Micha Gefen, Author at Israel Rising

October 14, 2016

USA Takes Out Iranian Bases in Yemen as an Opening Shot to a Broader Conflict

With Iran seeing a possibly different approach to the Middle East with the next President, they have begun to make moves in the waning days of Obama’s presidency. The Iranian backed Houthis in Yemen fired a rocket at a US warship, missing it. In response the U.S. military launched cruise missiles on Thursday against three coastal radar sites in areas of Yemen controlled by Iran-aligned Houthi forces.

Iranian warships have been sent to the area in order to “to protect trade vessels from piracy,” according to Tasnim a semi-official Iranian news source.

With the Saudis initialzing this round of tit for tat by their missile launch against a Houthi funeral party, the stakes have grown between the Shiites and Sunnis in the region. The only question is how serious is the Obama administration in its closing months to put a stop to a regional war about to get out of control. If the past is any hint…not much.

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October 9, 2016

BREAKING NEWS: Arab Terrorist from Silwan Shoots 8 at Jerusalem Light Rail

An Arab terrorist, a squatter living in the Yemenite Village, a formerly Jewish neighborhood now called Silwan, shot 8 Jews at two different light rail stops today. Two of the injured have been pronounced dead and another is in critical condition.

The attacker who was released from jail last year first shot at bystanders at the Ammunition Hill train stop, which is across the street from the Jerusalem police headquarters and then drove to the next stop at Shimon HaTzadik and kept shooting.

He reached the the Sheik Jarrah neighborhood where he was said to be eliminated by a special police task force.

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September 28, 2016

John Kerry Demonizes Jewish Pioneers in Judea and Samaria…Again

John Kerry is at it again. After assuring that Iran not only gets the keys to a nuclear bomb, but billions of dollars to embolden their terrorist desires, Kerry has now set his sites on Jewish families living in the biblical heartland of Israel. In a closed door meeting with Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu railed against Israel’s “settlement policy” as the real reason for the stalement in “peace” talks.

It was said that John Kerry paid a token comment Arab terorism, yet pushed the idea that Israel is moving closer and closer to a bi-national state.

“Now, every single terrible act of violence, every new settlement announcement, takes us not closer to peace; they take us closer to a one-state solution,” he was quoted as having said. “That is no solution. It is an invitation to perpetual conflict. And as Shimon Peres himself said, it will bring one war, not one state. Make no mistake about it, I believe that is the risk if we continue on the current course.”

Of course the fear of a bi-national state is unfounded as the Arab population in Judea and Samaria continues to decrease and without including Gaza into the calculation, experts now say annexation of Judea and Samaria would leave Israel with a comfortable Jewish majority at 70/30.

Of course the fear mongering and faux peace plan pushing is just cover for old fashioned anti-semitism. Denying Jews the rights to own and live freely in any land is anti-semitism. How much more so is the impact of such disguised hate than in Judea and Samaria, the heart of the Jewish homeland.

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September 27, 2016

Bibi Netanyahu: “Time to Remove All the Illegal Aliens”

Back from his trip to the USA, Bibi Netanyahu chose a New Year toast to announce that he intends on “removing all the illegal aliens” from downtown Tel Aviv. In recent years thousands of infiltrators from Eritrea and Sudan have poured into Israel, settling primarily in South Tel Aviv.

“What happens to countries that fail to keep their borders secure? They are flooded with infiltrators,” said Netanyahu, who added, “We stopped the infiltration into Israel.”’

The Prime Minister continued, ” “60 thousand illegals entered. Until today we have already removed 20 thousand, and we will remove another 20 thousand. We’ll remove all the illegal aliens because they are illegal, even the ones in southern Tel Aviv.”

With open border policy the new norm for the global security state, fighting back against is a must. This is what makes Trump so disliked by the liberals. He simply says it like it is. With national sovereignty at stake in such a small country like Israel, any large scale influx of migrants can alter the population make up significantly.

September 25, 2016

Donald Trump to Bibi Netanyahu: I Accept an Undivided Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital

Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu met with Donald Trump in the Trump Tower for over one an half hours. They discussed Trump’s desire to recognize Jerusalem as the undivided capital of Israel as well as Israel’s successful use of a border fence with their neighbors. Trump made it clear that the onus was on the “Palestinian” Arabs to prove they want peace.

According to statements put out by the Trump campaign, Trump said that he would “finally accept the longstanding congressional mandate to recognize Jerusalem as the undivided capital of the State of Israel.”

The meeting between the two is of particular interest as Trump continues to climb against Clinton making the presidential contest very close. A Trump presidency is seen as having a very positive effect on Israel’s standing and ability to finally break free of the two state paradigm. Trump has been quoted as saying that Israel should “continue to build” in communities in Judea and Samaria, something that renders the “2-State Solution” finished.

Bibi Netanyahu is slated to also meet with Hillary Clinton on his trip.

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