarak?s National Democratic Party. As it has already been seen, the Brotherhood is not above fear tactics. Eligible voters were cautioned that if they failed to endorse the amendments, Egypt would be a country without religion. As one flier stated: "This means that the call to prayer will not be heard anymore like in the case of Switzerland, women will be banned from wearing the hijab like in the case of France. And there will be laws that allow men to get married to men and women to get married to women like in the case of America.? The tactic worked. When the vote was counted 77.2 percent voted affirmatively. The Brotherhood leadership continues to contend that it has no proprietary interest in running the country. The Supreme Guide reiterates that the group does not intend to present a candidate for president and will run for only a little more than one-third of the seats in the Parliament. No one knows if the Brotherhood has inked some agreement with the ruling military. A former dean of Zagazig law school, Nabil Ahmed Halmy, expressed his concern: "I worry about going too fast towards elections, that the parties are still weak. The only thing left right now is the Muslim Brotherhood. I do think that people are trying to take over the revolution.? For many, the ascension of the once-banned group is troubling. The leaders of the democratic revolution see the need for better organization. The coalition and others have said they see the overwhelming approval of the amendments and the rise of the Brotherhood as worrisome, and as evidence that more liberal forces need to organize for a more efficient disbursal of information ? quickly. The questions now become: Will the desire for democracy in Egypt turn into nothing more than a sectarian war between the different factions? It is too early to tell just how the game will play out. Who will check? Who will checkmate? There is only one certainty: change can be a catalyst for either good or evil. It depends on who is directing the production from the wings ? young Egyptians who desperately desire democracy, or the Muslim Brotherhood and its backers whose ultimately goal is to see all infidels in submission ? or dead. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Wed, 30 Mar 2011 16:31:55 -0800 Full article 1_220available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I wrote those words in 2007 in my book The Final Move Beyond Iraq. I believed then that an Islamic revolution would sweep the Middle East using "democracy" as a tool to game the system. Let me read a quote from the back cover: "An Islamic revolution is spreading and is on the brink of becoming America's greatest threat since the Civil War." Today that forecast is coming true. Here's more of what I wrote then: (Notice that if you change the name of the occupant of the White House everything is the same four years later.) A wind of counter-revolution is blowing across the Middle East and directly into the faces of the Islamofascists and their hopes for spreading Khomeini's Islamic Revolution worldwide. Both Iraq and Afghanistan have held democratic elections. President Bush was right in his decision to invade Iraq?he has established a base to inject the vaccination of democracy into the bloodstream of oil-rich, tyrannical regimes that suppress the human rights of the masses and confuse them with outlandish conspiracy myths about Israel and the West. The terrorists, however, are trying to destroy this move toward truth, freedom, and democracy?and the liberal Left in America is helping them succeed. America is not hated by liberal Leftists, appeasement states, and oppressive regimes because it is doing wrong, but because it is doing right. The belief of these regimes is that a perfect world is a weak and anemic America that embraces the perpetrator and castigates the victim. President Bush's plan, like that of Ronald Reagan towards the Soviet Union, will bring a new beginning to the Middle East. For the first time since the rebirth of their nation in 1948, the Israelis see the opportunity of a lifetime for a more democratic region. President Bush's battle for the soul of the Middle East is beginning to succeed, much to the chagrin of the liberal Left. In order for his course to continue, God-fearing Americans must unite and battle for the soul of America. The foundational promise on which the return of Jesus Christ and all prophecy is contingent is found in Matthew 24:14: "This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come." This doctrine is taught and believed by more than one billion Christians worldwide that consider themselves "evangelical." The Middle East is the last frontier for the proclamation of the Great Commission, fulfilling the last words of Jesus on earth: But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth. --Acts 1:8 The Church will, in fact, respond to the words of Jesus, and in doing so will birth the greatest revival the Middle East?and the world?have ever known. The basis for President Bush's conviction is this: Good versus evil. It is a doctrine of the Bible from Genesis to the Cross and to the very end of the Age as well as the foundational doctrine in President Bush's War on Terror. As the oft-quoted saying goes: "All that is required for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing." It was the same doctrine Ronald Reagan used in defeating the so-called "Evil Empire" of the Soviet Union. Why do followers of Christ feel a God-ordained call to wage war against evil and to support Israel? How is this mission based on the Bible, and how will it birth a Great Awakening in America and the Middle East, causing these believers to refocus their passions on confronting the root of all evil? For example, how can Christians support a war when Jesus has said, "Love your enemies?" The New Testament clearly states that civil magistrates can wage war against "all enemies, both foreign and domestic." Romans 13:1-4 says, Every person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God. Therefore whoever resists authority has opposed the ordinance of God; and they who have opposed will receive condemnation upon themselves. For rulers are not a cause of fear for good behavior, but for evil. Do you want to have no fear of authority? Do what is good and you will have praise from the same; for it is a minister of God to you for good. But if you do what is evil, be afraid; for it does not bear the sword for nothing; for it is a minister of God, an avenger who brings wrath on the one who practices evil. Today, the battle of good versus evil is being fought from within. Liberals hate the America of which Christian Presidents dream. They hate Israel, the Bible, and Christians in general. They subject Christians to scorn, ridicule, and discrimination. There is no attack on American culture more deadly than the secular humanists' attack against God in American public life. The insults, verbal abuse, and attacks are so severe that anyone who contradicted them was labeled "ignorant, evil, racist and bigot." The dumbing-down of America had begun, and all in the name of political correctness and a new Godless globalism. The hippies of the 60's have become the establishment against which they once railed. Even though they run the culture, the media, the educational system, the courts, the arts, etc., they are still self-destructing. From the public and private sector, from mainstream Hollywood to the public schools, from Washington politics to local judges, from the arts to the sciences, they are self-destructing. America, the noble experiment, is under siege. The tidal wave of evil is sweeping over our nation; the self-injuring, spirit-destroying, conscious-searing practices of pornography, abortion, homosexuality, and drug and alcohol abuse are being supported as they never have before. There is a vicious moral and spiritual war raging in the hearts and minds of Americans. Today the Jerusalem Prayer Team is standing in the gap with prayer for the Chosen People. Passover is coming in just a few weeks?a time of joyful celebration. But for poor Jewish people, it will be a time of hunger instead. The Passover is such a wonderful time of celebration. When God delivered the Children of Israel from their bondage in Egypt, they ate a special meal on their last night in captivity. This meal became the basis for the Passover, the annual feast that marks the beginning of the Jewish year to celebrate their freedom. And it was a feast that God instructed to be observed "throughout your generations." (Exodus 12:14) Soon observant Jews all around the world will begin preparing for the Passover this year. They will follow the ancient customs, celebrating the festival of deliverance from bondage just as they have for thousands of years. But for those living in desperate poverty, this Passover will not be a time of feasting and joy; it will be just another day of struggle and trying to survive. "Is this not the fast that I have chosen: To loose the bonds of wickedness, To undo the heavy burdens, To let the oppressed go free, And that you break every yoke? Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, And that you bring to your house the poor who are cast out; When you see the naked, that you cover him, And not hide yourself from your own flesh? Then your light shall break forth like the morning, Your healing shall spring forth speedily, And your righteousness shall go before you; The glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard." --Isaiah 58:6-8 Thank you for your prayers for the people of Israel during this season of Passover. Their needs are great?our God?s resources are greater still. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Wed, 30 Mar 2011 16:18:48 -0800 Full article 1_219available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Seventeen years ago, Shimson Moshe's sandwich kiosk was destroyed in the Christmas Day blast that ripped through the city of Jerusalem. Last week it happened again. Moshe's brother-in-law, David Amuyav, was working at the kiosk (which they renamed The Explosion Kiosk after the 1994 attack) when he noticed a suspicious bag by a telephone booth. He was on the phone to the police when it exploded. Amuyav was among the most seriously injured of the victims of the blast. Moshe vowed that he would return to the location to clean up the damage and reopen his store. "Nothing will overcome us," he said. "This is our livelihood, and we're not going to do anything different. I'm not going to change the name, and I'm going to keep working there. I'll be there for another thirty years!" These brave words highlight the Israeli spirit...but they also reveal the grim reality of daily life in Israel. We must continue to remember those who suffer violence and persecution, simply because of their race and faith. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:58:01 -0800 Full article 1_218available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com David Somech, a resident of Jerusalem, was waiting for a bus in the Holy City last week when the terrorist bomb exploded, killing one and injuring dozens more. Somech, treated for shock but not wounded, described the attack this way. "There was 20 seconds of silence before the screaming began, and chaos. I started to help evacuate people, and then the medics suggested that I should head to the hospital to make sure that I was all right." Another young victim, fourteen years old, had just passed a yeshiva entrance exam and was on his way home when the bomb went off. "I didn't understand at first that it was a terror attack; I was worried about my leg," he said. Metal shrapnel cut into his leg, but the blood loss was stopped, and he is expected to recover. Some analysts fear that the dramatic increase in terrorist attacks against Israel in the past two weeks could signal the start of a new intifada (uprising) against Israel...or perhaps even the beginning of a new round of all-out war. Iran has long been suspected of plotting to use their terrorist proxies to launch such an attack in an attempt to pin Israel down and prevent military action against Iran's nuclear program. We must be watchful and do all we can to preserve and protect the well-being of the Jewish people and the nation of Israel. They are God?s chosen people. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:49:07 -0800 Full article 1_217available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Wycliffe Bible Translators missionary Mary Gardner was killed in last week?s terrorist attack in Jerusalem. Details have now been released about the one person killed by the terrorist bombing in Jerusalem earlier this week. The lady who died was a member of our family?another Christian Zionist who loved the Chosen People and the land of Israel. Mary Gardner was 55 years old. Originally from the Orkney Isles, north of Scotland, she was in Israel to study at the Hebrew University. Gardner's desire was to learn Hebrew in order to translate the Old Testament for the people of Togo, where she worked as a missionary with Wycliffe Bible Translators. Orkney Islands Councilman James Stockan said, "Mary was a brave, tenacious lady whose incredible achievements in translating and teaching the Bible and putting the local dialect into print for the people of Togo were immense. My thoughts are with her family at this difficult time." A number of the more than 30 people who were seriously injured in the blast are still hospitalized, including David Amuyel, who was working at a nearby sandwich kiosk and called the police to warn them of a suspicious package. He was still on the phone when the bomb went off, leaving him with serious injuries to his legs. The Jewish people need our help right now! **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:39:33 -0800 Full article 1_216available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Photo courtesy of Ilya Borovok. My heart broke this week when I read the news of the desecration of the Jewish cemetery on top of the Mount of Olives. It is in this ancient cemetery, believed to date back to Bible times, that my dear old friend Menachem Begin and his wife are buried. I have been to that beautiful spot overlooking the Old City many times, including on my last trip to Jerusalem. Things have changed. Imagine my horror when I read, "Many of the tombstones have been smashed, litter is strewn around, and tethered donkeys defecate on top of graves." Jewish visitors to the cemetery are being attacked with stones on a regular basis. Palestinians are using tombstones for goals in their soccer games. There are even reports of firebombs being thrown to destroy the graves. There are more than 150,000 graves in this ancient burial ground. From there you can easily see the glistening Dome of the Rock mosque and hear the Muslim call to prayer echoing across the valley. Israel gained control of the cemetery from Jordan along with the rest of the city of Jerusalem during the Six Days War in 1967. The International Committee for the Preservation of Har Hazeitim (Mount of Olives) estimates that 40,000 graves were destroyed between 1948 and 1967. Today it's happening again. The cemetery is surrounded by Arab neighborhoods, making security a constant issue. Even funeral processions are not immune from attack. Palestinians claim the entire area, including the cemetery, and expect to make East Jerusalem the capital of their proposed nation. Any action by Jewish authorities to protect the cemetery and its visitors is expected to lead to protests, possibly even a renewed outbreak of violence. This is a heartbreaking report. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:22:56 -0800 Full article 1_215available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Recently , I received an urgent appeal from Israel for help. Iran, through its proxy, Hamas, has fired over 54 missiles into southern Israel in the past seven days. Most landed in the vicinity of the town of Sderot. Towns in the southern part of Israel, such as Sderot, Ashkelon, and Ashdod, are mostly inhabited by Jewish refugees from the former Soviet Union. Many returned to Israel in fulfillment of prophecy. A precious Russian Jewish refugee and mother of five whose husband was killed by terrorists asked me, "Are they going to kill all my children, too, simply because I am a Jew and want to live in my homeland?" My heart is breaking because I've gone into Sderot during many terror attacks, including during the last war, to comfort these precious people and help them. According to the words of the prophet Isaiah, "Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God." (Isaiah 40:1) It is heartbreaking to know that almost half of Sderot's large communal shelters have no water or electricity and have been rendered unfit for human habitation. Most of the children in the town have only 15 seconds to run for a shelter when the sirens sound. The psychological effect on these precious babies is unspeakable. I've been in their homes and have comforted these precious people in the hospital after they have been wounded and scarred. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Thu, 24 Mar 2011 10:16:27 -0800 Full article 1_214available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Israel has dramatically ramped up security at airports, ports and border crossings in recent days as fears rise over a potential "dirty bomb" attack using nuclear material supplied by Iran or obtained by Al Qaeda from one of the nuclear plants in the former Soviet Union where security is notoriously lax. The radiation leaks from the damaged nuclear plant in Japan give just a hint of the damage that could follow a dirty bomb attack. A dirty bomb combines nuclear material with conventional explosives to spread contaminated fallout over a wide area. Though less deadly than conventional atomic weapons, dirty bombs also require far less sophistication and can be delivered in a truck or shipping container. One Israeli defense analyst said that anyone with a rudimentary knowledge of explosives could build "the poor man's nuke." Just last week, three suspects were arrested at the Slovak-Hungarian border after trying to sell roughly a pound of enriched uranium, typically used as fuel in nuclear facilities. Enriched uranium is a prime ingredient for "dirty bombs" and other nuclear weapons. Fallout from a dirty bomb in a crowded city like Tel Aviv could sicken or kill tens of thousands of people and render the city uninhabitable for years to come. Heightened security includes the use of sophisticated detection equipment as well as increased surveillance of passengers and travelers in the region. Intelligence analysts cite an increase in the number of threats being made for the increase in security. In addition, security has been tightened at Israel's nuclear power plants, a key target for terrorists to strike. Israel's enemies continue to increase their efforts to strangle her, both economically and militarily. The recent cooperation agreement between Syria and Iran will provide the Iranian navy and special forces a large base of operations much closer to the Jewish state. Hamas and Hezbollah continue to increase their attacks. And the unrest that has swept across the Middle East threatens to worsen relations between Israel and her neighbors. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Thu, 24 Mar 2011 10:06:33 -0800 Full article 1_213available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Purim commemorates the deliverance of the Jewish people from destruction by Haman in ancient Persia. The scroll of Esther (Megillat Ester) is read and Purim gifts?charity for the poor (Matanot L'evyonim)?are distributed. A special prayer for miracles (Al Ha-Nissim) is prayed. Esther, an orphan, found favor in the eyes of the king and stood in the gap. She responded to her uncle Mordecai's appeal in Esther 4:14: "For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father's family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this?" In Jewish synagogues, when Haman's name is read, a noise maker (Purim gragger) is sounded. His name is read 54 times. Purim songs are sung, delicious pastries are served; it's a children?s' festival. I remember it well. It was the most special day of my childhood. I was a poor Jew; so poor I would go to the garbage dump to dig for white chocolate. The grocery stores would throw the dark chocolate cookies away when the chocolate turned white. I was so afraid of the rats at the dump that an old man saw me trembling and gave me a stick so I could dig through the garbage and chase the rats away. Now on Purim, I give a gift to help the poor Jews in Israel. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Thu, 24 Mar 2011 09:58:02 -0800 Full article 1_211available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com As I prayed for you this morning, the word that kept coming to mind was "encourage." I know what it is to be discouraged. I've been discouraged hundreds of times, but I've also been encouraged just as many times. I was discouraged at the age of eleven when my drunken father picked me up above his head by my neck and strangled me. I awoke in my own dried vomit. I was discouraged at seventeen as I left my house with a brown paper lunch bag. My father cursed me as I made my way down the road toward the Army induction center. I was discouraged at nineteen when my car was stolen with all my earthly possessions inside, including my wallet. I was forced to sleep in the Salvation Army shelter. I was discouraged at college when everyone was going home for Christmas, and I didn't have the funds or a loving home where I could go. I didn't really have the money to stay in the dorm over the holidays or money with which to buy food. I was discouraged when I passed out Gideon Bibles to the Marines in Beirut and shared the Gospel with them. The next morning, their barracks was destroyed by a Hezbollah truck bomb in a terrorist attack. I found myself in the middle of an all-out war. I was discouraged in Iraq when I went up to the north to take food and blankets to the Kurds who had been gassed by Saddam Hussein when the first Persian Gulf War broke out. Yes, I've been discouraged. What I'm about to share with you are the very words I've used to encourage myself. These words have broken the spirit of discouragement. No one is immune to problems. Anyone who attempts anything for God will have problems and will be discouraged. Today, I want to encourage you: God is greater than you think, closer than you think. He is more ambitious than you think, more committed than you think. Satan will attempt to get you to focus on and to magnify the problem rather than to focus on God and to magnify Him. The Bible says to let the weak say, "I am strong," let the oppressed say, "I am free," and let the sick say, "I am healed." The Bible says that no weapon formed against you will prosper and that God will never leave you nor forsake you. It's time to starve your fears and feed your faith by magnifying the Lord rather than that which is discouraging you. Proverbs 20:24: "Since the Lord is directing our steps, why try to figure out everything that happens along the way?" Psalm 37:23: "The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord." The Bible declares that we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us. I encourage you today to count your blessings rather than your problems. Look at what is right with your life rather than what is wrong. Psalm 118:24: "This is the day the LORD has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it." When I've been discouraged, I've chosen to rejoice in the Lord and be glad. It has broken the spirit of discouragement. No matter what you are experiencing today, everything is subject to change?your finances, your dreams, your health, your marriage?because God is on the throne. David was discouraged when the entire nation of Israel was running in fear because of a strongman, Goliath. He was cursed by that giant who screamed, "Am I a dog that you come with a stick?" David encouraged himself in the Lord and declared aloud, "You've come with a sword and a shield, but I have come in the name of the Lord. This day I will feed your head to the birds of the air." Be encouraged today. Stop right now and encourage yourself in the Lord. Pray this prayer with me: Father, I magnify you because you are my source. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. I bless you, Father, because I take the shield of faith, and I quench every fiery dart of the wicked. I overcome evil with good. No weapon formed against me will prosper. Greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world. This is the day the Lord has made; I will rejoice and be glad in it. The Passover is such a wonderful time of celebration. When God delivered the Children of Israel from their bondage in Egypt, they ate a special meal on their last night in captivity. This meal became the basis for the Passover, the annual feast that marks the beginning of the Jewish year to celebrate their freedom. And it was a feast that God instructed to be observed "throughout your generations." (Exodus 12:14) Soon observant Jews all around the world will begin preparing for the Passover this year. They will follow the ancient customs, celebrating the festival of deliverance from bondage just as they have for thousands of years. "Is this not the fast that I have chosen: To loose the bonds of wickedness, To undo the heavy burdens, To let the oppressed go free, And that you break every yoke? Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, And that you bring to your house the poor who are cast out; When you see the naked, that you cover him, And not hide yourself from your own flesh? Then your light shall break forth like the morning, Your healing shall spring forth speedily, And your righteousness shall go before you; The glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard." (Isaiah 58:6-8) **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Thu, 24 Mar 2011 09:51:49 -0800 Full article 1_212available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The eyes of the entire planet are glued to television reports as workers continue to struggle to prevent a possible meltdown of the nuclear reactors in Japan. As I write to you from my prayer room, two words?"these things"?burn in my spirit, "And when you see 'these things,' look up for your redemption draws nigh." Upon the heels of that scripture comes John 14:27: "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world gives, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." I am convinced that the Spirit of the Lord is crying out through all of these events that Jesus is coming soon. Let's look at a few of the events over the past decade. It began with Bill Clinton attempting to divide the Holy City of Jerusalem. In January 2001, then-President Bill Clinton almost gave the PLO everything it wanted, including 98 percent of the territory of Judea, Samaria, and Gaza, nearly all of East Jerusalem, Palestinian sovereignty over the Temple Mount, conceding only the right of Jews to pray there, and a compensation fund of $30 billion. September 11, 2001: The worst terrorist attack in America's history was waged on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and Washington, DC claiming 2,973 lives. Radical Islam declared this attack was against the "Crusaders and Jews." March 1, 2002: The U.S. invaded Afghanistan with Operation Anaconda which continues today. The death toll of U.S. soldiers is 1,519. March 20, 2003: The U.S. went to war against ancient Babylon (Iraq.) The latest death toll is 4,363. December 26, 2004: An earthquake, magnitude between 9.1 and 9.3 sent a terrible tsunami crashing into countries bordering the Indian Ocean taking almost 230,000 lives. August 29, 2005: Hurricane Katrina hit the southern coast of the U.S. killing almost 1,800 and causing more than $81 billion in damages. December 2007: The U.S. and the world entered a major recession with untold home foreclosures and bank closures. As of November 18, 2009 the national debt had reached $12 trillion. January 12, 2009: A massive earthquake struck the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince killing 250,000. February 27, 2010: An 8.8 magnitude earthquake hit Chile killing at least 800. April 14, 2010: A 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit China. At least 400 were killed and 10,000 injured. March 11, 2011: A massive earthquake registering 9.0 hit Japan. It was followed by a tsunami and a nuclear crisis unlike anything since Chernobyl in April 1986. In September 2011, the Quartet (the EU, the UN, Russia, and the United States) plans to unilaterally recognize a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital. If the United States votes in favor of this move, it will pass. Zechariah 14:12 says: "And this shall be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the people who fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh shall dissolve while they stand on their feet; their eyes shall dissolve in their sockets; and their tongues shall dissolve in their mouths." This aptly describes a nuclear war. The Good News is that this is a sign to the believer that Jesus is coming soon. Jesus said in John 14:27: "Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." In verse 3 of that same chapter,He explained why we should not allow our hearts to be overcome with fear: "And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, [there] ye may be also." Our concern as believers is not to be fearful or afraid, but to be ready for Jesus when He comes. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Thu, 24 Mar 2011 09:51:37 -0800 Full article 1_210available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com More than two dozen people were injured and one killed in a terrorist attack in downtown Jerusalem March 23. The bomb went off at the bus station by the Jerusalem Conference Center. Three of the wounded were reported to be in critical condition. Officials believe that the bomb was left in a backpack by the bus station. The bomb was remotely detonated as children were making their way home from school. The news report I saw showed a child's winter coat in a pool of blood. Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch told the Jerusalem Post that the bomb appeared to have been between one to two kilograms of explosive and that it contained shrapnel intended to increase the number of injuries it caused. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but Hamas has greatly increased their terrorist activity over the last week, attacking Jewish civilian targets in southern Israel. Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat asked the people of the Holy City to be watchful for more attacks. I will be leaving for Israel in just a few days. I want to take your gift of compassion and love with me to provide help and comfort to the Chosen People who are enduring these awful attacks. I want to assure them that they are not alone?that their Christian friends in America and around the world are standing with them as they are under assault. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Thu, 24 Mar 2011 09:05:48 -0800 Full article 1_209available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Beloved, I was recently in prayer for you, and the Lord clearly spoke to me to comfort you with these words. I know you have seen the recent news about the record-breaking earthquake and the ensuing tsunami in Japan. I know you are praying for those affected by this grave crisis. I received a call from Israel from a high-level government official. He was describing to me the condition of the planet. I said, "My dear friend, let me read you the words of the most famous Jew that ever lived. From the Holy City of Jerusalem, He described the very day in which we are living." I turned to Matthew 24, and as I read the words to him, he kept saying, "I've never in my life heard that. I can't believe that's in the New Testament. It's amazing." You see, the earthquakes and catastrophic weather conditions that the planet is experiencing are totally predicted by the Lord Jesus Christ in that chapter. In verse 7 He talked about earthquakes in various places. Jesus uses another word to describe the planet in chapter 24: groaning. It's the word used by the Apostle Paul for birth pangs. Romans 8:22 says, "For we know the whole creation has been groaning as in the pangs of childbirth up until this present time." My diplomat-friend is not a believer, and when he described the condition of the planet he said, "All hell is breaking loose." I responded, "No! There's some good news on which you can focus: All heaven is breaking loose. The Apostle Paul describes this powerfully in I Thessalonians 4:15-18: I can tell you this directly from the Lord: We who are still living when the Lord returns will not rise to meet him ahead of those who are in their graves. For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the call of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, all the Christians who have died will rise from their graves. Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and remain with him forever. So comfort and encourage each other with these words." Today, I want to encourage you with these words. Jesus is coming soon. What we are seeing in the Middle East right now is described in Matthew 24: And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. "For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places?" The only place where "kingdoms" can be found is in the Middle East. Now, kingdoms are rising up against kingdoms. Late September I met with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in New York City when he came to the United Nations. I also met with more than a dozen of his cabinet ministers including his foreign minister. When we shook hands, I placed in President Ahmadinejad's hand a page from my Bible with the fifth and sixth chapters of Daniel. I circled verses 24-28 of chapter five. Verse 28 says, "You have been weighed in the balances, and found wanting ?" It was a prophecy from Daniel to Ahmadinejad's predecessor, Nebuchadnezzar. Ahmadinejad showed up for the Fox interview which I had arranged surrounded by mullahs. All demanded chairs next to him so they could pray for him. Not only did they pray for him, he began to pray and call out to the Mahdi for power. That power never came. The battle being fought on our planet is a battle between two books, two spirits, and two kingdoms. If you read the book, the Good News is: we win! Because Jesus lives, we shall live also. Remember the prophecy of Jesus almost forty years before the destruction of the Temple. In the second verse of Matthew 24, He prophesied that it would be taken apart stone by stone, and it was. In verse 5, he declared one of the greatest signs of His coming would be deception. He said many would come in His Name?reputation, authority, and fame?saying, "I am anointed." Many will be deceived. The word in the Greek for "I" is "ego." Christ said many strong egos claiming an anointing on their lives would deceive many before His return. We are seeing that today in all realms of society?and especially in the political arena. I have the rare privilege as a journalist and confidant to leaders in the Middle East to see the signs of the times and correlate them with the scriptures. The Bible says, "When you see these things, look up, for your redemption draws nigh." I like what the Psalmist David says in Psalm 27: "The LORD is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked came against me to eat up my flesh, my enemies and foes, they stumbled and fell. Though an army may encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war may rise against me, in this I will be confident. One thing I have desired of the LORD, that will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life?" Yes, it's true; this old earth is groaning with birth pangs, but be encouraged, Jesus is coming soon! Many in the world are desperately trying to move in the direction of the Temple site, wanting to divide the Holy City of Jerusalem. Every devil in hell has tried to keep prophecy from being fulfilled. Hitler thought he had succeeded when he had six million of my people murdered; but he did not. The prophecy in Ezekiel about the valley of dry bones and the spirit of God breathing on them (Ezekiel 37) was fulfilled. The prophecy of Isaiah proclaiming that a nation would be born in a day (Isaiah 66:8) was fulfilled. God has kept every promise to my people. He restored the Hebrew language. Jerusalem was reunited. He will keep every promise He has made to you. David, the shepherd boy, found it to be so. When God made a promise to him through the prophet Samuel, He kept it despite Goliath and a wicked King Saul. David saw the promise fulfilled and declared in Psalm 23: "The Lord is my Shepherd; I have everything I need. He lets me rest in green pastures. He leads me beside peaceful streams. He renews my strength. He guides me along right paths bringing honor to His name. Even when I walk through the darkest valleys, I will not be afraid for you are close beside me. Your rod and staff protect and comfort me. You prepare a feast for me in the presence of my enemies. You honor me by anointing my head with oil. My cup overflows with blessings. Surely your goodness and unfailing love will pursue me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." (NLT) Passover in Israel will be observed starting at sundown on Monday, April 18. In past years, we have been asked to provide Passover meals for elderly Holocaust victims...poor Jews...new refugees that came to Israel with nothing but the hope of praying in Jerusalem...and children who had been victims of terrorist attacks or left orphaned by this great evil. I have visited many of these people and have comforted them. In just a few weeks, I'll be returning to Israel. The seriousness of the situation in the Middle East makes it more important than ever that we stand firm with the Jewish people. But there is another dangerous threat that faces Israel today that I must share with you. It's a silent threat?one that does not grab headlines like a terrorist attack or a revolution to overthrow a government that is friendly toward Israel?but it is one that is no less real. That threat is hunger. The truth is that during the upcoming Passover season, hundreds of thousands of Jews are on the brink of starvation. The Passover is such a wonderful time of celebration. When God delivered the Children of Israel from their bondage in Egypt, they ate a special meal on their last night in captivity. This meal became the basis for the Passover, the annual feast that marked the beginning of the Jewish year to celebrate their freedom. And it was a feast that God instructed to be observed "throughout your generations." (Exodus 12:14) Soon observant Jews all around the world will begin preparing for the Passover this year. They will follow the ancient customs, celebrating the festival of deliverance from bondage just as they have for thousands of years. But for those living in desperate poverty, this Passover will not be a time of feasting and joy; it will be just another day of struggle and trying to survive. We must respond to this urgent request asking if we can help the poor and elderly living below the poverty line at this Passover season. "Is this not the fast that I have chosen: To loose the bonds of wickedness, To undo the heavy burdens, To let the oppressed go free, And that you break every yoke? Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, And that you bring to your house the poor who are cast out; When you see the naked, that you cover him, And not hide yourself from your own flesh? Then your light shall break forth like the morning, Your healing shall spring forth speedily, And your righteousness shall go before you; The glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard." (Isaiah 58:6-8) **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Sun, 20 Mar 2011 10:03:02 -0800 Full article 1_208available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com According to news reports out of Israel, Prime Minister Netanyahu and his Cabinet are considering a proposal that would immediately create an interim Palestinian state with temporary borders that would be permanently settled in later negotiations. The move comes ahead of a visit by the "Quartet"?the EU, the UN, Russia and the United States?to the Jewish state. The Palestinians have responded negatively to the suggested plan. They are holding out hope for a better deal from the world community than they can get at the bargaining table with Israel. If Israel reaches a deal to make the painful concessions required by this proposal, it is not at all certain that the Palestinians will accept the offer. My old friend Prime Minister Netanyahu told the gathering that Israel cannot ignore the pressure it is receiving from the world. Israel is America's longtime friend and ally, and a firm supporter in the war on those who wish to kill us, yet our government is continuing to pursue a policy of appeasement by working with world powers to create a Palestinian state at great cost to Israel. The plan is for the UN to unilaterally and officially proclaim a Palestinian State with East Jerusalem as its capital. This action will be taken not far from where Islamic terrorists flew fuel-laden airplanes into the World Trade Center Towers and killed 2,752 innocent men, women, and children and almost exactly ten years after that dreadful attack. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Sun, 20 Mar 2011 09:42:45 -0800 Full article 1_207available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Unspeakable horror! My heart broke when I heard the news that five members of the Fogel family had been butchered inside their home in Itamar Friday night. Fatah "Freedom Fighters" infiltrated across the security fence and entered the family's home around 10:30 at night. (Fatah is supposedly the "moderate" group of Palestinians with which our government is negotiating to eventually give it control over Jerusalem!) Though it is painful and hard to read, I ask that you read every word of this news report from Jerusalem describing the attacks: The five precious members of the Fogel family that were slain by terrorists. Between 22:20 and 22:30, the terrorists entered the house through the living room picture window, did not notice the 6-year-old boy sleeping on the couch and continued on to the bedroom where they slashed the throats of the father and newborn baby girl who were sleeping there. The mother came out of the bathroom and was stabbed on its threshold. They then slashed the throat of the 11-year old-son who was reading in bed. They did not notice the 2-year old asleep in his bed, but murdered the 3-year old with two stabs to his heart. After that, they locked the door, exited through the window and escaped. No words can express the shock and grief those of us who love Israel feel upon reading of these terrible murders of babies and children as well as parents. Heavenly Father, we ask you for the miracle of your unfathomable comfort for family and friends who suffer so painfully at this time, and may the wicked be brought to justice. Beloved, can you image the grief you would experience if your three-year old son or grandson was stabbed in the heart and your newborn son or grandbaby had his throat slashed! That is what happened Friday to this precious family?murdered simply for being Jewish and for returning to Israel in fulfillment of prophecy. I have been to dozens of Israeli funerals, but am horrified by this barbaric mass murder?a murder celebrated by Palestinians on the streets of Gaza as they passed out candy and honked car horns to celebrate. I will be back in Israel soon. I want to go to the town of Itamar and comfort the living. I also want to let them know you will NOT keep silent and will stand with the Jewish people in their time of need. In addition to comforting the grieving, I want to be sure the Jew-haters know that Christians will not be silent when the Jewish people suffer. "'Comfort ye my people' saith your God ..." (Isaiah 40:1). **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Sun, 20 Mar 2011 09:26:20 -0800 Full article 1_206available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com While protests, riots, and demonstrations raged in various countries in the Middle East, a relatively innocuous news item hugged the back pages of newspapers. It was a release from the Vatican; Pope Benedict XVI had absolved the Jews of any wrongdoing in the death of Jesus. In the 21st Century the long-held viewpoint that the Jews were accountable now seems scholarly and antiquated. Why, then, should such an announcement be important today? During the 7th Century Mohammad introduced a new doctrine and two major religions fought for preeminence ? Islam and Christianity. Judaism was still practiced, but by a much smaller number of people. Its size, however, did not diminish its important role in helping to form the other two religions. The resulting wars during the early centuries were essentially holy wars created by tensions among the three groups. Generally either the Christians or the Muslims arrayed themselves against the Jews. Often it was because of a deep hatred which existed either because of the claims of birthright through Ishmael or from the death of Christ ? depending on the group in question. Many would opine that the revulsion emanating from the Muslim countries toward Israel is simply political. The shedding of the blood of six million Jews in Europe and elsewhere during the last World War did little to assuage the hate. It seems only to have gone underground to ferment and later erupt in volcanic forcefulness in Arab countries across the Middle East. It is easy to reach that conclusion when we are bombarded almost daily with anti-Semitism from Iran?s Ahmadinejad, Lebanon?s Nasrallah, or more recently, Egypt?s Sheik Youssef el-Qaradawi. Nor is it difficult to see that radical Islam is making its long-awaited move. The 21st Century battle is not about territory reclaimed by Israel or the right of return for Palestinians, it has become a war between Judaism and Islam. When the layers are stripped away the core becomes visible, and it?s ugly. It is a maniacal hatred of infidels ? Jewish and Christian ? whose very existence is anathema. The Jews were taunted and mistreated by Christians for some 2,000 years following the death of Christ. It birthed The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion, the myth perpetrated to create Jew-hatred. It provoked the pogroms in Russia and aided the rise of Hitler and Nazism. The Jews found themselves alone in the world ? targeted by Christians and Muslims. With the rise of Christian Zionism the Jews have found an ally and enjoy the support of millions of evangelicals. Now, not only they, but the world are faced with the real purpose of Islam: to take over the world and establish an Islamic caliphate. They are no longer subversive about their task. It is clearly evident as we see Europe falling, city after city ? Paris, Munich, London. This is why the words of Pope Benedict are so important. His announcement will make little difference in the rabid diatribe of hatefulness that pours forth from the anti-Semitic masses in Arab states. It is, however, of great import to the billions who are his followers. While the Muslim world bandies about the word "democracy? it does little to hide the fact that a new religious war is waiting in the wings. When it comes, it will be the Muslims of the Middle East and Africa verses the Christians of the United States and Europe. We will be forced to take sides, whether President Barack Obama wishes to or not. The U.S. will not be allowed to straddle the fence and mouth worthless platitudes. Caught in the middle will be Israel and the Jewish people. This is why the Pope?s words are not only of theological import, they are of political import. It is sad that such an historic inequity is only now being rectified. In the long run, the assertion made by the Pope may be just empty, hollow words, of no value to anyone. However, the exact opposite may be true. His words may be the catalyst that causes Christians worldwide to do what they did not do during Hitler?s vile reign. It may cause them to rise up against those who would destroy God?s chosen people and take action on their behalf. Would that it be so! **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Sun, 20 Mar 2011 09:12:04 -0800 Full article 1_205available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Following the arrival of two Iranian warships in Latakia, Syria after their passage through the Suez Canal, Iran and Syria have signed a deal that will allow Iran to build a permanent naval base at the Syrian port. In addition to providing a Mediterranean home for Iran's navy, the deal provides for a weapons depot for Iran's Revolutionary Guard, housing and base facilities for incoming troops, and logistical support for submarines. There is no question this poses a grave threat to Israel. The head of Syria's Navy described the agreement as one that would "cripple Israel." It has not yet been revealed what the supply ship that accompanied the Iranian frigate on its journey delivered to Syria, but analysts speculate that the size of the ship would allow for vast quantities of advanced missiles and anti-tank weapons for Syria and Hezbollah to use against the Jewish state. Most observers think an outbreak of open war is likely in the coming months. Israel is America's longtime friend and ally, and a firm supporter in the war on those who wish to kill us, yet our government is continuing to pursue a policy of appeasement by working with world powers to create a Palestinian state at great cost to Israel. The plan is for the UN to unilaterally and officially proclaim a Palestinian State with East Jerusalem as its capital. This action will be taken not far from where Islamic terrorists flew fuel-laden airplanes into the World Trade Center Towers and killed 2,752 innocent men, women, and children and almost exactly ten years after that dreadful attack. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Wed, 9 Mar 2011 13:18:17 -0800 Full article 1_204available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com In testimony to Congress this week, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that Iran is trying to take advantage of the turmoil in the Middle East to expand its influence in the region. She said Iran is working "every single day with as many assets as they can muster, trying to take hold of [the]...movement for democracy." In a marked departure from previous Administration statements, Clinton was harshly critical of the Islamic regime in Tehran saying the U.S. would spotlight, "everything that Iran is doing that abuses the rights of their own people and exposes their hypocrisy as they try to somehow identify with the legitimate aspirations for democracy and human rights in this region." Yet at the same time, the Obama Administration continues to work with the Quartet to condemn Israel and force their leaders to make dangerous concessions to the Palestinians. Israel is America's longtime friend and ally, and a firm supporter in the war on those who wish to kill us, yet our government is continuing to pursue a policy of appeasement by working with world powers to create a Palestinian state at great cost to Israel. The plan is for the UN to unilaterally and officially proclaim a Palestinian State with East Jerusalem as its capital. This action will be taken not far from where Islamic terrorists flew fuel-laden airplanes into the World Trade Center Towers and killed 2,752 innocent men, women, and children and almost exactly ten years after that dreadful attack. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Wed, 9 Mar 2011 13:03:32 -0800 Full article 1_203available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com In testimony before the Senate Appropriations Committee this week, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton strongly defended the Obama Administration's request for $100 million in military aid to Lebanon, despite the fact that the nation's government has been taken over by the radical terrorist Hezbollah movement. She urged Senators to approve the funding while acknowledging that it might fall into the wrong hands! This outrageous choice to ignore reality is a huge danger to Israel...and America. I know about Hezbollah from first-hand experience. I was in Lebanon in the fall of 1983. I spent a day witnessing to a young group of U.S. Marines stationed there as peace keepers. The next day, a suicide bomber blew up their barracks, killing 241 American servicemen. Hezbollah terrorists shot at my car as I left the city; if God had not sent an angel to guide me out, I am convinced I would have been killed that day. Hezbollah has launched countless attacks against Israel. During the war in 2006, I stood near the border and watched their rockets fly overhead to strike innocent men, women and children living in towns and villages in northern Israel. This outrageous demand by Hillary Clinton is just the latest indication that our leaders don't get it. The same radical Islamists who want to destroy Israel want to do exactly the same to America. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Wed, 9 Mar 2011 12:54:09 -0800 Full article 1_202available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The Institute for Science and International Security in Washington has published satellite photos that appear to confirm suspicions of a nuclear site in Syria. The Institute's report declared that Syria's nuclear weapons program was much more advanced than previously thought when Israel bombed it in 2007. Photos show the nuclear reactor to have been nearly operational at the time. Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) found traces of processed uranium at the site, although Syria's spokesmen continue to deny they had a nuclear program. The published photos also reveal efforts by Syria to conceal evidence following the attack. Ominously, Syria has denied repeated attempts by the IAEA to return to the site for follow-up inspections, and German intelligence reports there may be three new nuclear sites being developed at the al-Kibar site. This news comes as two Iranian warships are docked in Syria?including a supply ship with undisclosed cargo. Iran and Syria share a radical Islamic worldview and a hatred of Israel, and it is certainly possible that they are sharing nuclear weapons technology as well. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Wed, 9 Mar 2011 12:44:28 -0800 Full article 1_201available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I have spoken repeatedly over the past few weeks with Boaz Ganor, the founder and executive director of the International Policy Institute for Counterterrorism about the events unfolding in the Middle East and the growing threat facing both Israel and America. Mr. Ganor is one of the world's top experts on global terror, and he is sounding an alarm that I must share with you. Mr. Ganor's conclusion is that for reasons of political correctness, the Obama Administration is turning a blind eye to the true nature of the terrorist threat we face?and that such blindness will have devastating consequences. He said, "The administration refuses to acknowledge the need to contend with an extremist interpretation of Islam that calls for the killing of infidels, i.e. anyone who does not hold its extreme miscalculated interpretation of Islam. The administration is deluding itself and misleading the American people to believe that this is a limited, concrete problem that can be solved if only al-Qaida and its affiliates are defeated." The newly issued National Security Strategy document released by the Obama Administration does not even mention "Islamists" or "jihad." Such deliberate blindness makes it almost impossible for the Administration to take the right position in dealing with terrorist threats. Further, it leaves them confused about the true nature of the problems currently roiling the Middle East. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Wed, 9 Mar 2011 12:40:28 -0800 Full article 1_200available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I recently spoke with a leading Israeli expert on radical Islam. This brilliant man has spent years studying the plans of Muslim terrorists, and he advises governments around the world on dealing with this crucial threat. This was my third conference call this week with the world's leading experts on the Middle East and Islamic terrorism. Through these conversations, I?ve learned a great deal. Radical Islamists have decided that democracy is the key to achieving their dream of world domination. They are using the Internet and social networks to overthrow the governments of the Middle East. There are many people who genuinely want freedom and democracy, but they are being used by evil men to gain power to use against Israel and America. The liberal left US media is blindly assisting these efforts aimed at our destruction. Their goal is to create a catastrophic global economic meltdown. They believe that the Gulf States, including Saudi Arabia, can be overthrown through "democratic" revolution (like the one that brought Khomeini to power in Iran in 1979) and that they can destroy the oil production and delivery system that powers the entire world economic system. Everything?food, clothing, medicine, military power and transportation?depends on oil. Cutting off the oil supply will be like a heart attack for the world. Hundreds of millions of poor people in Third World countries could starve to death as a result, but the Islamists regard that as an acceptable sacrifice to conquer the West. The world economy will collapse if this plan comes to fruition. No one will be able to stand against the rise of Islam. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Wed, 9 Mar 2011 12:35:44 -0800 Full article 1_199available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The news media and our government officials have bent over backwards to portray the forces that toppled Hosni Mubarak from power in Egypt as "moderates." The President's Director of National Intelligence called the Muslim Brotherhood a "mostly secular" group that has "renounced violence." Nothing could be further from the truth. Last week the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood returned to Egypt from exile in Qatar. Before a crowd estimated at one million strong, he called for the "liberation" of Jerusalem. The people chanted in reply: "To Jerusalem we go to be millions of martyrs." The unrest across the Middle East, and especially in Egypt, poses a grave threat to Israel. The Muslim Brotherhood has joined with Hamas in calling for Egypt's border with Gaza to be opened. Mubarak's soldiers had stopped much of the weaponry sent from Iran from reaching the terrorists there, and the supposedly moderate student group April 6 has called on the government to stop natural gas shipments to Israel. These Muslim extremists are anything but moderate. Sadly, even as they refuse to acknowledge this reality, the world powers continue to pursue their policy of appeasement by working to create a Palestinian state at great cost to Israel. The plan is for the UN to unilaterally and officially proclaim a Palestinian State with East Jerusalem as its capital. This action will be taken not far from where Islamic terrorists flew fuel-laden airplanes into the World Trade Center Towers and killed 2,752 innocent men, women, and children and almost exactly ten years after that dreadful attack. Nations have already begun to jump on the bandwagon: Argentina, Bolivia, Guyana, and Uruguay have announced that they would join with Brazil and many other nations in recognizing Palestine as an independent nation. This is a battle between politics and prophecy. I can say with every assurance that if this is passed, every nation that curses Jerusalem will be cursed by God Almighty. The prophet Zechariah described a curse that will come upon the nations who touch Jerusalem. God says He will seek to destroy the nations that come against the "apple of His eye"?Jerusalem. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Wed, 9 Mar 2011 12:29:35 -0800 Full article 1_198available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com When did the crisis in Egypt begin and how? January 25: Day of Rage against Hosni Mubarak - Ta-hir Square Fueled by events in Tunisia ? Google ? Facebook - Twitter Who is Mohamed ElBaradei and what is his role in the revolution? Mohamed ElBaradei ? former UN nuclear head ? Returned to Egypt - Assumed leadership role in protests. Opposition leader - Backed by Muslim Brotherhood Who is the Muslim Brotherhood and what is their role? Terror Organization Ties to Shiite Islam in Iran Birthed Hamas ? Palestine Islamic Jihad Founded 1928 - Egypt?s largest ? best organized opposition movement Wait on sidelines to see how this civil disturbance plays out Further its goal of a fundamentalist state ruled byShariahlaw Recent polls - Egyptian population: 77 percent want to see whipping and hands cut off for robbery; 84 percent favor the death penalty for any Muslim who changes his religion; 82 percent favor stoning for those who commit adultery. Brotherhood allowed to control Arab country of over 82 million, would inherit one of largest - strongest militaries in the Muslim world built on advanced American?made platforms Muhammad Akef, former Supreme Guide of the Brotherhood, said: "Complete faith that Islam will invade Europe and America.? Muhammad Badi, current Supreme Guide of the Brotherhood said: "We will continue to raise the banner of Jihad and the Koran in our confrontation with the enemy of Islam ... The Muslim Brotherhood still considers the Zionists to be its main and only enemy?the Jews who occupy Palestine.? Danger for Israel ? U.S. interests in region Could spread to Jordan - other moderate Muslim countries What are the similarities to Iran and 1979? Shah ? Mubarak ? long-time US allies Both fought terrorism inside countries Both covertly supported Israel Both attacked by Liberal Left media Khomeini ? Muslim Brotherhood ? waiting on sidelines - allowing people to do the work Ready to step in and take over when objective reached Khomeini profited ? wreaked havoc in Iran ? oppression ? death squads Will brotherhood follow in his footsteps? Carter envoys met with Khomeini in Paris Obama envoy met with Brotherhood leaders in Cairo Carter wanted Shah out for human rights violations Obama wants Mubarak out for same Carter abandoned ? humiliated Shah ? Shah fled country Obama abandoning Mubarak ? humiliated him ? Mubarak refused to go What will the outcome be? Short term ? may mean some democratic goals for Egyptian people Long term ? take over by fanatical terror organization ? oppression, death squads Renewed and Stronger attacks on Egypt One Brotherhood leader called for "war with Israel to force Mubarak out? and shutting off natural gas flow to Israel **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Mon, 7 Mar 2011 10:33:36 -0800 Full article 1_197available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The tiny country of Bahrain lies in the Persian Gulf about fifteen miles from Saudi Arabia?s east coast. One of the major reasons for dissent is that the ruler of Bahrain is a Sunni Muslim and 80 percent of his subjects are Shi?a Muslim. The Sunni minority is in control, and the Shi?ite population claims it is subjected to discriminatory treatment. In Bahrain the protesters are demanding that the ruling Sunni monarchy give up its control over top government posts and all critical decisions, and address deep grievances held by the country's majority Shiites who claim they face systematic prejudice and are prevented from assuming strategic positions in the government and the military. This may well be exacerbated by propaganda from Iran, a country whose leaders have a vision to impose a Shi?ite caliphate on its surrounding neighbors. Shi?a hardliners in Iran support the majority in Bahrain. Last month?s demonstrations in Manama forced a bloody crackdown which resulted in at least seven people being shot by the military. With Washington pressuring King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa to stop the retaliation, he offered a compromise to the protestors and took a great risk by allowing radical Haq leader Hassan Mushaima to return to Bahrain from his self-imposed exile in London. It was strongly suspected that Mushaima would try to assume a role of leadership in the country. The King?s fears were well-founded when Mushaima jumped into the fray. According to Mushaima the protestors in Bahrain were well within their rights to appeal for help from a Shi?ite majority in Iran, and especially if Saudi Arabia offered military support to King Khalifa. A rumor of Saudi tanks having been spotted crossing the 17-mile bridge that spans the Gulf of Bahrain was circulated last week. The rumor was denied by the Saudi government. The situation in Bahrain presents the perfect picture of what could happen in the neighboring Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia where Sunnis hold sway over the Shi?ite Saudis. Firas Abi Ali, a Gulf expert at Exclusive Analysis, believes events in Bahrain will set the stage. He is convinced if the Saudis try to stop protests and demonstrations with military force an uprising will follow. He stated, "These people do not want to live under the House of Saud.? Shi?a activists in Saudi have used the social network, Facebook, to call for a "Day of Rage? on March 11. The Eastern Province is home to more than two million Shi?ites with strong ties to Iran and to their brothers in Bahrain. In recent years King Abdullah has introduced reforms that allow the Shi?a to more openly practice their religious rites. King Abdullah has little room to negotiate. His monarchy is tightly controlled by Wahabi mullahs who refuse to negotiate with the Shi?a sect. His recourse thus far has been to throw money at the problem by infusing the coffers with $36 billion to be spent on welfare problems and salaries. He may find that "patronage politics? is too little too late. Since so many of the Middle Eastern states depend on oil exports, the whirlpool that has been created by the revolution may well last for decades and wreak havoc with oil production and distribution during that time. Earlier this week the Saudi Tadawul stock exchange plunged 11 percent. Speculation was that the tumble was due to the incarceration of a Shi?ite cleric in the Shi?a-dominated Eastern Province, the location of the Ghawar oilfield, responsible for more than half of the collective production of oil for the Saudis. The Obama administration is planning for the probability that the uprisings in the countries nearest Iran could result in control by a Shi?a majority. This would bring the President face to face with the prospect of dealing with radical Islamists whose governments are dominated by the practice of Shari?a law. With so many varieties of radical Islamic organizations, Mr. Obama will be forced to deal with them all ? from the Muslim Brotherhood, with groups in a majority of the Muslim countries, to al-Qaeda. Will we one day have to sit across the bargaining table from leaders of that fanatical organization responsible for bringing down the World Trade Towers on 9/11? The revolts that erupted during the past weeks have not shown overt signs of being prompted by radical Islam, but the return of radical leaders and clerics have indicated the potential for such. In Yemen radical cleric Sheik Abdul Majid al-Zindani demanded that President Ali Abdullah Saleh resign in favor of Islamist rule; radical Muslim Brotherhood cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi who was allowed to return to Egypt and address the crowd gathered in Tahrir Square. A senior administration official who wished to remain anonymous offered this bit of questionable wisdom: "We shouldn't be afraid of Islam in the politics of these countries. It's the behavior of political parties and governments that we will judge them on, not their relationship with Islam.? Even after all the terror attacks aimed at the U.S. at home and abroad, the Obama administration still does not understand that it is religion, stupid. Former President Jimmy Carter felt the same way about Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1979 ? until April Fools? Day. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Mon, 7 Mar 2011 10:23:36 -0800 Full article 1_196available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com What you are about to read is what the lying, Liberal Left, secular, humanistic media will not tell you. It makes me angry and you should be, too. The Liberal media has attempted to dumb-down the American people painting a picture that the crisis in Egypt is simply a matter of innocent Egyptians who want democracy versus Murbarak-supporting mobs attacking the freedom demonstrators. That is an outright lie. It is bad enough to tell a lie, but it is worse to believe it. The secular, Liberal Left media are trying to define the terms of the debate in Egypt through lies. Why? They don?t really believe that the terrorists behind this chaos are evil. Nor do they believe evil really exists. These New Agers hate Israel, the Bible, and Christians in general. The media attacks have become so severe anyone that contradicts them is considered, ignorant, evil, racist, and a bigot. This is done in the name of political correctness and godless globalism. It is the theater of the absurd and a festival of hypocrisy. President Mubarak has been a U.S. ally fighting terror for thirty years. The center of gravity for world terror is Egypt, and it was Anwar Sadat who refused to give ground to the terror organization in his own country. Where was the PLO birthed in 1964? Cairo, Egypt. Where was Sadat assassinated? Egypt. From where did Mohammad Atta, the brains behind the 9/11 attack come? Egypt. From where did Sheikh Abdul Rahman, the planner for the 1993 attack on the World Trade Center come? Egypt! What the Liberal Left media is doing in Egypt and in the United States should be called treason. If Hitler controlled the media today in Egypt, he could not do a better job than the U.S. media. It sees these terrorist devils as "freedom fighters? ? little George Washingtons. This is exactly what happened to our strongest ally, the Shah of Iran. I know; I?ve interviewed more than fifty Iranian government officials including the former empress of Iran and the last Iranian ambassador to the United States, most of the Shah?s cabinet alive today, twenty-one Iranian diplomats, and the current madman who presides as president of Iran today, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. It is a marriage between the Liberal Left media and a Liberal Left president. The Muslim Brotherhood has been trying to assassinate Mubarak and overthrow Egypt for decades. Not only is the PLO involved in this revolution in Egypt, so is al-Qaeda, and Iran with its two long arms of terror, Hamas and Hezbollah. Yes, al-Qaeda operatives are in Cairo doing everything possible to fan the flames. A leading member of the Muslim Brotherhood Muhammad Ghannem said: "After President Mubarak steps down and a provisional government is formed, there is a need to dissolve the peace treaty with Israel. ? The Egyptian people [should] prepare for war against Israel. ? the Suez Canal should be closed immediately, and that the flow of gas from Egypt to Israel should cease in order to bring about the downfall of the Mubarak regime. ?The people should be prepared for war against Israel, and the world should understand that the Egyptian people are prepared for anything to get rid of this regime." All the Islamic Jihad vultures are circling Cairo. It is a gathering of those who hate Christians and Jews worldwide. What you see on the world stage is the new war of the twenty-first century. They are not fought like previous wars; these are first media wars, secondly economic wars, and thirdly proxy wars fought by sub-contractors. Mubarak has lost the media war; he?s lost the economic war, and he?s lost the proxy war. Every devil in hell is now in Egypt stirring the pot. The real power behind the throne is the morons of the U.S. media. They did precisely the same thing in Iran in 1979 during the administration of another Liberal Left president, Jimmy Carter. This is a battle between two books, two spirits, and two kingdoms. One only has to go to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem where the Dome of the Rock shrine rests and read the Arabic inscription: "O People of the Book! Do not exaggerate in your religion nor utter aught concerning Allah save the truth. The Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, was only a Messenger of Allah, and His Word which He conveyed unto Mary, and a spirit from Him. So believe in Allah and His messengers, and say not ?Three? - Cease! (it is) better for you! ? Allah is only One god. Far be it removed from His transcendent majesty that He should have a son. ? Whoso disbelieved the revelations of God (will find that) lo! God is swift at reckoning!? As I am writing this today millions of Christians are fasting and praying and crying out to God asking that Mubarak not be overthrown. They realize that if he is forced out of power the Muslim Brotherhood and its Shariah law fanaticism will sweep the country like an epidemic. Christians in Egypt will face unspeakable hell if that happens. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Mon, 7 Mar 2011 10:08:51 -0800 Full article 1_195available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com It was only a matter of time until beleaguered Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak capitulated to the call to step down and turn over the reins of the country. Sources indicate that he will take that step in the very near future. In the Muslim world, winners take all. The leader of Egypt for thirty years has been haunted by the ghost of regimes past, and especially that of his Iranian counterpart, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran. Mubarak?s predecessor Anwar Sadat extended an invitation to Pahlavi?s family in July 1980 to bury him at Cairo?s Al-Rifa'i Mosque. The Shah was a man without a country, a ruler without a throne, an ally without a friend. It appears that Mubarak, who had vowed not to be driven from his homeland, will suffer the same fate as the Shah who was forced to wander from country to country until his death. He faces the same maze of betrayal at the hands of his "allies? as that which was forced upon Pahlavi. Promises will be made, but not kept. Ultimately, the big winner will be radical Islamists like the Muslim Brotherhood who are apparently "gaming? the system. The overthrow of Mubarak will empower the masses throughout the Middle East, but the supreme winner will be the radical Islamists throughout the Middle East who have waited in the shadows for others to do the work for them. Jordan might well be next. President Obama can take some of the credit for Mubarak?s downfall after publicly humiliating the long-time U.S. ally. In the Arab world, death is preferred over humiliation. What we really see is U.S. foreign policy at work. Obama has outstripped his Democratic predecessor, Jimmy Carter who rejected Richard Nixon?s twin-pillar doctrine of strong allies empowered by the U.S. to serve its interests in the Middle East. Like Carter who bet the peanut farm on a cleric who his ambassador called a "Gandhi-like figure?, Obama has chosen to play cards with the Muslim Brotherhood, the most well-organized terrorist organization in Egypt. In finality, the mosques, mullahs, and madrasas will prevail. The bazaars traffic in more than pita bread; they sell terror for a price. Having interviewed the majority of the Shah?s cabinet ministers as well as the former Empress of Iran, and over a dozen current cabinet members, there is no doubt in my mind that the winds of a coming Muslim caliphate are blowing stronger than in centuries. This is not the end of the revolution in Egypt; it is just the beginning. The people of the Land of the Pharaohs have much to fear. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Mon, 7 Mar 2011 09:57:52 -0800 Full article 1_194available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The political revolution in Egypt and its spread to other parts of the Islamic sphere has riveted the world and the media. Where is it all heading? The Liberal Left media and politicians fundamentally see it as a joyous rush towards democracy that will make the Middle East a safer and better place. President Barack Obama is fanning the flames of silver bullet democracy in the Middle East. He has apparently forgotten that Hitler was voted in by a democratic majority as were Hamas and Hezbollah. There is no such thing as an "instant democracy.? He is attempting to redefine the U.S. relationship with the Muslim world in the Middle East through appeasement policies. This has proven especially true in the volatile arena of counterterrorism. Mr. Obama does not believe we are at war with jihadists or radical Islamists. To make matters worse, he refuses to even use those terms. A Liberal Left president and the media followed the same track when Iran?s democratic revolution overthrew the United States? strongest ally, the Shah of Iran in 1979. That event ultimately birthed an Islamic super state that precipitated the Russian invasion of Afghanistan and the Iran/Iraq War. The CIA labels such events "blowback.? History has proven that a Liberal Left Democratic president and the liberal media played a key role in Iran?s rush toward democracy. In my book, Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, it is all documented. Having interviewed more than 100 leaders, including Valery Giscard d?Estaing former president of France, Farah Pahlavi widow of the Shah of Iran, General Dutch Huyser, Dr. Parvez Mina, director Iranian National Oil Company, and Israel?s Prime Minister Menchem Begin, I garnered information from those who were knowledgeable. Iran continues to fan the flames of "democracy? by attempting to raise a Fifth Column (300 million Shi?ites) by urging them to demonstrate for democracy. Al-Qaeda is doing the same. Bloomburg reported this week that al-Qaeda?s second in command, Ahman al-Zawahiri, "? urged Egyptians to revive Islamic rule and criticized Mubarak as a ?modern-day Pharaoh? before the former leader was toppled.? He went on to say that "The Egyptian regime is in fact a repressive regime that relies on brutality and rigged elections in which the Islamic system is consultative and seeks to achieve justice.? Two million Egyptians rallied to honor a Muslim Brotherhood terrorist who had returned to Egypt, and the military overseers allowed Iran to move warships through the Suez Canal to Syria for the first time in thirty years. Polls in Egypt reveal that the people do want democracy, but they also want an Islamic state were Shari?a law with all of its restraints on minority religions and women. The Muslim Brotherhood with its millions of supporters has been given a facelift by the Liberal Left. It now resembles an Islamic version of the March of Dimes. Egyptian opinion polls in the past few years indicate that 60 percent or more of the populace support Islamists and favor the reestablishment of a single Islamic state or a caliphate. This is no different than the positions of Hezbollah in Lebanon or Hamas in Gaza. Following a state invitation in 2007 from President Massoud Barzani in Iraq, and interviews with dozens of Muslim government officials I wrote a #1 New York Times bestseller, The Final Move Beyond Iraq: The Final Solution While the World Sleeps. In it I said: "An unrestrained Islamic revolution is spreading from Iran through Iraq, Lebanon, and the Palestinian Territory as the world sleeps. The goal is to take over the Middle East and then the entire world.? One of my first debates after the book was released was with Arianna Huffington on MSNBC. She poked fun at me when I said revolution was coming to the Middle East and that Hitler was elected by a democratic vote, and that was the Final Solution while the world slept. In 2001 I flew with General Mohammed Khalid, head of the Saudi Royal Air Force. He scolded me with, "Don?t exaggerate! Only 10 percent of Muslims are radical.? I replied, "My apologies. I am comforted by the fact that only 150 million radical Muslims want to cut off my head.? To believe that mullahs in the mosques and madrassas do not rule the Middle East is pure madness. Foreign policies are formulated in the mosques and implemented in bazaars by tribesmen. Alexandr Solzhenitsyn addressed the Harvard class of 1978. His speech was entitled "A World Split Apart.? In it he characterized the present struggle as a war that has already begun between the spiritual and physical realm and could not be won without dealing with the forces of evil. I can hear the sound of the Liberal Left in the White House and see the media swooning. These leftists rationalize that the presence of evil is simply because our own government is the repository of evil. They see terrorists and their planned attacks as punishment for our past sins. Rev. Jeremiah Wright proclaimed, "The chickens have come home to roost.? At the heart of liberalism is a belief that evil does not really exist and that people are basically good. Radical Islam is seen as a human rights movement that needs tolerance, money, and education. Then they will like us. When I arranged an interview for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Fox Network last September in New York City, he and his foreign minister Ali Akbar Salehi told me that the Shi?ites of the Middle East would unite in a caliphate. They would then overthrow the evil pro-American Sunni oil states. Bahrain?s populace is mostly Shi?ite. Their leader, Hassan Mushaima, recently returned from exile in London. In a speech to those assembled to welcome him he urged peaceful protests and described the social networking sites of Twitter and Facebook as "the deadly weapon of today.? A global economic meltdown is on the way if the world sleeps. It will be compliments of a perfect storm ? one that kills both the soul and the body. First the oil states will fall causing a worldwide famine such as has never been seen. There will be no oil to fuel the vehicles that distribute food in places like Africa. Then, world markets will crash. Once the transportation system shuts down commodities such as food and clothing will become unavailable. It appears that the black horse rider of Revelation may be about to knock at your door. When he does appear all mankind will realize that radical Islam truly does pose a great threat and will become true believers. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Thu, 3 Mar 2011 13:13:11 -0800 Full article 1_76available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com President Barack Obama spoke directly to the Iranian people recently in an endeavor to engage that country in direct talks. I believe he is making a terrible mistake. It appears he is attempting to appease the fanatical leaders in that rogue nation in the same way Jimmy Carter did. Radical Islamic terrorists worldwide will surely interpret this as a sign of fear and weakness on the part of our new commander-in-chief. It could embolden them to strike America yet again. Mr. Obama is following the pattern set by Jimmy Carter when the former president abandoned long-time ally Shah Reza Pahlavi and engaged Ayatollah Khomeini in covert talks while the leader of the Islamic revolution was ensconced in Paris in 1979. Carter opened a "disavowable? channel of communication through contacts in the U.S. in an effort to use diplomacy to build bridges with the Ayatollah?s revolutionary movement in Iran. The only thing Carter created was a 444-day living hell for fifty-two American hostages held captive by Iranian terrorists, not to mention his loss of a second term as president. He was ultimately forced to distribute $7.9 billion to the Iranians from the Federal Reserve through a series of bank transactions on the day of Ronald Reagan?s inauguration. He signed an Algiers Accord that prevented the U.S. from future intervention in Iranian affairs, and kept the hostages from suing for reparations. Our high-tech, twenty-first century president followed his nationwide appearance on late night television?s Jay Leno Show to push his stimulus package to Americans with a YouTube and White House website broadcast offering a "new day? to the Iranian people. How many Iranians do you suppose were gathered around their flat-screen computer monitors waiting with bated breath to hear the forty-fourth president offer his message of appeasement? Just as Jimmy Carter attempted to look Rooseveltian by donning a cardigan for a fireside chat directed at the American people, so Mr. Obama has adopted the modern technical tools of the trade in order to get his message across to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his radical cohorts. His aim was to engage the Iranian people; only time will determine if he was successful, or if he, like Mr. Carter has only broadcast his weakness rather than strength. And, we must note that many sites such as YouTube are blocked from broadcast in Iran. It will likely not be as effective a tool as was Khomeini?s use of old-fashioned cassette tapes to infuse the Iranians with revolution. The liberal Mr. Obama was joined in his pursuit by the liberal Israeli president, Shimon Peres. Each man appealed to the nobler of the Iranians, which most certainly does not include the likes of the fanatical Ahmadinejad and supreme religious leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei who continues to call Israel a "cancerous tumor" that is on the verge of collapse and has called for its destruction. Unfortunately for President Obama, the Iranians have a long history with the United States, and an even longer memory. Ahmadinejad is now engaged in making his list of injustices perpetrated by the United States on the poor, mistreated country of Iran. Said the diminutive Iranian president, "We cannot simply forget what the U.S. did to our nation. They need to perceive what wrong orientation they had and make serious efforts to make up for it." The real truth is that such slogans as "Death to America? can still be heard floating over those amassed for Friday prayers in Tehran. Iran turned a blind eye while many of the nineteen 9/11 perpetrators crossed its territory on their way to target Americans with death and destruction. It has provided IEDs by the truckload to be used against our troops in Iraq. But of course, no one bothered to mention those little facts. The sobering question is, "How far will President Obama go to appease the Iranians?? One can only hope he will not adopt the tactics used by Mr. Carter who ultimately uncorked the bottle which held the genii of terrorism, and unleashed it on an unsuspecting world. ******** Michael D. Evans, a #1 New York Times bestselling author, is the author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos. A television special based on the book is currently being produced (www.carterbooktv.com). Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:43:32 -0800 Full article 1_62available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Israel, US hold strategic talks on Iran Israel and the US were holding a one-day, high-level strategic dialogue on Thursday expected to focus on sanctions against Iran, a day after Russia announced it opposes "paralyzing? sanctions aimed at the Islamic Republic?s energy sector. A week after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu returned from Moscow, where he publicly called for "crippling sanctions? and "sanctions with teeth? against Iranian energy exports and imports, Oleg Rozhkov, the deputy head of the Russian Foreign Ministry?s security and disarmament department, said that Moscow would not back "crippling or paralyzing? sanctions that could lead to the "political or economic or financial isolation? of Iran. According to Reuters, Rozhkov ? when asked by a reporter what sanctions Russia might support ? replied, "Those that are directed at resolving nonproliferation questions linked to Iran?s nuclear program. "What relation to nonproliferation is there in forbidding banking activities with Iran?? he asked. "This is a financial blockade. And oil and gas. These sanctions are aimed only at paralyzing the country and paralyzing the regime. ?Despite these comments, the Israeli and US teams on Thursday had been expected to concentrate on the issue of sanctions to halt Iran?s nuclear program. A possible military strike is not expected to be discussed, since Washington has made clear that while it might need to be discussed in the future, the military option is not now on the agenda. There is currently no known discussion between Israel and the US, at any level, about military action, even though over the years both countries have said that it should not be taken off the table. In Washington, meanwhile, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that Iran?s continuing refusal to provide more information on its nuclear program had left the international community "little choice? but to impose new, tough sanctions on Tehran. In congressional testimony on Wednesday, Clinton said Iran?s failure to accept the Obama administration?s offers of engagement and prove its nuclear intentions were peaceful had given the US and its partners new resolve in pressuring Teheran to comply with international demands through fresh penalties. "We have pursued a dual-track approach to Iran that has exposed its refusal to live up to its responsibilities and helped us achieve a new unity with our international partners,? she told the Senate Appropriations Committee. "Iran has left the international community little choice but to impose greater costs and pressure in the face of its provocative steps. We are now working actively with our partners to prepare and implement new measures to pressure Iran to change its course,? Clinton said, in comments that seemed at odds with Rozhkov?s statement in Moscow. Netanyahu?s office had no comment on Rozhkov?s remarks, while one government official said Israel would likely seek clarification from the Kremlin. The position articulated by Rozhkov runs contrary to the impression Netanyahu gave reporters last week in Moscow when, after meeting with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, he said the feeling toward sanctions in Moscow today was dramatically different than it was 10 months ago. Clinton addressed the possibility that Congress might impose its own sanctions on Iran, besides those the US was seeking through the UN Security Council. Congressional sanctions might be tougher than any for which the United States could win international approval at the UN, but the US wants international backing for its tough stance against Iran and sees the UN penalties as a powerful symbol of world resolve against an Iranian bomb. The comments from Moscow came as a bit of a surprise, as top officials both in Washington and Jerusalem have expressed optimism in recent weeks that significant nonmilitary action, such as "crippling? sanctions, could have a real impact on Teheran.The Israeli delegation to Thursday?s strategic dialogue in Jerusalem will be led by Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon, while the US team will be headed by Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg. This is the first meeting of the strategic dialogue framework, which was set up in 1999, since Netanyahu and US President Barack Obama came into office. The meeting comes as both Jerusalem and Washington believe that Iran is making its international position more difficult by continuing to talk about enriching uranium to higher levels. While it is unclear exactly which way China ? which holds a veto on the UN Security Council ? will vote on sanctions, there is a growing sense that it would be unlikely to buck the will of most of the rest of the world ? and the other permanent members of the Security Council ? and scuttle sanctions. This assessment is largely based on previous Chinese behavior and Beijing?s general reticence to defy international consensus. A high-level Israeli delegation, led by Strategic Affairs Minister Moshe Ya?alon and Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer, left for Beijing on Wednesday to lobby on behalf of sanctions.In the run-up to the Security Council sanctions vote, expected sometime in March, the US is doing its utmost to distance itself from any hint that sanctions were intended for regime change in Teheran, and not only to stop the nuclear program. The fear is that this could chase both Russia and China away from supporting a fourth round of sanctions. For instance, Rozhkov told reporters on Wednesday that "Russia isn?t working or participating in actions which should lead to overthrowing the existing regime. We are working with the US and others... only to solve those concerns we have regarding Iranian nuclear efforts.? Also on Wednesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov suggested that a delay in delivering air-defense missiles to Iran was connected with concerns about regional tensions. Russia signed a contract in 2007 to sell S-300 missiles to Iran, a move that would substantially boost the country?s defense capacities and make an attack on Iran?s nuclear facilities more difficult.Lavrov, when asked about the delivery, said Russia never takes "any actions leading to the destabilization of this or that region. All deliveries of Russian weapons abroad follow from the need to strictly respect this principle. ?It marks the first time Russia has publicly called into question the wisdom of honoring its contractual obligations to Iran. Various Russian defense officials had suggested in recent weeks, including the day before Netanyahu went to Moscow last week, that the commitment to supply the missiles would be fulfilled.When pressed on the specific reason for the missile holdup, Lavrov broadened the question by referring to arms sales by any country to South America, the Caucasus and the Middle East."There are certain principles we need to be guided by when selling arms,? he said. "We cannot sell weapons if it will destabilize any of these regions.? Netanyahu, asked after his meeting last week with President Dmitry Medvedev whether he had received assurances that Moscow would not supply the weapons systems, said, "I trust what I heard from the president of Russia. I trust him because I know that in this issue, Russia is guided by concerns about regional stability.? To read this article on Jpost.com click here Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:42:27 -0800 Full article 1_61available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Iran?s leader urges Nasrallah to prepare for strong retaliation against Israel. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday said that if Israel launches a new war against Hizbullah, the terror group should retaliate strongly enough to "close their case once and for all." Ahmadinejad's comments, in a conversation with Hizbullah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, were the latest in a heated exchange of rhetoric between Israel and Lebanon and Syria this month in which all sides have been warning the other not to start a war. Speaking by phone, Ahmadinejad urged Nasrallah to prepare his fighters to be able to retaliate strongly against any Israeli attack. "The preparations should be of the level that, if they (the Israelis) want to repeated the mistakes of the past (by attacking), then their case should be closed once and for all and the region delivered from their evil ways forever," the Iranian president said, according to the state news agency IRNA. "The people of Iran will stand by the peoples of Lebanon and the region in this," he said. Nasrallah dismissed any fears, saying Israeli "threats will lead to nothing. "Iran is a key supporter of Hizbullah, believed to funnel it weapons and millions of dollars in funding, though Teheran denies arming the Shi'ite group. Hizbullah, also closely allied to Syria, boasts a heavy arsenal of rockets capable of reaching deep inside Israel. The past month has seen increased sabre-rattling between Israel and Syria, Hizbullah and Lebanon ? though there's been little apparent cause on the ground for the warnings of new war. In a speech aired nationally in Lebanon this week, Nasrallah vowed that if Israel attacks again, his fighters would retaliate in kind, striking Tel Aviv or Ben-Gurion Airport on the city's outskirts. Lebanon's prime minister also warned of "escalating" Israeli war threats and vowed Lebanon would support Hizbullah in any conflict. The prime minister, Saad Hariri, is a pro-US figure and longtime rival of Hizbullah, but the group is now a member of his national unity government. Earlier in the month, Syrian President Bashar Assad accused Israel of avoiding peace, and its prime minister warned that if war broke out, Israeli cities would be attacked. Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman replied that if Damascus draws Israel into a war, its army would be defeated and the Syrian regime would collapse. To read this article on Jpost.com click here Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:41:03 -0800 Full article 1_43available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The term "blowback was apparently coined by the CIA to describe "the unintended consequences of covert operations.Ironically, its first usage has been traced back to the 1953 coup d'etat in Iran. "Blowback ideally describes the events that have transpired since Jimmy Carter and his administration first conspired to oust the Shah of Iran. During his tenure in office, James Earl Carter Jr. sowed to the wind; America and Israel are not the only nations worldwide that continue to reap the whirlwind. Carter's "liberation of Iran from the Shah set in motion events that have resulted in untold death and destruction for the past twenty-eight years. Yet, valuable lessons remain unlearned. The U.S. continues to issue an entry visa for the likes of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the posturing president of Iran who has, time and again, threatened both Israel and the U.S. with destruction. He has stated: "I must announce that the Zionist regime (Israel), with a 60-year record of genocide, plunder, invasion and betrayal is about to die and will soon be erased from the geographical scene. Today, the time for the fall of the satanic power of the United States has come and the countdown to the annihilation of the emperor of power and wealth has started. Ahmadinejad has declared that during his upcoming trip to the U.S. he plans to meet extensively with the media. Visits to the United Nations allow the pint-sized puppet of the ayatollah-in-charge a worldwide platform from which to declare his message of "peace and friendship for all nations. While that looks good in print, the real message from him and his puppet masters is much more threatening. Ahmadinejad's ideology prescribes one solution: a worldwide caliphate with all inhabitants bowing a knee to Allah. And he is apparently willing to do whatever necessary to meet that goal. Ahmadinejad continues to blatantly pursue the acquisition of nuclear arms capability and may already have achieved that goal. In defiance of the U.N. and of world opinion, Iran has barred International Atomic Energy representatives from inspecting Iran's facilities to ascertain just what has been accomplished. And still, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been invited to speak to the United Nations on Wednesday. While some in attendance will give him a chilly reception, others will greet him with open arms and will treat this pretender to the presidency as an honored guest. As in years past, he will likely deliver a speech filled with curtained threats and innuendo. When asked if President Obama would take this opportunity to meet with Ahmadinejad, Ambassador Susan Rice replied, "I don't expect that they will have a direct engagement. I think he may find that there are many Americans who are outraged by not only his comments which were hateful in again denying the Holocaust -- but also express their serious condemnation of what has transpired in Iran over the last several months in the wake of the elections. When Ahmadinejad addressed the Durban Review Conference earlier this year, the Muslim world cheered; delegates from twenty-four Western countries rose as one body and marched to the exit. Why? He chose the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day not only to zero in on the West and berate what he characterized as the evils of Zionism, but he had the audacity to minimize the horrors suffered by the Jewish people during World War II by labeling the Holocaust the "pretext of Jewish suffering. This is the man who will enter the United States this week and stand before the United Nations as an honored guest. He will gain the spotlight of the world's media for his platform of hatred. And once again, nothing will be done to stop him or to hold him accountable. ******** Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author. His latest book, Atomic Iran, Countdown to Armageddon will be released shortly. www.TimeWorthybooks.com. Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:39:19 -0800 Full article 1_75available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The term "blowback? was apparently coined by the CIA to describe "the unintended consequences of covert operations.? Ironically, its first usage has been traced back to the 1953 coup d'etat in Iran. "Blowback? ideally describes the events that have transpired since Jimmy Carter and his administration first conspired to oust the Shah of Iran. During his tenure in office, James Earl Carter Jr. sowed to the wind; America and Israel are not the only nations worldwide that continue to reap the whirlwind. Carter?s "liberation? of Iran from the Shah set in motion events that have resulted in untold death and destruction for the past twenty-eight years. Yet, valuable lessons remain unlearned. The U.S. continues to issue an entry visa for the likes of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the posturing president of Iran who has, time and again, threatened both Israel and the U.S. with destruction. He has stated: "I must announce that the Zionist regime (Israel), with a 60-year record of genocide, plunder, invasion and betrayal is about to die and will soon be erased from the geographical scene. Today, the time for the fall of the satanic power of the United States has come and the countdown to the annihilation of the emperor of power and wealth has started.? Ahmadinejad has declared that during his upcoming trip to the U.S. he plans to meet extensively with the media. Visits to the United Nations allow the pint-sized puppet of the ayatollah-in-charge a worldwide platform from which to declare his message of "peace and friendship for all nations.? While that looks good in print, the real message from him and his puppet masters is much more threatening. Ahmadinejad?s ideology prescribes one solution: a worldwide caliphate with all inhabitants bowing a knee to Allah. And he is apparently willing to do whatever necessary to meet that goal. Ahmadinejad continues to blatantly pursue the acquisition of nuclear arms capability ? and may already have achieved that goal. In defiance of the U.N. and of world opinion, Iran has barred International Atomic Energy representatives from inspecting Iran?s facilities to ascertain just what has been accomplished. And still, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been invited to speak to the United Nations on Wednesday. While some in attendance will give him a chilly reception, others will greet him with open arms and will treat this pretender to the presidency as an honored guest. As in years past, he will likely deliver a speech filled with curtained threats and innuendo. When asked if President Obama would take this opportunity to meet with Ahmadinejad, Ambassador Susan Rice replied, "I don't expect that they will have a direct engagement. I think he may find that there are many Americans who are outraged by not only his comments?which were hateful in again denying the Holocaust -- but also express their serious condemnation of what has transpired in Iran over the last several months in the wake of the elections.? When Ahmadinejad addressed the Durban Review Conference earlier this year, the Muslim world cheered; delegates from twenty-four Western countries rose as one body and marched to the exit. Why? He chose the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day not only to zero in on the West and berate what he characterized as the evils of Zionism, but he had the audacity to minimize the horrors suffered by the Jewish people during World War II by labeling the Holocaust the "pretext of Jewish suffering.? This is the man who will enter the United States this week and stand before the United Nations as an honored guest. He will gain the spotlight of the world?s media for his platform of hatred. And once again, nothing will be done to stop him or to hold him accountable. ******** Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author. His latest book, Atomic Iran, Countdown to Armageddon will be released shortly. www.TimeWorthybooks.com. Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:38:23 -0800 Full article 1_45available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com President Jimmy Carter, an expert on placating terrorist regimes, has appealed to President Obama not to threaten Iran. With a less than stellar track record with the Iranians, the former president offered unsolicited advice. In an interview on Thursday, Mr. Carter stated, "I hope and pray that Iran will be induced to permit international inspectors to come in and observe their entire nuclear program, because what they're doing so far is completely legal under the nonproliferation treaty. "They have a right to purify uranium and plutonium to use for nuclear power. If Iran is on the borderline, the constant threats that we or the Israelis are going to attack Iran is the best thing to force them to say, Let's defend ourselves. I don't think Iran has made up its mind what to do, and I think the best thing we can do is engage them and stop making these idle threats. The truth is the entire nightmare in Iran can be traced directly to the liberal democratic policies of Jimmy Carter. As president, he created the firestorm that destabilized our greatest ally in the Muslim world, the shah of Iran, in favor of a religious fanatic, the Ayatollah Khomeini. Carter viewed Khomeini as a religious holy man in a grassroots revolution rather than a founding father of modern terrorism. It was a deadly mistake. Carter's misguided liberal policies have given us: the Islamic Revolution birthed in Iran; the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan; the birth of Osama bin Laden's terrorist organization; the Iran-Iraq War, which cost the lives of millions dead and wounded; the present war on terrorism; and the current wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. His tolerance for terror cost Egyptian President Anwar Sadat his life. Carter's insistence that Sadat and Begin reach an agreement at Camp David angered the Muslim Brotherhood. Sadat became the target for their hatred, and for what the Brotherhood labeled "sins against Islam. Under the Carter administration, fifty-two Americans were taken hostage and held in Iran for 444 days. They were freed only after Ronald Reagan was elected president and Mr. Carter reached a last-minute deal to transfer $7.977 billion to Iran from the Federal Reserve. He also signed an agreement to respect Iran's territorial integrity and to grant amnesty against lawsuits to Iran by the hostages or their families. Now, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has donned the mantle of Ayatollah Khomeini, taken up bin Laden's call, and is fostering an Islamic apocalyptic revolution in Iraq with the intent of taking over the Middle East and the world. He thinks he can achieve his goals once he has attained his dream of atomic weapons. What is going on in the Persian Gulf region is no mystery to those of us who have had our finger on the pulse of both Iran and Iraq for decades. In his comments on Thursday, Carter reiterated his belief that every crisis can be resolved with diplomacy - and nothing but diplomacy. It is a worldview which now permeates the Democratic Party and the halls of Congress. Unfortunately, Carter is wrong. There are times when evil must be openly confronted. This is one of those times. ******** Michael D. Evans is a New York Times #1 bestselling author. His latest book, Atomic Iran, Countdown to Armageddon is available on Amazon.com. Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:36:24 -0800 Full article 1_34available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Former President Jimmy Carter has just released a new book, We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land: A Plan that Will Work in which he advocates a straightforward solution: Israel should embrace the Quartet [Russia, the UN, the EU and the US]. The plan is backed by a group known simply as The Elders, an NGO started by Nelson Mandela in 2007 to promote peace and assist in conflict resolution and funded partly by British entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, who originally proposed the idea for the group, and musician Peter Gabriel. Jimmy Carter and the Carter Center are heavily involved with this endeavor; Carter is one of three appointed "Elders" to the Middle East. The delegation currently in Israel accompanying Carter includes South African Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu and former Irish president Mary Robinson (who recenty received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from US President Barak Obama despite strong objections by Jewish groups over her leadership role in the 2001 UN Durban Review). The group's objectives were met with skepticism by Israelis, but according to Carter, were eagerly embraced by the "Palestinians, peace groups and human rights activists in the region." How could he ask the Jewish people to embrace a group known as The Elders? The controversial Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion is the biggest best-selling book in a bigoted world, and is charged with fueling anti-Semitism. CARTER'S PLAN is to allow the Quartet to solve the Middle East conflict, plain and simple. He calls for peace-loving organizations such as Hizbullah and Hamas and states like Iran and Syria to be involved in the negotiating process in order to bring peace to the Holy Land. The Quartet, Hizbullah, Hamas, Syria, Iran - according to Carter, everybody but Israel can bring peace. For Israelis only, Carter reserves the word "radicals" in his book. He also calls former prime minister Menachem Begin by the same abjective and then describes him as the "most notorious terrorist in the region." Of course, he said the British said that, not him. Carter goes on to describe Binyamin Netanyahu as a "key political associate and naysayer" who was strongly opposed to Israel relinquishing control over the Sinai. It appears that Jimmy Carter is revising history. The Binyamin Netanyahu I know was attending college during the Camp David meetings in the late 1970s. In fact, when I recommended him to Begin for a government job, the prime minister did not even know who Netanyahu was. I have no idea how Carter was so aware of Binyamin Netanyahu's political ideology; he was selling furniture at the time to help fund his schooling. The former president also writes that at the time, Begin agreed to divide Jerusalem. I found that to be astonishing, especially since Begin had given me a copy of the letter he penned to Jimmy Carter on September 17, 1978, in which he wrote, "Dear Mr. President, on the basis of this law, the government of Israel decreed in July 1967 that Jerusalem is one city indivisible, the capital of the State of Israel." According to Begin, Carter informed him that the US government did not recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital. Begin told me he responded, "Excuse me sir, but the State of Israel does not recognize your non-recognition." Carter further charges that Begin agreed to a freeze on building Jewish settlements but Begin told me he had not agreed to a total freeze; he only agreed not to build new settlements for three months, during the negotiations. Carter also gives the impression that he and Begin were close friends by saying that Begin and then Egyptian president Anwar Sadat visited him in Plains to reaffirm the personal commitments each had made to the other, which I found quite humorous. Begin told me he had refused to meet with Carter when the president traveled to Jerusalem. At that time, he was no longer prime minister but was outraged that Carter had misrepresented the events during their meetings. COULD IT be that Jimmy Carter's ideals are formulated by the number of zeros before the decimal on the contributions to the Carter Center by oil-rich Gulf States? These same states do not now, nor will they ever, allow Jews to worship freely within their borders no matter how much land Israel relinquishes. It is then surprising and hypocritical to call Israel an "apartheid state" and to infer that the region's only democratic country is an obstacle to peace - thus the only solution to the Middle East conflict is through intervention. Carter's final plea is for President Barack Obama to "shape a comprehensive peace effort between Israel and the Palestinians" then use persuasion and enticements to reach these reasonable goals with the full backing of other members of the International Quartet and the Arab nations." It is likely he would call on The Elders for their expertise. The best thing President Obama could do is completely ignore Jimmy Carter and his plan. The writer is a New York Times bestselling author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos. A television special based on the book is currently being produced (www.carterbooktv.com) Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:23:34 -0800 Full article 1_35available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Former President Jimmy Carter has just released a new book, We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land: A Plan that Will Work in which he advocates a straightforward solution: Israel should embrace the Quartet [Russia, the UN, the EU and the US]. The plan is backed by a group known simply as The Elders, an NGO started by Nelson Mandela in 2007 to promote peace and assist in conflict resolution and funded partly by British entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, who originally proposed the idea for the group, and musician Peter Gabriel. Jimmy Carter and the Carter Center are heavily involved with this endeavor; Carter is one of three appointed "Elders" to the Middle East. The delegation currently in Israel accompanying Carter includes South African Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu and former Irish president Mary Robinson (who recenty received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from US President Barak Obama despite strong objections by Jewish groups over her leadership role in the 2001 UN Durban Review). The group's objectives were met with skepticism by Israelis, but according to Carter, were eagerly embraced by the "Palestinians, peace groups and human rights activists in the region." How could he ask the Jewish people to embrace a group known as The Elders? The controversial Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion is the biggest best-selling book in a bigoted world, and is charged with fueling anti-Semitism. CARTER'S PLAN is to allow the Quartet to solve the Middle East conflict, plain and simple. He calls for peace-loving organizations such as Hizbullah and Hamas and states like Iran and Syria to be involved in the negotiating process in order to bring peace to the Holy Land. The Quartet, Hizbullah, Hamas, Syria, Iran - according to Carter, everybody but Israel can bring peace. For Israelis only, Carter reserves the word "radicals" in his book. He also calls former prime minister Menachem Begin by the same abjective and then describes him as the "most notorious terrorist in the region." Of course, he said the British said that, not him. Carter goes on to describe Binyamin Netanyahu as a "key political associate and naysayer" who was strongly opposed to Israel relinquishing control over the Sinai. It appears that Jimmy Carter is revising history. The Binyamin Netanyahu I know was attending college during the Camp David meetings in the late 1970s. In fact, when I recommended him to Begin for a government job, the prime minister did not even know who Netanyahu was. I have no idea how Carter was so aware of Binyamin Netanyahu's political ideology; he was selling furniture at the time to help fund his schooling. The former president also writes that at the time, Begin agreed to divide Jerusalem. I found that to be astonishing, especially since Begin had given me a copy of the letter he penned to Jimmy Carter on September 17, 1978, in which he wrote, "Dear Mr. President, on the basis of this law, the government of Israel decreed in July 1967 that Jerusalem is one city indivisible, the capital of the State of Israel." According to Begin, Carter informed him that the US government did not recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital. Begin told me he responded, "Excuse me sir, but the State of Israel does not recognize your non-recognition." Carter further charges that Begin agreed to a freeze on building Jewish settlements but Begin told me he had not agreed to a total freeze; he only agreed not to build new settlements for three months, during the negotiations. Carter also gives the impression that he and Begin were close friends by saying that Begin and then Egyptian president Anwar Sadat visited him in Plains to reaffirm the personal commitments each had made to the other, which I found quite humorous. Begin told me he had refused to meet with Carter when the president traveled to Jerusalem. At that time, he was no longer prime minister but was outraged that Carter had misrepresented the events during their meetings. COULD IT be that Jimmy Carter's ideals are formulated by the number of zeros before the decimal on the contributions to the Carter Center by oil-rich Gulf States? These same states do not now, nor will they ever, allow Jews to worship freely within their borders no matter how much land Israel relinquishes. It is then surprising and hypocritical to call Israel an "apartheid state" and to infer that the region's only democratic country is an obstacle to peace - thus the only solution to the Middle East conflict is through intervention. Carter's final plea is for President Barack Obama to "shape a comprehensive peace effort between Israel and the Palestinians "then use persuasion and enticements to reach these reasonable goals with the full backing of other members of the International Quartet and the Arab nations." It is likely he would call on The Elders for their expertise. The best thing President Obama could do is completely ignore Jimmy Carter and his plan. The writer is a New York Times bestselling author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos. A television special based on the book is currently being produced (www.carterbooktv.com) Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:21:22 -0800 Full article 1_24available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Former President Jimmy Carter has just released a new book, We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land: A Plan that Will Work. Carter's solution is straightforward; Israel should embrace the Quartet. The plan is backed by a group known simply as The Elders, an idea formulated by British entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson and musician Peter Gabriel to create a world council of elders to tackle issues such as peace in the Middle East. Jimmy Carter and the Carter Center are heavily involved with this endeavor. Carter is one of three appointed as Elders to the Middle East. The delegation's objectives were met with skepticism by the Israelis, but according to Mr. Carter, were eagerly embraced by the "Palestinians, peace groups and human rights activists in the region." How could he ask the Jewish people to embrace a group know as The Elders? The controversial Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion is the biggest bestselling book in a bigoted world, and is charged with fueling anti-Semitism, from the Russian pogroms to the Holocaust. Carter's plan is to allow the Quartet to solve the Middle East problem. He calls for peace-loving organizations such as Hezbollah and Hamas and states like Iran and Syria to be involved in the negotiating process in order to have peace in the Holy Land. Carter refers to Jews again and again as "radicals," another word for terrorists. He called Menachem Begin a "radical" and then goes on to describe him as the "most notorious terrorist in the region." Of course, he said the British said that, not him. Carter describes Benjamin Netanyahu as a "key political associate and naysayer" who was strongly opposed to Israel relinquishing control over the Sinai. It appears that Jimmy Carter is revising history. The Benjamin Netanyahu I know was attending college during the Camp David meetings. In fact, when I recommended him to Begin for a government job, the prime minister did not even know who Benjamin was. I have no idea how Carter was so aware of Benjamin Netanyahu's political ideology; he was selling furniture to help fund his schooling. The former president writes that Begin agreed to divide Jerusalem. I found that to be astonishing - especially since Mr. Begin had given me a copy of the letter he wrote to Jimmy Carter on September 17, 1978. In the letter he wrote, "Dear Mr. President" .On the basis of this law, the government of Israel decreed in July 1967 that Jerusalem is one city indivisible, the capital of the State of Israel." According to Begin, Jimmy Carter informed him that the U.S. government did not recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital. Begin told me he responded, "Excuse me sir, but the State of Israel does not recognize your non-recognition." The former president writes that Prime Minister Menachem Begin agreed to a freeze on building Jewish settlements. Begin told me he had not agreed to a total freeze; he only agreed not to build new settlements for three months, during the negotiations. Carter gives the impression that he and Begin were close friends by saying that Begin and Sadat visited him in Plains to reaffirm the personal commitments each had made to the other. I found that quite humorous; Mr. Begin told me he had refused to meet with Jimmy Carter when the president traveled to Jerusalem. At that time, he was no longer Prime Minister but was outraged that Carter had misrepresented the events during their meetings. Carter viewed Yasser Arafat as a "little George Washington." He pens, "We pursued the concept of non-violent resistance of Hamas leaders and gave them documentation and video presentations on the successful experiences of Mahatma Gandhi, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and others." Peace in the Holy Land must include Palestinian militant leader, Marwan Barghouti, the serial killer. Carter calls him the "most intriguing player in the Middle East." He has run for the office of the presidency in the Palestinian National Authority. Menachem Begin told me of a meeting with Carter during which he gave the president a list of cities in the United States with Bible names, i.e., Shiloh, Hebron and Bethel. He asked Carter, "Could you imagine the governor of Pennsylvania would proclaim that anyone could live in the city of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, except Jews?" President Carter agreed that such a man, if he did such a thing, would be guilty of racism. Begin replied that he was governor of the state in which the original Bethlehem, and the original Jericho, and the original Shiloh were located. He asked me, "Did Carter expect me to say that everybody could live in those cities except Jews?" Could it be that Jimmy Carter's ideals are formulated by the number of zeros before the decimal on the contributions to the Carter Center by oil-rich Gulf States? These same States do not now nor will they ever allow Jews to worship freely within their borders no matter how much land Israel relinquishes. Carter's final plea is for President Barack Obama to "shape a comprehensive peace effort between Israel and the Palestinians" then use persuasion and enticements to reach these reasonable goals with the full backing of other members of the International Quartet [ Russia, the UN, the EU, and the United States] and the Arab nations." It is likely he would call on The Elders for their expertise. The best thing President Obama could do is completely ignore Jimmy Carter and his plan. ************ Michael D. Evans, a #1 New York Times bestselling author, is the author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos. A television special based on the book is currently being produced (www.carterbooktv.com). Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:18:20 -0800 Full article 1_25available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com It was in 1982 that I first met Benjamin Netanyahu. He was a quiet, almost shy young man, unlike the articulate and hawkish Likud Party leader he is today. Our meeting was on the anniversary of the death of his brother, Jonathan, the elite IDF leader shot in the back during "Operation Thunderbolt," the raid on the Entebbe airport in Uganda. Jonathan and a contingent of highly trained Israeli soldiers had dropped into Entebbe to free 105 Jewish hostages taken captive when an Air France Airbus was commandeered by terrorists. Two hostages died in the crossfire during which all eight terrorists were killed. From that painful experience, Benjamin founded the Jonathan Institute on Terror and solidified his worldview on terror. In an interview, he defined the mindset of terrorists, "It's not what we do, but what we are that causes offense to these mad radicals." Given that definition, how will Mr. Netanyahu, if elected prime minister, and President Barack Obama find common ground, especially since Mr. Obama and his presidential predecessors seem inclined to believe that it is only a matter of what we do? After our meeting I was so impressed with Benjamin that the following day, I asked Prime Minister Begin and his senior advisor Reuben Hecht to offer him a position in government. I said, "Someday this young man will be the prime minister of Israel." Begin smiled and asked the identity of this competing prime minister. I did not relate this to Benjamin until he asked me about the meeting some twenty years later. How the two leaders interact may well be defined by Hillary Clinton, the newly appointed secretary of state, and the influence former President Bill Clinton may have on his wife. It was, after all, Bill Clinton who refused to meet with Prime Minister Netanyahu during two pivotal visits to the United States - one in 1997 and the other in 1999. The refusal was interpreted as a blatant attempt to influence elections in Israel. Unfortunately for Benjamin, it worked; he was defeated by Ehud Barak with the help of Bill Clinton's political architect, James Carville. Benjamin and I visited in Israel in 2003 where we were both speakers at an international conference on terror. He asked me if I was going to Tel Aviv to attend a birthday party for Shimon Peres where former President Bill Clinton was to make an appearance. Benjamin suggested that Mr. Clinton had best not stay too long in Israel; his nemesis, Monica Lewinsky, was due to arrive in Tel Aviv shortly. I later learned that Mr. Clinton's relativism and worldview was further revealed as he entertained the crowd at the gala. The former president picked up the microphone and crooned John Lennon's song "Imagine" to the enthralled crowd. Speaking of imagining things, can you imagine the President of the United States, who treated Yasser Arafat as a hero, visiting in the Bible Land (where more suicide bombers have blown up Jews than in any spot on earth) and singing a song that speaks of no heaven, no hell, and all the people living only for today-no countries, nothing to die for, and no possessions, and from this distorted New Age view comes the deduction that the world will live as one? Before the election, Mr. Obama made his feelings about the Likud party known when he said, "I think there is a strain within the pro-Israel community that says unless you adopt an unwavering pro-Likud approach to Israel that you're anti-Israel and that can't be the measure of our friendship with Israel". Both men are extremely intelligent and brilliant communicators. It will be interesting to see how these two articulate men interact with each other. It appears that President Obama does not have the chip on his shoulder regarding Benjamin Netanyahu that Bill Clinton had. ********** Michael D. Evans, a #1 New York Times bestselling author, is the author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos. A television special based on the book is currently being produced (www.carterbooktv.com). Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:16:10 -0800 Full article 1_26available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Judea Pearl is the father of Daniel Pearl, the Wall Street journalist captured by Islamic fundamentalists in Pakistan and subsequently beheaded on camera. Mr. Pearl?s family said, "Danny?s senseless murder lies beyond our comprehension.? He was murdered predominately because he was Jewish. Now the secretary of state wants to sit down with the so-called moderate Taliban and Iran, the foxes from the center of gravity of world terror. Hillary Rodham Clinton wishes to invite these groups in the 9/11 chick incubator that is Afghanistan. Ron Silver died of cancer. He was an actor, a Tony Award-winning producer, and a loyal, rabid Democrat?until 9/11. After the al-Qaeda and Taliban-supported attack in the heart of New York City and at the Pentagon, Silver became an outspoken supporter of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I wonder what he would have thought of Hillary Rodham Clinton?s latest proposal to include Iran at the negotiating table in talks regarding Afghanistan. Iran was the nation that gave the nineteen hijackers a free pass through its territory on their way to wreak havoc and destruction in America. Where?s the outrage? Didn?t someone say if you harbor, aid, or fund terror, you are the enemy of the United States? Is this not the nuclear-obsessed Iran? The same Iran that calls Israel a "rotting corpse that will be wiped off the map?? Clinton suggested to President Obama that Iran, Pakistan, and "Taliban moderates? be included in a UN-sponsored, high-level meeting of world leaders. She tendered the recommendation to NATO participants, and suggested Kai Eide, a UN special representative from Norway, as the coordinator of the meeting. Clinton said, "We hope that this meeting could provide an opportunity to reach a common set of principles, perhaps embodied in a chairman?s statement, on a common way forward.? Later, Clinton added: "It is expected that Iran would be invited as a neighbor of Afghanistan.? The U.S. Justice Department has also taken the step in district court in Washington to submit a new outline for detainees at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. The filing stated that no longer would it "employ the phrase ?enemy combatant.?? Only those persons who extensively backed "al-Qaeda, Taliban or ?associated forces? would be considered detainable.? What kind of signal does this send to the radical fundamentalists we are no longer allowed to label "enemy combatants?? Have President Obama and Hillary Clinton torn a page from Jimmy Carter?s book? Have these enemies of the United States suddenly become a "liberation movement?? Has the new administration adopted Liberal Democrat Jimmy Carter?s belief that terrorist organizations are simply "human rights movements? and basically good; even the hell-bent 9/11 jihadists? As president, Carter loved to talk to America?s enemies; he still does. His mating dance with terrorists, while ascribing to them altruistic acts, legitimizes terrorism and those who carry out such heinous attacks. It appears that Hillary Rodham Clinton is now learning the Carter mating dance. Now that Hillary Rodham Clinton is in a position to both define the terms and control the debate, it seems she is throwing open the door to radical, fanatical enemies of the State and offering them a welcome fit for royalty. America will have hell to pay if these moves are interpreted as fear and weakness in the eyes of radical Islam, thus exposing America?s soft underbelly to radical Islamists. ********** Michael D. Evans, a #1 New York Times bestselling author, is the author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos. A television special based on the book is currently being produced (www.carterbooktv.com). Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:14:42 -0800 Full article 1_27available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I first met Benjamin Netanyahu in 1982. He was a quiet, almost shy young man, unlike the articulate and hawkish Likud Party leader he is today. Our meeting was on the anniversary of the death of his brother, Jonathan, the elite IDF leader shot in the back during "Operation Thunderbolt," the raid on the Entebbe airport in Uganda. Jonathan and a contingent of highly trained Israeli soldiers had dropped into Entebbe to free 105 Jewish hostages taken captive when an Air France Airbus was commandeered by terrorists. Two hostages died in the crossfire during which all eight terrorists were killed. From that painful experience, Benjamin founded the Jonathan Institute on Terror and solidified his worldview on terror. In an interview, he defined the mindset of terrorists, "It's not what we do, but what we are that causes offense to these mad radicals." Given that definition, how will Mr. Netanyahu, if elected prime minister, and President Barack Obama find common ground, especially since Mr. Obama and his presidential predecessors seem inclined to believe that it is only a matter of what we do? After our meeting I was so impressed with Benjamin that the following day, I asked Prime Minister Begin and his senior advisor Reuben Hecht to offer him a position in government. I said, "Someday this young man will be the prime minister of Israel." Begin smiled and asked the identity of this competing prime minister. I did not relate this to Benjamin until he asked me about the meeting some twenty years later. How the two leaders interact may well be defined by Hillary Clinton, the newly appointed secretary of state, and the influence former President Bill Clinton may have on his wife. It was, after all, Bill Clinton who refused to meet with Prime Minister Netanyahu during two pivotal visits to the United States - one in 1997 and the other in 1999. The refusal was interpreted as a blatant attempt to influence elections in Israel. Unfortunately for Benjamin, it worked; he was defeated by Ehud Barak with the help of Bill Clinton's political architect, James Carville. Benjamin and I visited in Israel in 2003 where we were both speakers at an international conference on terror. He asked me if I was going to Tel Aviv to attend a birthday party for Shimon Peres where former President Bill Clinton was to make an appearance. Benjamin suggested that Mr. Clinton had best not stay too long in Israel; his nemesis, Monica Lewinsky, was due to arrive in Tel Aviv shortly. I later learned that Mr. Clinton's relativism and worldview was further revealed as he entertained the crowd at the gala. The former president picked up the microphone and crooned John Lennon's song "Imagine" to the enthralled crowd. Speaking of imagining things, can you imagine the President of the United States, who treated Yasser Arafat as a hero, visiting in the Bible Land (where more suicide bombers have blown up Jews than in any spot on earth) and singing a song that speaks of no heaven, no hell, and all the people living only for today, no countries, nothing to die for, and no possessions, and from this distorted New Age view comes the deduction that the world will live as one? Before the election, Mr. Obama made his feelings about the Likud party known when he said, "I think there is a strain within the pro-Israel community that says unless you adopt an unwavering pro-Likud approach to Israel that you're anti-Israel and that can't be the measure of our friendship with Israel". Both men are extremely intelligent and brilliant communicators. It will be interesting to see how these two articulate men interact with each other. It appears that President Obama does not have the chip on his shoulder regarding Benjamin Netanyahu that Bill Clinton had. ********* Michael D. Evans, a #1 New York Times bestselling author, is the author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos. A television special based on the book is currently being produced (www.carterbooktv.com). Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:12:40 -0800 Full article 1_22available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com President George W. Bush has been blamed for having created the mess in the Middle East during his presidency. The turmoil in the region can be laid squarely at the door of a Democratic president backed by a Democratic Congress. Not Barack Obama, former President Jimmy Carter. It was Carter who abandoned America's strongest ally in the region, the Shah of Iran. The president was determined to push his human rights agenda without any real understanding of the people or history of the region. It was not President Bush who opened Pandora's Box and allowed the genie of terrorism to escape; it was Jimmy Carter. Mr. Carter has set the standard for today's Liberal Left when it comes to shifting focus away from terrorists and onto America's perceived wrongs. When he appears in concert with terrorist leaders in the Middle East, it must surely make their activities seem acceptable. Norman Podhoretz wrote "Hitler, Mao, and Pol Pot also had their apologists who saw them as 'nationalists' with 'legitimate grievances'." Carter's stance was never more obvious than the meetings between him and Hamas leaders in April 2008. Fox News reported: Hamas official Mushir Masri, said the meetings with Carter were proof that Hamas was not a terrorist group, but a national liberation movement. After Carter's election, Ebrahim Yazdi, one of the Ayatollah Khomeini's supporters urged him to "begin to think of the 'new possibilities' that the expected rift between Tehran and Washington might offer." Yazdi, an Iranian-born American citizen, wrote to him in Iraq that 'the Shah's friends in Washington are out."It is time to act." Circumstances dictated that "having picked Khomeini to overthrow the Shah, Carter and the French had to get him out of Iraq, clothe him with respectability, and set him up in Paris." Soon thereafter, Khomeini left Iraq for Paris. There his visitors totaled more than 1000 per day; the French blessed this, or at least, turned a blind eye. His disciples, including a number from American universities, were not coming just to sit at the feet of the 'Teacher'; their money-lined pockets were empty when they left Khomeini's presence. Some estimates place the contributions at approximately twenty million British pounds. The Ayatollah's compound was reportedly surrounded by representatives of covert agencies: the CIA, Britain's MI-6, Russia's KGB, and the French intelligence organization, SDECE. CIA memoranda regarding Khomeini seem to have either been deliberately ignored by the Carter administration or lost in the great governmental paperwork shuffle. One memo flatly stated, "Khomeini is determined to overthrow the Shah and is unlikely to accept compromise."He has cooperated in the past with Islamic terrorist groups." Carter viewed Khomeini as a religious holy man in a grassroots revolution rather than the founding father of modern terrorism. UN ambassador Andrew Young said, "Khomeini will eventually be hailed as a saint." Iran ambassador William Sullivan, said, "Khomeini is a Gandhi-like figure." Adviser James Bill proclaimed in a Newsweek interview in 1979, that Khomeini was not a mad mujahid, but a man of 'impeccable integrity and honesty.' In the fall of 1978, President Carter appointed diplomat George Ball to do an independent, classified study on the Shah and make recommendations to Carter. While formulating his report Ball met with Israeli Ambassador to Iran Uri Lubrani and Security Council member Gary Sick. Sick and Ball were most interested in Lubrani's sources for a report on Iran which he had forwarded to Moshe Dayan. Lubrani later told me Carter was to blame, to some extent, for the current state of affairs in Iran. Ball's assessment of the Shah's precarious position was underlined by such inclusions in his report as: We urgently need to open a disavowable channel of communication with [Khomeini] or his entourage. In the midst of the turmoil in Iran, Carter asked for a meeting on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe. Invitations were issued by French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing to West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and British Prime Minister James Callaghan.Giscard d'Estaing related to me: "Carter told us suddenly that the United States had decided not to support the regime of the Shah anymore." Giscard expressed his shock at Carter's lack of regard for a country that had been a close ally for decades: "We were humanly shocked by the way Carter spoke because we knew at the end it would lead to the torture or the killing of the Shah"[Carter] was a bastard of conscience, a moralist, who treats with total lightness the fact of abandoning a man that we had supported together." With the Shah's departure from Iran Khomeini's entourage prepared to return to Tehran. A jumbo jet was chartered from Air France for 3 million dollars plus an undisclosed sum to cover insurance for the aircraft. The crew was comprised of volunteers. On the plane with Khomeini and a contingent of terrorists were dozens of journalists, including a young ABC reporter, Peter Jennings. During the flight Jennings is said to have asked the Imam, "What do you feel [about returning to Iran]?" Khomeini replied, "Nothing" - a strange answer from a man whose life had been consumed with overthrowing the Shah. Khomeini's coup d etat turned out to be the incarceration of 52 American hostages for the final 444 days of Carter's term. During marathon negotiating sessions in the wee hours of January 20, 1981, Carter made a last-ditch effort to secure the release of the hostages. Finally, the Bank of England was approved as the repository of escrow funds. Shortly after 4:00 AM on Inauguration Day, the Carter administration relinquished $7.977 billion to the Iranians. Sources say the transfer required fourteen banks and the participation of five nations acting concurrently. It was thought U.S. aid to the Afghanistan Mujahedeen was initiated in 1980. Not so; according to a document declassified on March 4, 2004, President Carter signed the directive on July 3, 1979, approving covert assistance to anti-Soviet rebels in Kabul. In 1980 the Afghan rebels received a $30 million infusion from the Carter administration. The ante was raised in Carter's 1981 budget to $50 million. It marked a rise in significant aid for the resistance from international sources. Liberal Democrat Jimmy Carter apparently believes evil really does not exist. Terrorist organizations are simply human rights movements; people are basically good; and America should embrace the perpetrators while castigating the victims. As president, Carter loved to talk to America's enemies; he still does. His mating dance with terrorists, while ascribing to them altruistic acts, legitimizes terrorism and those who carry out such heinous attacks. Jimmy Carter is among the number clamoring to change the worldview of terrorists from mass murderers of the innocent to 'insurgents' or 'liberation movements.' He is quick to indict the U.S. at every opportunity and to champion the downtrodden suicide bombers as 'martyrs.' Now the trillion-dollar question has become: Will President Obama become another Jimmy Carter? ********** Michael D. Evans, a #1 New York Times bestselling author, is the author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos. A television special based on the book is currently being produced (www.carterbooktv.com). Join us now at the National Prayer Campaign Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:08:32 -0800 Full article 1_23available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com On January 20, 2009 Jimmy Carter announced a new plan for peace in the Middle East and appealed to President Barack Obama to implement that plan. He met with Obama just days before the inauguration to attempt to sway him about what the former president called an "unnecessary war" in Gaza. Carter has long been a vocal proponent of establishing an ongoing relationship with Hamas' terrorist leaders. It appears his influence has already made inroads in Obama's Middle East policy plans. Today's society is replete with makeovers, everything from extreme home makeovers to extreme people makeovers; everything from plastic surgery, to botox, to liposuction and other cosmetic enhancements. However, one of the most extreme makeovers took place in France in the late 1970s when the dour Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini was transformed almost overnight into a VIP, the darling of the liberal Western media. Khomeini received the make-over of all times. This son of an Indian fortune-teller was stripped of his past. His father became the leader of the Khomeini clan who, supposedly, was murdered by Pahlavi's father. Khomeini graduated from second-rate mullah to academic and renowned holy man. If he was the Eliza Doolittle of this scenario, who was the Henry Higgins? What country (or countries) was so determined to unseat the Shah that it was willing to undertake the transformation? Dominique Lorenz, a journalist for the French Liberation, wrote that "having picked Khomeini to overthrow the Shah, [the Americans] had to get him out of Iraq, clothe him with respectability, and set him up in Paris; a succession of events which could not have occurred if the leadership in France had been against it." In France, Khomeini's Iranian visitors totaled more than one thousand per day, all of whom the French blessed or, at the very least, turned a blind eye. The Ayatollah became the "Guru of Hate" as he shared his vitriolic dislike for the Shah with all who would listen and learn. These disciples, including a number from various American universities, were not coming just to sit at the feet of the "Teacher" and learn; their pockets, lined with money collected through the Bazaar, the commercial system in Iran, were empty when they left Khomeini's presence. Some estimates place the contributions at approximately twenty million British pounds. The Ayatollah's compound was reportedly surrounded by representatives of covert agencies from the major powers: the CIA, Britain's MI-6, Russia's KGB, and the French intelligence organization, SDECE. One has to wonder why an unknown, uncultured, old cleric was the focus of such attention. Intelligence officers from Israel, France and the U.S. stated that the U.S. government wrote checks to Khomeini while he was in Paris in increments of approximately $150 million each. They were delivered through the CIA. One man with whom I spoke stated, "Jimmy Carter should have been tried for treason for aiding and abetting an enemy of the United States." Carter perceived Khomeini more as a religious holy man in a grassroots revolution than the founding father of modern terrorism. Carter's ambassador to the UN, Andrew Young, said, "Khomeini will eventually be hailed as a saint." Carter's Iranian ambassador, William Sullivan, said, "Khomeini is a Gandhi-like figure." Carter adviser James Bill proclaimed in a Newsweek interview on February 12, 1979, that Khomeini was not a mad mujahid, but a man of "impeccable integrity and honesty." In the midst of the turmoil in Iran or perhaps because of it, President Carter called for a summit on the French Republic island of Guadeloupe in the Caribbean. Invited to meet with Carter in January 1979 were French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing, West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, and British Prime Minister James Callaghan. In his memoir, Answer to History, the Shah wrote: "Giscard said they hoped to 'evaluate the situation of the world,' with special emphasis on events in the eastern Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf. I believe that during those meetings the French and West Germans agreed with the British and the American proposals for my ouster." It was at Guadeloupe, according to D'Estaing, that Carter showed his hand in favor of the ouster of the Shah. Giscard d'Estaing expressed his shock at Carter's lack of regard for a country that had been a close ally for decades: We were humanly shocked by the way Carter spoke because we knew at the end it would lead to the torture or the killing of the Shah. And he [Carter] was not embarrassed at all; no, no, he spoke very lightly of a man that we supported very strongly."He [Carter] was a bastard of conscience, a moralist, who treats with total lightness the fact of abandoning a man that we had supported together. At least you need to have some emotion. And we didn't have any discussion."It was, 'We have decided.' Is Jimmy Carter guilty of treason? In more recent times, he has thumbed his nose at the State Department after having been asked not to meet with leaders of Hamas. Mr. Carter drooled all over Yasser Arafat and went so far as to help him write a speech designed to influence opinion in the terrorist's favor. Mr. Carter has betrayed the trust of the American people by purporting to represent its government in terrorist lairs; he has denounced the United States and its leaders in the presence of enemy combatants and terrorist leaders. If not guilty of treason, Mr. Carter is at the very best a quisling, a collaborator with the enemy. Vedkum Quisling was a Norwegian politician who ordered all armed resistance to the Nazi invasion to cease, and gave Norway into the hands of the Germans during World War II. His name is now synonymous with the words 'collaborator' and 'traitor.' How far will Mr. Carter go in order to make a name for himself? ********** Michael D. Evans, a #1 New York Times bestselling author, is the author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos. A television special based on the book is currently being produced (www.carterbooktv.com). Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:05:49 -0800 Full article 1_20available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Nothing reflects the divisiveness between the two cultures better than the reaction to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad?s tirade at the Durban Review Conference in Geneva, Switzerland. The Muslim world cheered; delegates from twenty-four Western countries rose as one body and marched to the exit. The diminutive despot chose April 20, 2009, the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, to call for the decimation of Israel. He appealed to the assembly to encourage and support the fight to eradicate what he called Israel?s "barbaric racism. Efforts must be made to put an end to Zionism,? intoned the fanatical Ahmadinejad. We must not forget that eradicate means to exterminate. The leader gave a nod to what was to be the central point of the conference, human rights worldwide; then he zeroed in on the West and berated what he characterized as the evils of Zionism. He had the audacity to minimize the horrors suffered by the Jewish people during World War II by labeling the Holocaust the "pretext of Jewish suffering.? Prior to the opening ceremonies of the conference, Germany, Australia, Canada, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Israel and the United States sent their regrets. During Ahmadinejad?s speech dozens of delegates rose and marched out in protest including Britain, France, Greece, Portugal, Spain, and a number of other countries. While Ahmadinejad decried the behavior of those who exited the hall as "rude?, he had no problem being interrupted with applause by delegates from some Muslim countries including Iran and Pakistan. Outside the conference setting pro-Jewish organizations reverently recited the names of some of the six million people who perished in the Holocaust. A statement issued by the U.S. called the Iranian?s remarks "hateful.? Robert Gibbs, White House press secretary, told reporters: "Obviously, the president disagrees vehemently with what was said, as, from some of the video I saw, so did many others.? Although UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon had asked Ahmadinejad not to cause disruption and division with his comments, he was sorely disappointed. Ban pointed out that the comments were used "to accuse, divide and even incite.? Even as Ahmadinejad was holding court in Geneva, a solemn ceremony was being conducted at Yad Vashem, the Holocaust memorial in Israel. President Shimon Peres called Ahmadinejad?s trip to Geneva "a deplorable disgrace.? He said, "The conference opening today in Geneva constitutes an acceptance of racism, rather than the fight against it, and its main speaker is Ahmadinejad, who calls for the annihilation of Israel and denies the Holocaust.? Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu paid tribute to those countries that chose not to give their seal of approval to the events in Geneva. Netanyahu vowed, "?We will not let the Holocaust deniers perpetrate another holocaust on the Jewish people,? he said. "This is the highest responsibility of the State of Israel and of myself as prime minister.? One has to question why the United Nations provided a venue for a head of state who leads a country where methodical and organized tyranny is practiced daily, a country where women are cruelly subjugated. It is horrifying to think that the rhetoric spouted during yesterday?s speech was delivered by the man who controls a country on the brink of becoming a nuclear power. Iran will soon have the tools to attempt to carry out its threats to wipe Israel off the map. The leaders of this superpower wanna-be are motivated by an evil and deep-seated hatred for all things the Western world represents ? freedom and choice among them. This is a dogma that can?t be ignored by those so wishful for adulation that they will turn a blind eye to the nature of the beast in order affect change. Ahmadinejad is a fanatical leader whose only emotions are hatred and vengeance. This is why delegates from twenty-four countries rose as one and marched out of the conference in Geneva, Switzerland on the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day. ********** Michael D. Evans, a #1 New York Times bestselling author, is the author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos. A television special based on the book is currently airing (www.carterbooktv.com). Mon, 28 Feb 2011 20:59:01 -0800 Full article 1_21available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com It has been almost ten years since President Bill Clinton rebuffed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a trip to the U.S. In 1999, Clinton refused to meet with the Israeli leader, and was in many ways instrumental in bringing about the election of Ehud Barak. Now, Netanyahu is faced with having to deal with another Clinton Middle East policies resemble those of Jimmy Carter. whose Mr. Carter has set the standard and provided the training for today?s Liberal Left when it comes to shifting the focus away from terrorists and their deadly activities and onto America?s perceived wrongs. After all, if the former president appears in concert with terrorist leaders in the Middle East, it must surely make their activities acceptable. As Norman Podhoretz wrote on CommentaryMagazine.com, "Hitler, Mao, and Pol Pot also had their apologists who saw them as ?nationalists? with ?legitimate grievances.?? [i] This was never more obvious than the meetings between the former president and Hamas leaders in April 2008. Fox News reported: Hamas official Mushir Masri, in a fiery speech?to thousands of Hamas supporters in Gaza, said the meetings with Carter were proof that Hamas was not a terrorist group, but a national liberation movement. [ii] Comatose is the state in which the Liberal Left leaders have most often found themselves. For instance, Carter shilly-shallied over the Soviets and the Shah of Iran; Clinton turned ostrich when confronted with terrorism. Rather than take a strong stand, each man adopted the tactics of appeasement to the detriment of the United States. Whether one chooses the quotation from Edmund Burke ("All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing.?) or from Albert Einstein ("The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.? [iii] ), there is one absolute: evil will flourish if not met head-on and conquered. Jimmy Carter was absolutely right in his assessment: the American people had suffered a "crisis of confidence [iv] ? during his White House tenure ? not in the nation ? but in its leadership. In her address to the Republican National Convention in 1984, Kirkpatrick put her finger precisely on the problem when she declared. "The Carter administration?s motives were good, but their policies were inadequate, uninformed, and mistaken. They made things worse not better. Those who had least suffered most. Poor countries grew poorer. Rich countries grew poorer too. The United States grew weaker?the Soviet Union grew stronger.?Those were the years the Ayatollah Khomeini came to power in Iran.? [v] Only time will tell if President Barack Obama proves to be even more liberal and left than was Jimmy Carter, or if Hillary Clinton will embrace Bill Clinton?s animosity toward Benjamin Netanyahu. During the election campaign, Obama stated one of his first goals as president would be to sit down and negotiate with the rogue leaders of such countries as Iran and Syria. The despotic heads of those countries and others like them are looking for any microscopic evidence of weakness on the part of an American president. Hillary Clinton has said the United States would "vigorously pursue a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?, and called for "urgent action by Arabs, Israelis and the international community to break the cycle of Mideast In other words, she has embraced Jimmy Carter?s proposed peace plan. This latest Carter plan is no more and no less than the old Road Map Peace Plan/Shelf Agreement dressed up in "The Emperor?s New Clothes,? and every bit as transparent. It is not a "new? plan at all; it is the same tired "old? plan to force Israel to return to its1967 borders, give Judea and Samaria to the Palestinian Authority, divide Jerusalem, and present East Jerusalem to the terrorists as the new capital of the Palestinian state. violence and to move toward a comprehensive peace in the region.? Just as Carter ascribes altruistic acts to Hamas and Hezbollah, so his plan legitimizes terrorism and those who carry out such heinous attacks. It is reminiscent of the former President?s plan to remove America?s greatest Muslim ally the Shah of Iran from power; consider the chaos that caused. The Middle East today suffers from Carter?s political machinations during his presidency. Mr. Carter has set the standard and provided the training for today?s Liberal Left when it comes to shifting the focus away from terrorists and their deadly activities and onto America?s perceived wrongs. After all, if the former President appears in concert with terrorist leaders in the Middle East, it must surely appear to make their activities acceptable. Jimmy Carter is among the number clamoring to change the worldview of these terrorists from that of mass murders of the innocent to "insurgents? or a "liberation movement.? He is quick to indict the U.S. at every opportunity; and equally quick to champion the downtrodden suicide bombers, or to be in sync with the Liberal Left?"martyrs.? Now he will be joined by Hillary Rodham Clinton and her Middle East minion, George Mitchell who will serve as an undersecretary in the state department. Mitchell headed a commission to determine the cause of the second intifada (aka, the Oslo War.) Among the conclusions of his commission were: the Israeli security forces were not seriously threatened by Palestinians armed with molotov cocktails; the PLO had not made a concerted effort to halt terrorism against Israel; and the IDF had killed enemy combatants during an armed confrontation. The commission did not address the fact that the PLO spent nearly seven years readying its schools, media and security forces for a vicious confrontation with Israel. It gave the PLO a slap on the wrist for "positioning gunmen with or near civilian dwellings.? The commission suggested that Israel allow Palestinians entry into Israel to return to their jobs, and pay the salaries of the PLO fighters at war with Israel. In its reported suggestions which would have left Israel amazingly vulnerable, Mr. Mitchell?s commission made no mention of the Palestinian Authority having "amassed 50,000 weapons, more than they are supposed to have, in clear violation of the written Oslo accords.? Apparently, it was permissible for Yasser Arafat to defy the Oslo edicts because he was a "freedom fighter.? Israel, however, though obviously targeted by terrorist attacks was supposed to simply turn the other cheek. It is obvious, to me at least, that as Israel?s leader, Benjamin Netanyahu will once again have to face an administration and state department determined to force Israel back to the bargaining table. The truth remains: It is impossible to reason with the unreasonable, with those who want Israel wiped off the map. [i] Nathan Podhoretz, CommentaryMagazine.com, "A Response to Andrew Sullivan,? November 19, 2007, http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/podhoretz/1340. (Accessed April 2008.) [ii] "Carter-HAMAS Meeting comes on 25th Anniversary of Deadly Terror Attack,? Fox News, April 18, 2008, http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendlly_story/0,3566,351717,00.html. (Accessed April 2008.) [iii] www.wisdomquotes.com. (Accessed April 2008.) [iv] Jimmy Carter, "Crisis of Confidence? speech, July 15, 1979, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carter/filmmore/ps_crisis.html. (Accessed April 2008.) [v] Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, Ambassador to the United Nations, Republican National Convention 1984, http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/conventions/san.diego/facts/GOP.speeches.past/84.kirkpatrick.shtml. (Accessed April 2008.) [1] Nathan Podhoretz, CommentaryMagazine.com, "A Response to Andrew Sullivan,? November 19, 2007, http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/podhoretz/1340. (Accessed April 2008.) [1] "Carter-HAMAS Meeting comes on 25th Anniversary of Deadly Terror Attack,? Fox News, April 18, 2008, http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendlly_story/0,3566,351717,00.html. (Accessed April 2008.) [1] www.wisdomquotes.com. (Accessed April 2008.) [1] Jimmy Carter, "Crisis of Confidence? speech, July 15, 1979, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carter/filmmore/ps_crisis.html. (Accessed April 2008.) [1] Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, Ambassador to the United Nations, Republican National Convention 1984, http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/conventions/san.diego/facts/GOP.speeches.past/84.kirkpatrick.shtml. (Accessed April 2008.) Mon, 28 Feb 2011 20:55:12 -0800 Full article 1_17available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com President Barack Obama spoke directly to the Iranian people recently in an endeavor to engage that country in direct talks. I believe he is making a terrible mistake. It appears he is attempting to appease the fanatical leaders in that rogue nation in the same way Jimmy Carter did. Radical Islamic terrorists worldwide will surely interpret this as a sign of fear and weakness on the part of our new commander-in-chief. It could embolden them to strike America yet again. Mr. Obama is following the pattern set by Jimmy Carter when the former president abandoned long-time ally Shah Reza Pahlavi and engaged Ayatollah Khomeini in covert talks while the leader of the Islamic revolution was ensconced in Paris in 1979. Carter opened a "disavowable? channel of communication through contacts in the U.S. in an effort to use diplomacy to build bridges with the Ayatollah?s revolutionary movement in Iran. The only thing Carter created was a 444-day living hell for fifty-two American hostages held captive by Iranian terrorists, not to mention his loss of a second term as president. He was ultimately forced to distribute $7.9 billion to the Iranians from the Federal Reserve through a series of bank transactions on the day of Ronald Reagan?s inauguration. He signed an Algiers Accord that prevented the U.S. from future intervention in Iranian affairs, and kept the hostages from suing for reparations. Our high-tech, twenty-first century president followed his nationwide appearance on late night television?s Jay Leno Show to push his stimulus package to Americans with a YouTube and White House website broadcast offering a "new day? to the Iranian people. How many Iranians do you suppose were gathered around their flat-screen computer monitors waiting with bated breath to hear the forty-fourth president offer his message of appeasement? Just as Jimmy Carter attempted to look Rooseveltian by donning a cardigan for a fireside chat directed at the American people, so Mr. Obama has adopted the modern technical tools of the trade in order to get his message across to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his radical cohorts. His aim was to engage the Iranian people; only time will determine if he was successful, or if he, like Mr. Carter has only broadcast his weakness rather than strength. And, we must note that many sites such as YouTube are blocked from broadcast in Iran. It will likely not be as effective a tool as was Khomeini?s use of old-fashioned cassette tapes to infuse the Iranians with revolution. The liberal Mr. Obama was joined in his pursuit by the liberal Israeli president, Shimon Peres. Each man appealed to the nobler of the Iranians, which most certainly does not include the likes of the fanatical Ahmadinejad and supreme religious leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei who continues to call Israel a "cancerous tumor? that is on the verge of collapse and has called for its destruction. Unfortunately for President Obama, the Iranians have a long history with the United States, and an even longer memory. Ahmadinejad is now engaged in making his list of injustices perpetrated by the United States on the poor, mistreated country of Iran. Said the diminutive Iranian president, "We cannot simply forget what the U.S. did to our nation. They need to perceive what wrong orientation they had and make serious efforts to make up for it.? The real truth is that such slogans as "Death to America? can still be heard floating over those amassed for Friday prayers in Tehran. Iran turned a blind eye while many of the nineteen 9/11 perpetrators crossed its territory on their way to target Americans with death and destruction. It has provided IEDs by the truckload to be used against our troops in Iraq. But of course, no one bothered to mention those little facts. The sobering question is, "How far will President Obama go to appease the Iranians?? One can only hope he will not adopt the tactics used by Mr. Carter who ultimately uncorked the bottle which held the genii of terrorism, and unleashed it on an unsuspecting world. ******** Michael D. Evans, a #1 New York Times bestselling author, is the author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos. A television special based on the book is currently being produced (www.carterbooktv.com). Mon, 28 Feb 2011 20:36:27 -0800 Full article 1_18available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com In the words of Ronald Reagan during the second Reagan-Carter debate in 1980, "There you go again!? Jimmy Carter was not content to skew the facts in Palestine Peace not Apartheid; he is at it again in his latest book, We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land. A recent opinion piece in the Washington Times outlined Carter?s inequities in the manuscript regarding two former prime ministers, Menachem Begin and Benjamin Netanyahu. The Begin Center Diary, an authorized blogspot for the Begin Center, applauded the Times article for setting the record straight. On the subject of dividing Jerusalem, Mr. Carter wrote that Menachem Begin viewed the possibility favorably. Nothing could have been further from accurate. I was a confidant to Mr. Begin; he gave me a copy of a letter he had written to President Carter on September 17, 1978. In the letter, Begin penned, "On the basis of this law, the government of Israel decreed in July 1967 that Jerusalem is one city indivisible, the capital of the State of Israel.? That doesn?t sound like Mr. Begin wished to divide Jerusalem to placate Mr. Carter. The former president wrote that Begin agreed to a freeze on building Jewish settlements. Again, not true. Begin told me he had only agreed to a three-month moratorium on building, from September 17 to December 17, 1978. Carter also targets Benjamin Netanyahu who is certainly no friend to the Liberal Left. He writes that in 1976 this Israeli leader was a "naysayer? who opposed returning control of the Sinai to Egypt. I ask you: How could Netanyahu have been a naysayer in 1976? He was working as a salesman in the U.S. while pursuing his education. It was in 1982, on the anniversary of his brother, Jonathan?s, death as leader of the raid on the Entebbe airport in Uganda to free Jewish hostages that I prayed and wept with Benjamin. I was so impressed with him that the following day, I asked Prime Minister Begin and his senior advisor (and my dear friend) Reuben Hecht to offer him a position in government. I said, "Someday this young man will be the prime minister of Israel.? Begin smiled and asked the identity of this competing Prime Minister. I did not relate this to Benjamin until some twenty years later. As with the inaccuracies in Palestine Peace Not Apartheid, Mr. Carter seems to weave fact and fiction with a weary old plan to achieve peace in the Middle East and hope that he can, at least, fool some of the people some of the time. As is the norm in any initiative for Middle East Peace, Mr. Carter?s miraculous "new? plan demands much of Israel and very little of the Palestinians. While Jimmy Carter seems to view Israelis as the radicals in the Middle East, he exposes his soft underbelly where the leaders of Hamas, Hezbollah, and Syria are concerned. Carter believes Israel will live happily ever after with the Arab world by simply giving terrorist regimes their land. I am reminded of the question I asked Benjamin Netanyahu at the Madrid Peace Conference: "For human rights not to be biased, "I said, "Jews would have the same freedom as Arabs regarding settling in territories if they chose to do so, be it Riyadh of Amman, etc. Has there been any discussion on that?? Netanyahu replied, "On the question of individual rights of Arabs and Jews, there is no symmetry now. That is, if Arabs desire to live among Jews, as they do and they have a right to, Jews should have the right to live among Arabs. The fact is that no Jews are allowed to live in Jordan or Saudi Arabia, and that is the kind of conception, an apartheid peace if you will, that we cannot tolerate and that no one should tolerate in the closing part of this century.? And yet, it was Jimmy Carter who in a previous book accused Israel of being an apartheid state. When Mr. Carter?s tired and trite commentary is exposed to the light of day, it will be easily seen that there is truly nothing new under the sun. ********** Michael D. Evans, a #1 New York Times bestselling author, is the author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos. A television special based on the book is currently being produced (www.carterbooktv.com). Mon, 28 Feb 2011 20:32:59 -0800 Full article 1_16available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Evans: How do you see the current Iranian nuclear situation? Netanyahu: Iran could inspire three hundred million Shia to a religious war?first against other Arabs, then against the West. They don?t hate you because of us; they hate us because of you. They don?t hide the fact that they intend to take on the West. We have to have our eyes on the two objectives: one, to take care of Iran, especially Iran?s part in Lebanon and Gaza; and two, deal with Iran?s nuclear missile program. Iran must not arm itself with weapons of mass destruction. Evans: We have proxies that are attacking your country, and no one is using the word " Iran? any longer. Is it possible that if America sleeps that America could be experiencing proxies coming across our borders? Netanyahu: Up until now, nuclear weapons have been in the hands of responsible regimes. You have one regime that apparently has them now in North Korea. There aren?t a billion North Koreans that seek to inspire a religious war. That?s what Iran could do. It could inspire the two hundred million Shiites. That?s what they intend to do?inspire them into a religious war, first against other Muslims, then against the West. They say we are the "Small Satan? and that America is the "Great Satan.? Europe is the "Middle-Sized Satan.? It is important to understand that they could impose a direct threat to Europe and to the United States?and to Israel, obviously. They don?t hide it. They don?t even hide the fact that they intend to take on the West. Evans: On 9/11 you spoke to the nation and you described 9/11 as a "wake-up call from hell.? What would America look like and what could happen to our nation if Iran goes nuclear? Netanyahu: Iran has said in unequivocal terms that first of all its target is Israel and they do it with a particular brand of malevolence because they deny that the Holocaust took place?the murder of six million Jews?while they?re openly declaring their intention to create another holocaust to destroy the six million Jews of Israel. Number one, Israel could be in great jeopardy. Number two, so will everybody else. And number three, of course, is the ability of Iran to use its nuclear arsenal and its missile arsenal to threaten Europe and the U.S. directly. You can?t count on the ayatollahs of the world, armed with nuclear weapons, to back off. They often prefer their zeal over their survival. This is a different ideology; it is a different threat. Iran must not be allowed to be armed. It is the new barbarians who are seeking the weapons of mass death, and we have all been forewarned. This is another wake-up call. That?s all it is. EVANS: Are saying there is an Islamic faction that would prefer a mushroom cloud in Israel and America, a world without Zionism and America, and that somehow they think we are all going to submit to Islam? Netanyahu: That?s what they want; it?s not a preference. It?s like they are ordered to do it. This is the danger of this creed. It?s not a choice; it is almost like an order from Allah. That?s why these people are willing to commit suicide. This is probably the first time that such a mad militancy on a global scale would seek to acquire weapons of mass death. ********** Michael D. Evans, a #1 New York Times bestselling author, is the author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos. A television special based on the book is currently being produced (www.carterbooktv.com). Mon, 28 Feb 2011 20:29:46 -0800 Full article 1_15available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Former President Jimmy Carter?s pro-Arafat and pro-Palestinian leanings are legendary. According to Carter?s assessment, Israel is the crux of the problem. Never mind that Israel has endured decades of terror attacks from Lebanon, Syria and Gaza, worthless peace agreements, and a desire by its Arab neighbors to see Israel "wiped off the map.? None of this moves Mr. Carter. In his world, Yasser Arafat was the put-upon Palestinian leader sorely abused by the Israelis. Carter presents himself as a neutral, third-party arbitrator, especially in Middle East affairs. Despite his role as intermediary at Camp David, Carter has, in recent years, made statements that might be construed as anti-Semitic. He continues to be a harsh and outspoken critic of Israel, and has often favored Israel?s enemies over the only democratic society in the Middle East. Of course, there are many today who believe the Republican Party under the leadership of George W. Bush is solely responsible for the mess in the Middle East. In truth, the groundwork for this miasma was laid during the term of former Democratic President Jimmy Carter. It was all brought about in the name of change and hope; familiar themes being heard today from Democratic front-runners. It was Jimmy Carter who created a firestorm that destabilized our greatest firewall in the Muslim world, the Shah of Iran, in favor of a religious fanatic, the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Carter viewed Khomeini more as a religious holy man in a grassroots revolution than the founding father of modern terrorism. His advisors concurred: Ambassador to the UN Andrew Young said, "Khomeini will eventually be hailed as a saint.? Ambassador to Iran William Sullivan said, "Khomeini is a Gandhi-like figure.? Carter adviser James Bill proclaimed that Khomeini was not a mad mujahid, but a man of "impeccable integrity and honesty.? As a result, the Carter administration stood by while Iran descended into the chaos of a fanatical Islamic revolution and was stunned when American embassy employees were taken hostage and held for 444 days. Ninety days following Khomeini?s declaration of the first day of the "Government of God? on April 1, 1979, President Jimmy Carter inked a top-secret document launching America on the path that in 2001 would lead to the deaths of 2,974 innocent American civilians. It was generally thought that U.S. aid to the Afghanistan Mujahedeen was initiated in 1980 under the Republican administration of Ronald Reagan. It was, however, the directive signed by Carter that favored supporting insurgent propaganda and other psychological operations in Afghanistan; establishing radio contact with the Afghan people through a third country; providing appropriate support either in funds or non-military supplies. Carter approved another infusion of $30 million in 1980; and in 1981 the amount was raised to $50 million. Carter?s ill-advised execution of human rights guidelines and his decision to unseat the Shah ultimately caused the loss of more than 600,000 lives during the Iran/Iraq War. Why? With the departure of the Shah, Saddam Hussein saw his opportunity to boldly march into Iran and seize power in that country. Carter?s decision to abandon Iran to the Khomeini-implemented rule by the mullahs and ayatollahs was eventually responsible for Iraq?s attack on Kuwait and Desert Storm; it spawned the Soviet incursion into Afghanistan, the rise of the Taliban, HAMAS, and al-Qaeda. Dr. Michael D. Evans is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, The Final Move Beyond Iraq (www.beyondiraq.com). Mon, 28 Feb 2011 09:12:59 -0800 Full article 1_10available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The Washington Post does its readers a disservice by publishing reports about Israel that lack balance and context. Israel?s behavior is constantly presented without relation to Palestinian behavior; its reaction to Palestinian actions is given without reference to the Palestinian actions that precipitated it. In a recent article, for example, reporter Scott Wilson accused Israel of degrading the residents of the Gaza Strip to "beggar status.? He neglected to inform Post readers that Gazans are going begging for a properly functioning government because they elected Hamas, which is committed to the destruction of Israel, as their leadership. Had Wilson chosen to write about the Israeli civilians of the northern Negev who are daily bombarded with Hamas rockets, he might have described them as being reduced to "beggar status? with regard to security from Palestinian terrorism. At the beginning of December, the number of Kassam rockets and mortars fired at Israel by Palestinian terrorists in Gaza during 2007 hit the 2,000 mark ? nearly double the number in 2006. Attacks and casualties increased steadily despite efforts to renew Israel-Palestinian peace talks, whose primary goal is solving the conflict by creating a sovereign Palestinian state. The escalation, it should be pointed out but seldom is in the Post, followed Israel?s 2005 withdrawal from all of Gaza and parts of the West Bank. Palestinian autonomy in Gaza has meant intensification in arms smuggling and the attacks this enables, a context that is not to be found in the Post. The paper recently published another front page article supposedly describing the "isolation and exclusion? of Israel?s Arab citizens. It depicts a young and successful Arab-Israeli couple, both professionals, whose application to join a new Jewish community in the Galilee was rejected. In response, they have filed suit against discrimination. Not coincidentally, Arab members of the Knesset, Israel?s parliament, voting with the Jewish majority, have approved the construction of a new city in the Galilee for Arabs. Leaving aside the curious fact that the Post chooses to single out and analyze ethnic inequalities within only one country in the world, Israel, it doesn?t do a very good job of it. The Post fails to note, for example, that following independence the Arab countries expelled all their Jews. This fact could reasonably be expected to lead the Post to observe that finding Arab and Jewish citizens living together in peace inside Israel is quite remarkable. And if an exclusive Jewish community votes not to admit an Arab couple, such discrimination is challenged in the High Court of Justice. The Post does not mention this, nor the fact that Jewish couples would also not be welcome in close-knit Arab communities. The world tolerates discrimination against racial and religious minorities in countless countries without this being singled out on the front page of the Washington Post. The fact that Israeli Arab victims of discrimination have recourse through the courts and their democratically elected parliament means that they have it a lot better than in some European Community countries, not to mention the members of the Arab League. Israeli Arabs have equal rights, serve in parliament and on the Supreme Court, have the highest per capita income and standard of living, and the lowest infant mortality rate of any Arab country. Do the few inequalities they may suffer rate the front page treatment that is not accorded worse discrimination in other countries? Not if balanced reporting is the issue, rather than badmouthing Israel. The Post?s apparent bias also leads to a rather silly tendency to misinterpret facts. For example, Wilson bemoans the fact that "Arabs are excluded from military service? as if this is yet another example of discrimination. Arab citizens are excused from military service by their own request, so they would not be in the position of having to fight their own relatives. Arabs may perform non-military national service instead, and many do. Druze and Bedouin citizens do proudly serve in the Israel Defense Forces. The Middle East is a tough neighborhood, and Israel has been defending its place in it not just for the past 60 years since independence, but for more than a century. Israelis deserve better consideration on its pages than to be cast as the default villain. One can only wonder how the Washington Post would have covered the story if French Canadian separatists had fired 2,000 rockets into New England during the past year. Mon, 28 Feb 2011 09:11:47 -0800 Full article 1_8available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Iran?s Islamic Revolutionary Guards (IRG) is using Iran?s Baghdad embassy as its headquarters for secret military operations against coalition forces in Iraq, according to an Iranian opposition group. Mohammad Mohadessin, spokesman for the Paris-based National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), the parliament-in-exile of the Iranian Resistance, said in a statement that the IRG had transformed the embassy "into the most important center for coordinating its terrorist and intelligence activities against coalition forces.? IRG officers hold top positions throughout the Iranian government ? President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, for example ? so it is not surprising the embassy is under its control. Mohadessin identified four "diplomats? as senior Guards officers, including Ambassador Kazemi Qomi. "They are directly responsible for supervising the transfer of shipments of weapons and ammunition ? from Iran to [the Guard?s] proxy forces in Iraq,? he said. Although Teheran denies it, the US has ample proof the Iranians are behind much of the killing of American soldiers in Iraq, from supplying sophisticated bomb-making material for the IEDs that have caused hundreds of casualties in recent months to infiltrating fighters. Ironically, in his first state visit to Iran in early September, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki asked his host, President Ahmadinejad, for his support in quelling the violence that threatens to destroy Iraq. Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying, ?Iran will give its assistance to establish complete security in Iraq, because Iraq?s security is Iran?s security.? It was not reported whether Ahmadinejad was smiling when he said that, but evidently Maliki needed reassurance. Just a few weeks later, when both leaders were attending the opening of the UN General Assembly, they met again at the Blue Mosque in Queens, New York, following Ahmadinejad?s speech at Columbia University. Last week the US imposed sweeping new sanctions against the IRG, because of Teheran?s support for terrorism and nuclear weapons ambitions. The ban targeted three of Iran?s largest banks and eight individuals Washington said were engaged in trading missiles and supporting terrorist groups throughout the Middle East. This is the first time the US has put a military force of a sovereign government in the same category as al-Qaida, Hamas, and Hizbullah. Iran?s Revolutionary Guards is a select force of some 200,000 members that is separate from the country?s regular military. It has its own ground, naval, and air divisions. Guards members in southern Iraq are training Shi?ite militias to use mortars and rockets, according to US Army Maj.-Gen. Rick Lynch, commander of US forces south of Baghdad. He noted that rocket attacks were becoming "more accurate and more effective? due to the Iranians. Mohadessin also said the IRG had taken over some of Iran?s most lucrative companies and is profiting from trade with the European Union. "Over the years the [IRG] has created financial sources which do not fall under the control of the government,? he said. "A major portion of the $40 billion in [non-petroleum] EU trade is now done with [the IRG], its affiliates, and its front companies.? This would seem to be a good place for Europe to apply pressure and help stop Teheran?s march toward manufacturing nuclear weapons. But that would be expecting too much, even of countries within range of Iran?s ballistic missiles. Christiane Hohmann, spokeswoman for the EU External Relations Commission, said the 27-nation bloc had not yet imposed sanctions on Iran. "There is no economic embargo against Iran in place and no economic sanctions; there are export restrictions in place with regard to dual-use goods,? she said. Doesn?t the word appeasement mean anything to the Europeans after World War II? Iran is less a theological regime than a military dictatorship, and the IRG dominates political, economic, and cultural life, while protecting the ayatollahs and Ahmadinejad from opposition at home. Besides being Iran?s top imam, Supreme Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is commander-in-chief of the armed forces, and has exploited his control over the IRG to fortify his rule. Dr. Michael D. Evans is the author of the New York Times #1 bestseller, The Final Move Beyond Iraq. Mon, 28 Feb 2011 09:08:49 -0800 Full article 1_36available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been given a privileged U.S. visa legitimizing his fraudulent election in spite of the fact that innocent Iranians who overtly opposed the outcome are languishing in prison. Their only sin against Ahmadinejad was the demand that their vote count. The only world stage for Ahmadinejad that would put him back in the game is New York City and the United Nations. It seems not to matter that Iran is but a screwdriver away from possessing a nuclear bomb as well as a nuclear umbrella that will precipitate a trillion-dollar nuclear arms race among the Gulf Sunni states. This does not address the fact that Ahmadinejad and his terrorist State are on a "mission from God? to wipe Israel off the map in hopes of ushering in the Mahdi and a worldwide Islamic caliphate. Ahmadinejad, who is scheduled to speak at the U.N. on Thursday, continues to blatantly deny the Holocaust and threaten Israel with extinction. A member of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission told me that even if Israel intercepted a nuclear warhead, a lead-lined trunk filled with centrifuge material could create as much human agony and devastation as did Hiroshima. An asymmetrical attack with a backpack full of radioactive material could literally kill thousands. Israeli leaders perceive Iran to be the center of gravity of world terror. They have begged President Obama to deal with Iran with moral clarity and draw a line in the sand. Instead, the president has allowed Ahmadinejad to break every deadline that has been set and thumb his nose at the International Atomic Energy Association and the UN. He has, rather, played off Obama?s "let?s just talk? approach. Iranian leaders are apparently convinced that President Obama is cut from the same cloth as Jimmy Carter, and has no backbone. This will be Ahmadinejad?s best opportunity to utilize the American media and a 9/11 world stage before Israel is forced to attack Iran?s nuclear facilities. This will drag the Persian Gulf and the world into a catastrophic nightmare from hell which could have been avoided. ******** Michael D. Evans is a New York Times #1 bestselling author who has written thirty-eight books on the Middle East and hundreds of articles published in USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Washington Times, Jerusalem Post and newspapers throughout the world. Evans recommended Benjamin Netanyahu for his first political position under Menachem Begin and is one of his oldest friends. His latest book, Atomic Iran, Countdown to Armageddon will be released later this month. Mon, 28 Feb 2011 08:59:45 -0800 Full article 1_6available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The relationship between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Barack Obama could be the perfect storm. In a much-touted speech delivered from Cairo, Obama outlined what he sees as the first and second greatest sources of tension between the Muslim world and the United States. Al-Qaeda topped his list, but Israel came in as the second greatest source of tension. The president said, "Israel has been depriving the Palestinians of their homeland for sixty years." The president made another point in his speech: "And any nation - including Iran - should have the right to access peaceful nuclear power if it complies with its responsibilities under the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty." Prime Minister Netanyahu does not believe that a state which is the center of gravity for world terrorism has the right to have any nuclear power, period. An assistant U.S. secretary of state has already called for Israel to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. In his speech in Cairo, Obama also said he preferred a world in which NO country possessed nuclear weapons. How the two leaders interact may well be defined by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and the influence former President Bill Clinton may have on his wife. Clinton possessed a secular, humanistic world view. It was, after all, Bill Clinton who refused to meet with Prime Minister Netanyahu during two pivotal visits to the United States - one in 1997 and the other in 1999. The refusal was interpreted as a blatant attempt to influence elections in Israel. Unfortunately for the prime minister, it worked; he was defeated by Ehud Barak with the help of Bill Clinton's political architect, James Carville. Obama indicated he might be prepared to link Israel's behavior during the peace process with the considerable aid the U.S. gives to Israel. He said, "...what the U.S. can do regarding the Palestinian/Israeli peacemaking effort is to create the conditions and atmosphere and provide the help and assistance that facilitates an agreement." In essence, Obama's worldview is similar to that of Jimmy Carter. It was Carter who forced the Shah of Iran into submission; the Shah feared that Carter would not supply much-needed parts for his air force if he failed to comply with the president's human rights demands. Israel could find itself in a similar dilemma with Obama. Netanyahu embraces Ronald Reagan's worldview. On his first trip to the White House as prime minister I covered the event. I noticed that when he spoke at the National Press Club and mentioned Ronald Reagan, the secular press hissed like snakes. Ronald Reagan believed that three liberal entities - what he called the Iron Triangle - were at work to hinder the progress of freedom: special interest groups, the liberal media, and the liberal Democrats. Barack Obama is liberal in his theology. This is due in part to the fact that he is the first U.S. president born in a Muslim home and raised by an atheist whose objective was for her children to understand worldviews. His mother wanted her children to learn of all religions - Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, and of course, that of native Hawaiians. A young Obama practiced some form of Islam at the behest of his stepfather, a Muslim from Kenya who attended the mosque on Fridays. As a young adult, Obama finally found his niche at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago under the tutelage of Rev. Jeremiah Wright whose anti-Semitism has become legendary. Obama was instructed in Black Liberation theology which added a new dimension to his worldview. After his years of searching, he finally embraced a liberal, innovative theology. Taking into account all of his years under the ministry of Rev. Wright, the president revealed in his book The Audacity of Hope that he had no words to comfort his daughter regarding life after death. The president has also written regarding the scriptures: "When I read the Bible, I do so with the belief that it is not a static text but the Living Word and that I must be continually open to new revelations whether they come from a lesbian friend or a doctor opposed to abortion." He has also stated that "I am rooted in the Christian tradition, [but] I believe there are many paths to the same place and that is a belief that there is a higher power, a belief that we are connected as a people." The fundamental dissimilarities between Benjamin Netanyahu and Barack Obama are greater than those between Bill Clinton and Benjamin Netanyahu. It could very well be that America's 52 Million bible believing Christians may have the final word. Michael D. Evans, a #1 New York Times bestselling author, is the author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos. A television special based on the book is currently airing (www.carterbooktv.com). Mon, 28 Feb 2011 08:57:47 -0800 Full article 1_60available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Ahmadinejad tells Assad Jewish state must be "resisted with full force." Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told Syrian President Bashar Assad that Israel "must be resisted" and finished off "once and for all" if it launches a military operation in the Middle East, Reuters cited an Iranian report as saying on Thursday. "We have reliable information ... that the Zionist regime is after finding a way to compensate for its ridiculous defeats by the people of Gaza and Lebanon's Hizbullah," Ahmadinejad told his Syrian counterpart in a phone conversation on Wednesday evening, according to IRIB, Iran's state broadcaster. "If the Zionist regime repeats its mistakes and initiate a military operation, then it must be resisted with full force to put an end to it once and for all," Ahmadinejad reportedly asserted. The Iranian president has called for Israel to be "wiped off the map" multiple times and has voiced harsh criticism against Israeli policies. At the UN General Assembly in New York in September, Ahmadinejad gave a fiery speech that targeted Israel as a "Zionist regime" guilty of "inhumane policies in Palestine." Through a translator, the Iranian leader likened actions by Israel in Gaza to "genocide,"' and said the international community "is impatiently waiting for the punishment of the aggressors and the murderers of the defenseless people of Gaza." Ahmadinejad portrayed Israel and its allies, including the United States, as part of a vast conspiracy. E.B. Solomont contributed to this report. To read this article on Jpost.com click here Mon, 28 Feb 2011 08:39:18 -0800 Full article 1_47available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com On December 24, 1979, the Russians invaded Afghanistan. It became an imbroglio for the Superpower that was driven back within its own borders in ignominious defeat. The Russians were so determined not to acknowledge their defeat that they christened the plane carrying the coffins of their young soldiers back to mother Russia the Black Tulip. It was aptly named, as black signifies death, and the tulip is the flower of youth. President Obama?s plan to increase the troop levels in Afghanistan to approximately 100,000 can only be compared to the old Soviet Union?s dilemma when they faced defeat in that hostile region. Afghanistan is even more deadly with the incursion of the Taliban and al-Qaeda, both aggressively antagonistic to the United States. What will happen if President Obama abandons Afghanistan to the Taliban and al-Qaeda? How will it impact the region? One of the trades that greatly impact the region is the export of opium. For half a decade, more than 90 percent of the world?s source of illegal opium and heroin has sprung from the fields of Afghanistan. Today, the war in Afghanistan has opened the floodgates for the production and distribution of heroin. Those who are flourishing in that war-torn country are the fanatical insurgents and the smugglers who traffic in heroin. It can be a lucrative business for those at the top of the pyramid. The going rate for a kilo of heroin in Afghanistan is approximately $2,500. When transported across the border to Tajikistan, the same shipment can bring $5,000, and in Moscow, $100,000. That?s quite an incentive to continue to find ways to grow poppies and produce heroin for the marketplace. It has proven to be a boon for the Taliban whose leaders demand protection money for the drug shipments and the chemicals needed to refine the heroin for street sales. These "protectors? can earn upwards of $75 million yearly for their services. The question continues to resonate: "Why send additional troops into a situation where American soldiers become babysitters for drug lords?? Until the poppy fields are torched, it is suicide to send more American troops. Just who would they be defending? The poppy panderers? Can you imagine the U.S. government protecting drug dealers in America? Another boon in the drug trade is the ability to purchase weapons whose trade can net the trader as much as $5,000 each month, great riches in a country where the median income is approximately $800 per year or about $77 per month. The weapon of choice is the Russian Kalashnikov which sells for about $400 on the black market. The highly-prized new version of the famed weapon, the Kalakov sells for $1,100. It is most desirable because it is smaller, and its bullets will pierce body armor, a plus among the Taliban and al-Qaeda who are targeting American troops. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the conference on Afghanistan in The Hague earlier this year stated that over 50 percent of the Taliban were "moderates.? I challenged her with a reminder that the Taliban were far from being moderate. During the conference, several Afghan diplomats met privately with me at the Intercontinental Hotel. They assured me that Ms. Clinton was 100 percent wrong; I was 100 percent correct. It was sad that they could not say that directly to the Secretary of State. How does one define a "moderate terrorist?? According to Clinton, those Taliban who abandoned the fanatical organization and became "moderate? Taliban would be granted permission to enter into any talks on the future of Afghanistan. President Obama should take a look back at Jimmy Carter?s "negotiations? with the fanatical Ayatollah Khomeini. What could he learn from Carter?s presidency regarding Afghanistan? Mr. Carter destabilized the Middle East by not supporting America?s strongest Muslim ally in the region, the Shah of Iran. He approved the covert funding of Ayatollah Khomeini, making it possible for the Imam to birth radical Islam from his retreat outside Paris. Carter continued the destabilization of the region when he covertly funded the Muslim Brotherhood in their fight against the Soviets. I am a Texan and a conservative Republican, but I was disturbed when President George Bush sent U.S. troops into Iraq. I wrote a book, Beyond Iraq, The Next Move, because the solution seemed to me to be quite simple: Since we had controlled Iraqi airspace for ten years, I believed all we had to do was close the Syrian border to prevent Saddam Hussein from smuggling through Syria. Had we done that, we would have had him caged like a canary. It appears that President Obama is making an even bigger mistake by sending our brave young men and women into harm?s way to fight an enemy he refuses to define as an enemy. He cannot say the words "radical Islam? or "terrorist.? He prefers to call them militants and insurgents. This is the atmosphere into which we will send even more American troops; a no-win situation where men and women of the United States military are forced to protect the very people who by peddling their deadly opium and heroin across the ocean finance the war in Afghanistan. It is a war that cannot be won until the oxygen that fuels, feeds, and finances the fires of terrorism is shut off. ******** Michael D. Evans, a #1 New York Times bestselling author, is the author of Atomic Iran, Countdown to Armageddon. Mon, 28 Feb 2011 08:36:05 -0800 Full article 1_37available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com In twenty minutes at the Intercontinental Hotel in New York City where Iran?s infamous president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, stayed during the UN General Assembly, six Revolutionary Guard diplomats responded to my question, "How will you avoid an attack upon your nuclear reactors especially in view of President Ahmadinejad?s belligerence at the UN?? In my conversation with the Iranian diplomats, the men made it quite clear Iran had nothing to fear. They said there would not be an attack. "Israel is bluffing,? confidently averred one of the men. "There is absolutely nothing for us to concern ourselves with because neither Israel nor the United States tried to save its ally, the Shah. They could have with their military, but were too weak to do it. If you think either one will go to war with us, I can tell you, it will never happen.? He went on to say that stringent sanctions, including an oil embargo imposed by the West or an attack by Israel or the U.S. would serve only to unite the people behind Ahmadinejad, who has been under attack since the mullahs in Iran confirmed his reelection earlier this year. These men consider President Obama just another Jimmy Carter who would never attack Iran. They believe he is already losing two wars on their borders ? Iraq and Afghanistan ? and would not dare instigate a third - especially a war that could mean a ten-year ground offensive with the probability of over one-quarter million body bags. Mr. Ahmadinejad?s bravado suffered a major blow, however, when it was disclosed last Friday that Iran had constructed a secret uranium enrichment facility near its holiest city, Qom. Unfortunately, the powers-that-be had failed to inform the UN International Atomic Energy Agency. The disclosure prompted the U.S., Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany to schedule a meeting Thursday in Geneva to discuss Iran?s rogue nuclear program. With President Obama?s efforts to promote sanctions against Iran, the round-the-clock security council meetings, and America?s first official confrontation with the Persian Gulf country since the days of Jimmy Carter, it seems that Iran would do everything conceivable to placate the West. Instead, last Sunday Iran test-fired three short range missiles with a range of 90-100 miles as part of a military exercise. On Monday, it tested two-stage, long-range Sejil-2 missiles and Shahab-3 missiles capable of hitting Israel, most Arab states, Southern Europe, and any location from which an attack on Iran might be launched. The newest revelation of the secret reactor has destroyed Obama?s ability to engage Iran in meaningful dialogue. The Iranians do not fear President Obama?s sanctions. They do not believe that Russia and China will agree to more stringent restrictions. Russia, a country that has balked at imposing strong sanctions against its neighbor, is now expressing concern about the missile tests and might be persuaded to approve some additional moves. China, however, has much to lose if it joins the West in sanctioning Iran. This year alone, China National Petroleum inked a $5 billion contract to expand Iran?s South Pars natural gas field; was asked to bid on a $42.8 billion project to construct seven new oil refineries, as well as a 1,000+-mile pipeline across Iran; and agreed to increase two other refineries to the tune of $3 billion. Ahmadinejad seems confident that the sanctions will not undermine his government; he is selling the country to the Revolutionary Guard. On Sunday, the day of the first missile tests, the Revolutionary Guard purchased more than 50 percent of Iran?s tele-communications company, one of the nation?s largest conglomerates, in a $7.8 billion deal. It has been awarded more than 750 oil and gas construction contracts and has its own port in Iran. Ahmadinejad believes that sanctions only serve to toughen his countrymen and make them more "self-sufficient.? He could be proven wrong, however, as the loss of capital that would result from such a restrictive move could create havoc in Iran?s banking system. It could possibly deliver the final blow to his still-tottering regime. The Revolutionary Guard diplomats reiterated that not even the candidates who ran against Ahmadinejad supported renewed unilateral restrictions on the nuclear program. It seems obvious that the world is threatened by Iran?s resolve to possess an atomic bomb. It would seem equally evident that global measures could and should be initiated to stop the radical Islamic Republic from achieving its purpose, now rather than later. ******** Michael D. Evans is a New York Times #1 bestselling author who has written thirty-eight books on the Middle East and hundreds of articles published in USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Washington Times, Jerusalem Post and newspapers throughout the world. Mon, 28 Feb 2011 08:28:10 -0800 Full article 1_41available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com When Barack Obama meets today at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City with PA leader Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu it will bring little of substance and will be merely an opportunity for the world press to snap photos of the three leaders. Why? There is little, if anything, on which the three men agree. President Obama believes a Palestinian state will defuse most of the Middle East hostility issues. He, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and Mideast envoy George Mitchell have pressed for Israeli concessions since taking office earlier this year. Abbas is a hardliner when it comes to the subject of a settlement freeze in East Jerusalem and the West Bank. At home, Abbas faces censure from the Palestinians who believe in the old song-and-dance routine set to the tune of "You Stole our House, Now Give it Back.? His constituents believe he should not even be in the same room with Netanyahu until the prime minister kowtows to demands from the Obama administration and halts settlement construction in the West Bank. Netanyahu believes Israel has the right to build on its own land without interference from anyone. He is also entrenched in his position that Israel will not sign a peace agreement which allows the PA to form an army, have airspace above Israel, and sign peace treaties with other nations. But, he knows, too, that he needs U.S. arms and support should an attack on Iran?s nuclear facilities be necessary. Too, Netanyahu is walking a fine line in order to hold his governing coalition together back at the Knesset. Anything positive from the summit would likely benefit President Obama, whose approval ratings have been dropping rapidly. If Obama cannot get a commitment of some sort in order to get the peace process moving again, he will be faced with another failure. He needs to be able to present something in the way of a success at the end of today?s "coffee and tea? summit. It is Abbas, however, who could be the real loser if Netanyahu continues to refuse the demands of Obama and the State Department to halt construction. Senior officials in the PA have issued a veiled warning to their leader that a meeting with Israel without a pre-arranged capitulation on Netanyahu?s part would incite "a third intifada, this time against the PA.? Both men are apparently well aware of two things: nothing substantial will come from the meeting; each is taking a significant chance in even being there. For Abbas, it?s all about Palestinian pay-offs. He is hoping for the "Who Wants to be a Millionaire? win from President Obama. He would like the same kind of arrangement that made Yasser Arafat a billionaire, and incidentally, left the Palestinian people with nothing but poverty. The White House-scripted meeting between the two Middle East leaders is nothing more than the theater of the absurd. Neither Abbas nor Netanyahu will concede to whatever demands are made on them by President Obama. Each will smile politely for the cameras during the obligatory photo-op and then go their separate ways. Perhaps the coffee or tea alone will have been worth the trip. Nevertheless, the show must go on?and why not the biggest stage of all ? New York City. Mon, 28 Feb 2011 08:23:01 -0800 Full article 1_33available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com A daily newspaper in Sweden, the Aftonbladet, created a firestorm of controversy when it published an article that charged Israeli soldiers with "harvesting organs from Palestinians wounded or killed by soldiers.? The accusations made in an article by journalist David Bostrom was fueled by claims leveled by Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza in the 1990s. The writer published the egregious lies in a book he wrote in 2001. It initially bombed, and it appears that Mr. Bostrom is fishing for a scheme to revive his literary effort. That the media would bite on such a rotten, stinking dead fish is indicative that bigotry didn?t die with Hitler; it is alive and well on planet Earth. As an author of several New York Times bestsellers and a publisher (TimeWorthy Books and Jerusalem World News), I am appalled that the media ran with this story. Unfortunately, anti-Semitism is not strictly a Muslim problem. Former President Jimmy Carter is in Israel this week with The Elders which include former Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Bishop Desmond Tutu and others. For these leaders to think that they would be warmly welcomed when millions of Jews have been murdered because of conspiracy myths fueled by The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion and its premise that the elders of Zion (Jews) are basically responsible for the world?s evils, is ludicrous. Terrorism against Israel is simply Jew-hatred and bigotry fed and fueled by conspiracy theories. This should come as no surprise when The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion is one of the biggest sellers in Muslim countries. The Palestinian conflict could have been resolved decades ago had it not been for this rampant Jew-hatred. Jews are not killed in Israel because of "land.? They are killed simply and purely for being Jews. It is strange that Jews experience Islamist racism every day in the Middle East and the world sits silently by. It is no less remarkable that the Obama administration is boosting a peace plan with Arab governments whose schoolbooks teach their children that Jews are the descendents of monkeys and pigs. These so-called "moderate? Arab regimes still aren?t prepared to accept Israel?s right to exist. Sixty years after the Holocaust, millions of Arab bigots continue to propagate the vile Nazi racist doctrine of Hitler. Arab children are taught that all wars are caused by the Jews, that the Jews invented AIDS, that the Jews attacked America on September 11th and blamed it on the Arabs, and that America went to war against Iraq on the Jews? behalf. Make no mistake: Arab racism is killing Jews. These bigoted myths and conspiracy theories brainwash Palestinian children to commit suicide bombings against Jews. Innocent children play death games, such as collecting "martyr? cards with pictures of suicide bombers. Israeli officials have requested a condemnation of the Aftonbladet article. Carl Bildt, Swedish foreign minister, has rejected the call. He reiterated that freedom of the press is a constitutional guarantee in Sweden. The Muslim world erupted in fiery protests in 2007 when a Swedish newspaper published a cartoon depicting Muhammad. Lennart Holst, the Swedish charge d?affaires in Islamabad "did not apologize but regretted that the publication had hurt Muslims? feelings.? Has even that much of an apology been offered Israel? Bostrom, who has said he doesn?t know if the accusations are true, but warrant an investigation, reminds me of the story of The Wizard of Oz. It appears that he is auditioning for three of the main roles: the Cowardly Lion, The Tin Man, and the Scarecrow. He obviously lacks a brain or he would not publish unfounded accusations which could create a backlash resulting in the loss of life of Jewish civilians in Israel. The fact that he has stooped lower than the bigoted Don Imus in order to sell a languishing book shows a decided lack of heart. And, Mr. Bostrom obviously lacks the courage to admit his scheme. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu averred he was not asking for an apology from the Swedes, he simply asked them to condemn the absurd article. Israel?s finance Minister, Yuval Steinitz said: "Whoever does not distance himself from a blood libel such as this may not be so welcome now in Israel. We have a crisis until the government of Sweden understands otherwise.? Sixty years after the Holocaust, millions of Arab bigots continue to propagate the vile Nazi racist doctrine of Hitler. America. Now it seems they are aided by at least one Swedish newspaper. ********** Michael D. Evans, a #1 New York Times bestselling author, is the author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos. His newest book, Atomic Iran, Countdown to Armageddon: How the West Can Be Saved will be released in late September Mon, 28 Feb 2011 08:17:26 -0800 Full article 1_32available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com They marched, like Martin Luther King, crying out for freedom and democracy against a Holocaust-denying demented dictator who wants to wipe Israel off the map. They were beaten and killed while President Obama, in a Jimmy Carter-type stupor, looked on. It seems that President Obama is determined to remain aloof to the cries of the people of Iran in favor of doing nothing in order to preserve the possibility of negotiating with the very man who holds the Iranian people under his thumb?Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Khamenei is the man who has ordered a bloody crackdown on those who voted for Mir Hussein Moussavi; a man who is so paranoid he has the challenger?s supporters arrested. The young men and women of Iran, who stood up to Ahmadinejad and had their votes stolen, waited eleven days for President Obama to issue a supportive statement. It came after the death of an innocent bystander from a gunshot wound. Neda, the twenty-six-year-old young woman killed during the protests, had not been part of the street demonstrations. In his belated statement, Obama offered no support of any kind for the protestors. The French government, on the other hand, responded immediately to the brutal reaction by the Iranian regime. Israel Deputy Prime Minister Lt. Gen. Moshe Ya?alon told me that if President Obama would sanction refined oil and enlist global support, the youth of Iran would eventually overthrow the tyrannical regime. To add insult to injury, an unidentified U.S. State Department employee confirmed that embassies abroad were encouraged to "invite representatives from the government of Iran? to attend Independence Day events. With his smoke-and-mirror show, Obama has made America an international laughingstock. The question now: Does President Obama understand that events in Iran today really have nothing to do with the fraudulent election and everything to do with freedom? Men and women aren?t willing to die for a vote recount; they are willing to lay down their lives for the right to be heard. They are not protesting faux ballots; they are protesting the despotic limitations imposed on them by the tyrannical clerics who really run the country. What will President Obama?s reaction be if the Revolutionary Guard and its rabid voluntary paramilitary force, the Basij, decide to mow the protestors down by the thousands in an attempt to halt the protests? Will he remain aloof? Will he take the side of those who are seeking a true democratic voice in the affairs of Iran? Will he imitate Jimmy Carter and support what he called "vigorous debate? over the "irregularities? of the election? Mr. Obama took office vowing to extend a hand to our adversaries. Jimmy Carter held a similar worldview of the Soviet Union, promising to "cure our inordinate fear of communism. Our enemies pushed back at what they perceived as weakness in Afghanistan, Iran, and etc. The Islamic Republic has been exposed as a fraud. Carter was forced to hand over $7.9 billion to Khomeini in an attempt to secure the release of the American Embassy hostages. If President Obama cannot use diplomacy to support democracy, his extended hand to Iran?s ruling mullahs had better have a whole lot more money in it. Will Obama announce that the U.S. will not support those seeking regime change in Tehran? There is a reason their signs are in English; they love the freedom for which America stands. Should the U.S. abandon the "green movement? in Iran we would have the blood of countless men and women on our hands. Do not our basic principles as a nation dictate that we stand with those who oppose a system which is the exact opposite of what we as Americans believe? As president, Obama seems more intent on negotiating with the sworn enemies of the United States, i.e., Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his purveyors of terror, than with those who seek freedom in Iran. Has Obama learned all too well Carter?s mating dance with terrorists, while ascribing to them altruistic acts, legitimizing terrorism and those who carry out such heinous attacks? President Obama now has a legitimate chance to support change for good. He has an opportunity to respond vigorously to those whom poet Emma Lazarus described on the Statue of Liberty as "?your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free?? Will he stand with the freedom-seekers, or has President Obama truly become another Jimmy Carter? He seems to be following in Mr. Carter?s footsteps; it was Carter who recognized the Islamic Republic of the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini with catastrophic results. The mullahs who are in power seized that power by revolution in 1979. They know what a united Iranian people can do. This is what Khamenei fears and why he has avowed that a "street challenge is not acceptable.? The mullahs have perfected the art of enmity over the past three decades. In spite of the hatred spewing from their mouths, the youth of Iran are as passionate about freedom as are the mullah?s clenched fists. I support the Iranian people who want to be free from oppression; yet at the same time, I fear for them. The upheaval that will surely come if they are successful will change the complexion of the Middle East; how dramatically, no one really knows. The challenge is great. Where is Obama?s support for those who fight for freedom? His silence is most telling. As the Iranian people risk their lives, he refuses to see the country that is "terror central? as an evil empire. President Obama has taken a neutral stance. Dante Alighieri said, "The hottest places in Hell are reserved for those who, in time of great moral crises, retained their neutrality.? ********** Michael D. Evans, a #1 New York Times bestselling author, is the author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos. A television special based on the book is currently being produced (www.carterbooktv.com). Mon, 28 Feb 2011 08:05:16 -0800 Full article 1_31available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Jimmy Carter has been occupied during his visit to the Palestinian territory with trying to build a bridge with the leaders of Hamas who support the myths found in The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion, and who refuse to support a Jewish state. Carter believes that peace between Israel and the PA cannot be reached unless or until Hamas is directly engaged in the process. He also believes that Hamas and Fatah must reunite to engage in successful dialogue with Israel. The former president talked with the media after a meeting with President Bashar Assad of Syria and prior to a meeting with Khaled Mashaal, Hamas? exiled leader, in Damascus. Carter has met with Mashaal three times during the past year. His last meeting with Mashaal took place during the final days of the George W. Bush administration when Mr. Carter defied the State Department and met with the terrorist leader. His current trip is just days before George Mitchell, President Obama?s special envoy, is scheduled to visit Damascus. The former president outlined in his most recent book, We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land: A Plan that Will Work, a solution he feels is very straightforward: Israel should embrace the plan put forth by the EU, UN, Arab League, the U.S. and Russia. The plan is also backed by a group known simply as The Elders, an idea formulated by British entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson and musician Peter Gabriel to create a world council of elders to tackle issues such as peace in the Middle East. Jimmy Carter and the Carter Center are heavily involved with this endeavor. Carter is one of three appointed as Elders to the Middle East. The delegation?s objectives were met with skepticism by the Israelis, but according to Mr. Carter, were eagerly embraced by the "Palestinians, peace groups and human rights activists in the region.? Carter?s plan is to allow the Quartet to solve the Middle East problem. He calls for peace-loving organizations such as Hezbollah and Hamas and states like Iran and Syria to be involved in the negotiating process in order to have peace in the Holy Land. He refers to Jews again and again as "radicals,? another word for terrorists. He called Menachem Begin a "radical? and then went on to describe him as the "most notorious terrorist in the region.? Of course, he said the British said that, not him. Carter describes Benjamin Netanyahu as a "key political associate and naysayer? who was strongly opposed to Israel relinquishing control over the Sinai. The former president wrote that Begin agreed to divide Jerusalem. I found that to be astonishing?especially since Mr. Begin had given me a copy of the letter he wrote to Jimmy Carter on September 17, 1978. In the letter he wrote, "Dear Mr. President?. On the basis of this law, the government of Israel decreed in July 1967 that Jerusalem is one city indivisible, the capital of the State of Israel.? According to Begin, Jimmy Carter informed him that the U.S. government did not recognize Jerusalem as Israel?s capital. Begin told me he responded, "Excuse me sir, but the State of Israel does not recognize your non-recognition.? Carter also stated that Prime Minister Menachem Begin agreed to a freeze on building Jewish settlements. Begin told me he had not agreed to a total freeze; he only agreed not to build new settlements for three months, during the negotiations. Carter gives the impression that he and Begin were close friends by saying that Begin and Sadat visited him in Plains to reaffirm the personal commitments each had made to the other. I found that quite humorous; Mr. Begin told me he had refused to meet with Jimmy Carter when the president traveled to Jerusalem. At that time, he was no longer Prime Minister but was outraged that Carter had misrepresented the events during their meetings. Carter viewed Yasser Arafat as a Middle East George Washington. He penned, "We pursued the concept of non-violent resistance of Hamas leaders and gave them documentation and video presentations on the successful experiences of Mahatma Gandhi, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and others.? Carter believes that peace in the Holy Land must include Palestinian militant leader, Marwan Barghouti, the serial killer/terrorist. Carter calls him the "most intriguing player in the Middle East.? He wants Barghouti to run for the office of the presidency in the Palestinian National Authority. Apparently Mr. Carter?s playing footsy with Palestinian terrorists has paid off. He recently added another "honor? to his list of achievements when he was awarded the Palestine International Award for Excellence and Creativity. The dubious honor was certainly well-deserved. Mr. Carter has been very creative in his support for the terrorists that surround Israel. In his acceptance speech, Carter promised to support the campaign for an independent Palestinian state to the death. He also implored the Palestinians to halt the internal strife. Was the implied intent that of uniting the warring factions into one cohesive unit in order to better attack their Jewish neighbors with rockets and suicide attacks? Said the former president in his speech, "I have been in love with the Palestinian people for many years.? He indicated that his family shared his devotion: "I have two great-grandsons that are rapidly learning about the people here and the anguish and suffering and deprivation of human rights that you have experienced ever since 1948.? Mr. Carter doesn?t seem to share the same sympathy for the Jewish people whose history has been riddled with pogroms, hate crimes, and the Holocaust which claimed six million lives. It appears that Carter, long a vocal proponent of establishing an ongoing relationship with Hamas? terrorist leaders, has already made inroads in President Barack Obama?s Middle East policy plans. He has petitioned President Obama to "shape a comprehensive peace effort between Israel and the Palestinians?.then use persuasion and enticements to reach these reasonable goals with the full backing of other members of the International Quartet [ Russia, the UN, the EU, and the United States] and the Arab nations.? It is likely he would call on The Elders for their expertise. The best thing President Obama could do is completely ignore Jimmy Carter and his plan. Michael D. Evans, a #1 New York Times bestselling author, is the author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos. Mon, 28 Feb 2011 07:59:33 -0800 Full article 1_4available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The presidential election was a public sounding-board for the much-touted failures of the Republican Party. He ran against a disgraced president and his policies; he ran in the aftermath of an unpopular war on a platform of "human rights;" and he won. His theme was "change," and that is what America In Jimmy Carter's first State of the Union address, he reassured the American people that "militarily, politically, and economically, in spirit, the state of the Union is sound...For the first time in a generation, we are not haunted by a major international crisis...I am happy to report that our nation is at peace with the world." Jimmy Carter and his Democrat-controlled Congress gave us double-digit inflation in excess of eighteen percent; double-digit unemployment over twelve percent; and double-digit interest rates over twenty-two percent. After Carter's election, Ebrahim, Yazdi, one of the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's supporters urged the cleric to "begin to think of the 'new possibilities' that the expected rift between Tehran and Washington might offer." Yazdi, an Iranian-born American citizen representing the Ayatollah in the United States, wrote to him in exile in Najaf, Iraq that "the Shah's friends in Washington are out....It is time to act.'" [1] Carter apparently ignored CIA warning about Khomeini. A CIA memorandum states, "While in Iraq, Khomeini began working closely with the Islamic Terrorist Group Mujahedeen-e-Khalq (the People's Strugglers). In late 1972 Khomeini issued a religious declaration, or Fatwa, that enjoined faithful Shia to support the Mujahedeen and called for the devout to provide funds for their use.Circumstances dictated that "having picked Khomeini to overthrow the Shah, Carter and the French had to get him out of Iraq, clothe him with respectability, and set him up in Paris." After trying to escape from Iraq, Khomeini was allowed to leave for Paris. In France, the Ayatollah's Iranian visitors totaled more than one thousand per day, all of which the French blessed or, at the very least, turned a blind eye. The Ayatollah became the "Guru of Hate" as he shared his vitriolic dislike for the Shah with all who would listen and learn. These disciples, including a number from various American universities, were not coming just to sit at the feet of the "Teacher" and learn; their pockets, lined with money collected through the Bazaar, the commercial system in Iran, were empty when they left Khomeini's presence. Some estimates place the contributions at approximately twenty million British pounds. The Ayatollah's compound was reportedly surrounded by representatives of covert agencies from the major powers: the CIA, Britain's MI-6, Russia's KGB, and the French intelligence organization, SDECE. One has to wonder why an unknown, uncultured, old cleric was the focus of such attention. CIA memoranda regarding Khomeini and the Shah seem to have either been deliberately ignored by the Carter administration or lost in the great governmental paperwork shuffle. One such memorandum flatly stated, "Khomeini is determined to overthrow the Shah and is unlikely to accept compromise....He has cooperated in the past with Islamic terrorist groups."[4] The chief of staff to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, William Miller, suggested that the U.S. openly support Khomeini and his Islamic revolution. Miller was convinced that Khomeini would progressively pursue human rights reformations in Iran. Carter perceived Khomeini more as a religious holy man in a grassroots revolution than the founding father of modern terrorism. Carter's ambassador to the UN, Andrew Young, said, "Khomeini will eventually be hailed as a saint." Carter's Iranian ambassador, William Sullivan, said, "Khomeini is a Gandhi-like figure." Carter adviser James Bill proclaimed in a Newsweek interview on February 12, 1979, that Khomeini was not a mad mujahid, but a man of "impeccable integrity and honesty." In the fall of 1978, President Carter had appointed former diplomat and Johnson Administration Undersecretary of State George Ball to do an independent and classified study on the Shah and make recommendations to the Carter administration. While formulating his report Ball met with Israeli Ambassador to Iran Uri Lubrani. The two men and National Security Council member Gary Sick met at the Links Club in New York. Sick and Ball were most interested in Lubrani's sources for a report on the situation in Iran which he had forwarded to Moshe Dayan. Lubrani told me personally that Carter was to blame, not solely, but to some extent, for the current state of affairs in Iran.[6] Ball's assessment of the Shah's precarious position was underlined by such inclusions in his report as: "·We urgently need to open a disavowable channel of communication with him [Khomeini] or his entourage.[7] In the midst of the turmoil in Iran, or perhaps because of it, President Carter asked for a meeting on the Frenc Republic island of Guadeloupe in the Caribbean. The invitations were issued by French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing to West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and British Prime Minister James Callagha. Giscard d'Estaing told me that "The President Jimmy Carter told us suddenly that the United States Giscard d'Estaing expressed his shock at Carter's lack of regard for a country that had been a close ally for decades. We were humanly shocked by the way Carter spoke because we knew at the end it would lead to the torture or the killing of the Shah. And he [Carter] was not embarrassed at all; no, no, he spoke very lightly of a man that we supported very strongly. He [Carter] was a bastard of conscience, a moralist, who treats with total lightness the fact of abandoning a man that we had supported together. With the Shah's departure Khomeini's Paris entourage made hurried preparations to get the Imam back to Tehran. Having decided against the use of an Iranian airliner for fear of being attacked by the Shah's Air Force, a jumbo jet was chartered from Air France for a mere pittance of $3 million dollars plus an undisclosed sum to cover the insurance premium for the aircraft. The crew that manned the jumbo jet was comprised totally of volunteers.[9] On the plane with Khomeini, a contingent of terrorists, and approximately one hundred twenty journalists, was a young ABC reporter, Peter Jennings. During the flight Jennings is said to have asked the Imam, "What do you feel [about returning to Iran]?" Khomeini replied, "Nothing." That was a strange answer from a man whose life had been consumed in recent years with the overthrow of the Shah and a triumphant return to Iran. Khomeini's real coup d'etat in the overthrow of the Shah turned out to be the capture and incarceration of fifty-two American hostages for the final 444 days of the Carter administration. During marathon negotiating sessions in the wee hours of January 20, 1981, Carter made a last-ditch effort to secure the release of the hostages on his watch. Finally, the Bank of England was approved as the repository of escrow funds, and shortly after 4:00 AM on Inauguration Day, the Carter administration relinquished $7.977 billion to the Iranians. According to one source, the transfer required fourteen banks and the participation of five nations acting concurrently.[10] In 1980 the Afghan rebels were aided by a $30 million infusion from the Carter administration. The ante was raised in Carter's 1981 budget to $50 million. It marked a rise in significant aid for the resistance from international sources.[11] It was generally thought that U.S. aid to the AfghanistanMujahedeen was initiated in 1980. Not so; according to a document declassified on March 4, 2004, President Jimmy Carter signed the directive on July 3, 1979, approving covert assistance to anti-Soviet rebels in Kabul. In the name of hope and change Liberal Democrat Jimmy Carter believed then, and still does, that evil really does not exist. Terrorist organizations are simply human rights movements, people are basically good, and America should embrace the perpetrators and castigate the victims. As president, Jimmy Carter loved to talk to America's enemies; he still does. Carter's mating dance with terrorists while ascribing to them altruistic acts legitimizes terrorism and those who carry out such heinous attacks. Jimmy Carter is among the number clamoring to change the worldview of these terrorists from that of mass murderers of the innocent to "insurgents" or "liberation movements." He is quick to indict the U.S. at every opportunity and equally quick to champion the downtrodden suicide bombers as - to be in sync with the Liberal Left - "martyrs." According to a UN assessment, Iran can have an atomic bomb within twelve months. The president of Iran has called Israel a stinking corpse that will soon be erased. President Obama has called for meetings with Iran's radical leaders. Now the trillion-dollar question becomes: Will President Obama be another Jimmy Carter? and the world got. He kept his word, and change began. No, not Barack Obama, Jimmy Carter! had decided not to support the regime of the Shah anymore. Without that support, that regime is now lost." [1] Amir Taheri, Nest of Spies (New York: Pantheon Books, 1988), p.90 [6] Uri Lubrani interview, May 2008. [7] George Ball, The Ball Report. Mon, 28 Feb 2011 07:54:52 -0800 Full article 1_42available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The revelation of a secret reactor bored into a mountain near Qom, one of Iran's holiest cities, was a severe blow to Barack Obama's ability to engage Iran in meaningful dialogue. But even more disturbing is the fact that the mosque dedicated to the Mahdi, Jamkaran Mosque, lies in Qom. The Mahdi was the Twelfth Imam, a descendant of Mohammad, who disappeared down a well at the age of four. Refusing to believe that al-Mahdi was dead, his followers imbued him with timelessness. They declared him to be merely "hidden," and that on some future date he would suddenly reappear to reestablish an Islamic caliphate worldwide. Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad believes the return of the Mahdi will come through an apocalyptic event. What better place to create the means to achieve his end than in Qom? And what would more effectively create a cataclysmic confrontation than for Ahmadinejad to carry out his threat to "wipe Israel off the map." More recently, a top official in the Revolutionary Guard, Cleric Mojtaba Zolnour, threatened, "Should a single American or Zionist missile land in our country "Iranian missiles will blow up the heart of Israel." Within hours of the discovery of the secret site, Ahmadinejad was attempting damage control. Mohammed ElBaradei, the UN nuclear chief, was invited to inspect the site - but not until October 25th. The interim is more than enough time for the tiny terrorist of Tehran to sweep the not-so-secret installation clean of any traces of atomic weapons. Only the UN and the ultra-liberal U.S. State Department seem not to believe Iran's duplicity. Both embody the idiom, "There are none so blind as those who will not see." Iran is a serious threat; Israel recognizes it. Barack Obama seems not to understand the severity of it. It seems abundantly clear that he is willing to accept an atomic Iran and the danger it poses. The President has made it clear that one of his aims is a "world without nuclear weapons.â" When that happens, only those fanatical regimes with secret, underground reactors and centrifuges will possess the means to bring the world to its knees. Previous sitting presidents were unable to deter North Korea from obtaining nuclear weapons or testing missiles capable of delivering them. One day, and it may not be that far away, Iran will announce that nuclear tests will be conducted. The response of the current administration will likely be total shock; especially to those in the government who believe Iran gave up on developing nuclear weapons way back in 2003. The threat of sanctions has been ineffective. In fact, Ahmadinejad believes that sanctions only serve to toughen his countrymen and make them more "self-sufficient." He has been totally dismissive to any such tactic. He knows that Russia and China, the two largest elephants in the room, are both in his corner. It seems obvious that the world is threatened by Iran's resolve to possess an atomic bomb. It would seem equally evident that global measures could and should be initiated to stop the radical Islamic Republic from achieving its purpose, now rather than later. The question remains, however: Will the Western world prove equal to the task, or will it rely on tiny Israel to do the job for it? It is Israel that deserves a Nobel Peace Prize for having shed the most blood for freedom in the Middle East. Imagine the region without Israel, if you dare. Prime Minister Menachem Begin saved the world from unspeakable horror by courageously confronting Saddam Hussein's evil. The prime minister authorized the bombing of Iraq's Osirak reactor on June 7, 1981. If a liberal, Nobel Peace Prize-winning Democratic president had been courageous enough to stand by America's strongest ally, the Shah of Iran, rather than weaken him, the Russians would not have invaded Afghanistan. Had the same president not supported the Ayatollah Khomeini, radical Islam would not have been born. Saddam Hussein would not have invaded Iran and millions of lives would not have been lost in the ensuing war. It appears the Nobel committee of liberal, leftists believe that the Mahdi is already here, by ushering in the millennium kingdom of Barack Obama. **** Michael D. Evans is a New York Times #1 bestselling author. His latest book, Atomic Iran, Countdown to Armageddon is being made into a U.S. television special. Mon, 28 Feb 2011 07:45:18 -0800 Full article 1_74available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The revelation of a secret reactor bored into a mountain near Qom, one of Iran's holiest cities, was a severe blow to Barack Obama's ability to engage Iran in meaningful dialogue. But even more disturbing is the fact that the mosque dedicated to the Mahdi, Jamkaran Mosque, lies in Qom. The Mahdi was the Twelfth Imam, a descendant of Mohammad, who disappeared down a well at the age of four. Refusing to believe that al-Mahdi was dead, his followers imbued him with timelessness. They declared him to be merely "hidden," and that on some future date he would suddenly reappear to reestablish an Islamic caliphate worldwide. Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad believes the return of the Mahdi will come through an apocalyptic event. What better place to create the means to achieve his end than in Qom? And what would more effectively create a cataclysmic confrontation than for Ahmadinejad to carry out his threat to "wipe Israel off the map." More recently, a top official in the Revolutionary Guard, Cleric Mojtaba Zolnour, threatened, "Should a single American or Zionist missile land in our country.... Iranian missiles will blow up the heart of Israel." Within hours of the discovery of the secret site, Ahmadinejad was attempting damage control. Mohammed ElBaradei, the UN nuclear chief, was invited to inspect the site?but not until October 25th. The interim is more than enough time for the tiny terrorist of Tehran to sweep the not-so-secret installation clean of any traces of atomic weapons. Only the UN and the ultra-liberal U.S. State Department seem not to believe Iran?s duplicity. Both embody the idiom, "There are none so blind as those who will not see." Iran is a serious threat; Israel recognizes it. Barack Obama seems not to understand the severity of it. It seems abundantly clear that he is willing to accept an atomic Iran and the danger it poses. The President has made it clear that one of his aims is a "world without nuclear weapons." When that happens, only those fanatical regimes with secret, underground reactors and centrifuges will possess the means to bring the world to its knees. Previous sitting presidents were unable to deter North Korea from obtaining nuclear weapons or testing missiles capable of delivering them. One day, and it may not be that far away, Iran will announce that nuclear tests will be conducted. The response of the current administration will likely be total shock; especially to those in the government who believe Iran gave up on developing nuclear weapons way back in 2003. The threat of sanctions has been ineffective. In fact, Ahmadinejad believes that sanctions only serve to toughen his countrymen and make them more "self-sufficient." He has been totally dismissive to any such tactic. He knows that Russia and China, the two largest elephants in the room, are both in his corner. It seems obvious that the world is threatened by Iran?s resolve to possess an atomic bomb. It would seem equally evident that global measures could and should be initiated to stop the radical Islamic Republic from achieving its purpose, now rather than later. The question remains, however: Will the Western world prove equal to the task, or will it rely on tiny Israel to do the job for it? It is Israel that deserves a Nobel Peace Prize for having shed the most blood for freedom in the Middle East. Imagine the region without Israel, if you dare. Prime Minister Menachem Begin saved the world from unspeakable horror by courageously confronting Saddam Hussein's evil. The prime minister authorized the bombing of Iraq's Osirak reactor on June 7, 1981. If a liberal, Nobel Peace Prize-winning Democratic president had been courageous enough to stand by America?s strongest ally, the Shah of Iran, rather than weaken him, the Russians would not have invaded Afghanistan. Had the same president not supported the Ayatollah Khomeini, radical Islam would not have been born. Saddam Hussein would not have invaded Iran and millions of lives would not have been lost in the ensuing war. It appears the Nobel committee of liberal, leftists believe that the Mahdi is already here, by ushering in the millennium kingdom of Barack Obama. **** Michael D. Evans is a New York Times #1 bestselling author. His latest book, Atomic Iran, Countdown to Armageddon is being made into a U.S. television special. Mon, 28 Feb 2011 07:40:41 -0800 Full article 1_1available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 21, 2009) - Israel's Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has just had his first meeting with President Barack Obama. The two Obama issues, however, are non-issues for the Netanyahu government: talking to Iran and a fast-track toward a Palestinian state. The Obama government is trying to make things move in the Middle East and there are fears this will come at Israel's expense - even if it means bringing down Netanyahu's government. Obama has embarked on a peace crusade. He has invited Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to Washington. Next month Obama will speak from a podium in Cairo in an effort to restore America's image in the Muslim world. He apparently believes this cannot happen nor peace be achieved until Israel accepts a Palestinian state. Last week the United States voted for a UN Security Council resolution reaffirming support for a two-state solution. Ambassador Susan Rice said the US wants to integrate the Saudi-sponsored peace initiative into the process. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told Prime Minister Netanyahu over dinner that the Palestinians "deserve a viable state." President Obama said that Netanyahu "needed to stop expanding settlements and grasp the historic opportunity to make peace with the Palestinians." This is the theater of the absurd and a festival of hypocrisy. Would the U.S. government permit the Ku Klux Klan to fire more than 10,000 missiles into Harlem and then demand that the blacks in America make peace with the Ku Klux Klan by giving them New York City and not support any blacks living there? How dumb can you be and still breathe? What have the Palestinians done to deserve a state? Palestinian Christians are shot to death for simply believing that the Jewish people has been given a promised land. If an Israeli child goes hiking and ends up in a cave and Palestinian terrorists kill the teenager, smearing profanity with his blood on the walls of the cave, the world is silent. If a couple of Israeli reservists make a wrong turn on a road and end up having their bodies thrown from a police station window and ripped to pieces, the world is silent. But let Israel dig an archeological tunnel or start construction in a new neighborhood in Jerusalem, and the US will scream its head off. Do Palestinians deserve a state for supporting Saddam Hussein during the Persian Gulf War, or for sending a plague of suicide bombers into Israel? There have been close to 20,000 attempted suicide attacks in Israel. No city has been bombed more by Palestinian suicide terrorists than the city of Jerusalem. The truth is the U.S. government is following a double standard. It's okay to vilify Israel for any act that might appear to be an exercise of sovereignty, but when Palestinians violate peace agreements, they receive nothing more than a wink. It would be front page news around the world if blacks in Harlem were shot and killed for selling land to whites. Yet when the Palestinian Authority does this on a regular basis, the world is silent. The Arab world wants a Palestinian state for one simple reason: to destroy the State of Israel. The PLO was first organized in Cairo in 1964 (three years before the 1967 war) under Arab League auspices, to defeat the Jewish state through a war of attrition. Palestinians living in Israel were forced to accept the PLO or else. It would be absurd for Obama to think that Netanyahu - who went into politics inspired by the heroic death of his brother, Yonatan, in freeing terrorist hostages in the 1976 Entebbe rescue mission - would ever reward an Iranian-funded terrorist regime by redividing Jerusalem. He would never shrink Israel as a goodwill gesture to help restart the so-called peace process, not in the absence of a genuine goodwill gesture by the Palestinians and Muslim world of recognizing Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state. I was so moved by the Netanyahu family and Binyamin Netanyahu's moral clarity at the anniversary of the death of his brother in 1981, that I asked then prime minister Menachem Begin to give him a government job. I said, "I believe this man will be prime minister some day." Begin hired him the following evening. What precisely is Obama doing? He has pressured Prime Minister Netanyahu to commit that Israel would not attack Iran, at least until the end of the year, so as not to disrupt Washington's plans to dialogue with Iran over its nuclear program. Additionally, he has played into Iran's hands by tying the Palestinian situation into the Iranian nuclear crisis. In essence, he is telling the State of Israel: If you want my support in dealing with Iran, you are going to have to give the Palestinians a state. Why does Netanyahu demand the Arab world recognize a Jewish state? Because they are bigots and they hate Jews. Barack Obama should read Dr. Martin Luther King's words: "You declare my friends, that you do not hate the Jews, you are merely anti-Zionists. I say, let the truth ring forth from the highest mountain tops. Let it echo through the valleys of God's green earth. When people criticize Zionism, they mean Jews. Zionism is nothing less than the dream and the ideals of the Jewish people returning to live in their own land." For Obama to think that Israel's support for a Palestinian state will help Iran is completely naive. It will do just the opposite. Iran - the center of gravity for world terrorism - has made the lives of Jews a living hell on Israel's northern and southern borders through its Hizbullah and Hamas proxies. To allow these terrorists to be a stone's throw from Israel's population center in a Palestinian state would just embolden Iran. Netanyahu wants the US to reaffirm its support for Israel's right to self-defense against the looming threat from Iran. During the last three years Israel fought two bitter campaigns to halt the bombardment of its civilian population by thousands of terrorist missiles - fired by the Iranian terrorist proxies Hizbullah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza. Meanwhile, Iran denies the Holocaust while threatening to wipe the Jewish state off the map, as it develops nuclear weapons and tests long-range ballistic missiles. Israel's prime minister takes Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at his apocalyptic word, as must the leader of a country that has suffered unrelenting Islamist terrorism for 61 years. In terms of Jewish history, Netanyahu considers Iran to be a threat similar to that posed by the Israelites' Biblical scourge, the Amalekites, and more ominously by Hitler's Germany. President Obama, on the other hand, thinks Iran can be won over with patience and reason and is no real threat to America or world peace. Obama's advisers reportedly consider the sole obstacle to peace in the Middle East to be the lack of a Palestinian state. The problem with this Pollyannaish vision is that it lacks hindsight. On November 29, 1947, the United Nations voted to partition British Mandatory Palestine into two states, Jewish and Arab. The Jews accepted the resolution and the Arab states did not and invaded Israel in the first of many unsuccessful attempts to destroy it. The Palestinians could have had their state 62 years ago, but preferred to deny the Jews their own state. The only state the Palestinians have been capable of living in since then is the state of denial. If a Palestinian state came into being tomorrow, this would not solve the conflict in the Middle East or the problem of Islamist terrorism, for the Hamas charter still calls for the destruction of the State of Israel and for a jihad against Jews wherever they live. President Obama has said he does not support regime change. Will this apply to Netanyahu's government, if Washington spins it as an "obstacle to peace"? A possible indication is that Secretary of State Hilary Clinton's spouse, former president Bill Clinton, is advising the leader of Israel's opposition, Kadima Party head MK Tzipi Livni. Obama made his feelings about Netanyahu's Likud Party clear during the recent election when he said, "I think there is a strain within the pro-Israel community that says unless you adopt an unwavering pro-Likud approach to Israel that you're anti-Israel and that can't be the measure of our friendship with Israel." The president wants speedy action and hinted so at a recent press conference with Jordan's King Abdullah. "I agree that we can't talk forever," Obama said, "that at some point steps have to be taken so that people can see progress on the ground." He said he expects such progress to take place in the coming months. If that is going to happen, Obama must first change the Palestinian regime to recognize Israel By the way, what is a sovereign Palestinian state? It is a state that has an army, air space, and can form treaties with Israel's enemies. Israel's tiny state could never survive with Palestinians having control of air space, an army, and signing treaties with Arab states that deny the existence of the State of Israel. Netanyahu is right to reject a Palestinian state, and the U.S. is wrong to demand it. It would also mean an additional danger for America - by emboldening the terrorists to strike again by sending a signal that crime pays. On September 23, 1980 the founder of Israeli Intelligence, Isser Harel, told me over dinner at his home that America was developing a tolerance for terrorism. If that continued, he said, terrorists would strike America's largest symbol, New York, and its tallest building first. You can be sure that if America continues on this tolerance-for-terrorism policy the terrorist's will be coming to a theater near you. Dr. Michael David Evans is a New York Timesbestselling author. His latest book isJimmy Carter, the Liberal Left, and World Chaos. Mon, 28 Feb 2011 07:20:39 -0800 Full article 1_28available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com U. N. members are screaming loudly, entreating anyone who will listen to save the terrorist regime, Hamas. The organization has not only murdered Jews, but Palestinians as well. The world should be outraged, yet the silence is deafening, especially after 9/11. "Give me your passport!" I smiled and said, "Little boys, you should be playing with toys, not guns. The two boys, about nine and ten years old, clicked off the safeties on their Russian AK-47s. I suddenly realized I was a dead man if I made one wrong move. It was on October 22, 1983 in Beirut, Lebanon. The following day two hundred forty-one U. S. Marines would be murdered in their barracks. The night before I had videoed the Marines' Christmas messages to their loved ones back in the States. What a shock to see children, or as the liberal media describe them, 'innocent civilians,' waging Jihad. These children had been trained for years in a radical Islamic kindergarten terror camp. Yesterday, I met with Sderot's mayor Eli Moyal just one mile from the Gaza border where 7,500 Hamas-fired missiles have landed. The mayor's office is a bunker as are many buildings in Sderot. The children's play areas are filled with concrete playground equipment which can double as bunkers in the event of a missile attack. Hezbollah and Hamas, Iran's sub-contractors, have perfected the art of manipulating the media. This has been achieved despite the fact they are rabid, racist, terrorist organizations that make the Ku Klux Klan look like mere Boy Scouts. Some time ago, I debated Al Sharpton on Hardball with Chris Matthews. The topic was Israel's use of what the media labels "excessive force." I said to Mr. Sharpton, "Would you defend the KKK if it fired thousands of missiles into Harlem, and the residents of Harlem responded with what the media perceived to be "excessive force." The media does not want to show hundreds of Israeli trucks crossing into Gaza with medicines and food. Likewise, no one wants to acknowledge that Israeli hospitals in southern Israel continue to treat wounded Palestinians. Neither is it popular to acknowledge that the majority of the injured and dead are Hamas operatives and fighters who surround themselves with innocent civilians, often women and children. During the Hezbollah attack on Israel in 2006, I was shocked to see American liberal reporters stage shots on the roofs of 4- and 5-star hotels in Haifa. These reporters, attired in dress slacks and spit-shined shoes, had donned flak jackets and helmets in order to look as if they were reporting from Lebanon. Most often, their stories were about "innocent Lebanese civilians"being killed. These men and women refused to acknowledge that the missiles were being fired from Hezbollah garages hidden deep in populated areas. One cannot escape the truth that a person is just as dead whether killed by a woman or child, or an adult, male terrorist dressed in a quasi-military uniform. America's greatest threat is from Liberal Left liars and lunatics in the media determined to lull the American people into complacency. Most often, the victims of terror are castigated while the terrorists are lionized. The war on terror cannot be won unless media terror is exposed ********** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author. His latest book is Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos. Fri, 25 Feb 2011 10:51:22 -0800 Full article 1_11available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The White House is sending mixed messages in advance of President George Bush's first presidential visit to Israel this week, stressing his steadfast support for Jerusalem, but also pushing for a settlement freeze. Freezing settlements is one obligation Israel undertook under the 2002 Road Map formulated by the Quartet of the United States, United Nations, European Community, and Russia. But on the other side of the map, the Palestinians undertook to stop terrorism and dismantle their terrorist infrastructure. Israel has been meeting its obligation, while the Palestinians continue to terrorize the population of southern Israel with daily rocket attacks launched from the Gaza Strip. It is anybody's guess what this trip by a lame-duck president will contribute to the cause of Middle East peace. But Bush's trip is taking place just as the campaign to elect his successor is getting under way. The views of the major candidates for their parties, nomination on some of the major issues may prove instructive. For example, does any support the Road Map or a Palestinian state with east Jerusalem as its capital? Sen. John McCain Republican McCain's offers a traditional approach to resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, recently explaining that a gradual solution in line with the incremental goals of the Road Map is preferable to trying to impose a settlement. He also links the conflict with an American victory in Iraq, which he says is a necessary precondition for a successful Israeli-Palestinian agreement. While McCain supports establishing a Palestinian state at the end of the process, the Arizona senator believes America must give Israel whatever equipment and technology it needs for defense. With this in mind, he is wary of Iran's nuclear intentions, saying, 'They are still state sponsors of terrorism - Hamas, Hizbullah, still dedicated to the extinction of the State of Israel, still an oppressive and repressive government.' Mitt Romney At Israel's Herzliya Conference in Jan. 2007, Romney expressed a keen understanding of the jihadist enemy: 'Contrary to the Baker-Hamilton Commission,' he said, 'resolving the Arab-Israeli conflict will not magically mollify the jihadists. "No, what we should have realized since 9/11 is that what the world regarded as an Israeli-Arab conflict over borders represented something much larger. It was the oldest, most active front of the radical Islamist jihad against the entire West. It therefore was not really about borders. It was about the refusal of many parts of the Muslim world to accept Israel's right to exist, within any borders, Israel stands on the front lines of the struggle against radical Islam's jihad, whose goals are not confined to the Middle East." Mike Huckabee An ordained Southern Baptist minister who has made his Christian faith a prominent feature of his campaign, Huckabee has been outspoken about Iran's threat to Israel."I condemn Iran's irrational call for the destruction of Israel and its reckless defiance of the international community by its continued pursuit of nuclear weapons and other hostile actions,' he said before the recent Iowa caucus. 'I urge Iran to stop enriching uranium and accept monitoring by the IAEA, to recognize the right of Israel to exist, and to end its support of all terror groups, such as Hamas, Hizbullah, and Islamic Jihad." Huckabee's position on Israel, as stated on his Web site, is uncompromising: "I am a steadfast supporter of Israel, our staunch ally in the War on Terror, the only fully-functioning democracy in the Middle East, and our greatest friend in that region. The United States must remain true to its long-standing commitment to the Israeli people. As president, I will always ensure that Israel has access to the state-of-the-art weapons and technology she needs to defend herself from those who seek her annihilation." Rudy Giuliani Giuliani is not at all certain that a Palestinian state is in America's of Israel's best interest, as he recently explained in an article for Foreign Affairs. The former New York mayor is famous for two symbolic gestures that endeared him to Jewish voters: in 1995, he had the late PLO leader Yasser Arafat ejected from a Lincoln Center concert and he returned a $10 million donation from a Saudi prince after 9/11 for badmouthing Israel. He has received the heartfelt endorsement of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert: "I have found no better friend of Jerusalem in America than Rudy Giuliani." (AP) Some Giuliani remarks on Israel: "Israel is an oasis of freedom in a desert of authoritarianism and worse. It is an outpost of democracy where democracy is unique." There is no moral equivalent between the State of Israel and the Palestinian Authority.There is a difference between a nation based on law and democracy and one that harbors terrorism." (Rally In Support Of Israel, Washington, DC, 4/15/02) Sen. Barack Obama Obama chose a meeting of the pro-Israel lobby, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, in March 2007 to deliver his presidential candidacy's first foreign policy speech. "Nobody has suffered more than the Palestinian people from the failure of the Palestinian leadership to recognize Israel, to renounce violence, and to get serious about negotiating peace and security for the region," he said during an MSNBC debate. After making his first visit to Israel in January 2006, where he toured the security fence, Obama stated: "Our starting point must always be a clear and strong commitment to the security of Israel." Obama's top Middle East adviser is Dennis Ross, who served in the same position during the Clinton administration. Obama was the only candidate to refer to the Road Map by name, in a speech in August 2007: "Our job is to never forget that the threat of violence is real. Our job is to renew the United States' efforts to help Israel achieve peace with its neighbors while remaining vigilant against those who do not share this vision. Our job is to do more than lay out another road map; our job is to rebuild the road to real peace and lasting security throughout the region." While Obama has expressed a commitment "to ensure Israel's qualitative military edge," this has so far not been enough for him to supplant Sen. Hilary Clinton among Jewish voters. In a recent American Jewish Committee poll, his favorable rating was 38 percent, while hers was 53 percent. Sen. Hilary Clinton The senator for New York and former first lady is the only candidate to express support for moving the American Embassy from Tel Aviv to Israel's capital, Jerusalem. She is strong on Israel's security: "It is important that we help Israel keep its qualitative and technological military edge in an increasingly dangerous region. The United States must continue to support our ally, Israel, as it defends itself against these attacks and insist that Hamas cannot be recognized until it renounces terrorism and recognizes Israel's right to exist." Clinton champions Israel as "a beacon of what democracy can and should mean." As she told an AIPAC conference in 2005: "Israel is an important ally and strategic partner of the United States. Our nations are united by shared values, a commitment to democracy, and a belief in the dignity of men and women. We are also united by a common strategic interest in fighting back against the forces of terrorism and nihilism." John Edwards The former senator for North Carolina has said that Iran poses an enormous threat to Israel and to the Israeli people. He has also expressed the campaign-issued statement of support to "maintain Israel's qualitative edge and keep Israel strong and safe in a dangerous region." "Israel can take more steps to advance peace like bolstering Abbas against Hamas," Edwards told the 2007 Herzliya Conference. "While Israel is willing to go back to negotiating table, little has been seen on the Palestinian side. We instead have seen chaos and violence on the street, and no revocation of violence against Israel. However, Edwards is still trying to spin out of the effects of a remark he made at a Hollywood fundraiser in February 2007. "Perhaps the greatest short-term threat to world peace," Edwards was quoted as saying, "was the possibility that Israel would bomb Iran's nuclear facilities." Edwards's spokesman denied the quote, saying Edwards had actually said that one of the greatest short-term threats to world peace is Iran acquiring a nuclear weapon. Variety stood by the accuracy of its report. Dr. Mike Evans is the New York Times #1 Bestselling author of , The Final Move Beyond Iraq, and the publisher of the Jerusalem World News. Fri, 25 Feb 2011 10:27:09 -0800 Full article 1_192available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Hosni Mubarak It is only a matter of time until beleaguered Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak capitulates to the call to step down and turn over the reins of the country. He has already promised to leave office in September when his current term expires, but that has not satisfied the demands of his opponents. Though Mubarak is trying to cling to power as long as he can, widespread protests, riots and strikes make it likely that he will be forced to leave office in the very near future rather than several months from now. In the Muslim world, winners take all. The leader of Egypt for thirty years has been haunted by the ghost of regimes past, and especially that of his Iranian counterpart, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran. Mubarak's predecessor Anwar Sadat extended an invitation to Pahlavi's family in July 1980 to bury him at Cairo's Al-Rifa'i Mosque. The Shah had become a man without a country, a ruler without a throne, an ally without a friend. It appears that Mubarak, who had vowed not to be driven from his homeland, will suffer the same fate as the Shah who was forced to wander from country to country until his death. He faces the same maze of betrayal at the hands of his "allies" as that which was forced upon Pahlavi. Promises will be made but not kept. Ultimately, the big winner will be radical Islamists like the Muslim Brotherhood that are apparently "gaming" the system. The overthrow of Mubarak will empower the masses throughout the Middle East, but the supreme winner will be the radical Islamists throughout the Middle East who have waited in the shadows for others to do the work for them. Jordan might well be next. It is no coincidence that Mubarak has been mostly friendly toward Israel?and that he is hated for it. President Obama can take some of the blame for Mubarak's downfall after publicly humiliating the long-time U.S. ally. In the Arab world, death is preferred over humiliation. What we really see is U.S. foreign policy at work. Obama has outstripped his Democratic predecessor, Jimmy Carter, who rejected Richard Nixon's twin-pillar doctrine of strong allies empowered by the U.S. to serve its interests in the Middle East. Like Carter, who bet the peanut farm on a cleric who his ambassador called a "Gandhi-like figure," Obama has chosen to play cards with the Muslim Brotherhood, the most well-organized terrorist organization in Egypt. In finality, the mosques, mullahs, and madrasas will prevail. The bazaars traffic in more than pita bread; they sell terror for a price. Having interviewed the majority of the Shah's Cabinet ministers as well as the former Empress of Iran, and over a dozen current Cabinet members, there is no doubt in my mind that the winds of a coming Muslim caliphate are blowing stronger than they have in centuries. This is not the end of the revolution in Egypt; it is just the beginning. The people of the Land of the Pharaohs have much to fear. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Thu, 24 Feb 2011 21:30:33 -0800 Full article 1_191available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com In a rare move, Iran's navy is planning to send two warships through the Suez Canal into the Mediterranean Sea and then on to Syria. Israel is carefully monitoring the ships, currently sailing in the Red Sea as they prepare for their transit. An Israeli Naval official said, "It is strange for the Iranian Navy to use the Suez Canal since it really doesn't have anything to do in the Mediterranean Sea." Israel's Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, called the move a "provocation that proves the overconfidence of the Iranians is growing from day to day." The move by Iran is just the latest in a series of escalations of threats posed by the radical Islamic regime against the Jewish state. Iran is also hosting an Islamic Unity Conference this weekend in Teheran for radical Islamic jihad organizations from around the Muslim world to unite them in their efforts against Israel. At the same time, the United States has signaled that it will support a United Nations declaration condemning Israel. The declaration says the world body "does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlement activity." US backing for such a criticism of Israel is a striking departure from past support. In a move that will not surprise any careful observer of the situation in the Middle East, Arab leaders declared the American condemnation of Israel "unacceptable" because it doesn't go far enough! A war is being fought today in the spirit realm even as I write?as ancient prophecy and modern-day conspiracy collide. You and I must realize this is a wake-up call from hell and take a stand. It is described in Isaiah 14:12-15: "For you have said in your heart: 'I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation on the farthest sides of the north...'" This fall the UN is preparing to unilaterally and officially proclaim a Palestinian State with East Jerusalem as its capital. This action will be taken not far from where Islamic terrorists flew fuel-laden airplanes into the World Trade Center Towers and killed 2,752 innocent men, women, and children and almost exactly ten years after that dreadful attack. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Thu, 24 Feb 2011 21:17:22 -0800 Full article 1_190available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Speaking to leaders of American Jewish organizations in Jerusalem last week, my old friend Prime Minister Netanyahu warned that while Israel hoped for the best in relations with whatever government emerges in Egypt, the nation must "prepare for the worst." His remarks followed statements by leading figures striving for power in Cairo that the Camp David Accords that formally ended war between Israel and Egypt were "functionally dead." Netanyahu pointed to the examples of the Iranian Revolution in 1979 and the Cedar Revolution in Lebanon in 2005 that led to radical Islamic control of governments rather than democracy and freedom. "While we wish the Egyptian people full success as they seek to forge a new future, we make no apologies for our fervent hope that they remain committed to peace," he said. Israel is under intense pressure from the international community, which is using the unrest in Egypt that has now spread across much of the Arab world as a pretext to further their plan to wrest control of the Promised Land and the Holy City from the Jewish people. The plan is for the UN to unilaterally and officially proclaim a Palestinian State with East Jerusalem as its capital. This action will be taken not far from where Islamic terrorists flew fuel-laden airplanes into the World Trade Center Towers and killed 2,752 innocent men, women, and children and almost exactly ten years after that dreadful attack. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Thu, 24 Feb 2011 21:04:05 -0800 Full article 1_189available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Sources have revealed that two Iranian navy ships have entered the Suez Canal, bound for the Mediterranean Sea and Israel's coast. It is the first time in more than thirty years that Iran has sent ships through the vital waterway. Israeli authorities have described the move as an intentional provocation, noting the absence of Iranian interests in the Mediterranean. Iranian officials say the ships are bound for Syria to take part in a training exercise. Of greatest concern to Israel is the fact that while one of the ships, a frigate, poses a very limited danger, the other is a supply ship, capable of carrying vast quantities of advanced weapons for use by Iran's terrorist proxy Hezbollah against the Jewish state. Israel has vowed to closely monitor the movements of the two vessels. Against this background, the world powers continue to pursue their policy of appeasement by working to create a Palestinian state at great cost to Israel. The plan is for the UN to unilaterally and officially proclaim a Palestinian State with East Jerusalem as its capital. This action will be taken not far from where Islamic terrorists flew fuel-laden airplanes into the World Trade Center Towers and killed 2,752 innocent men, women, and children and almost exactly ten years after that dreadful attack. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Thu, 24 Feb 2011 20:54:16 -0800 Full article 1_188available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com News reports published this week revealed that both House and Senate investigators are looking into links between the radical Muslim Brotherhood and various Muslim organizations inside the United States. The report revealed that the Muslim Brotherhood is already "deeply rooted" within the United States. Veteran FBI agent John Guandolo said, "The most prominent Islamic organizations in the United States are all controlled by the Muslim Brotherhood." Despite efforts by the mainstream press and some government officials to portray them as moderates and even secular, the Muslim Brotherhood is in fact a deeply radical organization, committed to the destruction of Israel and the institution of Islamic sharia law over all the world. Their motto reads: "Allah is our goal; the Prophet is our guide; the Koran is our constitution; jihad is our way; and death for the glory of Allah is our greatest ambition." The potential rise to power of this extremist group in Egypt poses a grave threat to Israel, America, and the rest of the free world. Sadly, even as they refuse to acknowledge this reality, the world powers continue to pursue their policy of appeasement by working to create a Palestinian state at great cost to Israel. The plan is for the UN to unilaterally and officially proclaim a Palestinian State with East Jerusalem as its capital. This action will be taken not far from where Islamic terrorists flew fuel-laden airplanes into the World Trade Center Towers and killed 2,752 innocent men, women, and children and almost exactly ten years after that dreadful attack. Nations have already begun to jump on the bandwagon: Argentina, Bolivia, Guyana, and Uruguay have announced that they would join with Brazil and many other nations in recognizing Palestine as an independent nation. This is a battle between politics and prophecy. I can say with every assurance that if this is passed, every nation that curses Jerusalem will be cursed by God Almighty. The prophet Zechariah described a curse that will come upon the nations who touch Jerusalem. God says He will seek to destroy the nations that come against the "apple of His eye"?Jerusalem. Dr. Mike Evans with Israel's Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, in December, 2010. While I was in Israel seven weeks ago, I met with virtually every Israeli leader including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, two deputy prime ministers, the Speaker of the Knesset, and more than twenty of its ministers. I had dinner with Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, met with my old friend Yona Yahav, the mayor of Haifa, eleven generals, and over half of Israel's college presidents. The one thing I heard over and over was their concern over the demonic plan I am about to share with you. Dr. Mike Evans and Benjamin Netanyahu in 1983. From the day I shared a prophecy with Prime Minister Menachem Begin that Benjamin Netanyahu would be prime minister of Israel twice and asked Mr. Begin to give him a position in the government until now, we have stood strong in defense of Israel. "For Zion's sake I will not hold My peace, And for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, Until her righteousness goes forth as brightness, And her salvation as a lamp that burns. I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; They shall never hold their peace day or night. You who make mention of the LORD, do not keep silent ..." (Isaiah 62: 1, 6) A baby will be born in September?just seven months from now. That's two months less than it takes a woman to carry a child to full term. That baby will be Islamic state number 45 with East Jerusalem as its capital. The UN will officially proclaim its birth, and the world will joyously celebrate with billions of dollars and deafening applause. In 2001 just before George Bush took office, Bill Clinton attempted to divide Jerusalem. I said then that God's hand of protection would be lifted from our nation. I said Osama bin Laden would attack the World Trade Center Towers in New York City, and in fact, wrote a book?The Jerusalem Scroll in 1999?depicting an attempted attack. I saw it in the spiritual realm. Politicians scoffed at me when I told them?like the people of Noah's day scoffed at him. Today, I am alerting you that this plan is in place. As a member of the Quartet?along with the UN, the EU, and Russia?U.S. President Barack Obama is the only leader with a chance to stop this disaster from taking place. There is still time to save Jerusalem, but only if we act quickly. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Thu, 24 Feb 2011 20:43:51 -0800 Full article 1_187available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The fires stoked by the revolution in Egypt are spreading across the Arab world?to Bahrain, to Libya, to Yemen and to Jordan. Thousands are taking to the streets demanding a greater voice in government. Yet while many of these people are genuinely interested in freedom, behind the scenes darker forces are at work. Radical Islamists are using the general population and their desire for liberty as a cloak for their dark designs, just as Ayatollah Khomeini did in Iran so many years ago. At the same time, this rise in "Arab rage" has provoked Western powers to accelerate their efforts to appease the Muslim world by forcing Israel to hand over the Holy City of Jerusalem to the Palestinians for the capital of their new state which the United Nations is prepared to unilaterally declare and recognize. Stripping away the capital of Israel to hand it to their sworn enemies is folly. It is a complete ignorance of the lessons of history that appeasing violence never brings peace. It is a complete rejection of Israel's right to exist in safety and security. Worst of all, it is a complete attack on Bible prophecy and the eternal promises of Almighty God. Make no mistake: every nation that supports this plan will fall under the curse of God declared in Genesis 12:3 for cursing the Jewish people in this way. We must raise our voices now while there is still time to urge President Obama to stand up for Israel and stop the plot to divide Israel and threaten the very survival of the Jewish state. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Thu, 24 Feb 2011 20:16:55 -0800 Full article 1_186available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com It's an outrage! All across the Middle East, regimes are teetering on the brink and even toppling as mass protests shake their foundations. In all this unrest, there is one island of stability?the only truly democratic state in the region that has been a friend and ally to the United States for decades...and that is the nation of Israel. Yet despite the turmoil and chaos in the region, much of it driven by radical Islamic groups who desire to recreate the theocracy of Iran in other nations, our government seems to be focused on Israel as the threat to peace. It's an outrage! The recent rise in "Arab rage" has provoked Western powers to accelerate their efforts to appease the Muslim world by forcing Israel to hand over the Holy City of Jerusalem to the Palestinians for the capital of their new state which the United Nations is preparing to unilaterally declare and recognize this September. Stripping away the capital of Israel to hand it to their sworn enemies is folly. Imagine handing over half of Washington DC to the complete control of Al Qaeda! It is a complete ignorance of the lessons of history that appeasing violence never brings peace. It is a complete rejection of Israel's right to exist in safety and security. Worst of all, it is a complete attack on Bible prophecy and the eternal promises of Almighty God. Make no mistake: every nation that supports this plan will fall under the curse of God declared in Genesis 12:3 for cursing the Jewish people in this way. We must raise our voices now while there is still time to urge President Obama to stand up for Israel and stop the plot to divide Israel and threaten the very survival of the Jewish state. Appeasing these Muslim terrorists will not work. Concessions made to violent terrorists never satisfies them. The turmoil in the Middle East has nothing to do with Israel or Jerusalem?that is simply an excuse used by those who seek to place the entire world under Islamic control. Many world leaders are caving in to the pressure and threats from Muslim groups. Winston Churchill described appeasement as feeding your friends to a crocodile in hopes that he would eat you last, and far too many people who should know better are preparing to throw Israel to the crocodile. But there is more to this than just a political strategy that is guaranteed to fail. Attacking the sovereignty and integrity of Israel is a direct attack on the prophetic Word of Almighty God. Every nation that participates in this plan will feel His hand of judgment. God promised Abraham that He would curse all those who curse Abraham's descendants. History has proved this to be true over and over again. The only way to stop this plan is to speak out. The United States has stood up for Israel in the past, and we have been blessed because of it. The key to America's survival is Israel. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Thu, 24 Feb 2011 18:56:27 -0800 Full article 1_185available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Islam is in a spiritual battle. Over 500 million youth are poor and unemployed. The battle is being waged in mosques, madrasas, and by mullahs. The center of gravity is the bazaar. Who is fueling the battle? The New Age secular, Liberal Left media in the U.S. run by ideologues from the 1960 revolution is in the forefront. It kills the soul while the body is left to the jihadists. For example, CNN might go to the Palestinian Authority and request they set up their riot at 11:00 AM so it could be up-linked for the evening news. In Somalia I saw ABC employees living in a warlord?s villa, protected by the owner?s henchmen. I saw CNN in Lebanon throw a baby doll in the ashes while telling a woman to go to the bombed house and cry, "They killed my child,? simply to get a poignant shot. The hippies of the 60s have become the establishment against which they railed. They are behind culture, the arts, the media, the educational system, and the courts, all of which are self-destructing. At the heart of liberalism is a belief that evil does not really exist. The desire is to push the Bible, Israel, and moral clarity out of the way. Anyone who dares contradict the liberal media is considered evil, a racist, and a bigot. The dumbing-down of America is in full swing, all in the name of political correctness and New Age godless globalism. A former U.S. chief of staff told me that the media determines when wars are fought and when they are stopped. The media wants to use democratic ideals to overthrow dictators; they want to define the terms of the debate. That plan was accomplished in Iran; the Shaw went from friend to the West to Satan incarnate. The same thing is now being done to Mubarak. Are the demonstrators radicals? No, they rarely are. In Iran they came only to overthrow a monarch. The radicals, however, were gaming the system and used the innocent demonstrators to achieve their objectives. Who is behind the upheaval in Egypt? Is it al Qaeda, Hamas, Hezbollah, or the Muslim Brotherhood? It?s all about Shariah law which considers an Islam state ruled by the Koran a democracy. Why is Egypt so important? It is ground zero in the Muslim world for fighting terrorists and supporting Israel. If it can be taken over with its 82-plus million people, the virus can be spread to the entire Muslim world, and then to the West. Terrorists are waiting to turn Egypt into another Afghanistan. What part is Iran playing? Their leaders are spending a fortune and have Revolutionary Guard agents in Egypt as do Hamas and Hezbollah. The terrorists are working the crowds as only trained rabble-rousers can do. What can be done to stop it? Israel is the key. It is the only stable regime in the Middle East, but for how long? President Obama plans to appease Arab rage by supporting the UN plan for Palestinian statehood in September with an Islamic capital in East Jerusalem, It would become the forty-fifth Islamic capital. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Sun, 13 Feb 2011 12:56:53 -0800 Full article 1_184available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Will President Barack Obama never learn to listen to those with more experience than he? It is truly sad to see someone who has set himself so far above the fray that he refuses to heed those with more familiarity regarding the mindset of terrorists. Hosni Mubarak knows the Muslim Brotherhood firsthand. He has had experience with them and their ideology, and their plan and purpose for the nation of Egypt. While the revolution began with young democracy seekers wanting only freedom for their country, the Muslim Brotherhood will take advantage of unrest in the country to further its agenda. One of the traits inherent in terrorists, it seems, is the ability to patiently wait for the right moment to strike. Like the trapdoor spider with its underground lair and powerful jaws, the terror organization spins its web and then waits patiently for the victim to wander into the snare. Now that Hosni Mubarak has been forced out of power in Egypt, will the long-patient Brotherhood emerge into the sunlight and take the battle for the hearts and minds of the Egyptian people to the streets? A senior figure in NATO made this observation: "President Mubarak of Egypt knows them [Muslim Brotherhood] better than everyone. He was there when they fired at Sadat, he saw them slaughter with their own hands hundreds of Egyptian policemen ? For a decade, Mubarak is warning that these savage beasts will also catch the western countries with their pants down ? Already for a decade he is trying to ask the countries of Europe to help him in his intelligence struggle against these movements, and they are evasive.? In one of Aesop?s fables a farmer had compassion on a snake nearly frozen from the cold. He took it up and warmed it in his bosom only to be mortally bitten when the serpent recovered. Unable to eradicate the Muslim Brotherhood, Mubarak allowed an uneasy truce to exist between the faction and his government. Egypt harbored the venomous Brotherhood in the bosom of the country and may find upon Mubarak?s exit that the bite of the Brotherhood is deadly to the democracy so many seek. The reach of organizations such as the Muslim Brotherhood is long and insidious. Its tentacles slither through the bars of American prisons ensnaring former members of groups such as the Black Liberation Army and its predecessor the Black Panther Party. Seeking a nationalistic platform those who convert to Islam find only the perverted message of jihad and the goal of a world filled with only two groups ? believers in Allah and infidels. In Cairo there are two groups. Today they are joined in an effort to rid the country of Hosni Mubarak and his government. Tomorrow they may well be divided by a stronger and more deadly line of demarcation: believers in democracy and perpetrators of jihad. Unfortunately in many Islamic countries today the jihadists are winning while trampling on the tiny flame of democracy that burned brightly in the hearts of men and women for a time. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Sun, 13 Feb 2011 12:46:57 -0800 Full article 1_183available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The year: 1978. The President: Jimmy Carter. The situation: Iran. The year: 2011. The President: Barack Obama. The situation: Egypt. The similarities to what President Barack and Jimmy Carter faced with two Muslim countries are arresting. Calling the shots from his compound in Paris, the exiled Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini never wavered in his determination to see the Shah of Iran deposed and Iran in the grip of Shariah law writhing under his powerful thumb. Carter wrestled with what course of action to take ? the Shah or the man waiting in the wings to be his replacement? Pahlavi or Khomeini? Which was it to be? Carter?s State Department had its own suggestions ? everything from a coalition government to covertly making contact with the Ayatollah. The attitude at State was anti-Shah and anti-Iran. This divisive position would haunt American interests abroad for decades to come. It would open the door for the fanatical Ayatollah Khomeini and his Islamic revolution. Apparently, it did not occur to anyone in the new administration that the U.S. must be prepared for what might happen were the Shah?s monarchy to fail. And no one was prepared, least of all Jimmy Carter. Carter?s ambassador in Iran, William Sullivan, was certain that Khomeini could "work well with the younger officers in the Shah?s army.? Others lauded the Ayatollah?s "notable record of concern for human rights.? The Shah?s own defense minister opined that the ruler was taken by the tail and thrown into exile like a dead rat. In 2011, Barack Obama faces his own Iran albeit in another part of the Middle East ? Egypt. Having learned from Carter the intricate steps to the political "flip-flop hip-hop? ? Obama and his advisors seem to be pursuing the policy of no policy. He is not supporting Mubarak; neither is he supporting those seeking his overthrow. He has managed to come across as both callous and discourteous to the Egyptian president who has been a staunch American ally for thirty years. Rather than stepping into the forefront and actually leading Obama hid behind his press secretary Robert Gibbs who demanded that Mubarak?s administration speak to the "legitimate grievances ? immediately.? When prodded by a journalist to explain how that might happen, Gibbs all but threatened a cut in Egypt?s foreign aid. One might ask, "Just who is running the country? Barack Obama or Robert Gibbs?? The press secretary intimated that just when Mubarak had his back to the proverbial wall, the White House (or is it just Gibbs) has threatened to cut foreign aid. Just as Carter failed to support the Shah, another long-time American ally, so Obama has taken steps to alienate any future Egyptian government that might include some of Mubarak?s men. And what does that say to King Abdullah of Jordan or President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen, as well as to other U.S. allies in the Persian Gulf? Will they be renounced as Mubarak seems to have been? In Iran, once Khomeini was firmly in control he divested himself of any semblance of Western influence. He quickly dismissed Shaphur Bakhtiar, the Shah?s choice as his replacement and appointed Mehdi Bazargan as prime minister. He was replaced after eight short months by a government more reflective of Khomeini?s fanatical leadership. Will the same thing happen in Egypt? Mohamed ElBaradei, the leader of the International Islamic Energy Agency and shill for modern-day Iran, is being touted as the most likely candidate to replace Mubarak. He is backed by the Muslim Brotherhood. He would be the perfect Bazargan, weak and ineffective, ripe for the picking when the Brotherhood determined the time was right to step on the world stage and take control of Egypt. ElBaradei and those like him are often called the "donkeys of the revolution? ? a means of transportation from the streets of Cairo to the government house. The Brotherhood is frequently called the best organized of all the political parties in Egypt. It would be a no-brainer to divest itself of ElBaradei when the time came. Just as Jimmy Carter played footsie with Khomeini in the hopes that he would be a partner in peace for the U.S., so the Obama administration is said to have reached out to the Brotherhood "as part of an orderly process.? Have they learned nothing from Carter?s presidency and from events in 1979 Iran? Did it not make an impression when the current supreme guide of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, Muhammad Badi, delivered a jihadist diatribe disguised as a sermon, preaching that Muslims "need to understand that the improvement and change that the Muslim nation seeks can only be attained through jihad and sacrifice and by raising a jihadi generation that pursues death, just as the enemies pursue life.? The Brotherhood is not a mild-mannered, politically correct group supportive of the Egyptian people who desire democratic change. It is, rather, a rabidly fundamentalist Islamic organization determined to take advantage of the crisis in Egypt to achieve its own end. The names of some of the Muslim Brotherhood leaders are familiar terrorists: al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, and Hamas leaders Khalid Sheikh Muhammad and Khaled Mashaal, who, by the way, counts Jimmy Carter among his friends. The West is facing the imminent danger of the rise of yet another global threat in the form of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. It has decreed that Israel must be obliterated. How can the Obama administration stand on the sidelines and make the same mistakes Jimmy Carter made in 1979? Apparently history was not a mandatory subject in President Obama?s college courses. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Sun, 13 Feb 2011 12:37:42 -0800 Full article 1_182available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com It was only a matter of time until beleaguered Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak capitulated to the call to step down and turn over the reins of the country. Sources indicate that he will likely take that step in the very near future. In the Muslim world, winners take all. The leader of Egypt for thirty years has been haunted by the ghost of regimes past, and especially that of his Iranian counterpart, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran. Mubarak?s predecessor Anwar Sadat extended an invitation to Pahlavi?s family in July 1980 to bury him at Cairo?s Al-Rifa'i Mosque. The Shah was a man without a country, a ruler without a throne, an ally without a friend. It appears that Mubarak, who had vowed not to be driven from his homeland, will suffer the same fate as the Shah who was forced to wander from country to country until his death. He faces the same maze of betrayal at the hands of his "allies? as that which was forced upon Pahlavi. Promises will be made, but not kept. Ultimately, the big winner will be radical Islamists like the Muslim Brotherhood who are apparently "gaming? the system. The overthrow of Mubarak will empower the masses throughout the Middle East, but the supreme winner will be the radical Islamists throughout the Middle East who have waited in the shadows for others to do the work for them. Jordan might well be next. President Obama can take some of the credit for Mubarak?s downfall after publicly humiliating the long-time U.S. ally. In the Arab world, death is preferred over humiliation. What we really see is U.S. foreign policy at work. Obama has outstripped his Democratic predecessor, Jimmy Carter who rejected Richard Nixon?s twin-pillar doctrine of strong allies empowered by the U.S. to serve its interests in the Middle East. Like Carter who bet the peanut farm on a cleric who his ambassador called a "Gandhi-like figure?, Obama has chosen to play cards with the Muslim Brotherhood, the most well-organized terrorist organization in Egypt. In finality, the mosques, mullahs, and madrasas will prevail. The bazaars traffic in more than pita bread; they sell terror for a price. Having interviewed the majority of the Shah?s cabinet ministers as well as the former Empress of Iran, and over a dozen current cabinet members, there is no doubt in my mind that the winds of a coming Muslim caliphate are blowing stronger than in centuries. This is not the end of the revolution in Egypt; it is just the beginning. The people of the Land of the Pharaohs have much to fear. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Sun, 13 Feb 2011 12:28:21 -0800 Full article 1_181available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com President Barack Obama should win another Nobel Peace Prize for orchestrating an Islamic revolution from Jimmy Carter?s Iranian play book of indecisiveness. He has humiliated a Muslim ally who has fought terrorism for decades and has supported U.S. policies in the Middle East. So far, Hosni Mubarak has refused to flee Egypt, but left Cairo for his retreat in Sharm el-Sheikh. While he has apparently resigned as its leader, he above all men is haunted by the ghost of Persia. Egypt was the first nation to offer the Shah refuge when he fled Iran on January 16, 1979. It was the nation that provided his family with a burial plot for his earthly remains later that month. Mubarak witnessed the double-crosses, lies, and humiliation inflicted by the Carter administration. Mubarak?s dark side has been intentionally ignored by past presidents because of the hawkish foreign policy which necessitated strategic allies, whether dictators or not. It worked perfectly for the U.S. during the days of Naziism and Communism. Now, it appears, President Obama does not consider America at war against Islamo-Fascism, and there is no longer a need to undergird an ally. Instead, the Liberal Left White House and press are dumbing-down the American people into thinking this is simply a battle between democracy and tyranny. The Muslim Brotherhood with sixty percent support from the Egyptian population believes that Egypt can become the center of jihad against the Western world. That belief system goes back to the days of Dr. al-Zawahiri, along with Sheikh Omar who was arrested for attempting to kill Anwar Sadat, which was believed permissible under Islamic law. Hosni Mubarak picked up the reins of government after Sadat?s assassination and continued partnering in the region with the United States. Sheikh Rahman of the fanatical Islamist Muslim Brotherhood attempted to kill Mubarak also. The plan was to kill the Egyptian president during a trip to New York City. It was Rahman, the blind cleric, who incited Muslims to "kill Americans wherever you find them; destroy their embassies, sink their ships, shoot down their planes.? It was in a Cairo hellhole that Sheikh Rahman and al-Zawahiri began to plot to bring the U.S. to its knees with the target being the World Trade Center. Islamo-Fascists from Egypt have been trained and hardened on the battlefields of Afghanistan. They have provided the training for the next generation of terrorists. One of the most well-known would be Mohammed Atta, leader of the nineteen hijackers responsible for the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. General Robert Huyser, deputy commander-in-chief U.S. Air Forces in Europe, was sent to Iran in January 1979 to attempt to get the support of the Iranian military. Huyser told me after the fall or Iran that President Carter had given him orders not to allow the military to support the Shah, to also keep the military from a coup, and get it to support the prime minister instead. For that, the U.S. would guarantee protection. Instead, those generals were brutally and mercilessly tortured and murdered. President Valery Giscard d?Estaing of France told me that the overthrow of the Shah did not happen without the support of Jimmy Carter. It was on the French Republic Island of Guadeloupe in the Caribbean that he, West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, and British Prime Minister James Callaghan, met with Carter. During that meeting Carter told them that the U.S. had decided not to support the Shah?s regime. According to d?Estaing Carter told them that the military was going to take power and would bring order to the country, as its leaders were pro-Western and most had been trained in the U.S. d?Estaing told me that he and the other leaders were shocked at the way Carter spoke; they knew at the end it would lead to the torture or killing of the Shah. He said Carter was not embarrassed at all: "He spoke very lightly of the man whom we had supported very strongly. He [Carter] was a bastard of conscience, a moralist who treated with total lightness the fact of abandoning a man that we had supported together.? There is no doubt in my mind that President Obama is on the same course as Jimmy Carter. As one of Carter?s key advisors on the matter, James A. Ball declared in his top secret report, "We made the Shah what he has become. We nurtured his love for grandiose geopolitical schemes, and we supplied him with the hardware to indulge his fantasies.?his only chance to save his dynasty (if, indeed, that is still possible) and retain our support is for him to transfer his power to a government responsive to the people.? Ball proposed a council of nobles and with the help of the state department prepared a list of possible members. The Empress Farah Pahlavi, widow of the Shah, told me that this all happened because of Carter?s obsession with human rights and his grave resentment of a Muslim leader who was greatly loved by the Republican Party. I was also told by Iranian cabinet ministers that America?s Foreign Assistance Act, Section 502B made it possible for the President of the United States to suspend security assistance to any country or government which engages in a consistent pattern of gross violation of internationally recognized human rights. The Empress told me that Carter kept pressing her husband for freedom of the press, freedom of religion, to release the political prisoners, and that the Shah knew if the pressure continued, ultimately Iran would fall. She said the Shah feared the horror that would come upon the world.? Those who live in genuine democracies loathe dictators and autocracies and harbor little sympathy for Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. This despite the fact that compared to the rest of the Muslim world, he is considered a progressive. Hamas was legitimately created as a political party in the Palestinian Territory by a democratic election, as was Hezbollah in Lebanon. Democracy cannot be created overnight. The Nazi Party was enthusiastically elected by the majority who voted unanimously for Adolf Hitler to be president. A poll was taken in Saudi Arabia after the Russians left Afghanistan on who they would want for a president in a democratic election. By a landslide Osama bin Laden won. According to recent polls eighty percent of the Egyptian population endorsed stoning for adultery, death to apostates, and cutting off a limb of petty thieves. In addition a substantial minority admired al Qaeda and many believe the bombing of the Twin Towers was a CIA/Zionist plot engineered to discredit the Islamic world. Ninety-five percent of the Egyptians polled expressed passionate animus against the Jews. Yes, President Obama is in bed with the Muslim Brotherhood just as Jimmy Carter was in bed with Khomeini before the overthrow of Iran. All is plausible deniability. President Obama joyously welcomed the Muslim Brotherhood to attend his February 2009 speech in Cairo, and has maintained channels of communication with them. When all is said and done in Egypt, ultimately, an Islamic Sunni caliphate will be born. All those who have given their lives fighting terror in the Iraq war and in Afghanistan will have died in vain in light of the damage that will eventually be done globally. **** Dr. Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the nonfiction book Jimmy Carter: the Liberal Left and World Chaos, in which he compares the Obama and Carter presidencies; and the fiction book, GameChanger. Evans? books are available at www.Timeworthybooks.com. Sun, 13 Feb 2011 12:21:01 -0800 Full article 1_180available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Is the world doomed to sit back and watch history repeat itself? The unrest that is descending into chaos in Egypt is eerily reminiscent of another time and another place where weeks of unrest led to a declaration of martial law in the nation?s capital. Speeches made by the leader were conciliatory; his tone repentant. He vowed to bow to the wishes of those calling for his removal by offering the democracy they seemed to want. He was a staunch ally of the United States and had supported Israel, albeit covertly, for decades. He had fought to suppress the fanatical Islamic mullahs and their followers within his own borders. He was being urged to lift restrictions on the press. He acquiesced to the demands of his ally, and got nothing in return. He could count on America for its support ? he thought. His declaration of martial law met with U.S. resistance. Vocal leaders, including the secretary of state, warned that the yearning for law and order should not be met with force. The army was urged to stand down and not respond harshly to fellow countrymen. While flowery, yet properly austere, speeches rang out over the airwaves from the White House, demonstrations grew larger and more violent in his country. He sensed that his days were numbered. Frustration and depression replaced hope as reports surfaced that the U.S. was seeking an audience with the man who was most instrumental in the turmoil that besieged his beloved country. It was not enough that he had to fight his own people for control; he also had to battle the Liberal Left American press and a democratic president whose position in the crisis was as unstable as that in his own country. He simply wanted to modernize and westernize his for the betterment of his people. He could sense failure even before he was forced to leave the nation he loved and wander from country to country until his dying day. No, I?m not talking about Hosni Mubarak and Barack Obama in 2011, although the similarities are staggering. I?m talking about Jimmy Carter and the Shah of Iran in 1979. The president and his advisors could learn some valuable lessons by studying the Iranian revolution and its conclusion. The Ayatollah Khomeini watched and waited in Paris for the outcome of the revolution. In Cairo, the Muslim Brotherhood is poised to step onto the stage of world politics and assume a leading role. Just as it backs the secular Mohamed ElBaradei to fill Mubarak?s shoes, so Khomeini backed the liberal Abolhassan Bani-Sadr. The outcome will likely be the same. Bani-Sadr ultimately fled for his life after Khomeini had realized his goal ? total domination of Iran. President Jimmy Carter was left with an untenable and term- ending dilemma. The American embassy was stormed and American hostages suffered pain and humiliation at the hands of the very people Carter had relied upon to bring democracy to Iran. President Barack Obama is now faced with a similar dilemma. Does he back the man who has been an ally to the U.S. and a tentative ally to Israel? Does his administration continue to play footsy with the Muslim Brotherhood, hoping that the outcome will conform to his ideals of a democratic Middle Eastern country? Or will Mubarak?s replacement be a short-term figurehead until the Brotherhood is brazen and secure enough to step onstage and turn Egypt into another Iran? What seems to escape the majority of the Liberal press is that the Muslim Brotherhood is not a peaceful, conservative group. It is a ferocious, extremist organization with an inflexible dedication to obliterate Israel. Although ElBaradei assures the outside world that Egypt will not devolve into a radical religious state, he is supported by a terror group that will not hesitate to use coercion, violence, and assassination to achieve its goal. The end result for Egypt will not be a democratic state, but a dictatorship far worse than Hosni Mubarak?s was ever thought to be. The elusive freedom for which many in Egypt pray will not come at the hands of the Muslim Brotherhood, and neither will Israel achieve the desired peace with her neighbors. The peace process will likely be the first casualty as Syria, Lebanon, Hamas in Gaza, and the Palestinian Authority become even bolder in attempts to push the Jews, not just out of disputed territories in Israel, but into the Mediterranean. **** Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author whose book, Jimmy Carter:the Liberal Left and World Chaos compares the Obama and Carter presidencies. Fri, 4 Feb 2011 15:05:56 -0800 Full article 1_179available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Iranian leaders are dancing in the streets. Iran has been working behind the scenes for years to weaken Egypt by supporting Hamas, Hezbollah and the Muslim Brotherhood. Much of the U.S. secular media are jumping up and down with joy while cheering the protestors. They say it is a democratic Twitter and Facebook revolution. The truth is it?s a "mullah and madrasas? revolution financed by terror-funding regimes. The youth are only pawns whose wakeup call from hell once Islamic fundamentalists rule will be too little too late. It is reminiscent of another time: It was the third year of his presidency. He ran on hope and change and that?s what the world got. He was a weak democratic president whom the bad actors of the world did not fear. Rather they saw his presidency as an opportunity to advance their wicked agendas. As a nation rioted, he kept demanding that the Muslim government show restraint and restore freedom of the press. "Who knows what horror will come upon the earth if this president has his way. I fear the Russians will invade Afghanistan, Iraq will invade Iran, and my beloved country will be turn into an Islamic terror state.? Those were the words of America?s strongest Muslim ally, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran to his wife Empress Farah. It appears history is repeating itself in Egypt as hundreds of thousands of protesters flood central Cairo, defying yet another order of a nationwide curfew and demanding that President Hosni Mubarak step down. Yet, President Obama continues to orchestrate the same swan song that an earlier president, Jimmy Carter, played for the last Muslim dictator-ally thirty years ago. Carter said last Sunday that this was not a revolution orchestrated by the Muslim Brotherhood and that Mubarak would have to leave. It appears that Carter is as blind to reality today as he was during the Iran crisis. President Obama has bought into the myth that an Arab democracy is better for the U.S. than an Arab dictator. The illusion that democracy can co-exist with Islamic fundamentalism is existential. Jimmy Carter tried it in Iran, buying into a protest movement that the jackals of the Middle East willingly and gladly exploited. That mistake birthed a Shi?a Islamic state, Hezbollah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and al-Qaeda. Now the Muslim Brotherhood has united behind Mohammed ElBaradei, a shill for Iran, who is also calling for President Mubarak to leave the country. He fronted for them as the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). You can be sure Iran and al-Qaeda have joined the fray in attempting to script another Islamic revolutionary state. The Muslim Brotherhood is Egypt?s most well-organized opposition movement and has been waiting for this opportunity since its inception in 1928. If it grasps the reins in an Arab country of over 82 million, Israel, the other Middle Eastern countries, and the West will face an enemy with one of the largest and strongest militaries in the Muslim world built on some of the most advanced American?made platforms. The Revolution in Egypt could spread to Jordon and then to the entire Arab World. The Brotherhood simply waits in the wings to see how this civil disturbance, entering its second week, will further its goal of a fundamentalist state ruled by the most strict interpretation of Shariah (Islamic) law. Its vision, which the members believe has been ordained by the Quran, has been forestalled by secular Arab regimes far too long. While the group shares the goal of Islamic sovereignty within the global jihad movement as orchestrated by al-Qaeda, it scorns the tactics viewed as counterproductive. However, it does seem to be making headway among the more fanatical Muslims in Egypt. Recent polls of the Egyptian population suggest that 77 percent want to see whipping and hands cut off for robbery; 84 percent favor the death penalty for any Muslim who changes his religion; 82 percent favor stoning for those who commit adultery. Egypt has been ground zero for Islamic terror: The blind cleric, Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman, charged and imprisoned for the first World Trade Center bombing; Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah, top lieutenant to Osama bin Laden, indicted for U.S. Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania; the infamous Egyptian physician Ayman al-Zawahiri, arrested at age 15 for his involvement with the Muslim Brotherhood, and who helped plan the 2001 attack on the World Trade Center Towers; and Mohammad Atta, the Egyptian-born hijacker of American Airlines flight 11 on September 11, 2001. These are but a few of the terrorists birthed and indoctrinated in Egypt. President Mubarak swore in a new cabinet on Monday. The interior minister who headed internal security and was hated by Egyptians for his cruelty was replaced by retired police General Mahmoud Wagdi who is despised by the protesters for his brutality. President Obama will attempt to put lipstick on the pig the same way Jimmy Carter did. Too late, he will discover the reality that will end his presidency the same way Carter?s ended ? by ignoring those fanatics who are hiding behind the curtain and manning the machinery of internal upheaval in Egypt. A domino effect will cause Shiite and Sunni caliphates all over the Middle East to fight each other for domination. **** Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author whose book, Jimmy Carter:the Liberal Left and World Chaos compares the Obama and Carter presidencies. Fri, 4 Feb 2011 14:56:21 -0800 Full article 1_178available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com One name keeps popping up in diplomatic circles when the Egyptian crisis is the topic of conversation: Muslim Brotherhood. No one seems to be able to articulate whether the organization is a dangerous terror group or a moderate faction. There is some talk of the Brotherhood participating in any future discussions regarding the forming of a new government in Cairo. One thing is certain: the Muslim Brotherhood has often been mentioned for its support of the popular opposition candidate, Mohamed ElBaradei. However, it is not unusual for the perpetrators of rioting and mayhem to support a particular contender just long enough to seize control and hijack the country. According to a source inside the Egyptian government former U.S. ambassador and Obama envoy Frank Wisner, dispatched to Cairo to assess the situation, met with a senior member of the Muslim Brotherhood. The two are said to have also discussed the exit of Mubarak and Israel?s future. This comes in the midst of charges from Mubarak?s backers that Obama has encouraged the protests in Egypt. Recalling the words of Muhammad Akef, former Supreme Guide of the Brotherhood, should send chills down the spine of Egypt?s allies. He said in 2004 that he had "complete faith that Islam will invade Europe and America.? Risalat al-Ikhwan, the Muslim Brotherhood periodical published in Britain, sported the distressing banner, "Our Mission: World Domination.? The slogan quietly disappeared after 9/11, but has the goal changed? Muhammad Badi, the current Supreme Guide of the Brotherhood gave an interview to Egypt?s Dream 2 TV. He reiterated: "We will continue to raise the banner of Jihad and the Koran in our confrontation with the enemy of Islam ... The Muslim Brotherhood still considers the Zionists to be its main and only enemy. The Jews who occupy Palestine have their eyes set on Egypt.? Perhaps Mr. Badi has forgotten that Israel could have owned Egypt following the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Israeli troops advanced to within 63 miles of Cairo and chose not to take the city. These are merely statements intended to arouse the ire of Muslim fanatics with Israel as the target. The Muslim Brotherhood is far from the non-threat it pretends to be. It is the father of such terrorist organizations as Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. It has been reported that members of Hamas have infiltrated the protestors in Cairo in an attempt to cause further chaos and anarchy in the streets of the city. In 1948 the Egyptian government tried unsuccessfully to disband the Brotherhood. It apparently retaliated with the assassination of Prime Minister Mahmoud al-Nuqrashi, and was later charged with the attempted assassination of President Gamal Abdul Nasser. Even more unsettling is the reality that the Muslim Brotherhood has ties to Shiite Islam, Iranian style. It is thought by many that this particular brand of Islam holds more appeal to the Sunnis under the control of President Hosni Mubarak in Egypt. Close ties between Iran and the Brotherhood could spell disaster for the Middle East as Iran?s influence, especially among the terrorist groups, would burgeon. It would spell danger for U.S. interests and allies in the region. Muhammad Ghannem, a member of the Brotherhood, in an interview with Al-Alam, the Iranian news network, said that he would be pleased to see Egypt and Israel at war "in order to bring about the downfall of the Mubarak regime.? He further declared that the Suez Canal should be closed and gas flow to Israel be halted. It is simply another method of using the end ? Israel?s destruction ? to justify the means ? revolution among the disenfranchised in Egypt. It is impossible not to draw conclusions between Obama?s Egyptian crisis and Jimmy Carter?s Iranian crisis. All that is missing are the hostages ? or will Egypt become the hostage of an amoral terrorist group determined to use any means to provoke an attack against Israel? I am reminded again of the George Santanaya quote: "Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it? **** Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author whose book, Jimmy Carter:the Liberal Left and World Chaos compares the Obama and Carter presidencies. Fri, 4 Feb 2011 14:43:22 -0800 Full article 1_177available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com It appears history is repeating itself in Egypt as hundreds of thousands of protesters floodcentral Cairo having defied the order for a nationwide curfew. His detractors are chantingdemands for President Hosni Mubarak to step down, while his supporters are barred fromthe demonstrations for fear of total chaos. President Obama continues to try to orchestrate the same swan song for Mubarak that aformer President Jimmy Carter played for the last Muslim dictator-ally, Muhammad RezaPahlavi, the Shah of Iran, thirty years ago. We have but to look at news coming from Iranto see how successful that campaign was. While many applaud the "democratic Twitter and Facebook revolution?, the truth ismuch more sinister: the unrest which could cascade into anarchy at any moment isfinanced by terror-supporting regimes. The Egyptian people are only pawns in the handsof those Islamic fundamentalists who wish to turn Egypt into yet another terror state. Ifthis attempt succeeds, the man on the street will have a wakeup call from hell onceIslamic fundamentalists rule. Just as Jimmy Carter was a weak and ineffective president not feared by the fanatics ofthe world, so is President Barack Obama. World terror organizations see America todayas cowed and cowardly and will take advantage of any opportunity to advance theirdeadly agendas. Following Mubarak?s announcement that he would not stand for re-election inSeptember, President Obama called on the embattled Egyptian president to step downimmediately and not delay the transition process. Obama held a brief press conference toaddress the issue, calling for Mubarak to preserve his role in history as a peacemaker anda strong leader. According to Obama: "[Mubarak] recognizes that the status quo is not sustainable andthat a change must take place. Indeed, all of us who are privileged to serve in positions ofpolitical power do so at the will of our people." He added that his administration hadheard the "voices demanding change? even as the streets flooded with protestors.Mubarak?s public humiliation at the hands of the Obama administration will notencourage the wanted reforms; rather it will embolden the enemy. And in the Arab world,the winner takes all. Humiliation in the Muslim world is worse than death. Few realizethat the spark of the democracy the Egyptian people want will be stomped out by thefanatics waiting in the wings to take over once Mubarak is forced to leave in ignominy.The Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt?s largest and most well-organized opposition movementhas been waiting for this opportunity since its inception in 1928. If this terrororganization is allowed to take control in an Arab country of over 82 million, Israel, theMiddle East, and the West will face an enemy with one of the largest and strongestmilitaries in the Muslim world built on some of the most advanced American?madeplatforms. The Brotherhood will simply wait in the wings to see how this civil disturbance, nowentering its second week and with the potential to become more violent daily, will furtherits goals of a fundamentalist state ruled by the most strict interpretation of Shariah(Islamic) law. Recent polls of the Egyptian population suggest that 77 percent want to seewhipping and hands cut off for robbery; 84 percent favor the death penalty for anyMuslim who changes his religion; 82 percent favor stoning for those who commitadultery. President Obama is a weak, spineless Liberal who believes it is better to talk to peoplebecause they are basically good rather than demanding criminals be brought to justice orfighting to stop those committing crimes against humanity. He is a moral relativist andhas difficulty seeing moral issues in the Middle East clearly. He rejects absolutestandards of good and evil, of right and wrong. In his worldview, human nature is on the path toward enlightenment. The victims areseen as the cause of the problem; the perpetuators are seen as innocent and exploited.Their bad acts can simply be blamed on society or on psychological or economiccircumstances. President Obama?s secular humanistic worldview excuses evil, or worse, denies it evenexists, and coddles it by refusing to confront it. Pandora?s Box was opened in Egyptwhen the president went there bowing and apologizing for America and blaming al-Qaeda and Israel for the problems in the Middle East. Now change is coming in Egypt by having bowed down to the enemy and encouraged theoverthrow of one of Israel?s two peace partners in the Middle East. With Lebanon nowfirmly in the grasp of Hezbollah, Tunisia ripe for a militant take-over, Jordan scramblingto avoid the same fate, and Egypt in danger of sliding into anarchy, Israel warily standsalone in a sea of fanaticism. **** Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author whose book, Jimmy Carter:the Liberal Left and World Chaos compares the Obama and Carter presidencies. Fri, 4 Feb 2011 14:19:18 -0800 Full article 1_176available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com When I was in Jerusalem a few weeks ago I had the privilege of meeting with the Mayor of Jerusalem, Nir Barkat. I have been friends with all of the Mayors of Jerusalem dating back to Teddy Kollek. I asked Mayor Barkat what it meant to him to have Christian friends supporting the Jewish people during these trying times. The Mayor told me, "The Christian Zionists of the world are strategic partners of Jerusalem and the Jewish people. My experience is so positive with every time I meet an evangelical, Zionist, Christian leader who comes to Jerusalem. I am amazed by the love, the importance Jerusalem plays in your hearts. I always remind people that in a way you are a shareholder of Jerusalem. Your belief strengthens us. All I can say is thank you for your support. You are welcome to visit us in Jerusalem, next year, any year." President Obama is continuing his plan to force Israel to give up East Jerusalem?the birthplace of Christianity?to become a Muslim capital for the Palestinians, along with Judea and Samaria as they form a new nation. This is a direct attack on the prophecy and promises of God?and it will bring devastation to Israel and a curse on every nation that supports it. Tue, 1 Feb 2011 16:10:37 -0800 Full article 1_175available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The political arm of the Hezbollah terrorist organization appears poised to assume complete control of the government of Lebanon after gaining the support of a key political party that would give it enough seats to rule in Lebanon's parliamentary system. The announcement by Walid Jumblatt that members of his Druse sect in parliament would not back the outgoing prime minister, but would support Hezbollah, instead brought Hezbollah to the brink of control of the entire nation. Hezbollah already controls most of southern Lebanon and its military power is greater than that of Lebanon's official army. The rise of Hezbollah to political ascendancy would complete the plan set in motion more than five years ago when it carried out the assassination of then-Prime Minister Harari, the father of the current leader it is now trying to drive from power. Hezbollah knows the UN investigation into that assassination will identify it as a guilty party, and is seeking control of the government to prevent the punishment of its leaders who were involved in the murder plot. In addition government control would provide Hezbollah the means to further arm itself for war against Israel. Tue, 1 Feb 2011 16:05:23 -0800 Full article 1_174available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki declared this week that "The majority of the international community will recognize an independent state" by September. Speaking to a group of Palestinian journalists, al-Maliki said that Trinidad Jimenez, the Spanish Foreign Minister had assured him the European Union will announce their recognition of Palestine "at the beginning of September." "If the European Union doesn't take this decision then Spain will be the first European country to announce its recognition of the Palestinian state, and we're optimistic," al-Maliki said. Palestinian leaders are continuing a major international diplomatic push to encourage world leaders to recognize them as an independent nation with pre-1967 borders. President Obama and his Administration are strongly supporting this effort behind the scenes. Reportedly, Mr. Obama personally promised King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia that he would force Israel to hand over Judea and Samaria along with East Jerusalem to the Palestinians before the end of his first term in office. This is a direct attack on Bible prophecy?and the results will be devastating if this evil plan succeeds, not just for Israel but for every nation that takes part in cursing the Chosen People. Thu, 20 Jan 2011 09:58:11 -0800 Full article 1_173available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Attack after murderous attack occurs?in Israel, in nations around the world, and even here in America. A homicidal maniac screaming "Allah Akbar" guns down innocent civilians or blows himself up to kill Jews and Christians. Why? What drives this demonic rage? The answer is Islam. Though politically-correct commentators like to call Islam a religion of peace, which is historically and theologically inaccurate. Islam is a religion of the sword, born and spread through conquest and war. Those who kill themselves and others in the name of Allah are not practicing some twisted aberrant form of Islamic doctrine, they are practicing jihad as it written and taught in the Koran. Only by paying a special tax and living according to Islamic law are Christians and Jews permitted to survive at all. When you hear world leaders like President Obama calling on Israel to sit down with the Palestinians to negotiate "peace" remember that these terrorists are fully committed, according to the basic doctrines of their religion, to destroying Israel and America and any other country whose citizens want to practice religious freedom. It is impossible to make peace with such people?they do not desire it. Iran and their terrorist proxies Hamas and Hezbollah are fueled by demonic rage against Jews and Christians, and no amount of concessions or peace talks will ever change that. Thu, 20 Jan 2011 09:52:13 -0800 Full article 1_172available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The evil international plot against Israel to isolate and destroy the Jewish people took its next step a few days ago when Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas laid the ceremonial first stone for the Palestinian "embassy" in Brazil. At the celebration marking the next step following Brazil's recent declaration that they were recognizing Palestine as an independent state according to the 1967 borders, Abbas called on the United Nations to condemn Israel for refusing to halt building homes for Jewish people on Jewish land. This worldwide diplomatic push to recognize Palestine is part of an international plot against Israel. It is designed to encircle Israel and create economic chaos and despair. Many world leaders believe that if they can succeed in toppling the Netanyahu government, my old friend the Prime Minister will be replaced by a more liberal political figure who would be willing to make major concessions to the Palestinians?and sadly, they may be right. The threats the Jewish people are facing right now combined with pressure from world leaders, including President Obama, for them to give up land promised to forever them by God make this a very dangerous time indeed. Thu, 20 Jan 2011 09:47:27 -0800 Full article 1_171available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Hezbollah forced the Lebanese government to collapse last week. Other democracies in the region have given up on efforts to help the struggling nation. The government of Lebanon collapsed last Wednesday, January 12, when members of the terrorist group Hezbollah and their supporters withdrew from the "Unity Coalition." The United Nations investigation into the murder of former Prime Minister Rafik Harari, father of the current Prime Minister is expected to reveal Hezbollah's roll in the assassination. The collapse of Lebanon's already shaky government further increases the security threat Israel faces from the north. It is believed that Iran and Syria have provided Hezbollah with more than 40,000 rockets and missiles to use against Israel. The terrorist group already effectively controlled most of southern Lebanon. And there is now little to restrain them from renewing their assault on Israel. Northern Israeli cities such as Haifa are being warned to prepare for the increased threat. Some analysts believe Lebanon could fracture into a collection of tribal regions governed by warlords and terrorists. Iran has been equipping and encouraging Hezbollah to be active in preparing for renewed war against Israel. In 1993 just days before the first terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, God warned me in a vision that Hezbollah would rise to become the most dangerous terrorist organization in the world. Admiral James Woolsey, the former head of the CIA, has confirmed that prophecy has come true. I am very familiar with their evil work. I was in Beirut when they killed more than 230 US Marines?many of these young men I had just shared the Gospel with the night before the attack. They tried to kill me the next day, and had an angel of the Lord not personally intervened I believe they would have succeeded. They are Iran's state within a state in Lebanon, and they are hell-bent on wiping Israel off the map. Thu, 20 Jan 2011 09:43:18 -0800 Full article 1_170available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Mahmoud al-Zahar I was reminded of the urgency of the Corrie ten Boom Project when I saw that Hamas co-founder and leader Mahmoud al-Zahar has again denied that six million Jews perished in Hitler's death camps. "The lie according to which they were a victim of a holocaust and the (Jewish) people are a victim?this lie has crumbled," al-Zahar said. He went on to say that it is Israel that is "committing holocausts" against the Palestinians. The only way that we can stop these vile lies from spreading and indoctrinating a new generation of terrorists and suicide bombers is to counter them with the truth. The Corrie ten Boom project will be an unmistakable and irrefutable witness to the truth of the Holocaust?and even more to the love of God. There is no better way to stop the cycle of violence than the Gospel. That is why Corrie's story will also be told in both Arabic and Farsi?to reach young Muslims with the truth before it is too late. We are watching Bible prophecy and history collide before our eyes. And God has called the Jerusalem Prayer Team to stand for Israel "for such a time as this." One of the reasons we are launching the Corrie ten Boom Project is to counteract lies about the Holocaust being told by Hamas and Iran. We plan to air The Hiding Place TV special in Israel and complete the installation of the story in 20 languages in Holland at the ten Boom House for the worldwide witness through the virtual tour. Shortly, I will fly to Holland to the ten Boom Home and Museum to film material on the ten Booms with a crew from Israel's History Channel. This precious family gave their lives to save 800 Jews from the Holocaust. Casper ten Boom was 82 when he died and was buried in an unmarked grave. Betsie ten Boom perished in the dreaded Ravensbruck death camp. In the face of the grave and growing threat against Israel, we must do more than ever before to reach the Jewish people, not only meeting their needs, but sharing the love of God with them. That's why the Jerusalem Prayer Team is launching the Corrie ten Boom Project. The vast majority of Jewish people worldwide have never heard the story of God's love through Christians. Over the years I've heard Christians say that the reason Jews are so closed to the Gospel is because they are blind. I know the history of my people. I sometimes think the blind ones are many Christians ? not the Jews at all. I say this because, regretfully, the only stories passed down from Jewish parents and grandparents are those of suffering at the hands of professing Christians. As a child I was one of those Jewish people until my eyes were opened. Great numbers of Jews were tortured and killed during the pogroms in Russia at the hands of professing Russian Orthodox Christians. My great grandfather, a rabbi, was one of those murdered. My mother didn't know what a real, professing Christian was. She had never seen loving, compassionate Christians. When I was a child she told me, "Christians hate Jews. Christians kill Jews. Jesus died; don't dig him up." We have worked for years on a way to reach the Jews, and we are about to launch a major multi-media initiative. In addition to airing The Hiding Place on Israeli television, we are preparing to launch an Internet virtual reality tour of the ten Boom home. You can see a preview of this project here and here. This amazing story has already been translated into more than a dozen languages with more on the way. Imagine making it possible for every Jewish person worldwide to tour the ten Boom Holocaust Center via Internet free of charge and learn the story of Christian love. The ten Boom family launched a meeting to pray for the peace of Jerusalem in 1844. It ended in 1944 when the family was taken captive by the Nazis. The prayer meeting will continue. We will invite Jewish people to send their personal prayer requests to Jerusalem Prayer Team members worldwide. Presently Jewish people in Israel write their prayer requests on slips of paper and rabbis insert them into cracks in the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Now they will be able to have personal prayer. You see, the ten Booms prayed with and for Jewish people in their home; you will be able to do the same in your home. After years of research, we now have the technology to share God's love with the fourteen million Jewish people worldwide. The entire ten Boom story is now available by means of a stunning virtual reality Internet tour. With the cooperation of the Billy Graham organization the site includes powerful segments from the famous movie, "The Hiding Place." It has already been translated into Hebrew, Russian, Dutch, German, Spanish, and many other languages. We are faced with a monumental challenge. When the special airs in Israel during Holocaust Memorial Week this spring, we want to give the Jewish people The Hiding Placebook in Hebrew at no charge. In my opinion this is the most significant opportunity of our lifetime to impact eternity and invest in an eternal legacy. Through a historic handful of Jerusalem Prayer Team members we will be able to: Tell Corrie's story in the languages of the world and to be light and salt; Fight anti-Semitism by showing the truth of the Holocaust; Provide a safe haven where Jewish people around the world can receive prayer during times of crisis; Provide a forum for real-time intercessory prayer for, by and with Jerusalem Prayer Team members; Communicate the truth of the Holocaust in Arabic and Farsi to Muslim children who are being recruited by radical Islam so they will not dedicate their lives to killing Jewish people. One day many years ago I saw Corrie ten Boom carrying her bags into a Holiday Inn. I didn't know who she was; I just knew she was an elderly lady. I ran to carry her bag for her. When I saw her face, I was astonished. "Oh," she said, "young man, I'm just a tramp for the Lord. Come on in and have a cup of soup with me." As I sat with her, she opened her heart and shared with me the love she had for my people. I wept. Because of the impact of such Christian love, I've done everything within my power to keep the vision alive. Now, God has given me an assignment?to take this vision into the hearts and homes of every Jewish person in the world. We cannot fail?for the sake of the Jewish people, and for the memory and ministry of the ten Boom family. Thu, 20 Jan 2011 09:41:50 -0800 Full article 1_169available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Hezbollah Could Fire 400-600 Rockets Per Day into Israel Gabi Ashkenazi, Chief of Staff of the IDF, has begun to prepare troops for "a major war? in light of the buildup of weapons by Hezbollah revealed recently. A frightening report presented to a US Congressional delegation by Israel's Mossad Intelligence Agency and published as part of the Wikileaks cache of diplomatic communications has revealed the extent to which Iran and Syria have succeeded in supplying their terrorist proxies, Hamas and Hezbollah, with advanced weapons to use against Israel. The Mossad official who provided the intelligence briefing to US leaders revealed that Israel expected Hezbollah to fire between 400-600 rockets per day into Israel during the next war. The briefing further revealed that the terrorist group headquartered in Lebanon had also been given longer range rockets and unmanned aerial drones capable of striking as far south as Tel Aviv. And of course Hamas in Gaza is believed to have a similar number of rockets and missiles, also provided by Iran. The report highlights the danger the tiny nation with enemies in such close proximity armed with so many lethal weapons. While Iran has several hundred long?range missiles capable of reaching Israel, the Israeli military is far more concerned with the closer threat posed by local terrorist groups. As a result of the threat, Israel has prepared national evacuation plans to shelter its civilian population from attack. In addition the Jewish state has made a major investment in anti-missile defense technology. The system known as Iron Dome is hoped to one day provide a shield over the entire nation, but it is not expected to be fully operational for several more years. Analysts fear that Israel would suffer significant civilian casualties during any extended conflict. The use by Hezbollah and Hamas of non-combatant structures, including schools, hospitals and mosques, to store their weapons makes pre-emptive strikes by the Israeli Defense Forces very difficult. Israeli Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi left no doubt of the seriousness of the situation when he said Israel was preparing for a "major war." For more news visit our home page. Wed, 19 Jan 2011 21:37:13 -0800 Full article 1_168available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Spanish Government Sponsors Palestinian Ad Urging Boycott of Israel The little boy in this Palestinian television commercial rejects the Israeli-made chips he has bought after hearing gunfire. The ad, sponsored by Spain, urges a boycott of Israeli imports. Palestinian television has begun broadcasting an ad calling for the boycott of Israeli products. While such a move is hardly new, the disturbing feature of this ad is that it is sponsored by the Spanish government, the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Spanish humanitarian aid development group AECID. Israel's economy is heavily dependent on exports, and a concerted effort is once again being made to bring Israel to her knees by choking off that economic lifeline through boycotts. Appealing to misguided people in the name of "peace" and "justice", the Palestinians have had some notable successes in encouraging nations and especially non-governmental organizations (including many groups in the United States) to take part in these boycotts. The new Palestinian advertising campaign shows a shopkeeper explaining why he carries Israeli products in his store. A young boy buys a bag of potato chips, but then brings them back when he hears gunfire (presumably Israeli) outside the shop. He drops the chips on the floor and asks for Palestinian ones instead. The ad's closing line is "Don't prolong the occupation's life upon our land." Then the ad displays not only the Palestinian logo but those of the different Spanish governmental agencies as well. Spain has been a center of anti-Semitism for hundreds of years, dating back to the Inquisition. But analysts expressed surprise at the unusually high level of government support for the latest anti-Israel campaign being expressed in such a public manner. Many nations in the European Union already limit Israeli imports; it was not immediately clear if Spain was intending to take a harder line on the topic or was merely lending financial support and prestige to Palestinian calls to boycott Israel. For more news visit our home page. Wed, 19 Jan 2011 21:29:07 -0800 Full article 1_167available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com "Israel's Diplomatic Downfall" Chilean President Sebastián Piñera announced that Chile has recognized Palestine as an independent state. Concern is mounting as other South American nations are expected to follow suit. In a move characterized by one Israeli Member of Parliament as "Israel's diplomatic downfall," Chile has joined the growing list of nations recognizing Palestine as an independent state apart from any input from Israel. Palestinian diplomats continue pressuring the world community to force Israel to deal with a fait accompli concerning their independence. Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki celebrated the announcement late last week of Chile's decision to recognize Palestine as an independent nation. The movement has been gaining momentum especially in Latin America, as Chile joins Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia in making the recognition. Uruguay is also expected to take that same step this month. The Palestinians have launched a major worldwide diplomatic initiative as their latest step against Israel. Many European nations have stopped short of full recognition but have upgraded the status of Palestinian diplomatic missions. This moves the Palestinian Authority closer to its goal of having diplomatic immunity. Such protection would allow their terrorist operatives to move around the world and attack Jews without fear of arrest or prosecution. For Israel the diplomatic and economic reality of the string of countries recognizing Palestine on Israel is grim. One Israeli Member of Parliament called the move "Israel's diplomatic downfall." The Palestinians believe they can use economic pressure to force Israel into making dangerous concessions of land and autonomy to the terrorists who have never renounced their plans to kill the Jews. Chile has one of the largest populations of Palestinians in South America, but the move was still a surprise to some because unlike many other Latin American countries, including those that have already taken the step of recognizing Palestine, Chile's government has been more right?wing. Israeli diplomats and politicians fear the move may open the door to similar steps from other conservatively-governed nations, further increasing the pressure being brought to bear on the Jewish state. For more news visit our home page. Wed, 19 Jan 2011 21:26:33 -0800 Full article 1_166available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The number one question I am being asked is: If Iran goes atomic in 2011, what will that mean for the world? The question presupposes that Iran will not be deterred from its goal. There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that Israel is fully prepared to stop Iran. There is also no doubt that President Obama is totally prepared to stop Israel. The U.S. government controls the skies in the Middle East as well as the replacement parts that Israel will need for the attack. The Holy Grail of understanding is that an atomic Iran will usher in a nuclear arms race such as the world has never seen. Iran is a non-Arab Shia state. The Gulf States are basically Sunni, as are the vast majority of the world's Muslims. The Shia beliefs of the Persians in Iran are despised by the Sunni population ? almost as much as Zionism. There are no Sunni mosques in Tehran. First, an atomic Iran will force the Gulf States to go atomic with Russia being the vendor. It will be a trillion-dollar nuclear arms race. This will usher in Armageddon within a decade. There is little possibility that glassy-eyed Sunni and Shia fundamentalists with a 200-mile Gulf border will not ultimately push the button. Secondly, an atomic Iran would empower President Ahmadinejad beyond anything the world could imagine. He will become the Islamic Hitler of the Middle East?Osama bin Laden on steroids. He truly believes he will usher in the Mahdi, the twelfth descendant of Mohammad, through an apocalypse. All of the Muslims in the world will unite behind him to fight the dhimmis?the infidels?the Christians and Jews. I know, because both Ahmadinejad and his spiritual advisor told this to me. All of the provocation in his outrageous speeches is to accomplish but one objective: to mobilize Muslims to join his cause. His vision is a Shia caliphate controlling the entire Gulf. Thirdly, the first target for Ahmadinejad will not be Israel; it will be Saudi Arabia. He knows that the Shia population in Saudi Arabia numbers over 600,000. It is scattered throughout the oil region. His plan will be to use the Islamic revolution and its Revolutionary Guard to accelerate terror 100-fold. Once he has a nuclear umbrella, it will be virtually impossible for Gulf States to retaliate. His plan is to overthrow King Abdullah and the Gulf region, not through invasion as Saddam Hussein did in Kuwait but through Islamic revolution and terror. Fourth, Ahmadinejad will use the atomic bomb to unify over 100 million Shia followers to consolidate the caliphate from Afghanistan to Iraq. I was told this by President Barzani of Kurdistan. He told me that the Saudis were building a 400-mile wall between Iraq and Saudi Arabia because they know that this is coming. Fifth, Iran will be a major threat to Israel. Ahmadinejad has declared that Zionism is a stinking corpse that must be wiped off the map. He sees a world without Zionism. How he could achieve his objective is through a SCUD in a bucket. Israel has been hit with more than 20,000 missiles from Hezbollah in Lebanon and from Hamas in Gaza (Iran's proxies). Mon, 10 Jan 2011 12:08:16 -0800 Full article 1_165available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Just days ago, top editors of The New York Times, flagship of the liberal America media, ambushed and tore into an unsuspecting senior diplomat from the Israeli Consulate in New York City. The Israeli representative was invited to the newspaper's office by, among others, rabid columnist Thomas Friedman. The Israeli official assumed the invitation would include a professional discussion and perhaps an interview regarding Israel and the peace process. He had no idea he had been invited to a lynching. The Times editors bombarded the diplomat unrelentingly, giving the Israeli no time to respond. Israel was blamed for everything ? the breakdown of the peace process and the lack of peace. Israel was accused of being an extremist and racist state. The diplomat was blasted for the ill-treatment of President Obama. The Israeli was mocked when he tried to talk about Israel's security needs. He was told, "We're sick of hearing about that." Friedman, who led the pack, accused Israel of being like a spoiled child, crazed, and extremist. He insisted that the U.S. stop being Israel's enabler and averred that the world is now on the side of the Palestinians, that Israel is "driving drunk" and needs a wake-up call. The New York Times and Tom Friedman exemplify the meaning of the word "stupidity" to demonize the state of Israel simply because they want the racism to stop. Jews in Israel are not murdered over land; they die because they are Jews. The New York Times theater of the absurd delusion is tantamount to giving the Ku Klux Klan a state in America and demanding that all African-Americans get out of the state. In the face of this grave and growing threat, we must do more than ever before to reach the Jewish people, not only meeting their needs, but sharing the love of God with them. The vast majority of Jewish people worldwide have never heard the story of God's love through Christians. Over the years I've heard Christians say that the reason Jews are so closed to the Gospel is because they are blind. I know the history of my people. I sometimes think the blind ones are many Christians ? not the Jews at all. I say this because, regretfully, the only stories passed down from Jewish parents and grandparents are those of suffering at the hands of professing Christians. As a child I was one of those Jewish people until my eyes were opened. Great numbers of Jews were tortured and killed during the pogroms in Russia at the hands of professing Russian Orthodox Christians. My great grandfather, a rabbi, was one of those murdered. My mother didn't know what a real, professing Christian was. She had never seen loving, compassionate Christians. When I was a child she told me, "Christians hate Jews. Christians kill Jews. Jesus died; don't dig him up." Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:31:06 -0800 Full article 1_164available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Israeli Air Force Commander Major General Ido Nehushtan briefed reporters about the dangers and challenges Israel is facing in this New Year. He described 2011 as a "critical year" particularly with regard to the threat of Iran completing work on its nuclear weapons program. According to General Nehushtan, Israel's task of planning for all the different threats it may face is complicated by a military buildup of Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and the governments of Syria and Iran. "We are always tracking what is happening around us so we can be ready," Nehushtan said. The IAF is especially concerned with terrorists targeting air bases to lessen Israel's tactical air superiority. "There have been developments in the amount of missiles and rockets that are in our enemies' hands," he said. "We assume that in the future, IAF bases will be a target. We are aware of this and are preparing accordingly." Intense and increased drills are intended to prepare Israel's planes and crews to respond rapidly to a threat or an attack. The number of drills at some air bases has more than doubled compared to previous years. General Nehushtan also noted as a concern the recent massive sale by the United States of advanced military aircraft to Saudi Arabia. "A guiding principle for the IAF has been to ensure that we have a qualitative edge," Nehushtan said. Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:24:12 -0800 Full article 1_163available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Ramsey Clark is in Gaza this week rubbing shoulders with the leader of Hamas. Is anyone who has followed his political career and Liberal Left leanings surprised? Clark's visit puts him once again squarely in opposition to U. S. foreign policy dictates which label Hamas a terrorist organization. The former attorney general under Lyndon Johnson has become the sweetheart of radicals and war criminals the world over. Clark's penchant for defending terrorists is well-known. As far back as the 1960s he chose to make Vietnam his public platform to condemn the bombing of targets during the war. Clark's resignation from the Justice Department in the late 60s cemented his descent into the abyss of liberalism. During the 70s he made a run for the Senate, but lost to Daniel Moynihan. By the 1980s Clark was racking up frequent flyer miles as he circled the globe to schmooze with any dictator, genocidal maniac, or terrorist who happened to have a grievance against the United States. He met with the likes of Moammar Qadaffi in Libya. In Estonia, he defended Karl Linnas, a Nazi concentration camp guard who had overseen the murders of some 12,000 resistance fighters and Jews. Following his loss in the trial, Clark declared his consternation with having to defend a Nazi "forty years after some god-awful crime they're alleged to have committed." Not to be outdone in his support for the rabid fringe, Clark assumed the mantle of defender of Mohammad Daoud al-Owhali, the man responsible for driving a truck-bomb into the U.S. Embassy in Kenya, and tossing grenades at guards as he made his escape. Two hundred thirteen were killed and scores were injured. When al-Owhali was captured and extradited to the U.S. to stand trial, Ramsey Clark volunteered to defend the mass murderer?a man who was also instrumental in killing another 224 and injuring 4,500 people at the U.S. Embassy in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. Clark saw it as an opportunity to rant against American foreign policy worldwide. This idol of the Liberal Left has been alternately described as ga-ga, a dupe, kook, spook, none-too-bright, unhinged, traitor, turncoat, collaborator, and spy. Which of those really describe a man who seems more than willing to cross the ethical and honorable limits ? frequently. Now Clark is in Gaza courting the likes of Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh. And, for what purpose? Perhaps his reasoning is grounded in his declaration that Islam "is probably the most compelling spiritual and moral force on earth today.? He has no presidential library to which the Gaza leaders might donate funds. He is running for no office in which his campaign which would need their support. Just how did he get into Gaza, anyway? Former Attorney General Ramsey Clark seems to be the perfect Manchurian Candidate -taking potshots at the very fabric of America, aligning himself with her detractors, defending her enemies, and dabbling in traitorous activities. The definition of treason according to the U.S. Constitution Article III, Section 3 is: "Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying War against them (America), or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court." U.S. Constitution Article III, Section 3. The key words are "aid? and "comfort.? That description seems to fit Ramsey Clark like tights on a circus performer. Since his career has been so public and his actions so ludicrous finding two witnesses should not be problematic. Is Ramsey Clark guilty of treason? You be the judge. Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:16:18 -0800 Full article 1_162available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Israeli security officials may have saved dozens or even hundreds of lives this week by arresting two Hamas members who were planning a rocket strike on a Premier League soccer match in Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem. Officials said the strike could have "caused mass casualties." The two Hamas terrorists were employed at the British consulate office in Jerusalem. Intelligence officials also arrested several other terrorists who were to supply the weapons and help with logistics and preparations for the attack. This terrorist plot to attack innocent men, women and children is just the latest in a long line of attempts by the Iranian-backed Hamas terrorist organization to kill as many Jews as they can. The briefings I received in Israel just before Christmas indicate that such attacks and attempts will increase. Iran is trying desperately to distract Israel and prevent the Jewish state from taking military action aimed at stopping the mullahs in Teheran from achieving their goal of gaining nuclear weapons. The threats the Jewish people are facing right now combined with pressure from world leaders, including President Obama, for them to give up land promised to them by God forever make this a very dangerous time indeed. Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:10:37 -0800 Full article 1_161available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Last week I had dinner with the Foreign Minister of Israel, Avigdor Lieberman. During our conversation, I asked him what the Palestinians were currently attempting to do. He said, "They are planning to proclaim statehood unilaterally. The plan is to get the nations of the world to recognize a Palestinian State with East Jerusalem as its capital on the very borders the Palestinians determine. Israel is not to be part of the negotiations. The second phase will be to isolate, demonize, marginalize, and economically suffocate the State of Israel, beating it into compliance. The PA [Palestinian Authority] feels that through Arab oil, the European Union, the UN, Russia and China, the goal can be achieved.? This analysis confirmed what I had been told in dozens of meetings with diplomats. Some told me that President Obama is 100 percent behind the plan and will attempt a White House ceremony before the end of his first term to try to convince the American people to reelect him for another term in office. He will proclaim the he has resolved the Palestinian/Israeli crisis. President Obama considers the greatest destabilizing forces in the Middle East to be first al-Qaeda and then Israel and the Palestinian crisis ? not Iran. I asked the Foreign Minister if Iran would have the bomb in 2011 and would pass the threshold. He said, "There are many thresholds, and we are very close to passing the point of no return. On the exact date or month, I cannot comment.? He did say that once Iran had a nuclear bomb, it would be used as a nuclear umbrella to overthrow Gulf States. The Shias, who number over 100 million, are in all the Gulf States, and Iran, a non-Arab state, would attempt to topple the Gulf States ? including Saudi Arabia. Once a nuclear umbrella is in place, no matter how much terror Iran unleashes, it cannot be halted. When I asked him concerning Ahmadinejad?s plan for Israel, the Foreign Minister responded that there was no question that Ahmadinejad is obsessed with wiping Israel off of the map ? if he could. I had these extensive discussions with all Israeli diplomats. I was told that Jewish children in Iran have to wipe their feet on an Israeli flag before they can go into classrooms to study and then scream, "I hate Israel!? They must enter the Iranian army to fight for Iran before a passport or visa is granted. Ahmadinejad?s regime actually believes it is on a mission from God to usher in the Mahdi. I met with President Ahmadinejad and twenty-one Iranian diplomats in New York; I know that?s what he believes. His spiritual advisor told me that Ahmadinejad would usher in the Mahdi within two to three years. My heart is also broken over the tragic murder of Christine Logan. She was a Believer, a Christian Zionist from America touring in Israel. I knew this dear woman, and she was a committed friend of Israel. She was hiking with a friend near Jerusalem. Arab terrorists saw her wearing a Star of David necklace. They took it from her and then brutally stabbed her to death. Mon, 3 Jan 2011 10:15:51 -0800 Full article 1_160available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The Arab League is working diligently to get legislation passed by the European Union that would classify any Jew who builds a home in Judea or Samaria as a war criminal?subject to punishment by the International Court. It's almost impossible to believe, but it's true?and this frightful future with its direct attack on prophetic Scripture could become a reality very soon. While I was in Israel last week, I received numerous briefings and intelligence updates. Israeli leaders foresee a massive economic attack against Israel. Terrorists can no longer move freely inside Israel to launch suicide attacks because of the security wall Israel has built. If the Palestinians can persuade world leaders to punish Israel with tariff and trade penalties so that they cannot compete in the world markets, they hope to bring Israel to its knees and break its will. President Obama has refused to speak out against this plan in support of Israel. He and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are working to undermine and break apart the coalition government headed by my friend Prime Minister Netanyahu. They hope to replace him with a liberal Israeli leader who will accept a Palestinian state with 1967 borders. President Obama is using the threat of an atomic Iran against Israel?because the US controls the skies in the Middle East and supplies Israel with vital weapons and replacement parts?he is refusing to approve an attack to stop Iran's nuclear program unless Israel agrees to give the Palestinians Judea, Samaria and East Jerusalem. An evil worldwide plot against Israel is unfolding before our eyes. This plotting is foretold in the words of Scripture. The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. (Psalm 2:2&3) But we can stand for Israel no matter what world leaders do. President Obama and many other world leaders are cursing Israel by trying to force them to give up the land that God has promised to them forever. "I will bless them that bless thee and curse them that curse thee." (Genesis 12:3) Will you replace that curse with a blessing today? Mon, 3 Jan 2011 10:08:06 -0800 Full article 1_159available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com It is my esteemed honor to share with you the most important and prophetic announcement in the forty-one year history of my work on behalf of the Jewish people. The Spirit of God keeps repeating that this project is an eternal legacy for you and for me. It is a legacy that will echo throughout eternity. I am Jewish by birth and your ambassador to the nation of Israel. God has given us a prophetic plan to share His love with the fourteen million people in the house of Israel worldwide. Every Jewish person knows the story of the young Dutch girl, Anne Frank. With your help, every Jewish person will hear the story of another Dutch woman, Corrie ten Boom. As chairman of the board of the Corrie ten Boom Holocaust Center in Haarlem, Holland, I was honored with an invitation to speak at the induction ceremony at Yad Vashem when Betsie and Casper ten Boom's names were placed, along with Corrie's, in the Hall of Righteous Gentiles. They were honored along with Oskar Schindler and other great heroes. Dr. Billy Graham produced the movie, "The Hiding Place" based on the story of Corrie's life. He realized how amazing it was. Now for the first time ever, the movie will be aired in Hebrew on national Israeli television during Holocaust Memorial Week. We have worked for years on this project. This is a prophetic first! Never has a Christian movie been aired on national television in Israel. Along with the airing of "The Hiding Place," we will launch an Internet virtual reality tour of the ten Boom home. You can see a preview of this project here and here. This amazing story has been translated into 13 languages so far. Imagine making it possible for every Jewish person worldwide to tour the ten Boom Holocaust Center via Internet free of charge and learn the story of Christian love. The ten Booms saved eight hundred Jewish lives and most of the family gave theirs in order to do it. Casper (82) died and was buried in an unmarked grave. Betsie died in Ravensbruck Concentration Camp. Corrie survived by the hand of God. The ten Boom family launched a meeting to pray for the peace of Jerusalem in 1844. It ended in 1944 when the family was taken captive by the Nazis. The prayer meeting will continue. We will invite Jewish people to send their personal prayer requests to Jerusalem Prayer Team members worldwide. Presently Jewish people in Israel write their prayer requests on slips of paper and rabbis insert them into cracks in the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Now they will be able to have personal prayer. You see, the ten Booms prayed with and for Jewish people in their home; you will be able to do the same in your home. The vast majority of Jewish people worldwide have never heard the story of God's love through Christians. Over the years I've heard Christians say that the reason Jews are so closed to the Gospel is because they are blind. I know the history of my people. I sometimes think the blind ones are many Christians ? not the Jews at all. I say this because, regretfully, the only stories passed down from Jewish parents and grandparents are those of suffering at the hands of professing Christians. As a child I was one of those Jewish people until my eyes were opened. Great numbers of Jews were tortured and killed during the pogroms in Russia at the hands of professing Russian Orthodox Christians. My great grandfather, a rabbi, was one of those murdered. My mother didn't know what a real, professing Christian was. She had never seen loving, compassionate Christians. When I was a child she told me, "Christians hate Jews. Christians kill Jews. Jesus died; don't dig him up." As sad as it is to admit, I was beaten many times in Christian America and called a kike or a Christ-killer. Tomatoes and eggs were thrown at my mother from passing cars by professing Christians who screamed, "Jew witch!" This was done as I pushed my mother's grocery cart home from the local market on Friday nights. Mother Theresa and I prayed together in Rome before she died. She said to me, "You can't love God without loving the Jewish people; Jesus was Jewish." She said love was not something you say, it's something you do. For over twenty-eight years we have operated the ten Boom House at no charge. Jewish people have toured the home and left weeping. Many would say, "My father ? my grandmother ? my grandfather ? was saved by the ten Boom family. I was a little child, they saved me." I'll never forget after I spoke at the induction of Corrie and Betsie, a Jewish woman came to me and said, "My mother took me to the ten Boom home. She asked the old man if he would take us in. He said he had to ask God and would be right back. I was frightened and asked my mother, 'Is God in the house?' She didn't respond. Mr. ten Boom returned and said, 'God said yes; come in.' I am alive today because of the ten Booms and I truly can tell you that God was in the house." After years of research, we now have the technology to share God's love with the fourteen million Jewish people worldwide. The entire ten Boom story is now available by means of a stunning virtual reality Internet tour. With the cooperation of the Billy Graham organization the site includes powerful segments from the famous movie, "The Hiding Place." It has already been translated into Hebrew, Russian, Dutch, German, Spanish, and many other languages. We are faced with a monumental challenge. When the special airs in Israel during Holocaust Memorial Week this spring, we want to give the Jewish people The Hiding Place book in Hebrew at no charge. We must prepare for millions of visitors to the website as word of this breakthrough spreads like wildfire. We must invest in the computer servers, communication lines, and software to handle the flood of visitors from around the world. We must continue to invest the necessary resources to translate this into all primary languages. We must invest in marketing so that people in Israel, Russia, Europe, and South America can learn of the incredible story of God's love. We must insure that our message floods all of the social networks?Facebook, Twitter, Bing, Google and all primary search engines. I believe God has called you and me to come into the kingdom for such a time as this. In my opinion this is the most significant opportunity of our lifetime to impact eternity and invest in an eternal legacy. Through a historic handful of Jerusalem Prayer Team members we will be able to: 1. Tell Corrie's story in the languages of the world and to be light and salt 2. Fight anti-Semitism by showing the truth of the Holocaust 3. Provide a safe haven where Jewish people around the world can receive prayer during times of crisis 4. Provide a forum for real-time intercessory prayer for, by and with Jerusalem Prayer Team members 5. Communicate the truth of the Holocaust in Arabic and Farsi to Muslim children who are being recruited by radical Islam so they will not dedicate their lives to killing Jewish people. We believe that from this initiative the largest prayer meeting in history will be formed. We will be negotiating with leading companies in the U.S., Israel, and Europe. The entire budget to accomplish this task if $7.5 million. But that large sum represents a cost of only approximately fifty cents each to share the love of God with the fourteen million Jewish people we seek to reach. I am certain I am making this presentation to you by divine appointment. I believe you are someone who is prepared to invest in a destiny-impacting project of this scope. Our immediate need is to raise the money to finish production on The Hiding Place special with updates for Israeli national television and to install the needed translation equipment in the ten Boom home in Haarlem. The cost for this Phase One will be over $350,000. We need 2,500 Jerusalem Prayer Team members to say yes so that we can move forward with this installation which needs to begin in three weeks. I confronted Iran's president and twenty-one of his diplomats face-to-face. I placed the Word of God in the hands of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and bound that spirit in him. Almost thirty years ago I prayed over Ahmadinejad's greatest enemy, the current prime minister of Israel. I told Benjamin Netanyahu that he would be prime minister twice, and the second time would be the gravest days in Israel's history. I shared the prophecy with then-Prime Minister Menachem Begin and asked him to give Benjamin a job in the government; he did. I believe with all my heart that you have a divine appointment with destiny. What you do will impact eternity. The scripture is burning in my spirit: For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father's family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to royal position for such a time as this?" (Esther 4:14, NIV) One day many years ago I saw Corrie ten Boom carrying her bags into a Holiday Inn. I didn't know who she was; I just knew she was an elderly lady. I ran to carry her bag for her. When I saw her face, I was astonished. "Oh," she said, "young man, I'm just a tramp for the Lord. Come on in and have a cup of soup with me." As I sat with her, she opened her heart and shared with me the love she had for my people. I wept. Because of the impact of such Christian love, I've done everything within my power to keep the vision alive. Now, God has given me an assignment?to take this vision into the hearts and homes of every Jewish person in the world?which I cannot accomplish without you. For if their being cast away is the reconciling of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead? (Romans 11:15, NKJV) Thu, 30 Dec 2010 16:20:48 -0800 Full article 1_158available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com When I was interviewed by Israel national news television in the Holy Land, I told them that there are millions of American believers standing uncompromising and unapologetically with the Chosen People?but sadly that the Obama administration was not. Millions of our tax dollars have been poured into the pockets of the corrupt terrorists who "lead" the Palestinian people. There will be no peace from such evil efforts. During my meetings in Israel with more than 130 top military, political, educational, and intelligence leaders, I learned that the Arab League is undertaking an audacious scheme to convince the European Union to declare it a war crime for a Jew to build a home in Jerusalem. It sounds too bizarre to be true?but not only is that their plan?it may succeed. Already some 10 EU countries are in the process of upgrading the status of Palestinian representative offices in their capitals. This seemingly minor step is actually a major threat because if Palestinians receive embassy status (the next step in the plan) their terrorist operatives will be able to travel, plot and work with full diplomatic immunity! Norway has become the latest nation to take this grave step toward danger. If the world community recognizes a Palestinian state with the 1967 borders, Israel will be placed in an intolerable position. An evil worldwide plot against Israel is unfolding before our eyes. The plan is to isolate and suffocate Israel and to break her will to resist. The United States, long a strong supporter of Israel, has now joined in this great evil instead of defending the Chosen People. This plotting is foretold in the words of Scripture: The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against His anointed, saying, 'Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.' (Psalm 2:2&3) Barukh attah Adonai eloheinu melekh ha-olam, she'asah li kol tzorki. Blessed art thou, Lord our God, King of the Universe, who provides for me all our needs. Thu, 30 Dec 2010 16:09:02 -0800 Full article 1_157available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Dr. Mike Evans and son, Michael II, delivering blankets and coats to poor elderly Jews in Israel. When I met with the mayor of Jerusalem, he asked if I would come to the members of the Jerusalem Prayer Team with a special, urgent need. Thousands of Holocaust survivors are living in Israel in desperate poverty, barely able to survive on the meager pensions they receive from the government. Many of them have no living relatives to help care for them. They live in isolation and despair. The mayor asked if we would help because he, like so many others here in Israel, knows the heart of compassion that the members of the Jerusalem Prayer Team have for the Chosen People. When I came to Israel I brought the gifts of love?.warm blankets, hats, and coats for poor, elderly Jews?that your generosity made possible, along with our relief support for the many people who suffered great loss during the Chanukah fires. There is a huge underground bomb shelter in Jerusalem that is dilapidated and in desperate need of repair. The mayor personally asked if we could take on this project. Below, you can watch a video tour of the bomb shelter and see what needs to be done. Our goal is to turn this facility into a modern, comfortable community center that will also provide safety during terrorist attacks for these dear Holocaust survivors. Thu, 23 Dec 2010 08:45:45 -0800 Full article 1_156available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Merry Christmas from the city of David where one day the Savior whose birth we celebrate this week will rule and reign over all the world! This is the view I had from my window here in the Holy City as I prayed for you last night. As I saw the glowing walls and the beautiful Tower of David, I was reminded of how we have been able to show the light of God?s love to the dear people who live here in Jerusalem. I came here as your ambassador to comfort those who are suffering. You have fed the poor this week. You have placed warm coats and blankets around cold bodies. You have comforted the hurting and victims of the Chanukah wildfire. Thank you so much for your faithful help. Thu, 23 Dec 2010 08:35:39 -0800 Full article 1_155available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I'm writing to give you an intelligence update from my meetings with more than 130 leaders in the past nine days. I met with generals, mayors, presidents of universities, the Prime Minister and both Deputy Prime Ministers, a former chief of staff, a Supreme Court justice who will be the next Chief Justice and the Secretary of State over dinner. Here is what you need to know: President Obama is putting more pressure on the state of Israel than any previous US President. He is demanding that Israel give up Judea, Samaria, and East Jerusalem by the end of next year. His plan is to keep up the pressure until it happens. Israel is handcuffed because of the threat posed by nuclear Iran. Without US supplies and fly-over permission (the United States controls the skies over the Middle East), it is nearly impossible for Israel to take effective military action. The President is blackmailing Israel to deliver a Palestinian state in exchange for support against Iran. The United Nations, the European Union, the Russians, Chinese and the "Elders" (Jimmy Carter's anti-Israel group) have come up with a plan. They are encouraging the Palestinian Authority to declare statehood now. In the last few days, 10 nations have recognized Palestine as an independent nation. The plan is to do this without Israel's involvement so that Israel cannot have any say in the borders. Once this plan takes place, Israel will be isolated and suffocated economically. President Obama is using our tax dollars to support this plan. His administration and the State Department believe they can destroy the government of Prime Minister Netanyahu so that a liberal government can replace it and accept the deal. If this tragic plan to curse Israel succeeds, every nation that supports the plan will be cursed by Almighty God. Thu, 23 Dec 2010 08:28:08 -0800 Full article 1_154available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com A Grad rocket launched from Gaza struck close to an Israeli kindergarten yesterday morning just as the children were arriving for school. At least one young girl was injured in the terrorist attack. Aviva Fold, an official with the Ashkelon schools said, "The children were arriving at school this morning, at quarter to eight, when the siren blared. There was a code-red warning, and everyone panicked and rushed for the safety of the bomb shelters." It is more urgent than ever before that we step up our efforts to protect the men, women, and children of Israel from these attacks. The demonically-inspired terrorists who are lashing out at the Chosen People in their fury and rage will never rest as long as Israel endures. They will continue to do everything in their power to kill as many Jews as they can unless and until they are stopped. They have no desire for peace. At the same time terrorists continue their evil attacks against innocent men, women, and children, President Obama is using our tax dollars to support his plan against Israel and for the Palestinians?the same terrorists who have launched more than 200 rockets and missiles against Israel this year. Mr. Obama and the State Department believe they can destroy the government of Prime Minister Netanyahu so that a liberal government will replace it and accept the deal to give up land promised to Israel forever by God to create a Palestinian state. If this tragic plan to curse Israel succeeds, every nation that supports it will be cursed by Almighty God. Thu, 23 Dec 2010 08:25:40 -0800 Full article 1_153available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The tragic Chanukah wildfire that killed more than 40 people near Haifa in northern Israel has finally been put out?but the damage is staggering. Thousands of acres and millions of trees were burned, hundreds of homes were damaged or destroyed, and thousands of people are returning to try to rebuild their lives. Firefighters and equipment from many other nations joined with the Israelis to put out the largest fire in Israel's history. Those who were forced to evacuate and still have homes to return to are being allowed to go back. At least 250 homes were damaged or completely destroyed. Many of the surviving homes have suffered such so much structural damage that they will have to be torn down rather than rebuilt. Thousands are facing the loss of everything they owned; children have been orphaned, wives have lost husbands, and mothers have lost children. Great numbers of people have lost everything they owned. They need food, water, medical supplies, clothing, cleaning supplies, furniture and so much more. We must stand with them now to help these poor and needy people. We must not turn our eyes away from their need or stop our ears from hearing their desperate cries for help. Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:20:18 -0800 Full article 1_152available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I recently arrived in Israel, and I will be heading toward Haifa soon to meet with the mayor, an old friend of mine, as well as other local leaders to get an update on the recovery efforts and to learn how we may help the victims who have lost so much. I will be there as your ambassador to bring comfort and hope to these grieving people. Thousands were forced to flee their homes, and many returned home to find everything they owned had been destroyed. Hundreds of homes, businesses, farms, and schools must be rebuilt. It is our work of this moment for us to show God's love to the Chosen People who are in desperate need today. I am asking you to join me in sending a special Chanukah gift of compassion and love so that we can help meet the urgent need. The most basic of supplies are needed to help the precious people who lost so much begin the process of recovery. Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:18:46 -0800 Full article 1_151available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com A sophisticated computer virus and assaults on two of Iran's top nuclear scientists may be part of a coordinated attack launched against Iran's nuclear weapons program. Iran reluctantly admitted that the computer virus has impacted production at their uranium enrichment facilities, and blamed Israel for the bombings that killed one scientist and seriously injured another. The so-called Stuxnet computer virus was first discovered in Belarus, a country that is providing technical assistance to Iran's nuclear program. It is described by experts as a very sophisticated program, designed to jump from computer to computer to allow it reach into the isolated and highly protected Iranian nuclear facilities. The virus works by affecting electronic control systems causing disruption to and even destroying the centrifuges crucial to enriching uranium. The virus can cause centrifuges to spin out of control, potentially threatening entire facilities. The admission from Tehran that their uranium production program had been impacted by the virus was the first confirmation from the Islamic regime that the virus was achieving its desired purpose. Though the delays were downplayed by Iran, outside analysts view this as a potentially major event in the race to stop Iran from gaining access to nuclear weapons. In addition, daring daylight raids in Tehran killed one of Iran's top nuclear scientists and severely wounded another. Riders on motorcycles apparently attached magnetic bombs to the cars of each man as he rode to work Monday morning. Though no one has claimed responsibility for the attacks, Iran blamed Israel. "Undoubtedly, the hand of the Zionist regime and Western governments is involved in the assassination," President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told a press conference in Tehran. He said that neither the computer virus nor the attacks on the scientists would delay Iran from completing its work, which he continues to insist is only meant for peaceful purposes. The events of the past week may be indications that Israel has found non-military options that will allow them to bring Iran's nuclear program to a halt without launching an open attack on the radical Islamic regime. Thu, 2 Dec 2010 21:12:19 -0800 Full article 1_150available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com This scene from Bushehr, Iran shows a missile in place on the perimeter of the Iranian nuclear power plant there. Though Iran has claimed only innocent motives in developing nuclear capabilities, many middle Eastern states?as well as the U.S.?are deeply concerned. Iran's nuclear weapons technology is more advanced than publicly admitted, according to published State Department information that was leaked to the press this week. Despite public denials, the information revealed that China has joined Russia in providing Iran with advanced nuclear controls and technology. The reports also revealed that North Korea has sold advanced missiles capable of striking most of Europe to the Iranians. Iran has long protested publicly that their nuclear program is intended solely for peaceful energy purposes, but their actions belie that denial. The candid opinions of world leaders revealed this week indicate that no nation accepts Iran's contention?and that Iran's nuclear program is more advanced that has been publicly admitted. The documents reveal that despite United Nations resolutions forbidding the sale of technology and equipment that can be used for military purposes to Iran, nations like China and North Korea have provided the mullahs of Teheran with very advanced equipment which has greatly accelerated Iran's nuclear development. The North Korean-made missiles have given Iran the capacity to strike not only Israel and surrounding Arab nations, but most of the major cities of Europe as well. The unstated blackmail implied by this ability may be a reason behind Europe's reluctance to support strong sanctions against Iran. The leaked information also reveals that the United States, while publicly opposing Iran's nuclear program has been hesitant to take any serious steps to stop it?however the Obama Administration has placed great pressure on Israel not to take military action. Israel's intelligence and military services believe there are just weeks left before Iran's program reaches the point of no return. Thu, 2 Dec 2010 21:04:02 -0800 Full article 1_149available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Continuing the recent buildup of pressure on Israel, the top US military commander, Admiral Michael Mullen told a joint press conference in Washington that the United States was "focus[ed] on dialogue and engagement and sanctions." This remark, made during Mullen's meeting with Israeli Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. General Ashkenazi, comes despite a plea from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the US to help provide a "credible military threat" to halt Iran's nuclear ambitions. The Obama Administration has tied Israel's purchase of advanced F-35 fighter jets and other military equipment they desperately need to meet the escalating threat from Iran to the settlement freeze they are trying to force the Jewish state to accept in an effort to restart the stalled peace talks. Israel's military has also come under heavy pressure from Washington not to launch a pre-emptive strike against Iran to halt or delay work on their nuclear weapons program. Lt. General Ashkenazi refused to state how long Israel was willing to wait either for help or approval from the United States before taking action. Top Israeli intelligence and military leaders have briefed me on their fears that Iran will order their terrorist proxies in Hezbollah and Hamas to launch attacks to cripple Israel's ability to take action against Iran's nuclear weapons. Against this background, there is also a great humanitarian tragedy unfolding in Israel. Today there are tens of thousands of very poor elderly Jews, many of them Holocaust survivors, who do not know how they will survive the winter. We have helped them in the past, but I have now received an urgent request to provide hats, coats, and blankets to help keep them safe and warm during the coming cold. Thu, 2 Dec 2010 20:43:53 -0800 Full article 1_148available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Next week, I'll fly to Jerusalem for Chanukah, seeking to bring comfort, support and encouragement to the Jewish people as the sounds of war echo louder and louder in the capitals of the world. In the last few days, we've learned via a series of leaked secret documents that things are much worse and the threat to the Jewish people more grave than most people thought. The Chinese government has illegally provided advanced missile control and nuclear technology to Iran. The North Koreans have illegally sold Iran missiles that are capable of striking not just Israel, but most of the capital cities of Europe and the Middle East. The leaders of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Abu Dhabi have been begging the United States to take action against Iran to prevent the radical mullahs of Teheran from gaining control of nuclear weapons?and quietly offering support to Israel in hopes that the Jewish state will take the necessary action to prevent a tragedy. Yet the Obama Administration continues to treat Israel as an enemy instead of an ally. The US has failed to enforce a promise from Syria not to provide advanced weapons to Hezbollah for use against Israel. America has stood by while Iran has used ambulances?in direct violation of the Geneva Conventions?to smuggle missiles and other weapons to their terrorist proxies. The question is if the Arab nations are supporting Israel, why isn't the Obama Administration? We must stand to defend and protect Israel now! Thu, 2 Dec 2010 20:37:27 -0800 Full article 1_85available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com It seems the whole world is mad at Israel because of the flotilla incident. I am furious for a totally different reason, and that is, to see terrorist-harboring, aiding, and funding organizations and countries, and terrorists themselves contrive a slick, smoke-and-mirror campaign to break Israel's naval blockade. The blockade was established because arms and missiles were being sent into Gaza for only one purpose: to kill Jews. On the ship the activists/terrorists were chanting slogans such as, "Khaibar, Khaibar, O Jews. The army of Mohammed will return.? This was in reference to the slaughter of Jews by Mohammed in the seventh century. They were screaming, "Martyrdom or victory.? Can you imagine any country arming its troops with paintball guns? That?s precisely what Israel did. The boarders were carrying paintball guns solely for crowd control. Israeli officials didn?t want anyone harmed. They wanted to avoid an incident such as the one that evolved on Memorial Day. The terrorists on the ship beat the IDF troops with pipes, stabbed them with knives and scissors, tossed stun grenades at them, and then disarmed the troops and shot them with their own pistols. One soldier was thrown over the railing to fall headfirst thirty feet to the deck below. The only way the Israelis could hope to survive was to defend themselves. In just two examples, in 2001, the Israeli navy intercepted the Karine-A, a ship laden with tons of weapons bound for Gaza from Iran. In November 2009, the Francop, a container ship dispatched from a German port carried hundreds of tons of war materiel to be off-loaded for Hezbollah. Containers aboard the ship were clearly stamped with Iranian markings. Would any country worldwide permit such a thing? The answer is an unequivocal No! Because of the arms that reached Hamas and Hezbollah in the past, more than 10,000 missiles have been fired at innocent Jewish refugees--mothers, fathers, and children. I was in Israel during both the Lebanese war and the Hamas/Gaza war. Missiles were flying over my head. I saw homes demolished and visited the wounded whose bodies were filled with shrapnel. I was heartbroken to see that playgrounds for small children contained bomb shelters. If you think for one moment that the events surrounding the Free Gaza campaign flotilla were just a coincidence, you are misinformed. It was timed for maximum effect. It was never a humanitarian campaign to help suffering people. This is why it was labeled "Free Gaza." The leaders of the flotilla rejected numerous Israeli offers to send the food and medical supplies through the Israeli port of Ashdod, the gate for all humanitarian supplies into Gaza. The terrorist organization behind the flotilla was the IHH (Islan Haklary Ve Hurriyetleri Vakfi) founded in 1992. It has been on the CIA's watchlist since 1996 because of its fanatical Islamist teachings. Under the guise of a "charity," it has a record of sending donations to Muslim disaster areas. The IHH is not the force for good it purports to be. It is backed by a Saudi-based group known to back terrorism. The chairman of the organization, Sheikh Yusuf Qaradawi, advocates suicide attacks against innocent Israeli civilians, and funnels millions to support Hamas. According to a Danish study, the IHH is also reported to have ties with al-Qaeda and other "global jihadist networks." French intelligence reports support the Danish study. Israel gave up Gaza as a land-for-peace offer hoping for peace. Instead it got a living hell. Hamas, an Iranian-backed terrorist organization, went into Gaza, unspeakably persecuting Christians and Palestinians alike. Christians have been executed in the streets and doused with acid, until they fled. They take their lives in their own hands if they dare carry a Bible or go to church. It is also a death sentence if a person is determined to be gay in Gaza. If a barber cuts the hair of a woman, he spends time in jail...or worse. It's no different than what is happening with the Taliban in Afghanistan. These are radical, Jew-hating, Muslim fanatics. The Hamas charter calls for the destruction of the entire State of Israel. The murder of every Jew is celebrated. The worldwide condemnation of Israel is racist and bigoted. It's the foulest lie perpetrated since the days of Hitler. Gaza is a Taliban-run area now. Despite the fact that Israel forfeited the area, the Palestinians in Gaza have suffered terribly at the hands of Hamas. None of the items on the ship were needed in Gaza; each day Israel sends hundreds of truckloads of food and medical supplies. The medical supplies aboard the ship were outdated. Iran has not received a modicum of the condemnation that has been heaped upon Israel. Iran was, in fact, behind the flotilla debacle. Egypt offered to transfer the supplies to Gaza. The Free Gaza martyrdom or victory organizers said No. It wasn't about humanitarian aid. It was about setting a trap for Israel. The UN, the EU, Russia, China, the Arab League, and virtually the entire world have condemned Israel. The silence of those who support Israel, including the U.S. is deafening. Nations around the world are calling on the U.S. to abandon a 63-year alliance with its only true Middle East ally. The Obama administration is pressing Israel to allow into the Gaza Strip new activist flotillas setting sail from Europe, according to what an official in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government told me just days ago. Separately, an Israeli government official said the White House asked Netanyahu for concessions in Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. This was to be in exchange for U.S. opposition to the establishment of a United Nations commission to investigate Israel's commando raid of a flotilla. Iran is now on the northern and southern borders of Israel with its proxies, Hamas and Hezbollah. It wants to wipe Israel from the map. A war is coming. Iran wants to arm its proxies so they can murder tens of thousands of Jews if Israel should try to intervene in Iran's nuclear plans. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad seems intent on setting yet another trap for Israel. Iranian Red Crescent director for International Affairs, Abdolrauf Adibzadeh, has announced that two ships would sail from Iran to Gaza this week under Turkish supervision. A hospital ship would soon follow. He called for 20,000 relief workers to accompany the two ships. The scene is apparently being set for a confrontation. In Turkey for the Asian security summit, Ahmadinejad said of Israel, "The devilish sound of the uncultured Zionists was coming out from their deceit. ... They were holding up the flag of the devil itself?it has actually rung the final countdown for its existence. It shows that it has no room in the region and no one is ready to live alongside it. Actually, no country in the world recognizes it, and you know that the Zionist regime is the backbone of the dictatorial world order.? Israel says it will not allow the Iranian ships into Gaza, and that its navy is prepared for any eventuality. The Israelis won?t be so easy a target this time. ********** Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author. His latest book is Atomic Iran. Thu, 18 Nov 2010 13:47:07 -0800 Full article 1_144available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com President Barack Obama talks with officials as he waits for the start of a news conference at the Istana Merdeka State Palace Complex in Jakarta, Indonesia last week. Photo courtesy of the White House. Speaking before an audience of Muslim dignitaries and leaders in Jakarta, Indonesia this week, President Obama led the most powerful nations in the world in criticizing the building of 1,300 apartments in Jerusalem. "This kind of activity is never helpful," he told reporters. When was the last time any US President condemned Russia, England, Cuba, China or any other country for building homes for their citizens in their capital city? The answer is Never! Yet President Obama continues to demand that Israel not build homes for its citizens in Jerusalem, the Holy City, its eternal capital. David established Jerusalem as Israel's capital 3,000 years ago. Since then the city has been captured 26 times and razed to the ground five times. The area in dispute, East Jerusalem, is only 2.5 square miles. It would fit inside the boundaries of New York City more than 100 times! More than 30,000 Jewish refugees are living in shelters and shacks in Jerusalem but Mr. Obama doesn't want them to have homes. There are 22 Muslim capital cities, and the President thinks there should be another?in East Jerusalem. To see what would happen to the holiest places of Judaism and Christianity under Muslim rule, just visit Bethlehem. It is a war zone of constant Muslim terrorism. More than 90% of the Christians who used to live there have fled for their lives. This is a travesty?and it comes at a time of great humanitarian crisis in Israel when winter?s onset is imminent and many elderly Jewish citizens do not know how they will survive cruel winter conditions. *********** Dr. Michael D. Evans is the #1 New York Times bestselling author, and author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos and Atomic Iran. Tue, 16 Nov 2010 18:44:54 -0800 Full article 1_143available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Saudi Arabia gains seat on the board despite one of "the most repressive" records on women's rights; Iran gets lowest number of votes. Iran failed to win a seat Wednesday on the board of the new UN agency to promote equality for women after strong opposition from the United States and human rights groups to Tehran's treatment of women. In the election by the 54-nation UN Economic and Social Council, Iran got the lowest number of votes of the 11 Asian nations vying for 10 seats on UN Women's board. Iran received just 19 votes compared to 36 for East Timor, which broke from 24 years of Indonesian occupation in 1999 and declared independence in 2002. US Ambassador Susan Rice welcomed the result, saying "we've made no secret that Iran joining the board of UN Women would have been an inauspicious start to that board ... and we think it was a very good outcome today." Philippe Bolopion, UN advocacy director for Human Rights Watch, expressed relief that Iran was denied a seat "not only because of their dismal record on women's rights, but also because they have actively undermined the very principles that UN Women was created to promote, including by cracking down on women's rights advocates." Some rights groups were also upset that Saudi Arabia, where women are not allowed to drive and are barred from many facilities used by men; Libya, where Moammar Gadhafi's regime indefinitely locks up women suspected of violating moral codes in "social rehabilitation" facilities; and Congo, where rape is widely used as a weapon of war, won uncontested seats on the board. "It's morally perverse to reward a country that lashes rape victims, and that systematically subjugates women in every walk of life, with the power to negatively influence the global protection of women's rights," said Hillel Neuer, executive director of the Geneva-based UN Watch. The General Assembly resolution adopted in July that merged four UN bodies dealing with women's issues into a single agency with greater clout to represent half the world's population calls for a 41-member executive board, with 35 members chosen by regional groups and six representing donor nations. The resolution earmarks four seats from the 10 top donor nations and the United States, Britain, Spain and Norway won those seats. It allocated two seats to contributors from developing countries and those winners were Saudi Arabia and Mexico. "I am not going to deny that there were several countries that are going to join the board of UN Women that have less than stellar records on women's rights, and indeed human rights," Rice said, but the key issue for the US was Iran's defeat. Bolopion said Human Rights Watch also has "serious concerns" with some other board members, especially Saudi Arabia, which "was able to buy their way to the board" despite having one of "the most repressive" records on women's rights in the world. He expressed hope that putting the spotlight on the Saudis would pressure the government to end its system requiring a male relative to sign off on any decision involving a woman, including travel, medical care and opening a bank account. Fri, 12 Nov 2010 17:29:28 -0800 Full article 1_142available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Residents of four towns and a Palestinian refugee camp throw stones, burn tires after loyalists sweep Jordanian parliament. Riots broke out in towns north of Amman to protest the results of parliamentary elections, a Jordanian official said Thursday. Police spokesman Maj. Mohammed al-Khatib said about 400 people in four towns and a fifth site near a Palestinian refugee camp protested on roads late Wednesday, burning tires, smashing vehicles, and pelting security forces with stones. There were no reports of injuries. One of the demonstrations took place on a highway linking Amman to Syria. Al-Khatib said police fired tear gas at the protesters on the highway and in one of the towns to restore order early Thursday. Official preliminary election results showed ex-lawmakers and Cabinet ministers sweeping a third of Jordan's new 120-seat parliament in an election marred by unrest and an Islamist opposition boycott. Jordan's election commission released the figures Wednesday. The preliminary results from Tuesday's vote show 34 former deputies, including at least 20 Cabinet officials and ex-Prime Minister Faisal al-Fayez, won seats. At least 74 progressive politicians and businessmen new to Jordanian politics also earned a spot in parliament. Many of those winners appeared to be government loyalists. The election is the fourth under King Abdullah II, a key US ally who ascended to the throne in 1999 vowing to transform his desert Arab kingdom into a model democracy in the Muslim world. Fri, 12 Nov 2010 17:19:43 -0800 Full article 1_141available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com According to 'Time' magazine, Egyptian intel cooperating with Israel more than ever before after discovering plot against US soldiers in Sinai. Egypt gave Israel intelligence that led to last week's Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) assassination of an al-Qaida-affiliated terrorist outside Hamas security headquarters in Gaza City, Time magazine reported on Thursday. Mohammed Namnam, 27, a top operative with the Army of Islam, was killed by a missile shot at his car from an Israeli helicopter. Egyptian intelligence reportedly discovered that Namnam was preparing an attack on US forces in the Sinai Desert from other Army of Islam members captured in the Sinai. An Egyptian security source told Time that this is an unprecedented level of cooperation between Egyptian and Israeli intelligence. Time posited that the shared intelligence is a result of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's anger after 49 Hizbullah operatives were reportedly found plotting against Egypt in Sinai. Shin Bet confirmed the assassination shortly after it occurred, adding that Namnam had been involved in the 2006 abduction of Gilad Schalit. "Earlier today, the Israeli army targeted a ticking bomb,? IDF spokeswoman, Lt.-Col. Avital Leibovitz, told reporters in a conference call. According to the Shin Bet, Namnam, from the Shati refugee camp, was responsible for a number of attacks against Israel in recent years. Yaakov Katz contributed to this story. Fri, 12 Nov 2010 17:13:18 -0800 Full article 1_140available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Internal documents state conclusion that Teheran sent arms discovered last month; Nigerian security service believes politicians imported arms. ABUJA, Nigeria ? Iran's government was behind the secret shipment of weapons that was discovered in Nigeria last month, Nigerian officials concluded in internal documents seen Thursday by The Associated Press. The cargo shipped from an Iranian port was listed as building materials but contained 107 mm rockets, ammunition and arms. Nigeria's security service believes the arms were imported by some local politicians to destabilize the country if they lose in coming elections. The reports say Iran's foreign ministry supported a Nigerian visa application for one of two Iranians who organized the shipment, saying he would work for the Iranian Embassy. Iranian Ambassador Hussein Abdullahi declined to immediately discuss the allegations. Defense officials said the 13 shipping containers discovered in the Port of Lagos could signify that Iran is trying to develop a new route to smuggle arms and explosives to Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Iran has been known to use ports in Sudan and Eritrea to unload weaponry and then take it over land, via Egypt, to the Philadelphi Corridor ? the 14-kilometer strip of land between Egypt and the Gaza Strip ? where the weaponry is then smuggled by tunnels to Hamas. It is possible the discovery of the arms and ammunition in Nigeria means Iran has abandoned the Sudanese route due to the difficulty it has encountered in operating in the Red Sea, under international surveillance. According to foreign reports, Israel also operates throughout the Red Sea, revealing last year that navy submarines and missile ships regularly passed through the Suez Canal to the Red Sea for operations. Earlier this week, IDF Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi said that the navy?s elite commando unit Flotilla 13 ? known as the Shayetet ? had recently conducted an operation "far away from Israel.? If Iran is using Nigeria as a port, it would also entail a major logistical operation to facilitate the transfer of the weapons by land from Nigeria, Chad, Sudan and then via Egypt. In January 2009, Israel reportedly bombed a convoy of trucks that was carrying advanced weaponry destined for Gaza as it was traveling through the Sudanese desert. Fri, 12 Nov 2010 17:09:02 -0800 Full article 1_139available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has directed officials to create planned response to Iranian attack. Photo courtesy of the U.S. State Department. Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has ordered top military officials to prepare an emergency contingency plan for responding to the growing threat posed to the Jewish state by a nuclear Iran. The plan is to prepare for "what to do if we wake up and discover the Iranians have a nuclear weapon." As it becomes increasingly apparent that the world community will take no effective action to stop Iran from going nuclear, Israel must face the difficult decision?either take pre-emptive military action against Iran or live with the reality that the demonically-driven mullahs of Teheran have access to weapons of mass destruction they can use to fulfill their stated goal to "wipe Israel off the map." The grim reality is that if Israel does take action, retaliatory strikes will be launched by Hamas and Hezbollah using the tens of thousands of weapons they have been given by Iran to use against the Jews. There is no doubt that Palestinians are willing to launch rockets and mortars against Israel; they do it on a regular and continual basis. And military sources in Israel tell me that they expect Iran to give the word to their terrorist proxies to launch the attack in the very near future. Beyond the looming threat of war, the approach of winter presents a grave danger to many in Israel. May the people of Israel be kept safe throughout the winter?safe from attack and safe from the elements. *********** Dr. Michael D. Evans is the #1 New York Times bestselling author, and author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos and Atomic Iran. Fri, 12 Nov 2010 16:11:58 -0800 Full article 1_138available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com IDF Chief of Staff Lt. General Gabi Ashkenazi recently warned Israeli students of the great threat Israel faces today. Photo courtesy of Wikipedia. In sober remarks directed at high school students who are about to join the Israeli Army, IDF Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi highlighted the vital necessity of Israel's defense remaining strong, saying, "Of course we are aware of the calls of Ahmadinejad [for Israel's destruction], and we take them seriously." Lt. General Ashkenazi told the assembled teens that defending Israel was a generational task?one that soon will fall on their young shoulders. He noted that "Hezbollah is gaining strength?Syria is deeply involved in the radical axis?and there are events in the south [with Hamas]." Israeli military experts believe that an outbreak of war with Hezbollah and/or Hamas is very likely in the next 120 days. "We are preparing for these challenges," Ashkenazi said. I will be returning to Israel in just a few weeks for Chanukah. This happy and special time of year is celebrated by giving gifts. I hope, for the sake of those high school students, that they are spared the tragedy of attack. *********** Dr. Michael D. Evans is the #1 New York Times bestselling author, and author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos and Atomic Iran. Fri, 12 Nov 2010 15:48:12 -0800 Full article 1_137available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com A young Palestinian boy was critically injured last week in a fall from the fifth floor of his apartment building near Jerusalem. Two Israeli ambulances and paramedic teams rushed to the scene to try to save the boy's life. While they attended to the young boy, a mob of Palestinians gathered and began stoning the ambulances?smashing the windshields and forcing the crews to flee for their lives. The attack in El Azaria, north of Jerusalem, highlights the bitter hatred of the Palestinians toward the Jews. The terrorists of Hamas and Hezbollah have been trained and armed by Iran and are straining at the leash to use them against Israel. My contacts in the Israeli intelligence and military believe the order to attack will be given with the next 120 days. Beyond the looming threat of war, the approach of winter presents a grave danger to many in Israel. There are tens of thousands of very poor elderly Jews, many of them Holocaust survivors, who do not know how they will survive the winter. We have helped them in the past, but I have now received an urgent request to provide hats, coats and blankets to help keep them safe and warm during the coming cold. I've sat with many of these needy people in their homes. I've seen the tears in their eyes as they told of their need, and my heart longs to say yes to every such request. I thank God for everything we've been able to do, but I know we must do more! Having confronted Iran's president and other leaders in New York, and having been in Israel during the last war with Lebanon and watching missiles fly over my head like fireballs from hell in the dark night by the Sea of Galilee, I know how terrified and frightened these poor, elderly forgotten Jews are. *********** Dr. Michael D. Evans is the #1 New York Times bestselling author, and author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos and Atomic Iran. Fri, 12 Nov 2010 11:08:06 -0800 Full article 1_136available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Government furious over UN decision to classify West Bank biblical tomb as a mosque. Rachel?s Tomb in Bethlehem is considered a holy site to Christians, Muslims and Jews. Photo courtesy of wikipedia.com. Israel on Wednesday said it would reduce cooperation with the United Nations' cultural watchdog after the body classified Rachel's Tomb in the West Bank as a mosque. Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon said Israel would not cooperate with UNESCO ? the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization - in administering five protected sites in Palestinian territory as a dispute that has escalated in recent weeks came to a head. The ancient tomb, which lies between Jerusalem and the nearby Palestinian-controlled city of Bethlehem, is traditionally regarded as the burial place of a biblical matriarch and is holy to Christians, Muslims and Jews. Speaking with journalists in Jerusalem, Ayalon blamed the Palestinians for influencing the UN to side against Israel. "This is another attempt at de-legitimization by the Palestinian Authority," he said. However, Israel's reaction was not quite as serious as it first appeared. Ayalon's spokeswoman said that Israel would cut off relations with UNESCO altogether - but shortly after said that the announcement had been made in error and retracted the statement. UNESCO had become a "rubber stamp" for the Palestinian government of President Mahmoud Abbas, Ayalon added: "Decisions like this take us farther away from peace and understanding between our two nations." Israel's boycott follows an angry statement last week by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemning UNESCO's ruling on the tomb, which Muslims call the al-Ibrahimi Mosque. "The attempt to detach the people of Israel from its heritage is absurd," the statement said. "If the places where the fathers and mothers of the Jewish nation are buried, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Sarah, Leah and Rachel some 4,000 years ago are not part of the Jewish heritage then what is?" In its biannual session which ended last week, UNESCO adopted five proposals initiated by Arab member states regarding Jewish and Muslim holy sites. One of them, in what Israelis charged was a first, used an allegedly politically motivated title to describe Rachel's tomb, rebuffing a recent Israeli move to classify the burial place, and another in Hebron, as "national heritage sites." Referring to the structure as the "Bilal bin Rabah Mosque/Rachel's Tomb", UNESCO's board voted 44 to one, with 12 abstentions, to reaffirm that the site was "an integral part of the occupied Palestinian territories and that any unilateral action by the Israeli authorities is to be considered a violation of international law." Thu, 4 Nov 2010 16:57:54 -0800 Full article 1_135available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Iran gave notice to the EU last week that it is prepared to resume conversation about its nuclear program after November 10 of this year. This decision could breathe new life into talks that failed one year ago. The Supreme National Security Council of Iran wrote in a message to the EU Foreign Policy head that they are prepared to begin talks again, "in a place and on a date convenient to both sides." Since the failure of the talks last year, the S, EU and Un have increased financial sanctions against Teheran. Talks between Iran and a group of six nations, including the US, came to a halt in October 2009 over an agreement that sought buy-in by Iran to limit the use of its enriched uranium to powering nuclear reactors and not for building bombs. In Brussels, the EU confirmed receipt of the message which came from the office of Saeed Jalili, top Iranian nuclear negotiator. Catherine Ashton, EU foreign affairs chief, said the offer is a "very important" development. In the previous round of talks, Iran spooked at a UN-written proposal to send its enriched uranium overseas for processing into fuel rods that would be returned for use in powering a medical research reactor. That alteration would have reduced Iran?s stockpile to a point at which it would not be capable of producing a weapon. Once converted, the fuel rods could not be readily altered to weapons-quality enrichment needed for warheads. Iran continues to contend that its nuclear program has only peaceful intent. Earlier this year, Iran expressed willingness to consider a similar fuel swap?but this one to be handled by Turkey and Brazil. The offer did not sit well with other world powers and led to a fourth set of UN sanctions. Last week?s message included Iran?s conditions for the resumption of talks. In the earlier letter, sent last July, the six nations were asked to clarify their stance on Israel's nuclear program, widely believed to include a sizable nuclear arsenal. Iran failed in a push in September for the UN nuclear agency to censure Israel for shielding its nuclear programs from inspection. Earlier this week, the Obama administration said the US is working to revise a uranium enrichment deal with Teheran that collapsed last year in order to create a confidence-building step as part of an attempt to reconvene talks. The US is seeking to use leverage from the sanctions imposed this summer by the UN, EU, Congress and others in diplomatic talks with Iran, stalled since the proposed enrichment deal fell apart. Previously this month, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad endorsed the idea of new talks but warned they would fail if the West does not clearly come out against Israel's suspected nuclear arsenal. Thu, 4 Nov 2010 16:48:40 -0800 Full article 1_134available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Iranian president tells thousands at rally that world powers should stop being "obstinate;" crowd responds with chants of "death to the US." TEHERAN, Iran ? Iran's president said Wednesday that upcoming talks with six world powers about its disputed nuclear program will fail if those nations continue along what he called a "path of arrogance." Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's comments, made in an address to a crowd of thousands in northeastern Iran, cast doubt on any possible progress in talks that Teheran has said it is ready to hold with the six powers ? the US, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany ? sometime after November 10. "If you want to continue the previous path of arrogance ... these people (the Iranian nation) will pursue you until you end up in hell," Ahmadinejad said in a speech broadcast live on state television. The crowd, in the city of Bojnord, responded with chants of "death to the US." The UN Security Council imposed a fourth round of tough sanctions against Iran in June over its refusal to halt uranium enrichment, which at higher levels of processing can be used to make the fissile core of warheads. At the time, Ahmadinejad dismissed the UN sanctions as "annoying flies" and as useless as "used tissues." In response, he said then that Iran would not hold talks with the West for at least two months to "punish" world powers. Iran's Supreme National Security Council, which handles the country's nuclear negotiations, and the European Union's foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, are now exchanging letters on the date and place of a new meeting. On Wednesday, Ahmadinejad warned that the new talks will fail if the West seeks to impose tougher conditions than those Teheran rejected last year. But the Iranian president said a compromise could be reached if Iran is respected. "The best path for them (world powers) is to respect nations, stop being obstinate, get out of glass palaces and sit down like a polite boy and talk on the basis of justice and respect. If they come like this, they may get results," Ahmadinejad said. "But if they come with arrogance and deception, the response of the Iranian nation is the same it has already given." At the same rally, Ahmadinejad condemned Russia's decision not to supply Iran with S-300 missiles in accordance with a previous agreement on Wednesday. He went on to accuse Russia of "selling out" to Iran's enemies and said that in his eyes, the original deal is still valid and therefore should be carried out. Thu, 4 Nov 2010 16:44:10 -0800 Full article 1_133available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I can hardly believe the demonic attacks against Christian Zionists and Israel that are being launched by professing Christians. It makes me understand as Chairman of the Board of the Corrie ten Boom Holocaust Center what Corrie and her family endured?and why my mother was so angry at professing Christians in Germany who would not lift a finger to help her loved ones who were branded like cattle and gassed in Hitler's death camps. In just the last few days, a conference of Catholic bishops meeting in Rome issued a statement blaming the ongoing dispute between Israel and the Palestinians squarely and solely on Israel. They demanded that Israel withdraw from all "Arab lands conquered in 1967" to allow the Palestinians to "live with dignity." They specifically rejected the Bible promises regarded the Holy Land as applying to the modern nation of Israel. I am appalled! Then Stephen Sizer, a well-known Anglican replacement theologian made news promoting his film "With God on Our Side" and his book "Zion's Christian Soldiers." Echoing former President Carter, Sizer called Israel an "apartheid state" and decried the support Israel receives from Christians around the world. Finally, the Israel/Palestinian Mission Network of the Presbyterian Church voted to "engage in divestment and in an economic and commercial boycott of everything produced by the [Israeli military] occupation." The group called on Christians around the world to stand in solidarity with the Palestinians to "put an end to the existing evil." How tragic it is that those who should be praying for the blessing and peace of God?s chosen are the very ones who question their right to a homeland. Thu, 4 Nov 2010 16:36:18 -0800 Full article 1_132available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Most Christians don't have a philosophy by which to live?no objectives or goals. One positive thing I can say about my life is that I am focused. When God tells me to do something, nothing in this world can persuade me not to do it. Why is that important? Because a lot of people miss the blessings of God by allowing themselves to be distracted. They stop focusing on God and turn their attention to something else. Many Christians panic when they become sick or when they are faced with financial troubles. Many believers fall to pieces when things begin to go badly at home. Why? The reason is not because they don't believe Jesus heals the sick, or that He provides for our needs, or that He is the head of the home. They panic because they don't focus on the sovereignty of God, the greatness of the Lord of hosts? His grace, mercy, love and power. As important as it is to memorize Bible verses, it is absolutely essential to focus your attention on the Lord. Studying the Scriptures and knowing what they say about healing, for instance, will encourage you and raise the level of your faith in times of sickness, but your faith is to be focused on the Lord. I believe you must confess and stand on Scriptures that are relevant to your current situation, but your attention must be on God Himself. What is a healing scripture anyway? It is a word from Jesus, Who is your Healer. Go to Jesus first! Settle in your mind who Jesus is and that He loves you. Then trust His Word completely. When you focus on Jesus, you won't cut yourself short with pride. He is the Lord of hosts. The battle is His?not yours. Thu, 4 Nov 2010 16:31:30 -0800 Full article 1_131available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Have you ever felt like giving up? We all do at some time in our lives. In this day in which we live, there is no way that we can escape pressure. Everything we do these days seems riddled with problems. When we watch the news, all we see is bad news. In 2 Chronicles 20:12, King Jehoshaphat faced a crisis: "O our God, wilt thou not judge them? For we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do; but our eyes are upon thee." A Crisis of Integrity Jehoshaphat had a crisis of integrity. He was the king of Israel, and he was doing the will of God. He was faithful to God. He was an obedient covenant man. Because of his obedience, the harassing powers of hell were coming against him. Three armies, coming from three different directions, were about to attack him. The people said, "Jehoshaphat, what kind of program do you have to deliver us?" He replied, "None." What committees are appointed to help us solve this problem?" he was asked. He replied, "None." Where are the bright, glorious banners and the trumpet under which we will march?" He said, "I don't have any." "Jehoshaphat, you are the king! What are we going to do?" He said, "I don't know. I just don't know, but my eyes are upon the Lord." My Eyes are Upon the Lord Thousands of believers, from Genesis to Revelation, have said, "I don't know what to do, but my eyes are upon the Lord." Wouldn't it be great if the President of the United States, when asked about the condition of America, said, "We are in sin, and we need to repent?" "Mr. President, what do you think the solution is? Do you have a plan?" "No." "Does Congress have a plan?" "No." "Do your generals have a plan?" "No, but my eyes are upon Him. Second Chronicles 7:14 is a word from the Lord for us." You may think that the world would laugh, but I have news for you?the holy angels would begin charging with glorious fans of fire, burning the powers of hell as revival moved through our land! The truth sets us free. Jehoshaphat said, "I am going to be honest. We have a crisis. We have a need, and we have to get our eyes on the Lord." That is what you should do when you feel like giving up. The Enemy Closes In I know what it is to want to give up. I have felt that way thousands of times?at least once a day! There have been times in my life when I thought, "This is it. I can't go any further." Jehoshaphat knew there was crisis and that a battle was coming. It was not happening because he had done something wrong, but because he had done something right. The enemies were closing in. I can just see old Jehoshaphat. His armies stood next to him, asking what they were going to do. He said, "What do you see out there?" They said, "We see snakes, dry holes, and a drought. We see impossible mountains." You may have what looks like an impossible mountain in your life, but through Jesus there is no impossible mountain! What are you going to do? The army coming against you is well-armed ?and you don't have any plans. Will you listen to the critics? No. You will say, "God is greater, and my eyes are upon Him." Jehoshaphat knew that he needed to lock his eyes upon the Lord. What do you do when you feel like giving up? See Jesus. There Is No Condemnation When you feel like giving up, stop condemning yourself. Usually, when you feel like giving up, the enemy will come and say, "If you hadn't done this or that?" The "if you" will cause guilt, and you will condemn yourself. If you have made a few mistakes, repent. But don't allow condemnation, depression, despair, anger at God, bitterness. Then you find yourself out to sea without a life raft. Rebuke the devil. Resist him, and don't listen to him. We see this attitude in the life of Moses. The vultures were flying over his head even as he was moving out and doing great works for God. Someone came to Moses and told him all the things they didn't like about him, but God got tired of hearing it, so He made a hole in the ground and swallowed those people up! The Bible says?this is an incredible statement?that Moses communed with the Lord face to face as a man speaks to his friend (Exodus 33:11). God told Moses, "Keep moving forward. Don't condemn yourself. I have My hand on you." Lighten the Load When you feel like giving up, don't carry your cross alone. The Bible says in Matthew 16:24, "Then said Jesus unto His disciples, if any man will come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me." Let me tell you a little fact about the cross of Jesus. When He went down the Via de la Rosacarrying His cross, He fell. Simon of Cyrene was "pressed into service" to help Jesus carry the cross. That is why God birthed the Church?to help Jesus carry the cross to a lost and hurting world. He wants us to help Him by helping each other. I talked to someone the other day having trouble in his marriage. I asked him who was helping him, who was helping to carry the load. He said no one was. They were just trying to do it themselves. I told them that God didn't create them to do it themselves. We need each other. We need support, prayer, and encouragement. What will it take for you to get to the point where you won't carry your own cross? Lose your self-will, self-sufficiency, self-authority. You will gain a lighter load. You will gain peace that passes all understanding. You will find that the same pressures, fears, hurts facing you, are facing others as well. If we pull together, believe together, and see Jesus together, God will see us through. When you feel like giving up, make God your only source. Don't make your wife, your husband, or anyone else your source. Look to Jesus only! Thu, 4 Nov 2010 16:27:49 -0800 Full article 1_130available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Crates seized by Nigerian customs agents are believed to have been headed for Hamas in Gaza. Image courtesy of worldnews.com. Thirteen shipping crates packed with military weapons from Iran, believed to be in transit to Hamas terrorists in Gaza, were seized in Nigeria this past week. The containers, labeled as packages of "wool, glass and pallets of stone" were found by Nigerian customs agents in Abuji, Nigeria's busiest port. Nigerian authorities displayed the military equipment, including rocket launchers, 107mm rockets, grenades, rifles and vast quantities of ammunition captured in the port of Abuji. The material, which was manufactured in Iran, was first shipped to Mumbai, India before being sent to Nigeria, apparently in an effort to conceal the source of the shipment. The military equipment, labeled "wool, glass and pallets of stone" was believed to be intended for the Hamas terrorists working in Gaza to use against Israel. The plan is believed to have been to ship it by truck to Egypt and smuggle it into Gaza through the tunnels used by the terrorists to obtain weapons despite Israel's blockade. Iran's embassy in Nigeria refused to comment on the weapons seizure beyond releasing a statement that said, "Any unnecessary word would add to the confusion already existing" and pointing out that no Iranians had been arrested in connection with the incident. Israeli officials highlighted the importance of the Gaza blockade in preventing weapons shipments from reaching the terrorists. Thu, 4 Nov 2010 16:25:02 -0800 Full article 1_129available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Construction in the Jewish settlement of Modi'In Ilit in the West Bank. Peace talks have stalled since Israel?s self-imposed freeze expired on September 26. Photo courtesy of read-news.info. Given Israel's refusal to renew its self-imposed settlement freeze, the Palestinians are asking their Arab allies to appeal to the United Nations to force Israel to stop building homes for their citizens. The settlement freeze issue has become a major obstacle to the continuation of direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. Peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority have been on hold since Israel allowed its self-imposed settlement freeze to expire on September 26. Palestinian leaders continue to insist that a resumption of the freeze is mandatory before they will return to the negotiating table. Led by the Egyptians, a number of Arab nations have agreed on a strategy to approach the United Nations and ask the world body to apply sanctions to force the Israeli government to again halt the building of homes for its citizens. The group may also ask the United Nations to unilaterally recognize the Palestinian Authority as an independent nation using the pre-1967 war borders. The Netanyahu government has repeatedly rejected pressure from both the United States and other nations to resume the housing freeze. Internal Israeli politics has made it virtually impossible to resume the freeze without the government collapsing. Israel has also warned both the Palestinians and United Nations diplomats of the consequences of a unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state. The continuing discord between the Fatah and Hamas factions over control of the Palestinian Authority has already delayed the elections scheduled for 2008?and there is currently no plan to hold any elections, nor any real reason to believe the losers would abide by the results. As a consequence, there is little motivation for Israel to negotiate, given the reality that any potential agreement reached would probably not be accepted by the Palestinian people. Thu, 4 Nov 2010 16:22:05 -0800 Full article 1_128available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Ibrahim Hassan Al Asiri is believed to be responsible for the bombs sent to two Chicago synagogues last weekend. He is part of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, described as the most active terror cell in the world. The group known as Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (headquartered in Yemen) is believed to be responsible for at least two bombs addressed to Jewish congregations in Chicago. It was not immediately known whether the actual target was the airplanes delivering the packages or the synagogues?nor was it known whether there were more than two explosive devices prepared. The news over the weekend was filled with the discovery of two packages, one in England and one in Dubai, which contained powerful explosives hidden inside toner cartridges. The packages were addressed to synagogues in the Chicago area, and it was not immediately known whether they were the targets, or whether the bombs were intended to explode in flight and bring down the aircraft carrying them. Based on the techniques and materials used, authorities believe the bombs were the work of Ibrahim Hassan Al Asiri, who was also responsible for the explosives provided to the "underwear bomber" who attempted to blow up a plane in Detroit last Christmas Day. Al Asiri is part of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, described as the most active terror cell in the world. Al Asiri is a committed terrorist?he recruited his own younger brother to serve as a suicide bomber in an unsuccessful attempt on the life of the Saudi Arabian Deputy Interior Minister. Yemen's weak government has been unable and/or unwilling to deal with the terrorist organization and has provided it a base from which to operate safely. San?aa, Yemen is that nation?s capital city. The government in San'aa, Yemen's capital city, has so far resisted efforts by the CIA and other international anti-terror groups to take active measures against the terrorists. US authorities admit that the devices were discovered only because of a tip rather than through screening processes and that they were unsure how many more bombs might have been placed into the international shipping channels. Thu, 4 Nov 2010 16:12:48 -0800 Full article 1_127available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com In the middle of signs of Iran's preparations for hostilities against the people of Israel, I have just received an urgent request from Israel?and frankly, I have been shocked by the reaction of some friends. My contacts tell me they believe there are less than 120 days left before Iran orders their terrorist proxies in Hamas and Hezbollah to attack Israel. A return to open war will put Israel's civilian population at great risk due to the increasing range and payload of the weapons Iran has provided. At this same time, there is an urgent humanitarian crisis in Israel due to the approach of winter. There are over 200,000 Holocaust survivors living in Israel today, and most of them are in their 80's and 90's. The government does what it can to help, but the constant threats against the very existence of Israel require IMMENSE investments in military preparedness, leaving little for other purposes?no matter how worthwhile. So these precious people live in desperate need. The stipend they receive from the government is just not enough to provide food, medicine, and heat for their tiny apartments in the cold Israeli winters. I have JUST received an urgent request from Israel indicating that more than 5,000 poor, elderly Holocaust survivors are in need of warm blankets for the approaching winter. I understand the need because I've sat with many of these people in their homes. I've seen the tears in their eyes as they told of their need. It's simply not right, that after going through so much, these people are often so terribly cold in their own homes. I just recently buried my 91-year-old father. He was very fragile and needed my help all the time. I cannot imagine ignoring my dad in the cold winter if he needed a warm blanket. Dad was too proud to beg. He would have frozen to death before he asked for help, but when I knew he had a need, I did everything I could to meet it. My father strangled me when I was 11 and left me for dead. But Jesus said, "Bless those who curse you," and I obeyed the words of Jesus and blessed him. I could not harden my heart to him?and I cannot harden my heart to these Holocaust victims with faded concentration camp numbers tattooed on their arms who are in desperate poverty. Jesus said if we have done it to "the least of these" we have done it unto Him. Can you imagine saying no to giving Jesus a blanket in the cold winter? I surely cannot. I am going to Israel for Chanukah?the Festival of Lights. At that time of year, the Jewish people celebrate the miracle that occurred?when a lamp burned for eight days when it had only enough oil for one day. It's sad that even as we celebrate the light that didn't go out, the light of life in many of these elderly people is fading, and many are in desperate need! *********** Dr. Michael D. Evans is the #1 New York Times bestselling author, and author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos and Atomic Iran. Thu, 28 Oct 2010 21:08:28 -0800 Full article 1_126available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com A major explosion at a Hamas training site in Gaza designed to teach terrorists how to use Kassam rockets against Israel last week revealed the contemptible and cowardly tactics these Jew-hating terrorists are employing. The news reports included this telling detail?three Palestinian women and five children were among those injured by shrapnel from the blast. Women and children were injured because Hamas purposely hides their weapons stockpiles and training facilities in civilian neighborhoods to deter the Israeli army from attacking them. These evil terrorists hate Jews so much that they are more than willing to risk the lives of their own people in their demonic work to destroy the Jews. My contacts tell me they believe there are less than 120 days left before Iran orders its terrorist proxies in Hamas and Hezbollah to attack Israel. Beyond the looming threat of war, the approach of winter presents a grave danger to many in Israel. There are tens of thousands of very poor elderly Jews, many of them Holocaust survivors who do not know how they will survive the winter. I've sat with many of these needy people in their homes?I've seen the tears in their eyes as they told of their need. Having confronted Iran's president and other leaders in New York, and having been in Israel during the last war with Lebanon and watching missiles fly over my head like fireballs from hell in the dark night by the Sea of Galilee, I know how terrified and frightened these poor, elderly forgotten Jews are. *********** Dr. Michael D. Evans is the #1 New York Times bestselling author, and author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos and Atomic Iran. Thu, 28 Oct 2010 21:06:25 -0800 Full article 1_125available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com At a meeting in Damascus last week with the leaders of the Hamas terrorist movement and other virulently anti-Israel world leaders, former President Jimmy Carter said that Palestinians in Gaza are "living in a cage" and that "Hamas should be included in all major efforts to peace." Carter was known for being harshly critical of Israel when he was president, and that has not changed in the past thirty years Carter's remarks reveal a willing blindness to the truth and a continuing naivete that is stunning! Any so-called "cage" that exists around Palestinians living in Gaza is of their own making. Hamas (and their Hezbollah counterparts) have received tens of thousands of missiles from Iran which they are prepared to use against Israel when their puppet-master Ahmadinejad gives the word. Rockets and missiles continue to be launched from Gaza on a regular basis, putting the lives of men, women, and children living in Israel in grave danger. A return to open war would place Israel's civilian population at great risk due to the increasing range and payload of the weapons Iran has provided. At the same time, there is an urgent humanitarian crisis in Israel due to the approach of winter. When I was in Jerusalem, I received a request to help the poor, elderly Holocaust survivors who are living in desperate need. The tiny stipend they receive from the government is not enough to provide food, medicine, and heat for their tiny apartments in the cold Israel winters. *********** Dr. Michael D. Evans is the #1 New York Times bestselling author, and author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos and Atomic Iran. Thu, 28 Oct 2010 08:55:45 -0800 Full article 1_124available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com This week Israel's Prime Minister, my dear old friend Benjamin Netanyahu, revealed a shocking new threat to Israel's safety and survival. The Hamas terrorists in Gaza have now gained access to advanced anti-aircraft missiles provided by Iran and smuggled into Gaza through tunnels from Egypt. This poses a grave danger to both military and civilian aircraft operating over the tiny nation of Israel?and increases the likelihood of war even further. Hamas is a terrorist organization dedicated to the destruction of Israel. Despite the continued murder of Jews, the Obama Administration insists that Israel negotiate with them as partners for peace. Hamas is known to have stockpiled tens of thousands of rockets and missiles to use against Israel?and they will unleash their full fury on Jewish men, women and children While this threat is making headlines, there is a silent danger stalking the streets of the Holy City today. There are nearly a quarter of a million elderly Holocaust survivors living in Israel today. And while fanatics like President Ahmadinejad of Iran deny the Holocaust even happened, their existence is a constant testimony to the evil wrought by those who hate the Jews. I've sat with many of these needy people in their homes?I've seen the tears in their eyes as they told of their needs. Most have no living relatives to help care for them. I have seen firsthand their hunger and great need. Having confronted Iran's president and other leaders in New York, and having been in Israel during the last war with Lebanon and watching missiles fly over my head like fireballs from hell in the dark night by the Sea of Galilee, I know how terrified and frightened these poor, elderly forgotten Jews are. *********** Dr. Michael D. Evans is the #1 New York Times bestselling author, and author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos and Atomic Iran. Thu, 28 Oct 2010 08:53:40 -0800 Full article 1_123available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Before a cheering crowd numbering tens of thousands in the Lebanese border town of Bint Jbeil, Iran's President Ahmadinejad taunted Israel last week?and threatened the Jewish people with destruction. "The world should know that the Zionists will perish," he said. "Occupied Palestine will be liberated from the filth of occupation by the strength of resistance and through the faith of the resistance." This is no idle threat. Ahmadinejad is a demon-possessed madman who is just a screwdriver turn away from having nuclear weapons?and his fanatical religious belief in the "Twelfth Imam" guarantees that he will use that to kill millions of Jews if he gets the opportunity. And even without atomic bombs, Ahmadinejad has donated over a billion dollars to arm and train Hezbollah terrorists! Yet despite this clear and present danger, the world is looking the other way. The Obama Administration has ignored Ahmadinejad's visit and threats, and most of the US television networks aren't covering these events, but ignoring the threat doesn't make it any less real. I have been to the border where Ahmadinejad made these latest threats before. When the last war broke out, I was in Israel. I remember driving north toward Lebanon as the rockets fired by terrorists flew overhead in their effort to kill the Jews. It was like watching fireballs from hell going past. Now again this border is the center of Israel's fight for survival. Iran has already given Hezbollah and Hamas more than 40,000 rockets and missiles to strike the Jews, and last week Ahmadinejad promised to send thousands of Iranian Revolutionary Guard "volunteers" to aid Hezbollah in their fight against Israel. Iran's plan is to use Hezbollah and Hamas to launch an attack against Israel that will prevent Israel from taking action to stop Iran's nuclear weapons program, and the outbreak of war will place Israel's civilian population at great risk. Iran has given its terrorist allies more effective weapons than ever before?and they will use them against the Jews. I continue to work to prevent this from happening. Wed, 20 Oct 2010 21:01:15 -0800 Full article 1_122available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The demon-possessed president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said, "I must announce that the Zionist regime (Israel), with a 60-year record of genocide, plunder, invasion, and betrayal, is about to die and will soon be erased from the geographical scene. Today, the time for the fall of the satanic power of the United States has come, and the countdown to the annihilation of the emperor of power and wealth has started.? My dear old friend Israel?s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, "[They believe] this Mahdi will come back in a great apocalyptic war that will claim the lives of millions?and you really don?t want Iran, the only country in the world with 90 percent Shiites, the most extreme part of this religious sect, to acquire the horrific weapons of atomic bombs and missiles to carry out their twisted ideology. Within a decade [Iranian missiles could reach] the Eastern coast of the US and would be armed not with explosives, but with nuclear weapons.? Dr. Evans near the Israeli/Lebanese border during the last conflict. We must stand with Israel today against the radical Muslims trying to annihilate the Jews?and Christians as well. I confronted these devils in Lebanon in 1983. I met with US Marines stationed in Beirut. Just before Christmas, I visited our young men, witnessing their dedication and excellence. The next day Hezbollah terrorists blew up their barracks, killing more than 200 American Marines. I confronted these enemies during the last Lebanese war in 2006. I stood near the front lines of the battle, comforting the wounded and suffering. I watched as rockets and missiles flew over my head to strike at Jewish civilians in their homes, schools and synagogues. I have confronted these enemies with three major books, the newest of which is Atomic Iran, and during interviews on at least 100 network radio and TV shows on secular stations. I have stood for Israel at world conferences and peace meetings, as the only minister in attendance. I confronted them in New York City just days ago, when those who hate God, hate America and hate the Jews mocked the 9/11 attacks, and even blamed the United States for staging that horrible tragedy. I confronted 21 of Iran's top diplomats and even Mahmoud Ahmadinejad himself face to face. I continue to stand against those who would destroy the Jewish people and their beloved homeland, Israel. Wed, 20 Oct 2010 20:56:58 -0800 Full article 1_121available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com In a speech to Israel's Knesset marking the opening of its winter session, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered to renew the recently expired settlement freeze if the Palestinians would officially recognize Israel as the Jewish homeland. Palestinians immediately rejected the "racist demands," refusing to acknowledge the right of Jews to live in peace and safety in Israel. Responding to pressure from the international community, Netanyahu opened the winter session of the Knesset last week with a compromise proposal. He suggested Israel would reinstate the settlement freeze if the Palestinians would in turn publicly and officially recognize that Israel is the homeland of the Jewish people. To the surprise of almost no one, Palestinian leaders immediately rejected the offer. "We forcefully reject all these Israeli games," said Senior Palestinian Negotiator Saeb Erekat. "The racist demands of Netanyahu cannot be tied to the request to cease building in the settlements for the purpose of establishing a state." Netanyahu, in his speech, described a process in which Israel would be willing to renew the settlement freeze in exchange for what he called a "confidence-building measure" from the Palestinians. Israel has been looking for a way to demonstrate that it is not the obstacle to progress in peace talks, and it appears that Netanyahu has found an offer that highlights the obstinate refusal of the Palestinians to negotiate in good faith. The swift rejection of Netanyahu's proposal demonstrates that the Palestinians are not willing to make even token concessions to keep the peace process from being derailed. The funding they receive from the international community is conditioned on their "oppressed" status and that combined with their religious zealotry in hatred of the Jews makes it most unlikely that any real progress will be made, no matter how long peace talks may continue. Wed, 20 Oct 2010 16:48:13 -0800 Full article 1_120available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Iran-backed rockets fire from Gaza into cities in the south of Israel. Image courtesy of Jewish Virtual Library. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week publicly revealed a major change that directly impacts the security of both Israeli civilian and military aircraft. The announcement that Hamas has acquired advanced anti-aircraft missiles was described as a "game changing" shift in the balance of power. The public announcement this week that the Hamas terrorists operating in Gaza have gained access to advanced anti-aircraft missiles was a shocking development. Israel has long relied on overwhelming air superiority to supplement its ground forces, giving them the ability to operate with confidence that air cover was always available. In addition, air power allowed Israel to strike targets without risking large numbers of soldiers operating in close quarters where terrorists routinely hide among the civilian population. It is believed that these anti-aircraft missiles were provided by Iran and smuggled into Gaza through the many tunnels that run from Egypt. Netanyahu said that Israeli military leaders were "struggling" with changing operational philosophy and rules to deal with the new threat. The attack helicopters that Israel uses as the backbone of its combined forces strategy are especially vulnerable to advanced anti-aircraft missiles. In addition, Netanyahu warned that Hamas now poses a significant threat to civilian air traffic and that this threat must be addressed as part of any security talks. "Israel's security needs are real; the solutions have to be real, not on paper. We need to find long-term solutions that give Israel security," Netanyahu said. Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum claimed Netanyahu's public revelation was simply a pretext for future Israeli military action. "These remarks reflect the intention of the Zionist enemy to commit more crimes and more future aggression against our people, taking advantage of the American support and the Arab silence," Barhoum said. "We emphasize that the Palestinian people have the right to defend themselves against any future aggression, and this is a national and holy duty." Wed, 20 Oct 2010 16:46:41 -0800 Full article 1_119available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was greeted like a hero at Bint Jbeil in Lebanon last week. The city has been the heart of much of the Middle East conflict in recent years. Photo courtesy of PressTV.com. At a massive rally in Bint Jbeil near Lebanon's border with Israel, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad praised the "resistance" to "Zionist occupation" and told the cheering crowd that Israel would "soon evaporate." Appearing with Hezbollah leaders to whom he has given tens of thousands of rockets and missiles to use against Israel, Ahmadinejad called for them to continue the struggle?and promised Iranian "volunteers" to help fight. During his first visit to Lebanon, President Ahmadinejad was greeted as a hero by tens of thousands of Hezbollah members and other Lebanese citizens as he declared his solidarity with them in defiance of Israel. Iranian flags and posters of Ahmadinejad adorned public buildings and lined the streets. A replica of the Al-Aksa Mosque in Jerusalem on the Temple Mount was built in Bint Jbeil, and Iranian flags flew over that as well?a signal many analysts interpreted as a token of soon-coming war. Iran has provided Hezbollah and Hamas with more than 40,000 rockets and missiles to use against Israel, and Ahmadinejad promised "volunteers" from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard would come to help in the fight. Israeli sources indicate they expect another outbreak of war very soon. "The world should know that the Zionists will perish," Ahmadinejad said. "Occupied Palestine will be liberated from the filth of occupation by the strength of resistance and through the faith of the resistance." Israel responded defiantly to the threats. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, "We heard today the cursing and invectives from the Lebanese border. The best answer to the deriders was given here 62 years ago ? the state and all that we've built and created since. Look what a nation, what a state, and what an army the state of Israel has. We will continue building, we will continue to create our state, and we will know well how to defend ourselves." Hassan Nasrallah is the Secretary General of Hezbollah. He and other Hezbollah leaders met extensively with Iranian President Ahmadinejad in Lebanon last week. Image courtesy of nowlebanon.com. Ahmadinejad spent a great portion of his two days in Lebanon in meetings with Hassan Nasrallah and other Hezbollah leaders. The lengthy meetings led to speculation that final plans for a pre-emptive strike against Israel by Hezbollah (and likely Hamas as well) were being prepared. It is thought that by forcing Israel to respond to coordinated attacks, Iran can prevent or limit a potential Israeli military strike against their nuclear weapons program. Wed, 20 Oct 2010 16:45:46 -0800 Full article 1_118available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com There is a tremendous need for additional bomb shelters in southern Israel. The cities of Sderot, Askelon, Ashdod and others have serious shortages, leaving innocent school children vulnerable to attack. In fact, it is much more dangerous for these precious children than it was for me to confront Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in New York last week. On Wednesday, October 5, at 5:00 AM I was awakened by an urgent call from Israel. A Russian refugee who is a teacher and the mother of five children called to tell me that her husband had been killed by a terrorist. There are simply not enough shelters to keep residents safe. She said that when the war begins thousands of children could die. "We came here," she said, "because we wanted to fulfill prophecy, but must our children die? When Iran gives the okay, missiles will rain down on the heads of our children." She begged me to continue working to provide bomb shelters in her area. Sarah's information is correct. Military intelligence leaders are telling me Iran could give the green light for a Hamas and Hezbollah attack within the next ninety days. I told the caller that I am the grandfather of seven and that if my grandbabies were in the line of fire I would sacrifice any amount to help them. She asked, "Are not these babies God's children, and is it not the responsibility of God's people to hear their cries and save their lives?" Tue, 12 Oct 2010 18:45:14 -0800 Full article 1_117available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Prime Minister Netanyahu and members of his cabinet. Photo courtesy of zimbio.com. Though Israel allowed resumption of building following the September 26th moratorium deadline, continued pressure from the United States and threats of Palestinian pullout from the peace talks has led Israel to consider a sixty-day extension of the ban. In exchange for a series of non-specified "concessions" from the United States, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is working to try to win approval within his own cabinet for a sixty-day extension of the building freeze that recently expired. Palestinians have used the freeze expiration as a pretext for threatening to end the recently resumed direct peace talks aimed at resolving the ongoing Middle East conflict. In September 2010, President Obama hosted at the White House a working dinner with President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, King Abdullah II of Jordan, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority, and Tony Blair, the international Middle East envoy and former British Prime Minister. Much of the goodwill generated in earlier talks appears to be degenerating. Photo courtesy of the White House. In a series of increasingly hard-line statements, Palestinian officials have threatened to walk out of the talks with Israel, although it is by no means clear that they intend to actually withdraw from the talks, particularly in light of the economic and other financial incentives they have received from the United States as well as other nations of the world. The settlement issue is highly contentious within Israel as well, as the more right?wing members of Netanyahu's coalition government have insisted on a resumption of building as a condition of their continued support. If the Palestinians made good on their threats to withdraw, the Netanyahu government would almost certainly collapse. The Prime Minister told members of his cabinet that Israel is "in the midst of sensitive diplomatic contacts with the US administration in order to find a solution that will allow the continuation of the talks." While refusing to comment on the specifics of such an offer or even confirming an offer had been made, the White House did deny having sent a letter to the Prime Minister (which had been reported in a number of news outlets in Europe and the Middle East) laying out what Washington was willing to offer Israel in exchange for the extended settlement freeze. Israel is known to have been seeking additional US military aid and to be allowed to purchase upgraded equipment and weaponry to enhance its security posture in the region. The Obama Administration has been reluctant to sell some newer weapons systems to Israel, including advanced helicopters which are very important to Israel's security forces given the close proximity of terrorists in Gaza, the West Bank, and Lebanon to Israel's civilian population. For more news visit our home page. Tue, 12 Oct 2010 18:37:07 -0800 Full article 1_116available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The latest round of Middle East peace negotiations began when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his team arrived in Washington on September 2 for talks with the Palestinian leader, President Mahmoud Abbas. President Barack Obama hosted the first meeting between the two leaders in twenty months, which has been followed by subsequent meetings across the Middle East. What eluded the world was a subtle statement that Prime Minister Netanyahu made at the beginning of the talks. He said that he was willing to discuss any issue ? including Jerusalem. Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak had outlined an extensive plan for President Obama and the State Department on how Jerusalem would be divided. The plan calls for West Jerusalem?s twelve Jewish neighborhoods, home to 220,000 residents, to be in Israeli hands, and East Jerusalem, the home of Christianity, to be in the hands of one-quarter million Palestinians. The plan is to be implemented within twelve months, and is in essence one crafted by the Obama administration. It is a take-off of the Oslo Accords, which was negotiated by Bill Clinton, Yasser Arafat, and Prime Minister Ehud Barak on July 11-24, 2000. Another round of talks was subsequently held at the White House December 19-23, 2000. The philosophy of the Obama administration apparently is, "Never miss an opportunity in a crisis.? Because Israel is facing an existential threat from Iran, the Obama administration believes the Jewish state cannot deal with such a serious issue without the support of the United States. To obtain that support, Israel will have to surrender East Jerusalem and most of Judea and Samaria. In essence, the 2000 U.S. Clinton plan endorsed by Ehud Barak has been resurrected. It would have given the Palestinians either 96 percent of the West Bank and 1 percent of Israel proper, or 93 percent of the West Bank and 3 percent from Israel proper. It would give them full control of the Gaza Strip with a land-link between the two. Israel would have to withdraw from 63 settlements. In exchange for the 3 percent annexation of the West Bank, Israel would increase the size of the Gaza territory by roughly one-third. East Jerusalem would become the capital of the new state. Refugees would have the right of return to the Palestinian state and would receive reparations from a $30 billion international fund collected to compensate them. According to Minister of Defense and former Prime Minister Barak, a special regime would be put in place along with agreed-upon arrangements in the Old City, the Mount of Olives and the City of David. In the negotiations between Netanyahu and Abbas (or Abu Mazen, as he was known when he helped orchestrate the Munich Massacre), Obama will pay Abbas handsomely for his White House visit, and he in turn will furtively fill the pockets of his Palestinian cabinet and legislators with US tax-payer dollars. The biggest horror of this is that Palestinian terrorists killed Israelis during Obama?s "peace? summit and have been firing missiles into Israel from the Palestinian Authority territories weekly. The Palestinians would be given control over the Holy City and would be provided with desalinization plants to ensure adequate water. The only concession demanded of the Palestinians is that Mahmoud Abbas must accept Israeli sovereignty over the Western Wall with its religious significance to Jews, not the entire Temple site. All of the core issues are to be resolved within the one-year timeline laid out by President Obama. More frequent low-level meetings will be held. Additionally, the U.S. has an agreement from Netanyahu and Abbas to meet every two weeks. In the past two decades, I?ve confronted American presidents, secretaries of state, and national security advisors around the world ? from the Madrid Peace Conference to the 43rd General Assembly in 1988, and from the Middle East Peace Accords at the White House to the funeral of Yitzhak Rabin. Following the funeral, three American presidents sat across from me at the King David Hotel discussing how to successfully divide Jerusalem. Jerusalem has been a bone in the throat of the world. It is one of the most ancient capitals not recognized as a capital. International leaders think they can play a tune, and Israel will respond like a cobra in the basket of a snake charmer. There is no fear of being bitten. They should beware the venom of the cobra. The ancient prophet Zechariah cried out, "I will make Jerusalem a cup that will send all the surrounding people reeling ? an immovable rock for all nations. All who try to move it will injure themselves.? (Zechariah 12:2&3) Why the obsession with Jerusalem? Obviously, the Obama administration has not read the words of the prophet Isaiah that described Satan as sitting on the mount making a boast to God, "I will sit on the mount of the congregation, on the sides of the north (the Temple site). I will be like the Most High. I will exalt myself above them.? The Bible, however, says he will be cast down to the sides of the pit. The view within Liberal Left Washington is that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict engenders all American sentiment in the broader Arab-Muslim world. There is immense anger because of perceived U.S. favoritism toward Israel. The idea is that if the U.S. is going to counter radical Islam and extremism in the Islamic world, it has to demonstrate that it is serious about resolving the Palestinian issue. The way to do it is to push Israel towards the creation of a Palestinian state ? either by bribing the nation or by blackmailing it. This view incorrectly assumes that the Palestinian issue is the central issue driving unrest in the Islamic world which manifests itself as extremism and terrorism. Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:24:57 -0800 Full article 1_115available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com In an interview from Damascus with CNN, Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal vowed "resistance? against Israel if the Jewish state is not forced back to the pre-1967 borders. The terrorist leader also compared the fight against Israel to America?s fight for independence from England and stated that Hamas would continue "to kill illegal settlers.? Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal, speaking from Damascus, told CNN that Hamas is committed to continued "resistance? against Israel unless Israel is forced to return to pre-1967 borders. Mashaal left no question as to the intent of Hamas when he vowed "to kill illegal settlers on our land.? Hamas has never recognized the right of Israel to exist, and its charter calls for the destruction of the Jewish nation. Hamas has broken with the Fatah party over the issue of accommodation with Israel and is believed to be responsible for a majority of the ongoing rocket and mortar attacks against Jewish civilians, as well as the brutal ambush murder of four Israelis near Hebron a few weeks ago. The Hamas leader expressed his confidence that the tide of world opinion is flowing in his direction. He said, "Five years from now, there will be a new conviction around the world" about the Middle East and that America and other Western nations will come to recognize that "Israel is only a moral burden on their shoulders." Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:13:55 -0800 Full article 1_113available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The ten-month long ban on settlements that Israel had self-imposed expired at midnight on Sunday, and early Monday morning, construction work resumed in Ariel, Ravava, Yakir and other Jewish communities. Authorities said some 600 homes already had all the necessary papers and permits for work to begin immediately. The sound of bulldozers and other construction equipment filled a number of small Jewish communities Monday morning as work on housing construction began. The ban that Israel had unilaterally put in place as part of an effort toward encouraging the peace process has been a bone of contention within the Israeli population and government. Work started immediately on some of the estimated 600 homes for which planning and paperwork had already been completed prior to the imposition of the ban last year. Plans for some 1,400 more houses are expected to be submitted in the coming days because housing supply growth has not kept pace with natural population growth. In a statement that reflected popular opinion in Israel, Vice Premier Silvan Shalom rejected the "disappointment? expressed by the United States at Israel for allowing the ban to expire and said the policy had been "a mistake.? Because the ban lasted for ten months, it had come to be seen as the status quo rather than as a temporary halt. Shalom said the ban was "excessive? and "unwarranted.? Despite calls from many other nations, it seems unlikely that Israel will re-impose a complete ban on construction, although some analysts suggested a cosmetic compromise might be found that slows the pace at which homes are built. Such a compromise might satisfy both the factions of the Israeli government that are opposed to the ban while giving the Palestinian leadership a fig leaf behind which they can continue the peace talks. Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:03:47 -0800 Full article 1_114available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Despite intense pressure from the Obama Administration and the leaders of many other nations, Israel refused to extend the settlement freeze on construction of new houses in Israeli territory. Though Palestinian President Abbas had threatened to leave the talks if Israel did not extend the freeze, he said "no quick decision? would be made on continued participation. In a joint appearance in Paris, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Palestinian President Abbas decried the expiration of Israel?s self-imposed settlement freeze. Sarkozy expressed his regret that Israel had not continued the freeze and stated that it was "imperative? to a successful resolution of the core issues that are under discussion. Despite his earlier statements, Abbas said that "no quick decision? would be made on the subject of future talks. He said he plans to bring up the settlement resumption at an Arab League meeting next Monday. Abbas softened his earlier position by urging "slow? construction for three or four months to allow "fundamental issues? to be resolved. The expiration of the settlement freeze also attracted comment from Khaled Mashaal, the leader of Hamas. "I call on my brothers in the Palestinian Authority, who had stated they would not pursue talks with the enemy [Israel] if it continued settlement construction, to hold to their promise,? Mashaal said. "To negotiate without a position of strength is absurd. Netanyahu is not a man who can make peace in the region.? Analysts had expected Israel to end the settlement ban given the internal political pressures exerted by different factions of Prime Minister Netanyahu?s coalition government. Resuming settlement building, even on a limited basis, demonstrated the commitment of Jerusalem to providing homes for the increasing Jewish population, as well as the intention not to give in to pressure from the world community to make concessions that would be harmful to Israel?s future safety and stability. Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:03:33 -0800 Full article 1_112available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Photo courtesy of the Jerusalem Post. An Israeli security guard responding to a call for help was ambushed by a mob of Palestinians who barricaded the street and threw rocks at him. Fearing for his life, the guard shot and killed a 35-year-old man with a long criminal history. Riots then broke out across the Holy City, leading to Israeli security forces being called to the Temple Mount. In what may have been a coordinated attack designed to undermine the ongoing peace talks, a mob of Palestinians attacked an Israeli security guard who was responding to a call for help from a Jewish family. After barricading the road, the mob attacked his car with rocks and Molotov cocktails. Fearing for his life, the guard fired a warning shot and then shot and killed one Palestinian, who authorities said was "known to the police? and had a long criminal record. Gangs of Palestinians roared through the streets of Jerusalem, attacking buses and cars and throwing stones at responding police officers. One Israeli man was stabbed and is in the hospital in "moderate condition,? and a number of others were injured by rocks or broken glass. Several police cars and other official vehicles were burned. Hundreds of Palestinians gathered around the home of the dead assailant and followed the body to a cemetery near the Mount of Olives. From there, the violence spread to the Temple Mount. After violent clashes with the police, a number of the Palestinians fled for refuge inside the Al-Aska Mosque on the Temple Mount, where Israeli soldiers would not follow. Photo courtesy of the Jerusalem Post. The outbreak of violence was the worst in months, underlining the fragile nature of peace negotiations and bringing into question the ability of the Palestinian Authority (PA) government to deliver on any bargains they might make during the talks. If the PA is interested in quelling outbreaks of violence?an assertion that is certainly open to question? it is not at all clear that they could do so. Palestinian President Abbas clings to power now two years after his term in office expired because of an agreement with the United Nations, the European Union, the United States and Russia?the so-called Quartet. The agreement was reached in fear of who would be elected to replace him if elections were held as had been scheduled. He is wildly unpopular among the people he supposedly leads, and his own commitment to the peace process is the subject of much doubt among outside observers. *********** Dr. Michael D. Evans is the #1 New York Times bestselling author, and author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos and Atomic Iran. Tue, 28 Sep 2010 09:45:59 -0800 Full article 1_111available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com In an interview on Larry King Live, Iran?s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Israel an "illegitimate, war-making country? and described Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a "skilled killer? responsible for "killing women and children.? He also insisted Iran has no interest in a nuclear bomb. Iran?s President Ahmadinejad has been skillfully using the American media to present his version of reality to the population of the United States. In New York for the General Assembly of the United Nations, Ahmadinejad has been on a number of network interview programs, including an appearance September 22 on Larry King Live. Through an interpreter, Ahmadinejad decried efforts to halt Iran?s nuclear program, declaring that it was strictly for peaceful purposes and stating that Iran has "no interest in it, and we do not think that it is useful.? He said the greatest threats to world peace were America and Israel, and that both nations should be forcibly disarmed. Ahmadinejad clearly stated that he does not regard either the government of Israel or indeed the nation itself to be legitimate. Responding to a question about the threat to Israel posed by Iran?s nuclear ambitions, Ahmadinejad said, "So you think that we should be concerned about allaying Mr. Netanyahu's fears and concerns? Why should we be doing that for him? Who is he? Who is he in the first place? He is a skilled killer. All dictators in the world have condemned others, and he is one of many of them." He further said that Prime Minister Netanyahu should be tried for murder and that America "gets into wars in Iraq and Afghanistan just over nothing.? Security experts believe Iran is merely months away from completing its nuclear weapons program and will do so unless military action is taken by the United States or by Israel. *********** Dr. Michael D. Evans is the #1 New York Times bestselling author, and author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos and Atomic Iran. Tue, 28 Sep 2010 09:36:11 -0800 Full article 1_110available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, already well-known for denying the Holocaust, abused his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday to suggest that elements within the U.S. government were behind the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Mocking the memory of the more than 3,000 who died on 9/11 just a few miles from the UN, the Iranian dictator said: "A majority of the American people, as well as most nations and politicians around the world" believe that U.S. officials orchestrated the September 11 terrorist attack "to reverse the declining American economy and...save the Zionist regime." U.S. and European diplomats promptly got up and walked out of the hall. Such wild accusations seem to be a sign that Ahmadinejad is beginning to panic under the impact of the growing number of sanctions imposed by the world community against his regime's pursuit of nuclear weapons. Ahmadinejad cancelled many scheduled meetings following the growing notoriety of his 9/11 speech. A particular sign of his entering panic mode was his sudden cancellation of an opportunity to get his message across to the American people. Eric Shawn, Fox senior correspondent and anchor, hosted the interview at the Warwick Hotel. Award-winning journalist, Dr. Mike Evans worked around the clock meeting with Iranian diplomats to insure that the interview happened. *********** Dr. Michael D. Evans is the #1 New York Times bestselling author, and author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos and Atomic Iran. Tue, 28 Sep 2010 09:31:25 -0800 Full article 1_109available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com As Jews around the world celebrate Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, all believers are encouraged to take time for reflection. I offer the following prayer as a way of helping anyone interested in drawing near to G-d in repentance and faith: O, G-d, If I have at any time offended you, albeit unintentionally, please forgive me. Forgive me for hasty judgment of our enemies and for pre-judging people for their apparent alignments rather than their beliefs. Forgive me for judging people by my standards and not their own. Forgive me for expressing anger at our enemies rather than seeking solutions and anger at those who do nothing to defend themselves, ourselves or Israel. I sometimes forget that G-d understands human nature far better than I. He is slow to anger and does not expect the bigot to become lenient, the felon to reform, or the killer to love, overnight. Forgive me for not saying thank you enough. Thank you for friendship, loyalty to Israel, kindnesses. Thank you for standing up to those who denigrate Israel. We, in turn, have to forgive those who have spoken untruths, scandal and hearsay about those we love and the country we love. Praying for forgiveness and beating our chests it is not enough. Chanting is meaningless unless our prayers include the will to transform ourselves into better human beings and our world into a better world. As Jews prepare for this day, an awesome quiet will fall over the entire country, marking its uniqueness. No cars, buses, trains, motor cycles will course through the streets. Even the huge cement factory of Ramleh is open just 364 days a year. The only sounds to break the silence are the whoops of children as they cycle down empty roads and, of course, the ever-diligent ambulances and doctors who are on call even on Yom Kippur. Homes attain an unfamiliar but welcome quiet as the television stations fall silent, too. It was this holy silence of Yom Kippur that was broken by the sounds of telephones, whispered orders and cars in 1973 when the Yom Kippur War broke out. Men in prayer shawls ran home to change into IDF uniforms to fight an even higher cause?the survival of the State of Israel. Israel's neighbors attacked, relying upon our unreadiness as a nation at prayer, not at war. Perhaps our fervent supplications were sufficient for Him to heed our prayers, or maybe He was angry at our attackers for intruding upon this Holy Day with their fanatical aggression, but we won that war. So while asking forgiveness, we were also thanking G-d for giving us the strength to fight for the State of Israel. Just as Anwar Sadat waged war on Israel on Yom Kippur 1973 then bravely came to Jerusalem to speak before the Knesset, arm in arm with his former arch-enemy Menachem Begin to create a lasting peace, so we can pray that this coming year 5771 of the Jewish calendar, we will see our enemies declare peace, not war, and finally recognize us as a Jewish State. Gmar Chatima Tova *********** Dr. Michael D. Evans is the #1 New York Times bestselling author, and author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos and Atomic Iran. Mon, 20 Sep 2010 21:17:34 -0800 Full article 1_108available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Early in the morning on Monday, September 20, Dr. Mike Evans caught a flight to New York City. Evans plans to confront a gathering of Muslim leaders, gathering in support of the building of a mosque near Ground Zero. "The majority of American Muslim organizations have gathered to support the building of an Islamic Mosque near Ground Zero. I am adamantly opposed to it,? explains Evans, saying that mosques are sometimes built as a symbolic sign of conquest. (That is what happened in Jerusalem when the Mosque of Omar was built on the Temple site.) Evans? hope is to represent those who are opposed to the mosque directly to these Islamic leaders. The timing of this trip is critical as the United Nations will meet this week as well, and Iran?s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, will be there to try to convince America and the world to allow him to complete his atomic reactors. Evans says that the Iranian leader plans a media blitz on the U.S. television networks to garner support for his initiatives. According to Evans, Ahmadinejad?s influence and impact must be mitigated because the leader has called for the actual, physical destruction of the Nation of Israel, saying, "The Jerusalem-occupying regime, Israel, must be erased from the pages of time.? And on another occasion he said, "Soon this stain of disgrace will be cleansed from the garment of the world of Islam and this is attainable.? Evans cites several other heinous quotes from the Iranian leader: "In the Middle East they, the global powers, have created a black and filthy microbe called the Zionist regime so they could use it to attack the people of the region. And by using this excuse, they want to advance their scheme for the Middle East.? "Israel should be wiped off the face of the world.? "Israel is a rotten tree that will collapse with a single storm.? "The Zionist regime is on its way out.? "The region and the world are prepared for great changes and are being cleansed of the satanic Zionist enemies.? Evans believes the timing of his trip is vital, since he is, to his knowledge, the only minister of the Gospel who has confronted Iranian leaders face-to-face. "I?m going to stand in the gap for the nation of Israel and defend these precious people,? he explained. Evans requested prayer for his efforts to succeed. *********** Dr. Michael D. Evans is the #1 New York Times bestselling author, and author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos and Atomic Iran. Mon, 20 Sep 2010 21:12:35 -0800 Full article 1_107available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The America and Israel-hating president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is planning to come to New York to gloat over Islam?s "victory? over America on 9/11?and to try to use the American media to further his evil scheme to get nuclear weapons so he can fulfill his stated goal to "wipe Israel off the map.? Ahmadinejad doesn?t need much time. If he can influence America and the United Nations to let him alone for just a little while, he will have what he wants. And already the Obama Administration has been working trying to convince Israel that Iran is still one to three years away from "going nuclear??but that is not the case?it is a few months away at most. As shocking as it sounds, by the tenth anniversary of 9/11, now just one year away, a nation whose streets still ring with the chant, "Death to America!? will have nuclear weapons unless something changes. There is no doubt that unless Israel or America acts?and acts soon?Iran will complete its evil work. The head of Israel?s Atomic Energy Agency told me personally that Iran is a "screwdriver turn? away from completing its evil plan. This will be the last time Ahmadinejad will set foot on American soil before he has his nuclear bomb to wipe the "stinking carcass? of Israel off the face of the map. If we do not stand against him NOW, it will be too late. You are God?s Esther and Nehemiah to stand in the gap for Israel today. Top members of the President?s staff, including National Security Advisor General James Jones, have been dropping hints in the media that President Obama might be willing to meet with Ahmadinejad while he is in the United States. This would be a disaster. Ahmadinejad is a lying thug who was willing to kill or imprison hundreds of his own citizens to hold onto power after last year?s fraudulent elections. If he gets atomic weapons, he will use them not just against the "little Satan??Israel?but also against the "great Satan??America. And the arms race that a nuclear Iran will unleash across the Middle East will place everyone on earth at great risk. This is a direct result of Ahmadinejad?s radical Islamic belief in the prophecies of the "twelfth Mahdi.? They believe that a fiery and cataclysmic war will be the trigger that will cause this supposed descendant of Muhammad to return to the world and establish Muslim rule over every nation. Every Jew and every Christian and every member of any other religion who does not bow to Islam will be murdered. Sharia law will govern the world. And they are willing to commit mass murder to make this happen. The mainstream media in this country has been co-opted with massive investments of Saudi oil money; they will not tell the American people the truth. Ahmadinejad knows he will find many willing accomplices among the American press to spread his propaganda?and if we remain silent, he will succeed. When Mordecai learned of Haman?s plot to kill the Jews, he instructed Esther to go to the king despite the risk that posed. He told her that if she remained silent and did nothing, she would certainly perish. Today that is the challenge we face. We must speak. The world is hanging in the balance at this moment?and if we fail to act, we will suffer grave consequences. *********** Dr. Michael D. Evans is the #1 New York Times bestselling author, and author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos and Atomic Iran. Thu, 16 Sep 2010 07:23:11 -0800 Full article 1_106available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com As the nation has now observed the ninth anniversary of the terror attacks, America is at a crossroads of prophecy and history. I?ll soon travel to New York to be there as Iran?s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrives. If not stopped, Ahmadinejad will have an atomic bomb before 2011 ends, and I believe he will use that destructive weapon against Israel to bring great harm and destruction to that nation and the world. Ahmadinejad is willing to kill hundreds of thousands?even millions?to bring about this destruction. He is not deterred by the fact that his own country may be devastated in the process. This religious zealot wants all-out war because his ideology demands it. His plan is to get on our airwaves and use American television networks to dumb down the American people to make sure that President Obama doesn?t take any effective steps to stop him from getting the bomb?and that we also keep Israel in check. This is going to happen unless we stop it. This is a battle between good and evil?between darkness and light?between right and wrong. And it is true that the only thing needed for evil to prevail is for good people to do nothing. What will you do to help with this critical concern? *********** Dr. Michael D. Evans is the #1 New York Times bestselling author, and author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos and Atomic Iran. Thu, 16 Sep 2010 07:14:17 -0800 Full article 1_105available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com A top Palestinian peace negotiator told a Hamas-linked newspaper in Gaza that the peace talks would collapse if Israel resumes building in the West Bank after September 26. The expiration of Israel?s self-imposed moratorium is seen as the driving force behind the current round of negotiations. In an interview published in the Gaza Strip in a paper linked to the terrorist Hamas organization, Palestinian Authority official Saeb Erekat, one of the top negotiators in the peace process, flatly declared that the peace talks would collapse if Israel resumed building homes in Judea and Samaria, the region typically referred to as the West Bank. Erekat said that Israel will "cause the peace talks to fail.? Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has already flatly rejected a complete future ban on development. "The Palestinians want that after the 26th of September there will be no building in Judea and Samaria, and that will not happen,? Netanyahu said. The Prime Minister said that he envisioned building in the 1500 to 2000 homes per year range, as was common under previous Israeli governments. The American team led by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has placed a great deal of pressure on the Israelis to continue the building freeze. However, it is not clear that the Netanyahu government could survive such a decision. A number of his coalition partners are insistent on resuming construction. It is widely believed that the Obama Administration would view the collapse of the Netanyahu government as a positive step, so the impact of American demands on the current administration in Jerusalem does not appear to be a primary consideration. Palestinian Authority President Abbas, whose term in office was scheduled to expire in 2009 but has now been extended twice without any legal authority, cannot be counted on to deliver on any promises or concessions that he might make. His Fatah party lost control of Gaza to Hamas in a military coup following the last elections, and his control of the West Bank is only maintained with Israeli support. *********** Dr. Michael D. Evans is the #1 New York Times bestselling author, and author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos and Atomic Iran. Wed, 15 Sep 2010 20:43:56 -0800 Full article 1_104available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The Obama Administration is preparing to notify Congress of its intent to sell $60 billion worth of advanced planes, helicopters, and missile defense systems to Saudi Arabia. The announcement kindled fears among pro-Israeli lawmakers that the move is intended to pressure Israel to make further concessions to the "peace process.? The massive arms sale to Saudi Arabia being planned by the Obama Administration has been described by one Washington insider as the "biggest US arms deal ever.? The arms package is set to include advanced F-15 fighter jets and military helicopters, as well as major upgrades to Saudi Arabia?s missile defense system. The growing threat from Iran is cited as a major impetus behind the unveiling of the new deal. The proposal has generated controversy in Washington because of the Administration?s past reluctance to sell advanced fighters to Israel?and because of the ongoing "peace process.? The United States has been putting enormous pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to extend the voluntary settlement freeze which is set to expire later this month. Such a move might well provoke a government crisis within Netanyahu?s fragile coalition, many of whom are adamantly opposed to extending the freeze. Some observers questioned whether the real purpose of the announcement of the proposed weapons sale was to try to force Netanyahu to make concessions in exchange for reducing the military package being offered to Saudi Arabia. While the threat posed by Iran to its Muslim neighbors as well as Israel is a real concern, Israeli military officials worried about the possible uses to which this advanced weaponry might be put in case of a full-scale war in the Middle East. Election year politics is certain to play a large role in the final result. A number of pro-Israel members of Congress have expressed reservations about the proposed sale. The decline in financial support from major Jewish donors to members of the President?s party may also factor into the eventual decision. Congress must approve the proposed deal before it could take effect. *********** Dr. Michael D. Evans is the #1 New York Times bestselling author, and author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos and Atomic Iran. Wed, 15 Sep 2010 20:38:57 -0800 Full article 1_103available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Syrian President Bashar Assad told the official Syrian news agency SANA that he wants Turkey to mediate talks with Israel, resuming a role it played two years ago. Talks scheduled between Israel and Syria for earlier this year were cancelled following the Mavi Marmara blockade incident. Syrian President Bashar Assad this week asked French Middle East peace envoy Jean Claude Cousseran to help enlist the aid of Turkey as a mediator for future peace talks with Israel. The two nations have observed an uneasy cease-fire since the Israeli Operation Orchard raid that destroyed the nuclear materials sent to Syria by North Korea in September of 2007. Turkey acted as mediator for a round of talks in 2008, but those did not produce any conclusive results. Further talks were scheduled for earlier this year. They were cancelled following the attempt to break Israel?s blockade of Gaza with the Mavi Marmara. An attack on Israeli forces attempting to halt the ship and stop arms from reaching Gaza and Hamas resulted in the deaths of several armed "peace activists.? Assad said he was hopeful for peace, even though "Israeli policies? were not conducive to agreements. Syria has long asked for the return of the strategic Golan Heights which Israel captured in 1967. Control of this vital military high ground would give Syria the means to launch devastating attacks on Israel. It is unclear whether Israel would accept Turkey as a mediator given the strained relationship between Israel and Turkey under Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan. Erdogan has made a number of public inflammatory anti-Semitic statements, and the Mava Marmara flotilla sailed from Turkey, apparently with the full approval and support of the Turkish government. *********** Dr. Michael D. Evans is the #1 New York Times bestselling author, and author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos and Atomic Iran. Wed, 15 Sep 2010 20:32:59 -0800 Full article 1_102available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approached the peace talks in Washington last week uttering words and phrases we?ve not heard from him before, i.e., "President Abbas, you are my partner?I see in you a partner for peace?I am fully aware and I respect your people?s desire for sovereignty.? The questions are myriad: "Is he simply trying to appease President Obama before it becomes necessary to attack Iran? Is relinquishing part of the West Bank compulsory in order to acquire approval from the Obama administration for a direct strike on Iran?s nuclear facilities? Will he include Judea and Samaria in his talks with Abbas?? After all, Mr. Netanyahu uttered the dreaded words "concede territory.? Perhaps for the first time in his political career he is walking in the footsteps of those prime ministers before him. His nemesis, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, is to lead the next round of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians in Jerusalem, starting September 15. The setting dramatically focuses attention on the core issue of Jerusalem, particularly after Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak announced his plan to re-divide the city in an eventual peace deal. Barak set tongues wagging in March, when he told Al-Jazeera that some Jerusalem neighborhoods might become part of a Palestinian capital. "We can find a formula under which certain neighborhoods, heavily populated Arab neighborhoods, could become, in a peace agreement, part of the Palestinian capital that, of course, will include also the neighboring villages around Jerusalem," Barak said. This assertion was not surprising, given Barak?s record. When he was prime minister, he pulled the Israel Defense Forces out of Lebanon, proposed giving the Golan Heights back to Syria, and even offered the late and unlamented Yasser Arafat the Temple Mount. Barak?s "solution? for Jerusalem, as he floated it again on September 1: "West Jerusalem and 12 Jewish neighborhoods that are home to 200,000 residents will be ours. The Arab neighborhoods in which close to a quarter million Palestinians live will be theirs. There will be a special regime in place along with agreed upon arrangements in the Old City, the Mount of Olives, and the City of David." Is this the same Ehud Barak, who as prime minister publicly declared on Jerusalem Day, in June 2000?marking the city?s reunification in the Six Day War?that Israel?s sovereign capital would never again be divided? "Jerusalem shall forever remain ours, because it is in our souls. Never again will Jerusalem be under foreign sovereignty. Only someone who has no sense of reality, who does not understand anything about Israel's yearning and longing and the Jewish people's historical connection to Jerusalem for over 3,000 years would even consider making any concessions over the city," Barak said a decade ago. The topic of a united Jerusalem has bound the Jewish people together for some 3,000 years. It stands as the eternal, undivided City of God. It was King David?s capital and was home to both the First and Second Temples whose only remains is the Western Wall where the Jewish people gather to pray each day. Between 1948 and 1967, under Jordanian oversight, conditions in Jerusalem were deplorable, even by medieval standards. Jews were barred from worshiping at the Western Wall, the Jewish quarter in the old city was destroyed, and synagogues were demolished. Three-fourths of the tombstones in the Mount of Olives Cemetery were ripped out and used to build a hotel and to pave a path leading to army latrines. Many Christians were denied access to their revered Holy sites. Having experienced Arab rule in part of Jerusalem, why would Ehud Barak again want to subject the Jewish people and Christians worldwide to such indignity? Israeli prime ministers have allowed themselves to be dragged from one bargaining table to another and have been forced to give up land for a peace that has never materialized. The only thing the Jewish people received from the Palestinians has been two intifadas, terrorist attacks too numerous to recount, civilians maimed and slaughtered, and the disdain of the world at large. Ehud Barak has tried before to give Jerusalem to the Palestinians. Will his plan prevail at the bargaining table? Which Ehud Barak is the real one regarding Jerusalem? Maybe this doesn?t matter; maybe Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has the same position today as he stated at the Jerusalem Conference in January 2009: "We have demonstrated in the past, and will continue to demonstrate our commitment to a complete, undivided Jerusalem... Everyone knows what will happen if we were to leave those areas and divide Jerusalem. Someone will enter?and that someone will be Hamas.? *********** Dr. Michael D. Evans is the #1 New York Times bestselling author, and author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos and Atomic Iran. Wed, 15 Sep 2010 20:21:54 -0800 Full article 1_100available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com President Barack Obama won the first round of his heavyweight Middle East peace summit inWashington last week. With the keys to Israel?s defense budget in his pocket and Israel a screwdriveraway from an atomic Iran hell bent on wiping it off the map, it is not surprising that Prime MinisterBinyamin Netanyahu blinked and welcomed Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas ashis "partner in peace.? Now for the next round at Sharm e-Sheikh, Egypt, with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton refereeingand sponsoring both teams. They are to meet every two weeks to strive for what Netanyahu calls "anhistoric compromise.? The US is seeking a package deal with a one-year deadline. But while both sidesface the challenges of negotiating, each has serious domestic handicaps that threaten the talks. Abbas does not have the backing of most Palestinians, not to mention the active hostility of Iran-supported Hamastan in Gaza. Netanyahu must watch his back from threats on the far right by coalitionpartners opposed to compromise and a threat on the left from Defense Minister Ehud Barak, who iswell positioned as head of the rival Labor Party to help Hillary deliver a knockout blow to the collation. It?s hard to understand what could motivate Obama to get involved besides the mid-term US electionsand a desire to shore up the support of Jewish voters. On September 26 the 10-month freeze on settlement construction that Netanyahu made as anothergoodwill gesture to the Palestinians?under US pressure?is due to expire. Clinton has told Netanyahuhe must extend the freeze to keep the peace talks from collapsing. The Obama administration isapparently ignoring Netanyahu?s warning that extending the freeze might cause his government tocollapse. The administration is even reportedly urging Netanyahu to release more Palestinian terroristprisoners to show Israel?s good faith. On the one hand, Abbas has warned that the Palestinians will pull out of the talks if Israel doesn?t extendthe freeze. On the other, Netanyahu is under pressure from coalition hard-liners like Foreign MinisterAvigdor Lieberman and Interior Minister Eli Yishai to end the freeze and let new projects proceed. Of course, both sides face another threat to the talks: Hamas terrorism. Settler organizations plan toresume construction as soon as the freeze expires in response to last week?s murder of four Israelis byHamas gunmen. The settlers? Yesha Council said in a statement: "The only response that will show our resolve againstterrorism is to commit ourselves to building?We will respond in the way that we know best?bybuilding and strengthening our nation." *********** Dr. Michael D. Evans is the #1 New York Times bestselling author, and author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos and Atomic Iran. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:30:29 -0800 Full article 1_99available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com President Obama has just concluded his first Middle East peace summit. Now that the smoke hascleared the question must be asked: What has he done differently than his last five predecessors whofailed? The fundamental issues remain: Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, the refugees, and whether or not thePalestinians will be able to have their own army, air space, and be able to sign treaties with Israel?senemies such as Iran and Syria. In order to confront these issues substantively it would be wise toreview the past. Having had the rare privilege of knowing all of Israel?s prime ministers who have participated in U.S.summits, I can say unequivocally that Israel will not bow to these demands. As an advisor to PrimeMinister Menachem Begin, I am well aware that he refused to budge one inch on Jerusalem. He gaveme a copy of a letter he sent to then- President Jimmy Carter on September 17, 1978. Begin wrote, "Thegovernment of Israel decreed in July 1967 that Jerusalem is one city, indivisible, the capital of the Stateof Israel.? The prime minister told me personally that Mr. Carter had said the U.S. government did not recognizeJerusalem as Israel?s capital. Begin replied, "Excuse me, sir. The State of Israel does not recognize yournon-recognition.? On the subject of settlement freezes, Begin told me he had not agreed to a total freeze. He had onlyagreed not to build new settlements for three months during the Camp David negotiations. On Israel?sland being divided and given to the Palestinians, his response was, "I gave President Carter a list ofcities in the United States with Bible names ? Shiloh, Hebron, and Bethlehem. I asked Carter if he couldimagine the governor of Pennsylvania proclaiming that anyone could live in the city of Bethlehem, PAexcept Jews.? President Carter agreed that the man who did such a thing would be guilty of racism.Begin replied that he was "governor? of a state which contained the original Bethlehem, Jericho, andShiloh. Mr. Begin asked me if President Carter had expected him to say that everyone could live in those citiesexcept Jews. Having attended not only the peace summits on September 13, 1993, at the White House,and November 27, 2007 in Annapolis, it is obvious to me that none of these issues have changed. President Obama knows this. The question remains: Why host a summit that is destined to fail?Benjamin Netanyahu, whom I recommended to Prime Minister Begin for his first political appointment,was ousted during his last term as prime minister more by the efforts of Bill and Hillary Clinton workingbehind the scenes than anyone else. Hillary Clinton is aware of this and may try to force the downfall ofMr. Netanyahu?s delicate coalition. The list of those absent from the summit was more telling than those who attended. King Abdullahand Hosni Mubarak could not say no when their countries are so dependent on U.S. foreign aid. The Obama summit was simply a dress rehearsal for the main show ? the appeasement summit in 2011.It will be similar to the Madrid summit of October 1991 which followed the first Persian Gulf War. Benjamin Netanyahu was a willing participant in the Obama production, and has agreed to a secondround of peace talks. He is well aware that Israel is looking squarely into the faces of Persian madmullahs who are a screwdriver away from going atomic. The loss of four billion dollars in foreign policyaid and the purchase of twenty of the fifth generation stealth F-35I Lightning II fighter jets is too big aprice to pay not to allow the show to go on. *********** Dr. Michael D. Evans is the #1 New York Times bestselling author, and author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos and Atomic Iran. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:28:33 -0800 Full article 1_98available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com (Washington, DC) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his team arrived in Washington onSeptember 2 for negotiations with the Palestinian leader, President Mahmoud Abbas. President BarackObama hosted the first meeting between the two leaders in twenty months. What eluded the world was a subtle statement that Prime Minister Netanyahu made. He said that hewas willing to discuss any issue ? including Jerusalem. Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak had outlinedan extensive plan for President Obama and the State Department on how Jerusalem would be divided. The plan calls for West Jerusalem?s twelve Jewish neighborhoods, home to 220,000 residents, to be inIsraeli hands, and East Jerusalem, the home of Christianity, to be in the hands of one-quarter millionPalestinians. The plan is to be implemented within twelve months, and is in essence one crafted by theObama administration. It is a take-off of the Oslo Accords which was negotiated by Bill Clinton, YasserArafat, and Prime Minister Ehud Barak on July 11-24, 2000. Another round of talks was subsequentlyheld at the White House December 19-23, 2000. The philosophy of the Obama administration apparently is, "Never miss an opportunity in a crisis.?Because Israel is facing an existential threat from Iran, the Obama administration believes the Jewishstate cannot deal with such a serious issue without the support of the United States. To obtain thatsupport, Israel will have to surrender East Jerusalem and most of Judea and Samaria. In essence,the 2000 U.S. Clinton plan endorsed by Ehud Barak has been resurrected. It would have given thePalestinians either 96 percent of the West Bank and 1 percent of Israel proper, or 93 percent of theWest Bank and 3 percent from Israel proper. It would give them full control of the Gaza Strip with aland-link between the two. Israel would have to withdraw from 63 settlements. In exchange for the 3 percent annexation of theWest Bank, Israel would increase the size of the Gaza territory by roughly one-third. East Jerusalemwould become the capital of the new state. Refugees would have the right of return to the Palestinianstate, and would receive reparations from a $30 billion international fund collected to compensatethem. According to Minister of Defense and former Prime Minister Barak, a special regime would be putin place along with agreed-upon arrangements in the Old City, the Mount of Olives and the City ofDavid. In the negotiations between Netanyahu and Abbas (or Abu Mazen as he was known when hehelped orchestrate the Munich Massacre), Obama will pay Abbas handsomely for his White Housevisit, and he in turn will furtively fill the pockets of his Palestinian cabinet and legislators with tax-payerdollars. The biggest horror of this is that Palestinian terrorists killed Israelis during Obama?s "peace?summit and have been firing missiles into Israel from the Palestinian Authority territories weekly. The Palestinians would be given control over the Holy City and would be provided with desalinizationplants to ensure adequate water. The only concession demanded of the Palestinians is that MahmoudAbbas must accept Israeli sovereignty over the Western Wall with its religious significance to Jews, notthe entire Temple site. The Obama plan is to move forward on the core issues with another meeting in Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt,between Netanyahu and Abbas on September 14 and 15. They are expected to work out the frameworkin the coming months as a further step to the implementation of the interim agreement. The mid-September meeting would include U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Special Envoy GeorgeMitchell. America would maintain central role in the process. All of the core issues are to be resolved within the one year timeline laid out by President Obama. Morefrequent low-level meetings will be held. Additionally, the U.S. has an agreement from Netanyahuand Abbas to meet every two weeks. In the past two decades, I?ve confronted American presidents,secretaries of state, and national security advisors around the world ? from the Madrid PeaceConference to the 43rd General Assembly in 1988, and from the Middle East Peace Accords at the WhiteHouse to the funeral of Yitzhak Rabin. Following the funeral, three American presidents sat across fromme at the King David Hotel discussing how to successfully divide Jerusalem. Jerusalem has been a bone in the throat of the world. It is one of the most ancient capitals notrecognized as a capital. International leaders think they can play a tune and Israel will respond like acobra in the basket of a snake charmer. There is no fear of being bitten. They should beware the venomof the cobra. The ancient prophet Zachariah cried out, "I will make Jerusalem a cup that will send all the surroundingpeople reeling ? an immovable rock for all nations. All who try to move it will injure themselves.?Why the obsession with Jerusalem? Obviously, the Obama administration has not read the words ofthe prophet Isaiah who described Satan as sitting on the mount making a boast to God, "I will sit on themount of the congregation, on the sides of the north (the Temple site). I will be like the Most High. I willexalt myself above them.? The Bible, however, says he will be cast down to the sides of the pit. The view within Liberal Left Washington is that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict engenders all Americansentiment in the broader Arab-Muslim world. There is immense anger because of perceived U.S.favoritism toward Israel. The idea is that if the U.S. is going to counter radical Islam and extremism in the Islamic world, it hasto demonstrate that it is serious about resolving the Palestinian issue. The way to do it is to push Israeltowards the creation of a Palestinian state ? either by bribing the nation or blackmailing it. This viewincorrectly assumes that the Palestinian issue is the central issue driving unrest in the Islamic worldwhich manifests itself as extremism and terrorism. *********** Dr. Michael D. Evans is the #1 New York Times bestselling author, and author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos and Atomic Iran. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:26:00 -0800 Full article 1_97available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com This week Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is being summoned back to the bargaining table byPresident Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. He will be joined by Palestinian PresidentMahmoud Abbas and other Arab leaders for yet another round of talks that will likely require much ofIsrael and little of the Palestinians. It has been said that Obama has offered to meet with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejadduring his trip to the UN in a few weeks, if the Iranian president is willing to negotiate. The questionsnow become: With whom is Israel negotiating? Obviously, it is not with the Palestinianswho are divided and doing battle with Hamas for control. Is Israel negotiating with Iran to appeaseAhmadinejad since he has terror proxies ? Hamas and Hezbollah - posted on both of Israel?s borders,and is just a screwdriver away from having an atomic bomb? What is the goal of the Obama administration? Can it possibly believe that raising the expectations ofthe Palestinian people with false hope is the proper plan? Israel is being badgered to acknowledge asovereign Palestinian state on its border - a state with an army, air space, and one that can form treatieswith Israel?s enemies. Would Israel?s tiny state be able to survive? Netanyahu would be right to reject aPalestinian state, and the U.S. wrong to demand it. Will this round of "peace? talks simply create more hostility and terror aimed at Israel as otherslike it have in the past? Is it a nod to Obama?s reported pledge to Saudi?s King Abdullah to hand thePalestinians East Jerusalem and the West Bank by 2012? Will Obama offer Israel a quid pro quo of somesort? The U.S. has approved a $60 billion weapons sale to Israel?s Arab neighbors in the region ? SaudiArabia, Kuwait, Oman, the UAE, and Qatar. The deal would include 84 of the latest model of the F-15jet and dozens of Black Hawk helicopters. Israel has sought to purchase twenty of the fifth generationstealth F-35I Lightning II fighter jets from Lockheed Martin ? a $2.75 billion outlay. To help fund thepurchase by Israel, the acquisition agreement also includes a framework for purchasing parts from theIsraeli industry worth $4 billion. The Arab world wants a Palestinian state for one simple reason: to destroy the State of Israel. ForObama to think that Israel?s support would pacify Iran is completely naïve. It will do just theopposite. Iran ? the center of gravity for world terrorism ? has made the lives of Jews a living hellon Israel?s northern and southern borders through its Hezbollah and Hamas proxies. To allow theseterrorists to be a stone?s throw from Israel?s population center in a Palestinian state would justembolden Iran. As leader of the opposition in the Knesset in 2008, Benjamin Netanyahu met with then-Vice PresidentDick Cheney to discuss the Iranian threat. Netanyahu told Mr. Cheney that "if we leave Jerusalem,Hamas, Iran and other forces affiliated with them will take control of it. They will threaten Jerusalem'swellbeing, Israel's security and the freedom of worship of millions of pilgrims and members of thedifferent religions arriving in the city today.? Nothing has changed since Mr. Netanyahu issued thisadmonition. *********** Mike Evans has been a personal friend of Benjamin Netanyahu for almost thirty years. As an advisorto Prime Minister Menachem Begin, Evans recommended Netanyahu for his first Israeli governmentposition twenty-eight years ago. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:22:37 -0800 Full article 1_96available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have pressured Israel to return to thebargaining table in Washington on September 2. Obama who, upon entering office, gave himself justtwo years to resolve the Israeli/Palestinian issue has invited Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas, King Hussein of Jordan and President Hosni Mubarak ofEgypt to Washington for yet another "peace? conference. Is he foolhardy, or will he abandon Israel inorder to achieve his goal? Decades of conflict surround the Jews and Palestinians and the tiny parcel of land that is Israel. Jewishmen and women have died to preserve the nation of Israel. Learned men have devoted themselves to aresolution; politicians have haggled over the perfect peace treaty that would, ultimately, mean a star intheir negotiating crown. Almost twenty years after Israel was forced to the bargaining table in Madrid, she is being called backto the table by another U.S. president for yet another round of "negotiations.? And for what purpose?Israel would be overrun with Palestinians seeking the "right of return? to claim what was not theirs inthe first place ? the land of Israel ? the land grant given to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob by God himself.Talk of a multinational state, if achieved, would result in the end of a Jewish national homeland. When the Ottoman Empire collapsed following World War I, the British Mandate for Palestine set asidean area of 45,000 square miles for the Jews? national homeland. From the designated area, the Britishtook 35,000 square miles of the land in 1921 to create the Trans-Jordan (later Jordan). Jews were notallowed to live or own property in the area east of the Jordan River. Later, Britain ceded 454 squaremiles of the Golan Heights to Syria. Less than 10,000 square miles of the original grant was left to theJews. This included part of the uninhabitable Negev. Those who demand a two-state solution must know it is a fallacy ? a hallucination. The West Bank, partof the original Palestine Mandate, belongs to Israel legally. It reclaimed the land in 1967 when hostilitieswere launched from the area against Israel. Ambassador Michael Oren has stated succinctly, "Thereis no Israeli leadership ? willing or capable of removing 100,000 Israelis from their West Bankhomes ? the minimum required to make way for a viable Palestinian state ... The evacuation of amere 8,100 Israelis from Gaza in 2005 required 55,000 IDF troops ? and was profoundly traumatic.? The Palestinians flooded into Gaza, razing everything built and destroying everything reclaimed bythe Israelis. What had been a viable and productive part of Israel proper swiftly fell into the hands ofHamas ? a terrorist organization bent on Israel?s destruction. In 2006 the United States encouragedelections and ? surprise, surprise ? Hamas came away the declared winner. The terror organizationrefuses to recognize Israel?s right to exist and is committed to the destruction of the Jewish state. After Hamastan was born on the border of Israel, rocket attacks grew radically. Not once didthe supposedly unbiased UN proffer a resolution castigating Hamas for the attacks. When Israelfinally said "Enough!? and took measures to protect its citizens, world leaders were aghast. My dear friend, Deputy Prime Minister Moshe Ya?alon asserts that Israel?s withdrawal from Gaza onlyserved to strengthen the jihadists. Israel is now completely surrounded by terrorists ? Hamas in Gaza,Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Islamic states, Syria (a proxy of Iran), Jordan, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia acrossthe Gulf of Aqaba. Hezbollah in Lebanon boasts of 60,000 rockets imported from Syria, some of whichare capable of reaching Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has stated, "If they(Jews) all gather in Israel, it will save us the trouble of going after them worldwide.? These are Israel?sneighbors on the northern border. If Israel is forced to give up the West Bank, she will have yet another fanatical Islamist regime on hereastern border. This is what President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton proposefor the state of Israel. Clinton has said the United States would "vigorously pursue a two-state solutionto the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? and called for "urgent action by Arabs, Israelis and the internationalcommunity to break the cycle of Mideast violence and to move toward a comprehensive peace in theregion.? Of the renewed talks, Clinton noted, "the US believed these negotiations, aimed at resolving allfinal status issues, ?can be completed within a year.?? This certainly would meet President Obama?s timetable related to the pledge reportedly made to KingAbdullah of Saudi Arabia ? to "take any measure to ensure an Israeli withdrawal from the West Bankand Jerusalem over the next 18 months.? This begs the question: Why negotiate with a nest of vipers? *********** Dr. Michael D. Evans is the #1 New York Times bestselling author, and author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos and Atomic Iran. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:20:06 -0800 Full article 1_95available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com In 1998, Osama Bin Laden issued a fatwa entitled, "Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders.? He reiterated hisdeclaration following the devastating attack on 9/11. Shortly after the attack on 9/11, Rev. Billy Grahamand President George Bush were pressured by the Liberal Left media to remove the word "crusade?from their vocabularies. Now Muslims plan to build a 13-story complex in Manhattan, just 600 feet away from the graveyard of2,750 innocent people sacrificed in the name of Islam. It will contain a mosque, but where the moneywill come from has not been revealed. Like most of the billions of dollars invested in the Americanmedia, corporations, universities, arts, presidential libraries, and ex-presidents? speeches, the moneywill most likely come from Saudi Arabia, the home of Osama bin Laden and eleven of the nineteen 9/11suicide bombers. The mosque plan has been enthusiastically welcomed by gutless politicians and civic leaders to showhow "tolerant? they are. This tolerance is at the expense of almost 3,000 dead Americans. This symbolicmosque near Ground Zero is set to be dedicated on the tenth anniversary of 9/11, and will emboldenradical Islam to strike the "Great Satan,? believing that the U.S. is weak and fearful and ready to submitto Islam. It will confirm their beliefs that America is a soft, decadent country, confused and guilt-ridden,having no backbone and no pride. The imam leading the charge, Faisal Abdul Rauf, a blatant Zionist-hating bigot, says the US is culpable forthe 9/11 attacks. He believes that America?s Constitution should embrace shariah law. It makes me sickto my stomach; not to speak of the fact that the Obama administration is paying him to be a U.S. StateDepartment representative in the Middle East. Rauf plans to name the phallic symbol Cordoba House after the Great Mosque of Cordoba, Spain. It wasthe capital of the Muslim caliphate of al-Andalus which ruled over the conquered Spaniards in parts ofthe Iberian Peninsula from 711 to 1492. It makes me sick to my stomach, not to speak of the fact thatthe Obama administration is paying him to be a U.S. State Department representative in the MiddleEast. Similarly, the Mosque of Omar in Jerusalem was built in 1193 CE on the Temple site. It was erected toperpetuate the Islamic Jihad practice of building mosques on sites of historic conquests. Only a foolwould fail to realize that mosques, mullahs, and madrasas fueled, fed, and financed the 9/11 terrorists.Non-violent Muslims never beg for an early ticket to paradise. The battle of good versus evil is being fought from within. America is under siege. It was attacked byradical Islamists for being a Christian nation, and now the hippies of the 1960s run the establishmentthey railed against, and are in bed with the enemy. One kills the body, the other the soul. It?s thedumbing-down of America all in the name of political correctness. These secular humanist morons excuse evil, or worse, deny it exists and coddle it by refusing to confrontit. These enemies seek to destroy our freedom and impose their views on us. Anyone contradicting themis labeled as ignorant, evil, racist, or a bigot. The lunatics, liberals, and liars supporting this plan do not believe that evil exists. It?s not bad enoughthat almost 3,000 people lost their lives in the hideous act of religious mass murder, now theirmemories will be insulted and the religion responsible for murdering them will be allowed to build atowering, triumphant mosque near the ground where they died. I am outraged and so should you be. Are we losing our minds? To call it a tribute to the victims of 9/11 shows contempt for those who died. This is tantamount to standing on their graves and burningAmerican flags. The events of 9/11 would never have happened had it not been for the teaching of jihad in mosques bymullahs. Any Muslim who denies that is a liar. The first attack on the World Trade Center towers on February 26, 1993 was perpetrated by a blindmullah, Sheikh Omar Abdul Rahman. When his house was raided by the FBI, twenty-three boxes ofinformation on the attack were found and labeled "irrelevant religious stuff.? On the day of the attack, my dear friend Yigal Carmon flew to DC early in the morning to warn thePentagon that radical Islamists were planning an attack and that the threat was imminent. Yigalwas head of security in Israel under Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, a position similar to that of ourhead of Homeland Security. Yigal told me the liberals in Washington smiled and said, "We don?tconsider religion to be a threat to us.? They were wrong, and the attack occurred a few hours later. During the first Persia Gulf War, I traveled briefly with General Sheikh Mohammad Khaled, commanderin chief of the Saudi Multinational Forces. He scolded me, "Don?t exaggerate! Only ten percent ofMuslims are radical.? I replied, "Thank you! I am so comforted. That means only 130 million of you wantto cut off my head.? On September 23, 1980 over dinner in his home, Isser Harel, then-head of Mossad in Israel, told me thatAmerica was developing a tolerance for terror. He said that if it continued, radical Islam would strikeAmerica?s greatest phallic symbol, New York City?s tallest building. God-fearing Americans need to demand that this insanity stop. If the Liberal Left is successful in pushingthis through, what is next ? a Nazi memorial in Jerusalem near Yad Vashem where six million murderedJews are memorialized? Where do you think UN-protected Islamic murderers like Iran?s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad go to mockAmerica when they come to the UN? They go to the more than one hundred mosques in NewYork City. So, now we want these Holocaust-denying, American-hating nut jobs at Ground Zero? Mayor Bloomberg, shame on you. If you really want 101 mosques in New York, why not demand thatSaudi Arabia give permits to build 101 churches and synagogues in its country, where not one Christianchurch or Jewish synagogue is permitted because of bigotry. The last words that came from mouths of each insane Islamic murderer on 9/11 were "Allah Akbar.?Those words will ring night and day over the ashes of 9/11 if we sleep. *********** Dr. Michael D. Evans is the #1 New York Times bestselling author, and author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos and Atomic Iran. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:15:57 -0800 Full article 1_94available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Dramatic events are unfolding in our nation?s capital this week. Events so potentially impacting that I must stand up and speak out for before it's too late. Even as I write this I am striving to go to Washington immediately so I can witness firsthand the potentially dangerous events taking place. On August 31, President Obama addressed the nation from the Oval Office. He lauded his efforts to remove US troops from Iraq?indeed the number is now below 50,000. According to the President, this is a sign of progress and the fulfilling of a promise he made during his campaign. What he will not say?what he hopes no one will find out?is that his plan is to basically hand Iraq over to the control of the radical Islamic mullahs of Iran. As America withdraws our troops, the influence of Iran will continue to grow and increase. Their Shi'ite allies in Baghdad are growing stronger by the day. If this plan is allowed to go forward, the consequences of Israel?for America?and the entire world will be devastating. And there is more. Tomorrow the "peace process" will take center stage in Washington as leaders from the Middle East gather to talk about the unresolved issues that continue to block progress. Palestinian Authority President Abbas, Jordan's King Hussein, and Egyptian President Mubarak will join Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other world leaders for the first direct talks on Middle East peace in more than a year. When I first met the Prime Minister, he had no interest or involvement in politics. He was just a young man grieving the death of his brother Jonathan in the daring Israeli commando raid that freed the hostages being held by Palestinian terrorists at the airport in Entebbe, Uganda. That day I anointed Benjamin with oil and prophesied over him that he would be Prime Minister of Israel twice?and that the second time would be during Israel's greatest crisis. That prophecy has now come true. Today my dear old friend urgently needs our help. He is walking into a nest of vipers, meeting with people who will smile for the cameras but behind the scenes are doing everything they can to destroy his nation. Sadly, he is facing a grave threat from the United States as well. President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton will pressure Israel to divide Jerusalem and hand over Judea and Samaria to the Palestinians. Mr. Obama has promised King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia that he will force Israel to make this unthinkable concession?and that he plans to do it next year once the mid-term elections are over to avoid political consequences here at home. This concession will not bring peace?all it will do is place Israel at even greater risk. The radical Muslims want Israel destroyed. They will stop at nothing to achieve their evil aims. And if we help them by pressuring Israel to give up the land God has promised the Chosen People as their eternal possession, God's curse will come on the United States. If America sleeps?if Christians do not speak out and instead allow Israel's land to be taken from them?a curse will come upon our nation that will make 9/11 look like a Sunday school picnic. You do NOT touch prophecy without suffering the consequences. God said, "I will curse them that curse thee." (Genesis 12:3) We cannot fail to meet this challenge. The risks are too great; the need is too urgent; the time is too short. *********** Dr. Michael D. Evans is the #1 New York Times bestselling author, and author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos and Atomic Iran. Thu, 2 Sep 2010 10:46:59 -0800 Full article 1_93available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Jerusalem Prayer Team Founder Mike Evans says sources in Israel indicate that Iran isprepared to "go atomic? before next Passover. During the last two wars with Israel, Iran?sterrorist proxies fired more than 14,000 rockets at Israel. "I have watched the rockets flying over my head heading for the homes of innocent Jewishmen, women and children,? Evans says. He anticipates a greater number of bombs this timeand says the ability of Israelis to protect themselves, particularly with bomb shelters, is sorelyinadequate. The United Nations has passed new sanctions on Iran because of that nation?s defiant refusalto halt work on its nuclear weapons program. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in anunusually strong statement this week, declared that Iran was not serious about working with theInternational Atomic Energy Agency to resolve the issue. The official Iranian news agency announced that parliament was working on a "top prioritybill" which would limit the country's ties with the IAEA. According to the Islamic Republic NewsAgency, the move came as a direct response to the sanctions imposed on the Islamic republic. "The bill to revise Iran's relations with the IAEA is being drafted," the news agency quotedIranian foreign policy chief Alaeddin Borujerdi as saying. Iranian President MahmoudAhmadinejad dismissed the sanctions as "annoying flies" that were as useless as "usedtissues." Other officials said Iran would not halt its uranium enrichment. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:01:09 -0800 Full article 1_92available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Israel has just announced the successful final test of a new anti-missile system called IronDome that may offer hope to Jewish people, like those in Sderot, who live with the constantthreat of terrorist attacks. The Iron Dome uses a sophisticated radar system to track incomingrockets, which is linked to a control network allowing Israel to intercept and destroy them farfrom their targets. It is the only anti-rocket system of its kind in the world, according to experts. Iron Dome aims to protect Israel from homemade and imported rockets fired by Palestinianmilitants in Gaza, as well as the more sophisticated rockets in the hands of Hezbollah guerrillason Israel's border with Lebanon. The successful tests completed this week involved destroyingmultiple incoming targets in coordination with other air force systems, the Defense Ministry saidin a statement. The announcement also said the first two Iron Dome batteries would be deployed by Novembernear the town of Sderot, whose location near the Gaza border makes it a favorite target ofPalestinian rocket squads. This small town is the home of many elderly Russian Jews who livewith the constant threat of death. Missile and rocket fire are commonplace for the residents ofthese border communities. Additionally, a grave humanitarian crisis is brewing in Jerusalem as poor Jews, many of themRussian refugees or elderly Holocaust survivors, are struggling to find enough food to eat. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:55:48 -0800 Full article 1_91available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Unthinkable human tragedy is playing out on the streets of Jerusalem. Elderly Russian Jewsare scrounging through trash seeking sustenance for every day. With the threat of war looming,these Jews, who fled from persecution in their homeland in hopes of a better life in Israel, arenow facing a battle for survival. Some are Holocaust survivors who find bitter memories broughtback to life by hunger; some are young children whose parents cannot find work and are put tobed early at night because there is no food on the table. The good news is that professional chef Jim Nobel is partnering with the Jerusalem PrayerTeam?s Mike Evans to open the King's Kitchen?a place where poor Jewish people inJerusalem can go and eat at no charge. King?s Kitchen is a non-profit restaurant specificallycreated to feed the poor in Charlotte, North Carolina. When Evans heard about Nobel?sproject, he thought immediately about the poor struggling to find food in Jerusalem. "I asked Jim what it would take to establish a King's Kitchen in the Holy City,? Evans explains."Jim has agreed to lend us his expertise to help us launch in Jerusalem.? Evans is in the fund-raising stage of the project, anticipating a significant outlay of cash to make the kitchen happen.He?s looking for an appropriate site, equipment, staff and more. "There is nothing like the King's Kitchen in Israel,? Evans explains, expressing excitement aboutthe spiritual impact the project will have. "This will be a unique and wonderful witness to thelove of God.? Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:38:07 -0800 Full article 1_90available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com This is a most critical time for the nation of Israel. Catherine Ashton, the EU's foreign policy chief, started her second Mideast tour in four months this past weekend, trying to restart the stalled peace talks and push Israel into making good on a promise to open border crossings with Gaza. On her three-day visit, Ashton planned to meet separately with the leaders of Israel and the Palestinian Authority and also with Tony Blair, the former British prime minister who is now the international community's envoy to the Middle East. "The European Union has been calling for an urgent and fundamental change of policy regarding the closure of Gaza," Ashton said on the eve of her visit. One of the main focuses of her trip is the attempt to force Israel to relax the restrictions on what is allowed into and out of Gaza. This poses a great risk to Israel, because Iran has been using every means available to smuggle more powerful weapons to the Hamas terrorists. If the border crossings are opened missiles, rockets and guns will flood into Gaza. The irony of the situation is that world continues putting all of its pressure on Israel to make peace. But on Ashton's last visit in March of this year, a Kassam rocket was fired from Gaza that killed a Thai worker in Netiv Ha'asara in Israel. Clearly expecting the terrorists to make peace is a fool's errand because the only peace they want is the peace of the grave when every Jew is dead. Yet the world community continues to make demands on Israel to bring peace. We cannot turn our backs on Israel at this crisis moment. The threat it faces from Iran's attempts to provide more powerful weapons to Hamas and other terrorist groups is literally a matter of life and death for tens of thousands?and if America deserts Israel, the consequences to the world will be dire indeed. ********** Dr. Michael D. Evans is the #1 New York Times bestselling author, and author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos and Atomic Iran. Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:42:55 -0800 Full article 1_89available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Not long after the Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979 a young member of the Revolutionary Guard, disgusted by what he saw from the mullahs who were running the country, contacted the CIA and offered to work as a double agent. For years "Wally" was one of the best sources of intelligence for America about what was happening in the radical Islamic regime. In a speech this month at the Institute for Near East Policy in Washington, "Wally" described an Iran that is very different from what is normally portrayed by our political and diplomatic elites. Protected by a bodyguard, wearing a disguise, and using a voice modulator to protect his identity, "Wally" described the dangerous reality in no uncertain terms. "Stop dreaming, please," he said. "You are not dealing with rational people. Every time you extend a hand, it is not seen as sincerity, but stupidity." He predicted that Iran will eventually attack Israel, Europe and the Gulf and advocated a preemptive military strike against the regime but not against the Iranian people or infrastructure. "Wally" accused the Obama administration of naivete and betrayal for seeking to engage Iran. Not only does the regime see this as weakness on the part of the United States, he said, but the Iranian people view it as a betrayal of the highest order as they fight for freedom. There is no doubt listening to his inside information that Israel is in great and imminent danger. Above and beyond the threat from Iran, there is a grave humanitarian crisis brewing in Jerusalem. As you read this email today, poor Jews, many of them elderly men and women who survived the Holocaust or fled persecution in Russia are struggling to find enough food to eat. I have watched these precious people search through dumpsters for something to eat. We cannot turn our backs on Israel at this crisis moment. The threat they face from Iran's nuclear program is literally a matter of life or death for tens of thousands?and if America deserts Israel, the consequences to the world will be dire indeed. Please join me in praying urgently that God will confound the plans and schemes of those who hate the Chosen People and that He will bless His people with peace. ********** Dr. Michael D. Evans is the #1 New York Times bestselling author, and author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos and Atomic Iran. Fri, 16 Jul 2010 04:00:15 -0800 Full article 1_88available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com During this month in which we celebrate America's independence, we must not forget that the samekind of sacrifices that bought and maintain our freedom are being made day after day by youngJewish men and women to defend the nation of Israel. The constant attacks Israel has enduredsince her rebirth in 1948 have soaked the land with the blood of courageous heroes who have beenkilled or wounded in battle. And every one of them is remembered by family and friends who are leftwith hurting hearts. On my recent trip to Israel I met with two people who have suffered more than most of us can evenimagine?the parents of Galid Shalit, the young Israeli soldier who was captured by Hamas terroristsmore than four years ago when he was just nineteen years old. The terrorists used a tunnel underthe Gaza border to launch a sneak attack inside Israel. They killed two other Israeli soldiers and tookShalit prisoner, badly wounding him in the process. Today Shalit is believed to be alive and being held in Gaza. His captors released a video of him latelast year that contained a message for his parents. Hamas is trying to blackmail Israel into releasinghundreds of convicted terrorists in exchange for his return. Israeli military intelligence continuesto search for Shalit, but the network of tunnels under Gaza that are used to smuggle in weaponsfrom Iran have so far proven to be a successful hiding place for the terrorists and their prisoner. And the Shalits are far from alone. A large number of brave young Israeli men and women havebeen wounded or killed defending their nation from the constant terrorist assault. I'm asking youtoday to join me in sending a special gift to help the Shalit family and so many other families whohave lost so much in Israel's fight for survival. Most of these families do not have the uncertainty that the Shalits must deal with. Instead theyhave cemeteries to visit, wheelchairs to push, and the burden of providing constant care andattention to their children who have been gravely wounded in the struggle for Israel's survival. The government of Israel does not have the resources to provide all of the specialized care,therapy and other help that families trying to cope with serious and life-altering injuries need. Frequently they feel abandoned and forgotten. At times they wonder whether the sacrifice is worth it.Many of them know that they will never again receive a hug or a kiss from their beloved child. Othersmake painful trips to cemeteries to remember the loved ones they have lost. So please remember these heroes of Israel in your prayers. ********** Dr. Michael D. Evans is the #1 New York Times bestselling author, and author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos and Atomic Iran. Sat, 3 Jul 2010 02:32:34 -0800 Full article 1_87available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com President Barack Obama and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas met Wednesday at the White House for talks on Gaza. During the meeting Mr. Obama pledged $400 million in aid to Abbas, former CFO of the terror organization responsible for funding the Munich Massacre in 1972. Eleven Israeli Olympic athletes and coaches were murdered. This is quite a different approach from the president?s last, strained meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He didn?t even get a PB&J when Mr. Obama cavalierly exited the meetings with a backhanded, "I?m going to the residential wing to have dinner with Michelle and the girls.? He challenged the prime minister to consider the error of his ways, and is quoted as having said, "Let me know if there is anything new.? Now the president has welcomed the PA leader, and with the usual aplomb of the Liberal Left, President Obama simply tosses money at the problem of Gaza. No stand is taken against the terrorist regime that holds the people in that region by the throat. Abbas goes home with a decidedly fatter bank account. According to Mr. Obama the money will be used for housing, schools, health and infrastructure needs. In view of the fact that Hamas has control of Gaza and Abbas has no authority in the area, just how is he going to oversee the $400 million? Perhaps it will find its way into personal Swiss bank accounts as did money funded to Yasser Arafat. Given that terrorist organizations such as Hamas and Hezbollah have no problem with using schools, synagogues, and even hospitals in which to hide their munitions and from which to launch their attacks against Israel, America could be aiding and abetting further terror attacks against Israel. Of course, Israel would be forced to retaliate. It?s a lose/lose battle for the Jewish State. The president set the tone for the meeting with Abbas by labeling the tense face-off in the Middle East "unsustainable.? He also predicted that "real progress? would come with US attempts to force the Israelis into more land for peace deals. I can find no mention in news from the White House about Egypt?s blockade or why the building materials deemed necessary for Gaza?s well-being have not been flooding into the area across the Egyptian border. One can but wonder how tightly the thumbscrews will be applied to Prime Minister Netanyahu and the Israeli government in order to try to coerce them into reopening talks with Abbas and the PA. It seems that concessions are Israel?s to make, not by the PA or Hamas in Gaza. While Obama called again on Israel to stop building settlements in what he calls "disputed territories?, he asked Abbas to make progress in the area of security. The question remains: How can Israel sit down at the bargaining able with people who refuse to acknowledge the Jewish state?s existence? The meeting between the two men came ten days after the attack on the flotilla that tried unsuccessfully to break Israel?s blockade against Gaza. Israeli troops were lured into an untenable situation and found themselves fighting for their lives during what should have been a peaceful boarding and redirection of one of the ships. With its resolve being tested not only by terrorist organizations and countries such as Iran, Israel now finds itself being abandoned by the Obama administration. The shift is most noticeable in the UN where Israel no longer enjoys automatic support from the U.S. An Israeli official said, "It?s difficult to decipher the intentions behind the changing U.S. policy at the United Nations.? Fortunately, Israel still enjoys the backing of a large group of Senators and Representatives who have been very vocal with their support. Senator Joe Lieberman said, "We should be very clear about who is responsible for the unfortunate loss of life in the attempt to break the blockade in Gaza. Hamas and its allies are the responsible parties?Israel exercised her legitimate right of self defense.? According to Senator John Kerry, "Israel has every right?to make certain that weapons are not being smuggled in after the thousands of rockets that have been fired on it from Gaza.? Senator Harry Reid: "Israel has an obligation to protect its citizens and therefore has a clear right under international law to prevent weapons from getting in the hands of terrorists determined to target them.? Newly elected Senator Scott Brown added, "Israel is at war. Each and every day thousands of its innocent men, women, and children face the threat of the lethal rocket attacks out of Gaza.? Texas Representative Pete Sessions said, "This will likely not be the last time terrorist organizations ? under the guise of humanitarian aid ? seek to provoke Israel. As much of the world turns the other way, my support for Israel remains steadfast in its struggle for security?? It is ironic and ludicrous that countries such as Cuba and Saudi Arabia gather at the UN to chastise Israel about human rights. The Obama administration must rethink its policy toward Israel. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton must defend the rights of our closest democratic ally in the Middle East to keep its populace safe from terrorist attacks. The United States must not give any credence to those who would deny Israel the right to self-defense. Gaza is governed by an organization whose charter denies Israel?s very right to exist, and whose name is on the U.S. terrorist list because of its heinous activities. Israel has been soundly criticized because no weapons were seized from the flotilla stopped on May 31. It is critically important, however, that Israel maintain control over the entry points for any aid into Gaza. Should she relax her vigilance, Gaza will be flooded with war materiel and Israel will reap the whirlwind of Hamas? windfall. ********** Dr. Michael D. Evans is the #1 New York Times bestselling author, and author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos and Atomic Iran. Wed, 16 Jun 2010 05:26:09 -0800 Full article 1_86available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Iranian ships set sail to Gaza this week. Supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the Iranian Revolutionary Guard is ready to provide an escort to cargo ships trying to break Israel?s blockade of Gaza. Iran, the center of gravity for world terror, arms and funds its two proxies on Israel?s borders, Hamas and Hezbollah. The two groups have fired more than 10,000 missiles into Israel, killing and terrorizing a multitude of innocent Israeli civilians. Both have been emboldened by President Barack Obama?s appeasement policies. President Obama has an extremely small window in which to draw a line in the sand with Iran. If he does not, Iran?s action could precipitate war in the Middle East. The Iranians have threatened to "wipe the stinking corpse [Israel] off the map? with a nuclear bomb. There is nothing more for Israel to do at this juncture. Terrorist organizations fueled and fed by Iran want nothing more than to kill Jews wherever they may be found. Jimmy Carter missed a golden opportunity to support America?s strongest Muslim ally in the Middle East ? the Shah of Iran. Instead he opened up back channels of communication with the godfather of world terror, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Paris. It appears President Obama has chosen the same course. The terrorists that surround Israel have measured the current occupant of the White House and found him to be ineffective. Obama is just one more to join the queue of presidents wanting the award for having achieved peace in the Middle East. Now it seems that his determination to waffle on the issue of Iran?s nuclear ambitions has brought us, not closer to peace, but to an all-out war in the region. The Obama administration betrayed Israel even before the flotilla reached its interception point. Several days before the incident on the Mavi Marmara, the U.S. participated in a conference which called upon Israel, not Iran, to relinquish its nuclear weapons. Such a move would leave the tiny nation defenseless against the likes of Iran. The signals are apparent to anyone watching: Obama is weak. He has no visible ties to the Jewish state. Opportunity knocks! The result is the launch of missiles from Gaza and Hezbollah?s hunger for another war. Syria has thumbed its nose at overtures from the U.S. administration and Ahmadinejad is threatening another Holocaust. I can?t help but wonder how he can threaten a second when he doesn?t believe in the first. All but hard core Muslim fanatics acknowledge that the flotilla was not a "humanitarian aid? issue; it was a clear effort to force Israel to defend its nation. The PR intent was to make Israel the loser, even if only in the media war. Obama has been impotent to raise support worldwide against Iran?s nuclear program. Now Israel may soon be faced with having to stop an Iranian vessel loaded with the Revolutionary Guard. It may be faced with meeting the challenge of armed Iranian patrol boats opening fire on the Israeli navy. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would be foolish to allow a ship from Iran to slip through the blockade and deliver anything to Israel?s sworn enemy, Hamas. It could be laden with anything from war materiel to rockets to the makings of an atomic device. Intercepting the Mavi Marmara was the intelligent thing to do. Halting any shipment launched from Iranian waters is crucial for Israel?s continued existence. In response to the announcement by the Iranian Red Crescent, an Israeli diplomatic official responded, "If we didn?t let an Irish ship reach Gaza, we are certainly not going to let Iranian ships pass.? When Israel was attacked by surrounding Arab forces in 1973, Seymour Hersh, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, reported that Prime Minister Meir and her cabinet made the decision to arm nuclear strike aircraft in preparation for action against both Egypt and Syria. Prime Minister Netanyahu may be forced to take a page from Golda Meir?s defense book in order to defend his country. ********** Dr. Michael D. Evans is the #1 New York Times bestselling author, and author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos and Atomic Iran. Wed, 16 Jun 2010 05:21:53 -0800 Full article 1_48available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Atomic Iran from Mike Evans Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:14:01 -0800 Full article 1_83available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Once again, Israel faces hypocrisy and a biased rush to judgment. I'm afraid this isn't the first time. Last year, Israel acted to stop Hamas from firing thousands of rockets into Israel's towns and cities. Hamas was firing on our civilians while hiding behind civilians. And Israel went to unprecedented lengths to avoid Palestinian civilian casualties. Yet it was Israel, and not Hamas, that was accused by the UN of war crimes. Now regrettably, the same thing appears to be happening now. But here are the facts. Hamas is smuggling thousands of Iranian rockets, missiles and other weaponry - smuggling it into Gaza in order to fire on Israel's cities. These missiles can reach Ashdod and Beer Sheva - these are major Israeli cities. And I regret to say that some of them can reach now Tel Aviv, and very soon, the outskirts of Jerusalem. From the information we have, the planned shipments include weapons that can reach farther, even farther and deeper into Israel. Under international law, and under common sense and common decency, Israel has every right to interdict this weaponry and to inspect the ships that might be transporting them. This is not a theoretical challenge or a theoretical threat. We have already interdicted vessels bound for Hizbullah, and for Hamas from Iran, containing hundreds of tons of weapons. In one ship, the Francop, we found hundreds of tons of war materiel and weapons destined for Hizbullah. In another celebrated case, the Karine A, dozens of tons of weapons were destined for Hamas by Iran via a shipment to Gaza. Israel simply cannot permit the free flow of weapons and war materials to Hamas from the sea. I will go further than that. Israel cannot permit Iran to establish a Mediterranean port a few dozen kilometers from Tel Aviv and from Jerusalem. And I would go beyond that too. I say to the responsible leaders of all the nations: The international community cannot afford an Iranian port in the Mediterranean. Fifteen years ago I cautioned about an Iranian development that has come to pass - people now recognize that danger. Today I warn of this impending willingness to enable Iran to establish a naval port right next to Israel, right next to Europe. The same countries that are criticizing us today should know that they will be targeted tomorrow. For this and for many other reasons, we have a right to inspect cargo heading into Gaza. And here's our policy. It's very simple: Humanitarian and other goods can go in and weapons and war materiel cannot. And we do let civilian goods into Gaza. There is no humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Each week, an average of ten thousand tons of goods enter Gaza. There's no shortage of food. There's no shortage of medicine. There's no shortage of other goods. On this occasion too, we made several offers - offers to deliver the goods on board the flotilla to Gaza after a security inspection. Egypt made similar offers. And these offers were rejected time and again. So our naval personnel had no choice but to board these vessels. Now, on five of the vessels, our seamen were not met by any serious violence and as a result, there were no serious injuries aboard those ships. But on the largest ship, something very different happened. Our naval personnel, just as they landed on the ship - you can see this in the videos - the first soldier - they were met with a vicious mob. They were stabbed, they were clubbed, they were fired upon. I talked to some of these soldiers. One was shot in the stomach, one was shot in the knee. They were going to be killed and they had to act in self-defense. It is very clear to us that the attackers had prepared their violent action in advance. They were members of an extremist group that has supported international terrorist organizations and today support the terrorist organization called Hamas. They brought with them in advance knives, steel rods, other weapons. They chanted battle cries against the Jews. You can hear this on the tapes that have been released. This was not a love boat. This was a hate boat. These weren't pacifists. These weren't peace activists. These were violent supporters of terrorism. I think that the evidence that the lives of the Israeli seamen were in danger is crystal clear. If you're a fair-minded observer and you look at those videos, you know this simple truth. But I regret to say that for many in the international community, no evidence is needed. Israel is guilty until proven guilty. Once again, Israel is told that it has a right to defend itself but is condemned every time it exercises that right. Now you know that a right that you cannot exercise is meaningless. And you know that the way we exercise it - under these conditions of duress, under the rocketing of our cities, under the impending killing of our soldiers - you know that we exercise it in a way that is commensurate with any international standard. I have spoken to leading leaders of the world, and I say the same thing today to the international community: What would you do? How would you stop thousands of rockets that are destined to attack your cities, your civilians, your children? How would your soldiers behave under similar circumstances? I think in your hearts, you all know the truth. Israel regrets the loss of life. But we will never apologize for defending ourselves. Israel has every right to prevent deadly weapons from entering into hostile territory. And Israeli soldiers have every right to defend their lives and their country. This may sound like an impossible plea, or an impossible request, or an impossible demand, but I make it anyway: Israel should not be held to a double standard. The Jewish state has a right to defend itself just like any other state. Fri, 4 Jun 2010 13:55:46 -0800 Full article 1_82available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com On May 31, Israel walked straight into a trap ? a trap set by a group of so-called activists determined to break Israeli attempts to halt the flow of arms and war materiel into the Gaza strip. Having been warned in advance that the intent of the Free Gaza movement flotilla was to shatter the Israeli blockade, the IDF prepared to board the ships and divert them to Ashdod for inspection. A member of the Free Gaza organization credited with launching the flotilla, Greta Berlin, clarified the intent of the group: "We're not trying to be a humanitarian mission.? Apparently, Israel was ill-informed that the ship carried 700 pro-Palestinian activists prepared to do whatever necessary to reach their goal. American-born pro-Palestinian activist Hawaida Arraf threw down the gauntlet with the assertion: "We fully intend to go to Gaza regardless of any intimidation or threats of violence against us. They are going to have to forcefully stop us.? According to Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon "the armada of hate and violence in support of the Hamas terror organization was a premeditated and outrageous provocation. The organizers are well-known for their ties to Global Jihad, Al-Qaeda and Hamas. They have a history of arms smuggling and deadly terror. On board the ship we found weapons that were prepared in advance and used against our forces?? When confronted by the Israelis, five of the six ships? captains diverted to Ashdod; the sixth was decidedly on a mission of defiance. Obviously, the mistake made by the IDF was to assume that the voyagers on board the Mavi Marmara were a charitable group. Rather, it was loaded with pro-Palestinian terrorists, not with the specified humanitarian agenda, and determined to create an international media incident. The IDF deployed about a dozen soldiers with the intent of taking the bridge and diverting the flotilla to the Israeli port. Instead, the troops fell into the hands of an angry mob of rioters armed with clubs, knives, scissors, pepper spray, and with side arms after having disarmed several IDF soldiers. The Israelis boarded with non-lethal paintball guns, the kind used by teens on paintball courses, and pistols they never thought they would have to unholster. Video shows the unsuspecting IDF paratroopers being assaulted as they reached the deck. One IDF soldier was thrown over a railing to a deck 30 feet below. In a statement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, he reiterated that this was "a clear case of self-defense because as our soldiers were inspecting these ships, they were attacked - they were almost lynched. They were attacked?and they had to defend themselves - they were going to be killed. Israel will not allow its soldiers to be lynched and neither would any other self-respecting country.? Israel has maintained the 4-year blockade to halt the flow of weapons from Iran to Hamas, its armed and funded proxy in Gaza. In November 2009, the Israeli navy intercepted a huge cache of weapons headed from Iran to Hezbollah and Hamas onboard Francop, a German container ship. The markings on the materiel discovered were clearly Iranian. It carried some 3,000 missiles including Katyusha rockets. The Israeli embargo against Gaza has become more powerful than rockets; it created the perfect storm, the Vietnam, for the State of Israel. The secular media, which has always been prone to call terrorists "activists?, only encourages such actions. In 2008, Israeli President Shimon Peres held a "Facing Tomorrow? conference to which he invited some of the most noted thinkers in the world. One of the conclusions of that meeting was that the wars of the 21st Century would be fought first as a media war, secondly as an economic war, thirdly as a proxy war, and finally with boots on the ground. Israel has lost this media war and is well on its way to losing the economic war. Israel ceded Gaza in hopes of achieving peace in the region; its hopes were dashed. Hamas continued to lob some 1,200 missiles across the border at innocent Jewish civilians. Despite the ongoing provocation, Israel has allowed food and humanitarian supplies into Gaza through the Red Cross and UN. This skirmish came amid plans for a meeting between Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Barack Obama. The aim of the summit was to keep Iran at the top of the agenda, not the Palestinian Authority. Iran found the perfect means to distract the liberal media ? create a flag-waving, humanitarian crisis. The resulting propaganda-driven riots worldwide would certainly take attention from the IAEA announcement that Iran now possesses more than two tons of enriched uranium ? enough for two nuclear warheads. If you were sitting in the seat of power in ancient Persia, what would you do when confronted with new sanctions against your nuclear program? You would sponsor a David-versus-Goliath flotilla ? a media extravaganza ? carrying a Nobel Peace Prize winner, an American activist, and a Holocaust survivor. Central casting could not have done it better. The question becomes: When is a humanitarian mission not a humanitarian mission? It fails the test when it is peopled with terrorists on a suicide mission. Dr. Michael D. Evans is the #1 New York Times bestselling author, and author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos and Atomic Iran. Wed, 2 Jun 2010 03:53:04 -0800 Full article 1_81available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com When I flew Lt. General Moshe Ya'alon, former head of Israeli Defense Forces and currently deputy prime minister, to a Dallas for a special strategic briefing of the Iran crisis, he expressed to the group assembled his deep concerns about the terrorist state. General Ya'alon is the foremost expert on the situation. I believe beyond a doubt that Israel will attack Iran this year. The only thing that can stop this from happening is the power of prayer, and the U.S. quickly standing up to Iran. This is why I am asking you to please pray for the safety of the people of Israel. The top U.S. commander in the Middle East has directed an expansion of clandestine military activity in the region. The instructions allow "reconnaissance that could pave the way for possible military strikes in Iran if tensions over its nuclear ambitions escalate." The command appears to specify Iran as the target for the operations. It would be a foray to identify dissident groups/individuals that might be a future ally. An unidentified Israeli source referred to the directive as "the first time that the public is getting word of practical preparations of military activity." There was some debate about whether or not the information was a deliberate leak in an attempt to intimidate Iranian officials. This comes after yet another veiled threat from Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He warned President Barack Obama that he would miss a "historic opportunity" if the deal between Iran, Turkey, and Brazil were not sanctioned. Ahmadinejad extended his warning to a closer neighbor, Russia. Under the opinion that the Russian leader had acquiesced to the U.S. push for tougher sanctions, Ahmadinejad said, "Justifying the behavior of Mr. Dmitry Medvedev today has become very difficult?The Iranian nation doesn't know whether (Russians) ultimately are friends, whether they stand by us or are after other things." Ahmadinejad went on to say, "If they (U.S. and its allies) are truthful when they say they seek cooperation ... they should accept this offer. But if they seek excuses, they should know that the path to any interaction will be closed." He warned President Obama, that "this proposal [with Turkey and Brazil] is a historic opportunity ... (Obama should) know that if this opportunity is lost, I doubt the Iranian nation will give a new chance to this gentleman in the future." It sounds very much like an adult version of a childish ploy: "If you don't play this game exactly as I want, I'll pick up my marbles and go home." The Iranian offer to ship uranium to Turkey is hauntingly similar to a measure drafted by the UN last year. It was rejected. Iran's continued race to acquire nuclear weapons is a threat to every nation worldwide, not just to the ones that can be reached by a warhead-carrying missile. CLICK HERE TO SEE HIGHLIGHTS FROM ATOMIC IRAN In a speech to the Knesset, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu informed the members that Iran's deal with Turkey and Brazil was a "transparent Iranian ruse." According to Netanyahu and nuclear experts, Iran would still possess enough uranium to build a nuclear weapon. The prime minister pointed out that "This proposal also guarantees Iran the right to take back at any point the kilograms [of uranium] transferred to Turkey." Netanyahu reiterated that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his minions must "understand that the international community is determined to prevent it from acquiring nuclear arms." While Ahmadinejad is a rogue leader whose practice of deception is his trademark, he has been very forthright about his determination to destroy Israel and target the West. Recalling Khomeini's earlier rhetoric, in October 2005 Ahmadinejad declared, "This regime that is occupying Qods [Jerusalem] must be eliminated from the pages of history." He has threatened elsewhere to "wipe Israel from the map." Of America, he wrote in a letter to President Bush, "Those with insight can already hear the sounds of the shattering and fall of the ideology and thoughts of the Liberal democratic systems." The ideology to which he refers is democracy. Dr. Michael D. Evans is the #1 New York Times bestselling author, and author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos and Atomic Iran. Tue, 1 Jun 2010 11:39:57 -0800 Full article 1_80available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com While the Jews prepare to celebrate June 7?Yom Yerusalayim?the reunification of Jerusalem, the Obama administration seems determined to wrest control from the hands of the Israelis and turn it over, at least in part, to the PLO. What a terrible travesty that would be. In 1947, the UN General Assembly enacted Resolution 181?a partition plan, which outlined borders for a Jewish Palestine. It dictated a special government for Jerusalem and established political rights for the Palestinian Arabs. As has often been the case with succeeding treaties and resolutions, the Arabs took exception to the plan and obstructed its passage, while the Jews welcomed it. Between 1948 and 1967 Jerusalem was under Jordanian control. Jewish residents were expelled from the Jordanian-controlled area, and parts of Jordan became an armed camp, with guns, land mines, and snipers. Conditions in Jerusalem were bordering on barbaric. Three-fourths of the tombstones in the Mount of Olives Cemetery were ripped out and used to build a hotel and to pave a path leading to army latrines. The Jewish quarter in the old city was destroyed, and synagogues demolished. Some were used as cowsheds, stables, or public lavatories. Jews were barred from worshiping at the Western Wall; This was a basic deviation from the practice of liberty to freely worship in the Holy Land. It was also a rank violation of the Armistice Agreement established between Jordan and Israel in 1949. Why would the Jews want to risk such inequity at the hands of the PLO which would certainly control the Western Wall under the plan to divide Jerusalem? Jerusalem is not a pawn in the hands of the EU, US, and the Arab League. Since being founded by King David some 3,000+ years ago, it has been home to the Jewish people. They pray there, toil there, and reside there. The Jews have never relinquished their claim to the City of David. Yet, it appears that the battle over Jerusalem is fueled by politics and not by religion. To the Muslims, Mecca is the city to which they pray five times daily?not Jerusalem; Mecca is forbidden to non-Muslims upon threat of death?not so Jerusalem. Christians, Jews and Muslims are welcome to worship at their various holy places. To the Jews, Jerusalem is the navel of the world?to the Muslims, it is Mecca. Just as the Muslims rule their holy city?Mecca, so the Jews should have the right to rule Jerusalem. An interesting note: Jerusalem is not mentioned in the 1964 PLO covenant it was of so little import to its leaders. It was not until Israel reunified the city in 1967 was the word "Jerusalem" added. Now President Barack Obama seems hell-bent on forcing the Jews to the negotiating table yet again. Determined U.S. presidents should perhaps review the natural events that have happened following attempts to coerce Israel to relinquish control over Jerusalem. Was it only coincidence that as President George H. W. Bush was opening the conference at the Royal Palace in Madrid, the Perfect Storm (the one made famous in the movie) developed in the north Atlantic creating the largest waves ever recorded in that region? The storm traveled 1,000 miles "east to west" (as opposed to the normal west to east pattern) to crash into the eastern coast of the United States. Thirty-five foot waves smashed into the Kennebunkport, Maine, home of President Bush. This was one of the worst storms in American history and one of the top ten in insurance claims. When the Madrid conference was moved to Washington, DC, for a resumption of the land-for-peace talks, hurricane Andrew struck Florida. It wreaked havoc, causing an estimated $30 billion in damages, leaving 180,000 Americans homeless, and securing a spot on the top ten list for largest disasters in American history. Other unexplained and costly events have occurred on dates that correspond with the U.S. trying to force Israel to give up land-for-peace. The most devastating financially occurred the week of October 11, 1999. In Israel, Jewish settlers were being driven from the West Bank in order to satisfy world opinion. In the U.S. the Dow-Jones plummeted. On October 15, the Dow plunged 266 points. On October 16, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake was registered in the California desert. On the East Coast, Hurricane Irene produced torrential rains of 10-20 inches in Florida and 10 inches in North Carolina. It caused over $800 million in damages. Coincidence? Perhaps? Dividing Jerusalem would make Yasser Arafat's infamous intifada looks like child's play. Neighborhoods of predominately Jews would be fodder for snipers and machine-gun armed terrorists. Israel's Knesset would be well within range of Palestinians armed with rockets. The Jewish people would be under attack as never before. President Obama seems eager to acquire worldwide recognition with the creation of a Palestinian state by forcing his will on the Jewish people. Will he, as has been reported, instigate a "hostile takeover" of the derailed negotiations between the two sides? Dr. Michael D. Evans is the #1 New York Times bestselling author, and author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos and Atomic Iran. Tue, 18 May 2010 11:16:36 -0800 Full article 1_79available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com On June 7, 2010, Jerusalem will celebrate the 43rd anniversary of its reunification in 1967. On June 5, 1967 after months of saber-rattling from Egypt, Syria, and Jordan, Israel unfolded a brilliant defense plan. In the early morning hours, while the Egyptian Air Force pilots were still enjoying breakfast, almost the entire Israeli Air Force took off for Cairo. Less than two hours later, the planes returned to home base having destroyed 300 of Egypt?s jets. After refueling and rearming, the same Israeli planes took to the air and attacked airfields in Syria, Jordan, and Iraq. At the end of the day, the air forces of Egypt and Jordan had been all but destroyed; Syria lost half its planes ? all while still on the ground. In three days of ground fighting, Israeli Defense Forces overcame Jordanian and Egyptian forces, and the battle moved northward to the Golan Heights. On June 9 after a fierce and bloody battle, Israeli forces broke through Syrian lines and secured the area. In the meantime, on June 7 IDF forces moved into Jerusalem and recaptured the Old City, including the Western Wall. IDF Chaplain Rabbi Shlomo Goren blew a shofar to celebrate the reunification of the Holy City. Since that time the question of who owns Jerusalem ? biblically, historically, and legally ? has been asked repeatedly. Biblically, the city belongs to the Jewish people. In 1053 BCE King David defeated the Jebusites and established his kingdom in Jerusalem where he reigned for 33 years. After David?s death, his son Solomon built the first great Temple in Jerusalem. When Solomon died the land was divided into two kingdoms ? Israel to the north and Judah in the south. Jerusalem became the capital of Judah. Solomon?s death was the beginning of a succession of twenty rulers of Jerusalem, until the day Nebuchadnezzar destroyed the city and carried many away to Babylon, leaving only a remnant. Since the time of King David, Jerusalem has been the capital city of the Jewish people. In the past 3,000 years, twenty-six empires have conquered and occupied Jerusalem. The city has been leveled numerous times by violent invaders. Each time the walls have been rebuilt and the city reoccupied. Yet, in the midst of the destruction and despite ongoing terror attacks, Jews have continued to cry out, "Next year in Jerusalem!? Historically, Jerusalem is the capital of the Jewish homeland. Perhaps this was best summed up by Moshe Dayan in an address to the 34th General Assembly of the United Nations in September 1979: "Jerusalem has known many foreign rulers during the course of its long history, but none of them regarded it as their capital. Only the Jewish people have always maintained it as the sole center of its national and spiritual life. For thousands of years Jews have prayed daily for their return to Jerusalem, and for the past century and a half, Jerusalem has had a continuous and uninterrupted Jewish majority.? Legally, Jerusalem is under the control of the Jewish people. The truth is, the current legality for Jerusalem and Israel being the homeland of the Jewish people goes even further back ? before the British Mandate to the San Remo Resolution. After World War I Italy, France, Japan and Great Britain established a national homeland for the Jewish people ? the Land of Israel. The resolution stated that those countries agreed "to entrust?the administration of Palestine, within such boundaries as may be determined by the Principal Allied Powers, to a Mandatory [authority that] will be responsible for putting into effect the [Balfour] declaration?in favour of the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.? The treaty did not specifically address the political governance of the Arab people. When the Ottoman Empire collapsed following World War I, the British Mandate for Palestine set aside an area of 45,000 square miles for the purpose of "establishing in Palestine a national homeland for the Jewish people.? The British in 1921 took 35,000 square miles of the land designated for the Jews and created Trans-Jordan (later Jordan) as an Arab protectorate. Jews were not allowed to live or own property in the area east of the Jordan River. Britain conceded the Golan Heights - another 454 square miles ? to Syria. Settlers there were relocated to the remaining Jewish area ? about 10,000 square miles. This included part of the Negev which was largely uninhabitable. Israel then occupied less than 6.7 percent of the original Mandate. Adolf Hitler?s determination during World War II to destroy the Jewish people resulted in the murders of six million Jews ? men, women, and children. European Jews pled with nations around the world to grant them asylum, but their pleas fell on deaf ears ? even the ears of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Yet, their longing to return to their homeland was a candle in the dark. In the midst of incredible persecution and suffering, the promise of God offered a lifeline: "For I will take you from among the nations, gather you out of all countries, and bring you into your own land.? (Ezekiel 36:24) The words of the prophet were like a brilliant light slicing through the gloom of the ghettos and death camps that housed the Jews. Ezekiel?s vision of the valley of dry bones (Ezekiel 37:1-10) is one of the most vivid and moving in the Bible. The prophet proclaimed the Lord showed him that the bones represented Israel. Their dry and disconnected condition represented the dispersed Jews around the globe and their despair at ever becoming a nation united again. Ezekiel?s message from God infused a glimmer of hope into the hearts of the Jewish people across the centuries. In 1947, the UN General Assembly which followed in the footsteps of the failed League of Nations enacted Resolution 181 ? a partition plan, which outlined borders for a Jewish Palestine. It dictated a special government for Jerusalem and established political rights for the Palestinian Arabs. As has often been the case with succeeding treaties and resolutions, the Arabs took exception to the plan and obstructed its passage, while the Jews welcomed it. The resolution never became operative. The war launched on May 15, 1948 to drive the Jewish people from the land ended with Jordan in control of East Jerusalem. Jordan failed to follow the mandates or Resolution 181. Between 1948 and 1967, conditions in Jerusalem were deplorable, even by medieval standards. Jewish residents were expelled from the Jordanian-controlled area, and parts of Jordan became an armed camp, with guns, land mines, and snipers. Jews were barred from worshiping at the Western Wall; the Jewish quarter in the old city was destroyed, and synagogues demolished. Some were used as cowsheds, stables, or public lavatories. Three-fourths of the tombstones in the Mount of Olives Cemetery were ripped out and used to build a hotel and to pave a path leading to army latrines. After defeating Egypt, Syria and Jordan in the 1967 Six Days War, control of all Jerusalem was restored to the Jewish people. At that time, the resolution-prolific UN Security Council adopted yet another ? 242 ? which authorized Israel to retain jurisdiction over the reclaimed lands until "secure and recognized boundaries? had been established. No mention was made of Jerusalem proper. During the late 1970s and early 1980s I was privileged to form a wonderful relationship with Prime Minister Menachem Begin. Our talks often centered on Jerusalem and the Bible. To him, it seemed unfair that, while every other country in the world was free to choose its own capital without foreign interference, Israel was denied this prerogative. He reflected on how hard Israel had fought to reunite Jerusalem and to make it a city whose holy sites were freely available to everyone. He related to me a particularly exasperating discussion he had with President Jimmy Carter. "He said,? Begin told me, "that his government did not recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.? Begin asked Carter to tell him just where Israel?s capital lay, if not in Jerusalem. "I couldn?t get a reply,? Begin grunted. Begin pressed the issue: "Here in Jerusalem is the [government]. Whoever says we don?t recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, my reply is always, ?Excuse me, sir, but we don?t recognize your non-recognition.? Mr. Begin said he had made a list of all the cities in America with Bible names. He said to Mr. Carter, "If the governor of Pennsylvania told Black Americans they could live anywhere in Pennsylvania except in Bethlehem, would he not be considered a racist?? Over the years I have debated national security advisors, secretaries of state, and even Yasser Arafat on this issue. On December 11, 1988, at the UN General Assembly, I stood up in room 411 surrounded by members of the Palestinian Liberation Organization. Yasser Arafat had just concluded his address to the group. Holding my Bible in my right hand, I made the case why Jerusalem was Israel?s capital. Arafat screamed at me, demanding that I shut up. In 1991, I made the same case to Secretary of State James Baker at the Madrid Peace Conference. His response was, "The status of Jerusalem has to be determined by negotiations.? My response to him was, "God doesn?t negotiate.? Many Arab leaders refuse to recognize the State of Israel though some may give lip service. Maps in Muslim countries show the area as simply unnamed, or as "Palestine.? Israel is surrounded by hostile Muslim leaders with a land mass 640 times her size. Yet some 13 million Jews in the world are constantly charged with being accountable for the frustrations of the 300 million Arabs in the region. It seems the Jews are even responsible for the dissatisfaction of President Barack Obama. Apparently he will not be celebrating Jerusalem Day. It seems he is more obsessed with dividing Jerusalem. In a much-touted speech delivered from Cairo, Egypt on June 4, 2009, Barack Obama outlined what he saw as the first and second greatest sources of tension between the Muslim world and the United States. Al-Qaeda topped his list, but the Israeli/Palestinian conflict came in second. The president said, "Israel has been depriving the Palestinians of their homeland for sixty years.? It did not go unnoticed that no mention was made of centuries-old Jewish claims to the land. Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:07:23 -0800 Full article 1_77available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Almost daily, the leader of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad fires verbal darts at both Israel and the United States. With his calls to "wipe Israel from the map,? his continued denial of the Holocaust, his aim to arm Iran with nuclear weapons, and his disdain for the world in general, and the U.S. in particular combine to make Ahmadinajad one of the most dangerous leaders today. Even more dangerous than the rhetoric of Iran?s president is his belief that the second coming of the Mahdi will be prompted by an apocalyptic event. It will usher in the Mahdi and a worldwide Islamic caliphate in which Christians and Jews alike would be forced to bow to Islam or die. This Apocalypse of death and destruction in the Islamic prophecies precedes the Mahdi?s return. Ahmadinejad or anyone else seeking to fulfill the Islamic prophecies could decide that a nuclear attack on Israel is predestined. The resulting chaos might result in a nuclear retaliation by Israel, or by Israel?s allies including the United States. In an exclusive interview with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, he assessed the Iranian threat: "Iran is an outlaw state. It fans terrorism and militancy worldwide. It is now organizing the rocketing of civilians in Israel?And [Iran] is preparing to be able to launch atomic warheads into an enormous radius. It?s not just targeting Israel. If [Iran] only wanted Israel, it would not build those long-range rockets that can now pretty much cover every European Capital and soon will cover the U.S. It is precisely this mad ideology that people underrate.? Were an Apocalypse needed to set the stage for the return of the Mahdi, Ahmadinejad would have no reservations about instigating an all-out nuclear attack against Israel ? and perhaps anyone else who might get in his way. With his penchant for saber-rattling and inflammatory diatribe, Israel, and yes the world, should be alarmed. I have met with Iranian diplomats twice, at the Durban II Conference in Switzerland, and in a sobering meeting with Iranian diplomats at the Intercontinental Hotel in New York City. There I was told by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad?s spiritual advisor that the Iranian president would, through an apocalyptic event, usher in the Mahdi within two years. How does this correlate to biblical end-time prophecies? Ezekiel 38:1-7 lists 10 names of nations that will one day participate in the invasion of Israel. One of the ten is Persia. The Persians conquered Babylon in 539 BC, and a map of the ancient empire reveals Persia centered in what is today the country of Iran. Until 1935 Iran was called Persia, and then was changed to Iran. After the Islamic revolution lead by the Ayatollah Khomeini in 1979, its name was again changed to the Islamic Republic of Iran. It is no secret that Iran, an enemy of Israel and the West, and a supporter of the Palestinians, is actively working to get other Arab countries to change camps in their cooperation with the U.S. and Israel. President Barack Obama may have made that easier in recent weeks by treating Israel and its prime minister with contempt. He is yoking Israel with the burdensome task of making peace while demanding nothing of the Palestinians. There is an eerie correspondence between Ahmadinejad?s belief in the Second Coming of the Mahdi and the unfulfilled prophecies of Ezekiel which describe a massive invasion of Israel by a great confederation of nations. It will be led by Gog and Magog which refers to the leader (Gog) of what has been identified by Bible scholars as modern-day Russia. One of the countries identified in the attack is Persia ? no surprise there. Many evangelical Christians see this as an alliance formed between Russia and Iran for the purpose of attacking the Jews in Israel. The war of Gog and Magog is predicted to hit Israel after the Jews come back to Israel. The prediction also speaks of a time when Israel is "brought back from the sword.? In other words, the war will occur when Israel is at peace. (Ezekiel 38:8). There is a fundamental difference between the Islamic prophecies of the Second Coming of the Mahdi and the Christian prophecies of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. In Christian theology, the Apocalypse follows the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, "the blessed Hope? or "Rapture? for which Christians await. This is the opposite sequence from the apocalyptic event awaited by the Muslims who believe in the Twelfth Imam or Mahdi. The Rapture is a unique moment in history as Christ returns to Earth, when true believers rise from the dead, to join those living who truly believe in Christ. The true believers, living and dead, are taken up to Heaven together, to be with Jesus. In other words, if a war is coming where Russia and Iran are allied against Israel, as Christians believe is foretold in the Book of Ezekiel, the time sequences are different. For Muslims this war of the Apocalypse must take place before the Second Coming of the Mahdi. Many evangelical Christians expect that the Second Coming of Christ will have already happened when the apocalyptic event takes place. As the nuclear crisis with Iran deepens, millions of Christians worldwide are consulting the Bible and praying to sort out how current world events fit into "last days? prophecies. Ezekiel 38:21-22 predicts massive human carnage as a result of the war. That Israel will win this Great War is little consolation given the massive number of deaths Ezekiel predicts as a result of the conflict. Christians interested in Bible prophecy have been reading Ezekiel more intensely now than ever. When the president of Iran speaks from the podium of the United Nations General Assembly and references the Second Coming of the Mahdi, should we be surprised that Christians are searching the prophecies of Ezekiel? Iran is a non-Arab state. If it goes nuclear this year, the Muslim Gulf States countries will begin a nuclear arms race with Russia as the supplier. Within a decade, red-hot nuclear reactors will stretch the 200-mile length of the Persian Gulf. There is no question that if this happens, it will indeed launch an apocalypse of an unprecedented proportion because the almost 1 billion Sunnis despise the 100 million Shia almost as much as they do the Jews. Tue, 27 Apr 2010 02:54:21 -0800 Full article 1_73available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com On Monday, April 19, 2010, the State of Israel celebrated her 62nd birthday, a tiny nation reborn out of the ashes of the Holocaust. I could not help but recall that President Harry S. Truman was courageous enough to acknowledge the revival. He said, "I had faith in Israel even before it was established. I knew it was based on the love of freedom, which has been the guiding star of the Jewish people since the days of Moses." For 62 years, Israel has been America's one true friend and strategic ally in the Middle East. With recent developments, the actions of President Obama and his administration have clouded the relationship between the two nations. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was stiff-armed during his recent visit to Washington, DC. In the words of one reporter, Obama "treated [Netanyahu] like some third-world, tin-pot dictator" and even denied him the customary State Dinner. Obama's arrogant and cavalier treatment of the Prime Minister of Israel callously accelerated the housing dispute into a full-fledged tragedy. He has endangered the long-standing alliance between Israel and the United States one that dates back to the presidency of Harry S. Truman. It was Truman who courageously led the world in being the first country to recognize Israel on May 14, 1948. A year or so after the Jewish state came into being its Chief Rabbi paid an official call on Truman. The Israeli dignitary blessed the President with the words: "God put you in your mother's womb so you would be the instrument to bring about Israel's rebirth after two thousand years. " Tears began flowing down Harry Truman's face. Since Harry Truman, all US Presidents have considered the support of Israel a moral imperative, believing that a secure and strong Israel is in America's self interest. Now it appears America has a president who is not going to the party and even further disputes the birth certificate. Now, in his attempts to look like an Arab, Obama has joined the "kick-a-Jew" club. The President is linking housing projects to the safety of American soldiers by stating that America often gets involved in conflicts that cost "American blood and treasure." Surely Mr. Obama is not trying to cast blame on Israel for U.S. involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan? It sounds suspiciously like other U.S. politicians that have failed to take seriously Israel's repeated overtures to the Palestinians. Mr. Obama should also read the history of the rejection by Palestinian leaders of Israel's olive branches. In a much-touted speech delivered from Cairo, Egypt on June 4, 2009, Barack Obama outlined what he saw as the first and second greatest sources of tension between the Muslim world and the United States. Al-Qaeda topped his list, but the Israeli/Palestinian conflict came in as the second greatest source of tension. The president said, "Israel has been depriving the Palestinians of their homeland for sixty years." It did not go unnoticed that no mention was made of centuries-old Jewish claims to the land. Arab neighbors who stand threateningly on its borders have long singled out Israel for pariah status. Not only does the tiny nation live in the crosshairs of Hamas and Hezbollah, Iran, which funds and arms these enemies, blatantly and vocally calls for the decimation of Israel. The rhetoric has grown even stronger since Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said, "we are not planning anything other than going for sanctions." Working through leaders such as Hamas' Khalid Mashai, Hezbollah's Hassan Nasrallah, and Iraq's Muqtada al-Sadr, Iran continues to destabilize the Middle East. It provides funds and arms to Hezbollah and Hamas, and ships weapons to the Taliban in Afghanistan. This is particularly disturbing to Israel because of Iran's threats to "wipe it off the map." The Jews are regularly demonized by the Arab media, and now seemingly, by the President of the country that has heretofore been a trusted ally. I am reminded of the old saw, "With friends like these, who needs enemies?" ********** Michael D. Evans is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, and the author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos. Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:44:38 -0800 Full article 1_71available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com In a New York Times article published on April 15, President Obama said that "conflicts like this in the Middle East end up costing us significantly in terms of both blood and treasure,? drawing an explicit link between Israeli/Palestinian strife and the safety of American soldiers as they battle Islamic extremism and terrorism in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere. Suddenly the President is linking housing projects to the safety of American soldiers. Is the President trying to cast blame on Israel for U.S. involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan? I believe terrorist leaders think little about who is building where and much about the total destruction of Israel. The problem for the terrorists is not with building flats in East Jerusalem or in the West Bank; the problem is that Israel exists?period. Jews are hated simply because they are Jews. One would think those who surround the President could at least clarify the problem. On September 23, 1980, over dinner at the home of Isser Harel, the head of Israeli intelligence from 1952 to 1963, I asked him if terrorism would ever come to America. He said, "America is developing a tolerance for terror. If that continues, the first strike will be New York City?s tallest building.? Has Barack Obama bought into the "blood libel? myth which feeds and fuels terror? The Islamic revolution was birthed thirty-one years ago this month aided enormously by the weak and insipid policies of a liberal Democratic president. Jimmy Carter was trying to appease radical Islam by offering carrots to the Ayatollah Khomeini. At the same time, that president was offering sticks to America?s most supportive Muslim ally, the Shah of Iran. Is history about to repeat itself? Rogue Middle East leaders - Iran?s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Hamas? Khalid Mashai, Hezbollah?s Hassan Nasrallah, and Iraq?s Muqtada al-Sadr - must be dancing with glee. The Obama administration is revising national security guidelines which strip away references to Islamic radicalism and other terms which is deemed inflammatory to Muslims. Officials have also reversed three-month-old guidelines which seek out passengers arriving from thirteen Muslim countries and Cuba from mandatory screening. Of course, Obama?s statements follow what he perceived to be a personal affront by the Israelis ? the announcement of construction in an established neighborhood in Jerusalem during the visit to Israel by Vice President Joe Biden. What had not been widely publicized was the dedication of a square in a municipality of Palestine to Dalai Mughrabi, a terrorist responsible for the murder of 37 innocent Israeli civilians ? many of them children. Now, it seems Obama has joined the "Kick-a-Jew? club. It seems he is casting his lot with those who, down through the ages, have blamed the Jews for every problem, every catastrophe ? natural and manmade, every economic upheaval, and even for the Black Death plague in Europe. Has a new round of propaganda begun ? one designed to raise the level of anti-Semitism and elevate anti-Semitism to new heights? One of America?s most beloved Black leaders said, "How easy it should be, for anyone who holds dear this inalienable right of all mankind, to understand and support the right of the Jewish People to live in their ancient Land of Israel.? Martin Luther King, Jr. continued, "I know you feel, as I do, a deep love of truth and justice and revulsion for racism, prejudice, and discrimination. But I know you have been misled--as others have been...? Am I accusing President Obama of anti-Semitism? Certainly not! I do believe, however, that he needs to closely examine the motives of both his advisors and his own heart before he launches a campaign to blame Israel for the deaths of American soldiers in the Middle East. Why is it that the Obama administration pounces on every perceived misstep by Israel yet closes its eyes to attacks by Hamas and Hezbollah terrorists? Why is the administration not as vocal about rockets lobbed into Israel proper as it is a housing project that will house both Israeli Arabs and Jews? ********** Dr. Michael D. Evans is the #1 New York Times bestselling author, and author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos and Atomic Iran. Sat, 17 Apr 2010 07:27:49 -0800 Full article 1_70available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com President Obama will host a forty-nation nuclear security summit in Washington on April 12-13. During the conference, he plans to visit one-on-one with leaders from China, India, and Pakistan. This summit comes on the heels of Obama having signed a new arms-reduction agreement with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. The last democratic president with a similar ideological worldview and nuclear disarmament ambitions was aided in his SALT II talks to limit nuclear proliferation by a young Senator from Delaware, Joseph Biden. Little did President Jimmy Carter realize that instead of strengthening American security, it would be weakened. The Russians would invade Afghanistan and radical Islam would be birthed by a refugee from Iran who had been deported from Najaf, Iraq and was living in Paris. Carter covertly assisted the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in achieving his aspirations to overthrow the Shah of Iran. French President Valerie Giscard D?Estaing would ultimately meet with Carter over the American president?s plan to assist Khomeini all in the name of human rights. After Carter met with D?Estaing, West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, and British Prime Minister James Callaghan on the island of Guadeloupe, Giscard described Carter to me as a "bastard of conscience? who betrayed America?s strongest Muslim ally. As a result 53 American hostages endured 444 days of humiliation following the American Embassy takeover in Tehran. After signing a covert assistance plan to fund the Muslim Brotherhood in Afghanistan on July 3, 1979, Carter?s foreign policy initiatives would create the perfect storm. It would place Osama bin Laden (and ultimately al Qaeda) on our payroll months before the Russians invaded Afghanistan on December 24, 1979. Now it seems Obama is determined to repeat Carter?s SALT II fiasco by introducing a new nuclear program. One of Khomeini?s star-struck students, now president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has ridiculed the plan. "American materialist politicians, whenever they are beaten by logic, immediately put their finger on the trigger like cowboys. Mr. Obama, you are a newcomer (to politics). Wait until your sweat dries and get some experience. Be careful not to read just any paper put in front of you or repeat any statement recommended. [American officials] bigger than you, more bullying than you, couldn?t do a damn thing, let alone you.? Ahmadinejad?s mentor, Khomeini, proclaimed April 1, 1979 as the first day of the government of God and taunted Jimmy Carter by saying America was helpless to do a "damn thing?. One can only wonder what the other rogue neighborhoods are thinking or planning. Will this be simply another indication that Barack Obama is a weak and ineffective leader? Will it be a signal that history can in fact repeat itself and unlock Pandora?s Box as it did during the Carter era? Obama?s obsession with America?s image and with not portraying terrorists as radical Islamic fundamentalists is reminiscent of Carter?s ambassador calling the Ayatollah Khomeini a "holy man.? Terrorist nations are circling like sharks that smell chum in the water. The question is not what terror regime will attack; it is when and how. By the time the elections roll around in 2012, what will Barack Obama?s foreign and domestic policies have done to this nation, the "land of the free, and the home of the brave?? Will we be facing the same economic and foreign policy humiliation over which Jimmy Carter presided in his attempts to champion human rights? Or will there be another Ronald Reagan to step into the mess left by the Obama White House? ********** Michael D. Evans, a #1 New York Times bestselling author, is the author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos. Thu, 8 Apr 2010 09:27:22 -0800 Full article 1_69available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Our support of Israel is critical since now Israel's enemies have more than 18,000 missiles and rocket supplied by Iran to their terrorist proxies Hamas and Hezbollah. In the past few days there has been a huge increase in terror attacks against Israel. The Palestinian terrorists are using the weapons given them by the radical Islamic mullahs of Teheran to launch their cowardly attacks on the Jewish people. Both military and civilian populations are being targeted and killed. Many observers think this latest round of violence is an attempt to capitalize on the Obama Administration's public humiliation of the Israeli government and Prime Minister Netanyahu. Many Jewish people suffer from lack of food and clothing and must seek temporary housing. The terrorist attacks are relentless in many areas and rockets rain death and death and destruction on innocent victims. Israel is under attack in the town of Sderot and all along the southern border where terrorists are making life a living hell for the poor Jewish refugees from Russia. Today the UN, the EU, Russia, China and now even the United States are pressuring Israel to give more land to the terrorists, even in east Jerusalem?the same terrorists who are killing Jews today. There is a twisted version of logic at play when building homes for your citizens in your capital city is called "provocative" but murdering innocent men, women and children is not. We cannot allow that to stand. We must speak out. We must raise our voices. As people of conscience we must also show the Jewish people that our support is more than words. They are being very clearly told by world leaders that their lives do not matter?that it doesn't matter if they live or die. As in Sderot and other towns and villages near Gaza rockets have flown killing and injuring many. Children were terrorized by the constant danger and families watched as their homes were destroyed.Children in towns like Sderot have only 15 seconds warning to flee to shelter before the missiles fall. Imagine having to constantly think about where you would hide if you heard the warning sirens blare. This is the reality of their daily lives. Imagine being the parent of one of these children, knowing every day when they leave for school that you may never see them again. The toll of living with this constant threat is overwhelming. The psychological damage alone is staggering and will last for years to come. The Gaza terrorists have renewed a tactic from the past. They time their missile attacks to hit just before Israel's prime time news in the evening to amplify the coverage and spread a spirit of terror throughout the country. They know that this will multiply the impact of their evil deeds. People working in the region have said, "We deal with constant stress and anxiety, knowing that a rocket might fall on us at any given moment. Daily routine is at a standstill. Yet, the hardest thing we face is the feeling we were abandoned. We know people around the world care about us and follow the events, but the thing we need most is a feeling of solidarity, the human touch." We cannot forget or forsake the Jewish people. As conscious and humanitarian people we must reach out. We cannot forget or forsake the Jewish people; we cannot let Israel stand alone through this suffering and terror. Wed, 7 Apr 2010 19:09:49 -0800 Full article 1_67available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Following two lengthy meetings at the White House on Tuesday between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Obama, including a second unscheduled meeting, relations between the two nations remained icy. The White House refused to release the normal photos or briefings that would accompany such an event, leading observers to wonder if the silence was intended to punish Israel for the "insult" to Vice President Biden of announcing the construction of homes for Jewish people on Jewish land during his visit. Observers had hoped that the high-level meetings would begin to repair the relationship, but that does not appear to be the case. The sticking point appears to be the Obama Administration's insistence that Jerusalem is an issue that must be negotiated rather than acknowledging the ancient City of David as the rightful and eternal capital of Israel. But despite the pressure, Benjamin Netanyahu is standing firm. "Jerusalem is not a settlement?it is our capital!" he proclaimed at a dinner prior to his meeting with President Obama. He further told Secretary of State Clinton that Israel's policy toward building homes in Jerusalem has remained unchanged for more than forty years and that it will not be changing, despite the protests of the United States. In a piece published in The New York Times, Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren made it perfectly clear that Israel does desire peace with its neighbors and that the real obstacles to peace do not come from Jerusalem: "Indeed, while maintaining the longstanding Israeli position on Jerusalem, the Netanyahu government has unilaterally frozen new construction projects in the West Bank and has removed dozens of roadblocks to allow Palestinian transportation and commerce. The Israeli government acknowledges that the Palestinians have their own stance on Jerusalem, which they will surely raise at the negotiating table. Unfortunately, Palestinian leaders have balked at face-to-face negotiations, insisting on new preconditions, including the annulment of Israel's Jerusalem policy. Recently they have encouraged violent demonstrations in the Old City, and have named a square in the West Bank city of Ramallah in honor of Dalal Mughrabi, a terrorist who in 1978 killed 38 Israeli civilians, among them 13 children, and an American photographer, Gail Rubin. Israel expects the Palestinians to stop such incitement and to cease sponsoring attacks against Israel's legitimacy, like the deeply slanted Goldstone report on the Gaza war." Israel is America's ally and friend, and both politically and biblically we need to stand firm in support of Israel and acknowledge that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton does not speak for you. I applaud the encouraging words of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, "You have consistently demonstrated the moral clarity that is necessary to defend Israel from the lies and distortions of its enemies." The Bible declares that we are to be a witness unto the Lord in Jerusalem. It is the only city God claims as His own. It is called the "City of God" and the "Holy City." "For Zion's sake I will not keep silent, for Jerusalem's sake I will not remain quiet, till her righteousness shines out like the dawn, her salvation like a blazing torch." (Isaiah 62:1) "In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:" (2 Kings 21:7b) God has put His Name in Jerusalem. He promises a curse upon the nations that come against Jerusalem. "And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem." (Zechariah 12:9) Yet today America is coming against Jerusalem! This is a tragedy and we must speak out! Secretary Clinton told Prime Minister Netanyahu that the United States considers Israel's attempt to build homes in East Jerusalem as extremely negative and demanded it be stopped. For over 2,000 years, the Jewish people have prayed, "Next year, Jerusalem." For many, it was the last words spoken before they were thrown into the ovens during the Holocaust. To tell 1,600 Jewish families they cannot live in Jerusalem is racism. If a political leader in America were to say that African-Americans could only live in half of Washington, DC, he or she would be out of office before sunset. Anti-Defamation League National Director Abe Foxman said the current US criticism of Israel was "especially troubling." "We cannot remember an instance when such harsh language was directed at a friend and ally of the United States," his statement continued. "One can only wonder how far the US is prepared to go in distancing itself from Israel in order to placate the Palestinians in the hope they see it is in their interest to return to the negotiating table." We must raise our voices in support of Israel and turn America from the path of cursing the Chosen People and coming against Jerusalem. Sat, 27 Mar 2010 09:19:27 -0800 Full article 1_66available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Tue, 23 Mar 2010 23:02:12 -0800 Full article 1_65available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has come to Washington to meet with President Obama and other top US officials and he plans to tell President Obama that Israel will not stop Jews from building homes in Jerusalem. Prime Minister Netanyahu is speaking to thousands at the The American Israel Public Affairs Committee Conference AIPAC about the importance to stand firm on this and other issues critical to Israel. A concerted effort by the State Department and much of the rest of the Washington, DC, establishment is being made to force Israel into another round of concessions to the terrorists who continue to launch attacks against innocent men, women and children solely for the "crime" of being Jewish and living in Israel. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said, "New construction in East Jerusalem or the West Bank undermines mutual trust and endangers the proximity talks that are the first step toward the full negotiations that both sides want and need. It exposes daylight between Israel and the United States that others in the region could hope to exploit." We have no right to tell Israel not to build homes for their citizens in their own land and in their capital city. Israel is America's ally and friend, and both politically and Biblically we need to stand firm in support of Israel. Yet today America is coming against Jerusalem! This is a tragedy and we must speak out! Secretary Clinton told Prime Minister Netanyahu that the United States considers Israel's attempt to build homes in East Jerusalem as extremely negative and demanded it be stopped. Over the years I have spoken boldly confronting U.S. Secretaries of State face-to-face regarding this issue. "Mike Evans has been a dear friend and supporter of Jerusalem for more than two decades,? Teddy Kollek, former mayor of Jerusalem, has said. "International opinion is being swayed in favor of two capitals in one city. We know this is not the solution and that two capitals in Jerusalem will lead to a redivided city. It is more important than ever that we rally support for Jerusalem." Jerusalem has never been the capital of a Palestinian state. Our silence will be consent of support for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the UN, the EU, and Russia to boycott Israel and encourage them to instigate indescribable pain and suffering on Israel. For over 2,000 years, the Jewish people have prayed, "Next year, Jerusalem." For many, it was the last words spoken before they were thrown into the ovens during the Holocaust. To tell 1,600 Jewish families they cannot live in Jerusalem is racism. If a political leader in America were to say that African-Americans could only live in half of Washington, DC, he or she would be out of office before sunset. Anti-Defamation League National Director Abe Foxman said the current US criticism of Israel was especially troubling. "We cannot remember an instance when such harsh language was directed at a friend and ally of the United States," he said. "One can only wonder how far the US is prepared to go in distancing itself from Israel in order to placate the Palestinians in the hope they see it is in their interest to return to the negotiating table." As Prime Minister Netanyahu, Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, President Obama and other top US officials meet this week, we must raise our voices in support of Israel and turn America from the path of cursing the Chosen People and coming against Jerusalem. Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:28:52 -0800 Full article 1_64available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com US Vice President Joe Biden, speaking for the Obama administration at Tel Aviv University this week, decried Israel?s announcement that 1,600 apartments would be built in Jerusalem, saying it "undermined the trust required for negotiations.? Biden was speaking for President Barack Obama, but does the Obama administration speak for the American people? Fifteen years ago Congress passed the Jerusalem Embassy Act, which stated that "Jerusalem should be recognized as the capital of the State of Israel; and the United States Embassy in Israel should be established in Jerusalem no later than May 31, 1999". A loophole in the act has allowed presidents Clinton, Bush, and Obama to postpone implementing it for reasons of so-called national security, but the Jerusalem law remains the will of the American people. Washington D.C. has been the capital of the United States for about 200 years, and no Israeli politician would presume to question plans for housing in the District of Columbia. Jerusalem has been the capital of the Jewish people for about 3,000 years, since the time of King David?yet for 15 years no president has seen fit to move America?s embassy there. The reactions to the Jerusalem housing plan were a spectacle of hypocrisy in the theater of the absurd, beginning with the condemnation by the Obama administration and followed by the expected hand-wringing of the European Community. They were exceeded only by the blatant hypocrisy of Mahmoud Abbas?s Palestinian Authority. Besides their political agenda, all of these reactions reflected a basic ignorance of the actual geography and history of Jerusalem. It is no coincidence that this week?s brouhaha over Jerusalem housing followed the exact same script as a similar housing alarm several months ago. The latest Israeli "threat to the peace process? involved municipal approval for 1,600 badly needed housing units in the Ramat Shlomo neighborhood, located?surprise !?in northwest Jerusalem. It is a sign of the basic irrationality of the conflict that every point on the Jerusalem compass is referred to erroneously as "east Jerusalem.? This loaded term is cynically used to designate anywhere that Arabs live in the city, despite the reality that more Jews than Arabs live in Jerusalem?s geographically eastern neighborhoods. The eternal capital of the Jewish people was reunited in June 1967, after being divided under Jordanian occupation for 19 years. Its municipal boundaries were established on June 28, 1967 and included the bare hillside that became Ramat Shlomo, a neighborhood of devoutly religious Jews. As the crow flies, it is a couple of miles west of Jerusalem?s Old City, the only part of the city that truly justifies the moniker of east Jerusalem. Ramat Shlomo is just as much a part of Jerusalem as Givat Ram, where the Knesset, the Supreme Court, and other government institutions are located. Questioning Israel?s right to build apartments in Ramat Shlomo makes as much moral sense as questioning its right to locate its parliament or highest court in any part of the city. Virtually the same hypocritical castigating of Israel?s sovereign right to build on its own land occurred last November regarding the southwest Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo. Although the uproar over Gilo might have stemmed from the State Department?s ignorance of the difference between Har Gilo and Gilo, this is no excuse. The former, the hilltop adjacent to Gilo, was the site of a Jordanian Arab Legion artillery position that shelled civilian Jerusalem repeatedly over the years and was captured by Israel during the Six Day War. As it lies over the Green Line, this disputed territory?even though it was captured in a war of self-defense?is indeed not an appropriate place for building a planned 900 Israeli apartments. However, the land upon which Jerusalem?s southernmost neighborhood of Gilo was built?of course referred to as east Jerusalem?was purchased from its Arab owners by the Jewish National Fund before 1948. Gilo was once indeed occupied territory: it was Jordanian-occupied Israeli territory from 1948 to 1967, after which its Israeli sovereignty was restored. It is as insulting for the Obama administration to object to construction in an area that has always been part of Israel?s capital as it would be to object to similar construction in Tel Aviv. With all this loose talk about Israel undermining trust, what really deserves condemnation by the United States is the unceasing incitement against Israel by the Palestinian Authority. To cite just the latest example, why didn?t Vice President Biden condemn the PA for scheduling a ceremony in Ramallah during his visit to name a public square there for Dalal Mughrabi, the terrorist who led a 1978 massacre in which 37 Israeli civilians were murdered, 12 of them children? Contrary to agreements it signed, the Palestinian Authority?s textbooks continue to teach little children that murderers are heroes. The PA names schools, youth movements, sports teams, even streets to glorify terrorism?and breed a new generation of terrorists. And don?t forget that Hamas still calls for Israel?s destruction. So who is undermining whose trust? Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:38:21 -0800 Full article 1_63available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Evans: How do you see the current Iranian nuclear situation? Netanyahu: Iran could inspire three hundred million Shia to a religious war-first against other Arabs, then against the West. They don't hate you because of us; they hate us because of you. They don't hide the fact that they intend to take on the West. We have to have our eyes on the two objectives: one, to take care of Iran, especially Iran's part in Lebanon and Gaza; and two, deal with Iran's nuclear missile program. Iran must not arm itself with weapons of mass destruction. Evans: We have proxies that are attacking your country, and no one is using the word "Iran" any longer. Is it possible that if America sleeps that America could be experiencing proxies coming across our borders? Netanyahu: Up until now, nuclear weapons have been in the hands of responsible regimes. You have one regime that apparently has them now in North Korea. There aren't a billion North Koreans that seek to inspire a religious war. That's what Iran could do. It could inspire the two hundred million Shiites. That's what they intend to do-inspire them into a religious war, first against other Muslims, then against the West. They say we are the "Small Satan" and that America is the "Great Satan." Europe is the "Middle-Sized Satan." It is important to understand that they could impose a direct threat to Europe and to the United States-and to Israel, obviously. They don't hide it. They don't even hide the fact that they intend to take on the West. Evans: On 9/11 you spoke to the nation and you described 9/11 as a "wake-up call from hell." What would America look like and what could happen to our nation if Iran goes nuclear? Netanyahu: Iran has said in unequivocal terms that first of all its target is Israel and they do it with a particular brand of malevolence because they deny that the Holocaust took place-the murder of six million Jews-while they're openly declaring their intention to create another holocaust to destroy the six million Jews of Israel. Number one, Israel could be in great jeopardy. Number two, so will everybody else. And number three, of course, is the ability of Iran to use its nuclear arsenal and its missile arsenal to threaten Europe and the U.S. directly. You can't count on the ayatollahs of the world, armed with nuclear weapons, to back off. They often prefer their zeal over their survival. This is a different ideology; it is a different threat. Iran must not be allowed to be armed. It is the new barbarians who are seeking the weapons of mass death, and we have all been forewarned. This is another wake-up call. That's all it is. Evans: Are saying there is an Islamic faction that would prefer a mushroom cloud in Israel and America, a world without Zionism and America, and that somehow they think we are all going to submit to Islam? Netanyahu: That's what they want; it's not a preference. It's like they are ordered to do it. This is the danger of this creed. It's not a choice; it is almost like an order from Allah. That's why these people are willing to commit suicide. This is probably the first time that such a mad militancy on a global scale would seek to acquire weapons of mass death. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:15:37 -0800 Full article 1_59available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com In remarks delivered to Iran's air force, Supreme Religious Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei of Iran declared that: "The Iranian nation, with its unity and God's grace, will punch the arrogance (Western powers) on the 22nd of Bahman (February 11) in a way that will leave them stunned." Khamenei also serves as Iran's commander-in-chief as well as head religious figure. This statement follows last week's declaration by President Ahmadinejad that Iran would strike a "telling blow" on the 31st anniversary of the Iranian Revolution. Intelligence analysts believe Iran is making these warlike statements as part of a campaign to shore up the increasingly unpopular government of Iran. History is filled with examples of nations starting wars to protect their leaders' hold on power. Given their radical Islamic beliefs, it is no stretch to say that the leaders of Iran would gladly welcome all out war against Israel. It is certain that Israel cannot allow a nation whose leader has announced his plan to see Israel "wiped off the map" to acquire nuclear weapons. The radical mullahs of Tehran view a violent and bloody war as a necessary step to establishing Muslim rule over the entire world. If China does try to protect Iran until it completes its work, what will Israel do? I spoke from ATOMIC IRAN, my new book, at the Knesset in Israel and at a major university in the last few months. This is a crucial moment in Israel's history. Her enemies gather like ravening wolves circling their prey. They constantly plot and work toward her destruction. Iran has provided Hezbollah and Hamas with thousands of missiles and rockets to use to attack Israel. Iran is nearing completion of its nuclear weapons program. The world community is either turning a blind eye to the threat or actively helping Iran acquire these weapons of mass destruction. This is more than a political or military struggle?this is a spiritual battle. The Enemy wants control of Jerusalem because the Holy City is central to God's prophetic plan for the future of our world. ### Mike Evans is an author and award-winning journalist who has served as a confidant to leaders in the Middle East for more than two decades. He has appeared on hundreds of network television and radio shows, including Good Morning America, Crossfire, and Nightline. He appears frequently on Fox News, CNN World News, NBC, ABC, and CBS. He has produced numerous television specials about the Middle East. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:41:00 -0800 Full article 1_39available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The West is "disappointed" over Iran's failure to respond positively to a UN-brokered nuclear deal, diplomats said in a statement Friday following a meeting of the UN Security Council's five permanent members plus Germany. However, no new sanctions were discussed during the meeting, according to an EU source. "We urge Iran to reconsider the opportunity offered by this agreement ... and to engage seriously with us in dialogue and negotiations," the statement said, noting that Teheran had not responded positively to the proposal of the International Atomic Energy Agency. An EU official said there was no mention of imposing further sanctions against Iran at the meeting. "These things are a matter of timing, and this was not the right time for it," said the official who asked not to be named because of the sensitivity of the matter. The Western officials said they would hold a follow-up meeting around Christmas. The talks in Brussels involved political directors - foreign ministry officials below ministerial level. The United States was represented by Undersecretary of State William Burns, and Russia by Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov. The talks came just a day after a day after President Barack Obama said the six nations will develop a package of serious new punitive measures in coming weeks. He did not give details. On Wednesday, Teheran indicated it would not export its enriched uranium for further processing, effectively rejecting the latest plan brokered by the IAEA and aimed at delaying Iran's ability to build a nuclear weapon. Under the IAEA plan, Iran would export its uranium for enrichment in Russia and France where it would be converted into fuel rods, which would be returned to Iran about a year later. The rods can power reactors but cannot be readily turned into weapons-grade material. A statement issued by the political directors expressed disappointment over Iran's failure to engage in intensified dialogue since a promising meeting on October 1 in Geneva. The West says Teheran agreed in principle to export that amount in one shipment during the Geneva talks - something Iranian officials have denied. In Berlin, Mohamed El-Baradei, the UN nuclear watchdog agency chief, pressed Iran to work with the international community. "I would hate to see that we are moving back to sanctions," El-Baradei said. "Because sanctions, at the end of the day ... really don't resolve issues." He said the IAEA had not yet received a formal reply from Teheran to its proposals, although Iranian officials had told him they would not send uranium for reprocessing abroad unless they first received promised fuel rods. "Well, that to me is an extreme case of distrust," El-Baradei said. "And what we are really trying to do is replace distrust by a degree of trust." Iranian Foreign Minister Manochehr Mottaki on Thursday played down the threat of sanctions saying embargoes had proved ineffective in the past and that he didn't believe they would be tried again. Fri, 5 Feb 2010 09:55:22 -0800 Full article 1_38available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Fri, 5 Feb 2010 09:54:55 -0800 Full article 1_50available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Tue, 2 Feb 2010 18:53:11 -0800 Full article 1_51available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Mike Evans Speaks at Ariel University Center of Samaria from Mike Evans on Vimeo. Tue, 2 Feb 2010 18:53:03 -0800 Full article 1_46available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com It would be absurd for Obama to think that Benjamin Netanyahu who went into politics inspired by the heroic death of his brother, Yonatan, in freeing terrorist hostages in the 1976 Entebbe rescue mission would ever reward an Iranian-funded terrorist regime by again dividing Jerusalem. He would never shrink Israel as a goodwill gesture to help restart the so-called peace process, not in the absence of a genuine goodwill gesture by the Palestinians and Muslim world of recognizing Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state. I was so moved by the Netanyahu family and Benjamin Netanyahu's moral clarity at the anniversary of the death of his brother in 1981, that I asked then prime minister Menachem Begin to give him a government job. I said, "I believe this man will be prime minister some day. Begin hired him the following evening. What precisely is Obama doing? He has pressured Prime Minister Netanyahu to commit that Israel would not attack Iran, at least until the end of the year, so as not to disrupt Washington's plans to dialogue with Iran over its nuclear program. Additionally, he has played into Iran's hands by tying the Palestinian situation into the Iranian nuclear crisis. In essence, he is telling the State of Israel: If you want my support in dealing with Iran, you are going to have to give the Palestinians a state. Why does Netanyahu demand the Arab world recognize a Jewish state? Because they are bigots and they hate Jews. Barack Obama should read Dr. Martin Luther King's words: "You declare my friends, that you do not hate the Jews, you are merely anti-Zionists. I say, let the truth ring forth from the highest mountain tops. Let it echo through the valleys of God's green earth. When people criticize Zionism, they mean Jews. Zionism is nothing less than the dream and the ideals of the Jewish people returning to live in their own land. Netanyahu wants the US to reaffirm its support for Israel's right to self-defense against the looming threat from Iran. During the last three years Israel fought two bitter campaigns to halt the bombardment of its civilian population by thousands of terrorist missiles fired by the Iranian terrorist proxies Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza. Meanwhile, Iran denies the Holocaust while threatening to wipe the Jewish state off the map, as it develops nuclear weapons and tests long-range ballistic missiles. Israel's prime minister takes Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at his apocalyptic word, as must the leader of a country that has suffered unrelenting Islamist terrorism for 61 years. In terms of Jewish history, Netanyahu considers Iran to be a threat similar to that posed by the Israelites Biblical scourge, the Amalekites, and more ominously by Hitler's Germany. President Obama, on the other hand, thinks Iran can be won over with patience and reason and is no real threat to America or world peace. Obama's advisers reportedly consider the sole obstacle to peace in the Middle East to be the lack of a Palestinian state. The problem with this Pollyannaish vision is that it lacks hindsight. On November 29, 1947, the United Nations voted to partition British Mandatory Palestine into two states, Jewish and Arab. The Jews accepted the resolution and the Arab states did not and invaded Israel in the first of many unsuccessful attempts to destroy it. The Palestinians could have had their state 62 years ago, but preferred to deny the Jews their own state. The only state the Palestinians have been capable of living in since then is the state of denial. President Obama has said he does not support regime change. Will this apply to Netanyahu's government, if Washington spins it as an "obstacle to peace? A possible indication is that Secretary of State Hilary Clinton's spouse, former president Bill Clinton, is advising the leader of Israel's opposition, Kadima Party head MK Tzipi Livni. Obama made his feelings about Netanyahu's Likud Party clear during the recent election when he said, "I think there is a strain within the pro-Israel community that says unless you adopt an unwavering pro-Likud approach to Israel that you're anti-Israel and that can't be the measure of our friendship with Israel." The president wants speedy action and hinted so at a recent press conference with Jordan's King Abdullah. "I agree that we can't talk forever, Obama said, "that at some point steps have to be taken so that people can see progress on the ground. He said he expects such progress to take place in the coming months. If that is going to happen, Obama must first change the Palestinian regime to recognize Israel. Dr. Michael David Evans is a New York Times bestselling author. His latest book is Jimmy Carter, the Liberal Left, and World Chaos. Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:44:36 -0800 Full article 1_40available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The war in Afghanistan has opened the floodgates for the production and distribution of heroin. Those who are flourishing in that war-torn country are the fanatical insurgents and the smugglers who traffic in heroin. For half a decade, more than 90 percent of the world?s source of illegal opium and heroin has sprung from the fields of Afghanistan. It can be a lucrative business for those at the top of the pyramid. The going rate for a kilo of heroin in Afghanistan is approximately $2,500. When transported across the border to Tajikistan, the same shipment can bring $5,000, and in Moscow, $100,000. That?s quite an incentive to continue to find ways to grow poppies and produce heroin for the marketplace. It has proven to be a boon for the Taliban whose leaders demand protection money for the drug shipments and the chemicals needed to refine the heroin for street sales. These "protectors? can earn upwards of $75 million yearly for their services. President Obama has been bombarded with questions and complaints surrounding his indecisiveness in sending troops to Afghanistan. The question resonates, "Why send troops into a situation where American soldiers become baby sitters for drug lords?? Until the poppy fields are destroyed, it is insane to send more troops. Just who would they be defending? The dope dealers? Can you imagine the U.S. government protecting the drug dealers in America? Another boon in the drug trade is the ability to purchase weapons whose trade can net the trader as much as $5,000 each month, great riches in a country where the median income is approximately $800 per year or about $77 per month. The weapon of choice is the Russian Kalashnikov which sells for about $400 on the black market. The highly-prized new version of the famed weapon, the Kalakov sells for $1,100. It is most desirable because it is smaller, and its bullets will pierce body armor, a plus among the Taliban and al-Qaeda who are targeting American troops. A weapons trader confirmed that the war in the southern part of Afghanistan is very good for business. So good in fact that a multitude smugglers can make a very lucrative living off the profits. The Afghan police tend to be ineffective at halting the opium and heroin trade, and indulge in the activity themselves. They, too, act as "protectors? and charge exorbitant rates for their so-called security. Despite the fact that I am a Texan and a conservative Republican, I was outraged that President George Bush sent U.S. troops into Iraq. I wrote a book, Beyond Iraq, The Next Move, because the solution seemed to me to be quite simple: Since we had controlled Iraqi airspace for ten years, I believe all we had to do was close the Syrian border to prevent Saddam Hussein from smuggling through Syria. Had we done that, we would have had him caged like a canary. It appears that President Obama is making an even bigger mistake by sending our brave young men and women into harm?s way to fight an enemy he refuses to define as an enemy. He cannot say the words "radical Islam? or "terrorist.? He prefers to call them militants and insurgents. The war is being lost because of a lack of moral clarity. I discovered that when I confronted Hillary Clinton in The Hague at the Afghan summit. She declared that the administration would work with the 50 percent of the Taliban who are "moderates.? These are the same "moderates? whose beliefs and actions were responsible for such heinous crimes as the beheading of Daniel Pearl, South Asia Bureau Chief of the Wall Street Journal. These are the same "moderates? responsible for beating women, burning schools, throwing acid in the faces of the women who dared defy their dictates. This is the atmosphere into which we have sent American troops; a no-win situation where men and women of the United States military are forced to protect the very people who peddle their deadly wares across the ocean and onto the streets in America. The war in Afghanistan cannot be won until the oxygen that fuels and feeds the fires of terrorism is shut off. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:12:49 -0800 Full article 1_7available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The United Nations is hosting the Durban Review Conference, April 20-24, 2009, with the sole objective of eliminating racial discrimination. What a noble experiment. Unless, of course, eliminating racial discrimination excludes everyone other than Christians and Jews.One would think the UN would invite President Barack Obama to be a keynote speaker rather than Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who denies the Holocaust, and considers Israel a "stinking corpse" that needs to be wiped off the map.In 2001, just days before the 9/11 attacks, the UN sponsored the first Durban Conference. Instead of fighting racial discrimination, Durban only fueled and fed it. The Crusaders (America) and the Zionists (Israel) were charged with racism, slavery, and colonialism.This despite the fact charges were being levied by Arab countries guilty of blatant discrimination. No mention was made during the conference of the genocide in Rwanda or Iraq or the gassing of the Kurds; no condemnation was levied against Iran's use of children as mine-sweepers during the Iran-Iraq War; nor was there a mention of the repressive regime in Saudi Arabia.Jews are banned from setting a foot on the soil in Saudi Arabia and throughout the Middle East. It is no wonder that Durban deteriorated into an anti-Semitic hate fest against Israel.The U.S. and Israel exited the proceedings in South Africa in protest while conference goers took to the streets to parade vile posters which portrayed the Jews as having fangs dripping with blood. Following 9/11, the world media refused to call the events of that infamous day what they were: bigotry against the Americans (Crusaders).Libya has chaired the planning committee, whose membership includes Iran and Cuba. "It is a conference on human rights that is being chaired by people who abuse these rights."Among the high-ranking officials who will address the conference at Monday's opening session which, coincidentally falls on the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day, is Iran's President Ahmadinejad.The non-governmental group, UN Watch, has noted that Saudi Arabia, also with a problematic record on human rights, has donated $150,000 to the event; China has donated $20,000 and Iran $40,000. Russia, committee chair on the draft text, had contributed $600,000.Although the US has left the door open for the possibility of a compromise, this week it issued a clear position statement in which it said it would not participate in the conference as long as the text contained problematic clauses relating to free speech. It also objected to the opening paragraph of the text, which reaffirms the 2001 document that singled out Israel.The war on terror is, in fact, not a war against terror or against an ideology; it is a war against bigotry and racism. This war has never really been fought.Even entertaining the willingness to debate the right of the Jewish people to exist is beyond comprehension. The Holy Grail of understanding is that racism and bigotry are the soil in which the virus of terror grows. This is a war that cannot be won unless the root of racism is exposed.The leaders of the countries which will participate in the Durban Review Conference are bigots and truly believe the diabolical lies quoted by Hitler from Mein Kampf and the Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion are true. This is the reason mosques, mullahs and madrassas are allowed to teach that Jews are descendants of monkeys and pigs; all wars are caused by the Jews; the Jews invented AIDS; and the Zionists attacked America on 9/11 and blamed the Arabs.It is believed there is a Jewish conspiracy to rule the world, and that the Jews control the media and banks. Some believe Jews drink the blood of non-Jews and also use their blood to make matzo - or the "blood-libel" myth.Ahmadinejad has become the poster boy for racial discrimination. He smiles, while watching his nuclear centrifuges on a fast-forward track, and says he likes Jews; he just hates Zionists and denies the Holocaust. His rhetoric did not appear to inspire the millions of Zionists living in Israel who are aware that one-third of the Jewish race was exterminated during the Holocaust - including five million adults and almost one million children.America thought she was exempt from terror until 9/11, and still resists today acknowledging that she was attacked for being a Christian nation (Crusaders.)When the UN hosted a specially-convened session of the 43rd General Assembly in December 1988 for PLO chief Yasser Arafat, I was the first journalist to challenge him to denounce the PLO racist covenant which calls for the destruction of the Jewish people.America's first black president has a golden opportunity, after having been wined and dined by European heads of state. He could be a twenty-first century Abraham Lincoln and mobilize the EU against participating in the Durban Review Conference by simply making a public appeal to them. If the EU agreed not to attend the event, it would be a major blow against racism and bigotry.**********Michael D. Evans, a #1 New York Times bestselling author, is the author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos. A television special based on the book is currently airing (www.carterbooktv.com). Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:47:57 -0800 Full article 1_30available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Last Friday was Election Day in Iran. The turn-out was so great that voting had to be extended by three hours in order for the lines to be accommodated. From shop-lined streets in the northern part of Tehran to the most conservative of villages, Iranians exercised their right to vote. The two top-runners in the election were hardliner and current president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and former prime minister during the 1980s Mir Hossein Mousavi. Mousavi, with the reputation of a reformer surprisingly seemed to appeal to the younger generation of Iranians. Iranian expatriates casting ballots in Dubai mostly favored Mousavi whom they labeled Iran?s version of Obama. During the campaign, Mousavi indicated he was in favor of ending the attacks against the liberal media and bloggers. He also hinted that he might accept President Obama?s offer to sit down for talks after a nearly thirty year silence between the two countries. Such a dialogue would mean opening talks regarding Iran?s nuclear pursuits, which even Mousavi says is for peaceful purposes. His hopes were dashed, however, when supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khameini declared incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the leader by a 2 to 1 margin. Mousavi?s supporters took to the streets in protest, but were literally beaten back by Iranian Revolutionary Guard whose leader supports Ahmadinejad. Although presenting himself as a ?reform? candidate, Mousavi?s past dictates show him to be much more the hardliner. In 1981, UPI reported, ?Mousavi heralds a more vigorous propagation of the radical Islamic foreign policy of exporting Iran?s revolution.? While attending a demonstration in Tehran in 1987, Mousavi said, ?Tomorrow will be the day we step on the Great Satan. Tomorrow is the time for America to see our iron fists.? And a statement issued from Tehran in 1988 read that ?Israel should be annihilated,? and that the only means to ?achieve Palestinian rights was to continue the popular struggles against Israel. Following the death of the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1989, Mousavi was portrayed as ?a leading radical who in the past has competed with Khamenei for primacy in setting government policy pledged subservience, along with his entire cabinet, to the new leader.? Given his past history, it seems the only thing that might have changed under Mousavi, the ?reform? candidate was the name of Iran?s president. With Mahmoud Ahmadinejad having been declared the overwhelming winner on Friday, the only thing that may change in Iran is that the newly-elected president is likely to ramp up his rhetoric against both Israel and the United States. He clearly has the backing of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khameini who is in favor of continuing Iran?s nuclear program. As president, Ahmadinejad only has as much power as Khameini allows him to exert. Ahmadinejad relied heavily on the conservative bastions such as Qom, where many of the Islamic universities and revered shrines can be found. He appealed to what Americans would call blue-collar voters and traditionalists who supported him in the last election. Calls of tampering have been heard in some locales, but with the absence of international poll-watchers, such charges are hard to prove. The fiery president has been charged with mismanaging Iran?s reaction to inflation which hovers at 25 percent. Yet during his campaign, he promised more government aid. One can only wonder if Ahmadinejad will face challenges from the people who want more freedom. Iranians have already been warned by the leader of the Revolutionary Guard that if they harbor visions of another ?revolution? swift action would be taken to crush their dreams. No doubt, Ahmadinejad will, with Khamenei?s blessing, continue his defiance against the Western world and forge ahead with a nuclear program. Former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. and president of the Jerusalem Centre for Public Affairs Dore Gold addressed the fact that Iran really has only one leader who determines its nuclear pursuits: ?The key decisions in the nuclear field are taken by the spiritual leader Khamenei, so it doesn?t matter who is elected president. All of the candidates support continuing the nuclear program.? The Jewish state has come to consider Iran?s nuclear bid as a very real threat given that Ahmadinejad has spent four years in office calling for Israel?s destruction. He has vowed to ?wipe Israel off the map.? According to Prime Minister Netanyahu, Iran is the greatest threat to Israel since the nation was founded in 1948. This is true not only regarding the Islamic republic?s atomic aspirations, but also due to the fact that Iran funds, trains, and arms the fanatical groups that surround Israel ? Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza. Both groups have drawn Israel into wars to defend its citizens. Netanyahu has not ruled out a military strike against Iran?s nuclear sites. He said after a meeting with President Obama in May, ?Israel reserves its right to defend itself.? Defense Secretary Robert Gates has said that even the Obama administration was becoming more wary of Iran?s nuclear program. He indicated that the U.S. and Israel share the same concerns regarding Iran?s reluctance to even discuss its nuclear pursuits. When I met Mahmoud Ahmadinejad?s spiritual advisor in New York City two years ago, he declared to me that his leader would usher in the Mahdi ? the twelfth descendant of Mohammad - through an apocalyptic event within three years. That was two years ago. Early Monday, in a stunning about-face from his initial position, Ayatollah Khameini ordered a probe of the election. Is Khameini, the self-styled ?wizard of Oz? who hides behind smoke and mirrors and pulls the puppet president?s strings going to pull the ?reform candidate? out of his hat full of tricks in order to appease the Iranian people? Will anything really change in Iran if he does, or will it be the exportation of terrorism as usual? Michael D. Evans, is the founder of the Jerusalem Prayer Team and the Corrie ten Boom Holocaust Center in Haarlem, Holland. He is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, and is the author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:22:16 -0800 Full article 1_29available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The actions of James Wenneker Von Brunn, 88, a Holocaust denier, avowed white supremacist and rabid anti-Semite, expose the root of the entire war on terror ? bigotry. Von Brunn calmly walked into the Washington Holocaust Memorial on Wednesday and opened fire with a .22 rifle. Although the memorial entrance is equipped with metal detectors, it is thought that Von Brunn started shooting just inside the door. He carried with him a copy of the Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion. His intent was clearly to kill Jews but he was intercepted by guard Stephen Tyrone Johns. The guard was shot and later died from his wounds. Von Brunn was wounded by other guards who returned fire. He was taken to a local hospital handcuffed to a gurney. Washington police discovered a notebook in the vehicle believed to be Von Brunn?s. It contained a list of sites in the area that included the White House, the Capitol, the Washington Post, and a Fox News location. An investigation was launched to determine if Von Brunn had been sighted at any of the places named. In 1983, Von Brunn was sent to prison for four years after he tried to kidnap several members of the Federal Reserve Board. He claimed that although he carried a bag containing a sawed-off shotgun, a revolver and a knife, he was only trying to make a ?citizen?s arrest.? Von Brunn was released in 1989. I know, first hand, how deadly anti-Semitism can be. I was informed by the ATF that I had been targeted by a white supremacist, Richard Wayne Snell, on my birthday in 1984. Snell was a disciple of The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord (better known as the CSA) organized in Elijah, Arkansas in 1971 by polygamist James Ellison. The CSA was not simply one of the more quirky religious cults; its stated purpose was to start a war that would ultimately lead to the second coming of Christ. The members of the group believed they were literally God?s chosen people, and as such, could dominate all others. A CSA conference in 1983 brought together Jim Ellison, the group?s founder, and Snell. The two men discussed how they could bring down the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. Snell?s destiny, however, was not to be the one to accomplish that feat. His plans were sidetracked by his desire to kill Jews and Blacks. On November 3, 1983, Snell gunned down the owner of a small pawn shop in Texarkana, Arkansas. Snell thought he was a Jew; he was not. The case confounded the authorities for over eight months. Snell?s rage would prove to be his downfall. On June 30, 1984, Snell was stopped on a lonely western Arkansas highway by State Trooper Louis Bryant. As Bryant approached the vehicle, Snell opened fire with a modified Colt .45, fatally wounding the trooper. A truck driver who saw the shooting followed Snell across the Oklahoma border and contacted the Broken Bow police. Snell ran headlong into a roadblock set up by the police. In the ensuing gun battle, Snell was captured after being wounded. Following his arrest, investigators combed through Snell?s vehicle. On the front seat, they found a single piece of paper on which was written my name, address, and unlisted telephone number. I have no doubt that given the chance Snell would have taken me out, along with my family. Although Snell went to death row for the murders of Trooper Bryant and the pawn broker in Arkansas, the CSA continued to thrive. Two of its recruits were Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols. On April 19, 1995, McVeigh and Nichols set off a devastating explosion that rocked the Murrah Building killing 168 and injuring more than 800. It was the worst domestic terror attack until that fateful day in September 2001. Snell was executed on the same day as the devastating attack on the Murrah Building. His last words were directed at Oklahoma Governor Jim Guy Tucker. Snell warned that the governor should ?look over your shoulder; justice is coming.? Whatever you wish to call it ? bigotry, anti-Semitism, Jew-hatred ? it is vile. It caused the pogroms in Russia, the Holocaust in Europe, and has stirred up Holocaust deniers such as Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Iran, among others. Bigotry is an equal opportunity employer. Jew-hating, Protocols of Zion-loving, Holocaust deniers must be taken seriously. The war on terror cannot be won unless America declares war on bigotry. ********** Michael D. Evans, is the founder of the Jerusalem Prayer Team and the Corrie ten Boom Holocaust Center in Haarlem, Holland. He is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, and is the author of Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos. Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:20:27 -0800 Full article 1_19available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com In June 1976, during the only major address on the Middle East of his entire presidential campaign, Jimmy Carter stressed that a pre-condition to peace in the region must be a change in Arab attitude toward Israel. Carter emphasized that such a change must be reflected by tangible and concrete actions, and not just empty words. Among the necessary alterations must be: Recognition of Israel; diplomatic relations with Israel; an end to hostile propaganda against Israel.[i] Unfortunately nothing has changed since the Carter years. Principals are still demanding that the Arab countries recognize Israel?s right to exist prior to negotiations, and Arab leaders continue to refuse. In his speech, Carter specifically addressed the Palestinian problem by indicating that ?there ought to be territories ceded for the use of the Palestinians. I think they should be part of Jordan and be administered by Jordan. I think that half of the people of Jordan are Palestinians. That would be my preference.?[ii] Once ensconced in the Oval Office, however, Carter?s Middle East policy contrasted sharply to his pre-election discourse. The president and his counselors predicated talks on the belief that the key to lasting peace in the Middle East was to force Israel to return to the pre-1967 borders. These advisors also cautioned Carter of the necessity for Palestinian self-rule and a pledge of security for the nations of Israel. Then-Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin considered the American leader to be openly hostile to Israel, and the Israeli leader?s suspicions of Carter only grew stronger after the two men met in Washington in March 1977. The Israeli prime minister, though toughened by years of anti-Israel sentiment, was nevertheless stunned by Carter?s about-face. Rabin?s anger grew exponentially later that month when Carter spoke in Massachusetts. During his speech, the president urged a ?homeland for the Palestinians.?[iii] The Carter contingent demanded Soviet involvement in the process, something that neither Egypt nor its neighbor, Israel, favored. It was diametrically opposite of the Richard Nixon-Henry Kissinger shuttle diplomacy efforts. After a six-hour emergency meeting of Sadat?s cabinet on October 3, 1977, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ismail Fahmy personally handed Secretary of State Cyrus Vance a message from Sadat to Jimmy Carter. Although the content of the note was not divulged, the Egyptian media soon left no room for speculation: Sadat objected to what he saw as Carter?s decision to impose a renewed Soviet role in the Middle East peace process.[iv] It was ultimately Egyptian president Anwar Sadat who circumvented Carter and thwarted Soviet participation. Following the Yom Kippur War in 1973, Sadat determined that the old ?business as usual? approach to Israel was simply not working. He began to search for ways in which the two neighboring countries might reach détente. With the backing of Nixon and Kissinger, Sadat signed two separate disengagement agreements with Israel. Sadat sealed the agreements by agreeing to travel to Israel in 1977. The meeting in Jerusalem between the two disparate leaders achieved a second, and perhaps unintended, object; it effectively halted Carter?s ill-advised plan to hold a peace conference in Geneva with full Soviet participation. After his election in June 1977, Menachem Begin wished to meet with Sadat; he did not want to rely only on Carter?s negotiating skills to make that happen. He sent General Yitzhak Hofi to Morocco to meet with King Hassan. Hofi was surprised to see Sadat?s confidant and senior cabinet minister, Muhammad Hassan el-Tuhamy, in attendance. His presence was sufficient proof that Sadat was at least willing to explore a separate peace agreement with Israel. The meeting set the precedent for further discussions between Egypt and Israel, none of which were arranged by Jimmy Carter. Sadat?s acquiescence to a meeting with Begin in Israel signaled the first measurable change between the two countries. It was a courageous move by both men. Carter, however, continued to hinder any real progress between the two countries with pronouncements such as ?a separate peace agreement between Egypt and Israel is not desirable.? Simply translated, it was not ?desirable? if Mr. Carter failed to get the credit. The president?s own disastrous foreign policy gaffes in Panama, Nicaragua, and Iran, coupled with the abysmal economic situation at home, produced desperation. In 1980, the president determined to push his way into the Middle East peace process by inviting Sadat and Begin to Camp David for a political rendezvous. Much has been written of the thirteen days of negotiations between the two leaders. But how did Jimmy Carter view his role at Camp David? Was he an interested bystander? Was he a catalyst? Was he an intermediary? Carter perceived his role to be that of an agent of change. Certainly he had a vested interest in the signing of a peace agreement between Israel and Egypt. Carter could achieve two major goals at Camp David: the salvation of his presidency and a huge political step toward stability in the Middle East. Despite the president?s skillful maneuvering of the two protagonists he was forced to avoid one of the major items on his own agenda ? a Palestinian state. Once foiled, forever on the offensive; that failure continues to haunt Mr. Carter even today as he unerringly supports the terrorist factions of Hamas and Hezbollah that now inhabit the Palestinian territory. The real story behind Camp David is not Jimmy Carter?s prowess as a negotiator; it is the determination of two old warhorses to hammer out an agreement that just might have been good for both their homelands. Perhaps the two leaders men knew intrinsically what Carter and his successors have never grasped: The Palestinian issue is the death knell to any possible lasting peace agreement in the Middle East, not the starting point. [i] Samuel Segev, Jimmy Carter: Foreign Policy and Post-Presidential Years (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1994), p. 125. [ii] Ibid, p. 125 [iii] Ibid [iv] Segev, Sadat ? The Road to Peace, p. 45. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:47:50 -0800 Full article 1_14available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Soon the U.S. will choose its next president. The prevailing holy grail of understanding is that the only vote that matters is the vote of the American people. Persia (Iran), however, may have a dog in the fight as U.S. policy in Iraq will greatly affect U.S. policy in Iran. To think that Iran would support another ?Bushie? (John McCain) in the White House is a ridiculous assumption. Iran, a predominately Shia state as is Iraq (100 million plus Shiites combined), ultimately desires a Shia super-state. It has everything to gain and nothing to lose by destroying McCain?s bragging rights. To do this would require an Iranian surge of IEDs (improvised explosive devices) in Iraq and the 60,000 pro-Iranian Mahdi army death squads to deliver a few hundred U.S. body bags. It appears this fall will be a bloody one as Iran attempts to achieve a goal similar to the one it achieved during President Jimmy Carter?s last days of the 1980 election campaign. On Sept. 23, 1980, during the Reagan-Carter presidential campaign, I had dinner with Isser Harel, founder of Mossad Israeli Intelligence and director from 1947 to 1963. Dr. Ruben Hecht, senior adviser to Prime Minister Menachem Begin, joined us. ?Who do you think will be the next president?? I said during a light moment in the meal. Harel responded, ?The Persians invented the game of chess. Arab oil buys more than tents. You kill a fly and rejoice, they kill one and a hundred come to the funeral. The word on the street is that when Reagan places his hand on the Bible during the inauguration, the hostages will be released.? I was stunned when Ruben Hecht called me during the inauguration and said, ?Can you believe it? Harel is a prophet. It is happening now.? Earlier that morning, Jimmy Carter approved the wire-transfer of $7.9 billion to Iran through the Federal Reserve to a bank in England. The Iranians were hell-bent on humiliating Jimmy Carter to the very end. For the Republican Party not to anticipate Iran?s obsession to humiliate George Bush is extremely naïve. Before I left the dinner that evening, I asked Harel two more questions: ?How do you think Sadat is going to do in the future?? and ?Do you think terrorism will ever come to America?? Harel?s response was, ?We saved Sadat?s life twice, but I fear some event will take place at an inopportune time and we may not be there. He will be assassinated.? That inopportune time would be the 1981 Egyptian celebration of the Yom Kippur War. In answer to my second question, ?America has the power but not the will, and the terrorists have the will but not the power,? said Harel. ?All of that could change in time. They will strike your greatest fertility symbol; the symbol of your power and economic wealth, New York City, and your tallest building, the Empire State Building first.? (At the time of Harel?s prophecy, the Empire State Building was in fact the tallest building in New York.) America reeled in shock when on Sept. 11, 2001, the World Trade Towers were hit. Yes, the Iranians are winning. They seized our hostages in 1979 and we launched an ineffective rescue operation. We tied yellow ribbons around trees. In 1983, Hezbollah blew up our embassy and Marine barracks in Lebanon and we left. During the various Iranian and terrorist attacks of the 1980s, we basically sent lawyers. We treated it as a law enforcement issue. In the 1990s, we had Blackhawks downed in Mogadishu. We were struck at our reserve facility in Saudi Arabia and at the Khobar Towers. Until 9/11, we responded as we did in the 1980s; we ran it as a law enforcement operation trying to catch and imprison a few terrorists. This had little effect on the religious fanatics who would rather die and presumably go to Paradise than go to prison. In 1993, Saddam tried to kill President George H. W. Bush with a bomb in Kuwait. During his presidency, President Clinton launched two dozen cruise missiles against an Iraqi intelligence headquarters in the middle of the night. The secretary of state explained that we responded as we did so that no one would be in the building. James Woolsey, President Clinton?s CIA director, told me the story and said, ?I don?t know what we had against the cleaning woman and night watchman, but I would not call that an effective response.? The most dangerous thing in the world in dealing with religious fanatics is to talk big and then not follow through. It appears that neither party has the intention of doing so. Teddy Roosevelt had it right: ?Speak softly and carry a big stick.? Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:35:31 -0800 Full article 1_13available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com During his first visit to Israel in January as leader of the free world, President George W. Bush made the expected rhetorical endorsements of Israel as the Jewish state and even prodded Israel to remove unauthorized settler outposts in the West Bank. But the very next day, on the first visit by an American president to the Palestinian Authority, Bush glibly repeated the Palestinian party line on the so-called ?right of return,? thereby encouraging the perpetuation of one of the greatest frauds of the Arab-Israeli conflict and a Palestinian strategy aimed at the ultimate destruction of Israel. Bush urged Palestinian authorities to halt rocket attacks against Israel from the Gaza Strip ? which continued without interruption during his three-day visit ? and he issued a sharp warning to Iran following a naval incident in the Persian Gulf. He also announced the appointment of Lt. Gen. William Fraser to monitor the implementation of the 2002 Israeli-Palestinian Roadmap for peace plan ? which has remained stalled for the past five years. One reason for this is the unfulfilled first stage of the plan: the cessation of Palestinian terrorism. ?The only way to have lasting peace, the only way for an agreement to mean anything, is for the two parties to come together and make the difficult choices,? Bush told a news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, ?But we?ll help, and we want to help.? How helpful can the United States be if it supports Israel?s existence as a Jewish state one day, then parrots Palestinian strategy to flood Israel with ?refugees? who will be able to vote it out of existence as a Jewish state? Bush and his advisers suggested that the purpose of the presidential visit was to prompt Olmert and Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas to get to work on ?core issues? such as the future status of Jerusalem and Palestinian refugees. Mention of Jerusalem ? before halting terrorism ? was enough to evoke a threat by the religious Shas Party to withdraw from the coalition and bring down Olmert?s government. This was surely not Bush?s intention, but neither should have been his reference to the so-called ?right of return? claimed by the great-grandchildren of Arab refugees misplaced by a war begun by Arab states in an effort to destroy the nascent state of Israel in 1948. The president of the United States is a busy man and relies on his advisers to keep him informed. Here?s what Bush?s advisers failed to tell him: In 1948, two refugee populations were created as a result of the Arab states? war against the newly established State of Israel: the Palestinian Arabs and the Jews from Arab countries. In fact, more Jews were expelled by or fled Arab countries ? some 850,000 ? than were Palestinians who became refugees ? about 750,000. But while Jewish refugees were absorbed into Israel and granted citizenship, the Palestinian refugees were, with the exception of Jordan, forced to remain in camps for the past 60 years by their host Arab countries, to cynically perpetuate their ?refugee? status and use this as a weapon against Israel. Both issues must be dealt with in peace negotiations. The Jews who were forced out of their homes by Arab governments, which then confiscated their property, were the victims of the same aggression carried out by the Arab states against the newly founded State of Israel. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency has spent billions of dollars to maintain the Palestinian ?refugees? in their camps for more than half a century, in the process making them the only ?refugees? in the world who are able to transmit their ?refugee? status to their fourth-generation offspring. When the Palestinian Authority claims a ?right of return? for Palestinians whose great-grandparents once lived in what has become Israel, it is only with the cynical intention of inundating the country with enough Palestinians to eliminate it as the world?s only Jewish state. Bush said that, ?We need to look to the establishment of a Palestinian state and new international mechanisms, including compensation, to resolve the refugee issue.? It is perhaps no coincidence that previous US estimates have put the cost of compensation at $100 billion to $150 billion. This is also the conservative estimate of the value of property left behind by the Jewish refugees from Arab countries. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:32:46 -0800 Full article 1_12available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com I am outraged and you should be also. President Bush is in Saudi Arabia. He has just agreed to sell the Saudis $20 billion worth of military equipment. This is the same country that refused to recognize Israel?s right to exist; the same country that will not allow one Jew to set foot on its soil; the same country that birthed the 9/11 suicide bombers; the same country that refuses a church to exist and will cut the heads off any Christian who leads a Muslim to Christ ? the Saudis do this all the time ? as the world sleeps. This is the same country that is sending suicide bombers into Iraq to kill our troops and the same country that is attempting to destroy the U.S. economy with One-Hundred-Dollar barrel oil. This is blackmail! I was completely outraged when I heard that Ehud Olmert, whom I have known for 26 years, stood next to President Bush and declared that he would work to fulfill the final status solution to the Road Map to Peace. In essence, this means the division of Jerusalem (with all Christian Holy Sites being under Islamic rule of law) and Judea and Samaria turned over to the Palestinians. A national Save Jerusalem Campaign has been launched. Presently over 120,000 have signed the petition. The goal is to have one million signatures of the petition to present to President Bush. This petition will also be sent to Ehud Olmert. You can add your name to the Presidential Petition by voting now. This is outrageous. These are terrorist organizations that will kill a Jew in a second if they make a wrong turn on the road and will shoot a Christian Palestinian in the head for saying nice things about Jews. As this absurd ceremony was going on, they were singing; they had music playing ?Somewhere Over the Rainbow.? The only rainbow that I believe in is the rainbow that God put in the sky when He made the Covenant in the time of Noah that He would not destroy the world again by water with a flood. God?s word says I will bless them that bless thee and curse them that curse thee. America must not touch prophecy. The nation of Israel was born by a royal land grant given by God Almighty. It was birthed before there was a United States or a United Nations. All nations were only pagan nations at that time. Do you realize that the U.S. Government is shuttling around with almost a dozen Arab states that refuse to recognize Israel?s right to exist and, in fact, funding terrorists to kill Jews? It?s outrageous! Please, get one friend today to sign the Save Jerusalem Petition. This will double the number. Our ultimate goal is one million, but our goal right now is to reach 200,000. There?s absolutely no doubt in my mind that the State Department is going to push this through if we remain silent. If it happens, God?s hand of protection will be lifted from our country in a way that we couldn?t possibly have imagined. I will not allow that to happen. I will do everything in my power to resist that. I?m asking for everyone ask just one friend today to sign the Petition. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:30:18 -0800 Full article 1_9available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com The Annapolis Peace Summit Annapolis, Maryland In the pre-dawn hours, my car winds its way down the streets of this historic city toward the Naval Academy and the Annapolis Summit. Precious fathers, mothers and grandmothers shiver in the cold darkness of the morning. Some of the men blow shofars and pray openly. Most hold signs printed with their pleas: ?Don?t touch Jerusalem,? ?Don?t touch the Bible land,? ?Don?t touch prophecy.? Unbidden tears slide down my cheeks for I sense how desperate and hopeless they must feel. These who love Jerusalem are overshadowed by the high and mighty of the world: President George W. Bush, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and foreign ministers from many Arab states. Among those are known terrorists who are being treated as honored diplomats. This is the first international peace conference since the U.S. organized-Madrid Peace Summit at the end of Operation Desert Storm in 1991. It was during that debacle that I openly challenged former Secretary of State James Baker over Jerusalem. The names change, but the desire to offer up Jerusalem as the sacrifice to appease terrorists is as passionate as ever. The Madrid Summit destroyed the economy of Israel. It caused the overthrow of the government as literally tens of thousands of Russian Jewish immigrants were forced to sleep in tents. Why? The U.S. froze $10 billion in loan guarantees that would have provided housing for these destitute men, women and children. Israel was ultimately forced to give up more than 80 villages and towns, i.e., Jericho, Hebron, and Bethlehem. Today, the vultures gather again, sensing that more of the City of David will be laid on the altar of sacrifice. President Bush has agreed in what is being called ?The Final Status Plan? to divide Jerusalem before the end of his term in 2008. He has also demanded that Israel halt construction in the settlements for refugees. The plan is to turn those settlements over to the PLO. The Saudis, of course, want the Palestinian refugees in Lebanon to be able to move into Israel, not into the Palestinian Authority land holdings. The plan calls for Palestine to be a state within one year, with East Jerusalem as the capital. This ?Final Status Plan? calls for vigorous, unceasing, aggressive negotiations that would end in the creation of a two-state region by the end of 2008. It seems that the participants of the summit are trying to breathe life back into the Road Map plan introduced in 2003. When Mahmoud Abbas refused to implement the very first clause of the plan ? to disarm the terrorist organizations ? the plan died in utero. The Saudis, of course, were overjoyed to hear President Bush?s comments during the Summit. The Road Map, an invention of Saudi Arabia and the Arab League was designed to force Israel to the bargaining table. Then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon related to me that he had asked for 14 amendments. Secretary of State Colin Powell flatly refused to include any of Sharon?s amendments. Phase Two of the plan as outlined was the dismantling of all terror organizations and their infrastructure. HAMAS, Islamic Jihad, al-Aksa Martyrs Brigade to name a few would have been forced to turn over all illegal weapons and stop terror incitement. Needless to say, Phase Two was not implemented by Abbas. Quite the opposite occurred: HAMAS took over Gaza; Abbas? own terror organization, Fatah and al-Aksa martyrs Brigade continue to kill Jews. (The latest murder was that of a 29-year old father of two from the village of Shavei Shomron, just days before the Summit in Annapolis.) The acceptance of this vile plan would turn Israel into a living hell. The Jewish people would be forced to live next door to a state controlled by Islamic fanatics such as Hamas. I am reminded over and over of the scripture in Psalm 83:2-5: For behold, Your enemies make a tumult; and those who hate You have lifted up their head. They have taken crafty counsel against Your people, and consulted together against Your sheltered ones. They have said, ?Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more.? For they have consulted together with one consent; they form a confederacy against You?? I stand here now with this document in my hand ? this ?Agreement of Joint Understanding? to which both parties have pledged acceptance. This document, if followed, will result in the division of Jerusalem. I?ve asked myself how the U.S. government could partner with a terror organization responsible for thousands of terror attacks worldwide. How could President Bush cavalierly shake hands with the man responsible for the Munich massacre? Is George W. Bush so consumed by his legacy that he would sacrifice Jerusalem and hundreds of thousands of innocent Jews to attain his goal? Israel would have to give up the Temple Mount and the Western Wall in East Jerusalem; evacuate most of the strategic West Bank which would leave it vulnerable to rocket attacks in Tel Aviv and at its international airport. What does the future hold for Israel? President Bush has indicated that Israel had ?painful compromises? to make during the negotiations that were to begin immediately. I can tell you that Israel seemed very alone during the Annapolis Summit. It greatly concerns me. Why? President Clinton attempted to divide Jerusalem in January 2001, before the end of his term of office. He almost succeeded. I believe those negotiations and Arafat?s subsequent rejection of Clinton?s offer led directly to the events of 9/11. Now, President Bush is attempting to follow in Bill Clinton?s footsteps. I, for one, am appalled to have to admit that President Bush believes the Palestinian cause is the root of Islamic hatred for America. His advisors are likely telling him that this agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority will affect his legacy in a most positive way. How wrong can they possibly be? Only time will tell. Can the Palestinian crisis be resolved? YES! I believe that the first action that must be taken is a rehabilitation package calling for the dismantling of the 59 U.N.-maintained refugee camps. The Arab world needs to provide resettlement, employment and housing for the refugees. This would be similar to what happened to the Jewish refugees throughout Europe and the Arab world in 1948. Secondly, I would do everything to help Jordan grant citizenship to Arabs in the West bank. I believe that the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan should serve as their representative body. Jordan granted citizenship status to West Bank Palestinians until the late 1980s. The Palestinians do not need more land; they need a life free of Islamic kindergarten camps that continue to instill hatred for the Jews into children at an early age. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:26:19 -0800 Full article 1_5available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Centuries of conflict have surrounded the Jews and Palestinians, both claiming ownership of the tiny parcel of land that is Israel. Learned men have devoted themselves to a resolution; politicians have haggled over the perfect peace treaty that would, ultimately, mean a star in their negotiations crown. Men and women have died to preserve the nation of Israel, and now comes President Barack Obama who has given himself just two years to resolve the Israel/Palestinian issue. Is he foolhardy, or will he abandon Israel in order to achieve his goal?The president will travel to Egypt later this week to deliver a speech that the White House says will "take on the tough issues." At the top of his list of concerns is a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.According to White House advisers, in his speech in the Egyptian capital this week, Obama will "take on the tough issues" including the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and offer to help overcome disparities with the Muslims predicated on "mutual interests and mutual respect." Apparently, the president believes he must placate the Muslim nations by sacrificing Israel on the altar of appeasement. Unfortunately for Mr. Obama, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu doesn't seem too eager to satisfy the president's desire to interfere in Israel's political future.President Obama's foray into the Middle East will begin with a visit to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and a meeting with King Abdullah. One can but wonder if he will again bow to the sovereign of a Muslim nation as he did on their first meeting. Obama and the king will review the Saudi peace initiative which calls for, among other things, Israel to return to her 1967 borders and give East Jerusalem to the Palestinians as a capital.Denis McDonough, Obama's foreign policy advisor said, "Some of the things that you will hear in the speech are returning to proven and effective policies and initiatives that have . . . served the national interest well in the past." Would someone care to translate that into understandable English? To what policies and initiatives does this statement refer? Many of the proposals proffered by past administrations place Israel in the vice of appeasement, demanding that it relinquish yet more land-for-peace - a plan that has never worked, and never will.Egypt has long been a U.S. ally, and is the largest Arab nation worldwide. Cairo, its largest city, is home to 18 million people and to Al Azhar University, the center of learning for Sunni Arabs.Egyptian historian Mahmoud Sabet applauded Obama's choice of Cairo to deliver his address to moderate Muslims: "If you are going to conceive of Iran as being a rival in the region, and Iran is a Shia country ... if you are going to tell the vast majority of Sunni Muslims that you are not their enemy, it makes sense." There is some concern, however, about the president's overtures to Iran, a Shia nation at odds with its Sunni Arab brethren. Arabs, moderate and fanatical, are clamoring for a Palestinian state for only one reason; it would mean the demise of the state of Israel. This is the aim today, as it has been since the miraculous founding of the Jewish state in 1948. It is the reason the PLO was founded in Cairo in 1964, and the explanation for Yasser Arafat's deadly intifada against the Jewish people. It is the reason Israel has been compelled to go to the bargaining table time and again and forced to accept agreements that were detrimental to the safety and security of the tiny nation. With the delivery of a speech in Cairo on Wednesday, President Barack Obama will join the long list of American presidents who have tried to back the Israelis into a corner. It will be interesting to see how the pugnacious prime minister of Israel reacts to the determined president. Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:38:56 -0800 Full article 1_3available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com Prime Minister Netanyahu's meeting with President Barack Obama on Tuesday, May 19 is simply the trade wind of a perfect storm; no matter how they smile for the cameras.The likelihood of Obama supporting an attack on Iran or Netanyahu's quid pro quo benchmarks for a Palestinian mythological state is less than zero.Obama's secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, does not like Netanyahu. The Clintons did everything possible to marginalize him, and more, during his last term as prime minister. President Bill Clinton made some very unflattering remarks about him in the presence of Aaron David Miller, a Middle East negotiator. The White House spokesman at the time was Joe Lockhart, who described Netanyahu in an interview as "one of the most obnoxious individuals you're going to come into - just a liar and a cheat. He could open his mouth and you could have no confidence that anything that came out of it was the truth."President Obama believes a Palestinian state will defuse most of the Middle East hostility issues. He has expressed support for speedy action since his first days in office.The fact that the Palestinians refuse to recognize Israel as a Jewish state makes it impossible for Jews in Israel to recognize a Palestinian state. A greater proportion of Palestinians consider the destruction of the Jewish state a far greater priority than creating a state of their own.Netanyahu supports a three-track peace process in which the Palestinians' willingness to support the rule of law would come before economic considerations or land for peace. A Palestinian state with airspace, an Army and one that can make treaties with other Arab, Jew-hating states such as Syria, Iran, and Libya will never happen. Netanyahu would never support the Palestinians having an army, airspace, or the right to establish treaties with Arab states hostile to Israel. Netanyahu considers a Palestinian state without preconditions a "Hail Mary" pass. He believes the Palestinians and the majority of the Arab world hold to a "you stole our house" belief system, and will never be satisfied with a few "rooms." He would prefer moving the ball down the field gradually.Obama's June 4th message of reconciliation to the Arab world is no coincidence. His Liberal Left and European allies are demanding a tough love policy which blames Israel for the region's problems, and the quicker the U.S. distances itself from Israel, the more rapidly bridges can be built in the Islamic world. This is similar to the appeasement policies of the 1930s in Europe.Obama made his feelings about the Likud Party, chaired by Netanyahu, quite plain during the election when he said, "I think there is a strain within the pro-Israel community that says unless you adopt an unwavering pro-Likud approach to Israel that you're anti-Israel and that can't be the measure of our friendship with Israel."The president has invited leaders of Egypt and the Palestinian Authority to Washington in May and June. He has already met with King Abdullah II at the White House where he signaled he may be ready to put pressure on Netanyahu: "I agree that we cannot talk forever; that at some point steps have to be taken so that people can see progress on the ground... and that will be something that we will expect to take place in the coming months." Obama indicated he might be prepared to link Israel's behavior during the peace process with the considerable aid the U.S. gives to Israel. He said that what the U.S. can do regarding the Palestinian/Israeli peacemaking efforts is to create the conditions and atmosphere and provide the help and assistance that facilitates an agreement.Obama, the most popular president since Franklin Roosevelt, does not fear American Jewry. Eighty percent supported him and also contributed more than 50 percent of the Democratic campaign funding.Netanyahu was not invited to meet during the AIPAC conference at which he wanted to speak. President Shimon Peres was welcomed with a media black-out when he met with Obama on May 5 while in Washington for the AIPAC meeting. Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel has clearly articulated the administration's belief that it must link American efforts to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons to Israeli efforts toward establishing a Palestinian state. Netanyahu completely rejects this, and it will be a key issue during his talks with President Obama.Thirteen years ago in 1996, Prime Minister Netanyahu said that a nuclear Iran would be the greatest danger the world would face. He warned that nuclear weapons in the hands of Iran would have dire consequences.Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vice President Joe Biden hold similar views to Emanuel. National Security Advisor General James Jones recently assured a European foreign minister that, unlike Bush, Obama would be "forceful" with Israel. Even more shocking is the announcement from an assistant secretary of state, calling Israel to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.When I recommended Benjamin Netanyahu to Prime Minister Menachem Begin for his first government appointment in 1982, I clearly saw a man with moral clarity. He had zero tolerance for terror after the death of his older brother, Yonathan, was killed in Uganda during Operation Entebbe on July 4, 1976.The chances of a love-fest on Tuesday are less than zero. It appears that the only diplomatic meal served will be barbecued Jew�no matter how sweet the appetizer. Sun, 31 May 2009 10:49:12 -0800 Full article 1_2available at: www.middleeastmediagroup.com WASHINGTON, D.C. (Monday, May 18, 2009) - Israel's Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has just had his first meeting with President Barack Obama. The two Obama issues are non-issues for the Netanyahu government, talking to Iran and a fast-track toward a Palestinian state. Curiously, Obama did not hold a full-dress press conference following their summit, which focused on Iran. Was this because he feared Netanyahu might use the opportunity to appeal to Israel's strongest base in America - some 52 million Bible-believing Evangelical Christian Zionists? The Obama government is trying to make things move in the Middle East and there are fears this will come at Israel's expense - even if it means bringing down Netanyahu's government.Obama has embarked on a peace crusade. He has invited Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to Washington. Next month Obama will speak from a podium in Cairo in an effort to restore America's image in the Muslim world. He apparently believes this cannot happen nor peace be achieved until Israel accepts a Palestinian state. Last week the United States voted for a UN Security Council resolution reaffirming support for a two-state solution. Ambassador Susan Rice said the US wants to integrate the Saudi-sponsored peace initiative into the process.It would be absurd for Obama to think that Netanyahu - who went into politics inspired by the heroic death of his brother, Yonatan, in freeing terrorist hostages in the 1976 Entebbe rescue mission - would ever reward an Iranian-funded terrorist regime by redividing Jerusalem. He would never shrink Israel as a goodwill gesture to help restart the so-called peace process, not in the absence of a genuine goodwill gesture by the Palestinians and Muslim world of recognizing Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state.Netanyahu wants the US to reaffirm its support for Israel's right to self-defense against the looming threat from Iran. During the last three years Israel fought two bitter campaigns to halt the bombardment of its civilian population by thousands of terrorist missiles - fired by the Iranian terrorist proxies Hizbullah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza. Meanwhile, Iran denies the Holocaust while threatening to wipe the Jewish state off the map, as it develops nuclear weapons and tests long-range ballistic missiles.Israel's prime minister takes Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at his apocalyptic word, as must the leader of a country that has suffered unrelenting Islamist terrorism for 61 years. In terms of Jewish history, Netanyahu considers Iran to be a threat similar to that posed by the Israelites' Biblical scourge, the Amalekites, and more ominously by Hitler's Germany. President Obama, on the other hand, thinks Iran can be won over with patience and reason and is no real threat to America or world peace.Obama's advisers reportedly consider the sole obstacle to peace in the Middle East to be the lack of a Palestinian state. The problem with this Pollyannaish vision is that it lacks hindsight. On November 29, 1947, the United Nations voted to partition British Mandatory Palestine into two states, Jewish and Arab. The Jews accepted the resolution and the Arab states did not and invaded Israel in the first of many unsuccessful attempts to destroy it. The Palestinians could have had their state 62 years ago, but preferred to deny the Jews their own state. The only state the Palestinians have been capable of living in since then is the state of denial.If a Palestinian state came into being tomorrow, this would not solve the conflict in the Middle East or the problem of Islamist terrorism, for the Hamas charter still calls for the destruction of the State of Israel and for a jihad against Jews wherever they live.I was so moved by the Netanyahu family and Benjamin's moral clarity at the anniversary of the death of his brother in 1981, that I asked Prime Minister Begin to give Benjamin a government job. I said "I believe this man will be prime minister some day". Begin did the following evening.President Obama has said he does not support regime change. Will this apply to Netanyahu's government, if Washington spins it as an "obstacle to peace"? A possible indication is that Secretary of State Hilary Clinton's spouse, former president Bill Clinton, is advising the leader of Israel's opposition, Kadima Party head MK Tzipi Livni.Obama made his feelings about Netanyahu's Likud Party clear during the recent election when he said, "I think there is a strain within the pro-Israel community that says unless you adopt an unwavering pro-Likud approach to Israel that you're anti-Israel and that can't be the measure of our friendship with Israel."The president wants speedy action and hinted so at a recent press conference with Jordan's King Abdullah. "I agree that we can't talk forever," Obama said, "that at some point steps have to be taken so that people can see progress on the ground." He said he expects such progress to take place in the coming months. If that is going to happen, Obama must first change the Palestinian regime to recognize Israel.Dr. Michael David Evans is a New York Times bestselling author. His latest book is Jimmy Carter, the Liberal Left, and World Chaos. Sat, 30 May 2009 10:12:09 -0800