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"I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened"
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Israel Foils Gaza Smugglers
as Hamas Prepares for Next War
Jack Moore
"Know who you are standing with"
"Show me your friends and I'll show you your future"
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nObama Attacks Walker's Foreign Policy Bona Fides
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker had decisive words for Barack nObama's deal with Iran: If the Republican were elected president, he would throw out the deal on the first day of office. Barack nObama's reply was haughty, dismissive and forgetful of where he was seven years ago. In an interview with NPR, nObama said of Walker's declaration, "I am confident that any president who gets elected will be knowledgeable enough about foreign policy and knowledgeable enough about the traditions and precedents of presidential power that they won't start calling to question the capacity of the executive branch of the United States to enter into agreements with other countries. … It would be a foolish approach to take, and, you know, perhaps Mr. Walker, after he's taken some time to bone up on foreign policy, will feel the same way." If Walker does reach the White House, he'll have executive experience developed as governor of Wisconsin -- something nObama never gained when he was the freshman senator in Illinois or a community organizer in Chicago. And the fruits of that show in his administration's dealings with Iraq, Ukraine, Yemen, China, etc. Because of that, nObama can only resort to narcissistic counter attacks that label everyone else stupid. More... -The Patriot Post
nObama Slams Christians -- Again
Barack nObama, who claims to be a Christian, used Tuesday's Easter Prayer Breakfast at the White House as an opportunity to criticize the faithful. nObama declared, "On Easter, I do reflect on the fact that, as a Christian, I'm supposed to love, and I have to say that sometimes when I listen to less-than-loving expressions by Christians, I get concerned." He is "concerned" about "less-than-loving expressions by Christians," in reference to those who do not comport lockstep with his view on same-sex marriage, while offering not a word on the plight of Christians targeted by Muslims worldwide. Just last week, after nearly 150 students were slaughtered in Kenya, commenting on the massacre, nObama neglected to mention that the killers were Muslim and all the victims Christian. Recall that in February, nObama used the National Prayer Breakfast to defend Islam and criticize Christianity, claiming, "Lest we get on our high horse and think [terrorism] is unique to some other place, remember that during the Crusades and the Inquisition, people committed terrible deeds in the name of Christ." At both events, nObama's comments were not only inappropriate, they were inaccurate. More... -The Patriot Post
CRUZ ANSWERS RAND WITH $31 MILLION BOMBSHELL
Bloomberg: “Ted Cruz’s presidential effort is getting into the shock-and-awe fundraising business. An associate of the Texas senator, a recently announced presidential candidate, tells Bloomberg that a cluster of affiliated super-political action committees was formed only this week, and among them they are expected to have $31 million in the bank by Friday. … According to documents filed with the Federal Election Commission, the treasurer for the cluster of new super-PACS is Dathan Voelter, an Austin, Texas, attorney who is a longtime friend and financial backer of Cruz. All three PACS have a variant of the name “Keep the Promise.” … The group does not plan to reveal the names or number of donors until they are legally required to do so, at the end of the FEC reporting period on July 15.” -Fox News
REVENGE OF THE NEO-CONS: RAND ATTACKS GET UGLIER
The Foundation for a Security and Prosperous America, the outside group led by GOP insider Rick Reed, is continuing its attack on Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., over the Iran nuclear deal. The group is pushing back after Paul told Fox News’ Sean Hannity the group’s first ad was “almost all lies.” The recently-announced presidential candidate told Hannity, “I have no idea really who these people are, but I would say they’re part of the neocon community. The neoconservatives sort of believe—these are the same people who wanted to give arms to [former Libyan kleptocrat Muammar Gaddafi], and then the next year wanted to topple Gaddafi. They've been on both sides of every war. The only thing consistent about their message is, we should always be at war.”
Air war - Today, the group is out with a second ad. The ad features Paul saying, “Our national security is not threatened by Iran having one nuclear weapon.” “Senator Paul said that our ads are lies, but there’s no disputing the facts of our ad,” Reed said in a statement. “Senator Paul said just a few weeks ago that he’s in favor of these negotiations with Iran, he’s said himself that he does not favor additional sanctions on Iran, and here’s video of Senator Paul saying that…” -Fox News
Bloomberg: “Ted Cruz’s presidential effort is getting into the shock-and-awe fundraising business. An associate of the Texas senator, a recently announced presidential candidate, tells Bloomberg that a cluster of affiliated super-political action committees was formed only this week, and among them they are expected to have $31 million in the bank by Friday. … According to documents filed with the Federal Election Commission, the treasurer for the cluster of new super-PACS is Dathan Voelter, an Austin, Texas, attorney who is a longtime friend and financial backer of Cruz. All three PACS have a variant of the name “Keep the Promise.” … The group does not plan to reveal the names or number of donors until they are legally required to do so, at the end of the FEC reporting period on July 15.” -Fox News
REVENGE OF THE NEO-CONS: RAND ATTACKS GET UGLIER
The Foundation for a Security and Prosperous America, the outside group led by GOP insider Rick Reed, is continuing its attack on Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., over the Iran nuclear deal. The group is pushing back after Paul told Fox News’ Sean Hannity the group’s first ad was “almost all lies.” The recently-announced presidential candidate told Hannity, “I have no idea really who these people are, but I would say they’re part of the neocon community. The neoconservatives sort of believe—these are the same people who wanted to give arms to [former Libyan kleptocrat Muammar Gaddafi], and then the next year wanted to topple Gaddafi. They've been on both sides of every war. The only thing consistent about their message is, we should always be at war.”
Air war - Today, the group is out with a second ad. The ad features Paul saying, “Our national security is not threatened by Iran having one nuclear weapon.” “Senator Paul said that our ads are lies, but there’s no disputing the facts of our ad,” Reed said in a statement. “Senator Paul said just a few weeks ago that he’s in favor of these negotiations with Iran, he’s said himself that he does not favor additional sanctions on Iran, and here’s video of Senator Paul saying that…” -Fox News
Says Cruz ‘just sort of dangling red meat’ - More from Paul’s “Hannity” jam session: “What I’ve tried to do is a little bit different. I spent a lot of time over the last two years trying to show that the Bill of Rights is not just the Second Amendment. And I’m not saying [Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is] not in concert with what I’m doing. But I’m saying the difference is I’m really trying to expand that party to new people. And I don’t think that it’s always just sort of dangling red meat for our people. I want our people to be brand new people who come in the door, who have never thought about being a Republican and say, 'You know what, I’ve never heard a Republican say that before. I’m going to listen to you.’” -Fox News
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Take Them At Their Word: Iran Might Destroy Us
(youtube.com) - With history on his side, Bill Whittle challenges widely held misconceptions about politics and society...Frequently asking the difficult ethical questions, Whittle attempts to underscore conservative values and philosophy through logical reasoning. Whether on Afterburner, Trifecta, Hot Seat or his one-on-one with Andrew Klavan, you can count on Bill for the type of incisive commentary PJTV is known for. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRQFTECSlAE
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The diplomatic track to war
(Caroline Glick) - The world powers assembled at Lausanne, Switzerland, with the representatives of the Islamic Republic may or may not reach a framework deal regarding Iran’s nuclear program...But succeed or fail, the disaster that their negotiations have unleashed is already unfolding. The damage they have caused is irreversible. US President Barack nObama, his advisers and media cheerleaders have long presented his nuclear diplomacy with the Iran as the only way to avoid war. nObama and his supporters have castigated as warmongers those who oppose his policy of nuclear appeasement with the world’s most prolific state sponsor of terrorism. But the opposite is the case. Had their view carried the day, war could have been averted. Through their nuclear diplomacy, nObama and his comrades started the countdown to war. http://www.aim.org/guest-column/the-diplomatic-track-to-war/?utm_source=AIM+-+Daily+Email&utm_campaign=email040915&utm_medium=email
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There is No "Better Deal" with Iran
(Efraim Inbar) - The debate over the pros and cons of the Iran nuclear framework agreement negotiated between the P-5+1 and Iran at Lausanne (April 2, 2015) is simply irrelevant...The search for truth in the conflicting versions and details of the deal coming out of Washington and Tehran is of no consequence. Moreover, the steps suggested by Israel and other critics to improve the efficacy of the deal (by more stringent inspections and so on) will result in little change. The deal is basically dangerous in nature, and needs to be rejected outright. The deal permits Iran to preserve stockpiles of enriched uranium, to continue to enrich uranium, and to maintain illegally built facilities at Fordow and Arak. Even in the absence of a signed full agreement, the US and its negotiating partners have already awarded legitimacy to Iran's nuclear threshold status. In all likelihood, the United States, quite desperate to secure an agreement, will make additional concessions in order to have a signed formal deal – which will not be worth the paper on which it is written. http://www.meforum.org/5165/iran-no-better-deal
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Deal or No Deal?: Iranian Supreme Leader Says No Deal With US
(nicedeb.wordpress.com) - Although the White House has been touting a nuclear framework “deal” with Iran, it is becoming increasingly apparent that the other sides of the talks – the Iranians and the Europeans — do not share their enthusiasm...Yesterday, an Iranian Defense Minister accused the Obama administration of lying because key elements in the White House Fact sheet were not agreed upon. Today, Iranian “Supreme Leader” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said he neither backed nor rejected the deal, but “demanded all sancthttps://nicedeb.wordpress.com/2015/04/09/deal-or-no-deal-iranian-supreme-leader-says-no-deal-with-devilish-us/ions be lifted immediately once a final agreement was concluded.”
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Indiana shoots itself in the foot
(Judge Andrew Napolitano) - The turmoil over the efforts by the state of Indiana to make lawful the decisions by operators of public accommodations to decline their services based on their stated religious views...has died down because the legislature amended the offending parts of its legislation so that the new law prohibits denying services based on sexual orientation, yet its affirmations of religious liberty are meaningless. The statute as amended last week basically states that in Indiana all persons have the right to the free exercise of their religion, and if that right clashes with any other claimed right, the courts must take both claims into account and analyze the free exercise of religion claim by using legal standards intended to recognize that it is fundamental. That is already the law of the land everywhere in the United States by virtue of the Free Exercise Clause of the Constitution, which may not be expanded by any state legislature without offending the Establishment Clause. The free exercise of religion is a fundamental liberty; it is fundamental because it is a natural right and is expressly protected by the Constitution. http://www.wnd.com/2015/04/indiana-shoots-itself-in-the-foot/
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Islam and the left: United against Christians
(Erik Rush) - We are living in a time when the government, press and entertainment media tell us that our economy is on the rebound, nObamacare is facilitating health care for millions more Americans than before its implementation, unemployment has plummeted...and the Islamic Republic of Iran has apparently become America’s ally. So I suppose it should be no surprise that we’re also being told there is nothing at all sinister in the myriad anti-Christian exertions on the part of certain political factions, and that there certainly isn’t any “war on Christianity” going on. Apart from recognizing that there is emergent and coordinated antipathy toward Christians in America, it is of paramount importance to understand some of the universal mechanisms behind the misrepresentations (or lies) I listed, because this will not only facilitate combating these mechanisms, but could serve to rally the troops, as American Christians come to comprehend the level of abject evil within our government and other institutions. http://www.wnd.com/2015/04/islam-and-the-left-united-against-christians/
(Erik Rush) - We are living in a time when the government, press and entertainment media tell us that our economy is on the rebound, nObamacare is facilitating health care for millions more Americans than before its implementation, unemployment has plummeted...and the Islamic Republic of Iran has apparently become America’s ally. So I suppose it should be no surprise that we’re also being told there is nothing at all sinister in the myriad anti-Christian exertions on the part of certain political factions, and that there certainly isn’t any “war on Christianity” going on. Apart from recognizing that there is emergent and coordinated antipathy toward Christians in America, it is of paramount importance to understand some of the universal mechanisms behind the misrepresentations (or lies) I listed, because this will not only facilitate combating these mechanisms, but could serve to rally the troops, as American Christians come to comprehend the level of abject evil within our government and other institutions. http://www.wnd.com/2015/04/islam-and-the-left-united-against-christians/
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The left’s middle-class problem
(Ramesh Ponnuru, Yuval Levin) - Hilly Clinton isn’t saying much of substance at the moment, but we already have a pretty good idea of the domestic agenda on which she will run next year...In January, the Center for American Progress (CAP), the premier left-wing think tank, released a report on “inclusive prosperity” that synthesizes the best current Democratic thinking about the economy. Co-authored by Lawrence Summers, who held high positions in the last two Democratic administrations, it will probably serve, and was probably designed to serve, as a template for the 2016 campaign. The bad news for conservatives is that, although the progressive agenda outlined in the report is not well suited to the circumstances and challenges of contemporary American life, it is designed for political appeal and may well have some. The good news is that, by applying their principles to the core problems Americans now face, conservatives could readily outline an agenda that would both do more to strengthen economic growth and opportunity in America and be more attractive to the public. http://www.aei.org/publication/the-lefts-middle-class-problem/?utm_source=paramount&utm_medium=email&utm_content=AEITODAY&utm_campaign=040915
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An apology, or not an apology? Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Löfven (right) and King Carl XVI Gustaf sent personal letters to Saudi Arabia's King Salman (left). Löfven claims that the letters did not contain the apology
Sweden Surrenders to Saudi Arabia
(Ingrid Carlqvist and Lars Hedegaard) - After weeks of diplomatic wrangling and recrimination, the Saudi government on March 27 announced that it would reinstate its ambassador, Ibrahim bin Saad bin Ibrahim al-Brahim, to Stockholm...The ambassador had been recalled on March 11 as a protest against Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallström's criticism of Saudi Arabia's legal practices and treatment of women. In February, she had described conditions in the desert kingdom as "medieval". The recall of the ambassador came a day after the Swedish government announced that it would discontinue its weapons exports to Saudi Arabia. The Arab reaction to what they saw as a deliberate denigration of Saudi Arabia and Islam was fury. In a statement, the foreign ministers of The Arab League said: "Arab countries totally reject Wallström's statement as irresponsible and unacceptable. ... Saudi Arabia's Constitution is based on the Shariah that protects the right of people and safeguards their blood, wealth and honor." But not for women. http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/5503/sweden-saudi-Arabia
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Why Do We Let These Vipers Into America?
(George Rasley) - In a hate-filled rant against the country that offered her the privileges of refugee status, food stamps, welfare and a free education for her children, Zubeidat Tsarnaeva...the mother of the radical Muslim Boston Bombers, said through a Russian social media network, "The terrorists are the Americans and everyone knows it. My son is the best of the best.” The son she described as “the best of the best” was of course Dzhokhar Tsarnaev who had just been found guilty of killing three people in the Islamist bomb attack on the 2013 Boston Marathon. Mrs. Tsarnaeva, a Russian native who left the US for Dagestan in 2012 after being charged with shoplifting, brought her sons Dzhokhar and Tamerlan to the United States legally as “refugees.” http://www.conservativehq.com/node/20071
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Egypt, Libya: U.S. Not Supporting Us Against the Islamists
(Ryan Mauro) - The anti-Islamist governments of Egypt and Libya are complaining publicly that the U.S. is not providing enough counter-terrorism assistance and is supportive of the Muslim Brotherhood...They remain appreciative of the U.S.-backed intervention to topple Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, but criticize the U.S. for not having a plan to contend with Islamist terrorists and militias afterwards. Egyptian President El-Sisi is gently criticizing the U.S. for not supporting the anti-Islamist government of Libya enough. He said, "there is a legitimate [Libyan] government and that government is denied the weapons it needs to confront terrorists." El-Sisi traces it back to original mistakes that the West made in Libya He said that the military intervention to overthrow Gaddafi was the correct decision but the West failed to implement a strategy to help Libyans tackle Islamist forces afterwards. http://www.clarionproject.org/analysis/egypt-libya-complain-lack-us-anti-terror-aid
Israel Foils Gaza Smugglers
as Hamas Prepares for Next War
Jack Moore
(jewishworldreview.com) - Israeli authorities have thwarted an attempt to smuggle high-tech equipment into the Gaza Strip, allegedly to militant groups preparing for the next round of conflict with Israel, according to the Israeli defence ministry.
The security operation, conducted by the Shin Bet security agency and the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), uncovered hidden infrared cameras, remote control security cameras and advanced communications equipment in a truck at the Israeli Karem Shalom border crossing which leads into southern Gaza. Both bodies said that there had been over 100 smuggling attempts foiled since the start of the year, an average of more than one a day.
"The items were hidden in an Israeli truck that was carrying communications equipment to the Gaza Strip," the defense ministry said in a statement. "Security elements are continuing the investigation."
Ron Gilran, vice-president at Tel Aviv-based geopolitical risk consultancy the Levantine Group, says that a conflict between Palestinian militants and Israel is just months away and these allegations of smuggling demonstrate that Gaza factions, such as Hamas, are building their capabilities for another confrontation.
“Another war is inevitable. You see a lot of preparation from Hamas, in terms of rocket testing, the resumption of tunnelling efforts,” he notes. “This all goes back to the smuggling because the smuggling is something they need in order to do the preparation for the next round.”
“It could be in the next few months, it could be until the end of the year, but the majority of the estimations I have heard for another conflict are somewhere between four months at the very least and 12 months,” Gilran adds.
In February, three Israeli nationals were arrested over allegations that they were shipping vast amounts of scrap metal to the enclave, allegedly to be used for rocket-making by Hamas, after a truck was inspected in January and found to be holding high-tech equipment stashed among goods allowed into the enclave.
The Shin Bet security agency claimed that $375,000 (£246,000) was paid to the Israeli men and the materials purchased were worth almost $30m (£20m) via Palestinian middlemen.
“In this way, large amounts of materials bought in Israel and smuggled to the Gaza Strip systematically and over time made their way to Hamas’ military infrastructure,” Shin Bet said in a statement released last month.
“In recent weeks, we uncovered a well-oiled operation by Hamas to procure and smuggle resources and materials used to develop its military capabilities in Gaza,” it continued.
In last summer’s 50-day conflict, over 2,100 Palestinians—at least 1,585 civilians of which 530 were children—were killed, according to UN and Palestinian accounts, and 72 Israelis—all but five soldiers—were killed, according to Israeli accounts.
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0415/gaza_smugglers_foiled.php3
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