Is Jesus a Palestinian?

 

Some Arabs are claiming that Jesus was a Palestinian, but this video shows that he was not. He was a Jew. 

When does the Bible talk about the West Bank?

 

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Joel Kontinen

When does the Bible talk about the west bank of the river Jordan? It does not speak about it all, Jesus went to Judea and Samaria when he preached. He was born in Bethlehem now is occupied by Arabs. 

While Joe Biden and David Cameron talk about the blessings of a two state solution, most Israelis are opposed to it.

“Judea and Samaria was renamed the ‘West Bank’ by Jordan, following the Jordanian capture of that region in the 1948 War of Independence and its subsequent occupation until 1967,” the resolution of a  conference stated, noting that, ironically, the region is located in the eastern side of Israel. 

In a Christian conference in the United States in which several Jews also ls spoke,   the Rabbi Elie Mischel  said:  “Language is very powerful and very dangerous. The Jordanians made up the name “West Bank”, and it falsely implies that the “primary” biblical land is modern day Jordan, while Judea and Samaria are merely the “West Bank” of the Jordan River. But this language is deceitful. Judea and Samaria are not of secondary importance. They are the biblical heartland of Israel, where the great majority of the Bible took place! “

 

Source: 

Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz 2024. Judea and Samaria is its only name 28 February

Israel Marks its 100th Embassy with the Opening of Indigenous People Embassy

 

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Joel Kontinen

What does indigenous mean for Jews and the people around them? For Arabs it means that the Jews only came to Israel in 1948, which is a lie, and they were held as colonialist invaders.

However, indigenous people from around the world, including the Maori, have set up their embassy in Jerusalem.

Wearing colorful traditional costumes, native peoples from around the globe made speeches, sang, danced, beat drums and, in one case, sounded a giant ram’s horn on Thursday to celebrate the inauguration of the Indigenous Embassy Jerusalem.

The embassy will serve as a much-needed antidote to the false claims by the Palestinians that there is no evidence of any Jewish life in Israel prior to 1948, when Jews ostensibly arrived as colonialist invaders.

The embassy is in part due to the efforts of the Indigenous Coalition for Israel (ICFI), a New Zealand-based group founded by native counter the false narrative about the Israel-Palestinian conflict that has “taken hold amongst indigenous peoples” and “has often bled into antisemitism,” its website says.

“We recognize that Jews are the indigenous people of this land, and we stand with you and your struggle,” ICFI co-founder Sheree Trotter told the 200-plus audience, noting that the Land of Israel is the place where the Jewish “nation was forged, its language and sacred literature developed, the beliefs, customs and traditions began.“

The embassy will also host academic symposia and become a tourist attraction. 

Source:

David Issac, 2024. Israel Marks its 100th Embassy with the Opening of Indigenous People Embassy | United with Israel 5 February.

 

BBC slams Jews for praying on Jerusalem Day

Joel  Kontinen

The BBCespouses the Arab verion of Jewish history, It does not take the Old Testament and its history  into account.  

Amnesty International’s fake Israeli apartheid report

 

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Joel Kontinen 

Amnesty International has issued a fake “Israeli apartheid” report. It seemed to paint Israel’s as absurd from its birth and since then the situation has grown even worse.

The Biden administration rejected it as “absurd.” Some German politicians were furious, and the Arab population in Israel did not like it as well.

”Apartheid in Israel is a lie proliferated by a United Nations dominated by Russia, which is desperate to deflect international condemnation of its Ukraine-invasion threats, and China, which is hoping that the world will not notice its sadistic genocide against the Uyghurs during its fractured Olympic moment.”

”the report spotlights the discredited notion that innocent Arabs are being evicted from their ancient homes in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of Jerusalem. ” However, this section of Jerusalem was owned by jews, as the Jordanians know this.  

Source:  

Black, Edwin 2022, , Amnesty’s latest desperate—and fake—‘Israeli apartheid’ report Jewish News Syndicate 31 January, 

Owen Jones attacks Israeli ambassador Tzipi Hotovely

Joel Kontinen

Israeli Ambassador Tzipi Hotovely’s appearance Tuesday at the London School of Economics (LSE) ended with protesters trying to grab her. They say that Palestine was the Arabs homeland in spite of what God had promised Abraham. 

The truth about Sheikh Jarrah

People from all word the globe are claiming that the disturbances in Jerusalem are caused by the Israeli police to silence the Arabs.  However, this video tells the true story of what is happening.

Jerusalem Day: Celebrating the Return to Israel’s Ancient Capital

It is Jerusalem day in Israel. The eastern portion of the was captured in the 1967 war, But it has always been Israel’s capital since 3000 years ago.

This year, however, the Arabs are fighting to capture Jerusalem. but God gave it to Israel, Jerusalem will stay  in Israel. 

 

Australia to Open Embassy in Jerusalem

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Joel Kontinen

“In December 12, 2018 in December 2017, U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. In May, the U.S. embassy to Israel relocated to the city, and two days later, Guatemala followed suit.

Brazil’s incoming president Jair Bolsonaro expressed his desire in November that he would recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital after taking office in January.

In October, newly appointed Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced that he was open to officially recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and moving the Australian embassy there from its current location in Tel Aviv. ”

Nevertheless, Australia will not move its embassy to Jerusalem, a move that would cost 200 Australian dollars ($144 million or 176 euros), but will pay for the move later.

However, Muslims are not happy with the move. They said that it would hurt Australia’s standing with the Arab and Muslim world.

Israel is God’s message to humanity.

Source:

JNS.2018. Australian Gov’t to Officially Recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital? breakingisraenews 12 December).

BBC: Israel Does Not Have a Capital

According to the BBC, this flag is not flowing in East Jerusalem. Image courtesy of Math Knight and Zachi Evenor.



Joel Kontinen

The BBC’s sports website is re-writing geography. It lists the names of the countries taking part in the London Olympic Games and their capitals. The BBC informs us that the capital of a country called Palestine is East Jerusalem. However, the capital of Israel is ominously missing.

The BBC received so much feedback that it acknowledged that it might have made a mistake. Even in the new version Israel does not have a capital. It does mention that the seat of government is in Jerusalem and that the foreign embassies are in Tel Aviv.

This is not the first time the BBC has developed it own version of the geography and history of Israel.

Source:

Plosker, Simon. 2012. BBC Olympic Coverage Declares East Jerusalem as Palestinian Capital . Honest Reporting. (19 July).

BBC: ”East Jerusalem is not a Jewish city”

Jerusalem. Image courtesy of Berthold Werner, Wikipedia.





Joel Kontinen

In BBC's documentary Panorama Jane Corbin takes a walk in Jerusalem and suggests that practically everything Israel does in East Jerusalem is illegal since in her view it is not a Jewish city.

History knows a very different kind of Jerusalem. The Israelites ruled the city over 3000 years ago and even in the 19th century during the Ottoman period, there were more Jews than Arabs in Jerusalem. In 1844, out of a population of 15, 510, the Jews numbered 7, 120. There were 5, 000 Muslims and 3, 390 Christians in the city. At the time of Israel’s War of Independence (1948), 100, 000 Jews, 40, 000 Arabs and 25, 000 Christians lived in Jerusalem.

In reality, East Jerusalem was an Arab city only from 1949 to 1967 after the Jordanians expelled the Jews from their homes. In addition, it might be good to remember that up to 1865 ”Jerusalem” consisted of what is now known as East Jerusalem. The other parts of the city were built later.

Panorama gives the impression that many Israelis are scoundrels who will do anything to keep East Jerusalem in Jewish hands. The programme makes a big issue of Palestinian sufferings.

Corbin does not seem to know about the ethnic cleansing of 1948, when the Jews of East Jerusalem were forced to leave the dwellings that had been theirs for decades if not centuries.

Panorama is obviously not interested in objective reporting. Incidentally, the British have had a pro-Arab bias almost since time immemorial. For instance, in the 1948 war they sided with the Arabs. Recently a British MP claimed that the Israelis are playing mini-Mengele.


Sources:

Bard, Michael. Myths & Facts Online: Jerusalem http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/myths/mf20.html#m

BBC: Denying Jewish Jerusalem. Honest Reporting 20 January 2009 http://www.honestreporting.com/articles/45884734/critiques/new/BBC_Denying_Jewish_Jerusalem.asp