Children in Gaza are taught that Jews act like Nazi’s and are to be hated. Many of us are also aware that HAMAS are a terrorist organisation whose aims include the total destruction of Israeli communities wherever they are. HAMAS government Policy is to enforce a Taliban style of Government over women who will become totally oppressed. Women’s groups in Gaza have recently reported that violent abuse against women has increased since HAMAS took control.
Abuse of children in the form of indoctrination is the norm now and the development of programmes to teach children to hate is a recipe for a long future of aggression against Israel by Palestinian Arabs.

These are facts that can be proven by a mountain of evidence and are undeniable; in fact HAMAS are so proud of their position that they don’t even try to deny many of these abuses.
 
The most serious aspect to all this however is that children are encouraged to become mass murderers by way of suicide bombing.  Many of the suicide bombers of the past are given hero status and schools and roads are named after them by the Palestinian Authority. The Palestinian Media Watch has just translated an Al-Asqa TV programme dated 1st January 2010 in which HAMAS are teaching the people that there are seven blessings when one commits an act of Shahid (Suicide bombing). The following is a transcript of what was taught on TV.

     "Just as Allah selected the best of His creations, to be prophets and messengers, so Allah has chosen from among us, and from the best of His creations, to be the Shahids (Martyrs). ... Oh Allah, grant us Shahada (Martyrdom) for your sake, Oh Master of the world! Join us with the Shahids (Martyrs)! ...
The Shahid of this life and of the Afterlife is one who ascended to Allah [dying] on the battlefield. ... This is the highest level of Shahada (Martyrdom). The Prophet said: 'The Shahid has six privileges.' [Sunan A-Tirmidhi (1663) and Sunan Ibn Majagh (2799), all subsequent quotes are from this hadith if nothing else indicated. - Ed.]
The first of these privileges:
'He is forgiven [his sins] with the first gush of his pure blood.’... Therefore, the Shahid is not washed, but is left bloodied. Why? His blood will testify for him before Allah about his Shahada (Martyrdom) on Resurrection Day.
The second [privilege]: 'He sees his place in Paradise.'
If we only knew what Allah has prepared for the Shahids in Paradise, we would not sit idly in this world. ... Shahids do not die. Shahids live a full life with Allah. They live in the highest Heaven and in the world of angels, eating, drinking, walking and enjoying themselves. Therefore Allah has forbidden us to say that Shahids are dead. He has forbidden us and told us: 'Do not think that those who are killed in the name of Allah are dead. No, because they are alive, and their livelihood is with Allah.' [Quran, Sura 3:169]
The third kindness: 'The Shahid is shielded from the Great Shock [on Judgment Day].'
The next kindness: 'A crown of honor is placed upon his head, one stone of which is worth more than all there is in this world.'
The next kindness: 'He marries 72 of the Dark-Eyed wives.'
One description of the Dark-Eyed [maidens]: 'If one of the women of Paradise would look towards the earth, she would light up everything between heaven and earth.' [Sahih Bukhari, 6199]
The next kindness: 'He is a heavenly advocate for 70 family members.'"

In January of this year we saw on TV George Galloway MP being lifted on the shoulders of HAMAS terrorists in Gaza after they had shot an Egyptian soldier for not allowing Galloway’s convoys into GAZA. We saw Gerald Kaufman leading 60 Euro MP’s into GAZA to show support of HAMAS. We see many so called “Christian” organisations calling out for an independent Palestinian Arab state knowing that the most serious abuses against women and children will continue, not to mention persecution against Christians if a seperate stae was to be formed.
 
Why do some Politicians and some Christian groups support this type of Government? Is it another manifestation of anti-Semitism? Anti-Semitism certainly hasn’t gone away. Here in the UK we have seen a huge rise in anti-Semitic attacks in 2009.The 921 recorded incidents compare with 541 in 2008. We have a worse record than France in terms of anti-Semitism.
 
These Politicians and “Christian” groups certainly don’t want to see the Palestinian Arab people have a better quality of life. If they did they would be arguing for Israel to govern GAZA. Statistics show clearly that between 1967 and 2000 whilst being governed by Israel, Palestinian Arabs had a far better quality of life than they had before or since.

Can it be Political?  If that was the case, why are some so called “Christian” organisations opposed to Israel?  One would think that all Christians would support Israel, not only on Scriptural grounds but also on Humanitarian grounds.
 
If Politicians and Faith organisations continue to support the process of abandoning  Arab Women Children to Terrorists then they alone must take the responsibility. They have to accept that the evidence today proves that in the future women will be prevented from having an education in Gaza  and young boys and girls will grow up as trained killers, not because of poverty or lack of aid but because they have learned to hate.

Those who are connected to, or who support those who are connected to HAMAS must remember two important facts. They are not in reality helping the ordinary Palestinian Arab people and secondly they are opposing the very word of God who clearly states through the Prophets that he would restore the Jews back to their own land.

So I must ask the question again; Why support a two state solution with a terrorist government as its head.

Michael Fryer

On Sunday (January 24), the Home Front Command will conduct a status assessment regarding the IDF's future activity in Haiti. The Israeli field hospital was established in order to provide a first response to the citizens of Haiti until the arrival of additional medical forces capable of dealing with the magnitude of the situation. With the presence of American airplanes which brought with them equipment to build another hospital in Haiti, along with additional medical centers which have opened in the disaster zone, the activities of the Israeli field hospital will come to a close.

However, IDF will remain in the country for as long as it is needed there and will provide assistance and support in various ways to the local population. The delegation has begun, as part of a broad international effort, to bring hundreds of thousands of Port-au-Prince residents to tent cities outside of the capital. Three water towers with a capacity of up to 12,000 liters of water each, were built by the delegation's representatives in order to supply the residents with a water infrastructure. Shelters and tents have also been constructed in order to provide refuge for those who have lost their homes. Israeli civil engineers also opened central traffic routes that had been blocked in the aftermath of the earthquake.

As of 23 January:
• 739 people have been treated in the hospital, among them dozens of children
• 241 life-saving operations have been performed
• 12 babies have been born in the hospital
On January 20, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Avigdor Liberman requested that Minister of Public Security Yitzhak Aharonovitch authorize the Israel Police to allocate a delegation of police officers to assist the UN peacekeeping force in Haiti.
FM Liberman advised Minister Aharonovitch that an international peacekeeping force is one of the most urgent and important requirements for coping with the disaster in Haiti in view of the breakdown of government rule. The United States has requested that Israel consider sending a contingent of police officers to join the international force which will be deployed in Haiti in the near future. The Israeli contingent will be comprised of 10-15 police officers.
In his conversation with Minister Aharonovitch, FM Liberman stated that Israeli aid to Haiti not only expresses moral values of the highest order, but is also a Jewish and Israeli tradition that provides the opportunity to demonstrate Israel's commitment to international efforts to assist disaster victims. This is in addition to Israel's previous contribution, in which the country was one of the first to send relief assistance to the island.
Updates from the field
After nearly 10 days, an Israeli Search and Rescue team saved a 22-year-old Haitian man, Emanuel Bito, from the ruins of a three-story building, near the presidential residence in the southern side of the city. The man was transferred to the IDF field hospital in stable condition and is currently receiving further medical care.
A search conducted by Population Management officers from the Home Front Command, headed by Lt. Col. Rami Peletz, were directed to the location of the trapped man by local residents. "American and French doctors were unable to rescue the trapped man and called upon the Israeli delegation's search and rescue teams who rescued the man within half an hour, from a tunnel, 2.5-3-meters long and were able to release him whole and healthy," said Maj. Zohar Moshe, a member of the rescue team.  Mike, a four year old Hatian boy, was brought to the IDF field hospital in Port-au-Prince this morning by his father because of vomiting and weakness. Mike, his two siblings and his parents had been living on the street since the earthquake because their house was destroyed.
Dr. Amit Assa ran blood tests, and diagnosed him with acute myelogenous leukemia, most likely M5. Given the diagnosis, Mike will most likely need chemotherapy and probably a bone marrow transplant.
Because the IDF field hospital is not equipped to deal with such long-term and complex treatments, and because his condition was urgent, we tried to find an organization to arrange for him to go to the United States and recieve treatment there. There was an pick up Mike and take him to Miami Hospital where he will be recieving treatment for his cancer overwhelming and rapid response from many different individuals and organizations, and a few hours ago a group called "God's Planet" came to the field hospital to.The IDF field hospital in Haiti has a fully equipped childrens department with 9 pediatrics doctors, where the young victims of the earthquake which devastated Haiti over a week ago, are being treated. Dozens of children have been treated at the hospital, including two young siblings who were rescued from the rubble after seven days by an American search and rescue team. The brother and sister were in good condition, and were released from the Israeli field hospital later the same day.

As you are aware from Telephone communications with your offices Bloomsbury Baptist Church, London,  intend to go ahead with the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign Carol  service this week.

We have written to Bloomsbury Baptist Church , not only this year but over the previous two years, indicating our  concerns that PSC is an anti-Israel activist organisation who do not give a Christian message but  demonise Israel which is against Scripture and of course all the evidence that Israel have the same rights to exist as any other nation.

We have not received a reply to  our communications and therefore I am writing to you in an effort to highlight some issues and to ask if the Baptist Union condone the invitation Bloomsbury Baptist Church  have given to PSC to hold this event on Church premises.

As you are aware Baptists in Gaza have been persecuted since 2000 when they ceased to be governed fully by Israel. Prior to that date Christians had the support and protection from Israel and ordinary Palestinian Arabs had a far higher standard of living than they do now. The murder of Rami Ayyad in October 2007, a prominent member of the Baptist Church and manager of the Christian Bookstore in Gaza,  highlighted the dangers of living under Palestinian Authority control and these dangers have increased  under  the HAMAS government. In February 2006 pipe bombs were placed outside the Christian book shop and Christianity Today reported that workers had received letters from Palestinian Arab terrorists demanding that the shop be closed. On 15th April 2007 the Bible society in Gaza was bombed  and in June 2007 the Baptist Pastor in Gaza, Hanna Massad, reported that the Church had been taken over by Palestinian terrorists.  These are only just a few examples of Christian persecution in Gaza.

The kidnap and forced marriage of Sana al-Sayegh,  a Christian university professor based in Gaza who was forced to marry a Muslim professor, was one of the first signs of the intentions of the  fundamentalist Muslim regime in Gaza to oppress women. Since that time as you will be aware, HAMAS are enforcing Sharia law which is oppressing women in Gaza in the same way as the Taliban were in Afghanistan.

The United nations are also deeply concerned about the abuse of children in Gaza when they are trained to hate Israel in HAMAS holiday camps. 

We find it difficult to understand that whilst we, along with thousands of Christians worldwide, are praying for the protection of the few remaining Christians in Gaza and for the human rights of  Palestinian Arab women and children, one of your own Baptist Churches are regularly  hosting a group who are  supporting their oppressors and persecutors.

I therefore write as a plea to you to respond to the calls for Bloomsbury Baptist Church to remove its alignment with this anti-Israel and anti-Christian activist organisation.

Please note this is an open letter.

In the name of Jesus

Michael Fryer

Today, my cabinet authorized a policy of restraint regarding settlements which will include a suspension of new permits and new construction in Judea and Samaria for a period of ten months. My cabinet authorized this far reaching step because of our deep desire for peace.
 
We hope that this decision will help launch meaningful peace negotiations to reach a historic peace agreement that will finally end the conflict between the Palestinians and Israel. 
 
We are committed to working closely with the United States to advance peace and security in the region. We have been told by many friends that once Israel takes the first step towards peace, the Palestinians and the Arab world would respond positively with steps of their own to create a virtuous cycle of goodwill. Well, the government of Israel is taking a very big and difficult step toward peace today. I hope that the Palestinians and the Arab world will seize this opportunity to work with us to forge a new beginning and a new future for our children and for their children.
 
Since the day our government was sworn in eight months ago, we have been calling for direct negotiations with the Palestinians. During that time, we have taken many concrete actions to improve daily life for the Palestinians and to create a climate in which political negotiations would have the best chance to succeed. We have dismantled hundreds of roadblocks and checkpoints, extended the hours of operation on the Allenby Bridge and removed bureaucratic obstacles to Palestinian economic development.
 
These actions have helped spur a surge, a boom, in the Palestinian economy.  At the same time, the security environment has improved thanks both to the efforts of the IDF and to the efforts of better trained PA security forces. Now we wish to add to this improved economic and security climate meaningful political negotiations.
 
I have already said that we will not build new settlements and that we would not expropriate additional land for existing settlements. I said we would also restrain settlement activity, and that's exactly what we decided to do today. I promised to enable normal life to continue for the three hundred thousand Israeli citizens, our brothers and sisters, who live in Judea and Samaria.
 
That is why this suspension will not affect construction currently underway. It will not include the schools, kindergartens, synagogues and public buildings necessary for the continuation of normal life over the time period of the suspension. Obviously, any infrastructure that may be needed to protect our national security or to safeguard the lives of our citizens will also be provided during this time.
 
Regarding Jerusalem, our sovereign capital, our position is well known.  We do not put any restrictions on building in our sovereign capital. As always, we are committed to protect freedom of worship for all faiths and to ensure equal and fair treatment for all the city's residents, Jews and Arabs alike.
 
When the suspension ends, my government will revert to the policies of previous governments in relation to construction.
 
I want to say clearly to the Palestinians: Now is the time to begin negotiations. Now is the time to move the peace process forward. There is no more time to waste. Israel has taken a far reaching step for peace. It's time for the Palestinians to do the same.