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27/10/2024

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The loyal brother

29/08/2024

Check out my blog post Christian Love of Israel https://wix.to/QsTMS8L

This is a copy of a letter sent to a Christian friend who loves Israel. I think it could be written to all Christians who love Israel, so I am sending you a copy. I hope you find it interesting and encouraging. "Shalom, your love for Israel is a beautiful thing. Naturally, one should be in love with...

26/08/2024

Read how human beings developed the ability to think https://wix.to/L0o9mmr

The importance of thought

07/08/2024

Check out my blog post https://wix.to/rWkkKNF

Threat of attack

02/11/2021

Leon’s Walks
Every day a walk in Jerusalem.
Call me 0523801867 to join a tour.
Or [email protected]
All tours begin in front of the Government Tourist office at the Jaffa Gate.
Duration: About 3 hours
Each day I conduct walking tours in Jerusalem.
Price IS30 per person. Does not include entrance fees
Tour operates even when only one person registers.
Registration by telephone or email.
A different tour every day.
Sunday The Jewish Quarter, The Wailing Wall, and the Davidson Archaeological garden
Monday: Mt Olives, Palm Sunday walk, the Via Dolorosa, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Tuesday: Mt Zion, Church of Peter in Gallicantu, The Upper Room, Dome of the Rock.
Wednesday: Tower of David, Walk on the walls from Jaffa Gate to the Wailing Wall
Thursday: The City of David

07/02/2020

19/11/2019

Yesterday the program for the tour group, from Poland, that I am accompanying, as silent guide, consisted of two visits, in the land of Samaria, which many countries and individuals, in the world insist on calling “West Bank” or “occupied territories”.

In my opinion both terms are incorrect; the first because the kingdom of Jordan, since 1967 doesn’t rule the territory and the term “West Bank” only applies to what used to be the western part of the kingdom of Jordan. The second, because the territory is ruled by the Palestinian Authority, which is the government of the Palestinian Nation, which has nothing to do with Israel. The only Israeli presence is a checkpoint at the entrance and exit from the territory.

The absence of the Israeli presence is glaringly obvious, in that, such a disgustingly, dilapidated appearance, which one sees there one kilometer after another, would not be tolerated by an Israeli authority.

Each slum,through which the main road passes, is adorned by a magnificent mosque, with high, pointed spires, reaching to heaven and golden or green colored domes. This is a veritable fairytale structure, which serves to highlight the sickening poverty, of the reality, surrounding it.

While I waited outside, sitting at a bus stop, reading on my Kindle, my group were praying in the glorious church of Jacob’s Well, in Nablus.
(the Arab name for biblical Shechem). A rather emaciated man, in an elegant, brown jacket, sat down next to me. He smiled, so I saw he was happy but his teeth looked all skew, sticking out of red gums. Altogether it was clear that he was poor, perhaps starving, he was trying his best to keep his dignity. He was a sad sight.

For the sake of conversation, he said, in Arabic “Allah is great”. I recalled my journey until now and thought to myself “poor old Allah, hasn’t done much for you guys here”.

He inquired if I was Moslem. I said no. So was I Christian. Again I said no. Of course he looked puzzled but after a second his eyes flashed. So what was I? I thought “what the hell, he’s guessed it” so I told him that I was Jewish.

In a flash a bunch of kids appeared. I couldn’t understand how these kids had heard my conversation with the elegant tramp. They came out with a phrase, obviously popular amongst the scruffy Arabs “yahudi maniac”. I agreed with them. Any Jew visiting this dump of a country of theirs must be crazy. I turned and took refuge in the church.

07/11/2019

Come for one of my great walking tours of Jerusalem

27/08/2019

Een mooi beschrijving van een bezoek i Cracow, door Marjan le Poole Feskes.

Vandaag is onze eerste dag in Krakau.
Met deze reis van Auschwitz naar Eretz Israel nemen we je mee door de geschiedenis van het joodse volk.
Een zeer triest begin, niet te bevatten zo intens verdrietig en pijnlijk.

Ons hotel is op de plaats waar eens de zo druk bezochte joodse markt was.
Terwijl ik hier rondloop gaan mijn gedachten uit naar de bloeiende gemeenschap van lang geleden ....

Lange tijd was de joodse wijk Kazimierz een aparte stad naast Krakau. In de 15e eeuw moest de Joodse bevolking van Krakau naar dit stadje verhuizen. Sinds 1795 is Kazimierz een wijk van Krakau geworden. We verwijzen nog steeds naar deze wijk als ‘de joodse wijk’, hoewel er nauwelijks Joden meer te vinden zijn. De Duitse bezetters dwongen de Joodse gemeenschap in de stad in 1941 om te verhuizen naar de Getto aan de andere kant van de rivier. De weinigen die dat overleefden, keerden vaak niet terug naar Kazmierz.

Deze plaats voelt “beladen” ik merk dat het me verdrietig maakt, mijn hart huilt!

https://www.israelidoedreizen.nl/tour/reis-van-auschwitz-naar-israel/

Tijdens deze indrukwekkende reis van Auschwitz naar Israël beleven wij het verleden en het heden. De reis begint in Krakau in Polen, waar het vreselijke lijden van het Joodse volk voelbaar dichtbij komt. De reis gaat verder naar Eretz Israel, waar we zien hoe God Zijn beloftes aan Zijn volk heeft g...

01/07/2019

Voor als je dacht dat het conflict hier simpel was.

De leiders van de Palestijnen, de PLO op de Westoever en Hamas in de Gazastrook kan je niet wegstemmen.

De PLO (op Westoever actief als PA) staat aan de ontvangende kant van hulpgelden van o.a. de VN en de EU waarover weinig tot geen verantwoording hoeft te worden afgelegd.

Dat lijkt nu te veranderen, niet de verantwoording, maar de $50 miljard die op Amerikaans initiatief geinvesteerd moet worden, dat moet buiten de leiders om gebeuren en dit ligt blijkbaar niet zo lekker.

De PLO (op Westoever actief als PA) was niet aanwezig bij de conferentie in Bahrein en gaat alle 15 Palestijnse zakenmensen die wel aanwezig waren arresteren, de eerste zit al vast, van de rest hefet er in ieder geval een naar Israel kunnen vluchten.

De Fatah partij, de militaire tak van de PA ging nog een stap verder en bedreigt nu alle leiders in de Golf, die in Bahrein aanwezig waren, om te brengen.

Hamas was laaiend over de uitspraken van de Minister van Buitenlandse zaken van Bahrein, die zei dat de Staat Israel een feit is en graag normale relaties wil aangaan, terwijl Hamas streeft naar een Palestina waarbij de huidige Joodse staat wordt opgeheven.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/pa-arrests-hebron-businessman-who-attended-bahrain-conference/
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/06/palestinians-arrest-businessman-attended-bahrain-workshop-190629161144382.html

Fatah bedreiging:
https://twitter.com/HalawaMark/status/1144257594439192578

https://www.timesofisrael.com/senior-hamas-official-lashes-out-at-bahraini-fm-over-comments-to-toi/

https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/politics-current-affairs/2018/03/the-palestinian-authoritys-accountability-problem/

06/06/2019

A tiny beach restaurant in an isolated South African fishing village was named the best in the world on Monday.

05/05/2019

*Breaking news:* Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu just made the following speech in front of the Knesset:

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To Ismail Haniya, and the leaders and operatives of Hamas:

We, the people of Israel, owe you a huge debt of gratitude. You have succeeded where we have failed. Because never before, in the history of the modern State of Israel, has the Jewish people been so united, like one person with one heart. Everyone in Israel, from Left to Right, secular and religious, in united in the knowledge that there is no accommodating an enemy that is sworn to the genocide of our people.

And now, as you continue to launch deadly missiles indiscriminately, intended to maim and murder as many civilians as possible, while you take cowardly refuge behind your own civilians - you continue to inspire us to hold strongly onto our unity. Whatever disputes we Jews may have with each other, we now know that we have one common goal: we will defeat you.

But we are offering you now one last chance. Within 24 hours, all rocket fire - and I mean all rocket fire - will cease. Completely. Forever.

I give you formal notice that our tanks are massed at the Gaza border, with artillery and air support at the ready. We have already dropped leaflets over the northern parts of the Gaza strip, warning civilians of our impending arrival, and that they should evacuate southward, forthwith. If you fail to meet our ultimatum, we are coming in, and, with God's help, this time we will not leave. Every centimeter of land that we conquer will be annexed to Israel, so that there will *never* be another attack launched at our civilians from there.

Even so, we will continue to keep the door open to allow you to surrender gracefully. The moment you announce that you are laying down arms, we will halt our advance, and there we will draw our new borders. If you continue to attack our citizens, we will continue to roll southwards, driving you out of territory that you will never again contaminate with your evil presence.

It pains me deeply that your civilians will be made homeless. But we did not choose this war; you did. And if our choice is between allowing our citizens to be targeted mercilessly by your genocidal savagery, versus turning your civilians into refugees, I regret that we must choose the latter. If only you loved your people as much as you hate ours, this war would never have happened.

To the rest of the world: Israel has tired of your ceaseless chidings that we should "show restraint". When you have your entire population under constant missile fire from an implacable enemy whose stated goal is the murder of every man, woman and child in your land, then you may come and talk to us about "restraint". Until then, we respectfully suggest that you keep your double standards to yourselves. This time, Hamas has gone too far, and we will do whatever we have to in order to protect our population.

Hamas, once again, I thank you for bringing our people together with such clarity of mind and unity of purpose. The people of Israel do not fear the long road ahead. Am Yisrael Chai.

05/04/2019

26/01/2019

Taking pictures of anemones in the park at the Gerar stream, where our ancestor Isaac lived

23/01/2019

Israel works hard at developing ways to make life better, while Muslim countries work hard at developing ways to destroy life

22/12/2018

TV report says US defense secretary was set to hold talks with in Israel next week on Iran and Syria; senior Israeli officials said to harshly criticize Syria pullout decision

07/09/2018

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