Newspaper - Israel and Christians Today June 2007

June 2007 Edition
(click on the title to read the article)

Prophetic Lens of Scripture By Henk Kamsteeg Stop, look and listen for a few moments and feel the pulsating rhythm of the “Hate-the-Jews” song as it captivates many nations of the world today. The Muslims nations are dancing to its beat, while some European nations seem to be humming along.	Jesus the Jew By Rev. Willem Glashouwer Sometimes people wonder: Why was Jesus Jewish? Was it just a random choice? Could the Saviour of the world very well have been an Arab, a Chinese, a Negro, or – being from Holland myself – even a Dutchman?
Where the Nazi "Big Lie" Endures By Daniel Pipes "If today's Arab anti-Israeli and anti-Jewish propaganda strongly resembles that of the Third Reich, there is a good reason." So writes Joel Fishman of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs in "The Big Lie and the Media War against Israel," an insightful piece of historical research.	A Psalm at the Wall By Naomi Ragen When I lived in New York City, I never went to the top of the Empire State Building because that was just for tourists. And now, living in Jerusalem, I find that I hardly get to the Western Wall.
Clean out the stables and prepare for war By Prof. Moshe Sharon The Lebanon War (the “Three Weeks of Mourning” war) of the summer of 2006 has not yet come to an end. It is only an introduction to the prologue. Today it is clear to everyone who is prepared to confront unadorned reality	Giving Israel Her Due By Elwood McQuaid The resurgence of premillennial thinking among a significant number of evangelical Christians over the past few centuries has brought to the scene a consistent approach to interpretation of prophetic Scriptures.
The girl with the apples or the angel across the fence By Herman Rosenblat August 1942. Piotrkow, Poland. The sky was gloomy that morning as we waited anxiously. All the men, women and children of Piotrkow's Jewish ghetto had been herded into a square.	Londonistan Calling By Christopher Hitchens The London neighborhood of the author's youth, Finsbury Park, is now one of the breeding grounds for a new phenomenon: the British jihadist. How did a nation move from cricket and fish-and-chips to burkas and shoe-bombers in a single generation?
A Palestinian "Right of Return"? By Michael Medved One of the most annoying quirks of our major media outlets involves their consistently misleading characterization of the current debate about demands for a Palestinian "right of return."	Israel's Six Decades By Daryl Temkin The famous words of Theodor Herzl, "If you will it, it will not remain a dream," were uttered many years before the probability that a state for the Jews could ever enter into the realm of the possible.
Move US Embassy to Jerusalem Before Election By Julie Stahl With President Bush's strong stand for Israel and presumptive Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry competing for the Jewish vote, this could be an opportune time for the United States to move its embassy in from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a visiting U.S. Senator said	Liberal & Pro-Israel By Kathryn Jean Lopez Phyllis Chesler is an emirita professor of psychology and women’s studies, and the author of twelve books, including The New Anti-Semitism: The Current Crisis and What We Must Do About It. What is "the new anti-Semitism"? Isn't it quite old?
Drama in Gaza By Dave Dolan The main thing the massive upheaval in the Gaza Strip signals is that there is still far more regional trouble ahead – possibly including the collapse of the Hashemite regime in Jordan—and it drives the final coffin nail into the imaginary Western-backed Oslo peace process,	Islamic or Western culture - which is more tolerant? By Alan Jones There's not been a lot of coverage with the wider Australian community of the visit to our country in the past week by Ayaan Hirsi Ali. I interviewed this lady yesterday morning on my radio programme. It is by any measure an extraordinary story.
Talking About The Golan Ambassador Dr. Dore Gold, head of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, comments on the statement that Israel will pay the price for peace with Syria, as the Israeli leadership is strongly hinting that it is willing to withdraw completely from the Golan Heights. The Israeli public deserves answers to several critical questions before these proposals to Syria go forward.	A Ghastly Little Place The fate of the Gaza Strip By Khaled Abu Toameh Nahed Nimer had just finished afternoon prayers at his home in Gaza City when he heard loud banging at the door. About twelve gunmen stormed their way in, aiming rifles at the terrified man and his family. “Come with us for ten minutes,” the intruders demanded as they dragged the 58-year-old father of six away.