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“Amona Will Not Fall Again” New Agreement Will Make Amona Permanent

Amona residents stood their ground, rejecting a bad deal Wednesday and today recieved what they wanted to from the government. The coalition voted to resettle 24 families on the same hill as the present community and push off the eviction for 30 days to wait for the houses to be built.  Amona recieved assurances and a timetable for implemention.

“We’ve decided to temporarily suspend the resistance [against the planned eviction], and to accept the government’s offer to build 52 new homes and public buildings in Amona,” said Ofer Inbar, Amona’s representative. “We decided to give the offer a chance and to [re]build our homes and lives here in Amona. We’ll keep a close watch and see if the state lives up to its promises to build homes and new public buildings in Amona.”

Amona Deal Erodes the Two State Solution

Regardless of how one views the specifics of the Amona deal, the actual achievement of the deal is precedent setting. Amona stood up for itself in an admirable way, showing that one can force a change in government policy without violence.

More importantly, the Amona deal is the first time the government has used the Absentee Law to acquire land in Judea and Samaria for te express purpose of building an actual community.  This is groundbreaking and paves the way for similar solutions to be implemented in Judea and Samaria. Given the amount of communities strewn throughout Israel’s Biblical heartland, implementing both the Regulation Law and creative solutions as was agreed on in Amona will make the already moribund two-state solution void.

Amona once again saved the Settlement Movement and the State of Israel; just as it did nearly 11 years ago.

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Will Margot Wallstrom Be Known as the Mother of Palestine?

Margot Wallstrom, the outspoken anti-Israel Swedish Foreign Minister is at it again. This time she sent out the following tweet as she left a meeting in Ramallah:

And then there is this one:

Of course Wallstrom is not new to the anti-Israel camp. 2 years ago she accused Israel of executing “Palestinians” without trial.  She has continuously attacked Jews living in Judea and Samaria as “obstacles to peace” while ignoring terror attacks carried out by Arab terrorists against Jews in Israel.

With Sweden taking the reigns at the UN Security Council after January 1st Wallstrom is more than ready to take aim at Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria.

“We discussed our (upcoming) presidency,” Wallstrom said after meetings in Ramallah with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki, according to the Swedish Expressen newspaper. “We hope that it will be possible for the Security Council to adopt a resolution on the settlements.”

All of this would be typical of the EU and many of its more anti-Israel members. In most years these statements and votes barely cause a yawn, but with Obama looking to make some sort of world changing impact before he leaves office in 33 days, abstaining from a Swedish resolution that would in effect delineate the final borders of Israel is all too possible.  If the resolution passes Wallstrom will become the mother of Palestine. A mantle she will cherish.

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Amona Rejects Deal With Government, Forcing Bibi’s Hand

Whether or not the government raises Amona is yet to be seen, but one thing is clear, the village’s residents understand that their mission is not personal but one that is national. The residents of Amona rejected the deal forged between Bibi Netanyahu and Naftali Bennett last week in which the Regulation Law will be passed on the back of Amona’s destruction.  The government wants the country to believe that they offered the residents of Amona an amazing deal where they would be moved 100 meters and stay on the hillside. Yet, that is not the actual deal.

Amona released a statement last night saying why they rejected the deal:

“Over the past year we led our lives with a single purpose – the desire to remain home. A desire to stay on the Amona hill.

“The struggle we led resulted in many achievements for the settlement enterprise in Judea and Samaria. Among other things we brought the advancement of the Regulation Law.

“Unfortunately, in the final stretch of the campaign for our homes – we were left out of the Regulation Law. We are left facing a bitter truth of an expected eviction: The destruction of our homes and community, and trauma for our children and for us.

“We were willing to accept the destruction of our private homes, and a move from place to place, if only a Jewish community would remain on the hill. But the proposed arrangement does not provide any guarantee or commitment that we will indeed receive an alternative home. In light of this and in view of the uncertainty in the proposal, the residents of Amona decided tonight, after ten hours of debate, to reject the proposed layout.”

The government is cornered now.  Bennett staked his political future on standing up for the settlement enterprise and with this rejection and revelation of the deal’s finer points Naftali Bennett has far less street creds to ensure a base of support to grow on. As for Bibi, he is no Olmert interested in showing the left that he is willing to destroy Jewish homes based on a Supreme Court ruling heavily influenced by interference from countless international leftist organizations.  Destroying Amona will not go without a fight. Land of Israel activists will not let his government’s betrayal of promises he made go unanswered and may end his career the next time there is an election.

Amona may be razed, but by rejecting an awful deal the residents have put Judea and Samaria first by showing the hypocrisy behind government actions in the biblical heartland. If they were to have agreed to this deal they would have been subjected to being in a constant state of homelessness and owing thousands of dollars on their homes.  Their response will make the present government and future ones deal with communities in Judea and Samaria differently.

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BREAKING NEWS: Two Jews Stabbed by Arab Terrorist in the Old City

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After a reprieve from terror attacks, Jerusalem’s Old City is once again the target for radical Islamic terrorism.  Two Israeli police officers were wounded by the attacker near the Lions Gate. Police shot and critically wounded the terrorist who used a screwdriver to wound the police.

The Lions Gate area is deep into what was once a mixed Jewish Arab neighborhood before the Jordanian occupation.  There had been no Jews living there until a reacquired Jewish apartment was recently renovated and filled with young Yeshiva boys.  Even local Arabs consider the neighborhood dangerous as young gangs from rival clans frequently attack each other. With Jews moving back in, there has been increased threats of violence.

“A few weeks ago I was walking with my friends to look at the new apartment and Arab youth came out threatened to physically harm us.  Thankfully, one of us had a gun, which the Arab youth clearly saw. We ended up back off and walking back.  The police have little to do with the area and are as nervous about the violence as we are,” a Jewish activist told Israel Rising.

Islamic terrorists understand that the ongoing Jewish return to neighborhoods that were primarily Jewish before the British backed Arab riots expelled the Jews from 1920 to 1948, is the biggest threat to the supremacy of Islam.  This is exactly why they are increasing their attacks in areas that have yet to be returned to their indigenous residents.

“If they think these attacks will even remotely slow down Jews from moving into that area they are very terribly mistaken. G-d willing we will be moving in 2 to 3 families there in the next few months. Arab terrorism will be defeated with Jewish victory!” Rabbi Ben Packer of the Heritage House said about the incident.

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The Mosul Dam: Is Another Biblical Flood in the Works?

While the battle over Mosul rages on, the World Bank has funded an operation to save the Mosul Dam 60km north of the city.

Five hundred Kurdish Peshmerga forces are guarding the Italian company,TREVI, while it tries to beat out an 18 month deadline to prevent the dam’s foundations from submerging further underground. If the dam collapses, up to 11.11 billion cubic-metres of water known as Lake Dahuk, will flood Mosul affecting the lives of millions of people living along the banks of the Tigris river.

“I don’t know if it’s a race against time, but we have the know-how and the technology to make the dam safe for the time-being,” a company source told Al Jazeera, on condition of anonymity for security reasons.

Doomsday Scenario

The biggest danger of the Mosul operation is actually winning.  ISIS may target the dam to plunge the entire region into a cataclysmic event.  In a sense, this places the 500 members of the Peshmerga at the dam some of the most important people in the world.

Even without a terrorist attack the dam is heading for a collapse.  The current attempt is merely a band-aid solution to by people time to move.  The Mosul Dam sits on very unstable ground and it is impossible to fix permanently.

An in-depth study by the European Commission’s Science Centre, released last April, states that over 7 million Iraqis will be affected when the dam breaks. The Joint Research Centre’s report plays out different scenarios that could result from the dam’s breakdown.

The report continues to say that if just 26 percent of the dam collapses a flood of catastrophic proportions will ensue.

The report states: “This simulation … results in a very high wave of water, [up to 25 metres high] …  arriving at Mosul after [100 minutes]. The capital Baghdad is reached after 3.5 days with a maximum water height of 8 metres and a mean of around 2 metres.”

While the world fights ISIS in Mosul, a real End-Time event is occurring. With Samanth Powers’ tweet below back in March, one has to wonder why the Obama administration is not focusing more energy on the unfolding human tragedy.