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Bible Quotations For Today
What comes out of
the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this is what defiles
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 15/10-20/:”Then he
called the crowd to him and said to them, ‘Listen and understand: it is not
what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but it is what comes out of the
mouth that defiles.’ Then the disciples approached and said to him, ‘Do you
know that the Pharisees took offence when they heard what you said?’He answered, ‘Every plant that my heavenly Father has
not planted will be uprooted. Let them alone; they are blind guides of the
blind. And if one blind person guides another, both will fall into a pit.’ But
Peter said to him, ‘Explain this parable to us.’Then
he said, ‘Are you also still without understanding? Do you not see that
whatever goes into the mouth enters the stomach, and goes out into the sewer?
But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this is what
defiles. For out of the heart come evil intentions, murder, adultery,
fornication, theft, false witness, slander. These are what defile a person, but
to eat with unwashed hands does not defile.’
Because he had not given the glory to God,
an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died
Acts of the Apostles 12/12-24/:”As soon as he realized this, he went to the
house of Mary, the mother of John whose other name was Mark, where many had
gathered and were praying. When he knocked at the outer gate, a maid named
Rhoda came to answer. On recognizing Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed that,
instead of opening the gate, she ran in and announced that Peter was standing at
the gate. They said to her, ‘You are out of your mind!’ But she insisted that
it was so. They said, ‘It is his angel.’ Meanwhile, Peter continued knocking;
and when they opened the gate, they saw him and were amazed. He motioned to
them with his hand to be silent, and described for them how the Lord had
brought him out of the prison. And he added, ‘Tell this to James and to the
believers.’ Then he left and went to another place. When morning came, there
was no small commotion among the soldiers over what had become of Peter. When
Herod had searched for him and could not find him, he examined the guards and
ordered them to be put to death. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and
stayed there. Now Herod was angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. So they
came to him in a body; and after winning over Blastus,
the king’s chamberlain, they asked for a reconciliation,
because their country depended on the king’s country for food. On an appointed
day Herod put on his royal robes, took his seat on the platform, and delivered
a public address to them. The people kept shouting, ‘The voice of a god, and
not of a mortal!’ And immediately, because he had not given the glory to God,
an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died. But
the word of God continued to advance and gain adherents.”
Titles For Latest LCCC Bulletin
analysis & editorials from miscellaneous sources published on November 19-20/16
Mere Heresy The Title: “Leader of the Christians in the Orient”/ Najib George Awad/November 19/16
Aoun, Berri tiff could
delay cabinet formation/Gulf News/Joseph A. Kechichian/November
19/16
Islamic Terrorists not Poor and Illiterate, but Rich and Educated/Giulio Meotti/Gatestone
Institute/November 19
Sadat In Jerusalem: A View From Behind The Scenes/By: Menahem
Milson/MEMRI/November 19/19
We need to acknowledge what war does to children/ Yara
al-Wazir/Al Arabiya/November
19/16
Saudi culture dialogue center needs to get its message across/ Samar Fatany/Al Arabiya/November 19/16
Stephen Hawking and the end of the world/ Mshari Al Thaydi/Al Arabiya/November 19/16
The America we deserve and cherish/ Hisham Melhem/Al Arabiya/November 19/16
Titles For Latest
Lebanese Related News published on on November
19-20/16
Mere Heresy The Title: “Leader of the Christians in the Orient”.
Rise of New Alignments Delaying Formation of Lebanon’s Cabinet
Aoun, Berri tiff could
delay cabinet formation
Aoun meets teen cancer patient, making her wish come
true
Report: Hizbullah Accused of Involvement in Peru
Violence
Preemptive Evacuation Measures in Israel in Event of Hizbullah War
Safieddine: Region to Witness a 'Resistance' Founded
Middle East
Two Men Arrested South for Distributing Counterfeit Money
Hashem: Lebanon Must Benefit from Past Experiences to
Form Promising Cabinet
Report: Saudi Sends Envoys to Beirut to Congratulate Aoun
on Election
Ibrahim to servicemen: We are entitled only to commit to Lebanon, protect our
democracy
Rifi issues decision to form judges' committee to
prepare amnesty draft
Hariri meets with Homenetmen Basketball Club,
congratulates them on win
Zeaiter for abandoning 1960 electoral law, adopting
new law to yield 'nation deputies'
Titles For Latest LCCC
Bulletin For Miscellaneous Reports And News published on on
November 19-20/16
Intense Bombing of Syria's Aleppo Kill 6
All East Aleppo hospitals out of action: officials
Iraqi troops face entrenched ISIS in eastern Mosul
Sisi: Don’t ‘jump to conclusions’ on Donald Trump
Shifting US Policy to Right, Trump Taps Sessions, Flynn
Dutch expert: ISIS has 60-80 operatives in Europe
Pictures of slain Iran fighters put up on way to Iraq’s shrines
ISIS’ Egypt branch executes 100-year-old cleric
Saudi soldier dies in attack near border with Yemen
Iran appoints new chief for army’s ground forces
France's Le Pen, Trump are 'identical phenomena': Paris mayor
Thousands march in Malaysian capital calling for PM Najib
to step down
Yemen Truce Takes Effect after Week of US Pressure
Links From Jihad Watch Site
for on November 19-20/16
Three
Pakistani Muslims apprehended in U.S. at Arizona border
Germany:
Muslim preacher preached jihad “under the guise of promoting Islam”
Chicago:
Muslim arrested for trespassing at water plant, then vanishes
Pope
denounces “epidemic of animosity” against Muslim migrants
Dubai:
Tourist from UK gang-raped, now faces jail for extramarital sex
Ireland:
Muslim quoting the Qur’an threatens to behead Jews
Sweden
paid thousands to Muslim while he was waging jihad for the Islamic State
Egypt:
Muslim police torture and murder Christian in police station
Hamas-linked
CAIR urges Trump to “cut ties” with “anti-Islam conspiracy theorist”
Muslim
reformist Maajid Nawaz
declares support for Muslim Brotherhood-linked Congressman Keith Ellison
Archbishop
of Canterbury: Stop saying Islamic State has “nothing to do with Islam”
Well-wisher
to Robert Spencer: “You are going to get a bullet in your Nazi head”
EU
orders UK press not to report when terrorists are Muslims
Robert
Spencer in PJ Media: A Know-Nothing Narrative: ‘Trump Will Make Terror
Recruitment Easier’
Links From Christian Today
Site for on November 19-20/16
Bleak
Moment' For Aleppo As Regime Pounds Rebel Areas
Genocide
Risk' In South Sudan: US Urges Sanctions, Arms Embargo
Stunning
Reversal' For Trump As He Pays $25 Million To Settle University Fraud Lawsuit
Suicide
Bombers Target Worshipers At Church In Nigeria
Christians
Who Fled Boko Haram Had To
Eat Leaves To Survive
Fulani
Militants In Nigeria Torch More Christian Villages, Murder Babies, Women And
Children
Latest Lebanese Related News
published on November 19-20/16
Mere Heresy The Title: “Leader of the Christians in
the Orient”.
Najib George Awad/November
19/16
please and kindly, let none impose on us a Christian politician under the
title of “the Leader of the Christians in the Orient”. This is totally rejected
because:
- the idea of “a Leader to all the Christians” is not a ‘Christian’ idea
at all and it has no existence in the theological, biblical and intellectual
thought and legacy of Christianity
- some other Arab Christian politicians (e.g. Michael Aflaq,
for instance) tried to text the water of marketing such a title among the
Christians of Syria and they failed exponentially.
- there is among the Syrian Christians many excellent patriotic figures
to represent them and carry the cause of their existence in their homeland
- no Christian, who follows the ethics and teachings of Jesus Christ and
who abides with the patristic theology and the mainline Christian thought in
the history of Christianity, to succumb to the fact that the one who claims
leadership on his/her behalf is someone whose political party is chauvinist,
demagogue, racist, hubris, publicist and constructs its entire existence on
hate-monger.
Rise of New Alignments Delaying
Formation of Lebanon’s Cabinet
Paula Astih/Asharq Al Awsat/November
19/16/President Michel Aoun meets with PM-designate Saad Hariri at Baabda Palace. NNA
President Michel Aoun meets with PM-designate Saad Hariri at
The sources told Asharq Al-Awsat
that “minor obstacles are preventing the formation of the government but
resolving them is necessary to pave way for the new lineup.”
The sources suggested forming a government that is quite similar to that of
Prime Minister Tammam Salam to facilitate the
announcement of the lineup.
According to the sources, Salam should be replaced by Hariri, and Aoun should name three ministers who were from the share of
former President Michel Suleiman.
Furthermore, the sources suggested granting the Lebanese Forces the portfolios
that were held by independent Christian ministers and said Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi should be replaced as
a result of his differences with Hariri.
A Free Patriotic Movement official, who refused to be identified, told Asharq Al-Awsat that all efforts
were being exerted to form the cabinet before the Nov. 22 Independence Day. The
main obstacle lies in the demand to give the Marada
Movement a balanced portfolio to put pressure on the share of the LF, said the
official.
The LF has been demanding a so-called sovereign portfolio due to the role it
played in bringing Aoun to the presidency. “Franjieh is insisting on having the public works, energy or
the telecommunications ministries … which is making the distribution of portfolios
difficult,” said the official.
Aoun, Berri tiff could
delay cabinet formation
Gulf News/Joseph A. Kechichian/November 19/16
Aoun blamed Berri for
extending parliament terms and weakening the state
Beirut: President Michel Aoun and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri exchanged bitter
criticisms less than two weeks after the election of the head of state, in a
move that could set back efforts to form a new government before the scheduled
November 22 Independence Day celebrations. The exchanges reflected existing
tensions between the two leaders who have a long history of hostility.
The tiff arose when Aoun, speaking to Christian
religious figures assembled at the Seat of the Maronite
Church at Bkirki, lamented the fact that Parliament’s
term had been extended twice in 2013 and 2014 against the will of the Free
Patriotic Movement [FPM].
“All state institutions were weakened because of the extension of Parliament’s
term and the inability of the governing body to act,” he said — implying Berri was to blame.
The latter did not hesitate to hit back hard as he blamed the FPM founder for
the 29-month presidential vacuum, which paralysed the legislature and crippled
the government’s work.
Berri opposed Aoun’s
presidential nomination and cast a blank ballot along with his 13-member Amal Party deputies on October 31.
He nevertheless congratulated the president and was designated by Hezbollah to
represent and defend Shiite positions in the formation of a new government
after Sa‘ad Hariri was
nominated to be the new premier.
Meanwhile, top Maronite and Shiite spiritual leaders
quickly rushed to defend their co-religionists and attack the other, giving the
spat a dangerous sectarian tinge.
Cardinal Mar Bisharah Al Ra‘i,
the head of the Maronite Church, objected moves to
allocate the Ministry of Finance to the Amal Party
and for Hezbollah to veto granting the Christian-party Lebanese Forces any
“sovereign” ministerial portfolio. This triggered a quick response from Shaikh Abdul Amir Qabalan, the
vice-president of the Higher Islamic Shiite Council, who declared: “The Shiites
were and always will be the keenest for a just and equally representative state.”Hariri faced an uphill challenge to form a new
government because most parliamentary blocs and parties who cut deals with him
and with Aoun expected to be rewarded. A sustained
competition by various blocs to land the Public Works, Telecommunications and
Energy ministries, among others, is under way, given available options for
financial windfalls.
Aoun meets teen cancer patient, making her wish come true
The Daily Star/ November 19, 2016 /
Hennawi was overwhelmed by the meeting. "I have
loved the president since I was a little girl," Hayat
said. She expressed faith in Aoun's ability to make
difference in
Report: Hizbullah
Accused of Involvement in
Naharnet/November 19/16/ Peruvian media outlets
accused Hizbullah of being involved in violence and
killing a Peruvian citizen during protests staged by locals a few weeks ago,
al-Arabiya news website reported Saturday. During
demonstrations staged by locals from La Pampa district against government
projects, one of the demonstrators was shot and killed. Local media in
The group released a video, along with an Argentinian
Shiite Imam, calling for the formations of the new party.
Preemptive Evacuation Measures in
Naharnet/November 19/16/The Israeli army
started drawing up plans to face any scenarios in the event of war with Hizbullah, or attacks against the
Safieddine: Region to Witness a 'Resistance' Founded Middle East
Naharnet/November 19/16/A senior Hizbullah official stressed on Saturday that the region
will witness the outset of a new “Resistance” Middle East that will have no
room for the policies of the
Two Men Arrested South for Distributing
Counterfeit Money
Naharnet/November 19/16/Security Forces
arrested two suspects involved in circulating counterfeit money in south of
Lebanon, the National News Agency reported on Saturday. The two locals were
arrested in the border town of
Hashem: Lebanon Must Benefit from Past Experiences to Form
Promising Cabinet
Naharnet/November 19/16/AMAL MP Qassem Hashem called upon all
political parties to benefit from the past negative experiences to be able to
form a promising cabinet capable of managing current crisis with a national
spirit, the National News Agency reported on Saturday. Hashem's
comments came during a meeting with dignitaries of the Arqoub
region, he said: “Though the quick formation of a cabinet is needed with the
beginning of this new (presidential) term, rushing to form it should be avoided
if we aim at having a national unified cabinet.”Hashem
stressed that many major issues await the new cabinet to take care of on top of
which are the preparations for a modern developed electoral law, and addressing
the the living crisis which the Lebanese are
suffering from.
Report: Saudi Sends Envoys to Beirut to Congratulate Aoun
on Election
Naharnet/November 19/16/Two Saudi envoys
dispatched by Saudi King Salman bin Abdul Aziz are
expected to arrive in Beirut early next week to congratulate President Michel Aoun on his election, media reports said Saturday. Prince Khaled al-Faysal accompanied by
State Minister for Gulf Affairs Khaled al-Sabhan are to represent the king.
The envoys will meet with Speaker Nabih Berri, Caretaker Prime Minister Tammam
Salam and Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri for
discussions. The delegation is also expected to convey a message of support for
Ibrahim to servicemen: We are entitled
only to commit to Lebanon, protect our democracy
Sat 19 Nov 2016/NNA - General Security Chief General Abbas
Ibrahim addressed the military persons by saying "our most dangerous
threat is to fall in the trap of division and be contained in the confessionalism narrow framework," calling upon them
to be committed only to Lebanon and to protect the state's democracy. "We
are not allowed to be fanatic except to
Rifi issues decision to form judges' committee to prepare
amnesty draft
Sat 19 Nov 2016/NNA - Outgoing resigned Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi issuedon
Saturday decision numbered 1/97 to form a committee of judges in order to
prepare an amnesty law draft regarding some crimes as well as tolower the punishment penalty based on certain standards
and terms which take into consideration the circumstances, personal reasons and
motives of the crime. The decision said that the committee would hold its
meetings on the fourth floor at the Justice Ministry provided that it would at
least have four meetings per month and would report to the minister to brief
him on the stages that its work has come to. The decision pointed that the
committee is formed of judges: Bourkan Saad as president, Riyad Abou Ghaida , Mohammad Wissam Al-Mourtada, Ziad Abou Haidar,
Sami Sader, Randa Kfoury and Hamze Charafeddine as members and Mohammad Saab as Secretary.
Hariri meets with Homenetmen Basketball Club,
congratulates them on win
Sat 19 Nov 2016/NNA - Prime Minister-Designate, Saad
Hariri, met at the Central House on Saturday with a delegation from Homenetmen Basketball Club and congratulated them on
winning Hussam Eddine
Hariri Cup in its 26th instalment.
The delegation presented Hariri with the Best Player cup for the
tournament, which was won by Mike Taylor. Hariri congratulated the team and
expressed his keenness on supporting all types of sports.
Zeaiter for abandoning 1960 electoral law, adopting new law
to yield 'nation deputies'
Sat 19 Nov 2016/NNA - Caretaker Public Works Minister, Ghazi Zeaiter, called Saturday for "abandoning the electoral
law of 1960 and adopting a new one which allows for having deputies at the
national level instead of the sect, area and region."
Zeaiter's words came during a 40-day memorial
commemoration of Imam Hussein organized by "Amal
Movement" in Sere'in, Casa of Baalbek. Zeaiter highlighted the need for "a new proportional
electoral law to put an end to fanatical and denominational discourses."He
also hoped that "a government of national unity including all political
parties would be formed, one which would achieve the necessary balance needed
in the country." "We are entering a new phase at the political and
national levels, and the new government ought to be up to the people's
aspirations, and committed to pushing Lebanon and the Lebanese in the direction
of democratic and political life and the exercise of power and authority,
namely through holding parliamentary elections on the basis of securing
equitable representation," Zeaiter underscored.
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Miscellaneous Reports And News published on November 19-20/16
Intense Bombing of Syria's
Aleppo Kill 6
Associated Press/Naharnet/November 19/16/Syrian
opposition activists are reporting heavy bombardment of besieged rebel-held neighborhoods in the northern city of Aleppo saying at
least six people have been killed. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for
Human Rights said Syrian government warplanes and artillery struck more than 20
neighborhoods in east
All East Aleppo hospitals out of action: officials
Reuters,
Iraqi troops face entrenched ISIS in
eastern
The Associated Press, Mosul/Iraq Saturday, 19 November 2016/A
senior military commander says Iraqi troops are facing stiff resistance from
ISIS militants as they push deeper into eastern
Iraqi Troops Face Stiff Resistance from
IS in Eastern Mosul
Associated Press/Naharnet/November 19/16/Iraqi troops
faced stiff resistance Saturday from Islamic State militants as they pushed
deeper into eastern Mosul, backed by aerial support from the U.S.-led
international coalition, a senior military commander said. At dawn, troops
moved into the Muharabeen and Ulama
neighborhoods after fully liberating the adjacent Tahrir neighborhood on Friday,
said Maj. Gen. Sami al-Aridi of the Iraqi special forces. Al-Aridi said IS
militants were fighting back with snipers, rocket-propelled grenades and mortar
rounds. Thick black columns of smoke were seen billowing from the two areas,
while dozens of civilians were seen fleeing to government-controlled areas.
Shortly before noon, a suicide bomber emerged from a house in the Tahrir neighborhood and attacked
security forces, wounding four troops. Late on Friday, a group of IS militants
attacked the village of Imam Gharbi south of Mosul,
controlling most of it for hours before airstrikes from the U.S.-led
international coalition were called in, an officer said. The clashes and
multiple suicide bombings left three policemen dead, including an officer, and
four others wounded, he said. Nine IS fighters were killed, he added. The
officer spoke on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to brief
media. To the west of
According to the United Nations, more than 56,000 civilians have been forced
from their homes since the operation began out of nearly 1.5 million civilians
living in and around
Parishioners, peshmerga fighters and Kurdish
officials sang hymns and played band music as they walked in procession into
the church, which was heavily vandalized by IS fighters. Men prepared a large
cross to mount on the rooftop, replacing one destroyed by the extremists.
"The first thing they did was break the cross, we want to replace it and
tell Daesh that the cross is still here and we are
not leaving at all," said Rev. Afram al-Khoury Benyamen, using the Arabic
acronym to refer to the group.
Bullet holes marked the walls inside the church courtyard, strewn with garbage
and graffiti left by the extremists, including some of their names. Much of the
church's inside had been smashed, with rubble strewn across the ground and holy
inscriptions covered with black paint. In an upper level, pews had been pushed
back to make room for cushions and carpet beneath a broken window that had been
used as a sniper's nest, marked out by scattered spent bullet casings. Broken
brass instruments and a torn bagpipe from the church's boy
scout band lay scattered across the site, with pills and syringes on the
floor in one area. The church graveyard was desecrated, with graves broken into
and tombstones smashed and painted over. "It's good they're gone but how
happy can we be — look at this mess," said 22-year old Youssef
Ragheed, a drummer from the band who had fled the
town when IS controlled it, but returned for Saturday's ceremony.
Sisi: Don’t ‘jump to conclusions’ on Donald Trump
The Associated Press, Cairo Saturday, 19 November 2016/Egypt's President
Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi has praised US President-elect
Donald J. Trump, saying that his inflammatory statements from the campaign
trail do not necessarily reflect the actions he will take as president. Sisi, in an interview with Portuguese news agency LUSA
released on Saturday, said, "let's not jump into
conclusions or worry" about future US actions or policies in the
Sisi's remarks echoed sentiments that have been
circulating on local and regional media, with columnists speculating that Trump
campaign rhetoric - such as his call for a ban on Muslims entering the
cheering Trump's victory.
Observers believe that Trump is less likely to take
Shifting US Policy to Right, Trump Taps
Sessions, Flynn
Associated Press/Naharnet/November
19/16/President-elect Donald Trump signaled a sharp
rightward shift in U.S. national security policy Friday with his announcement
that he will nominate Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions as attorney general and Kansas
Rep. Mike Pompeo to head the CIA, turning to a pair
of staunch conservatives as he begins to fill out his Cabinet. Trump also named
retired Lt. Gen Michael Flynn as his national security adviser. A former
military intelligence chief, Flynn has accused the Obama administration of
being too soft on terrorism and has cast Islam as a "political
ideology" and driver of extremism. Sessions and Flynn were ardent Trump
supporters during the campaign, and their promotions were seen in part as a
reward for their loyalty. The selections form the first outlines of Trump's
Cabinet and national security teams. Given his lack of governing experience and
vague policy proposals during the campaign, his selection of advisers is being
scrutinized both in the
Trump has denied the allegations and has said repeatedly he would not
settle. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman,
who announced the settlement, called it "a stunning reversal by Donald
Trump and a major victory for the over 6,000 victims of his fraudulent university."Messages seeking comment from Trump
attorneys and a spokeswoman were not immediately returned. On Friday night,
Vice President-elect Mike Pence became the latest celebrity to attend the
Broadway hit show "Hamilton" — but he was the first to leave with an earful.Actor Brandon Victor Dixon, who plays Arron Burr, the nation's third vice president, recited a
message from the stage for his political descendant after the curtain call:
"We, sir, are the diverse America who are alarmed and anxious that your
new administration will not protect us, our planet, our children, our parents,
or defend us and uphold our inalienable rights," he said. "We truly
hope this show has inspired you to uphold our American values, and work on
behalf of all of us."
Pence's appearance at the show drew both cheers and boos. He ducked out
before
Most of Trump's nominees are expected to be confirmed relatively easily
given the GOP majority in the Senate. However, potential roadblocks exist,
particularly for Sessions, the first senator to endorse Trump and one of the
chamber's most conservative members. His last Senate confirmation hearing, in
1986 for a federal judgeship, was derailed over allegations that he made racist
comments, including calling a black assistant U.S. attorney "boy" in
conversation. Sessions denied the accusation, but withdrew from consideration.
Republicans were supportive on Friday. Senate Majority Leader Mitch
McConnell called his Senate colleague "principled, forthright, and hardworking."Sessions would bring to the Justice
Department a consistently conservative voice. He has objected to the planned
closure of the
Dutch expert: ISIS has 60-80 operatives in Europe
The Associated Press,
Pictures of slain
Ramadan al-Saadi, Alarabiya.net Saturday, 19 November
2016
Through pictures displayed along the streets of the
holy cities of
Commemoration
The Basij,
ISIS’
Staff writer, Al Arabiya English
Saturday, 19 November 2016/Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis – ISIS-affiliated extremist group in
ISIS-Sinai accused the elderly sheikh of “practicing witchcraft”.*This article also appears on AlArabiya.net.
Saudi soldier dies in attack near border with
By Staff writer Al Arabiya English Saturday, 19
November 2016/A Saudi soldier has been killed by projectiles launched from
Iran appoints new chief for army’s ground
forces
Associated Press, Tehran Saturday, 19 November 2016/The website of Iran’s Supreme
Leader is reporting that he has appointed a new chief for the national army's
ground forces.The Saturday report says Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has final say on all state matters, has
appointed Gen. Kiumars Heidari
to the post. The 52-year-old Heidari was formerly the
acting commander of the ground forces. He is a veteran of the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq
war that cost both sides over a million people.Separately,
Khamenei also appointed the former chief of ground
forces Gen. Ahmad Reza Pourdastan to the post of
acting commander of the army. Pourdastan has served
seven years in the post. Both the national army and the elite Revolutionary
Guard have their own separate air, naval and ground forces.
France's Le Pen, Trump are 'identical
phenomena': Paris mayor
AFP, Washington Saturday, 19 November 2016/US President-elect Donald Trump and
France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen are part of "identical
phenomena" that have swept the two countries, the mayor of Paris said
Friday. Mayor Anne Hidalgo, who was in
Thousands march in Malaysian capital
calling for PM Najib to step down
Reuters,
Denial
The demonstration is unlikely to shake Najib, who has
denied wrongdoing and weathered the crisis, consolidating power by cracking
down on dissenters and curbing media groups and activists. The head of
pro-democracy group Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih)
- the organizers of Saturday’s rally - was arrested on Friday, along with
several other supporters of the demonstration, including opposition leaders and
student activists. Police have said the Bersih rally
is illegal. “We are not here to bring down the country. We love this country!
We are not here to tear down the government, we’re here to strengthen it,” Bersih deputy chair Shahrul Aman Shaari told the crowds
gathered at the National Mosque. Another Bersih
leader Hishamuddin Rais was
arrested on Saturday at the protest area, with police also issuing warnings to
other participants. State news agency Bernama said
about 7,000 policemen will be on duty near the protest area. In a speech
uploaded on his website on Friday, Najib said the
protesters were “a tool of the opposition”. “Their movement is deceitful. It is
clear that these street protests are in fact the opposition disguised as an
independent NGO working to unseat a democratically elected government,” said Najib, who is in Peru to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic
Cooperation (APEC) summit. Azalina Othman Said, a
minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, on Saturday said it was unlawful
for any party to try to unseat a democratically-elected government via street
protests.
Tensions
Fears of clashes between Bersih and a pro-Najib group called Red Shirts mounted this week after the
latter threatened to target Bersih supporters.
The Red Shirts also rallied on Saturday, marching from the headquarters of the
ruling United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) party towards Dataran Merdeka, or
Agence France Presse/Naharnet/November
19/16/A 48-hour ceasefire announced by a Saudi-led coalition fighting
Iran-backed rebels in
"Based on the agreement reached in
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19-20/16
Islamic Terrorists not Poor and Illiterate, but Rich and Educated
Giulio Meotti/Gatestone
Institute/November 19/16
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/9343/terrorism-poverty-despair
"The better young people are integrated, the greater the chance is that
they radicalize. This hypothesis is supported by a lot of evidence". — From a report by researchers at
"The proportions of [Islamic State] administrators but also of suicide fighters increase with education," according to a World
Bank report. "Moreover, those offering to become suicide bombers ranked on
average in the more educated group."
Researchers have discovered that "the richer the countries are the more
likely will provide foreign recruits to the terrorist group [ISIS]."
The West seems to have trouble accepting that terrorists are not driven by
inequality, but by hatred for Western civilization and the Judeo-Christian
values of the West.
For the Nazis, the "inferior race" (the Jews) did not deserve to
exist; for the Stalinists, the "enemies of the people" were not
entitled to continue living; for the Islamists, it is the West itself that does
not deserve to exist.
It is anti-Semitism, not poverty, that led the
Palestinian Authority to name a school after Abu Daoud,
mastermind of the massacre of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics.
"There is a stereotype that young people from Europe who leave for
That was the result of extremely important Dutch research, led by a group of
academics at the
Terrorists seem to be models of successful integration. Mohammed Bouyeri (left), the Moroccan-Dutch terrorist who shot the
filmmaker Theo van Gogh (right) to death, then stabbed him and slit his throat
in 2004. "[Bouyeri] was a well-educated guy with
good prospects," said Job Cohen, the mayor of
The Dutch research was followed by research from
These findings dismantle the myth of the proletariat of terror. According to a
new World Bank report, "Islamic State's recruits are better educated than
their fellow countrymen".
Poverty and deprivation are not, as John Kerry said, "the root cause of
terrorism." Studying the profiles of 331 recruits from an Islamic State
database, the World Bank found that 69% have at least a high school education,
while a quarter of them graduated from college. The vast majority of these
terrorists had a job or profession before joining the Islamist organization.
"The proportions of administrators but also of suicide fighters
increase with education," according to the World Bank report.
"Moreover, those offering to become suicide bombers ranked on average in
the more educated group."
Less than 2% of the terrorists are illiterate. The study also points to the
countries that supply ISIS with more recruits:
Another report explained that "the poorest countries in the world don't
have exceptional levels of terrorism".
Despite the evidence, a progressive mantra repeats that Islamic terrorism is
the result of injustice, poverty, economic depression and social unrest.
Nothing could be farther from the truth. The thesis that poverty breeds
terrorism is pervasive today in the West, from French economist Thomas Piketty to Pope Francis. It is probably so popular because
it plays on Western collective guilt, seeking to rationalize what the West
seems to have trouble accepting: that terrorists are not driven by inequality,
but by hatred for Western civilization and the Judeo-Christian values of the
West. For
For the Nazis, the "inferior race" (the Jews) did not deserve to
exist but must be gassed; for the Stalinists, the "enemies of the
people" were not entitled to continue living, and had to die of forced labor and cold in the Gulag; for the Islamists, it is the
West itself that does not deserve to exist and has to be blown up.
It is anti-Semitism, not poverty, that led the
Palestinian Authority to name a school after Abu Daoud,
mastermind of the massacre of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics.
The
It is the Islamist ideology that drives terrorism, not poverty, corruption or
despair. It is them, not us.
The whole history of political terror is marked by fanatics with advanced
education who have declared war on their own societies. Khmer Rouge's Communist
genocide in
Some of the British terrorists who have joined the Islamic State come from
wealthy families and attended the most prestigious schools in the
Virtually all the heads of international terror groups are children of
privilege, who led gilded lives before joining the terror ranks. 15 of the 19
suicide bombers of September 11 came from prominent Middle Eastern families.
Mohammed Atta was the son of a lawyer in
Nasra Hassan, who wrote an informed profile of
Palestinian suicide bombers for The New Yorker, explained that, "of 250
suicide bombers, not one was illiterate, poor or depressed." The
unemployed, it seems, are always the least likely to support terror attacks.
Europe and
If the West does not understand the real source of this hatred, but instead
indulges in false excuses such as poverty, it will not win this war being waged
against us.
*Giulio Meotti, Cultural
Editor for Il Foglio, is an Italian journalist and
author.
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Sadat In
By: Menahem Milson/MEMRI/November 19/19
Today, November 19, 2016, is the 39th anniversary of Egyptian President Anwar
Sadat's historic
Press conference with Sadat. On
left, Israeli Prime Minister Menahem Begin.
The author is behind Sadat on the right.
On November 19, 1977, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat landed in
I recount this tale not as a researcher relying on archival materials, but as a
participant and eyewitness. Sixteen months before Sadat's visit, I joined the
IDF as an advisor on Arab affairs in the
At that time, in the mid-1970s, Palestinian public life was dominated by the
October 1974 resolution of the Arab Summit in
As many will recall, Sadat's announcement that he was willing to visit
On Wednesday, November 16, 1977, I was instructed by General Orli, the Coordinator of Government Activities in the
Territories, on behalf of Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan, to invite a number of
Palestinian figures from
I notified the Coordinator, who soon got back to me and said: "The Foreign
Minister asks that you prepare a list of people you believe will accept the
invitation." As it happened, I had such a list ready. I had anticipated
this development and had been prepared for it, because I had gone through a
similar experience only a few months earlier, when
So now we invited to Sadat's reception a number of figures who were willing to
take a public stand opposed to that of the PLO, and they accepted. There is a
detail regarding the preparation of the list that is noteworthy. When Dayan
asked me to select Palestinian invitees, he added one restriction: not to
include lawyer 'Aziz Shehade from Ramallah, who was
one of the prominent public figures in the West Bank, known for his opposition
to the PLO and his willingness to negotiate with Israel.[1]
Dayan's insistence not to invite him was symptomatic of his aversion to public
figures known for their readiness to negotiate peace with Israel. On numerous
occasions, he made it publicly known that he regarded Palestinian terrorism and
support of terrorism as a "natural response." Hence, in his eyes,
those Palestinians who openly demonstrated their rejection of terrorism were
not to be taken seriously.
President Sadat's announcement of his readiness to come to
The question of which Palestinian figures should be invited to welcome
Secretary Vance, or who should be invited to welcome President Sadat may appear
to be trivial matters of protocol – and indeed they were. Yet this affair
highlighted the substantial difference between two political approaches: that
of Dayan – the man who had determined
It so happened that I had yet another involvement in Sadat's visit. On the same
Wednesday, November 16, 1977, a few hours after I received the instruction to
prepare a list of Palestinians for Sadat's reception, I received a call from
Prime Minister Begin's military secretary, Brig. Gen.
Ephraim Poran, who informed me that the government
had chosen me to be the military aide-de-camp for the visiting president.
Accordingly, I was asked to join the committee coordinating the visit, which
was chaired by Poran himself and also included the
director-general of the prime minister's office, Eliyahu
ben Elissar; the commander
of the police southern district, Aryeh Ivtzan; the deputy chief of the Shin Bet (the Security
Agency), Avraham Shalom; the head of the foreign
office protocol department, Rehavam Amir, and the
prime minister's press secretary, Dan Patir.
One of the sensitive problems was how to ensure Sadat's safety during his visit,
and during his prayer at the Al-Asqa mosque on
Sunday, prior to his speech in the Knesset. That Sunday was 'Id Al-Adha, the most important holiday of the Muslim year. At the
meeting of the coordinating committee on Thursday (November 17), Poran informed us that, following the recommendation of the
security services and the police, it had been decided to bar all worshippers
from the Al-Aqsa compound during Sadat's visit,
except for his entourage and bodyguards, the heads of the Muslim Waqf, and a small number of correspondents and TV teams.
That was the planned solution for the security problem.
The decision to forbid Muslim worshippers from praying with Sadat struck me as
misguided and harmful. But the other committee members did not at first grasp
the political implications of this decision, namely, that Sadat would be seen
on TV screens across the Arab world praying at the mosque in isolation. Such a
scene, of the president praying in an empty mosque, would in itself be a
political and media victory for those who called to boycott him. I understood
the security considerations behind the decision, of course. But I believed that
a different solution should and could be found.
I pointed out to my fellow committee members that one measure of the success of
this event would be the coverage in the media, namely, how it would be reported
and seen on TV. It was extremely important, I said, that the images of Sadat's
prayer at Al-Aqsa, just before his visit to the
Knesset, would show him surrounded and applauded by many Palestinian Muslim
worshippers. Poran asked jokingly: "So what do
you propose, Menahem? Do you think you can train an
Israeli infantry unit to pray the Muslim prayer and we will dress them up in kefiyyehs?" "No," I answered, "I am
talking about real Arab Muslim worshipers. According to our inquiries in the
last few days, there are thousands who would be willing to come and pray behind
Sadat and cheer for him." My fellow committee members were persuaded by my
argument, but the big question was what the heads of the security apparatuses
would say.
Official responsibility for the security arrangements during the visit lay with
the police, but in reality, the decision was up to the Shin Bet. Both Ivtzan, representing the police, and Shalom, representing
the Shin Bet, said that, in a matter of such sensitivity, the final word would
have to come from the heads of these organizations, Police Chief Haim Tavori and Security Agency
head Avraham Ahituv.
The decision was postponed until Friday morning. In the meantime, my staff in
the Arab Affairs Department and I continued to appraise the public climate, and
were assured that, despite the threats and the incitement of the PLO, there
were indeed thousands who would come to pray with Sadat if given the chance. On
Friday morning, I spoke with Tavori and Ahituv, and they accepted my position and agreed to let
Arab worshippers attend the prayer at the Al-Aqsa
mosque on Sunday. Ahituv made two conditions. The
first was that all worshippers entering the compound would have to undergo a
physical search. The second, largely stemming from the first, was that the
number of worshippers would be limited to 1,500. I naturally agreed, and
happily informed Yigal Carmon (my deputy at the
Department for Arab Affairs) that our proposal had been accepted and that we
should notify a number of figures in the
On Saturday night, when Sadat landed at the airport and approached the
reception line, a number of Palestinian figures from the West Bank were waiting
to shake his hand, among them the mayor of Bethlehem, Elias Freij;
the mayor of Beit Jala,
Farah Al-A'raj; Mustafa Dudeen from the Hebron area;
two personalities from Nablus; and Sheikh Muhammad Ali Al-Ja'bari,
the former mayor of Hebron, who was known for his good relations with the
Jordanian king. The next day, when President Sadat and his entourage arrived at
the Al-Aqsa mosque, it was full of Muslim worshipers
who had arrived early in the morning in busses and trucks from the districts of
Epilogue
The principle that guided me in the events recounted
above, and in all my work as Advisor on Arab Affairs and later as head of the
Civil Administration in the West Bank, was that
Endnotes:
[1] Shehade was assassinated on December 2, 1985.
[2] Golda Meir and Moshe Dayan rejected King Hussain's
March 1972 Federation initiative, and Begin rejected Reagan's 1982 plan.
We need to acknowledge what war does to children
Yara al-Wazir/Al Arabiya/November 19/16
Without solid action to enroll
3.7 million child refugees into education, the future of the region is in
jeopardy. The children of today will be in a position where they are expected
to lead their communities within the next twenty years – whether the region is
doing sufficient work to prepare them for this onerous task is questionable.
As the world celebrates the 62nd international children’s day on November
20, the realities of children who are growing up in war-torn countries are of
particular concern. There are two particular demographics within this group of
children who have experienced war: those who have become refugees and those who
remained to witness the destruction of their countries.
Those who have left have experienced difficult journeys in their bid to
cross borders. Through high winds at sea and on foot across
Mental trauma is damaging in the long-term
The trauma experienced is not to be underestimated – in an extreme case
like Syria, 79 percent of the children have experienced death in the family, 60
percent have seen someone get kicked or shot and almost 50 percent showed signs
of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which is ten times the higher than
the worldwide average experienced by children – this is according to a report
by migration policy.
Addressing the mental trauma faced by children is not simply a function
of the individual child, rather the microsystem, macrosystem and ecosystem that they live in – that being
the family and religion, political and economic context, as well as the neighborhood and relationship within schools and family
that the child experiences. All of these systems must be addressed jointly in
order to effectively address the mental trauma that these children have faced.
A solid mental health rehabilitation program must be developed and
delivered to these children. If this is not addressed, there is a significant
risk that children will continue to fall into the same cycle of violence in which
they grew up. A repetitive cycle poses a threat to the future of the region,
assuming it is ever able to achieve peace between now and then.
Education must become a priority
Without active policies to guarantee education
to child refugees, we are severely jeopardizing their futures and the future of
the region. Over 3.7 million child refugees are out of education, according to
a recent report. The schools that do exist for these children are often overcrowded, underfunded and rarely foster a strong teaching
environment that can nurture children despite what they have been through. Once
children are enrolled back into education, it will be difficult to bridge the
gap in their learning and allow them to reconnect and understand what schooling
means. For many children, schools have become associated with the war, as
schools have been used as a safe haven and as a target in the war. Therefore it
is important to build an educational environment that promotes trust in the
system.
Without active policies to guarantee education to child refugees, we are
severely jeopardizing their futures and the future of the region
When it comes to enrolling children into
schools, direct school funding isn’t the only issue. Even if the schools are
free, the cost of transportation both from a monetary and time perspective must
be taken into account. There have been reports of children working in clothing
factories to help pay for their families wellbeing. Therefore the support must
not only be extended to schools, but to ensuring that families see the value in
sending their children to schools to receive a solid education.
The objective of creating schools that cater to children who have
experienced war is not limited to providing an education to prepare children
for 9-5 jobs in the future, perhaps more importantly, the objective of schools
must be to create a safe haven and comfortable environment for children to grow
and forget about the worries at home, to forget about their crying mother
mourning the loss of their father, or their father worrying about whether or
not he can afford to feed them. Education is the most powerful weapon to fight
back poverty, destruction, and to ensure the community is equipped to rebuild
itself in the future. Right now, the education system and healthcare systems
are failing millions of child refugees – this must come to an end before it is
too late.
Saudi culture dialogue center needs to get
its message across
Samar Fatany/Al Arabiya/November
19/16
The King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International
Center for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue (KAICIID) has recently
stepped up its efforts to play an effective role in addressing the critical
situation in the
Officials of both organizations have outlined their objectives to help
communities build resilience to conflict and strengthen influencers in
communities, such as women, youth, religious leaders and the media. The
cooperation will also support the development of educational curricula that
promote values of peace, acceptance and equality. Officials of KAICIID and the
UNDP have promised to enhance the constructive role of religious leaders to
promote peace and social cohesion.
KAICIID Deputy Secretary General for External Relations Ambassador Alvaro
Albacete said: “The Arab region is enduring an unprecedented period of crisis,
which threatens to undermine the religious pluralism that has defined these
societies for so long. The international community needs to act. Religious leaders
have always played an important role in communities; in many parts of the world
they are leaders in providing development assistance and promoting social
cohesion. We look forward to working with UNDP to help religious leaders, and
other leaders in communities, like women and young people, to promote social
cohesion.”
The role of religious leaders has been weak and ineffective in countering
the terrorist campaign but KAICIID can mobilize religious leaders of all faiths
Sima Bahous, UNDP
Assistant Administrator and Director of the Regional Bureau for Arab States,
said: “Diversity and co-existence have been hallmarks of the civilization of
the Arab States region, and indeed this has been among our greatest strengths.
There is an urgent need across our region to reinforce our embrace of
diversity, and move toward increased resilience forged on the bedrock of social
peace. Working together, UNDP and KAICIID aim to make a major contribution
toward this important objective.”
United against Violence in the Name of Religion, in collaboration with
the UNDP Regional Bureau for the Arab States, is also working on a regional
project to increase social cohesion in the region, and to evaluate the impact
of peace building, resilience and conflict prevention programs.
Such initiatives are critical and strong statements from the two
recognized global centers can have a great impact on the international
community that has done little to address the atrocities of conflicts and wars
in the region. More work is needed to build a global society conducive to
dialogue, tolerance and moderation.
The role of religious leaders has been weak and ineffective in countering
the terrorist campaign. KAICIID can mobilize religious leaders of all faiths to
promote world peace and global coexistence. The center has the potential to
pressure world leaders to find solutions to global tensions and sectarian
conflicts.
The collaboration with the UNDP, a significant global body, has renewed
confidence that the religious center will have a more effective impact on peace
in the region.
KAICIID, which was one of King Abdullah’s greatest achievements, was
established in 2012. It has been created to empower religious leaders to
influence peace in troubled areas of the international community. The Center
was founded by
The alliance of prominent religious leaders is expected to have a strong
impact on global developments. In order to so, KAICIID needs to get its noble
message across.
**This article was first published in the Saudi Gazette on November 12,
2016.
Stephen Hawking and the end of the
world
Mshari Al Thaydi/Al Arabiya/November 19/16
Given the increase in conflicts, the spread of diseases, the frequency of
natural illnesses, climate change and global warming, many are saying that the
demise of the human race is near.
Talk of the end of the world is not always related to mythology as
cosmologists and others have also spoken out about the matter. One of the most
significant cosmologists to recently speak about this was English theoretical
physicist Stephan Hawking. Hawking warned that humans have around 1,000 years
to find a new place to live.
Many believe Hawking’s statements and are
convinced from a purely scientific perspective. Hollywood movies have oft
addressed the end of the world while climate change and the threats of global
warming are on the political agenda in many countries, including the
However, what’s certain is that we intentionally and consciously create a
corrupt and sick social, political and educational environment that produces
murder and destruction and harms life on earth. We have, through our ignorance,
madness and prejudice, created this environment.
For example, don’t the developments in
He knows better, but what we know for a fact is that for people in
**This article was first published in Asharq
al-Awsat on November 18, 2016.
The America we deserve and cherish
Hisham Melhem/Al
Arabiya/November 19/16
US President-elect Donald Trump is selecting older white men who share
his nationalist views, social and ethnic biases and his “America first”
isolationist outlook to occupy senior positions at the White House and the
other crucial departments and security agencies.
His national security advisor, Michael Flynn, believes that “Islam is a
malignant cancer” and that “fear of Islam is RATIONAL” (emphasis his). He sees
the Muslim religion as a “political ideology” masquerading as religion.
Trump’s nominee for attorney general, Senator Jeff Sessions, has a long
history of fierce opposition to civil rights and a proclivity for racially
charged views. Sessions has referred to the 1965 historic Voting Rights Act as
a “piece of intrusive legislation.” His outlook on life is a throwback to the
Trump’s chief strategist Steve Bannon, who does
not believe that the US has a “major race problem,” turned his website Breitbart News into a platform for alt-right groups, which
include white nationalists, Islamophobes, misogynists
and anti-Semites. The former leader of the ultra-racist Ku Klux Klan, David
Duke reacted enthusiastically to these appointments as if he had been selected,
firing this celebratory tweet:
General Flynn and Consigliere Bannon will be very close to President Trump and will
interact with him on daily basis. One can only imagine the fierce competition
between them as to who will be the Iago who will
whisper in Trump’s ear and poison his mind further.
A confederacy of autocrats
It is true that candidate Donald Trump ran an
untraditional campaign and most of his activities and pronouncements were
unconventional – from insulting his opponents, not releasing his taxes, to his
antics and childlike theatrics – these appointments certainly are not only
unconventional, but much more dangerous, for they amount to a reaffirmation of
white nationalism.
Trump’s victory was welcomed by like-minded far right European political
parties. Marine Le Pen, leader of the National Front in
Mr. Trump, you can have your gold plated America on top of your tower in
Manhattan but I insist on having my America which comes in every color and
every accent
The election of Trump was welcomed by a large confederacy of illiberal
democracies and autocratic regimes entrenched in large swaths of lands
stretching from Russia, through the Middle East to Central Asia. Russian
President Vladimir Putin represents the prototype autocrat who is envied and
emulated. Donald Trump exudes similar qualities: anti-intellectualism, the
belief in conspiracy theories, intolerance of contrarian views and a deep
contempt of a free media. But if Putin can dispatch his critics in the media to
provinces from which they could never return, Trump on the other hand can only
intimidate the reporters who are covering him, at times using his enthusiastic
crowds to threaten and silence them.
The disruption
Much has been written, and much more will be
written, about
The arrival of Trump was a moment of disruption. Trump is not a conscious
agent of change although he claims to be one, for he is at best a Tabula rasa
when it comes having a vision or ideas. Trump is animated solely by
self-interest, greed and an insatiable hunger for self-aggrandizement. It just
happened that he was at that crossroad where the colliding forces of
technology, demography and economy converged to cause the disruption that he is
benefiting from.
The
Like millions of Americans, I was not ready for
Trump’s victory. I voted against Trump, by casting a reluctant vote for Hillary
Clinton. I felt cheated by the two parties for giving us almost an impossible
choice. We were even deprived of the chance to cast our vote for a third party nominee,
since those available were lamentably lacking. As an American by choice, I feel
the sting of defeat more deeply perhaps. I made my choice years ago to end my
inner exile and to arrive home. Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln inspired
me and Mark Twain and William Faulkner were my traveling companions while
Charley Patton and Muddy Waters lifted my soul. I became so immersed in the
Civil War that when I walk with heavy legs on Bloody Lane at the Antietam
battlefield I can almost hear the cries of horror and courage of those young
men fighting and bleeding, as if one of them is a Virginian ancestor of mine,
and as if I was not born thousands of miles away. Even when I was disappointed
with policy blunders and the occasional lapses that even great societies
sleepwalk through, I always marveled at the vibrancy
of the American creed and the spirit of giving and creating, I was always moved
by the ingenuity and the audacity (Americans are nothing if not audacious) of
people who came from the four corners of the world to shed their narrow
parochial nationalisms and to partake in American patriotism which is much
bigger than their narrow ethnicities and more egalitarian and welcoming.
On the Streets of Philadelphia, I discovered
This is my