Leslie J. Sacks writes about Gilad Shalit. He is an Israeli soldier kidnapped by Islamists and held captive in Gaza/Hamastan by Hamas for about 900 days.
At this point I would see it as a miracle from God if Shalit is still alive since Hamas decided to up the ante of their hate toward Israel.
JRH 1/1/09
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Gilad Shalit: 900 Days in a Gaza Prison
By Leslie J. Sacks
Post Sent: Tue 12/30/2008 6:56 PM
A series of boats, stocked with reporters and (on second thought) presumed medical and food supplies have plied the waters of the Gaza coast, hoping to provoke a strong Israeli reaction. The ongoing blockade by Israel's small but efficient navy prevents shipments of TNT, rockets, bombs, guns, ammunition and assorted other war/terrorism materials from reaching Hamas and their full time Jihadists. Israel's detractors call Gaza a "jail" in turn.
- Whether these boats are stopped or allowed through, their wake of publicity churns through the world's media at such a rate that coverage of the ongoing tragedies in Congo and Darfur, among others, appear as mere oversights, as footnotes to the real story: namely, the Palestinian victims of Israel's brutish hand.
Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was kidnapped on June 25, 2006 by Hamas gunmen inside Israel. He has been a pawn ever since: Hamas demands the release of over 1,400 murderers, terrorists and the like for Shalit's return, a price that is clearly too dear for (even) Israel to pragmatically consider.
Shalit's family should take a page from Hamas' propaganda machine, which - along with those of Hezbollah and the PLO under the deceased Yasir Arafat - have been the world's most effective propaganda worldwide since the end of the KGB (indeed, the KGB taught Arafat his most effective propaganda tools). The Shalits should charter a boat and sail into Gaza, with a similar horde of journalists and videographers, to demand the release of Gilad. They should call loudly to meet with Hamas, with the UN representatives in Gaza, as well as with all the various Gaza clan leaders. Whether ignored or imprisoned, they would inspire the world's sympathy - no jail could long hold the pleading parents of young Gilad Shalit. Either way, a propaganda coup.
Well worthy of consideration, no?
Hamas parades mock Gilad Shalit before crowd of thousands in Gaza:
'Gaza-bound Iranian ship has hidden agenda' (Jerusalem Post)
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The above apologist attempt to defend Mohammedanism and denigrate the child of Promise, i.e. Isaac, is pure typical Mohammedan propaganda to gratify Mohammedans that believe what they are told.
It is cherry picking the Bible and ignoring the relevant passages in the Bible.
I am sure Mohammedans feel they can do this for they do it with their own Quran. They practice an ideology in English called "Abrogation." Which basically means the parts of the Quran written in Medina are superior to the ones in Mecca. The Meccan Suras are all about peace and can't all just get along (especially Jews and Christians). The later Medinan Suras abrogate the peaceful parts of Meccan Suras. The Medinan Suras call for the death to Jews and Christians.
Galatians 4: 21-31 (NKJV)
21 Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not hear the law? 22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons: the one by a bondwoman, the other by a freewoman. 23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh, and he of the freewoman through promise, 24 which things are symbolic. For these are the[a] two covenants: the one from Mount Sinai which gives birth to bondage, which is Hagar— 25 for this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children— 26 but the Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all. 27 For it is written:
“ Rejoice, O barren,
You who do not bear!
Break forth and shout,
You who are not in labor!
For the desolate has many more children
Than she who has a husband.”[b]
28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise. 29 But, as he who was born according to the flesh then persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, even so it is now. 30 Nevertheless what does the Scripture say? “Cast out the bondwoman and her son, for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.”[c] 31 So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman but of the free.
Genesis 15:1-5 (NKJV)
1 After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”
2 But Abram said, “Lord GOD, what will You give me, seeing I go childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” 3 Then Abram said, “Look, You have given me no offspring; indeed one born in my house is my heir!”
4 And behold, the word of the LORD came to him, saying, “This one shall not be your heir, but one who will come from your own body shall be your heir.” 5 Then He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them.” And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.”
Genesis 21:1-14 (NKJV)
1 And the LORD visited Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah as He had spoken. 2 For Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. 3 And Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him—whom Sarah bore to him—Isaac. 4 Then Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him. 5 Now Abraham was one hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him. 6 And Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and all who hear will laugh with me.” 7 She also said, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? For I have borne him a son in his old age.”
Hagar and Ishmael Depart
8 So the child grew and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the same day that Isaac was weaned.
9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, scoffing. 10 Therefore she said to Abraham, “Cast out this bondwoman and her son; for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, namely with Isaac.” 11 And the matter was very displeasing in Abraham’s sight because of his son.
12 But God said to Abraham, “Do not let it be displeasing in your sight because of the lad or because of your bondwoman. Whatever Sarah has said to you, listen to her voice; for in Isaac your seed shall be called. 13 Yet I will also make a nation of the son of the bondwoman, because he is your seed.”
14 So Abraham rose early in the morning, and took bread and a skin of water; and putting it on her shoulder, he gave it and the boy to Hagar, and sent her away. Then she departed and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.
Genesis 22:1-2, 9-12 (NKJV)
Abraham’s Faith Confirmed
1 Now it came to pass after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!”
And he said, “Here I am.”
2 Then He said, “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”
9 Then they came to the place of which God had told him. And Abraham built an altar there and placed the wood in order; and he bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, upon the wood. 10 And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son.
11 But the Angel of the LORD called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham, Abraham!”
So he said, “Here I am.”
12 And He said, “Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.”
Unlike the Quran the Bible has a definitive time-line with Ishmael being the son of the bond woman and Isaac the son of the free woman (i.e. Sarah) is the son of promise from God Almighty.
The only promise for Ishmael is that a great nation will derive from him, but it is through Isaac that Salvation comes to the world. For Salvation is of the Jews.
Jacob the son of Isaac (of Promise) the son of Abraham pronounced this blessing over his son Judah:
Genesis 49:9-10 (NKJV)
9 Judah is a lion’s whelp;
From the prey, my son, you have gone up.
He bows down, he lies down as a lion;
And as a lion, who shall rouse him?
10 The scepter shall not depart from Judah,
Nor a lawgiver from between his feet,
Until Shiloh comes;
And to Him shall be the obedience of the people.
To read Jesus' earthly genealogy go to Luke 3:23-38. The Luke genealogy is representative of the line of Jesus through Mary. The Matthew genealogy represents what would have been Jesus' line via his step father Joseph. We know this for Mary's line is not the Kingly line after David and Joseph's is the Kingly line. That which is more important is that Jesus can trace his lineage as the Son of Man to Isaac the son of Promise and Abraham.
John 4:21-26 (NKJV)
21 Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father. 22 You worship what you do not know; we know what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews. 23 But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. 24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
25 The woman said to Him, “I know that Messiah is coming” (who is called Christ). “When He comes, He will tell us all things.”
26 Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you am He.”
The only Salvation for the descendants of Ishmael is to believe on the Risen Savior Jesus Christ the Son of God.
John 16:13-17 (NKJV)
13 When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?”
14 So they said, “Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
15 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
16 Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
17 Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.
So friends do not be swayed by Mohammedan deception.
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