At a time when Israel is just emerging from a devastating economic crisis, the country’s new leftist leaders will treat themselves by doling out an unprecedented 27 ministerial posts.
Israel’s largest cabinet ever will come at a cost to the public of over $1 million per minister per year.
The opposition Likud Party rightly responded by saying the move proves that the members of the Kadima-Labor government are more concerned about their personal well-being than they are about the good of the nation.
God, too, has something to say about such despicable practices at the expense of His people:
This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who only take care of themselves! Should not the shepherds take care of the flock? You eat the curds, clothe yourselves with wool and slaughter the choice animals (or create for yourselves government positions with large salaries), but you do not take care of the flock. (Ezekiel 32:2) The outlook for Israel’s self-styled self-indulgent aristocracy is not promising:
As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, because my flock lacks a shepherd and so has been plundered…and because My shepherds…cared for themselves rather than for the flock…I am against the shepherds and will hold them accountable for My flock. I will remove them from tending the flock so that the shepherds can no longer feed themselves. (Ezekiel 34:7-10)
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1 Rev. John D. Shook // Apr 24, 2006 at 8:54 am
Eze. 34:7-10 Sharon would say Amen to this Scripture now but it is too late for him. I guess Olmert and Bush are next.
2 Roland Bucher (rolbuch@terra.com.pe) // Apr 24, 2006 at 9:10 am
the people of Israel must put on the armour of a long-lasting patience until the Lord makes good the prophecies of Ezekiel. May the Almighty have compassion and shorten this seemingly unending tribulation!
3 Clarence // Apr 25, 2006 at 12:49 am
I always pray for Israel.
However it is high time that Jehovah”s choosen people and nation Chose to have faith
in Jehovah” s word and promises of hope,
protection and victorious living that comes
only through our LORD AND SAVOIUR JESUS CHIRST. After 58 years of wicked U.N resoultions (lies), European forked tongues. This should be clear by now.
4 bixbydigger21yahoo.com // Apr 25, 2006 at 5:08 pm
Iran defeats Israel in war. Daniel 11-25. This is why the antichrist has the power to let Israel build the temple and and set up the daily sacrifice. He does away with the daily sacrifice and sets up the beast as god.Israel dosen’t have the armes left to stop him.Presia renamed Iran in 1935 by the Shaw.
5 hankdenharing@yahoo.com // Apr 25, 2006 at 6:43 pm
I say that Ehud Olmert is a spineless, leftist liberal misfit. They should throw him and his cronies out!! Let Bibi take the helm and punish those Jew haters and killers instead of trying to placate them and giving more of God’s land away. Don’t they know the “Palestinian” doctrine of “the complete destruction of Israel”?
Also, I don’t believe Iran will win a war with Israel. The previous commentator quotes Daniel 11:25. Israel is NOT the king of the South. Israel is spoken of as the pleasant land or the land with unwalled villages.
The King of the South I believe are the Arabs
who will align themselves with the King of the North (Russia) and will attack Israel in the near future.
Israel is on high alert right now and they are the 3rd strongest nuclear power in the world!! They have bypassed England, France and other nuclear powers. There is the USA and Russia and then Israel!
They also have what they call the “Samson Option”!!! I don’t want to take the time to explain all that, suffice to say that Israel will not be led to the slaughter again as before!! If push comes to shove, the Israelis
will take down the whole lot of them!!
Anyway…..I pray for them every day and for the peace of Jerusalem…they shall prosper that love thee.
MARANATHA!!!
6 jose tardio sanchez // Apr 28, 2006 at 12:46 pm
JERUSALEM, City of David Upon the occasion of her return to Axum, the Queen of Sheba told our honorable monarch King Solomon: “Praise be to the Lord your God, who has delighted in you and placed you on his throne as king to rule for the Lord your God. Because of the love of your God for Israel and his desire to uphold them forever, he has made you king over them, to maintain justice and righteousness.”
“Because of the love of your God for Israel”: That is why we entreat our God in prayer each year for the peace of Jerusalem. The International Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem was established in 2004 so that Jews and non-Jews alike all over the world could pray together—though divided by miles and beliefs—that God will bless the city and country He loves with what is needed most at this time: His peace.
May 20th, 2006 will mark the third annual observance of the International Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem. The Hebrew Educational Alliance Synagogue will again sponsor the event with a special address during Sabbath services on May 20th. People in the Denver metropolitan area are invited to attend, though it is not necessary to be in any particular place to be part of the effort.
In December, 2003, Denverite José Tardío Sánchez was visiting Jerusalem when he had the idea of a day of prayer that would call on the cooperation of Jews and people of all other races around the world. Upon his return to Denver, BMH-BJ Synagogue expressed an interest in seeing the International Day of Prayer become a reality. A special prayer service at BMH marked the beginning of the prayer effort for Jerusalem. Since then, word has spread to all continents and many nations. The Allied Jewish Federation and the Hebrew Educational Alliance have enthusiastically adopted the cause and pledged to see it continue into the future.
How can you participate? Simply pray to God for the peace of Jerusalem on May 20th (or on Sunday, May 21st if you gather on a day other than the Sabbath) and so join people all over the world who are also offering prayers, alone or with their congregations. You do not need to be in a particular place or ask for God’s help in a particular language; what is important is that we ask in one accord. You are also asked to please pass the word to other individuals and congregations so that they can participate as well. For more information, please see www.theolivetreeofzion.com.
7 FERN SIDMAN // May 3, 2006 at 4:36 pm
THE TRUE MEANING OF INDEPENDENCE DAY
BY: FERN SIDMAN
As we prepare to celebrate the 58th anniversary of the State of Israel, we ask ourselves what the true and genuine meaning of Israeli independence really is. We know that 58 years ago, in May of 1948 the United Nations declared the creation of the State of Israel. Each year we celebrate the birth of the modern State of Israel with great fanfare and jubilation. We also remember those who have fallen in the line of duty to protect the State of Israel. We remember thousands of members of the Israel Defense Forces, whose lives were snuffed out in the many wars that the State of Israel has been forced to endure.
And we ask ourselves who bestowed this independence of statehood upon us. Yes, the Un declared the creation of the state, yet we know that our independence was granted to us by a higher authority. We know that Hashem orchestrates everything that occurs, both on a personal and communal level. As Rabbi Binyamin Ze’ev Kahane, ZTK”L said in 1995:
“What is independence of the Jewish Nation? It is that we OURSELVES, ALONE, do not rely on any other nation. This is the deeper meaning of the concept, “a nation that dwells alone”. And how do we arrive at a situation where we become a nation that dwells alone? Only when we put our trust in God, and not in the gentile.
Certainly it is scary when one is surrounded by hundreds of millions of Arabs who want to wipe us out, and on each and every action we make, the entire world condemns! But it is only scary for one who is lacking faith; it is only frightening for those who deep in their souls are still slaves and not capable of being independent!
And so, how embarrassing it is to hear from our “leaders” year after year on Holocaust Day, the same tired, empty phrases. Like a dog returning to his own vomit, they repeat, “that if the State of Israel and the I.D.F. had been around ten years earlier, it could have prevented a Holocaust”. Really? Then why doesn’t the same State and army of Israel dare return fire in a war against an enemy who sits within her, and who slaughters its citizens daily? They would have dared act against the Nazis? Why, that might harm “diplomatic relations”…
“And so we celebrate Independence Day and Yom Yerushalayim, saying “Hallel”. Not only for the quantitative aspect of the miracles of 1948 and 1967 which were greater than the miracles that occurred in the time of the Hashmonaim, but we also thank G-d for the qualitative aspect of the miracles, which were a sanctification of G-d’s Name, a redemption of the People and it’s land - that is, a forging ahead. Whose heart cannot grow warm from the memory of the Israeli soldiers marching forward in the Sinai Desert, the Golan Heights, Yehuda, Shomron; when the names Shechem, Hebron, Jericho, the Temple Mount became real again! The Messiah was knocking on the door, and a spirit of purity passed through the entire nation…
Yes, we know that those last three dots we wrote above are not something to be happy about, for everything started going downhill from there. Since then, the grand spirit that had been injected into the people has been forcibly smothered out by the evil Jewish governments. In a short period of time, we saw the obscene spitting on the miracle, and an abandonment of the lands we captured. But G-d is not at fault for this, and so we can not quit giving Him praise for the miracles He granted. On the contrary, we must recall these great miracles, gather strength, and vomit out of power those betrayers of G-d’s miracles, thereby taking the reigns and going in the direction of those gates which Hashem opened for us, in order that we may bring the complete redemption!”
Yes, Israeli Independence day is a day to give praise to the Almighty who intervened on our behalf and saw to it that the creation of a Jewish State would become a reality. And yet, instead of hearing prayers and supplications to Hashem on this day, our leaders speak of “never giving up the hope of peace” with our enemies. These words were spoken by Shimon Peres and are echoed by others of his ilk. He and the other myopic and spiritually bankrupt leaders of the “independent” State of Israel speak of further territorial compromises with the Arab enemy who vows to destroy the “independent” State of Israel by any means possible.
Our leaders speak of more Jewish evacuations and demolitions of even more Jewish settlements in the liberated lands of Judea and Samaria, all the while paying lip service and babbling about the bravery and courage of Israeli soldiers who gave their lives to defend the “independent” State of Israel. Their callousness is appalling and truly loathsome. While family members and friends of soldiers who have perished defending the State of Israel mark a national day of mourning and remembrance of their loved ones, the leaders of the “independent” State of Israel make a mockery of their memory by calling for the land that they fought so valiantly for, to be handed over to the same enemy that was responsible for their deaths.
Let us understand the true meaning of independence and from whom it actually emanates. Let us recognize the omnipotent power behind our independence. Let us recognize the G-d of Israel, and even further, let us fear and serve only Hashem, the One and Only Creator of the Universe and Giver of independence. Let us remind those in power in the government of the “independent” State of Israel that they cannot banish the presence of G-d. They cannot, in their arrogance declare independence and sovereignty until they recognize the source of that independence. Let us remind the powers that be in Israel, that we cannot and do not have the ability to give up G-d given land to our enemies and we cannot expel more Jews from their homes. Let us remember the lesson of independence on this day by refusing to bow to the will of mere mortals and let us turn our faith over to the Almighty.
8 FERN SIDMAN // May 3, 2006 at 4:37 pm
THE TRUE MEANING OF INDEPENDENCE DAY
BY: FERN SIDMAN
As we prepare to celebrate the 58th anniversary of the State of Israel, we ask ourselves what the true and genuine meaning of Israeli independence really is. We know that 58 years ago, in May of 1948 the United Nations declared the creation of the State of Israel. Each year we celebrate the birth of the modern State of Israel with great fanfare and jubilation. We also remember those who have fallen in the line of duty to protect the State of Israel. We remember thousands of members of the Israel Defense Forces, whose lives were snuffed out in the many wars that the State of Israel has been forced to endure.
And we ask ourselves who bestowed this independence of statehood upon us. Yes, the Un declared the creation of the state, yet we know that our independence was granted to us by a higher authority. We know that Hashem orchestrates everything that occurs, both on a personal and communal level. As Rabbi Binyamin Ze’ev Kahane, ZTK”L said in 1995:
“What is independence of the Jewish Nation? It is that we OURSELVES, ALONE, do not rely on any other nation. This is the deeper meaning of the concept, “a nation that dwells alone”. And how do we arrive at a situation where we become a nation that dwells alone? Only when we put our trust in God, and not in the gentile.
Certainly it is scary when one is surrounded by hundreds of millions of Arabs who want to wipe us out, and on each and every action we make, the entire world condemns! But it is only scary for one who is lacking faith; it is only frightening for those who deep in their souls are still slaves and not capable of being independent!
And so, how embarrassing it is to hear from our “leaders” year after year on Holocaust Day, the same tired, empty phrases. Like a dog returning to his own vomit, they repeat, “that if the State of Israel and the I.D.F. had been around ten years earlier, it could have prevented a Holocaust”. Really? Then why doesn’t the same State and army of Israel dare return fire in a war against an enemy who sits within her, and who slaughters its citizens daily? They would have dared act against the Nazis? Why, that might harm “diplomatic relations”…
“And so we celebrate Independence Day and Yom Yerushalayim, saying “Hallel”. Not only for the quantitative aspect of the miracles of 1948 and 1967 which were greater than the miracles that occurred in the time of the Hashmonaim, but we also thank G-d for the qualitative aspect of the miracles, which were a sanctification of G-d’s Name, a redemption of the People and it’s land - that is, a forging ahead. Whose heart cannot grow warm from the memory of the Israeli soldiers marching forward in the Sinai Desert, the Golan Heights, Yehuda, Shomron; when the names Shechem, Hebron, Jericho, the Temple Mount became real again! The Messiah was knocking on the door, and a spirit of purity passed through the entire nation…
Yes, we know that those last three dots we wrote above are not something to be happy about, for everything started going downhill from there. Since then, the grand spirit that had been injected into the people has been forcibly smothered out by the evil Jewish governments. In a short period of time, we saw the obscene spitting on the miracle, and an abandonment of the lands we captured. But G-d is not at fault for this, and so we can not quit giving Him praise for the miracles He granted. On the contrary, we must recall these great miracles, gather strength, and vomit out of power those betrayers of G-d’s miracles, thereby taking the reigns and going in the direction of those gates which Hashem opened for us, in order that we may bring the complete redemption!”
Yes, Israeli Independence day is a day to give praise to the Almighty who intervened on our behalf and saw to it that the creation of a Jewish State would become a reality. And yet, instead of hearing prayers and supplications to Hashem on this day, our leaders speak of “never giving up the hope of peace” with our enemies. These words were spoken by Shimon Peres and are echoed by others of his ilk. He and the other myopic and spiritually bankrupt leaders of the “independent” State of Israel speak of further territorial compromises with the Arab enemy who vows to destroy the “independent” State of Israel by any means possible.
Our leaders speak of more Jewish evacuations and demolitions of even more Jewish settlements in the liberated lands of Judea and Samaria, all the while paying lip service and babbling about the bravery and courage of Israeli soldiers who gave their lives to defend the “independent” State of Israel. Their callousness is appalling and truly loathsome. While family members and friends of soldiers who have perished defending the State of Israel mark a national day of mourning and remembrance of their loved ones, the leaders of the “independent” State of Israel make a mockery of their memory by calling for the land that they fought so valiantly for, to be handed over to the same enemy that was responsible for their deaths.
Let us understand the true meaning of independence and from whom it actually emanates. Let us recognize the omnipotent power behind our independence. Let us recognize the G-d of Israel, and even further, let us fear and serve only Hashem, the One and Only Creator of the Universe and Giver of independence. Let us remind those in power in the government of the “independent” State of Israel that they cannot banish the presence of G-d. They cannot, in their arrogance declare independence and sovereignty until they recognize the source of that independence. Let us remind the powers that be in Israel, that we cannot and do not have the ability to give up G-d given land to our enemies and we cannot expel more Jews from their homes. Let us remember the lesson of independence on this day by refusing to bow to the will of mere mortals and let us turn our faith over to the Almighty.
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11 frederick // Jun 15, 2006 at 5:04 pm
DEATH TO THE INTIFADA CRUSH THE HAMAS AND “PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY” AND ALL MUSLIM TERORRISTS. WIPE SAUDI ARABIA IRAN AND ALL THE OTHER SCUM ARAB COUNTRIES OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH
12 jose tardio sanchez // Jul 12, 2006 at 5:43 pm
Day of prayer for the peace of Jerusalem 2006-thank you for your support please continue, pass the word do not look away, Israel needs prayers from jews and non jews for such a time as this.
Be ready to support in 2007 with your prayers wherever you are
For zion sake I will not hold My peace and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest.
Shalom
The Olive Tree of Zion
13 jose tardio sanchez // Mar 1, 2007 at 6:55 am
Shalom !
Would you help us to spread the word :
ANNOUNCING THE 4TH ANNUAL DAY OF PRAYER FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM
Celebrate with us the Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem on May 19 or 20, 2007 (Iyar 5767). This is a call to prayer by the synagogues of Colorado to Jews and non-Jews alike around the world. Be a part of this great opportunity for you and your congregation to offer prayers for the peace of Jerusalem during your weekly service. For more information, please see http://www.theolivetreeofzion.com/ and spread the word to others. Sponsored by HEA and BMH-BJ synagogues of Denver, CO. USA
14 jose tardio sanchez // Mar 25, 2007 at 5:02 pm
Shalom !
Would you help us to spread the word :
ANNOUNCING THE 4TH ANNUAL DAY OF PRAYER FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM
Celebrate with us the Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem on May 19 or 20, 2007 (Iyar 5767). This is a call to prayer by the synagogues of Colorado to Jews and non-Jews alike around the world. Be a part of this great opportunity for you and your congregation to offer prayers for the peace of Jerusalem during your weekly service. For more information, please see http://www.theolivetreeofzion.com/ and spread the word to others. Sponsored by HEA and BMH-BJ synagogues of Denver, Colorado, USA.
ANUNCIANDO EL CUARTO DIA ANUAL DE ORACION PARA LA PAZ DE JERUSALEN
Celebren con nosotros el Dia de Oracion para la Paz de Jerusalen el 19 o 20 de mayo (Iyar 5767). Esta es una invocacion a la oracion por las sinagogas de Colorados para judios tanto como no-judios atravez del mundo. Unase con nosotros y sea parte de esta gran oportunidad para Ud. y su congregacion para ofrecer oraciones por la paz de Jerusalen durante su culto semanal. Para mayor informacion, favor de ver http://www.elolivodezion.com/ y comparta la informacion con otros. Patrocinado por las sinagogas HEA y BMH-BJ de Denver, Colorado. USA
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