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“Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they might be saved.” – Romans 10:1 Here’s a really sharp-eyed commentator upon whom we INSIDE ITEMS ▼ EVITT ■ L Pardon, Your “Slip” Is Showing...... p. 3 rely often for the inside track from Washington. – Zola ■ A Capital Act by Congress...... p. 4 OLA ■ Speak Up!...... p. 5 Z ■ Zola’s Bulletin Board...... p. 6 ■ In Israel Today...... p. 7 ■ Letters To Zola...... p. 8 ■ Ministry Outreach...... p. 10 Zola and the TV crew went into Judea and ■ Hebrew Lesson...... p. 11 Samaria (the “West Bank”) for interviews The Inspections Trap ■ A Pile Of Dead Jews...... p. 12 By Charles Krauthammer, The Washington Post ■ Saddam By A Whisker...... p. 13 with PLO personalities. ■ Honoring God’s Promises...... p. 14 Chief UN Weapons ■ Editorials...... p. 15 ■ A Note From Zola...... p. 16 (Top left) The driver of this car left his vehicle unattended Inspector Hans Blix ■ Our Beloved Youth...... p. 18 and failed to respond to Israeli border guard warnings. (left) speaks to the ■ Campus Hypocrisy...... p. 19 assembled media ■ Editorials...... p. 20-22 (Top right) Zola interviews Arafat’s spokesperson Hanan ■ I Share In Your Pain...... p. 23 as Mohammed El ■ Which Came First...... p. 24 Ashrawi. We’ll air this interview on an upcoming TV series. Varadei, director of ■ The Poison is at Work...... p. 25 Stay tuned! the International ■ No More Pearl Harbors...... p. 27 ■ Editorial...... p. 28 (Right) Zola and Sandra at the troubled Ramallah border Atomic Energy ■ Your Gifts at Work...... p. 29 crossing. Agency, looks on ■ Closeout Sale...... p. 30 during a press conference in A non-Christian Jew speaks out. ZOLA LEVITT MINISTRIES, INC. Baghdad, Iraq. BOX 12268 Non-profit Org. A Jew Defends DALLAS, TX 75225-0268 U.S. POSTAGE PAID “It is an inspections regime that is are interrogated. The United States Evangelicals CARROLLTON, TX in-tended to test his (Saddam’s) will- had wanted them taken out of the Permit #210 ing-ness to cooperate, not to test country and offered asylum, so they By Dennis Prager, TownHall.com the ability of Hans Blix...to find could speak freely. Weapons inspect- Unity something in Iraq.” — Condoleezza ors from the 1990s say that Iraqi Evangelical Christians believe that it Special Offer! Rice, Fox News Sunday, Nov. 10. scientists who talked to them dis- is necessary for a person to believe 2 flag collar pin appeared. Rice nonetheless has in Jesus Christ in order to be saved. This unique full- Yes, but if Hans can’t find something, appealed to the patriotism of Iraqi color pin proudly we won’t know Saddam didn’t coop- scientists in disclosing information. According to every liberal I know — displays the unity erate. Of course, there is no doubt As long as the price of patriotism is Christian, Jew, or other — Jews are of America and supposed to find this theology offen- Israel. that Saddam will cheat, but unless certain death, however, no one is Hans comes through, we won’t be going to talk. sive and frightening. According to Shown actual size. able to prove it, certainly not to the liberals, the evangelicals’ doctrine Please see page satisfaction of France, Russia and Blix is not very eager to take scien- that no non-Christians can be saved 31 to order. Saddam’s other lawyers on the U.N. tists out of the country. It is not is so awful that all other evangelical Security Council. Then we will be even clear how eager he is to find views must be held suspect — even back to where we began: having to anything. Blix is an international their unique support for Jews and Israel. choose to go it alone or back down civil servant. Does he want to go for lack of international support. home to Sweden as the man who I would therefore like to announce, as blew the whistle that triggered the a practicing, believing Jew, that I am For all of Rice’s brave words, Security invasion of Iraq? (Perhaps the U.S. in no way offended, let alone fright- Council Resolution 1441 puts Hans should offer him asylum.) ened, by evangelical Christians who Blix in the driver’s seat. He will de- believe that it is necessary to have faith in Jesus in order to be saved. DECEMBER 2002 cide where and how Iraqi scientists CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 FOR CREDIT CARD ORDERS OR DONATIONS, YOU MAY CALL 1-800-WONDERS (966-3377). 32 DECEMBER 2002 P.O. 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life? And if Christians must declare that all religions are In one sense, government scrutiny and the public’s cus- The prophet Jeremiah purchased this land called Anatot A Capital Act by Congress equally valid paths to salvation, shouldn’t liberals have tomer services expectations should establish only the (Jer. 32:16), which we have adopted for outreach and Excerpts from the “Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995” to declare that all political and social doctrines are equal- bottom rung for our standards. Rather than doing the support. — Zola ly valid paths to America’s salvation? minimum required to get by, we strive to glorify God by The Congress makes the following findings: doing our best to seek and live His will. When deciding Third, all those who condemn evangelicals for their be- which TV programs to run more than once, we put our- Your Gifts at Work (1) Each sovereign nation, under international law and custom, may lief in the necessity of affirming Christ for salvation are selves in our supporters’ shoes. designate its own capital. By Stuart Arden doing exactly what they accuse these Christians of doing Lately, because of the tide of current events, you have — judging and condemning people solely for their beliefs. (Anatot, Israel) – The License Plate Recognition System (2) Since 1950, the city of Jerusalem has been the capital of the State seen fewer reruns on Zola Levitt Presents than ever. Re- of Israel. Here is the liberals’ rule: Christians may not judge others has finally been installed (outside the front gate) and will running television programs is cost effective in the long by their religious beliefs, but liberals may judge Christians shortly be operative. Members of the settlement pay a run, but now we are seizing opportunities to call secular (3) The city of Jerusalem is the seat of Israel’s President, Parliament, by their religious beliefs. company to do guard duty during the day and the mem- viewers’ attention to the Bible’s relevance by producing and Supreme Court, and the site of numerous government ministries and bers do guard duty from 6 pm to 6 am. Members cur- some contemporary interviews, which become dated social and cultural institutions. Fourth, one of Judaism’s core teachings is that God judges rently open the gate with a remote control or wait for relatively quickly. all people by their behavior rather than by their faith the guard to open the gate for them. Guards can open (4) The city of Jerusalem is the spiritual center of Judaism, and is also alone, and that we are to judge people in the same way. the gate either from inside the guard hut, or by a but- considered a holy city by the members of other religious faiths. We also are keeping up with the times by offering all of I apply this teaching to evangelicals. I judge them not by ton on the outside of the hut. their theology but by their behavior. I find that behavior our music cassettes on CD. Our Internet webmasters (5) From 1948-1967, Jerusalem was a divided city and Israeli citizens are overhauling our web site www.levitt.com to make of all faiths as well as Jewish citizens of all states were denied access often exemplary, and I regard them as America’s best There have been robberies on the settlement (of even it more user-friendly. Even now, it offers our newsletter to holy sites in the area controlled by Jordan. hope to stem the country’s cultural and moral decline. government-issued weapons), so the LPR System is in- archive, an Israel slide show, chat room, discussion tended to add to our security. The license plate numbers board, and samples of Zola’s music, plus a search tool (6) In 1967, the city of Jerusalem was reunited during the conflict Fifth, insofar as offensiveness and tolerance are con- of all residents’ cars will be computer-registered in the known as the Six Day War. that allows guests to research their favorite interests. cerned, who do you think has it tougher — a Jew living “System,” and the gate will open automatically when and working among evangelical Christians or a conser- the “System” reads a “friendly” license plate number. In (7) Since 1967, Jerusalem has been a united city administered by Israel, Last year we received rave reviews about our experi- vative living and working among strongly committed the event of an approaching stolen car, even one belong- and persons of all religious faiths have been guaranteed full access mental full-color, front and back covers on our monthly to holy sites within the city. liberals? As one who is in the former situation, I can tell ing to a member (that has been reported as stolen), a Levitt Letter. Now we have full-color all the time and you that I receive only respect and tolerance. On the red light will go on in the guard hut, the gate will not occasionally go to double-editions, like this one, because (8) This year [1995] marks the 28th consecutive year that Jerusalem other hand, ask conservatives, not to mention evangeli- open, and the police computers will be notified auto- has been administered as a unified city in which the rights of all faiths we simply need 32 pages to share all that Zola wants you cal Christians, in Hollywood how they feel. Most keep matically. In the case of visitors to the settlement, the have been respected and protected. to see. Whether people watch our TV program, visit our their views to themselves, so fearful are they of reper- guard will have to go outside the gate, examine their CONTINUED ON PAGE 9 web site or look through our newsletters, it is readily cussions from the liberal majority. identification, then go back into the guard hut and type apparent that this life work of ours is a labor of love. their license plate number into the “System” in order to get Let’s also compare the evangelicals to the “open” and the gate to open. There will always be a record of exact- A Jew Defends Evangelicals continued We believe it disarmed the IRS agent somewhat to see “tolerant” Protestant Christian denominations as repre- ly which cars went in and out how little TV time Why should Jews not be offended by this evangelical sented by the National Council of Churches. We find moral of the settlement, and when. and newsletter New LPR System reads license plates Christian belief? confusion, anti-Americanism and support for those who wish another Jewish genocide. True, just about every- space we spend on Our Regional Council (similar First, since all non-Christians are unsaved, this doctrine one in the NCC believes that it is not necessary for any- raising funds. On to a county government), in co- is in no way anti-Jewish. It is pro-salvation, not anti-any- one to affirm faith in Christ to be saved and that I as a the chance that she operation with the Israeli Army, body. The evangelical view of who is not saved is appli- Jew can therefore attain salvation. But so what? Their might say we need- has recently sent us another cable, by definition, to all non-Christians. There is, doctrines that pertain to me, here and now, on earth, not ed to pay income two kilometers of chain-link therefore, no reason whatsoever for a Jew to be person- in the hereafter, are the doctrines that frighten me. tax on any profits fencing for our perimeter fence. ally offended. It is no more applicable to Jews than to from selling books, Chain-link fencing looks good, Hindus. When most evangelicals single out Jews, it is Evangelical Christians, almost alone, affirm that America videocassettes, but it can easily be cut with only to support them and Israel, and to reaffirm Jewish has a divine mission, that this country has better values Israel maps, Insti- wire cutters and there have chosenness. It takes paranoia, ignorance and ingratitude than Europe, that the United Nations is a moral waste- tute courses, etc., been breakins by thieves in for a Jew to join the anti-evangelical critics. land, that God’s law is higher than international laws we analyzed how the past; fortunately they devised in New York or The Hague, that secularism is much we spend on were thieves, not terrorists! Second, exclusive views of salvation are hardly unique wonderful for government but fatal for society, that Israel their creation, stor- to evangelical Christians. Liberals, of all people, should must be protected against those who wish to exterminate age and order pro- The LPR System is a welcome honor such exclusive views. Don’t most liberals think it, that the Jews have a divinely chosen role in history, cessing. Monetarily we about break even, with the addition to our security, but the recent horrific mur- that liberalism is the only way to save America (and and that America must remain a Judeo-Christian country. give-aways putting us a little in the hole. Spiritually, ders at other settlements reinforce the dire need we don’t most conservatives think that of conservatism)? If however, we are enriching people’s walk in the Lord. have for an extensive and comprehensive security sys- Christians are intolerant and offensive because they If the only way a Christian can hold these precious beliefs tem. Residents of Anatot are most appreciative of the believe they have the only way to salvation in the next is to maintain that faith in Jesus is the only way to salva- And that is what a ministry like ours is all about. contributions to both the Anatot Fund and the Trees for life, why aren’t liberals intolerant and offensive because tion, here is one Jew who says: More power to you. Keep ■ Anatot Fund and hope that you will continue to help they believe they have the only way to salvation in this your faith strong. And thanks. ■ us meet our pressing security needs. ■

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it. Should the damages exceed the Here’s a Moslem who advocates mak- AUDITED! SPEAK UP! proposed payment, Israel should ing Islam’s holy scriptures more pol- Call Baker Book House Selected letters to the editors of some sue for the difference. — HG itically-correct and “appealing.” This By Zola Levitt By Mark Levitt naïve European follower of Moham- of the world’s leading newspapers med will no doubt be disappointed Our good friend Norma Archbold, author of Mountains For the first time since I joined Act Like a Leader that his Islamic “brothers” refuse to the ministry in November 1988, of Israel, has been closely following a disturbing devel- The New York Times make any changes in their religion. It opment involving Baker Book House of Grand Rapids, the IRS audited our ministry. I Bad Dream is, and will remain, a violent expres- Michigan. Baker is planning to reissue the book Blood was nervous about possibly being The Jerusalem Post If we are at war, it is high time that sion of hostility intent on converting Brothers by Elias Chacour, a Greek Catholic official targeted by a revenue agent with our commander-in-chief acted like the world by the sword. — Zola It has come to my attention that from Jerusalem. It is a disgusting diatribe against the an ax to grind. After the IRS one, starting with his duty to take Egypt’s Dream Channel…is planning Chosen People in the guise of “uncovering” an alleged scheduled this two-day audit of our year 2000 tax prompt, decisive action to protect to air the series Fares bila jawad massacre of the men, women and childdren of Jish by return, I learned that they easily could expand the scope the security of our homeland. (“Knight without a horse”), based The Curious World the Israelis many years ago. of their investigation to last for months and cover multi- ple tax years. on the anti-Semitic Protocols of the We simply cannot afford to let con- Elders of Zion. It is beyond my com- tainer ships, railroad cars and trucks of George W. Bush Mrs. Archbold has done extensive research in Israel, con- Since the early ‘90s, this ministry has made its indepen- prehension how the government enter our ports and downtown areas tacting those who lived in Jish at the time of the alleged On the heels of the dently audited financial statements available to the public, of Egypt can permit such outright unchecked. We must ensure that our massacre, to verify that no such atrocity ever occurred. mid-term Republi- free for the asking. Each year our volunteer auditor pays lies to be aired. oil refineries and power and chem- However, Baker Books, despite the many urgings of Mrs. can election sweep, a week-long visit to our office to review our accounting ical plants are adequately guarded. Archbold and others, refuses to question the accuracy To calm the violent situation in the President Bush has practices and determine whether we are fully complying of this anti-Semitic piece of propaganda before its Middle East it is incumbent upon slapped the faces of with IRS regulations for non-profit, tax exempt, 501(c)3 Only one man has the authority and printing in February 2003. the Egyptian government to extin- 40 million evangelical Christians organizations like ours. This year, it seemed, our ministry obligation to make these things guish the flames of hatred, not fuel who helped bring him to power. was about to take an exam for which it had prepared happen, and his name is George W. Perhaps you could lend your support to the Jewish them. — JH roughly a decade. Bush. Do we need to endure cata- people by contacting Baker Book House and letting strophe to get his attention? — TZ “Some of the comments that have them know that regardless of their fine history of qual- Egyptians (as well as citizens in other been uttered about Islam do not ity publications, proceeding with this anti-Jewish book A $64,000 question: What triggered the audit? Did some- Arab nations) are simply juvenile — reflect the sentiments of my gov- will likely cost them the support of much of the evan- one from the State Department dislike Zola’s recent they really believe this stuff. No ernment or the sentiments of most gelical community. Contact Baker Book House at 6030 series of articles, entitled “Send in the Clowns”? Had a wonder. Centuries ago they allowed Making Islam Americans.” East Fulton, Grand Rapids, MI 49516, or call them at bigwig from A.G. Edwards called a government crony their great empire to be bowled ■ because we filed a complaint with the NASD about how over by marauding bands of have- Nice “By far, the vast majority of Ameri- 616-676-9186. The Guardian, London they had handled our ministry’s account? Perhaps a dis- nots (the Arabs). And should the can citizens respect the Islamic gruntled viewer fabricated an anonymous complaint. Lord tarry, it won’t just be the Egypt- people and the Muslim faith. After The reasons why Muslims get enrag- all, there are millions of peace- ians; this could happen in America ed and start killing innocent human We were relieved to learn that nothing diabolical trig- loving Muslim Americans.” if we don’t protect ourselves from beings to “defend” their prophet “They Mean Jews” gered our audit. Since 1989, we have used staff leasing both overt and covert forms of Mohammed is rather simple: igno- companies to reduce the expenses of giving our employ- Bush made the comments to re- Moslem invasion. — Zola rance and belief in a philosophy “...You declare, my friend, that you do not hate ees decent benefits. Therefore on our tax return, we did porters before he met with U.N. which has not been reformed since the Jews, you are merely ‘anti-Zionist.’ And I say, not itemize the income tax, social security and Medicare Secretary-General Kofi Annan. the Middle Ages. It is all in the name that had been withheld from our staff’s paychecks. Other The White House stated that the let the truth ring forth from the high mountain- of blasphemy. IRS regional offices might have resolved this small issue Let the PA Pay president was responding to recent tops, let it echo through the valleys of God’s green The Jerusalem Post remarks by Pat Robertson, Jerry with us by telephone. We, however, went through an However, orthodox Islam itself is not earth: When people criticize Zionism, they mean Falwell and Franklin Graham. eight-prong examination, which we passed on all points. Israel is going to give the Palestinian parsimonious in defaming other Jews — this is God’s own truth.… And what is anti- Authority a huge amount of money. religions. Read Sura 5, verse 51: “You The terrorist-connected group Zionist? It is the denial to the Jewish people of a The agent concluded that we should itemize some num- I suggest that prior to any payment, who believe, take not the Jews and Council on American-Islamic fundamental right that we justly claim for the peo- bers on our tax return. This was easy since these figures reparations be deducted. They would Christians as friends. He who takes Relations (CAIR) praised Bush were already broken down on our audited financial state- include, but not be limited to, such them as friends is one of them.” ple of Africa and freely accord all other nations for his “support.” ments. We didn’t quite earn a “no change” audit, but things as pain and suffering, costs Source: Reuters of the Globe. It is discrimination against Jews, my the agent kindly noted that we had “a good audit.” With to the army, monetary compensa- I am a liberal, secular Muslim and friend, because they are Jews. In short, it is anti- some organizations, a visit from the IRS leads to the loss tion for the loss of a parent or child, believe a reformation starting with In this ministry we meet a lot more reinterpretation, if not replacement, Semitism.… Let my words echo in the depths of of their tax-exempt status. Our supporters, however, can the cost of having security guards at Moslems than President Bush and always take tax deductions for their gifts. We praise nursery schools, on up to not host- of some such verses would help your soul: When people criticize Zionism, they we don’t know where these peace- God that when put to the test, our bookkeeper, records ing international football games. bring Islam more in line with the 21st loving Moslems are. Islam teach- mean Jews — make no mistake about it.” and business practices passed muster. century and enable us to live at peace es violence and we respectfully The PA initiated this war and, as — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with other religions. It will also make disagree with the president’s views. such, is responsible for the many Islam more appealing to the rest of — Zola millions…Israel has lost because of the world. — SL CONTINUED NEXT PAGE

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ZZOLAOLA’’SS BBULLETINULLETIN BBOARDOARD 4) “These people are poor and helpless, and that’s why they’re angry at us.” The terrorists and their backers No More Pearl Harbors are richer than Elton John and, ironically, a good deal By Gen. Richard Hawley, USAF (ret.) less annoying. The poor helpless people, you see, are the villagers they tortured and murdered to stay in power.

Since the [9-11] attack, I have seen, heard, and read Mohammed Atta, who steered those planes into the thoughts of such surpassing stupidity that they must be killing grounds (I’m sorry, one of the “alleged hijackers,” Dec. 27 in Year-End Gifts addressed. You’ve heard them too. Here they are: according to CNN; they stopped using the word “terror- ist,” you know), is the son of a Cairo surgeon. But you Orlando For those who want a 2002 tax deduction for their 1) “We’re not good, they’re not evil, everything is relative.” knew this, too. with Zola contributions, please know that it is the post office’s Listen carefully: We’re good, they’re evil, nothing is rela- date stamp on your envelope’s postage that instructs tive. You see, folks, saying “We’re good” doesn’t mean 5) “Any profiling is racial profiling.” Who’s killing us here, us. We automatically send year-end receipts to The Holy Land Experience, “We’re perfect.” Okay? the Norwegians? Just days after the attack, the New York those who contribute $250 or more. In addition, cational, inspirational, theatricalin Orlando, and historical. Florida, It’sis edu- a Times had an article saying dozens of extended members we furnish receipts to anyone else who asks. living, Biblical history museum that takes you 7,000 The plain fact is that our country has, with all our mis- of the gazillionaire bin Laden family living in America miles away and 2,000 years back in time to the takes and blunders, always been and always will be the were afraid of reprisals and left in a huff, never to return land of the Bible. For info on the structures, exhibits, greatest beacon of freedom, charity, opportunity, and to studying at Harvard and using too much Drakkar. Scriptorium and special music and theatrical events, affection in history. If you need proof, open all the bor- I’m crushed. visit www.theholylandexperience.com ders on Earth and see what happens. . Better yet, for Think about it. How many Adolfs do you run into these more information, please call TV Anniversary 2) “Violence only leads to more violence.” This one is so days? Shortly after that, I remember watching TV with Tony at (214) 696-9760 dur- It was in December 1978 that Zola’s first TV pro- stupid you usually have to be the president of an Ivy my jaw on the floor as a government official actually ing office hours. Or you may gram aired. Beginning on KXTX-39 in Dallas, the League university to say it. Here’s the truth, which you said, “That little old grandmother from Sioux City could also call 1-800-WONDERS program was initially entitled Zola Levitt Live. In the 2424 know in your heads and hearts already: Ineffective, un- be carrying something.” Okay, how about this: No, she (966-3377) any time. mid-’80s, we went national on our two major net- Years!Years! focused violence leads to more violence. Limp, panicky couldn’t. It would never be the grandmother from Sioux works. TBN now carries our program at 8 ET, 7 CT, half-measures lead to more violence. City. 6 MT and 5 PT on Monday mornings. ABC-FAM airs Zola at 1:00 AM, early-early on Monday Mornings However, complete, fully thought-through, profession- And now a Secret Service guy has been tossed off a plane on both coasts, and at midnight Central Time. Now al, well-executed violence never leads to more violence and we’re all supposed to cry about it because he’s an you can say that Zola Levitt Presents is 24 years old! because, you see, afterwards, the other guys are all dead. Arab? Didn’t it have the tiniest bit to do with the fact that That’s right, dead. Not “on trial,” not “reeducated,” not he filled out his forms incorrectly — three times? And “nurtured back into the bosom of love.” Dead. D-E— then left an Arab history book on his seat as he strolled Well, you get the idea. off the plane? And came back? Armed? Let’s please all stop singing “We Are the World” for a minute and think 3) “The CIA and the rest of our intelligence communi- practically. I don’t want to be sitting on the floor in the ty has failed us.” For 25 years we have chained our spies back of a plane four seconds away from hitting Mt. The Summer that Wasn’t Subscribe to our TV Program like dogs to a stake in the ground, and now that the house Rushmore and turn, grinning, to the guy next to me to has been robbed, we yell at them for not protecting us. Last year, Time magazine devoted 95% of its July 30 You can have every say, “Well, at least we didn’t offend them.” edition’s cover to a startling, head-on, partly submerged program that we will broadcastZola Levitt during Presents 2003 Starting in the late seventies, under Carter appointee view of an attacking bull shark. Bold, all-capped letters sold the for only $499, including shipping. Beyond Stansfield Turner, the giant brains who get So here’s what I resolve for the New Year: sizzle: “SUMMER OF THE SHARK.” these giant ideas decided that the best way For maximum our new and rerun television series, which Never to forget our murdered brothers drama, the word SHARK was will come to you as sets in beautifully to gather international intelligence was to and sisters. Never to let the relativists larger than any other on designed packaging, you’ll receive the in- use spy satellites. “After all,” they reasoned, the cover, except for “TIME,” get away with their immoral think- between programs that other viewers have “you can see a license plate from 200 ing. After all, no matter what your which was considerably ob- to special order. We plan to ship quarterly miles away.” This is very helpful if you’ve structed by the toothy predator’s daughter’s political science pro- or at the end of each series, so you should been attacked by a license plate. snout. Inside, the actual article, entitled fessor says, we didn’t start this. receive four to five shipments during the “Why Can’t We Be Friends?” Unfortunately, we were attacked by Have you seen that bumper sticker , explained year. Why not make this subscription a tax- that shark attacks stem from a combination of hunger and humans. Finding humans is not that says, “No More Hiroshimas”? I wish deductible gift to your church and share mistaking humans for fish. Statistically the “Summer of possible with satellites. You have to I had one that says, “You First. No More Zola with your entire congregation? the Shark” never happened. But it probably sold more use other humans. Pearl Harbors.” ■ magazines than a title such as “Sharks Eat, Too.” (See page 31 to order) Compare this to the media’s negative coverage of Israel. When we bought all our satellites, we fired Unfounded or exaggerated stories about the “cycle of violence” or all our humans…. It takes years, decades to the “poor Palestinians” or the nasty Israelis, are all de-signed to infiltrate new humans into the worst places push an anti-Israel sentiment and sell more news. of the world.

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The European double standard toward Israel takes many mize civilian casualties, is equal to the terrorism, which InIsrael Today The article below illustrates cabin. He had also positioned forms. Witness the eagerness with which so many in seeks to maximize civilian casualties; as if the premed- himself in the front of coach section in order to have a Europe diminished, and even dismissed, Israel’s previ- itated campaign of suicide murder were a sane response just why El Al is our airline of choice when planning better jumping off point toward the flight deck.” ously unimaginable concessions at Camp David, swal- to an extraordinarily generous proposal that would have our tours to Israel. – Zola lowing the Palestinian version of events there, despite provided Palestinians with a state — a proposal many He was immediately tackled by El Al air marshals and a forceful American repudiation of that spin. Witness in Palestine now fervently wish their corrupt and vicious handcuffed, Amitai said. the almost hysterical reaction in Europe to a nonexis- leadership had embraced. “Today I die.” tent massacre in Jenin, even as it failed to pay atten- “What is important is that the incident ended within tion to the cumulative massacres of civilians in Israel. Of course, the point of the double standard and moral By Michael Gutman, The Jerusalem Post seconds, and that it ended in a manner that proved that The Guardian newspaper in London betrayed its his- equivalency is to create the impression that Israel is an El Al’s security arrangements worked as they should,” toric association with the founding of Israel with the illegitimate state, among the world’s worst human-rights The Israeli Arab overpowered while trying to hijack an El Al general manager Amos Shapira said. outrageous editorial utterance that Jenin was every bit violators, and thus legitimize the extinction of a state El Al flight to Istanbul intended to force the flight crew as bad as 9/11. Witness Europe’s virtual acquiescence the Arabs have never accepted. The insight of Amos Oz, to turn the plane around and crash it into a building in Fukara’s family expressed shock and puzzlement at the in the World Conference Against Racism held in South a liberal Israeli writer, is pertinent. He is haunted, he Tel Aviv, Turkish security sources said. news. They said he had studied at Sapir College in the Negev Africa, where Israel, the only democracy in the region says, by the observation that before the Holocaust, Euro- and worked with the elderly in the Beduin town of Rahat. with a program of civil rights and full Arab participa- pean graffiti read “Jews to Palestine,” only to be trans- The Shin Bet [Israeli security service] confirmed that They believed he was going to Turkey for a vacation. tion in government, was accused of genocide, ethnic formed in modern times into “Jews out of Palestine.” Tawfik Fukara, 23, of the Galilee village of Bouina Nejidat, was armed with a pocketknife and intended to cleansing, racism, and apartheid, while the vicious The message to Jews, notes Oz, is, “Don’t be here and Initially, security officials were skeptical Fukara intended hijack the Boeing 757 with 170 passengers. racism of the Middle East and Africa was ignored. don’t be there. That is, Don’t be.” to hijack the plane. A preliminary investigation revealed Turkey has remanded Fukara until the end of proceed- that at no time in the attack and his subsequent arrest Paradox upon paradox. The traditional attacks from the Europe seems to be unconscious of the virulence of ings against him. Israel has asked that he be extradited. did he draw the knife. The weapon was found on him right based on national, religious, or ethnic reasons the campaign of lies against Israelis in Palestine and after he was handcuffed. have been surpassed by the more driving force of the throughout the Middle East, where the fact of the Holo- “It was certainly an intentional act of sabotage,” El Al extreme left, which invokes political or universal rea- caust is routinely described by media and governments deputy chief executive Yitzhak Amitai told The Jerusalem In Israel, a carrier’s jurisdiction for the safety of its pas- sons, like human rights, anti-globalism, and socialism. as a Jewish invention, and where teachers foment a Post. “But as for the motivation for this act, we do not sengers begins and ends in the plane itself. The carrier Ever obsessed by anti-Americanism, they have seized hatred of Israel and fail even to acknowledge its yet know, that is for others to decide.” is directly responsible for all goods loaded on the plane, for on the Middle East crisis as a way to attack the United existence in history texts and maps in the schools its passengers, and crew. The Airports Authority is respon- States and Israel as being unfeeling toward the poor of subsidized by Europeans! The findings of the investigation also show that Fukara’s sible for investigating the passengers before boarding. the world. For them, the Palestinians have become the actions were not spontaneous. According to the Shin poster child for Third World victimization. Indeed, the The unprecedented and unbridled hatred embodied Bet, he told the security guards who overpowered him, Amitai commended the quick thinking of the flight crew Israeli-Palestinian dispute is portrayed as an extended by jihad, sanctioned by authoritarian Arab states, is, of “Today is the day I die, and I am doing it because my and security guards. El Al is one of the few carriers in the human-interest story told exclusively from the Palest- course, a device to divert their populations from the brother was killed.” world that has armed guards on all its flights, he said. inian point of view. Unmentioned is the fact that there failures of their own societies. But Europe, the killing is not a single democratic state in the entire region, that fields of so many Jews, should know better. It should No evidence to suggest he has a biological brother who According to Amitai, El Al remains one of the world’s there would not be a single Israeli soldier in any Pales- be the first to understand that Jews, of all people, have died was found, security sources told Channel 1. safest airlines. The last time one of its planes was hi- tinian city or any checkpoint were Jews not the daily the right to defend, even overdefend themselves from jacked was in 1968. ■ targets of terror. Ignoring the corrupt, authoritarian the consequences of hate. Europe has a historic duty to A statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office said regime in Palestine, the critics from the left attack Israel redeem the crimes committed on its soil by first recog- Fukara’s intentions were nationalistic. on universalist issues, arguing that Israel is an occupy- nizing and then repudiating the persecution Jews face We’re Next! ing power in the West Bank oppressing the Palestinians. today and vigorously defending the collective Fukara told Turkish policemen he acted “to make heard Michael Freund,The Jerusalem Post They pay not the slightest heed to the fact that Israel is right of the Jewish state to defend itself from its the voice of the Palestinian people,” Turkey’s NTV reported. there because the Arabs made war. Never do they ac- legions of hate-blinded enemies. Hizbullah leader Sheikh Hassan knowledge that the Palestinians could have had their Security officials at Ben-Gurion Airport said they were Nasrallah has accused U.S. Christ- own state just two years ago, and perhaps be flourish- Anything less de- suspicious of Fukara but allowed him to board the plane ian supporters of Israel of hatching ing in peace now, if they had not been incited to still fames the glories of after he underwent all the necessary checks. a “plot” to liquidate the Arabs and driving them into more insensate violence. The paradoxes are dizzying a European civili- exile, the Beirut Daily Star reported. — and malign. Israel, a country victimized by terror- zation dedicated The Airports Authority is continuing to investigate how ism, stands accused of perpetrating terrorism, the Jews to the dignity of he managed to smuggle the penknife — with a six-centi- Speaking at a graduation ceremony, Nasrallah said that described as Nazis, and their Arab tormentors cast in man, freedom, meter blade — through metal detectors and stringent “Christian Zionists” are gaining strength in the U.S. and the role of helpless Jews. honor, and personal searches. that they have a powerful impact on U.S. foreign policy. decency. ■ Next, of course, is the moral-equivalency trap. When Fukara, who was sitting near the business-class section, Christian groups in America, he said, are financed by oil Israel responds to terrorism, Europe treats it as if the repeatedly approached one of the flight attendants to companies and weapons firms, and seek to encourage response and the terrorism are morally equal; as if ask for water. As the plane began its final approach to Jews to move to Israel and rebuild the temple in Jeru- there were no difference between the arsonist and the Istanbul, he stood up and ran toward the cockpit, slam- salem. However, he said, “if they all gather in Israel, it firefighter; as if Israel’s response, which seeks to mini- ming into the flight attendant. According to Amitai, will save us the trouble of going after them worldwide.” Fukara was clearly “violent, heading straight for the CONTINUED ON PAGE 11 FOR CREDIT CARD ORDERS OR DONATIONS, YOU MAY CALL 1-800-WONDERS (966-3377). 26 DECEMBER 2002 P.O. BOX 12268 • DALLAS, TX 75225-0268 • (214) 696-8844 • WWW.LEVITT.COM 7 EDITORIAL Some letters have been Shalom Zola: edited for space. azine — even though they represent just a fraction of the ettersetters The Poison is at Work total number of such crimes, their racial origin concealed It seems that Billy Graham, in routine statistics of ordinary assault and vandalism. LL By Mortimer B. Zuckerman, U.S. News & World Report Jerry Falwell, and Zola are Dear Faithful One: toto All it takes for evil to flourish, as Edmund Burke remind- the only people stating the ed us, is for good men to remain silent. That, alas, has truth…. Long live Jerusalem. May God bless you and pro- Europe is sick again. The memory of 6 million murdered been the pattern. When things were getting out of hand — BS tect you as you stand for the Jews, it seems, is no longer inoculation against the virus a year ago, the French government finally made a forth- Chosen People. — Zola of antisemitism. It has taken hold, on the supposedly Dear BS: liberal left as well as the xenophobic right, all too long right stand, and it had an effect. (Kudos to Harvard University President Lawrence Summers, who recently Dear Zola Levitt Ministries: unchecked by feeble political leadership with one eye We may not be the only ones proclaiming on the vengeful sentiments of millions of anti-Zionist spoke out forcefully against antisemitic trends in U.S. academia.) Many public officials in Europe make racist, the truth, but how sad it is that more men I feel led to tell you that I will no longer be watching immigrants from North Africa and the Middle East. The anti-Jewish statements but too often escape rebuke. Many of God refuse to do so or simply lack the training to do Zola as of his show that was aired last night on the historic antisemitism denying individual Jews the right Europeans are shocked by the re-emergence of hatred so! — Zola Family Channel. to live as equal members of society has horribly coalesced with a new version of antisemitism that denies the col- of Jews, but the most common reaction has been com- placency. Israel seems to be absorbing Europe’s linger- Dr. Levitt: When Zola, who claims to be a loving Christian, attacks lective expression of the Jewish people, namely Israel, to ing anti-Jewish feelings, which are easier for many to his brothers and sisters “Methodists and Presbyterians” live as an equal member of the family of nations. From express as anti-Zionism than antisemitism. Re: the church has replaced Israel. In your Levitt Letter, as being insincere and unable to defend their religions, Kiev in the East to Bilbao and Barcelona in Spain, and would you please explain where, and who, is saying this. I feel he has gone way too far. Both of these religions be- Rome in the South, from Marseilles to Paris to Berlin in I am 75 years old, and I have been in church all my life the West, the poison is at work. Somehow antisemitism How do they do this? By applying two lieve in the same “saved by grace” alone as he proposes of the oldest antisemitic techniques: (Protestant) and I have never heard any preacher, in any — so why attack someone with the same beliefs? in Europe has outdone every other ideology and preju- church, say this! — RS dice in its power and durability. Fascism came and went; the double standard and moral equiv- alency. The double standard is manifest Zola needs to focus more on the unsaved and leave his Communism came and went; antisemitism came and Dear RS: stayed. And now it has been revitalized. in the way Jews and the Jewish state fellow believers alone. He’s following the same path as all are judged in a way no other people would be. With venom On which planet have you gone to church? My friend, the TV preachers — attacking — and that’s a shame! unsurpassed in modern dialogue, Europe demands that — DA “Fire and Broken Glass.” Some of the manifestations of mainline Protestant denominations like the Presbyter- the campaign are spelled out in a report by the Lawyers Israel act as if it has to win the “moral man of the year” ians, Methodists, Lutherans, etc., have believed this award just to defend itself. Israel is attacked for any devi- Dear DA: Committee for Human Rights aptly titled “Fire and Broken heresy for centuries. Question the preachers of these Glass.” The summary of evil deeds can only sketch the ation, no matter how trivial, as if responding to those that churches and let your eyes be opened! — Zola seek its destruction is a moral failure. This pernicious, and My “attacks” were about those denominations that sup- daily nightmare. Jews, and people presumed to be Jewish, are assaulted across the region. Attackers, shouting racist intellectually dishonest, double standard has the effect Dear Zola: port the Arab side in the Israeli conflict. I have never of implicitly denying Israel the right to the same mea- attacked any denomination that stands for “saved by slogans, throw stones at school children, at worship- pers leaving religious services, at rabbis. Jewish homes, sures of self-defense that any other state would exert. The DC sniper thing bugs me. He is a Muslim and the grace alone” in Christ alone, but I have serious questions schools, and synagogues are firebombed. Windows are When Israelis take steps to assert their collective rights history the TV has shown is that he’s an angry man. Seems about mainline Protestants who object to the inerrancy smashed. Scores of Jewish cemeteries are desecrated of self-defense in the face of unprecedented terrorist to me that religion just fed the hate in him. Is this what of the Bible, reinterpret much of God’s Word as allegory with anti-Jewish slogans and threats and Nazi symbols attacks against innocent Israeli civilians, they encounter we have to look forward to in dealing with that religious or myth, or who pour millions of dollars into anti-Israel on walls and monuments. In Belgium, thugs beat up an almost unanimous condemnation from the European type? Our God is love — why can’t they see that? — MF donations in the name of Christ. — Zola the chief rabbi. In Britain, the left-wing journal the New establishment and the European media. European detract- Statesman depicts a large Star of David stabbing the ors turn every Israeli act of defense into its current euphe- Dear MF: Union Jack. In London, a young student reading Psalms mism: crimes against humanity. The Europeans took the Dear Staff: election of Ariel Sharon as a license to view every act of self- The media, like President Bush, are intent on promoting the is stabbed 27 times on a city bus. A mural in a Scottish defense as an aggression. They forgot what produced peacefulness of this violent religion. Men like the sniper I am in the beginning of notebook #1, Old Testament church depicts a crucified Jesus surrounded by Israeli Sharon’s election, namely the terrorism that Yasser Arafat are products of this hate-filled faith, and you could mul- Survey, of the Jewish-Christian Institute. I can’t even soldiers. In Italy, La Stampa publishes a Page 1 cartoon launched in September 2000 against the most left-wing tiply his story ad infinitum around the world. — Zola explain how overwhelmed I am with the truth that is in of a tank emblazoned with the Jewish star pointing its the first notebook. How can so many churches not be gun at the baby Jesus, who pleads, “Surely, they don’t government in Israeli history — a government that had just teaching truth? made the most far-reaching proposals to settle the conflict. Dear Zola: want to kill me again.” In France, where there have been hundreds of acts of violence, walls in Jewish neighbor- I am very thankful for this course. I have a lot of study- What provoked Europe’s latest hostility was Israel’s incur- We purchased a “Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem” hoods have been defaced with slogans proclaiming, “Jews ing to do. I don’t know about the test; I’m not really sion into the West Bank, which was in response to the bumper sticker and put it on the back of our truck. to the gas chambers.” In Germany, the Free Democratic going for the diploma. I want truth that is making my unprecedented campaign of terror, culminating in the One day recently on the road, a stranger began riding Party has unofficially adopted antisemitism as a cam- foundation stronger in the Lord God, something I’ll Netanya Passover bombing in which 29 Israelis perished our bumper, then pulled alongside us. He looked like paign technique to attract Germany’s sizable Muslim have and continue to walk in as time goes on.... and more than 140 were injured. If any other country in he wanted to kill us. Then he rolled down his window minority. A former German defense minister blames the the world were bleeding from terrorism at the same rate and shouted to his driver, “I think they’re (expletive) power of the Jews for all the perceived ills of American I just want to thank the Lord for you guys, for Zola and as Israel, would there be any question of its right to defend Jewish.” They continued to follow us for a while, then foreign policy. German Jews are advised not to wear Jeffrey Seif and the staff. Thanks from the bottom of my itself? To deny Israel’s right to defend itself, of course, is took a different route. I just wanted Zola to know that anything in public that will identify them as Jewish heart! — PP to deny the right of the Jews to a state that can perform anti-Semitism is definitely here in California. because their safety cannot be guaranteed. A listing of the minimal function of protecting its own citizens. — anonymous supporter in CA such incidents could fill, and fill again, this entire mag- CONTINUED ON PAGE 26 FOR CREDIT CARD ORDERS OR DONATIONS, YOU MAY CALL 1-800-WONDERS (966-3377). 8 DECEMBER 2002 P.O. BOX 12268 • DALLAS, TX 75225-0268 • (214) 696-8844 • WWW.LEVITT.COM 25 EDITORIAL LETTERS continued

In conclusion, the oft-repeated Arab claim that the Is- Dear PP: ted by the rabbis. Ask your local rabbi, or your local Which Came First: raeli “occupation” is somehow to blame for the Pales- Jewish friend, if they’ve heard of a holiday called First tinian terrorism is nothing more than an empty retort, Praise God the Institute has been a blessing to thousands Fruits. If not, refer them to their Torah (Leviticus Terrorism or “Occupation”? repudiated by the facts, and disproved by a century of through the years. I wish more would take advantage of 23:10-12). ■ the truths packed within the 12 courses. Why aren’t Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Israel publication historical reality. churches teaching this? Because the seminaries aren’t training pastors-to-be in the truths related to Israel. That’s Palestinian and Arab spokesmen commonly claim that the The following is a partial list of documented acts of Arab why I’m offering it free to pastors who are graduates of recent Palestinian terrorism is the result of the Israeli A Capital Act by Congress continued from pg. 4 these wayward seminaries and Bible schools. God’s Word “occupation” of the West Bank and Gaza, adding that the terrorism, all occurring prior to the beginning of the Is- — any of it — must not be placed on the back burner (9) In 1990, the Congress unanimously adopted Senate Con-current Reso- violence will cease only when the “occupation” is ended. raeli administration of the West Bank and Gaza in 1967: or eliminated because of demands from high-dollar lution 106, which declares that the Congress “strongly believes that Jerusalem must remain an undivided city in which the rights of every donors or political correctness or heresy like Progres- Despite this claim, it should be recalled that the many June 9, 1953 – Terrorists attacked a farming community ethnic and religious group are protected”. sive Dispensationalism. May God fill you with knowl- Palestinian and Arab rejectionist factions (such as the near Lod, and killed one of the residents. The terrorists edge and wisdom as you study! — Zola (10) In 1992, the United States Senate and House of Rep-resentatives Hamas and the Hizbullah) repeatedly declare that even threw hand grenades and sprayed gunfire in all directions. unanimously adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution 113 of the One On the same night, another group of terrorists attacked if Israel would fully withdraw from the territories they Hundred Second Congress to commemorate the 25th anniversary of will continue their attacks, since they refute Israel’s basic a house in the town of Hadera. This occurred a day after the reunification of Jerusalem, and reaffirming congressional senti- right to exist. Israel and Jordan signed an agreement, with UN medi- Moody, Dallas, Talbot Seminary Grads ment that Jerusalem must remain an undivided city. ation, in which Jordan undertook to prevent terrorists More importantly, however, the basic premise of the from crossing into Israel from Jordanian territory. Are you a graduate of one of either Moody, DTS or Tal- (11) The September 13, 1993, Declaration of Principles on Interim Palestinian claim — that the “occupation” causes ter- bot? If so, and you are in the pulpit ministry, then please Self-Government Arrangements lays out a timetable for the resolu- rorism — is historically flawed. Arab and Palestinian June 11, 1953 – Terrorists attacked a young couple in send us a copy of your diploma and ordination. We will tion of “final status” issues, including Jerusalem. give you a full scholarship to our Institute of Jewish- terrorism against Israel existed prior to the beginning their home in Kfar Hess, and shot them to death. (12) The Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area was signed Christian Studies. You can request free info on page 31, of Israeli control over the West Bank and Gaza as a re- May 4,1994, beginning the five-year transitional period laid out in the sult of the Six Day War of June 1967, and even prior to Mar 17, 1954 – Terrorists ambushed a bus traveling from toward the bottom of the center column, or read about Declaration of Principles. the establishment of the State of Israel in May 1948. Eilat to Tel Aviv, and opened fire at short range when the our Institute at www.levitt.com. It is imperative that bus reached the area of Maale Akrabim in the northern you understand this crucial Biblical information, which (13) In March of 1995, 93 members of the United States Senate For example, Arab terrorism was rampant during the wave Negev. In the initial ambush, the terrorists killed the was omitted at your seminary. signed a letter to Secretary of State Warren Christ-opher encouraging “planning to begin now” for relocation of the United States Embassy to of anti-Jewish riots in 1920-21 (which was characterized driver and wounded most of the passengers. The terror- the city of Jerusalem. by the brutal murder in Jaffa of the prominent Jewish ists then boarded the bus, and shot each passenger, one author Y. Brenner), during the “Disturbances” of 1929 by one. Eleven passengers were murdered. Survivors Praise Report — Zola’s Heart (14) In June of 1993, 257 members of the United States House of (which included the massacre of the Jewish communi- recounted how the murderers spat on the bodies and Representatives signed a letter to Secretary of State Warren Christopher ty in Hebron), during the Arab Revolt of 1936-39, and abused them. The terrorists could clearly be traced back We wondered if Zola was down for the count. He was stating that the relocation of the United States Embassy to Jerusalem in many other recorded incidents of wholesale anti- to the Jordanian border, some 20 km [about 13 miles] having chest pains and didn’t feel well. But several medi- “should take place no later than 1999”. Jewish Arab violence throughout the pre-state period. cal tests, including a stress echocardiogram, have estab- from the site of the terrorist attack. (15) The United States maintains its embassy in the func-tioning capital lished that his coronary arteries are in terrific shape. The Palestinian terrorism campaign was stepped-up on the of every country except in the case of our democratic friend and Mar 24, 1955 – Terrorists threw hand grenades and open- Despite the fact that Zola has had six bypasses since eve of the UN Partition Resolution of November 1947, and strategic ally, the State of Israel. ed fire on a crowd at a wedding in the farming commu- 1982, he is feeling a new energy, knowing that the ol’ led to the joint Arab invasion of 1948-49 which delineated nity of Patish, in the Negev. A young woman was killed, pump is holding up fine. Considering that most by- (16) The United States conducts official meetings and other business the boundaries of the newly established State of Israel. and eighteen people were wounded in the attack. passes last only ten years, we know this must be an in the city of Jerusalem in de facto recog-nition of its status as the answer to your fervent prayers. Thanks a thousandfold! capital of Israel. Indeed, this deplorable violence can be traced back to Apr 11, 1956 – Terrorists opened fire on a synagogue full the beginning of the renewed Jewish settlement of the (17) In 1996, the State of Israel will celebrate the 3,000th anniversary of children and teenagers, in the farming community of Land of Israel over a century ago. of the Jewish presence in Jerusalem since King David’s entry. Shafrir. Three children and a youth worker were killed on After the War of Independence, Arab terrorism expanded the spot, and five were wounded, including three seriously. A First Fruits Comeback in scope. In 1952, when fedayeen terrorist border incur- By Zola Levitt The congressional act goes on to determine when and sions reached their height, there were about 3,000 inci- Sept 23, 1956 – Terrorists opened fire from a Jordanian how the United States should establish its embassy in dents of cross-border violence, extending from the position, and killed four archaeologists, and wounded It seems that our Seven Feasts book was Jerusalem. However, it also provides the president with malicious destruction of property to the brutal murder sixteen others, near Kibbutz Ramat Rachel. given to one Jewish lady who teaches a a bypass around implementing this act by granting him of civilians. In the years 1951-1955, 503 Israelis were class at a synagogue. She used it when teach- waiver authority. Every six months the president signs a killed by Arab terrorists infiltrating from Jordan, 358 Jan 1, 1965 – Palestinian terrorists attempted to bomb ing about the birth and placement of the waiver to virtually annul the force of this congressional were killed in attacks from Egypt, and 61 were killed in the National Water Carrier. This was the first attack car- feasts, I guess omitting the stuff about the directive because of “national security” concerns. Isn’t attacks originating from Syria and Lebanon. This anti- ried out by the PLO’s Fatah faction [under Yasser Arafat]. Messiah. But, in any case, it must have been it sad that President Bush consciously rebuffs genuine Israeli violence encompassed both frontier settlements amazing for the Jewish ladies to hear what friendship with our only ally and the only democracy and population centers, and was perpetrated, for the their true holidays are as taught from the Torah. in the Middle East each time he signs this waiver? most part, against innocent civilians, most of them [Editor’s note: The above publication listed nearly 60 such incidents It may be the only synagogue in the world that that took place before the Six Day War in 1967. We have selected just — Zola new immigrants. a few of them due to space constraints.] now recognizes the festival called First Fruits, fore- shadowing the resurrection of Christ, otherwise omit-

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MinistryOutreach the phrase on the front of my before. Dozens came to visit us, expressing solidarity To the Lost Sheep T-shirt meant, which was a “I Share in Your Pain” through the beautiful Hebrew expression, “I share in quotation from Romans 11:18: “You do not support the your pain.” Included among them, alas, were many who root, but the root supports you.” I told her that this By Stewart M. Weiss, The Jerusalem Post had themselves been victims of the Palestinian Terror of Israel – Part 2 phrase was a verse from the New Testament teaching War against the Jewish People. They, more than anyone, By Todd Baker, ThM that Gentile Christians do not take precedence over and Will the real Israeli please stand up? Is it the gruff, tough know what it means to suffer and to sacrifice for this above Israel but rather are supported and nurtured by ruffian who cuts you off in traffic, endangering life and great nation of ours. what God has done through Israel. She listened to us and limb — his and yours — for the sake of one car-length? Is In our last report, John Gonzales and I described the read from the Scriptures in Jeremiah 31:35-37 where God it the rude and pushy person who mysteriously appears at Politicians came, too, to let us know we were not alone. events of our initial evangelistic encounters in Tel Aviv promised that He would preserve the nation of Israel the bank or post office — just as you are about to finally ad- President Moshe Katsav held our nine-year-old daugh- during the fourth outreach sponsored by Shalom Shalom forever. From that same chapter we showed her that He vance to the clerk — and cavalierly informs you, “I was here.” ter’s hand and animatedly asked her about school; Natan Messianic Congregation and Zola Levitt Ministries. would make “a new covenant” (Brit Hadasha in Hebrew) and Avital Sharansky cried with us and invited us to Truly, the Lord prepared the way before us. We continue with Israel (Jeremiah 31:31-34) and how it was ratified Or is it the driver who pulls off the road to help you with Shabbat dinner at their home; Effi Eitam hailed our son in this issue with a number of opportunities we had through the atoning death of Jesus the Messiah (see the baby carriage, all the while telling you what a cute as a hero and left his home number in case we needed to to share the love of Yeshua, Messiah of the Jews and Matthew 26:27-28). She was interested in learning more baby you have; or the supermarket clerk who runs down call. Pointedly, only the politicians of the “Right”— Likud, Savior of the world. so we left her a Gospel tract that gave steps to accepting the street chasing you to return the NIS 10 [New Israeli Yisrael Ba’aliya, Mafdal, etc. — took the time to visit. this crucified and risen Messiah. Shekels] change you forgot when you checked out? On the eve of Yom Kippur (The Day of Atonement), we Those of the “Left”— Labor, Meretz, Shinui, who fre- stopped in the nice Sheraton Hotel to have coffee. As we The following morning we hit the streets again. The Holy Over the last month, since our son Ari was killed in bat- quently boast of their supposed love for human rights were looking for an entrance, a security guard appeared Spirit led us to a bus stop where we witnessed to an elder- tle in Nablus, I have had the opportunity to encounter and the need for national compassion — never both- and told us that the restaurant was closed. We then told ly Jewish lady who could not speak English well. A the Israeli, and the Israel, you never — or rarely — see; ered to make contact with us at any stage. him that we were sent by a Messianic congregation in young Israeli teenager heard us, came over to listen, and certainly the Israel you almost never read about. It is, I Most impressive of all was the IDF. They mobilized into Dallas, Texas, to let the Jewish people know that God’s ended up helping translate for us so that the lady could can report, an Israel with a huge heart, a towering “battle mode” to guard and guide us. Ari’s unit — sent plan for them is right on schedule and irrevocable (Rom- fully understand the Gospel message from the Brit soul, and an inner desire to do good. letters by their commanding officer “ordering” them ans 11:29), simply because God chose Israel to bless all Hadasha. This was simply amazing! Without hesitation From the moment we received the horrendous news to now make us part of their own families — sur- the nations of the earth, which He has certainly done with this young man was willing to help us communicate the about our Hayal, we were shielded in a protective rounded us like a wall of green. Battle-trained the Jewish Scriptures and the Jewish Messiah bringing Gospel in Hebrew to a fellow countryman. We told them bubble of love and care that defies description. generals came to sit with us, and several were salvation to those who believe (Genesis 12:1-3; Romans that if they would study the prophecies of the Messiah even caught shedding a tear. The Chief of General 3:2; 9:5). He smiled appreciatively at this support. in the Tenach (our Old Testament) and see how Within minutes of the army’s dreaded knock on our front Staff, Moshe Ya’alon, spent an hour telling us how many Yeshua fulfilled them in the Brit Hadasha they door, hundreds of friends took it upon themselves to lives had been saved by Ari’s final mission. We talked to him about the evidence from the both would come to the obvious conclusion Jewish Scriptures that proves Yeshua is the Messiah attend to our every need, from providing three meals a that He is truly the Messiah of Israel come to restore day, to cleaning our house, to seeing to it that we are I look out on all of this love, all of these of Israel and that the miraculous restoration of the Jew- and redeem the Jewish people. Our translator seemed ish people back to their ancient homeland is both a ful- never alone. The entire Ra’anana community, led by expressions of unsolicited kindness, and I to be more open to the Gospel and so we offered him Israel’s most popular mayor, Zev Bielski, became mother fillment of Bible prophecy and a sure sign of the Messiah’s a copy of a New Testament in Hebrew. am absolutely convinced that we are a return. We showed him the prophecy of Jeremiah 12:15- hens and big brothers who took us under their wing and stood by our side. nation like no other. 16 in Hebrew and English, which predicts that the Lord When he took it, the elderly lady began raising her voice. will remove the enemies of Israel from the Land (ful- I thought she was angered by our attempt to “prosely- From near and far came amazing gestures of sympathy We have an unparalleled courage, a unique stamina, an filled in the Arab-Israeli wars of 1948 and 1967) to allow tize.” But the young man said that she simply wanted a and solidarity: The local Starbuck’s — the only kosher irrepressible spirit. the Jews to regain and dwell in their homeland again copy of the New Testament for herself. Unfortunately, I Starbuck’s in the world! — sent dozens of specialty cof- after worldwide dispersion. During this regathering And we are, deep down, at heart, a genuinely good peo- had only one copy because we had already given out fees to our home each day of shiva [the traditional process the Lord said He would return! ple who care mightily about each other. Yes, at times the rest. I knew I had only one Hebrew New Testament seven day mourning period held by religious Jews]. A we let our baser instincts and our weaker sides prevail; left; I had checked my bag twice. I was sure of this. So, I neighborhood synagogue set up a “mobile sanctuary” “For thus says the Lord: ‘Against all My evil neighbors who and we lapse into petty bickering and behavior. But, when expressed my apologies to the lady for not having a copy in our living room so we could pray at home. touch the inheritance which I caused My people Israel for her. As we turned to go, I checked my bag for the it really, really counts, we rise to the occasion and em- to inherit — behold, I will pluck them out of their land third and final time. To my shock and utter surprise, sit- Baruch Hadaya Jewelers in Jerusalem took the bullet brace the finest values of the human condition. and pluck out the house of Judah from among them. ting right there on top of my tracts was one copy of the casings used in the “21-gun salute” to Ari at his funeral And that is why, despite the heartaches and the losses Then it shall be, after I have plucked them out, that I Hebrew New Testament, where surely there was none and made out of them, at no cost, commemorative rings and the set-backs we suffer, despite facing a cruel and will return and have compassion on them and bring before! If God can easily multiply loaves and fishes out for all the family. A 10-year-old boy from Hashmonaim, despicable Palestinian people who seek our destruc- them back, everyone to his heritage and everyone to of thin air, why could He not produce a Hebrew New who watched the funeral on TV, saw our 10-year-old tion, despite losing our own brave and beautiful son, I his land’” (Jeremiah 12:15-16, emphasis added). See Testament for a sweet and sincere woman who want- wearing a torn shirt (as required by Jewish law) and sent am absolutely certain that we shall triumph in this war also the Authorized Version of Deuteronomy 30:1-3 for ed to know the truth? What joy and awe we had at this! him a new T-shirt in the mail. and in all future wars. the same prophecy. I gave her the Scriptures and she thanked me. I have called this event “The Miracle of Replenishment.” Christians from Montana send dolls to all the children. While we were talking with this man, a middle-aged And I know that Ari — whose death has sparked such an Jewish lady from England heard our conversation and We were overwhelmed with acts of kindness, and gen- outpouring of positive emotion around the world — In next month’s article I will relate our witnessing experi- did not die in vain. ■ came over to listen to the discussion. She asked me what ences in Galilee, Qiryat Shimona, and Jerusalem. ■ erosity of the spirit, from people we had never met

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doing is right,” the ABC quoted him as saying. by an Israeli surgeon. The survival of tiny Salaam, whose “...After converting to Islam” Our Valuable Ally name means “peace” in Arabic, is a rare tale of cooper- “I mean as far as I know Osama bin Laden is innocent BBC News By John Diamond, USA Today ation among the fractured peoples of the Holy Land. until proven guilty.” ■ Israel is secretly playing a key role in U.S. preparations Israeli doctor Eli Milgalter of Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem Australian police have charged a British-born man with for possible war with Iraq, helping to train soldiers and performed the surgery without accepting payment. “It’s planning to blow up Israeli diplomatic premises in Marines for urban warfare, conducting clandestine sur- special,” he said, “that even with violence raging and Australia. Jack Roche, 49, appeared in court in Perth to veillance missions in the western Iraqi desert and allow- divides widening, Salaam was saved by Moslems, Christ- deny any connection with the alleged plot. Protecting Beauty Queens ing the United States to place combat supplies in Israel, ians and Jews.” ■ according to U.S. Defense and intelligence officials. The man’s arrest on Monday night follows an earlier Reuters raid on his home — one of a series by Australian police Nigeria said it would never allow the implementation …Israeli commandos, using their own satellite intelli- “Today I am a man” in the wake of the 12 October bombings in the Indones- gence and imagery provided by U.S. intelligence services, ian resort of Bali, in which nearly 200 people died. of a series of Islamic Shari’a law death-by-stoning ver- By Melissa Radler, The Jerusalem Post dicts, in an apparent bid to reassure beauty queens have conducted clandestine surveillance missions of threatening to boycott this year’s Miss World pageant. Scud missile sites in western Iraq. A thirteen-year-old from New In interviews after the raids, Mr. Roche said that after Jersey took the meaning of his bar mitzvah to heart and converting to Islam 10 years ago, he had been sent to …Israeli infantry units with experience in urban war- Junior Foreign Minister Dubem Onyia singled out the donated a portion of his savings to soldiers stationed in Afghanistan to learn to make bombs. fare during the Palestinian uprising helped train U.S. case of… a 31-year-old woman whose sentencing to the West Bank. Army and Marine counterparts this summer and fall death by stoning for adultery sparked worldwide out- He also said he was a supporter of Indonesian Muslim for possible urban battles in Iraq. “I’ve decided to donate part of my bar mitzvah money to cleric Abu Bakar Ba’asyir — the alleged spiritual leader rage. the IDF,” Josh Cohen told friends and relatives at his bar of Jemaah Islamiah, a militant group that has been …The Pentagon has beefed up stocks of ammunition, mitzvah party. The food was Middle Eastern-themed, the linked to the Bali bombing. “[She] will never, never be stoned to death,” Onyia said. fuel and other basic military staples at six storage depots beer was brewed in Israel, and the traditional floral cen- “The federal government will not stand by to let any in Israel over the past year. ■ ■ terpieces were replaced by baskets filled with presents Mr. Roche also defended Osama bin Laden who was citizen of this country be dehumanized.” for the soldiers. Josh also asked his guests to add letters “innocent until proven guilty.” Meanwhile, the Australian of support and thanks for the soldiers. Government has warned its citizens to be vigilant in Ecumenical Baby the face of what it calls credible information of possi- Israel Today “It is my way of saying we are thinking about you, we ble terrorist attacks. Many Western governments have respect what you are doing, we thank you, and we hope A Palestinian baby abandoned at birth was rescued by Pales- recently issued similar warnings. God blesses you with success in fighting our enemies tinian doctors, given a home by nuns and her heart repaired and protects you from being harmed.” ■ During Mr. Roche’s brief court appearance his lawyer, Robert Mazza, denied his client was guilty of two charges of conspiring to bomb the Israeli embassy in Canberra and the Israeli consulate in Sydney. Hebrew BiblicalInsights

The attacks were alleged to have been planned two Lesson years ago in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Malaysia. By John J. Parsons

Mr. Roche was born in the UK and converted to Islam. From our Sages He was one of a number of people whose homes were raided by police in Melbourne, Perth and Sydney earlier The first letter of the Hebrew Bible is a Bet rather than an Aleph, and this month, targeting sympathizers of Jemaah Islamiah. Zola’sZola’s certain Jewish sages have puzzled over why this is the case. One sage thought that this is because the letter Bet connotes power because of During the police crackdown Mr. Roche told Australian the force of air (ruach) being spoker forth; another thought that by ABC radio that he was a supporter of radical Muslim Notebook: starting with a Bet rather than an Aleph, the almighty was in effect Aleph cleric Abu Bakar Ba’asyir, accused by several govern- ments of leading Jemaah Islamiah. revealing that man did not know the first principles about the cre- The Bible–The Whole Story ation; yet another thought that since Aleph is a silent letter, it repre- sents God in His unspeakable glory and life, which forever precedes Mr. Roche said he met Mr. Ba’asyir in the mid-1990s Seven vital doctrines are chosen and examined in a very read- when the cleric visited Australia. able and clear style. One of the most popular items offered by all things (see Isa. 44:6, Rev. 22:13). Jesus described Himself as the this ministry, Zola’s Notebook explains the Bible cover-to-cover. “Aleph and the Tav,” and the Aleph, humble and lowly, gives out its “I liked what he was saying. It was very clear. It all made The Notebook has pockets for our newsletters, and space is strength (Aleph) before the house — Bet, in Hebrew — of creation sense,” he told the radio. “I believe that Abu Bakar provided for notes to be taken by the reader. Covered thor- in sacrificial love. Ba’asyir is supporting Osama bin Laden on the basis of oughly are the following doctrines: the Abrahamic Covenant, what he sees as Osama bin Laden having the courage the Law, Prophecy, the Messiah, Grace, the Church and the of his convictions and sincerely believes what he is Kingdom. Available on page 31. (Please see page 2 for a sample of the new book ZOLA’S INTRODUCTION TO HEBREW.) Bet

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Muslim Mideast. Unless I’m missing something, the the illicit proceeds to illegally support con “A pile of dead jews…” Arabs haven’t given anything to the world since Algebra, “Total Information Awareness” tras in Nicaragua. and, by the way, thanks a heck of a lot for that one. By William Safire, The New York Times By Larry Miller …He is determined to break down the wall Chew this around and spit it out: Five hundred between commercial snooping and secret If the Homeland Security Act is not amended before A brief overview of the situation is always valuable, so as million Arabs; five million Jews. government intrusion. The disgraced admi- ISRAEL passage, here is what will happen to you: a service to all Americans who still don’t get it, I now offer ral dismisses such necessary differentiation as bureau- you the story of the Middle East in just a few paragraphs, Think of all the Arab countries as a cratic “stovepiping.” And he has been given a $200 Every purchase you make with a credit card, every maga- which is all you really need. football field, and Israel as a pack of million budget to create computer dossiers on 300 mil- zine subscription you buy and medical prescription matches sitting in the middle of it. And lion Americans. you fill, every Web site you visit and e-mail you send or Don’t thank me. I’m a giver. Here we go: now these same folks swear that if Israel receive, every academic grade you receive, every bank gives them half of that pack of matches, When George W. Bush was running for president, he deposit you make, every trip you book and every event The Palestinians want their own country. There’s just one everyone will be pals. stood foursquare in defense of each person’s medical, you attend — all these transactions and communica- thing about that: There are no Palestinians. It’s a made- financial and communications privacy. But Poindexter, tions will go into what the Defense Department des- up word. Israel was called Palestine for two thousand Really? Wow, what neat news. Hey, but what about the whose contempt for the restraints of oversight drew cribes as “a virtual, centralized grand database.” years. Like “Wiccan,” “Palestinian” sounds ancient but is string of wars to obliterate the tiny country and the con- the Reagan administration into its most serious blun- really a modern invention. Before the Israelis won the stant din of rabid blood oaths to drive every Jew into the der, is still operating on the presumption that on such To this computerized dossier on your private life from land in war, Gaza was owned by Egypt, and there were sea? Oh, that? We were just kidding. a sweeping theft of privacy rights, the buck ends with commercial sources, add every piece of information no “Palestinians” then, and the West Bank was owned him and not with the president. that government has about you — passport applica- by Jordan, and there were no “Palestinians” then. As soon My friend Kevin Rooney made a gorgeous point the other tion, driver’s license and bridge toll records, judicial as the Jews took over and started growing oranges as big day: Just reverse the numbers. Imagine five hundred …Political awareness can overcome “Total Information and divorce records, complaints from nosy neighbors as basketballs, what do you know, say hello to the “Pales- million Jews and five million Arabs. I was stunned at Awareness,” the combined force of commercial and to the F.B.I., your lifetime paper trail plus the latest tinians,” weeping for their deep bond with their lost the simple brilliance of it. Can anyone picture the Jews government snooping. In a similar overreach, Attorney hidden camera surveillance — and you have the super- “land” and “nation.” strapping belts of razor blades and dynamite to them- General Ashcroft tried his Terrorism Information and snoop’s dream: a “Total Information Awareness” about selves? Of course not. Or marshaling every fiber and force Prevention System (TIPS), but public outrage at the every U.S. citizen. So for the sake of honesty, let’s not use the word “Palest- at their disposal for generations to drive a tiny Arab State use of gossips and postal workers as snoops caused the inian” any more to describe these delightful folks, who into the sea? Nonsense. Or dancing for joy at the murder House to shoot it down. The Senate should now do the This is not some far-out Orwellian scenario. It is what will dance for joy at our deaths until someone points out of innocents? Impossible. Or spreading and believing same to this other exploitation of fear. happen to your personal freedom in the next few weeks they’re being taped. Instead, let’s call them what they horrible lies about the Arabs baking their bread with the if John Poindexter gets the unprecedented power he seeks. are: “Other Arabs Who Can’t Accomplish Anything In Life blood of children? Disgusting. No, as you know, left to The Latin motto over Poindexter’s new Pentagon office And Would Rather Wrap Themselves In The Seductive themselves in a world of peace, the worst Jews would reads “Scientia Est Potentia”—“knowledge is power.” Remember Poindexter? Brilliant man, first in his class Melodrama Of Eternal Struggle And Death.” ever do to people is debate them to death. Exactly: the government’s infinite knowledge about at the Naval Academy, later earned a doctorate in physics, you is its power over you. rose to national security adviser under President Ronald I know that’s a bit unwieldy to expect to see on CNN. Mr. Bush, God bless him, is walking a tightrope. I under- Reagan. He had this brilliant idea of secretly selling How about this, then: “Adjacent Jew-Haters.” Okay, so stand that with vital operations coming up against Iraq missiles to Iran to pay ransom for hostages, and with the Adjacent Jew-Haters want their own country. Oops, and others, it’s in our interest, as Americans, to try to just one more thing. No, they don’t. They could’ve had stabilize our Arab allies as much as possible, and, after Note From Zola their own country any time in the last thirty years, especi- all, that can’t be much harder than stabilizing a roomful continued from page 17 ally two years ago at Camp David. But if you have your of super-models who’ve just had their drugs taken away. own country, you have to have traffic lights and garbage As your family enjoys this trucks and Chambers of Commerce, and, worse, you However, in any big-picture strategy, there’s always a holiday season, remembering the actually have to figure out some way to make a living. danger of losing moral weight. birth of Messiah, consider a gift to That’s no fun. No, they want what all the other Jew- the ongoing efforts of this ministry. Haters in the region want: Israel. We’ve already lost some. After September 11 our presi- Whether it be to our missionary fund, dent told us and the world he was going to root out all our Anatot fund, or to any other outreach of this They also want a big pile of dead Jews, of course — that’s terrorists and the countries that supported them. Beauti- ministry, God will bless you with eternal gifts as you where the real fun is — but mostly they want Israel. Why? ful. Then the Israelis, after months and months of hav- share your heart and resources for the saving of souls For one thing, trying to destroy Israel — or “The Zionist ing the equivalent of an Oklahoma City [bombing] every and the proclamation of His truth. I thank you in Entity” as their textbooks call it — for the last fifty years week (and then every day) start to do the same thing advance for your generosity. has allowed the rulers of Arab countries to divert the atten- we did, and we tell them to show restraint. tion of their own people away from the fact that they’re When you give, say a prayer for us as you walk out to the the blue-ribbon most illiterate, poorest, and tribally back- If America were being attacked with an Oklahoma City mailbox. We cannot exist without your ward on God’s Earth, and if you’ve ever been around God’s every day, we would all very shortly be screaming for the faithful intercession. And pray for Earth, you know that’s really saying something. administration to just be done with it and kill everything south of the Mediterranean and east of the Jordan. (Hey, the peace of Jerusalem. It makes me roll my eyes every time one of our pundits wait a minute, that’s actually not such a bad id . . . ooh, waxes poetic about the great history and culture of the that is, what a horrible thought, yeah, horrible.)

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Like its Moslem fans, the New York Times is not usually Voters and election officials agree that future ballots The Hate-filled Preaching Bringing in the Thieves noted for humor. We present you with this rare excep- must be made clearer and less ambiguous. Some experts tion. — Zola suggest having just one choice on the ballot, a) Yes. In Associated Press another proposed redesign, voters would have a choice of the Peaceful Religion between, a) Yes or b) No, I prefer imprisonment. By Michael Petrou, The Ottawa Citizen Secretary of State Colin Powell said he is trying to expand pro- Saddam, By A Many Iraqis are calling for a manual recount of the bal- grams to bring educators, A radical London-based Muslim cleric has been caught lots. Though Mr. Hussein won the election by a comfort- journalists and political and on film urging his followers to kill non-Muslims and able margin, officials believe the compromised results religious leaders from Islamic Whisker commit acts of terrorism. give an inaccurate picture of the level of support enjoyed countries to the United States. By Michael Rubiner, The New York Times by Mr. Hussein. “We know how the West can spin these results,” one official said. “They’ll say, ‘Oh, Saddam Tapes of Sheik Abu Hamza, a cleric affiliated with Lon- “We are committed to ensuring that our programs reach In a developing scandal, there have been widespread only has the support of 100 percent of the country. He’s don’s Finsbury Park mosque, telling an audience that out to Muslims in all walks of life,” Powell told a gathering claims of voting irregularities in the recent Iraqi elec- vulnerable.’” ■ non-believers should be killed or sold into slavery have of Muslim-Americans at an Iftaar, the end-of-the-day meal tion. In a referendum on re-electing President Saddam been smuggled onto the Internet. that breaks daylong fasts during the holy month of Ramadan. Hussein, Mr. Hussein won 100 percent of the vote, but Mr. Hussein’s aides claim that the real “If a kafir person (non-believer) goes in a Muslim coun- Powell said the United States also is committed to en- number was probably closer to 110 per- try, he is like a cow. Anybody can take him. That is the hancing understanding by building hope. cent. They contend that a significant Islamic law,” Mr. Hamza says on one tape. number of voters, particularly the elderly, “From the mountains of Afghanistan to the valleys of had difficulty reading what they describe Bosnia to the plains of Africa to the forests of Asia and as confusing, poorly designed punch-card “If a kafir is walking by and you catch him, he’s booty. around the world we are on the ground working with ballots. Many voters, the aides believe, in- You can sell him in the market. Most of them are spies. our Muslim partners to expand the circle of peace, the tended to vote for Mr. Hussein but “spoil- And even if they don’t do anything, if Muslims cannot circle of prosperity, the circle of freedom,” he said. ed” their ballots inadvertently. take them and sell them in the market, you just kill them. It’s OK.” Describing extremism and violence as America’s greatest The ballots consist of a single question, “Do enemies, Powell said, “We must not listen to the siren song you choose to re-elect Saddam Hussein?” Mr. Hamza also praises the al-Qaeda bombings of U.S. of the bigots, extremists who cloak themselves in false followed by the choices, a) Yes or b) Yes. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that killed 224 people. spirituality in an attempt to divide and to weaken us.” ■ Many voters complained to election offi- cials that they intended to vote “Yes” but “If Muslims are having a war against these people, then “Exercising Women’s rights, Moslem-style” instead mistakenly punched the hole under yes, it is legitimate,” he says. “Yes” because the holes were not properly aligned. Many of these people say they de- clined to bring this problem to the attention He then praised attacks against ships from non-Muslim of election workers for fear of looking foolish countries: “If a ship loses its way and comes to a Muslim and also, as one voter said, because poll officials The Weapon of the Weak land, they’ll take it as booty.” A terrorist attack in 2000 “tend to be a little trigger happy.” on the USS Cole killed 17 American sailors. The attack “Twenty-five years ago, there were only 36 democracies has been linked to Muslim militants in Britain, but Mr. Other voters say they were uncertain which “Yes” to in the world. Today we have 120. Now the world listens Hamza has never been charged. choose so they punched both holes, thus invalidating to our music, watches our movies, wears our clothes. their ballots. One such voter explained, “I knew this We — and the freedom we represent — are winning the big wars worldwide. Latin America, Asia and Africa Despite accusations he recruits for al-Qaeda, Mr. was going to be a squeaker of a contest, and I wanted want to be more like us, less like the tyrannies of old. Hamza’s only punishment in Britain has been a High to be extra sure that Saddam got my vote. Now I learn my ballot is to be thrown out. It’s enough to make you Please never forget that terrorism is the weapon of the Court order banning him from preaching at the Finsbury weak wielded against the strong. It is embittered losers Park mosque. However, when the Citizen visited the question our electoral system. I mean, not me person- ally, but someone else might question it.” delivering desperate, brutal back swipes at the win- mosque several weeks ago, worshippers had his phone The Empty Tomb Nearly Bankrupt by Zola Levitt ners. The way to win this fight is to remember and number handy. The Garden Tomb in Jerusalem now has a staff of only two. Both of Other voters who were confused by the ballots chose honor the victims and never, ever forget the stakes.” ■ them are the ministers who guide our groups through the site. When to write in “Yes,” or “Totally,” or “Saddam is the only Christopher Matthews, Washington Times. The sheik, who was born in Egypt and grew up in Eng- we arrived, the older gentleman, probably close to 80, took our group — very competently. The younger man was doing the gardening, going despot for me,” but these ballots were also ruled invalid land, then alluded to more violence — using language around planting things and so on. by election authorities. “It’s pretty clear these people Web Blessings similar to that used by Osama bin Laden. intended to vote for Saddam,” one official said. “But how It’s very sad because it used to have a staff adequate for many groups For an “Interview with God,” see breathtaking photo of pilgrims. We set up some time ago the Garden Tomb Fund and the would it look if we chose to count their votes? People graphic images and an inspiring message that has “Just as non-Muslim blood is hot, Muslim blood is hot, men thanked me very graciously for your gifts through Zola Levitt might start to think this whole election is a sham.” touched many: www.theinterviewwithgod.com too,” he said. “It’s for them to worry about. When they Ministries. It’s hard to think of a more important Christian site in the kill, they will be killed.” ■ Holy Land or anywhere else in the world. Please consider supporting The controversy has created an outcry for ballot reform. Interactive Jewish Calendar: www.hebcal.com/hebcal/ this vital ministry in the Promise Land. ■

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The writer above states that he believes it is “possible” Criticizing Israel is not anti-Semitic, and saying so is Honoring God’s Promises for Christians of the “covenant” variety to have a “great vile. But singling out Israel for opprobrium and inter- love” for the Jewish people. This may well be possible, Campus Hypocrisy national sanction — out of all proportion to any other By Zola Levitt but how little we see it in practice! By Thomas L. Friedman, The New York Times party in the Middle East — is anti-Semitic, and not saying so is dishonest. Recently, a reader contacted the Christian Research Once you begin to devalue the significance of the Chosen Institute, founded by Hank Hanegraaff, to find out what People, then how on earth can you have a “great love” The Washington Post recently reported that students Memo to Israel’s supporters: Just because there are anti- they have to say about Zola Levitt Ministries. Below are for them? Once you disregard their “present ethnic sta- and faculty at a growing number of universities are Semites who blame Israel for everything that is wrong some excerpts from CRI’s response. tus” (whatever that means), then you cannot appreciate pressuring their schools “into selling their holdings in does not mean that whatever Israel does is right, or in their past and future status, because the Jewish people companies that do business with Israel, prompting a its self-interest, or just. The settlement policy Israel has “We commend Zola Levitt Ministries in their service to and nation have always been the apple of God’s eye… counter-campaign among Jewish groups that consider been pursuing is going to lead to the demise of the the Lord. They uphold the important teaching of the and they always have been Jewish! the effort part of a creeping tide of anti-Semitism on Jewish state. No, settlements are not the reason for the inerrancy of Scripture, as well as the important truth campus.” Here’s what I would say to both sides on this Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but to think they do not that Christ alone provides salvation for humanity. As a God loved them and chose them and called them out issue: exacerbate it, and are not locking Israel into a perma- Christian ministry, they are primarily concerned with and promised to them eternal blessings as a distinct nent occupation, is also dishonest. reaching the Jewish community, and Zola Levitt has also people. In essence, one devalues the eternal promises Memo to professors and students leading the divestiture been helpful in portraying the significance of Jewish of God by devaluing the objects of those promises. campaign: Your campaign for divestiture from Israel is If the settlers get their way, Israel will de facto or de jure traditions for Christians. deeply dishonest and hypocritical, and any university annex the West Bank and Gaza. And if current Palestin- Not everyone holding to covenant theology may be an that goes along with it does not deserve the title of insti- ian birth rates continue, by around the year 2010 there “While we commend them with regard to these tremen- anti-Semite, but such beliefs provide an easy environ- tution of higher learning. will be more Palestinians than Jews living in Israel, the dous aspects of their ministry, and accept Zola Levitt as ment for this attitude to be fostered, as most mainline West Bank and Gaza combined. When that happens, a brother in Christ, we do not agree with their position Protestant denominations and the Catholics demon- You are dishonest because to single out Israel as the only the demand of the college anti-Israel movements will that those who hold to ‘covenant theology’ (i.e., those who strate by their pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel posturing. ■ party to blame for the current impasse is to perpetrate change. do not make the distinction between the church and a lie. Historians can debate whether the Camp David Israel) espouse a theological system that apparently and Clinton peace proposals for a Palestinian state were They won’t bother anymore with divestiture. They will serves anti-Semitism and makes Scripture irrelevant. for 85, 90, or 97 percent of the West Bank and Gaza. But simply demand: “One Man, One Vote. Since Israel has what is not debatable is what the proper Palestinian de facto annexed the territories, and there is now just “While Zola Levitt Ministries’ beliefs are within the pale response should have been. It should have been to tell one political entity between Jordan and the Mediter- of Christian orthodoxy, we would purport that it is possi- Israel and America that their peace proposals were the ranean, we want majority rule.” If you think it is hard ble for orthodox Christians holding to ‘covenant theol- first fair offer they had ever put forth, and although they to defend Israel on campus today, imagine doing it in ogy’ to have a great love for the Jewish people, even still fell short of what Palestinians feel is a just two-state 2010, when the colonial settlers have so locked Israel though they do not place emphasis on their present solution, Palestinians were now prepared to work with into the territories it can rule them only by apartheid- ethnic status or the physical land of Israel as being sig- Israel and America to achieve that end. The proper re- like policies. nificant in God’s present dealings with humanity. We do sponse was not a Palestinian intifada and 100 suicide not believe that one must give any ethnic group promi- bombers, which are what brought Ariel Sharon to power. This is not a call “Singling out Israel for nence in God’s plan in order to show true Christian for unilateral compassion and concern for them, and therefore would It is shameful that at a time when some Palestinians Israeli with- opprobrium and interna- not agree that ‘covenant theology’ apparently serves are writing that they made a historic mistake in not drawal. This is a anti-Semitism. nurturing the Clinton peace offer, pro-Palestinian pro- call for everyone tional sanction... is anti- fessors and students in America and Europe pretend “Zola Levitt appears to criticize Talbot School of Theol- who wants Israel that the only reason the occupation persists is because Semitic.” ogy, Biola University, Moody Bible Institute, and Dallas to remain a of Israeli obstinacy. This approach will never gain the Theological Seminary for endorsing ‘Progressive Dispen- Jewish state — Palestinians a state, and those who dabble in it are sationalism,’ rather than traditional dispensational and not become a binational state — to urge President simply prolonging Palestinian misery. theology. He insinuates people are in danger of com- Bush to renew the U.S. push for a two-state solution. promising scriptural inerrancy when traditional dispen- If you think the Bush team is doing Israel a favor with You are also hypocrites. How is it that Egypt imprisons sationalism is not affirmed. its diplomacy of benign neglect, if you think the only the leading democracy advocate in the Arab world, campaign Jews need to be involved in today is with “At CRI, we consider both ‘dispensational theology’ Biting the hand that feeds you. after a phony trial, and not a single student group in hypocrites on U.S. college campuses — and not with (including progressive dispensational theology) and America calls for divestiture from Egypt? (I’m not call- extremists in their own camp — you too are telling your- ‘covenant theology’ to be within the pale of Christian American missionary, Bonnie Witheral, 31, worked with the Christian ing for it, but the silence is telling.) How is it that Syria selves a very big and dangerous lie. orthodoxy….” Missionary Alliance Church. She was shot three times outside the occupies Lebanon for 25 years, chokes the life out of pregnancy clinic she ran for Palestinian refugees in the port city of its democracy, and not a single student group calls for On the whole, Friedman is accurate, but I disagree with The few footnotes on the letter from CRI indicate that Sidon, Lebanon. Says her husband, Gary: “We just wanted to put divestiture from Syria? How is it that Saudi Arabia denies him on the issues of settlers and Palestinian statehood the writer spent no more than a few minutes on our our arms around people and say ‘Hey, you know what? There’s hope.’” its women the most basic human rights, and bans any on Biblical grounds. God has already determined a website www.levitt.com gathering information for this other religion from being practiced publicly on its soil, “I forgive anyone who did that,” said Gary Witheral, “It doesn’t take away one-state solution... Israel! — Zola seemingly all-encompassing portrait of our 30-year- the pain. It’s a costly forgiveness... it cost my wife,” Mr. Witheral and not a single student group calls for divestiture from old ministry. told The Times. “I loved her.... We had a really lovely marriage.” Saudi Arabia?

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“The newspaper’s stories emphasize the heroism of It’s no wonder our government waffles back and forth Surprise, surprise... Our Beloved Youth children against the cruel enemy, but also mix in other on its support for Israel and its friendship with the Arab elements which can be seen time and again in Pales- world! Thankfully, this pro-Arab Senate leader will be Saudi Money Trail to 9-11 Attacks By Jon Dougherty, WorldNetDaily.com tinian propaganda,” said the group’s analysis. out of his leadership position when Congress recon- Associated Press venes next term. — Zola Islamic terror group Hamas has launched a new Web “Children reading this paper are not only exposed to WASHINGTON — The Bush administration is pressing magazine for kids that praises martyrs while encourag- stories of heroism in fiction, but also to real-life stories,” Saudi Arabia to monitor Islamic charity groups to make ing children to follow the example of committing suicide the analysis continues. “Next to cute and innocent sto- sure contributions do not fall into the hands of terror- for the “cause.” ries like the one about the ‘ravenous rabbit,’ the news- The Senator From ists, a senior U.S. official said. paper instills into the hearts of Complete with cartoon characters and other pictures its young readers the impor- The drive was launched months before recent news reports demonstrating the “heroism of Palestinian children,” the “Saudi” Dakota tance of the armed struggle and that a charitable contribution by Princess Haifa al-Faisal, wife online magazine, titled Al-Fateh, promises “pages dis- the heroism of suicide.” WorldNetDaily.com of the Saudi ambassador to the United States, may have cussing Jihad (holy war), scientific pages, the best sto- indirectly helped two of the men who participated in the ries, not to be found elsewhere, and unequalled tales Yet, while some Palestinian [Outgoing] Senate Majority Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks in New York and Washington. of heroism.” The webzine’s editor hopes it will be read families are “honored” to have Leader Tom Daschle launched by “our beloved youth, the leaders of the future.” his political career as a top aide …The FBI, meanwhile, is in charge of an investigation their children die for the cause, into the reports involving the wife of the Saudi ambas- Harris said that feeling was not to Sen. Jim Abourezk, D-S.D., The name of one of the main cartoon characters — a sador. “The Saudis are cooperating fully.’’ universal throughout the Pales- who characterized Israel as a small boy on horseback wielding a sword — is “The tinian communities. “terrorist” state. The princess sent monthly checks to a Saudi woman Conqueror.” Translated, Al-Fatah could have several living in the United States. A Saudi official, Adel al-Jubeir, meanings, one Arabic expert told WND, one of which is “Right now there is a popular video on Palestinian tele- According to office memos said she was the wife of Osama Basnan, who along with “conqueror.” The online journal was discovered by The vision that shows a mother, after one of her teen-age obtained in an investigative report Omar al-Bayoumi is believed to have loaned financial Media Line, an Israel-based media research firm that sons has been killed by Israeli ‘terrorists,’ producing a by World magazine, Daschle was the senator’s point support to two of the hijackers. examines and analyzes “the world’s most complex and Palestinian flag rifle and handing it to her next eldest man on space, defense and foreign affairs — including explosive region,” the Middle East. son as if to say, ‘It’s time to go and kill yourself for the… the Middle East. Fifteen of the 19 hijackers were Saudis. ■ homeland,’ as it were,” he said. “If you did not know what was inside the journal, you Abourezk was a Lebanese-American dubbed by one would most probably presume that it was all entirely “While that may be the message of the Palestinian upper radio commentator as “the senator from Saudi Dakota” innocent,” said a Media Line analysis. “It is anything but.” echelon,” he continued, “we’ve found that many Pales- because of his pro-Arab, anti-Israeli views and positions. James, The Brother of Jesus tinians are frightened and are actually cajoled, persuad- Abourezk, during the Persian Gulf War, compared Israel Noting that Palestinian leaders have made “wide usage The archaeological world is anticipating exciting results ed or forced into” committing suicide bombings and to Nazi Germany. of children to further their struggle,” analysts said the from studies conducted on an ossuary — an ancient related terrorist activities. online journal publishes photos that “demonstrate the Daschle was more than a passive aide rubber-stamping bone box — discovered in Israel. Though not the only overtly didactic nature” of its true intent. Those photos one of its kind, this box may have significance to the He said ordinary Palestinians who are unwilling to par- his boss’ extremist positions, according to the World include Palestinian children holding and firing weapons. report. entire Christian world…and beyond. At first glance, it’s unclear whether the weapons are ticipate in the “jihad” against Israel sometimes are accused of being Jewish collaborators and threatened Its inscription, in Aramaic, reads, “Ya’akov (James), son mock-ups or the real thing, but Media Line analysts say “Undeniably, he was the top foreign-policy aide to the with trial and death. of Yosef (Joseph), brother of Yeshua (Jesus).” If proven the desired effect is the same. most stridently anti-Israel senator ever to serve on Capi- accurate, this limestone box could be a rare extra-Bib- tol Hill,” the World report surmises. David Zev Harris, Media Line’s bureau chief in Jerusalem, But, Harris said, “there is no doubt that some people lical proof of Jesus’ existence. told WorldNetDaily his organization was tipped off to are really keen on this. The militancy has been preva- An April 3, 1975, memo submitted by Daschle blasts the Hamas-sponsored webzine. lent in Palestinian communities for many years.” Although ossuaries were common in ancient Israel, America’s “carte blanche policy on military supplies to rarely did the inscriptions include the name of a rela- Israel.” “While we’re used to seeing the Palestinians using chil- In addition, he said, “don’t forget that [Iraqi President] tive, unless that person was of some importance, as dren,” this publication was “uniquely interesting” be- Saddam Hussein is giving $10,000 to the family of every Jesus obviously was. “Mr. Daschle made heroes of the Egyptians who had cause of its subtlety, he said. “More often, the message suicide bomber. ‘sacrificed so much for so long for the cause of Pales- The Associated Press reports that the box was damaged en is more straightforward,” he said. Palestinians will show tine... approximately 500,000 Egyptian lives and mil- route from Israel to Royal Ontario Museum in Canada. kids “in front of an Israeli tank or dressed as soldiers pre- “When you’re living in the abject poverty that Palestinians are, especially in Gaza, that’s a lot of lions of dollars in destroyed property over the 26-year tending to shoot at Israeli soldiers.” Like other Biblical artifacts, this box is an important money,” he said. history of Egypt’s involvement in the Arab-Israeli con- find, but not an object of worship nor something upon “This looks much more innocent,” he said. The cartoon flict,’” reports the Oct. 12 issue of World. which one should decide his faith. We come to Jesus, kids featured in the magazine “have really little faces, and Harris said Hamas was targeting youth because they the son of Joseph, the brother of James, by faith in Him, some of the stories are very sweet and have absolutely would be easier to “convert” to the cause than adults. After leaving the Senate, Abourezk organized and chaired His death and His resurrection. Praise God that the world nothing to do with the [uprising against Israel] whatsoever.” the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. must recognize the Messiah’s reality because of discov- Once inside the magazine, however, Harris said the “If you’ve got a fervor for the cause coupled with the He served as its chairman for 15 years, stepping down ■ eries like this from time to time! ■ message becomes more clear: luring kids into the life passion of youth,” he said, “it’s probably a lot easier to in 1995. of martyrdom. persuade people” to participate. ■

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Dear Friends, for a living. Making just decisions After dealing with Moslems all my life, Part of based on what’s morally right is not I would say that the whole Islamic our sup- few days after the United States their guiding principle. community around the world is in- port for was attacked on 9-11, I stood A Note cluded in this lower moral tier. They Israel comes on the Mount of Olives with During our Fall Tour to Israel, I took approve the killing of innocents, and through tourism. A the television crew to Ramallah to our television crew and stated that as a group pursue Islamic control of It’s our way of if we fake this new war against ter- From tape some new programs. While there, the world — a completely insane blessing the rorism, we will lose it. I believe we’re I met the curator of a local museum idea. children of Abra- dangerously close to losing it. who revealed just how low the mor- ham, Isaac and ality of our enemies has sunk. This I don’t say that these people are un- Jacob. And this past Our nation struck hard against Af- Zola woman holds a Masters degree from intelligent — they know that what tour was a blessing ghanistan, which, as a people, did through large corporate investments Georgetown University, but began they say is false — but they are for us as well. Digni- not attack us. But we liberated the and a steady flow of immigration. to spout off unbelievable propagan- morally crippled. And unfortunate- taries from Israel, Europe nation from the Taliban — a good Communist China has been engaged da about supposed Israeli atrocities ly, their message enjoys a greater and America were there to honor against the “poor Palestinians.” voice in public than that of those us during our 75th tour to the Holy thing — and destroyed much of al in a similar plan even longer, to the them and fight them, they will take Qaeda’s infrastructure — another point now that too many American- who speak the truth from a platform Land. It was a humbling experience us over. And that includes naming “Well, yes, we have terrorists,” she good thing — and yet have delayed owned manufacturers are completely of morality. to receive their thanks and gratitude. those in America who burn our flag told me. “They’re murderers. They’re for over a year now to engage the dependent on cheap Chinese labor Our entire group received royal treat- and side with our enemies. out of control. But the Israelis have real enemies of the United States. for their economic survival in the So let’s not forget our job right here ment. I can only wish that you would soldiers. They’re government-paid. Iraq may or may not have been the marketplace. And all the while, China as disciples of our Lord. We have a join us in the spring for our next tour America’s college campuses are now They wear uniforms. And they, too, prime force behind the 9-11 attacks. is sucking up our technology and message to get out, a spiritual bat- to the Promised Land. Call Tony our contaminated by what I call a lower pick off people [with their guns].” Saddam Hussein is evil personified know-how, waiting for the right time tle to fight. If we’re not careful, we tour manager at (214) 696-9760 for moral tier. College professors, text- Then she rambled on about an Is- and must be dealt with. Agreed. But to cut us off at the knees. will fail in our war, too. more information about all our tours, books, student organizations, etc., raeli soldier who shot 15 or 16 bul- not because the first Bush failed to both domestic and overseas. now teach anti-American, anti-Sem- lets at a 60-year-old women sitting finish him off in the Gulf War. And The United States is a young nation Too many Christians are complacent itic, anti-freedom messages as part on a porch with her husband. She not because of an assassination — a great one, but still very young. about reaching their neighbors for By the way, we had a pastor on our of their regular diet of education. either believes it, or has been told attempt on the first Bush. What are 250 years compared to Christ. Their churches have, unfor- tour who went through an entire This moral vacuum is also seen to say it. It’s hard for me to believe 1,500 or 5,000? We must not allow tunately, fostered this complacency. seminary education at a Presbyter- repeated throughout Europe. she’s a graduate of an American How it has grieved me to see our ourselves to be duped anymore by ian school and never learned the term University! A minister remarked recently that “Rapture.” This must now be possi- government seek alliances with the duplicity of regimes that are This lower moral tier of society never in his neighborhood stand several ble at Moody Bible Institute, Dallas those who genuinely hate us and fundamentally opposed to our exist- includes born again believers and Arafat’s spokesperson Hanan Ashrawi evangelical churches and one large Seminary, Talbot, etc. The most sur- wish our people dead! I’m talking ence. We must not step back in cow- seldom includes successful people. holds a doctorate from an American mosque. To his dismay, however, he prised people in the Rapture will not about Saudi Arabia, Syria, Iran and ardice when faced with morally Some who have gotten ahead typi- school, and claims to be a Christian, has received literature on his door be the folks in the churches who, with even the Palestinian Authority. corrupt leaders and nations who cally are not prejudiced, and the only and yet the depth at which she swims only from the mosque; not one per- their study Bibles, are advancing far seek to infiltrate and annihilate us reason they might show bias is that in this lower moral tier demonstrates son from any of the churches has beyond what these businessmen Fifteen of the 19 terrorists of 9-11 were from within and without. they want votes, etc., but in their the twisted way our enemies view ever visited his neighborhood. care to teach. It will be the pathetic Saudi citizens, born and raised in that hearts they are not on the same level. their mission. Jesus was not a Pales- backwater regime where hatred of Yes, we can lose this war to weak- tinian, as Ashrawi states, but she seminary students and faculty who Jews and Christians, of Israel and er nations. The So how does this believes that somehow the immoral- Friends, we must will be mystified at America, is preached every Friday ancient empires lower moral tier ity of constantly lying to the pub- not let our church- “Too many Christians are what’s happening in mosques. I’ve been telling you for of Egypt, Greece “We must not allow gain credence? lic will achieve some greater good. es, our pastors, to them (if they’re over a year that Saudi Arabia is not our and Rome did. Remarkably, it is our seminaries, complacent about reaching going at all). friend, as President Bush insists. And if we keep on ourselves to be duped the media elite Palestinian Christians. How do you the media, or dithering around anymore.” who continue to define them? By and large, they call anybody else their neighbors for Christ.” Right now I’m in Now, at the time of this printing, about this war, the elevate these themselves Christians because their deter us from Florida leading links between the Saudi royal family terrorism against groups. Case in parents did so, much like the Copts, winning this spir- tours to the Holy and the 9-11 attacks have been dis- us will grow to what it is in Israel point: the Moscow theatre hostage Maronites, Armenians, etc. They are itual war. Yes, it is Christ who gives Land Experience in Orlando. Our last covered, and the Senate is pressing so that it will be a prime occupation crisis. Sky News reported that the of the Eastern Church, very sacra- the victory, but He chooses to work tour this year is December 27-29. for an investigation involving Saudi of ours to chase around these Chechen rebels were “assisted by mental. We would not regard them through our obedience. Enlist in Afterwards, I’ll be hanging around princesses (blame it on their wives) murderers all the time. Instead, we the Middle East,” a way of reporting as born again believers in this coun- His service; be a soldier for Christ. the area for church engagements and the Saudi ambassador to the need to attack at the source and get the story without using the word try. They have no salvation doctrine, through January. If your congrega- U.S. (how convenient). this finished off. “Muslim” to identify the captors. no knowledge of prophecy, and are We seek to do that through this min- tion would like to get hold of me in typically either neutral about Israel istry in practical ways, such as our Florida or along the Gulf Coast on our America has always had difficulty Our enemy is not some nebulous The United Nations, too, is a group of or, more likely, hostile — not like To the Jew First missionary endeav- way back to Texas, then have them learning history. These Arab dicta- “terrorism” but the majority of Is- prejudiced, loutish, arrogant third- the Muslims, who are by all means ors. Read Todd Baker’s article (page call Claudia at (817) 417-0059 to set tors have pursued a long-range lam’s followers, including much of worlders who ultimately make little the most virulent of the world’s 10) about the preaching of the Gos- it up on my schedule. strategy to infiltrate our society the Arab world. If we don’t name difference and who criticize Israel religions. But, they are a close second. pel to the Chosen People. CONTINUED ON PAGE 21 FOR CREDIT CARD ORDERS OR DONATIONS, YOU MAY CALL 1-800-WONDERS (966-3377). 16 DECEMBER 2002 P.O. BOX 12268 • DALLAS, TX 75225-0268 • (214) 696-8844 • WWW.LEVITT.COM 17 EDITORIAL

Dear Friends, for a living. Making just decisions After dealing with Moslems all my life, Part of based on what’s morally right is not I would say that the whole Islamic our sup- few days after the United States their guiding principle. community around the world is in- port for was attacked on 9-11, I stood A Note cluded in this lower moral tier. They Israel comes on the Mount of Olives with During our Fall Tour to Israel, I took approve the killing of innocents, and through tourism. A the television crew to Ramallah to our television crew and stated that as a group pursue Islamic control of It’s our way of if we fake this new war against ter- From tape some new programs. While there, the world — a completely insane blessing the rorism, we will lose it. I believe we’re I met the curator of a local museum idea. children of Abra- dangerously close to losing it. who revealed just how low the mor- ham, Isaac and ality of our enemies has sunk. This I don’t say that these people are un- Jacob. And this past Our nation struck hard against Af- Zola woman holds a Masters degree from intelligent — they know that what tour was a blessing ghanistan, which, as a people, did through large corporate investments Georgetown University, but began they say is false — but they are for us as well. Digni- not attack us. But we liberated the and a steady flow of immigration. to spout off unbelievable propagan- morally crippled. And unfortunate- taries from Israel, Europe nation from the Taliban — a good Communist China has been engaged da about supposed Israeli atrocities ly, their message enjoys a greater and America were there to honor against the “poor Palestinians.” voice in public than that of those us during our 75th tour to the Holy thing — and destroyed much of al in a similar plan even longer, to the them and fight them, they will take Qaeda’s infrastructure — another point now that too many American- who speak the truth from a platform Land. It was a humbling experience us over. And that includes naming “Well, yes, we have terrorists,” she good thing — and yet have delayed owned manufacturers are completely of morality. to receive their thanks and gratitude. those in America who burn our flag told me. “They’re murderers. They’re for over a year now to engage the dependent on cheap Chinese labor Our entire group received royal treat- and side with our enemies. out of control. But the Israelis have real enemies of the United States. for their economic survival in the So let’s not forget our job right here ment. I can only wish that you would soldiers. They’re government-paid. Iraq may or may not have been the marketplace. And all the while, China as disciples of our Lord. We have a join us in the spring for our next tour America’s college campuses are now They wear uniforms. And they, too, prime force behind the 9-11 attacks. is sucking up our technology and message to get out, a spiritual bat- to the Promised Land. Call Tony our contaminated by what I call a lower pick off people [with their guns].” Saddam Hussein is evil personified know-how, waiting for the right time tle to fight. If we’re not careful, we tour manager at (214) 696-9760 for moral tier. College professors, text- Then she rambled on about an Is- and must be dealt with. Agreed. But to cut us off at the knees. will fail in our war, too. more information about all our tours, books, student organizations, etc., raeli soldier who shot 15 or 16 bul- not because the first Bush failed to both domestic and overseas. now teach anti-American, anti-Sem- lets at a 60-year-old women sitting finish him off in the Gulf War. And The United States is a young nation Too many Christians are complacent itic, anti-freedom messages as part on a porch with her husband. She not because of an assassination — a great one, but still very young. about reaching their neighbors for By the way, we had a pastor on our of their regular diet of education. either believes it, or has been told attempt on the first Bush. What are 250 years compared to Christ. Their churches have, unfor- tour who went through an entire This moral vacuum is also seen to say it. It’s hard for me to believe 1,500 or 5,000? We must not allow tunately, fostered this complacency. seminary education at a Presbyter- repeated throughout Europe. she’s a graduate of an American How it has grieved me to see our ourselves to be duped anymore by ian school and never learned the term University! A minister remarked recently that “Rapture.” This must now be possi- government seek alliances with the duplicity of regimes that are This lower moral tier of society never in his neighborhood stand several ble at Moody Bible Institute, Dallas those who genuinely hate us and fundamentally opposed to our exist- includes born again believers and Arafat’s spokesperson Hanan Ashrawi evangelical churches and one large Seminary, Talbot, etc. The most sur- wish our people dead! I’m talking ence. We must not step back in cow- seldom includes successful people. holds a doctorate from an American mosque. To his dismay, however, he prised people in the Rapture will not about Saudi Arabia, Syria, Iran and ardice when faced with morally Some who have gotten ahead typi- school, and claims to be a Christian, has received literature on his door be the folks in the churches who, with even the Palestinian Authority. corrupt leaders and nations who cally are not prejudiced, and the only and yet the depth at which she swims only from the mosque; not one per- their study Bibles, are advancing far seek to infiltrate and annihilate us reason they might show bias is that in this lower moral tier demonstrates son from any of the churches has beyond what these businessmen Fifteen of the 19 terrorists of 9-11 were from within and without. they want votes, etc., but in their the twisted way our enemies view ever visited his neighborhood. care to teach. It will be the pathetic Saudi citizens, born and raised in that hearts they are not on the same level. their mission. Jesus was not a Pales- backwater regime where hatred of Yes, we can lose this war to weak- tinian, as Ashrawi states, but she seminary students and faculty who Jews and Christians, of Israel and er nations. The So how does this believes that somehow the immoral- Friends, we must will be mystified at America, is preached every Friday ancient empires lower moral tier ity of constantly lying to the pub- not let our church- “Too many Christians are what’s happening in mosques. I’ve been telling you for of Egypt, Greece “We must not allow gain credence? lic will achieve some greater good. es, our pastors, to them (if they’re over a year that Saudi Arabia is not our and Rome did. Remarkably, it is our seminaries, complacent about reaching going at all). friend, as President Bush insists. And if we keep on ourselves to be duped the media elite Palestinian Christians. How do you the media, or dithering around anymore.” who continue to define them? By and large, they call anybody else their neighbors for Christ.” Right now I’m in Now, at the time of this printing, about this war, the elevate these themselves Christians because their deter us from Florida leading links between the Saudi royal family terrorism against groups. Case in parents did so, much like the Copts, winning this spir- tours to the Holy and the 9-11 attacks have been dis- us will grow to what it is in Israel point: the Moscow theatre hostage Maronites, Armenians, etc. They are itual war. Yes, it is Christ who gives Land Experience in Orlando. Our last covered, and the Senate is pressing so that it will be a prime occupation crisis. Sky News reported that the of the Eastern Church, very sacra- the victory, but He chooses to work tour this year is December 27-29. for an investigation involving Saudi of ours to chase around these Chechen rebels were “assisted by mental. We would not regard them through our obedience. Enlist in Afterwards, I’ll be hanging around princesses (blame it on their wives) murderers all the time. Instead, we the Middle East,” a way of reporting as born again believers in this coun- His service; be a soldier for Christ. the area for church engagements and the Saudi ambassador to the need to attack at the source and get the story without using the word try. They have no salvation doctrine, through January. If your congrega- U.S. (how convenient). this finished off. “Muslim” to identify the captors. no knowledge of prophecy, and are We seek to do that through this min- tion would like to get hold of me in typically either neutral about Israel istry in practical ways, such as our Florida or along the Gulf Coast on our America has always had difficulty Our enemy is not some nebulous The United Nations, too, is a group of or, more likely, hostile — not like To the Jew First missionary endeav- way back to Texas, then have them learning history. These Arab dicta- “terrorism” but the majority of Is- prejudiced, loutish, arrogant third- the Muslims, who are by all means ors. Read Todd Baker’s article (page call Claudia at (817) 417-0059 to set tors have pursued a long-range lam’s followers, including much of worlders who ultimately make little the most virulent of the world’s 10) about the preaching of the Gos- it up on my schedule. strategy to infiltrate our society the Arab world. If we don’t name difference and who criticize Israel religions. But, they are a close second. pel to the Chosen People. CONTINUED ON PAGE 21 FOR CREDIT CARD ORDERS OR DONATIONS, YOU MAY CALL 1-800-WONDERS (966-3377). 16 DECEMBER 2002 P.O. BOX 12268 • DALLAS, TX 75225-0268 • (214) 696-8844 • WWW.LEVITT.COM 17 EDITORIAL EDITORIAL

“The newspaper’s stories emphasize the heroism of It’s no wonder our government waffles back and forth Surprise, surprise... Our Beloved Youth children against the cruel enemy, but also mix in other on its support for Israel and its friendship with the Arab elements which can be seen time and again in Pales- world! Thankfully, this pro-Arab Senate leader will be Saudi Money Trail to 9-11 Attacks By Jon Dougherty, WorldNetDaily.com tinian propaganda,” said the group’s analysis. out of his leadership position when Congress recon- Associated Press venes next term. — Zola Islamic terror group Hamas has launched a new Web “Children reading this paper are not only exposed to WASHINGTON — The Bush administration is pressing magazine for kids that praises martyrs while encourag- stories of heroism in fiction, but also to real-life stories,” Saudi Arabia to monitor Islamic charity groups to make ing children to follow the example of committing suicide the analysis continues. “Next to cute and innocent sto- sure contributions do not fall into the hands of terror- for the “cause.” ries like the one about the ‘ravenous rabbit,’ the news- The Senator From ists, a senior U.S. official said. paper instills into the hearts of Complete with cartoon characters and other pictures its young readers the impor- The drive was launched months before recent news reports demonstrating the “heroism of Palestinian children,” the “Saudi” Dakota tance of the armed struggle and that a charitable contribution by Princess Haifa al-Faisal, wife online magazine, titled Al-Fateh, promises “pages dis- the heroism of suicide.” WorldNetDaily.com of the Saudi ambassador to the United States, may have cussing Jihad (holy war), scientific pages, the best sto- indirectly helped two of the men who participated in the ries, not to be found elsewhere, and unequalled tales Yet, while some Palestinian [Outgoing] Senate Majority Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks in New York and Washington. of heroism.” The webzine’s editor hopes it will be read families are “honored” to have Leader Tom Daschle launched by “our beloved youth, the leaders of the future.” his political career as a top aide …The FBI, meanwhile, is in charge of an investigation their children die for the cause, into the reports involving the wife of the Saudi ambas- Harris said that feeling was not to Sen. Jim Abourezk, D-S.D., The name of one of the main cartoon characters — a sador. “The Saudis are cooperating fully.’’ universal throughout the Pales- who characterized Israel as a small boy on horseback wielding a sword — is “The tinian communities. “terrorist” state. The princess sent monthly checks to a Saudi woman Conqueror.” Translated, Al-Fatah could have several living in the United States. A Saudi official, Adel al-Jubeir, meanings, one Arabic expert told WND, one of which is “Right now there is a popular video on Palestinian tele- According to office memos said she was the wife of Osama Basnan, who along with “conqueror.” The online journal was discovered by The vision that shows a mother, after one of her teen-age obtained in an investigative report Omar al-Bayoumi is believed to have loaned financial Media Line, an Israel-based media research firm that sons has been killed by Israeli ‘terrorists,’ producing a by World magazine, Daschle was the senator’s point support to two of the hijackers. examines and analyzes “the world’s most complex and Palestinian flag rifle and handing it to her next eldest man on space, defense and foreign affairs — including explosive region,” the Middle East. son as if to say, ‘It’s time to go and kill yourself for the… the Middle East. Fifteen of the 19 hijackers were Saudis. ■ homeland,’ as it were,” he said. “If you did not know what was inside the journal, you Abourezk was a Lebanese-American dubbed by one would most probably presume that it was all entirely “While that may be the message of the Palestinian upper radio commentator as “the senator from Saudi Dakota” innocent,” said a Media Line analysis. “It is anything but.” echelon,” he continued, “we’ve found that many Pales- because of his pro-Arab, anti-Israeli views and positions. James, The Brother of Jesus tinians are frightened and are actually cajoled, persuad- Abourezk, during the Persian Gulf War, compared Israel Noting that Palestinian leaders have made “wide usage The archaeological world is anticipating exciting results ed or forced into” committing suicide bombings and to Nazi Germany. of children to further their struggle,” analysts said the from studies conducted on an ossuary — an ancient related terrorist activities. online journal publishes photos that “demonstrate the Daschle was more than a passive aide rubber-stamping bone box — discovered in Israel. Though not the only overtly didactic nature” of its true intent. Those photos one of its kind, this box may have significance to the He said ordinary Palestinians who are unwilling to par- his boss’ extremist positions, according to the World include Palestinian children holding and firing weapons. report. entire Christian world…and beyond. At first glance, it’s unclear whether the weapons are ticipate in the “jihad” against Israel sometimes are accused of being Jewish collaborators and threatened Its inscription, in Aramaic, reads, “Ya’akov (James), son mock-ups or the real thing, but Media Line analysts say “Undeniably, he was the top foreign-policy aide to the with trial and death. of Yosef (Joseph), brother of Yeshua (Jesus).” If proven the desired effect is the same. most stridently anti-Israel senator ever to serve on Capi- accurate, this limestone box could be a rare extra-Bib- tol Hill,” the World report surmises. David Zev Harris, Media Line’s bureau chief in Jerusalem, But, Harris said, “there is no doubt that some people lical proof of Jesus’ existence. told WorldNetDaily his organization was tipped off to are really keen on this. The militancy has been preva- An April 3, 1975, memo submitted by Daschle blasts the Hamas-sponsored webzine. lent in Palestinian communities for many years.” Although ossuaries were common in ancient Israel, America’s “carte blanche policy on military supplies to rarely did the inscriptions include the name of a rela- Israel.” “While we’re used to seeing the Palestinians using chil- In addition, he said, “don’t forget that [Iraqi President] tive, unless that person was of some importance, as dren,” this publication was “uniquely interesting” be- Saddam Hussein is giving $10,000 to the family of every Jesus obviously was. “Mr. Daschle made heroes of the Egyptians who had cause of its subtlety, he said. “More often, the message suicide bomber. ‘sacrificed so much for so long for the cause of Pales- The Associated Press reports that the box was damaged en is more straightforward,” he said. Palestinians will show tine... approximately 500,000 Egyptian lives and mil- route from Israel to Royal Ontario Museum in Canada. kids “in front of an Israeli tank or dressed as soldiers pre- “When you’re living in the abject poverty that Palestinians are, especially in Gaza, that’s a lot of lions of dollars in destroyed property over the 26-year tending to shoot at Israeli soldiers.” Like other Biblical artifacts, this box is an important money,” he said. history of Egypt’s involvement in the Arab-Israeli con- find, but not an object of worship nor something upon “This looks much more innocent,” he said. The cartoon flict,’” reports the Oct. 12 issue of World. which one should decide his faith. We come to Jesus, kids featured in the magazine “have really little faces, and Harris said Hamas was targeting youth because they the son of Joseph, the brother of James, by faith in Him, some of the stories are very sweet and have absolutely would be easier to “convert” to the cause than adults. After leaving the Senate, Abourezk organized and chaired His death and His resurrection. Praise God that the world nothing to do with the [uprising against Israel] whatsoever.” the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. must recognize the Messiah’s reality because of discov- Once inside the magazine, however, Harris said the “If you’ve got a fervor for the cause coupled with the He served as its chairman for 15 years, stepping down ■ eries like this from time to time! ■ message becomes more clear: luring kids into the life passion of youth,” he said, “it’s probably a lot easier to in 1995. of martyrdom. persuade people” to participate. ■

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The writer above states that he believes it is “possible” Criticizing Israel is not anti-Semitic, and saying so is Honoring God’s Promises for Christians of the “covenant” variety to have a “great vile. But singling out Israel for opprobrium and inter- love” for the Jewish people. This may well be possible, Campus Hypocrisy national sanction — out of all proportion to any other By Zola Levitt but how little we see it in practice! By Thomas L. Friedman, The New York Times party in the Middle East — is anti-Semitic, and not saying so is dishonest. Recently, a reader contacted the Christian Research Once you begin to devalue the significance of the Chosen Institute, founded by Hank Hanegraaff, to find out what People, then how on earth can you have a “great love” The Washington Post recently reported that students Memo to Israel’s supporters: Just because there are anti- they have to say about Zola Levitt Ministries. Below are for them? Once you disregard their “present ethnic sta- and faculty at a growing number of universities are Semites who blame Israel for everything that is wrong some excerpts from CRI’s response. tus” (whatever that means), then you cannot appreciate pressuring their schools “into selling their holdings in does not mean that whatever Israel does is right, or in their past and future status, because the Jewish people companies that do business with Israel, prompting a its self-interest, or just. The settlement policy Israel has “We commend Zola Levitt Ministries in their service to and nation have always been the apple of God’s eye… counter-campaign among Jewish groups that consider been pursuing is going to lead to the demise of the the Lord. They uphold the important teaching of the and they always have been Jewish! the effort part of a creeping tide of anti-Semitism on Jewish state. No, settlements are not the reason for the inerrancy of Scripture, as well as the important truth campus.” Here’s what I would say to both sides on this Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but to think they do not that Christ alone provides salvation for humanity. As a God loved them and chose them and called them out issue: exacerbate it, and are not locking Israel into a perma- Christian ministry, they are primarily concerned with and promised to them eternal blessings as a distinct nent occupation, is also dishonest. reaching the Jewish community, and Zola Levitt has also people. In essence, one devalues the eternal promises Memo to professors and students leading the divestiture been helpful in portraying the significance of Jewish of God by devaluing the objects of those promises. campaign: Your campaign for divestiture from Israel is If the settlers get their way, Israel will de facto or de jure traditions for Christians. deeply dishonest and hypocritical, and any university annex the West Bank and Gaza. And if current Palestin- Not everyone holding to covenant theology may be an that goes along with it does not deserve the title of insti- ian birth rates continue, by around the year 2010 there “While we commend them with regard to these tremen- anti-Semite, but such beliefs provide an easy environ- tution of higher learning. will be more Palestinians than Jews living in Israel, the dous aspects of their ministry, and accept Zola Levitt as ment for this attitude to be fostered, as most mainline West Bank and Gaza combined. When that happens, a brother in Christ, we do not agree with their position Protestant denominations and the Catholics demon- You are dishonest because to single out Israel as the only the demand of the college anti-Israel movements will that those who hold to ‘covenant theology’ (i.e., those who strate by their pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel posturing. ■ party to blame for the current impasse is to perpetrate change. do not make the distinction between the church and a lie. Historians can debate whether the Camp David Israel) espouse a theological system that apparently and Clinton peace proposals for a Palestinian state were They won’t bother anymore with divestiture. They will serves anti-Semitism and makes Scripture irrelevant. for 85, 90, or 97 percent of the West Bank and Gaza. But simply demand: “One Man, One Vote. Since Israel has what is not debatable is what the proper Palestinian de facto annexed the territories, and there is now just “While Zola Levitt Ministries’ beliefs are within the pale response should have been. It should have been to tell one political entity between Jordan and the Mediter- of Christian orthodoxy, we would purport that it is possi- Israel and America that their peace proposals were the ranean, we want majority rule.” If you think it is hard ble for orthodox Christians holding to ‘covenant theol- first fair offer they had ever put forth, and although they to defend Israel on campus today, imagine doing it in ogy’ to have a great love for the Jewish people, even still fell short of what Palestinians feel is a just two-state 2010, when the colonial settlers have so locked Israel though they do not place emphasis on their present solution, Palestinians were now prepared to work with into the territories it can rule them only by apartheid- ethnic status or the physical land of Israel as being sig- Israel and America to achieve that end. The proper re- like policies. nificant in God’s present dealings with humanity. We do sponse was not a Palestinian intifada and 100 suicide not believe that one must give any ethnic group promi- bombers, which are what brought Ariel Sharon to power. This is not a call “Singling out Israel for nence in God’s plan in order to show true Christian for unilateral compassion and concern for them, and therefore would It is shameful that at a time when some Palestinians Israeli with- opprobrium and interna- not agree that ‘covenant theology’ apparently serves are writing that they made a historic mistake in not drawal. This is a anti-Semitism. nurturing the Clinton peace offer, pro-Palestinian pro- call for everyone tional sanction... is anti- fessors and students in America and Europe pretend “Zola Levitt appears to criticize Talbot School of Theol- who wants Israel that the only reason the occupation persists is because Semitic.” ogy, Biola University, Moody Bible Institute, and Dallas to remain a of Israeli obstinacy. This approach will never gain the Theological Seminary for endorsing ‘Progressive Dispen- Jewish state — Palestinians a state, and those who dabble in it are sationalism,’ rather than traditional dispensational and not become a binational state — to urge President simply prolonging Palestinian misery. theology. He insinuates people are in danger of com- Bush to renew the U.S. push for a two-state solution. promising scriptural inerrancy when traditional dispen- If you think the Bush team is doing Israel a favor with You are also hypocrites. How is it that Egypt imprisons sationalism is not affirmed. its diplomacy of benign neglect, if you think the only the leading democracy advocate in the Arab world, campaign Jews need to be involved in today is with “At CRI, we consider both ‘dispensational theology’ Biting the hand that feeds you. after a phony trial, and not a single student group in hypocrites on U.S. college campuses — and not with (including progressive dispensational theology) and America calls for divestiture from Egypt? (I’m not call- extremists in their own camp — you too are telling your- ‘covenant theology’ to be within the pale of Christian American missionary, Bonnie Witheral, 31, worked with the Christian ing for it, but the silence is telling.) How is it that Syria selves a very big and dangerous lie. orthodoxy….” Missionary Alliance Church. She was shot three times outside the occupies Lebanon for 25 years, chokes the life out of pregnancy clinic she ran for Palestinian refugees in the port city of its democracy, and not a single student group calls for On the whole, Friedman is accurate, but I disagree with The few footnotes on the letter from CRI indicate that Sidon, Lebanon. Says her husband, Gary: “We just wanted to put divestiture from Syria? How is it that Saudi Arabia denies him on the issues of settlers and Palestinian statehood the writer spent no more than a few minutes on our our arms around people and say ‘Hey, you know what? There’s hope.’” its women the most basic human rights, and bans any on Biblical grounds. God has already determined a website www.levitt.com gathering information for this other religion from being practiced publicly on its soil, “I forgive anyone who did that,” said Gary Witheral, “It doesn’t take away one-state solution... Israel! — Zola seemingly all-encompassing portrait of our 30-year- the pain. It’s a costly forgiveness... it cost my wife,” Mr. Witheral and not a single student group calls for divestiture from old ministry. told The Times. “I loved her.... We had a really lovely marriage.” Saudi Arabia?

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Like its Moslem fans, the New York Times is not usually Voters and election officials agree that future ballots The Hate-filled Preaching Bringing in the Thieves noted for humor. We present you with this rare excep- must be made clearer and less ambiguous. Some experts tion. — Zola suggest having just one choice on the ballot, a) Yes. In Associated Press another proposed redesign, voters would have a choice of the Peaceful Religion between, a) Yes or b) No, I prefer imprisonment. By Michael Petrou, The Ottawa Citizen Secretary of State Colin Powell said he is trying to expand pro- Saddam, By A Many Iraqis are calling for a manual recount of the bal- grams to bring educators, A radical London-based Muslim cleric has been caught lots. Though Mr. Hussein won the election by a comfort- journalists and political and on film urging his followers to kill non-Muslims and able margin, officials believe the compromised results religious leaders from Islamic Whisker commit acts of terrorism. give an inaccurate picture of the level of support enjoyed countries to the United States. By Michael Rubiner, The New York Times by Mr. Hussein. “We know how the West can spin these results,” one official said. “They’ll say, ‘Oh, Saddam Tapes of Sheik Abu Hamza, a cleric affiliated with Lon- “We are committed to ensuring that our programs reach In a developing scandal, there have been widespread only has the support of 100 percent of the country. He’s don’s Finsbury Park mosque, telling an audience that out to Muslims in all walks of life,” Powell told a gathering claims of voting irregularities in the recent Iraqi elec- vulnerable.’” ■ non-believers should be killed or sold into slavery have of Muslim-Americans at an Iftaar, the end-of-the-day meal tion. In a referendum on re-electing President Saddam been smuggled onto the Internet. that breaks daylong fasts during the holy month of Ramadan. Hussein, Mr. Hussein won 100 percent of the vote, but Mr. Hussein’s aides claim that the real “If a kafir person (non-believer) goes in a Muslim coun- Powell said the United States also is committed to en- number was probably closer to 110 per- try, he is like a cow. Anybody can take him. That is the hancing understanding by building hope. cent. They contend that a significant Islamic law,” Mr. Hamza says on one tape. number of voters, particularly the elderly, “From the mountains of Afghanistan to the valleys of had difficulty reading what they describe Bosnia to the plains of Africa to the forests of Asia and as confusing, poorly designed punch-card “If a kafir is walking by and you catch him, he’s booty. around the world we are on the ground working with ballots. Many voters, the aides believe, in- You can sell him in the market. Most of them are spies. our Muslim partners to expand the circle of peace, the tended to vote for Mr. Hussein but “spoil- And even if they don’t do anything, if Muslims cannot circle of prosperity, the circle of freedom,” he said. ed” their ballots inadvertently. take them and sell them in the market, you just kill them. It’s OK.” Describing extremism and violence as America’s greatest The ballots consist of a single question, “Do enemies, Powell said, “We must not listen to the siren song you choose to re-elect Saddam Hussein?” Mr. Hamza also praises the al-Qaeda bombings of U.S. of the bigots, extremists who cloak themselves in false followed by the choices, a) Yes or b) Yes. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that killed 224 people. spirituality in an attempt to divide and to weaken us.” ■ Many voters complained to election offi- cials that they intended to vote “Yes” but “If Muslims are having a war against these people, then “Exercising Women’s rights, Moslem-style” instead mistakenly punched the hole under yes, it is legitimate,” he says. “Yes” because the holes were not properly aligned. Many of these people say they de- clined to bring this problem to the attention He then praised attacks against ships from non-Muslim of election workers for fear of looking foolish countries: “If a ship loses its way and comes to a Muslim and also, as one voter said, because poll officials The Weapon of the Weak land, they’ll take it as booty.” A terrorist attack in 2000 “tend to be a little trigger happy.” on the USS Cole killed 17 American sailors. The attack “Twenty-five years ago, there were only 36 democracies has been linked to Muslim militants in Britain, but Mr. Other voters say they were uncertain which “Yes” to in the world. Today we have 120. Now the world listens Hamza has never been charged. choose so they punched both holes, thus invalidating to our music, watches our movies, wears our clothes. their ballots. One such voter explained, “I knew this We — and the freedom we represent — are winning the big wars worldwide. Latin America, Asia and Africa Despite accusations he recruits for al-Qaeda, Mr. was going to be a squeaker of a contest, and I wanted want to be more like us, less like the tyrannies of old. Hamza’s only punishment in Britain has been a High to be extra sure that Saddam got my vote. Now I learn my ballot is to be thrown out. It’s enough to make you Please never forget that terrorism is the weapon of the Court order banning him from preaching at the Finsbury weak wielded against the strong. It is embittered losers Park mosque. However, when the Citizen visited the question our electoral system. I mean, not me person- ally, but someone else might question it.” delivering desperate, brutal back swipes at the win- mosque several weeks ago, worshippers had his phone The Empty Tomb Nearly Bankrupt by Zola Levitt ners. The way to win this fight is to remember and number handy. The Garden Tomb in Jerusalem now has a staff of only two. Both of Other voters who were confused by the ballots chose honor the victims and never, ever forget the stakes.” ■ them are the ministers who guide our groups through the site. When to write in “Yes,” or “Totally,” or “Saddam is the only Christopher Matthews, Washington Times. The sheik, who was born in Egypt and grew up in Eng- we arrived, the older gentleman, probably close to 80, took our group — very competently. The younger man was doing the gardening, going despot for me,” but these ballots were also ruled invalid land, then alluded to more violence — using language around planting things and so on. by election authorities. “It’s pretty clear these people Web Blessings similar to that used by Osama bin Laden. intended to vote for Saddam,” one official said. “But how It’s very sad because it used to have a staff adequate for many groups For an “Interview with God,” see breathtaking photo of pilgrims. We set up some time ago the Garden Tomb Fund and the would it look if we chose to count their votes? People graphic images and an inspiring message that has “Just as non-Muslim blood is hot, Muslim blood is hot, men thanked me very graciously for your gifts through Zola Levitt might start to think this whole election is a sham.” touched many: www.theinterviewwithgod.com too,” he said. “It’s for them to worry about. When they Ministries. It’s hard to think of a more important Christian site in the kill, they will be killed.” ■ Holy Land or anywhere else in the world. Please consider supporting The controversy has created an outcry for ballot reform. Interactive Jewish Calendar: www.hebcal.com/hebcal/ this vital ministry in the Promise Land. ■

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Muslim Mideast. Unless I’m missing something, the the illicit proceeds to illegally support con “A pile of dead jews…” Arabs haven’t given anything to the world since Algebra, “Total Information Awareness” tras in Nicaragua. and, by the way, thanks a heck of a lot for that one. By William Safire, The New York Times By Larry Miller …He is determined to break down the wall Chew this around and spit it out: Five hundred between commercial snooping and secret If the Homeland Security Act is not amended before A brief overview of the situation is always valuable, so as million Arabs; five million Jews. government intrusion. The disgraced admi- ISRAEL passage, here is what will happen to you: a service to all Americans who still don’t get it, I now offer ral dismisses such necessary differentiation as bureau- you the story of the Middle East in just a few paragraphs, Think of all the Arab countries as a cratic “stovepiping.” And he has been given a $200 Every purchase you make with a credit card, every maga- which is all you really need. football field, and Israel as a pack of million budget to create computer dossiers on 300 mil- zine subscription you buy and medical prescription matches sitting in the middle of it. And lion Americans. you fill, every Web site you visit and e-mail you send or Don’t thank me. I’m a giver. Here we go: now these same folks swear that if Israel receive, every academic grade you receive, every bank gives them half of that pack of matches, When George W. Bush was running for president, he deposit you make, every trip you book and every event The Palestinians want their own country. There’s just one everyone will be pals. stood foursquare in defense of each person’s medical, you attend — all these transactions and communica- thing about that: There are no Palestinians. It’s a made- financial and communications privacy. But Poindexter, tions will go into what the Defense Department des- up word. Israel was called Palestine for two thousand Really? Wow, what neat news. Hey, but what about the whose contempt for the restraints of oversight drew cribes as “a virtual, centralized grand database.” years. Like “Wiccan,” “Palestinian” sounds ancient but is string of wars to obliterate the tiny country and the con- the Reagan administration into its most serious blun- really a modern invention. Before the Israelis won the stant din of rabid blood oaths to drive every Jew into the der, is still operating on the presumption that on such To this computerized dossier on your private life from land in war, Gaza was owned by Egypt, and there were sea? Oh, that? We were just kidding. a sweeping theft of privacy rights, the buck ends with commercial sources, add every piece of information no “Palestinians” then, and the West Bank was owned him and not with the president. that government has about you — passport applica- by Jordan, and there were no “Palestinians” then. As soon My friend Kevin Rooney made a gorgeous point the other tion, driver’s license and bridge toll records, judicial as the Jews took over and started growing oranges as big day: Just reverse the numbers. Imagine five hundred …Political awareness can overcome “Total Information and divorce records, complaints from nosy neighbors as basketballs, what do you know, say hello to the “Pales- million Jews and five million Arabs. I was stunned at Awareness,” the combined force of commercial and to the F.B.I., your lifetime paper trail plus the latest tinians,” weeping for their deep bond with their lost the simple brilliance of it. Can anyone picture the Jews government snooping. In a similar overreach, Attorney hidden camera surveillance — and you have the super- “land” and “nation.” strapping belts of razor blades and dynamite to them- General Ashcroft tried his Terrorism Information and snoop’s dream: a “Total Information Awareness” about selves? Of course not. Or marshaling every fiber and force Prevention System (TIPS), but public outrage at the every U.S. citizen. So for the sake of honesty, let’s not use the word “Palest- at their disposal for generations to drive a tiny Arab State use of gossips and postal workers as snoops caused the inian” any more to describe these delightful folks, who into the sea? Nonsense. Or dancing for joy at the murder House to shoot it down. The Senate should now do the This is not some far-out Orwellian scenario. It is what will dance for joy at our deaths until someone points out of innocents? Impossible. Or spreading and believing same to this other exploitation of fear. happen to your personal freedom in the next few weeks they’re being taped. Instead, let’s call them what they horrible lies about the Arabs baking their bread with the if John Poindexter gets the unprecedented power he seeks. are: “Other Arabs Who Can’t Accomplish Anything In Life blood of children? Disgusting. No, as you know, left to The Latin motto over Poindexter’s new Pentagon office And Would Rather Wrap Themselves In The Seductive themselves in a world of peace, the worst Jews would reads “Scientia Est Potentia”—“knowledge is power.” Remember Poindexter? Brilliant man, first in his class Melodrama Of Eternal Struggle And Death.” ever do to people is debate them to death. Exactly: the government’s infinite knowledge about at the Naval Academy, later earned a doctorate in physics, you is its power over you. rose to national security adviser under President Ronald I know that’s a bit unwieldy to expect to see on CNN. Mr. Bush, God bless him, is walking a tightrope. I under- Reagan. He had this brilliant idea of secretly selling How about this, then: “Adjacent Jew-Haters.” Okay, so stand that with vital operations coming up against Iraq missiles to Iran to pay ransom for hostages, and with the Adjacent Jew-Haters want their own country. Oops, and others, it’s in our interest, as Americans, to try to just one more thing. No, they don’t. They could’ve had stabilize our Arab allies as much as possible, and, after Note From Zola their own country any time in the last thirty years, especi- all, that can’t be much harder than stabilizing a roomful continued from page 17 ally two years ago at Camp David. But if you have your of super-models who’ve just had their drugs taken away. own country, you have to have traffic lights and garbage As your family enjoys this trucks and Chambers of Commerce, and, worse, you However, in any big-picture strategy, there’s always a holiday season, remembering the actually have to figure out some way to make a living. danger of losing moral weight. birth of Messiah, consider a gift to That’s no fun. No, they want what all the other Jew- the ongoing efforts of this ministry. Haters in the region want: Israel. We’ve already lost some. After September 11 our presi- Whether it be to our missionary fund, dent told us and the world he was going to root out all our Anatot fund, or to any other outreach of this They also want a big pile of dead Jews, of course — that’s terrorists and the countries that supported them. Beauti- ministry, God will bless you with eternal gifts as you where the real fun is — but mostly they want Israel. Why? ful. Then the Israelis, after months and months of hav- share your heart and resources for the saving of souls For one thing, trying to destroy Israel — or “The Zionist ing the equivalent of an Oklahoma City [bombing] every and the proclamation of His truth. I thank you in Entity” as their textbooks call it — for the last fifty years week (and then every day) start to do the same thing advance for your generosity. has allowed the rulers of Arab countries to divert the atten- we did, and we tell them to show restraint. tion of their own people away from the fact that they’re When you give, say a prayer for us as you walk out to the the blue-ribbon most illiterate, poorest, and tribally back- If America were being attacked with an Oklahoma City mailbox. We cannot exist without your ward on God’s Earth, and if you’ve ever been around God’s every day, we would all very shortly be screaming for the faithful intercession. And pray for Earth, you know that’s really saying something. administration to just be done with it and kill everything south of the Mediterranean and east of the Jordan. (Hey, the peace of Jerusalem. It makes me roll my eyes every time one of our pundits wait a minute, that’s actually not such a bad id . . . ooh, waxes poetic about the great history and culture of the that is, what a horrible thought, yeah, horrible.)

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doing is right,” the ABC quoted him as saying. by an Israeli surgeon. The survival of tiny Salaam, whose “...After converting to Islam” Our Valuable Ally name means “peace” in Arabic, is a rare tale of cooper- “I mean as far as I know Osama bin Laden is innocent BBC News By John Diamond, USA Today ation among the fractured peoples of the Holy Land. until proven guilty.” ■ Israel is secretly playing a key role in U.S. preparations Israeli doctor Eli Milgalter of Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem Australian police have charged a British-born man with for possible war with Iraq, helping to train soldiers and performed the surgery without accepting payment. “It’s planning to blow up Israeli diplomatic premises in Marines for urban warfare, conducting clandestine sur- special,” he said, “that even with violence raging and Australia. Jack Roche, 49, appeared in court in Perth to veillance missions in the western Iraqi desert and allow- divides widening, Salaam was saved by Moslems, Christ- deny any connection with the alleged plot. Protecting Beauty Queens ing the United States to place combat supplies in Israel, ians and Jews.” ■ according to U.S. Defense and intelligence officials. The man’s arrest on Monday night follows an earlier Reuters raid on his home — one of a series by Australian police Nigeria said it would never allow the implementation …Israeli commandos, using their own satellite intelli- “Today I am a man” in the wake of the 12 October bombings in the Indones- gence and imagery provided by U.S. intelligence services, ian resort of Bali, in which nearly 200 people died. of a series of Islamic Shari’a law death-by-stoning ver- By Melissa Radler, The Jerusalem Post dicts, in an apparent bid to reassure beauty queens have conducted clandestine surveillance missions of threatening to boycott this year’s Miss World pageant. Scud missile sites in western Iraq. A thirteen-year-old from New In interviews after the raids, Mr. Roche said that after Jersey took the meaning of his bar mitzvah to heart and converting to Islam 10 years ago, he had been sent to …Israeli infantry units with experience in urban war- Junior Foreign Minister Dubem Onyia singled out the donated a portion of his savings to soldiers stationed in Afghanistan to learn to make bombs. fare during the Palestinian uprising helped train U.S. case of… a 31-year-old woman whose sentencing to the West Bank. Army and Marine counterparts this summer and fall death by stoning for adultery sparked worldwide out- He also said he was a supporter of Indonesian Muslim for possible urban battles in Iraq. “I’ve decided to donate part of my bar mitzvah money to cleric Abu Bakar Ba’asyir — the alleged spiritual leader rage. the IDF,” Josh Cohen told friends and relatives at his bar of Jemaah Islamiah, a militant group that has been …The Pentagon has beefed up stocks of ammunition, mitzvah party. The food was Middle Eastern-themed, the linked to the Bali bombing. “[She] will never, never be stoned to death,” Onyia said. fuel and other basic military staples at six storage depots beer was brewed in Israel, and the traditional floral cen- “The federal government will not stand by to let any in Israel over the past year. ■ ■ terpieces were replaced by baskets filled with presents Mr. Roche also defended Osama bin Laden who was citizen of this country be dehumanized.” for the soldiers. Josh also asked his guests to add letters “innocent until proven guilty.” Meanwhile, the Australian of support and thanks for the soldiers. Government has warned its citizens to be vigilant in Ecumenical Baby the face of what it calls credible information of possi- Israel Today “It is my way of saying we are thinking about you, we ble terrorist attacks. Many Western governments have respect what you are doing, we thank you, and we hope A Palestinian baby abandoned at birth was rescued by Pales- recently issued similar warnings. God blesses you with success in fighting our enemies tinian doctors, given a home by nuns and her heart repaired and protects you from being harmed.” ■ During Mr. Roche’s brief court appearance his lawyer, Robert Mazza, denied his client was guilty of two charges of conspiring to bomb the Israeli embassy in Canberra and the Israeli consulate in Sydney. Hebrew BiblicalInsights

The attacks were alleged to have been planned two Lesson years ago in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Malaysia. By John J. Parsons

Mr. Roche was born in the UK and converted to Islam. From our Sages He was one of a number of people whose homes were raided by police in Melbourne, Perth and Sydney earlier The first letter of the Hebrew Bible is a Bet rather than an Aleph, and this month, targeting sympathizers of Jemaah Islamiah. Zola’sZola’s certain Jewish sages have puzzled over why this is the case. One sage thought that this is because the letter Bet connotes power because of During the police crackdown Mr. Roche told Australian the force of air (ruach) being spoker forth; another thought that by ABC radio that he was a supporter of radical Muslim Notebook: starting with a Bet rather than an Aleph, the almighty was in effect Aleph cleric Abu Bakar Ba’asyir, accused by several govern- ments of leading Jemaah Islamiah. revealing that man did not know the first principles about the cre- The Bible–The Whole Story ation; yet another thought that since Aleph is a silent letter, it repre- sents God in His unspeakable glory and life, which forever precedes Mr. Roche said he met Mr. Ba’asyir in the mid-1990s Seven vital doctrines are chosen and examined in a very read- when the cleric visited Australia. able and clear style. One of the most popular items offered by all things (see Isa. 44:6, Rev. 22:13). Jesus described Himself as the this ministry, Zola’s Notebook explains the Bible cover-to-cover. “Aleph and the Tav,” and the Aleph, humble and lowly, gives out its “I liked what he was saying. It was very clear. It all made The Notebook has pockets for our newsletters, and space is strength (Aleph) before the house — Bet, in Hebrew — of creation sense,” he told the radio. “I believe that Abu Bakar provided for notes to be taken by the reader. Covered thor- in sacrificial love. Ba’asyir is supporting Osama bin Laden on the basis of oughly are the following doctrines: the Abrahamic Covenant, what he sees as Osama bin Laden having the courage the Law, Prophecy, the Messiah, Grace, the Church and the of his convictions and sincerely believes what he is Kingdom. Available on page 31. (Please see page 2 for a sample of the new book ZOLA’S INTRODUCTION TO HEBREW.) Bet

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MinistryOutreach the phrase on the front of my before. Dozens came to visit us, expressing solidarity To the Lost Sheep T-shirt meant, which was a “I Share in Your Pain” through the beautiful Hebrew expression, “I share in quotation from Romans 11:18: “You do not support the your pain.” Included among them, alas, were many who root, but the root supports you.” I told her that this By Stewart M. Weiss, The Jerusalem Post had themselves been victims of the Palestinian Terror of Israel – Part 2 phrase was a verse from the New Testament teaching War against the Jewish People. They, more than anyone, By Todd Baker, ThM that Gentile Christians do not take precedence over and Will the real Israeli please stand up? Is it the gruff, tough know what it means to suffer and to sacrifice for this above Israel but rather are supported and nurtured by ruffian who cuts you off in traffic, endangering life and great nation of ours. what God has done through Israel. She listened to us and limb — his and yours — for the sake of one car-length? Is In our last report, John Gonzales and I described the read from the Scriptures in Jeremiah 31:35-37 where God it the rude and pushy person who mysteriously appears at Politicians came, too, to let us know we were not alone. events of our initial evangelistic encounters in Tel Aviv promised that He would preserve the nation of Israel the bank or post office — just as you are about to finally ad- President Moshe Katsav held our nine-year-old daugh- during the fourth outreach sponsored by Shalom Shalom forever. From that same chapter we showed her that He vance to the clerk — and cavalierly informs you, “I was here.” ter’s hand and animatedly asked her about school; Natan Messianic Congregation and Zola Levitt Ministries. would make “a new covenant” (Brit Hadasha in Hebrew) and Avital Sharansky cried with us and invited us to Truly, the Lord prepared the way before us. We continue with Israel (Jeremiah 31:31-34) and how it was ratified Or is it the driver who pulls off the road to help you with Shabbat dinner at their home; Effi Eitam hailed our son in this issue with a number of opportunities we had through the atoning death of Jesus the Messiah (see the baby carriage, all the while telling you what a cute as a hero and left his home number in case we needed to to share the love of Yeshua, Messiah of the Jews and Matthew 26:27-28). She was interested in learning more baby you have; or the supermarket clerk who runs down call. Pointedly, only the politicians of the “Right”— Likud, Savior of the world. so we left her a Gospel tract that gave steps to accepting the street chasing you to return the NIS 10 [New Israeli Yisrael Ba’aliya, Mafdal, etc. — took the time to visit. this crucified and risen Messiah. Shekels] change you forgot when you checked out? On the eve of Yom Kippur (The Day of Atonement), we Those of the “Left”— Labor, Meretz, Shinui, who fre- stopped in the nice Sheraton Hotel to have coffee. As we The following morning we hit the streets again. The Holy Over the last month, since our son Ari was killed in bat- quently boast of their supposed love for human rights were looking for an entrance, a security guard appeared Spirit led us to a bus stop where we witnessed to an elder- tle in Nablus, I have had the opportunity to encounter and the need for national compassion — never both- and told us that the restaurant was closed. We then told ly Jewish lady who could not speak English well. A the Israeli, and the Israel, you never — or rarely — see; ered to make contact with us at any stage. him that we were sent by a Messianic congregation in young Israeli teenager heard us, came over to listen, and certainly the Israel you almost never read about. It is, I Most impressive of all was the IDF. They mobilized into Dallas, Texas, to let the Jewish people know that God’s ended up helping translate for us so that the lady could can report, an Israel with a huge heart, a towering “battle mode” to guard and guide us. Ari’s unit — sent plan for them is right on schedule and irrevocable (Rom- fully understand the Gospel message from the Brit soul, and an inner desire to do good. letters by their commanding officer “ordering” them ans 11:29), simply because God chose Israel to bless all Hadasha. This was simply amazing! Without hesitation From the moment we received the horrendous news to now make us part of their own families — sur- the nations of the earth, which He has certainly done with this young man was willing to help us communicate the about our Hayal, we were shielded in a protective rounded us like a wall of green. Battle-trained the Jewish Scriptures and the Jewish Messiah bringing Gospel in Hebrew to a fellow countryman. We told them bubble of love and care that defies description. generals came to sit with us, and several were salvation to those who believe (Genesis 12:1-3; Romans that if they would study the prophecies of the Messiah even caught shedding a tear. The Chief of General 3:2; 9:5). He smiled appreciatively at this support. in the Tenach (our Old Testament) and see how Within minutes of the army’s dreaded knock on our front Staff, Moshe Ya’alon, spent an hour telling us how many Yeshua fulfilled them in the Brit Hadasha they door, hundreds of friends took it upon themselves to lives had been saved by Ari’s final mission. We talked to him about the evidence from the both would come to the obvious conclusion Jewish Scriptures that proves Yeshua is the Messiah attend to our every need, from providing three meals a that He is truly the Messiah of Israel come to restore day, to cleaning our house, to seeing to it that we are I look out on all of this love, all of these of Israel and that the miraculous restoration of the Jew- and redeem the Jewish people. Our translator seemed ish people back to their ancient homeland is both a ful- never alone. The entire Ra’anana community, led by expressions of unsolicited kindness, and I to be more open to the Gospel and so we offered him Israel’s most popular mayor, Zev Bielski, became mother fillment of Bible prophecy and a sure sign of the Messiah’s a copy of a New Testament in Hebrew. am absolutely convinced that we are a return. We showed him the prophecy of Jeremiah 12:15- hens and big brothers who took us under their wing and stood by our side. nation like no other. 16 in Hebrew and English, which predicts that the Lord When he took it, the elderly lady began raising her voice. will remove the enemies of Israel from the Land (ful- I thought she was angered by our attempt to “prosely- From near and far came amazing gestures of sympathy We have an unparalleled courage, a unique stamina, an filled in the Arab-Israeli wars of 1948 and 1967) to allow tize.” But the young man said that she simply wanted a and solidarity: The local Starbuck’s — the only kosher irrepressible spirit. the Jews to regain and dwell in their homeland again copy of the New Testament for herself. Unfortunately, I Starbuck’s in the world! — sent dozens of specialty cof- after worldwide dispersion. During this regathering And we are, deep down, at heart, a genuinely good peo- had only one copy because we had already given out fees to our home each day of shiva [the traditional process the Lord said He would return! ple who care mightily about each other. Yes, at times the rest. I knew I had only one Hebrew New Testament seven day mourning period held by religious Jews]. A we let our baser instincts and our weaker sides prevail; left; I had checked my bag twice. I was sure of this. So, I neighborhood synagogue set up a “mobile sanctuary” “For thus says the Lord: ‘Against all My evil neighbors who and we lapse into petty bickering and behavior. But, when expressed my apologies to the lady for not having a copy in our living room so we could pray at home. touch the inheritance which I caused My people Israel for her. As we turned to go, I checked my bag for the it really, really counts, we rise to the occasion and em- to inherit — behold, I will pluck them out of their land third and final time. To my shock and utter surprise, sit- Baruch Hadaya Jewelers in Jerusalem took the bullet brace the finest values of the human condition. and pluck out the house of Judah from among them. ting right there on top of my tracts was one copy of the casings used in the “21-gun salute” to Ari at his funeral And that is why, despite the heartaches and the losses Then it shall be, after I have plucked them out, that I Hebrew New Testament, where surely there was none and made out of them, at no cost, commemorative rings and the set-backs we suffer, despite facing a cruel and will return and have compassion on them and bring before! If God can easily multiply loaves and fishes out for all the family. A 10-year-old boy from Hashmonaim, despicable Palestinian people who seek our destruc- them back, everyone to his heritage and everyone to of thin air, why could He not produce a Hebrew New who watched the funeral on TV, saw our 10-year-old tion, despite losing our own brave and beautiful son, I his land’” (Jeremiah 12:15-16, emphasis added). See Testament for a sweet and sincere woman who want- wearing a torn shirt (as required by Jewish law) and sent am absolutely certain that we shall triumph in this war also the Authorized Version of Deuteronomy 30:1-3 for ed to know the truth? What joy and awe we had at this! him a new T-shirt in the mail. and in all future wars. the same prophecy. I gave her the Scriptures and she thanked me. I have called this event “The Miracle of Replenishment.” Christians from Montana send dolls to all the children. While we were talking with this man, a middle-aged And I know that Ari — whose death has sparked such an Jewish lady from England heard our conversation and We were overwhelmed with acts of kindness, and gen- outpouring of positive emotion around the world — In next month’s article I will relate our witnessing experi- did not die in vain. ■ came over to listen to the discussion. She asked me what ences in Galilee, Qiryat Shimona, and Jerusalem. ■ erosity of the spirit, from people we had never met

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In conclusion, the oft-repeated Arab claim that the Is- Dear PP: ted by the rabbis. Ask your local rabbi, or your local Which Came First: raeli “occupation” is somehow to blame for the Pales- Jewish friend, if they’ve heard of a holiday called First tinian terrorism is nothing more than an empty retort, Praise God the Institute has been a blessing to thousands Fruits. If not, refer them to their Torah (Leviticus Terrorism or “Occupation”? repudiated by the facts, and disproved by a century of through the years. I wish more would take advantage of 23:10-12). ■ the truths packed within the 12 courses. Why aren’t Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Israel publication historical reality. churches teaching this? Because the seminaries aren’t training pastors-to-be in the truths related to Israel. That’s Palestinian and Arab spokesmen commonly claim that the The following is a partial list of documented acts of Arab why I’m offering it free to pastors who are graduates of recent Palestinian terrorism is the result of the Israeli A Capital Act by Congress continued from pg. 4 these wayward seminaries and Bible schools. God’s Word “occupation” of the West Bank and Gaza, adding that the terrorism, all occurring prior to the beginning of the Is- — any of it — must not be placed on the back burner (9) In 1990, the Congress unanimously adopted Senate Con-current Reso- violence will cease only when the “occupation” is ended. raeli administration of the West Bank and Gaza in 1967: or eliminated because of demands from high-dollar lution 106, which declares that the Congress “strongly believes that Jerusalem must remain an undivided city in which the rights of every donors or political correctness or heresy like Progres- Despite this claim, it should be recalled that the many June 9, 1953 – Terrorists attacked a farming community ethnic and religious group are protected”. sive Dispensationalism. May God fill you with knowl- Palestinian and Arab rejectionist factions (such as the near Lod, and killed one of the residents. The terrorists edge and wisdom as you study! — Zola (10) In 1992, the United States Senate and House of Rep-resentatives Hamas and the Hizbullah) repeatedly declare that even threw hand grenades and sprayed gunfire in all directions. unanimously adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution 113 of the One On the same night, another group of terrorists attacked if Israel would fully withdraw from the territories they Hundred Second Congress to commemorate the 25th anniversary of will continue their attacks, since they refute Israel’s basic a house in the town of Hadera. This occurred a day after the reunification of Jerusalem, and reaffirming congressional senti- right to exist. Israel and Jordan signed an agreement, with UN medi- Moody, Dallas, Talbot Seminary Grads ment that Jerusalem must remain an undivided city. ation, in which Jordan undertook to prevent terrorists More importantly, however, the basic premise of the from crossing into Israel from Jordanian territory. Are you a graduate of one of either Moody, DTS or Tal- (11) The September 13, 1993, Declaration of Principles on Interim Palestinian claim — that the “occupation” causes ter- bot? If so, and you are in the pulpit ministry, then please Self-Government Arrangements lays out a timetable for the resolu- rorism — is historically flawed. Arab and Palestinian June 11, 1953 – Terrorists attacked a young couple in send us a copy of your diploma and ordination. We will tion of “final status” issues, including Jerusalem. give you a full scholarship to our Institute of Jewish- terrorism against Israel existed prior to the beginning their home in Kfar Hess, and shot them to death. (12) The Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area was signed Christian Studies. You can request free info on page 31, of Israeli control over the West Bank and Gaza as a re- May 4,1994, beginning the five-year transitional period laid out in the sult of the Six Day War of June 1967, and even prior to Mar 17, 1954 – Terrorists ambushed a bus traveling from toward the bottom of the center column, or read about Declaration of Principles. the establishment of the State of Israel in May 1948. Eilat to Tel Aviv, and opened fire at short range when the our Institute at www.levitt.com. It is imperative that bus reached the area of Maale Akrabim in the northern you understand this crucial Biblical information, which (13) In March of 1995, 93 members of the United States Senate For example, Arab terrorism was rampant during the wave Negev. In the initial ambush, the terrorists killed the was omitted at your seminary. signed a letter to Secretary of State Warren Christ-opher encouraging “planning to begin now” for relocation of the United States Embassy to of anti-Jewish riots in 1920-21 (which was characterized driver and wounded most of the passengers. The terror- the city of Jerusalem. by the brutal murder in Jaffa of the prominent Jewish ists then boarded the bus, and shot each passenger, one author Y. Brenner), during the “Disturbances” of 1929 by one. Eleven passengers were murdered. Survivors Praise Report — Zola’s Heart (14) In June of 1993, 257 members of the United States House of (which included the massacre of the Jewish communi- recounted how the murderers spat on the bodies and Representatives signed a letter to Secretary of State Warren Christopher ty in Hebron), during the Arab Revolt of 1936-39, and abused them. The terrorists could clearly be traced back We wondered if Zola was down for the count. He was stating that the relocation of the United States Embassy to Jerusalem in many other recorded incidents of wholesale anti- to the Jordanian border, some 20 km [about 13 miles] having chest pains and didn’t feel well. But several medi- “should take place no later than 1999”. Jewish Arab violence throughout the pre-state period. cal tests, including a stress echocardiogram, have estab- from the site of the terrorist attack. (15) The United States maintains its embassy in the func-tioning capital lished that his coronary arteries are in terrific shape. The Palestinian terrorism campaign was stepped-up on the of every country except in the case of our democratic friend and Mar 24, 1955 – Terrorists threw hand grenades and open- Despite the fact that Zola has had six bypasses since eve of the UN Partition Resolution of November 1947, and strategic ally, the State of Israel. ed fire on a crowd at a wedding in the farming commu- 1982, he is feeling a new energy, knowing that the ol’ led to the joint Arab invasion of 1948-49 which delineated nity of Patish, in the Negev. A young woman was killed, pump is holding up fine. Considering that most by- (16) The United States conducts official meetings and other business the boundaries of the newly established State of Israel. and eighteen people were wounded in the attack. passes last only ten years, we know this must be an in the city of Jerusalem in de facto recog-nition of its status as the answer to your fervent prayers. Thanks a thousandfold! capital of Israel. Indeed, this deplorable violence can be traced back to Apr 11, 1956 – Terrorists opened fire on a synagogue full the beginning of the renewed Jewish settlement of the (17) In 1996, the State of Israel will celebrate the 3,000th anniversary of children and teenagers, in the farming community of Land of Israel over a century ago. of the Jewish presence in Jerusalem since King David’s entry. Shafrir. Three children and a youth worker were killed on After the War of Independence, Arab terrorism expanded the spot, and five were wounded, including three seriously. A First Fruits Comeback in scope. In 1952, when fedayeen terrorist border incur- By Zola Levitt The congressional act goes on to determine when and sions reached their height, there were about 3,000 inci- Sept 23, 1956 – Terrorists opened fire from a Jordanian how the United States should establish its embassy in dents of cross-border violence, extending from the position, and killed four archaeologists, and wounded It seems that our Seven Feasts book was Jerusalem. However, it also provides the president with malicious destruction of property to the brutal murder sixteen others, near Kibbutz Ramat Rachel. given to one Jewish lady who teaches a a bypass around implementing this act by granting him of civilians. In the years 1951-1955, 503 Israelis were class at a synagogue. She used it when teach- waiver authority. Every six months the president signs a killed by Arab terrorists infiltrating from Jordan, 358 Jan 1, 1965 – Palestinian terrorists attempted to bomb ing about the birth and placement of the waiver to virtually annul the force of this congressional were killed in attacks from Egypt, and 61 were killed in the National Water Carrier. This was the first attack car- feasts, I guess omitting the stuff about the directive because of “national security” concerns. Isn’t attacks originating from Syria and Lebanon. This anti- ried out by the PLO’s Fatah faction [under Yasser Arafat]. Messiah. But, in any case, it must have been it sad that President Bush consciously rebuffs genuine Israeli violence encompassed both frontier settlements amazing for the Jewish ladies to hear what friendship with our only ally and the only democracy and population centers, and was perpetrated, for the their true holidays are as taught from the Torah. in the Middle East each time he signs this waiver? most part, against innocent civilians, most of them [Editor’s note: The above publication listed nearly 60 such incidents It may be the only synagogue in the world that that took place before the Six Day War in 1967. We have selected just — Zola new immigrants. a few of them due to space constraints.] now recognizes the festival called First Fruits, fore- shadowing the resurrection of Christ, otherwise omit-

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When things were getting out of hand — BS tect you as you stand for the Jews, it seems, is no longer inoculation against the virus a year ago, the French government finally made a forth- Chosen People. — Zola of antisemitism. It has taken hold, on the supposedly Dear BS: liberal left as well as the xenophobic right, all too long right stand, and it had an effect. (Kudos to Harvard University President Lawrence Summers, who recently Dear Zola Levitt Ministries: unchecked by feeble political leadership with one eye We may not be the only ones proclaiming on the vengeful sentiments of millions of anti-Zionist spoke out forcefully against antisemitic trends in U.S. academia.) Many public officials in Europe make racist, the truth, but how sad it is that more men I feel led to tell you that I will no longer be watching immigrants from North Africa and the Middle East. The anti-Jewish statements but too often escape rebuke. Many of God refuse to do so or simply lack the training to do Zola as of his show that was aired last night on the historic antisemitism denying individual Jews the right Europeans are shocked by the re-emergence of hatred so! — Zola Family Channel. to live as equal members of society has horribly coalesced with a new version of antisemitism that denies the col- of Jews, but the most common reaction has been com- placency. Israel seems to be absorbing Europe’s linger- Dr. Levitt: When Zola, who claims to be a loving Christian, attacks lective expression of the Jewish people, namely Israel, to ing anti-Jewish feelings, which are easier for many to his brothers and sisters “Methodists and Presbyterians” live as an equal member of the family of nations. From express as anti-Zionism than antisemitism. Re: the church has replaced Israel. In your Levitt Letter, as being insincere and unable to defend their religions, Kiev in the East to Bilbao and Barcelona in Spain, and would you please explain where, and who, is saying this. I feel he has gone way too far. Both of these religions be- Rome in the South, from Marseilles to Paris to Berlin in I am 75 years old, and I have been in church all my life the West, the poison is at work. Somehow antisemitism How do they do this? By applying two lieve in the same “saved by grace” alone as he proposes of the oldest antisemitic techniques: (Protestant) and I have never heard any preacher, in any — so why attack someone with the same beliefs? in Europe has outdone every other ideology and preju- church, say this! — RS dice in its power and durability. Fascism came and went; the double standard and moral equiv- alency. The double standard is manifest Zola needs to focus more on the unsaved and leave his Communism came and went; antisemitism came and Dear RS: stayed. And now it has been revitalized. in the way Jews and the Jewish state fellow believers alone. He’s following the same path as all are judged in a way no other people would be. With venom On which planet have you gone to church? My friend, the TV preachers — attacking — and that’s a shame! unsurpassed in modern dialogue, Europe demands that — DA “Fire and Broken Glass.” Some of the manifestations of mainline Protestant denominations like the Presbyter- the campaign are spelled out in a report by the Lawyers Israel act as if it has to win the “moral man of the year” ians, Methodists, Lutherans, etc., have believed this award just to defend itself. Israel is attacked for any devi- Dear DA: Committee for Human Rights aptly titled “Fire and Broken heresy for centuries. Question the preachers of these Glass.” The summary of evil deeds can only sketch the ation, no matter how trivial, as if responding to those that churches and let your eyes be opened! — Zola seek its destruction is a moral failure. This pernicious, and My “attacks” were about those denominations that sup- daily nightmare. Jews, and people presumed to be Jewish, are assaulted across the region. Attackers, shouting racist intellectually dishonest, double standard has the effect Dear Zola: port the Arab side in the Israeli conflict. I have never of implicitly denying Israel the right to the same mea- attacked any denomination that stands for “saved by slogans, throw stones at school children, at worship- pers leaving religious services, at rabbis. Jewish homes, sures of self-defense that any other state would exert. The DC sniper thing bugs me. He is a Muslim and the grace alone” in Christ alone, but I have serious questions schools, and synagogues are firebombed. Windows are When Israelis take steps to assert their collective rights history the TV has shown is that he’s an angry man. Seems about mainline Protestants who object to the inerrancy smashed. Scores of Jewish cemeteries are desecrated of self-defense in the face of unprecedented terrorist to me that religion just fed the hate in him. Is this what of the Bible, reinterpret much of God’s Word as allegory with anti-Jewish slogans and threats and Nazi symbols attacks against innocent Israeli civilians, they encounter we have to look forward to in dealing with that religious or myth, or who pour millions of dollars into anti-Israel on walls and monuments. In Belgium, thugs beat up an almost unanimous condemnation from the European type? Our God is love — why can’t they see that? — MF donations in the name of Christ. — Zola the chief rabbi. In Britain, the left-wing journal the New establishment and the European media. European detract- Statesman depicts a large Star of David stabbing the ors turn every Israeli act of defense into its current euphe- Dear MF: Union Jack. In London, a young student reading Psalms mism: crimes against humanity. The Europeans took the Dear Staff: election of Ariel Sharon as a license to view every act of self- The media, like President Bush, are intent on promoting the is stabbed 27 times on a city bus. A mural in a Scottish defense as an aggression. They forgot what produced peacefulness of this violent religion. Men like the sniper I am in the beginning of notebook #1, Old Testament church depicts a crucified Jesus surrounded by Israeli Sharon’s election, namely the terrorism that Yasser Arafat are products of this hate-filled faith, and you could mul- Survey, of the Jewish-Christian Institute. I can’t even soldiers. In Italy, La Stampa publishes a Page 1 cartoon launched in September 2000 against the most left-wing tiply his story ad infinitum around the world. — Zola explain how overwhelmed I am with the truth that is in of a tank emblazoned with the Jewish star pointing its the first notebook. How can so many churches not be gun at the baby Jesus, who pleads, “Surely, they don’t government in Israeli history — a government that had just teaching truth? made the most far-reaching proposals to settle the conflict. Dear Zola: want to kill me again.” In France, where there have been hundreds of acts of violence, walls in Jewish neighbor- I am very thankful for this course. I have a lot of study- What provoked Europe’s latest hostility was Israel’s incur- We purchased a “Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem” hoods have been defaced with slogans proclaiming, “Jews ing to do. I don’t know about the test; I’m not really sion into the West Bank, which was in response to the bumper sticker and put it on the back of our truck. to the gas chambers.” In Germany, the Free Democratic going for the diploma. I want truth that is making my unprecedented campaign of terror, culminating in the One day recently on the road, a stranger began riding Party has unofficially adopted antisemitism as a cam- foundation stronger in the Lord God, something I’ll Netanya Passover bombing in which 29 Israelis perished our bumper, then pulled alongside us. He looked like paign technique to attract Germany’s sizable Muslim have and continue to walk in as time goes on.... and more than 140 were injured. If any other country in he wanted to kill us. Then he rolled down his window minority. A former German defense minister blames the the world were bleeding from terrorism at the same rate and shouted to his driver, “I think they’re (expletive) power of the Jews for all the perceived ills of American I just want to thank the Lord for you guys, for Zola and as Israel, would there be any question of its right to defend Jewish.” They continued to follow us for a while, then foreign policy. German Jews are advised not to wear Jeffrey Seif and the staff. Thanks from the bottom of my itself? To deny Israel’s right to defend itself, of course, is took a different route. I just wanted Zola to know that anything in public that will identify them as Jewish heart! — PP to deny the right of the Jews to a state that can perform anti-Semitism is definitely here in California. because their safety cannot be guaranteed. A listing of the minimal function of protecting its own citizens. — anonymous supporter in CA such incidents could fill, and fill again, this entire mag- CONTINUED ON PAGE 26 FOR CREDIT CARD ORDERS OR DONATIONS, YOU MAY CALL 1-800-WONDERS (966-3377). 8 DECEMBER 2002 P.O. BOX 12268 • DALLAS, TX 75225-0268 • (214) 696-8844 • WWW.LEVITT.COM 25 THE POISON IS AT WORK continued

The European double standard toward Israel takes many mize civilian casualties, is equal to the terrorism, which InIsrael Today The article below illustrates cabin. He had also positioned forms. Witness the eagerness with which so many in seeks to maximize civilian casualties; as if the premed- himself in the front of coach section in order to have a Europe diminished, and even dismissed, Israel’s previ- itated campaign of suicide murder were a sane response just why El Al is our airline of choice when planning better jumping off point toward the flight deck.” ously unimaginable concessions at Camp David, swal- to an extraordinarily generous proposal that would have our tours to Israel. – Zola lowing the Palestinian version of events there, despite provided Palestinians with a state — a proposal many He was immediately tackled by El Al air marshals and a forceful American repudiation of that spin. Witness in Palestine now fervently wish their corrupt and vicious handcuffed, Amitai said. the almost hysterical reaction in Europe to a nonexis- leadership had embraced. “Today I die.” tent massacre in Jenin, even as it failed to pay atten- “What is important is that the incident ended within tion to the cumulative massacres of civilians in Israel. Of course, the point of the double standard and moral By Michael Gutman, The Jerusalem Post seconds, and that it ended in a manner that proved that The Guardian newspaper in London betrayed its his- equivalency is to create the impression that Israel is an El Al’s security arrangements worked as they should,” toric association with the founding of Israel with the illegitimate state, among the world’s worst human-rights The Israeli Arab overpowered while trying to hijack an El Al general manager Amos Shapira said. outrageous editorial utterance that Jenin was every bit violators, and thus legitimize the extinction of a state El Al flight to Istanbul intended to force the flight crew as bad as 9/11. Witness Europe’s virtual acquiescence the Arabs have never accepted. The insight of Amos Oz, to turn the plane around and crash it into a building in Fukara’s family expressed shock and puzzlement at the in the World Conference Against Racism held in South a liberal Israeli writer, is pertinent. He is haunted, he Tel Aviv, Turkish security sources said. news. They said he had studied at Sapir College in the Negev Africa, where Israel, the only democracy in the region says, by the observation that before the Holocaust, Euro- and worked with the elderly in the Beduin town of Rahat. with a program of civil rights and full Arab participa- pean graffiti read “Jews to Palestine,” only to be trans- The Shin Bet [Israeli security service] confirmed that They believed he was going to Turkey for a vacation. tion in government, was accused of genocide, ethnic formed in modern times into “Jews out of Palestine.” Tawfik Fukara, 23, of the Galilee village of Bouina Nejidat, was armed with a pocketknife and intended to cleansing, racism, and apartheid, while the vicious The message to Jews, notes Oz, is, “Don’t be here and Initially, security officials were skeptical Fukara intended hijack the Boeing 757 with 170 passengers. racism of the Middle East and Africa was ignored. don’t be there. That is, Don’t be.” to hijack the plane. A preliminary investigation revealed Turkey has remanded Fukara until the end of proceed- that at no time in the attack and his subsequent arrest Paradox upon paradox. The traditional attacks from the Europe seems to be unconscious of the virulence of ings against him. Israel has asked that he be extradited. did he draw the knife. The weapon was found on him right based on national, religious, or ethnic reasons the campaign of lies against Israelis in Palestine and after he was handcuffed. have been surpassed by the more driving force of the throughout the Middle East, where the fact of the Holo- “It was certainly an intentional act of sabotage,” El Al extreme left, which invokes political or universal rea- caust is routinely described by media and governments deputy chief executive Yitzhak Amitai told The Jerusalem In Israel, a carrier’s jurisdiction for the safety of its pas- sons, like human rights, anti-globalism, and socialism. as a Jewish invention, and where teachers foment a Post. “But as for the motivation for this act, we do not sengers begins and ends in the plane itself. The carrier Ever obsessed by anti-Americanism, they have seized hatred of Israel and fail even to acknowledge its yet know, that is for others to decide.” is directly responsible for all goods loaded on the plane, for on the Middle East crisis as a way to attack the United existence in history texts and maps in the schools its passengers, and crew. The Airports Authority is respon- States and Israel as being unfeeling toward the poor of subsidized by Europeans! The findings of the investigation also show that Fukara’s sible for investigating the passengers before boarding. the world. For them, the Palestinians have become the actions were not spontaneous. According to the Shin poster child for Third World victimization. Indeed, the The unprecedented and unbridled hatred embodied Bet, he told the security guards who overpowered him, Amitai commended the quick thinking of the flight crew Israeli-Palestinian dispute is portrayed as an extended by jihad, sanctioned by authoritarian Arab states, is, of “Today is the day I die, and I am doing it because my and security guards. El Al is one of the few carriers in the human-interest story told exclusively from the Palest- course, a device to divert their populations from the brother was killed.” world that has armed guards on all its flights, he said. inian point of view. Unmentioned is the fact that there failures of their own societies. But Europe, the killing is not a single democratic state in the entire region, that fields of so many Jews, should know better. It should No evidence to suggest he has a biological brother who According to Amitai, El Al remains one of the world’s there would not be a single Israeli soldier in any Pales- be the first to understand that Jews, of all people, have died was found, security sources told Channel 1. safest airlines. The last time one of its planes was hi- tinian city or any checkpoint were Jews not the daily the right to defend, even overdefend themselves from jacked was in 1968. ■ targets of terror. Ignoring the corrupt, authoritarian the consequences of hate. Europe has a historic duty to A statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office said regime in Palestine, the critics from the left attack Israel redeem the crimes committed on its soil by first recog- Fukara’s intentions were nationalistic. on universalist issues, arguing that Israel is an occupy- nizing and then repudiating the persecution Jews face We’re Next! ing power in the West Bank oppressing the Palestinians. today and vigorously defending the collective Fukara told Turkish policemen he acted “to make heard Michael Freund,The Jerusalem Post They pay not the slightest heed to the fact that Israel is right of the Jewish state to defend itself from its the voice of the Palestinian people,” Turkey’s NTV reported. there because the Arabs made war. Never do they ac- legions of hate-blinded enemies. Hizbullah leader Sheikh Hassan knowledge that the Palestinians could have had their Security officials at Ben-Gurion Airport said they were Nasrallah has accused U.S. Christ- own state just two years ago, and perhaps be flourish- Anything less de- suspicious of Fukara but allowed him to board the plane ian supporters of Israel of hatching ing in peace now, if they had not been incited to still fames the glories of after he underwent all the necessary checks. a “plot” to liquidate the Arabs and driving them into more insensate violence. The paradoxes are dizzying a European civili- exile, the Beirut Daily Star reported. — and malign. Israel, a country victimized by terror- zation dedicated The Airports Authority is continuing to investigate how ism, stands accused of perpetrating terrorism, the Jews to the dignity of he managed to smuggle the penknife — with a six-centi- Speaking at a graduation ceremony, Nasrallah said that described as Nazis, and their Arab tormentors cast in man, freedom, meter blade — through metal detectors and stringent “Christian Zionists” are gaining strength in the U.S. and the role of helpless Jews. honor, and personal searches. that they have a powerful impact on U.S. foreign policy. decency. ■ Next, of course, is the moral-equivalency trap. When Fukara, who was sitting near the business-class section, Christian groups in America, he said, are financed by oil Israel responds to terrorism, Europe treats it as if the repeatedly approached one of the flight attendants to companies and weapons firms, and seek to encourage response and the terrorism are morally equal; as if ask for water. As the plane began its final approach to Jews to move to Israel and rebuild the temple in Jeru- there were no difference between the arsonist and the Istanbul, he stood up and ran toward the cockpit, slam- salem. However, he said, “if they all gather in Israel, it firefighter; as if Israel’s response, which seeks to mini- ming into the flight attendant. According to Amitai, will save us the trouble of going after them worldwide.” Fukara was clearly “violent, heading straight for the CONTINUED ON PAGE 11 FOR CREDIT CARD ORDERS OR DONATIONS, YOU MAY CALL 1-800-WONDERS (966-3377). 26 DECEMBER 2002 P.O. BOX 12268 • DALLAS, TX 75225-0268 • (214) 696-8844 • WWW.LEVITT.COM 7 EDITORIAL

ZZOLAOLA’’SS BBULLETINULLETIN BBOARDOARD 4) “These people are poor and helpless, and that’s why they’re angry at us.” The terrorists and their backers No More Pearl Harbors are richer than Elton John and, ironically, a good deal By Gen. Richard Hawley, USAF (ret.) less annoying. The poor helpless people, you see, are the villagers they tortured and murdered to stay in power.

Since the [9-11] attack, I have seen, heard, and read Mohammed Atta, who steered those planes into the thoughts of such surpassing stupidity that they must be killing grounds (I’m sorry, one of the “alleged hijackers,” Dec. 27 in Year-End Gifts addressed. You’ve heard them too. Here they are: according to CNN; they stopped using the word “terror- ist,” you know), is the son of a Cairo surgeon. But you Orlando For those who want a 2002 tax deduction for their 1) “We’re not good, they’re not evil, everything is relative.” knew this, too. with Zola contributions, please know that it is the post office’s Listen carefully: We’re good, they’re evil, nothing is rela- date stamp on your envelope’s postage that instructs tive. You see, folks, saying “We’re good” doesn’t mean 5) “Any profiling is racial profiling.” Who’s killing us here, us. We automatically send year-end receipts to The Holy Land Experience, “We’re perfect.” Okay? the Norwegians? Just days after the attack, the New York those who contribute $250 or more. In addition, cational, inspirational, theatricalin Orlando, and historical. Florida, It’sis edu- a Times had an article saying dozens of extended members we furnish receipts to anyone else who asks. living, Biblical history museum that takes you 7,000 The plain fact is that our country has, with all our mis- of the gazillionaire bin Laden family living in America miles away and 2,000 years back in time to the takes and blunders, always been and always will be the were afraid of reprisals and left in a huff, never to return land of the Bible. For info on the structures, exhibits, greatest beacon of freedom, charity, opportunity, and to studying at Harvard and using too much Drakkar. Scriptorium and special music and theatrical events, affection in history. If you need proof, open all the bor- I’m crushed. visit www.theholylandexperience.com ders on Earth and see what happens. . Better yet, for Think about it. How many Adolfs do you run into these more information, please call TV Anniversary 2) “Violence only leads to more violence.” This one is so days? Shortly after that, I remember watching TV with Tony at (214) 696-9760 dur- It was in December 1978 that Zola’s first TV pro- stupid you usually have to be the president of an Ivy my jaw on the floor as a government official actually ing office hours. Or you may gram aired. Beginning on KXTX-39 in Dallas, the League university to say it. Here’s the truth, which you said, “That little old grandmother from Sioux City could also call 1-800-WONDERS program was initially entitled Zola Levitt Live. In the 2424 know in your heads and hearts already: Ineffective, un- be carrying something.” Okay, how about this: No, she (966-3377) any time. mid-’80s, we went national on our two major net- Years!Years! focused violence leads to more violence. Limp, panicky couldn’t. It would never be the grandmother from Sioux works. TBN now carries our program at 8 ET, 7 CT, half-measures lead to more violence. City. 6 MT and 5 PT on Monday mornings. ABC-FAM airs Zola at 1:00 AM, early-early on Monday Mornings However, complete, fully thought-through, profession- And now a Secret Service guy has been tossed off a plane on both coasts, and at midnight Central Time. Now al, well-executed violence never leads to more violence and we’re all supposed to cry about it because he’s an you can say that Zola Levitt Presents is 24 years old! because, you see, afterwards, the other guys are all dead. Arab? Didn’t it have the tiniest bit to do with the fact that That’s right, dead. Not “on trial,” not “reeducated,” not he filled out his forms incorrectly — three times? And “nurtured back into the bosom of love.” Dead. D-E— then left an Arab history book on his seat as he strolled Well, you get the idea. off the plane? And came back? Armed? Let’s please all stop singing “We Are the World” for a minute and think 3) “The CIA and the rest of our intelligence communi- practically. I don’t want to be sitting on the floor in the ty has failed us.” For 25 years we have chained our spies back of a plane four seconds away from hitting Mt. The Summer that Wasn’t Subscribe to our TV Program like dogs to a stake in the ground, and now that the house Rushmore and turn, grinning, to the guy next to me to has been robbed, we yell at them for not protecting us. Last year, Time magazine devoted 95% of its July 30 You can have every say, “Well, at least we didn’t offend them.” edition’s cover to a startling, head-on, partly submerged program that we will broadcastZola Levitt during Presents 2003 Starting in the late seventies, under Carter appointee view of an attacking bull shark. Bold, all-capped letters sold the for only $499, including shipping. Beyond Stansfield Turner, the giant brains who get So here’s what I resolve for the New Year: sizzle: “SUMMER OF THE SHARK.” these giant ideas decided that the best way For maximum our new and rerun television series, which Never to forget our murdered brothers drama, the word SHARK was will come to you as sets in beautifully to gather international intelligence was to and sisters. Never to let the relativists larger than any other on designed packaging, you’ll receive the in- use spy satellites. “After all,” they reasoned, the cover, except for “TIME,” get away with their immoral think- between programs that other viewers have “you can see a license plate from 200 ing. After all, no matter what your which was considerably ob- to special order. We plan to ship quarterly miles away.” This is very helpful if you’ve structed by the toothy predator’s daughter’s political science pro- or at the end of each series, so you should been attacked by a license plate. snout. Inside, the actual article, entitled fessor says, we didn’t start this. receive four to five shipments during the “Why Can’t We Be Friends?” Unfortunately, we were attacked by Have you seen that bumper sticker , explained year. Why not make this subscription a tax- that shark attacks stem from a combination of hunger and humans. Finding humans is not that says, “No More Hiroshimas”? I wish deductible gift to your church and share mistaking humans for fish. Statistically the “Summer of possible with satellites. You have to I had one that says, “You First. No More Zola with your entire congregation? the Shark” never happened. But it probably sold more use other humans. Pearl Harbors.” ■ magazines than a title such as “Sharks Eat, Too.” (See page 31 to order) Compare this to the media’s negative coverage of Israel. When we bought all our satellites, we fired Unfounded or exaggerated stories about the “cycle of violence” or all our humans…. It takes years, decades to the “poor Palestinians” or the nasty Israelis, are all de-signed to infiltrate new humans into the worst places push an anti-Israel sentiment and sell more news. of the world.

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it. Should the damages exceed the Here’s a Moslem who advocates mak- AUDITED! SPEAK UP! proposed payment, Israel should ing Islam’s holy scriptures more pol- Call Baker Book House Selected letters to the editors of some sue for the difference. — HG itically-correct and “appealing.” This By Zola Levitt By Mark Levitt naïve European follower of Moham- of the world’s leading newspapers med will no doubt be disappointed Our good friend Norma Archbold, author of Mountains For the first time since I joined Act Like a Leader that his Islamic “brothers” refuse to the ministry in November 1988, of Israel, has been closely following a disturbing devel- The New York Times make any changes in their religion. It opment involving Baker Book House of Grand Rapids, the IRS audited our ministry. I Bad Dream is, and will remain, a violent expres- Michigan. Baker is planning to reissue the book Blood was nervous about possibly being The Jerusalem Post If we are at war, it is high time that sion of hostility intent on converting Brothers by Elias Chacour, a Greek Catholic official targeted by a revenue agent with our commander-in-chief acted like the world by the sword. — Zola It has come to my attention that from Jerusalem. It is a disgusting diatribe against the an ax to grind. After the IRS one, starting with his duty to take Egypt’s Dream Channel…is planning Chosen People in the guise of “uncovering” an alleged scheduled this two-day audit of our year 2000 tax prompt, decisive action to protect to air the series Fares bila jawad massacre of the men, women and childdren of Jish by return, I learned that they easily could expand the scope the security of our homeland. (“Knight without a horse”), based The Curious World the Israelis many years ago. of their investigation to last for months and cover multi- ple tax years. on the anti-Semitic Protocols of the We simply cannot afford to let con- Elders of Zion. It is beyond my com- tainer ships, railroad cars and trucks of George W. Bush Mrs. Archbold has done extensive research in Israel, con- Since the early ‘90s, this ministry has made its indepen- prehension how the government enter our ports and downtown areas tacting those who lived in Jish at the time of the alleged On the heels of the dently audited financial statements available to the public, of Egypt can permit such outright unchecked. We must ensure that our massacre, to verify that no such atrocity ever occurred. mid-term Republi- free for the asking. Each year our volunteer auditor pays lies to be aired. oil refineries and power and chem- However, Baker Books, despite the many urgings of Mrs. can election sweep, a week-long visit to our office to review our accounting ical plants are adequately guarded. Archbold and others, refuses to question the accuracy To calm the violent situation in the President Bush has practices and determine whether we are fully complying of this anti-Semitic piece of propaganda before its Middle East it is incumbent upon slapped the faces of with IRS regulations for non-profit, tax exempt, 501(c)3 Only one man has the authority and printing in February 2003. the Egyptian government to extin- 40 million evangelical Christians organizations like ours. This year, it seemed, our ministry obligation to make these things guish the flames of hatred, not fuel who helped bring him to power. was about to take an exam for which it had prepared happen, and his name is George W. Perhaps you could lend your support to the Jewish them. — JH roughly a decade. Bush. Do we need to endure cata- people by contacting Baker Book House and letting strophe to get his attention? — TZ “Some of the comments that have them know that regardless of their fine history of qual- Egyptians (as well as citizens in other been uttered about Islam do not ity publications, proceeding with this anti-Jewish book A $64,000 question: What triggered the audit? Did some- Arab nations) are simply juvenile — reflect the sentiments of my gov- will likely cost them the support of much of the evan- one from the State Department dislike Zola’s recent they really believe this stuff. No ernment or the sentiments of most gelical community. Contact Baker Book House at 6030 series of articles, entitled “Send in the Clowns”? Had a wonder. Centuries ago they allowed Making Islam Americans.” East Fulton, Grand Rapids, MI 49516, or call them at bigwig from A.G. Edwards called a government crony their great empire to be bowled ■ because we filed a complaint with the NASD about how over by marauding bands of have- Nice “By far, the vast majority of Ameri- 616-676-9186. The Guardian, London they had handled our ministry’s account? Perhaps a dis- nots (the Arabs). And should the can citizens respect the Islamic gruntled viewer fabricated an anonymous complaint. Lord tarry, it won’t just be the Egypt- people and the Muslim faith. After The reasons why Muslims get enrag- all, there are millions of peace- ians; this could happen in America ed and start killing innocent human We were relieved to learn that nothing diabolical trig- loving Muslim Americans.” if we don’t protect ourselves from beings to “defend” their prophet “They Mean Jews” gered our audit. Since 1989, we have used staff leasing both overt and covert forms of Mohammed is rather simple: igno- companies to reduce the expenses of giving our employ- Bush made the comments to re- Moslem invasion. — Zola rance and belief in a philosophy “...You declare, my friend, that you do not hate ees decent benefits. Therefore on our tax return, we did porters before he met with U.N. which has not been reformed since the Jews, you are merely ‘anti-Zionist.’ And I say, not itemize the income tax, social security and Medicare Secretary-General Kofi Annan. the Middle Ages. It is all in the name that had been withheld from our staff’s paychecks. Other The White House stated that the let the truth ring forth from the high mountain- of blasphemy. IRS regional offices might have resolved this small issue Let the PA Pay president was responding to recent tops, let it echo through the valleys of God’s green The Jerusalem Post remarks by Pat Robertson, Jerry with us by telephone. We, however, went through an However, orthodox Islam itself is not earth: When people criticize Zionism, they mean Falwell and Franklin Graham. eight-prong examination, which we passed on all points. Israel is going to give the Palestinian parsimonious in defaming other Jews — this is God’s own truth.… And what is anti- Authority a huge amount of money. religions. Read Sura 5, verse 51: “You The terrorist-connected group Zionist? It is the denial to the Jewish people of a The agent concluded that we should itemize some num- I suggest that prior to any payment, who believe, take not the Jews and Council on American-Islamic fundamental right that we justly claim for the peo- bers on our tax return. This was easy since these figures reparations be deducted. They would Christians as friends. He who takes Relations (CAIR) praised Bush were already broken down on our audited financial state- include, but not be limited to, such them as friends is one of them.” ple of Africa and freely accord all other nations for his “support.” ments. We didn’t quite earn a “no change” audit, but things as pain and suffering, costs Source: Reuters of the Globe. It is discrimination against Jews, my the agent kindly noted that we had “a good audit.” With to the army, monetary compensa- I am a liberal, secular Muslim and friend, because they are Jews. In short, it is anti- some organizations, a visit from the IRS leads to the loss tion for the loss of a parent or child, believe a reformation starting with In this ministry we meet a lot more reinterpretation, if not replacement, Semitism.… Let my words echo in the depths of of their tax-exempt status. Our supporters, however, can the cost of having security guards at Moslems than President Bush and always take tax deductions for their gifts. We praise nursery schools, on up to not host- of some such verses would help your soul: When people criticize Zionism, they we don’t know where these peace- God that when put to the test, our bookkeeper, records ing international football games. bring Islam more in line with the 21st loving Moslems are. Islam teach- mean Jews — make no mistake about it.” and business practices passed muster. century and enable us to live at peace es violence and we respectfully The PA initiated this war and, as — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with other religions. It will also make disagree with the president’s views. such, is responsible for the many Islam more appealing to the rest of — Zola millions…Israel has lost because of the world. — SL CONTINUED NEXT PAGE

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life? And if Christians must declare that all religions are In one sense, government scrutiny and the public’s cus- The prophet Jeremiah purchased this land called Anatot A Capital Act by Congress equally valid paths to salvation, shouldn’t liberals have tomer services expectations should establish only the (Jer. 32:16), which we have adopted for outreach and Excerpts from the “Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995” to declare that all political and social doctrines are equal- bottom rung for our standards. Rather than doing the support. — Zola ly valid paths to America’s salvation? minimum required to get by, we strive to glorify God by The Congress makes the following findings: doing our best to seek and live His will. When deciding Third, all those who condemn evangelicals for their be- which TV programs to run more than once, we put our- Your Gifts at Work (1) Each sovereign nation, under international law and custom, may lief in the necessity of affirming Christ for salvation are selves in our supporters’ shoes. designate its own capital. By Stuart Arden doing exactly what they accuse these Christians of doing Lately, because of the tide of current events, you have — judging and condemning people solely for their beliefs. (Anatot, Israel) – The License Plate Recognition System (2) Since 1950, the city of Jerusalem has been the capital of the State seen fewer reruns on Zola Levitt Presents than ever. Re- of Israel. Here is the liberals’ rule: Christians may not judge others has finally been installed (outside the front gate) and will running television programs is cost effective in the long by their religious beliefs, but liberals may judge Christians shortly be operative. Members of the settlement pay a run, but now we are seizing opportunities to call secular (3) The city of Jerusalem is the seat of Israel’s President, Parliament, by their religious beliefs. company to do guard duty during the day and the mem- viewers’ attention to the Bible’s relevance by producing and Supreme Court, and the site of numerous government ministries and bers do guard duty from 6 pm to 6 am. Members cur- some contemporary interviews, which become dated social and cultural institutions. Fourth, one of Judaism’s core teachings is that God judges rently open the gate with a remote control or wait for relatively quickly. all people by their behavior rather than by their faith the guard to open the gate for them. Guards can open (4) The city of Jerusalem is the spiritual center of Judaism, and is also alone, and that we are to judge people in the same way. the gate either from inside the guard hut, or by a but- considered a holy city by the members of other religious faiths. We also are keeping up with the times by offering all of I apply this teaching to evangelicals. I judge them not by ton on the outside of the hut. their theology but by their behavior. I find that behavior our music cassettes on CD. Our Internet webmasters (5) From 1948-1967, Jerusalem was a divided city and Israeli citizens are overhauling our web site www.levitt.com to make of all faiths as well as Jewish citizens of all states were denied access often exemplary, and I regard them as America’s best There have been robberies on the settlement (of even it more user-friendly. Even now, it offers our newsletter to holy sites in the area controlled by Jordan. hope to stem the country’s cultural and moral decline. government-issued weapons), so the LPR System is in- archive, an Israel slide show, chat room, discussion tended to add to our security. The license plate numbers board, and samples of Zola’s music, plus a search tool (6) In 1967, the city of Jerusalem was reunited during the conflict Fifth, insofar as offensiveness and tolerance are con- of all residents’ cars will be computer-registered in the known as the Six Day War. that allows guests to research their favorite interests. cerned, who do you think has it tougher — a Jew living “System,” and the gate will open automatically when and working among evangelical Christians or a conser- the “System” reads a “friendly” license plate number. In (7) Since 1967, Jerusalem has been a united city administered by Israel, Last year we received rave reviews about our experi- vative living and working among strongly committed the event of an approaching stolen car, even one belong- and persons of all religious faiths have been guaranteed full access mental full-color, front and back covers on our monthly to holy sites within the city. liberals? As one who is in the former situation, I can tell ing to a member (that has been reported as stolen), a Levitt Letter. Now we have full-color all the time and you that I receive only respect and tolerance. On the red light will go on in the guard hut, the gate will not occasionally go to double-editions, like this one, because (8) This year [1995] marks the 28th consecutive year that Jerusalem other hand, ask conservatives, not to mention evangeli- open, and the police computers will be notified auto- has been administered as a unified city in which the rights of all faiths we simply need 32 pages to share all that Zola wants you cal Christians, in Hollywood how they feel. Most keep matically. In the case of visitors to the settlement, the have been respected and protected. to see. Whether people watch our TV program, visit our their views to themselves, so fearful are they of reper- guard will have to go outside the gate, examine their CONTINUED ON PAGE 9 web site or look through our newsletters, it is readily cussions from the liberal majority. identification, then go back into the guard hut and type apparent that this life work of ours is a labor of love. their license plate number into the “System” in order to get Let’s also compare the evangelicals to the “open” and the gate to open. There will always be a record of exact- A Jew Defends Evangelicals continued We believe it disarmed the IRS agent somewhat to see “tolerant” Protestant Christian denominations as repre- ly which cars went in and out how little TV time Why should Jews not be offended by this evangelical sented by the National Council of Churches. We find moral of the settlement, and when. and newsletter New LPR System reads license plates Christian belief? confusion, anti-Americanism and support for those who wish another Jewish genocide. True, just about every- space we spend on Our Regional Council (similar First, since all non-Christians are unsaved, this doctrine one in the NCC believes that it is not necessary for any- raising funds. On to a county government), in co- is in no way anti-Jewish. It is pro-salvation, not anti-any- one to affirm faith in Christ to be saved and that I as a the chance that she operation with the Israeli Army, body. The evangelical view of who is not saved is appli- Jew can therefore attain salvation. But so what? Their might say we need- has recently sent us another cable, by definition, to all non-Christians. There is, doctrines that pertain to me, here and now, on earth, not ed to pay income two kilometers of chain-link therefore, no reason whatsoever for a Jew to be person- in the hereafter, are the doctrines that frighten me. tax on any profits fencing for our perimeter fence. ally offended. It is no more applicable to Jews than to from selling books, Chain-link fencing looks good, Hindus. When most evangelicals single out Jews, it is Evangelical Christians, almost alone, affirm that America videocassettes, but it can easily be cut with only to support them and Israel, and to reaffirm Jewish has a divine mission, that this country has better values Israel maps, Insti- wire cutters and there have chosenness. It takes paranoia, ignorance and ingratitude than Europe, that the United Nations is a moral waste- tute courses, etc., been breakins by thieves in for a Jew to join the anti-evangelical critics. land, that God’s law is higher than international laws we analyzed how the past; fortunately they devised in New York or The Hague, that secularism is much we spend on were thieves, not terrorists! Second, exclusive views of salvation are hardly unique wonderful for government but fatal for society, that Israel their creation, stor- to evangelical Christians. Liberals, of all people, should must be protected against those who wish to exterminate age and order pro- The LPR System is a welcome honor such exclusive views. Don’t most liberals think it, that the Jews have a divinely chosen role in history, cessing. Monetarily we about break even, with the addition to our security, but the recent horrific mur- that liberalism is the only way to save America (and and that America must remain a Judeo-Christian country. give-aways putting us a little in the hole. Spiritually, ders at other settlements reinforce the dire need we don’t most conservatives think that of conservatism)? If however, we are enriching people’s walk in the Lord. have for an extensive and comprehensive security sys- Christians are intolerant and offensive because they If the only way a Christian can hold these precious beliefs tem. Residents of Anatot are most appreciative of the believe they have the only way to salvation in the next is to maintain that faith in Jesus is the only way to salva- And that is what a ministry like ours is all about. contributions to both the Anatot Fund and the Trees for life, why aren’t liberals intolerant and offensive because tion, here is one Jew who says: More power to you. Keep ■ Anatot Fund and hope that you will continue to help they believe they have the only way to salvation in this your faith strong. And thanks. ■ us meet our pressing security needs. ■

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“Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they might be saved.” – Romans 10:1 Here’s a really sharp-eyed commentator upon whom we INSIDE ITEMS ▼ EVITT ■ L Pardon, Your “Slip” Is Showing...... p. 3 rely often for the inside track from Washington. – Zola ■ A Capital Act by Congress...... p. 4 OLA ■ Speak Up!...... p. 5 Z ■ Zola’s Bulletin Board...... p. 6 ■ In Israel Today...... p. 7 ■ Letters To Zola...... p. 8 ■ Ministry Outreach...... p. 10 Zola and the TV crew went into Judea and ■ Hebrew Lesson...... p. 11 Samaria (the “West Bank”) for interviews The Inspections Trap ■ A Pile Of Dead Jews...... p. 12 By Charles Krauthammer, The Washington Post ■ Saddam By A Whisker...... p. 13 with PLO personalities. ■ Honoring God’s Promises...... p. 14 Chief UN Weapons ■ Editorials...... p. 15 ■ A Note From Zola...... p. 16 (Top left) The driver of this car left his vehicle unattended Inspector Hans Blix ■ Our Beloved Youth...... p. 18 and failed to respond to Israeli border guard warnings. (left) speaks to the ■ Campus Hypocrisy...... p. 19 assembled media ■ Editorials...... p. 20-22 (Top right) Zola interviews Arafat’s spokesperson Hanan ■ I Share In Your Pain...... p. 23 as Mohammed El ■ Which Came First...... p. 24 Ashrawi. We’ll air this interview on an upcoming TV series. Varadei, director of ■ The Poison is at Work...... p. 25 Stay tuned! the International ■ No More Pearl Harbors...... p. 27 ■ Editorial...... p. 28 (Right) Zola and Sandra at the troubled Ramallah border Atomic Energy ■ Your Gifts at Work...... p. 29 crossing. Agency, looks on ■ Closeout Sale...... p. 30 during a press conference in A non-Christian Jew speaks out. ZOLA LEVITT MINISTRIES, INC. Baghdad, Iraq. BOX 12268 Non-profit Org. A Jew Defends DALLAS, TX 75225-0268 U.S. POSTAGE PAID “It is an inspections regime that is are interrogated. The United States Evangelicals CARROLLTON, TX in-tended to test his (Saddam’s) will- had wanted them taken out of the Permit #210 ing-ness to cooperate, not to test country and offered asylum, so they By Dennis Prager, TownHall.com the ability of Hans Blix...to find could speak freely. Weapons inspect- Unity something in Iraq.” — Condoleezza ors from the 1990s say that Iraqi Evangelical Christians believe that it Special Offer! Rice, Fox News Sunday, Nov. 10. scientists who talked to them dis- is necessary for a person to believe 2 flag collar pin appeared. Rice nonetheless has in Jesus Christ in order to be saved. This unique full- Yes, but if Hans can’t find something, appealed to the patriotism of Iraqi color pin proudly we won’t know Saddam didn’t coop- scientists in disclosing information. According to every liberal I know — displays the unity erate. Of course, there is no doubt As long as the price of patriotism is Christian, Jew, or other — Jews are of America and supposed to find this theology offen- Israel. that Saddam will cheat, but unless certain death, however, no one is Hans comes through, we won’t be going to talk. sive and frightening. According to Shown actual size. able to prove it, certainly not to the liberals, the evangelicals’ doctrine Please see page satisfaction of France, Russia and Blix is not very eager to take scien- that no non-Christians can be saved 31 to order. Saddam’s other lawyers on the U.N. tists out of the country. It is not is so awful that all other evangelical Security Council. Then we will be even clear how eager he is to find views must be held suspect — even back to where we began: having to anything. Blix is an international their unique support for Jews and Israel. choose to go it alone or back down civil servant. Does he want to go for lack of international support. home to Sweden as the man who I would therefore like to announce, as blew the whistle that triggered the a practicing, believing Jew, that I am For all of Rice’s brave words, Security invasion of Iraq? (Perhaps the U.S. in no way offended, let alone fright- Council Resolution 1441 puts Hans should offer him asylum.) ened, by evangelical Christians who Blix in the driver’s seat. He will de- believe that it is necessary to have faith in Jesus in order to be saved. DECEMBER 2002 cide where and how Iraqi scientists CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 FOR CREDIT CARD ORDERS OR DONATIONS, YOU MAY CALL 1-800-WONDERS (966-3377). 32 DECEMBER 2002 P.O. BOX 12268 • DALLAS, TX 75225-0268 • (214) 696-8844 • WWW.LEVITT.COM 1