David Mark, Author at Israel Rising

November 24, 2016November 27, 2016

#IsraelBurns, Arab Arson Terrorists Caught, Now What?

“Every fire caused by arson, or incitement to commit arson, is terrorism for all intents and purposes, and we will bring them to justice,” Prime Minister Netanyahu stated today.

As of tonight it has been announced by the chief of police Ronny Alsheich that eight arabs were arrested for lighting fires all across Northern Israel. The security services headed up by Minister Gilad Erdan admitted that at least half of the 200 fires raging across Israel were nationalistic arson attacks. This is unprecedented.

Former MK Dr. Michael Ben-Ari stated: “Israel is at war and must send disloyal Arabs who support terrorism to other countries.”

Minister Deri has threatened to strip the arsonists of their Israeli citizenship. These are all excellent declarations, but there is a deeper point that most are missing. After millions of dollars in damage and 85,000 evacuations we are still approaching this action in the frame of mind that these eight are ultimately the only ones to be blamed, but that is anything but the case.

There was a vast amount of Arabs inside Israel and throughout the world cheering on the fire attackers. #IsraelBurning was the most trending hashtag in the Arab world as the fires burned away. We aren’t dealing with a few bad apples. Radical Islam has become the norm among the Arab street and it seems it is not changing anytime soon.

Israel’s population is at edge. It has dealt with the Oslo fiasco by first burying its collective head in the sand and only when the bombs killed enough it awoke only to fall back asleep until this past year when the Arabs came with knives. Now it is fire.

The cancer of radical Islam has been injected like some Islamized version of Nazi propaganda into the “Palestinian” Arabs. It has poisoned the minds of millions. Goebbels would have been proud.

Despite the present day shock at the barbarity of “Palestinian” Arab culture none of this is a surprise. The Oslo accords invited arch murderer and the father of modern terrorism Yasser Arafat into the heartland of Israel and placed him over the “Palestinian” clans. He murdered off the moderate leadership and over the course of a decade and a half filled the minds of the Arab youth with seering hate towards Jews. He was KGB trained and given money by succesive American administrations. All of what we are witnessing is an outgrowth of both the American and Israeli governments giving Arafat and his underlings a pass.

It is not enough that these eight arsonists are put in jail forever. The Arab Street, led by their leaders must be put in their place. Only an Israeli leadership that is capable of seeing these attacks as an extension of Palestinian Arab society will be able to prevent the next round. If not the attackers have proven that fire may be the ultimate weapon in destroying the State of Israel.

Haifa is a mixed Jewish and Arab city. It has always prided itself on mutual respect. The fires may not destroy that, but the ability for Israelis to continuously put up with Arab culture encouraging these acts of violence and terrorism is quickly coming to a close. What’s next may not be as friendly for those who seek to destroy the Jewish State.

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November 23, 2016November 23, 2016

At the End of Days Who Will Rule?

Our mystical tradition teaches us that everything in this physical world is a reflection of the upper worlds. “Upper” refers to less tangible and more spiritual realms. This is why, whether or not Donald Trump delivers on 100% or 50% is less important than the actual shake up of the world order that has sought to break apart our G-d centered reality. People from all walks of life around the world seek to be free. This does not mean free of obligations or responsibilities, but rather they want to have self governance to make their own choices in their lives.

The Creation is built on free choice. We see this is the beginning of the Torah when the Creator gives Adam and Eve one single commandment “Do Not Eat From The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.” A commandment is a choice. You can either follow it or not. When we follow them we grow closer to the source of creation. When we don’t we move farther away. This is why Rebbe Nachman of Breslov teaches that the commandments in the Torah and the rulings of the sages are advice on how to attach ourselves to the Creator. If we want to be free and act as a our authentic G-dly selves, we would act positively on these pieces of advice. If we shun them, then we jettison our divinely created selves and merge into the broader forces of nature.

The Globalists would like to take away this ability to choose. They want to decide for us already that we are in fact just pieces of nature that need to be ruled over. If they succeed then they rule and G-d becomes buried in story books.

The war of Gog U’Magog is a war between the forces of the Creator and those who oppose a G-d centered reality. This is why the main purpose of redemption is to reveal he Divine root in Creation. This is what the forces of the New World Order are so frightened of. They have disconnected themselves so much from their Divine root that they will be wiped out at the end.

Many freedom loving people are ecstatic over Trump’s victory, but beware, because the Globalists will find other ways to fight. This is exactly why the battle cannot be fought directly or we will lose. We must through our thought, speech, and actions uncover the divine light within creation and wield it carefully over the enemy. This they cannot stand up against.

When the Nation of Israel returned to its Land. The world shook because it meant that what we had been insisting on for 2000 years was true. It meant that the prophecies are true. It meant that G-d does not only exist as Creator, but as an active participant in everyone of our lives. The Tower of Bavel has begin to collapse, but that is when those forces of darkness are most dangerous. The sages of the Talmud understood this and all prayed for Messiah to come, but also prayed that they would not live to see it. The final battle is about to begin and change the world forever.

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November 21, 2016November 21, 2016

Last Remaining Neighborhood in Muslim Quarter No Longer Off-Limits to Jews

It may not seem large, but the small Jewish property recently renovated is the first such reacquisition in this part of the Muslim quarter since Arab rioters forced Jews out in the 1920’s. With its low ceilings and shared coutyard with the neighboring Arab family, the new/old property already hosts yeshiva boys. Unlike other reacquired properties, the newest one is considered a direct security risk for those who have dared to move in.

That has not deterred Jerusalem’s modern day pioneers from pushing forward and filling of the property with the new move culminating in a prayer session within the ancient ceilings.

First Mincha minyan in the most recently-reclaimed Jewish-owned house in the Old City of Jerusalem!

Posted by Ben Packer on Sunday, November 20, 2016

In recent months those who ventured to check on the property met with violence from locakl Arabs as gangs of Arab youth often times threw rocks, even injuring one young Jewish student. Other times they threatened to kill and maim those who dared to walk down their streets. The neighborhood is known as such a violent area that even Israeli border police don’t venture there. After today that all changed. With new Jewish residents, Israeli security forces are obligated to protect the residents ensuring their safety.

“It was the last remaining area of the Old City that was off-limits to Jews – no longer. Now Jews can walk proudly through every alley!” states Rabbi Ben Packer of the Heritage House.

Posted by Ben Packer on Sunday, November 20, 2016

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November 8, 2016

“A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand”

“A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure, permanently, half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved — I do not expect the house to fall — but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates will push it forward, till it shall become lawful in all the States, old as well as new — North as well as South.”

-Abraham Lincoln, 1858

No matter who wins today, it is clear that by all accounts America is heading towards the 21st Century version of 1860. True there is no longer chattel slavery, yet the feeling of deep divisions within the country can no longer be ignored or dismissed.

Millions of Americans feel the federal government is too involved with personal decisions. These same people see an economy that only works for the 1%. Factories have closed, skills are outdated, and new jobs pay far less than before. Blue collar workers, inner cities, and millennials feel disenfranchised.

As a dual American/Israeli citizen who grew up in the USA, worked in politics,traversed the country and now lives in Israel’s biblical heartland, I look at the country where I was born and grew up in from a different vantage point. For me looking in from the outside, America is a radically different place. It has strayed far from the compass that the Founders built for it.

It is true the United States has been on the edge before, but there were always external forces that unified the nation or a cause that empowered one side to over take the other. With nothing of the sort, America heads for a long era of division and social disintegration.

Yet, despite all of this, the ideals of the Founding Fathers and a moral electorate live on. Perhaps not within the confines of a single country, but rather in those individuals seeking to strive for a better world through personal freedom based on biblical roots.

The way forward as America and the West transitions into unchartered and dangerous waters is to cling to the Creator and his light.

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November 5, 2016

After November 8th the King is Coming

The world is about to be thrown into a level of chaos of unknown proportions. None of this depends on the outcome of the elections in America. Either way the path ahead post elections is fraught with danger. The prophecies in the bible are clear. When the nations of the world gather and come against Israel’s control of Jerusalem, the Almighty himself will intervene and save his children. This prophecy can, like all prophecies be revealed in a variety of ways.

It is almost guaranteed that Obama will, especially if Trump wins come against Israel in the UN. Eventhough the UN Security Council vote will not come with a force of arms attached to it, the coming vote (which Obama will not veto) will lay down the “final boundaries” of a “Palestinian” State. This will include Israel’s biblical heartland of Judea and Samaria and “East Jerusalem.” Expect the Old City to fall under international control.

With three months left in Obama’s term there will not be enough time for the world to send forces against Israel. However the vote itself will fulfill the prophecy in both Zecharia and Yechezkiel. What will happen afterwards are events that have already been set into motion. The nations of the world instead of destroying Israel will fight one another as it says, “Jerusalem will be a Cup of Poison.” Russia is already preparing for war against the USA, as is China. Europe is preparing to repel an invasion from Russia. Iran and Syria are ready to attack Israel and Saudi Arabia is ready to defend against attacks from Iran.

Chaos is coming, but we know that chaos leads to order as it always has. Afterall in creation, night comes first followed by the day. Night represents chaos and day represents order. Noah and his children experienced intense chaos and yet when the door to the Ark opened, the world was ready to be put back together again by their descendents.

Rebbe Nachman of Breslov tells us the Messiah, descendent of King David will conquer the world without firing a shot. He will fight with prayer as “prayer is his main weapon” (Lekutei Mohran, Lesson 2). In a moment when the world has exhausted itself and G-dlessness reigns he is revealed to teach us that it is in fact the Creator who directly has done, does, and will do everything in the world for our good. The Messiah will open our hearts so we can worship the true King, G-d Almighty directly.

In Rebbe Nachman’s lesson concerning Tzohar (Lekutei Mohran, Lesson 112) the light in the Ark, he teaches that all holiness comes to the world surrounded by evil. We ourselves find it hard to allow the Creator’s light into our lives. The flood of anti-holiness and G-dlessness has gripped the world. However desperate things appear, Rebbe Nachman teaches that any of us can break through the layers of darkness and despair by making an opening to the Creator’s light within our own lives. Afterall, there is no despair in the world at all since everything is done for our own good.

What is coming may be scary, but it is the final moment of chaos and darkness before the greatest light is revealed. The Midrash in Yalkut Shemoni relating to the End of Days says: “Do not be afraid my children. Everything I have done I have done for you.”

Buckle your seatbelts, the King is coming.

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