It’s past time the Vatican let go of the Temple treasures; Rome must release the silver, release the gold, and restore them to Jerusalem where they belong.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
An Israeli Levite on the Temple Mount
From: Shmuel HaLevi rfi
Subject: Re: The Issue of the Temple Mount
David Shalom,
You provide, as usual, a superb passage to the facts and I thank you for it.
As a religious Levite which I am, allow me to add my aggurah..;).
We reside for over 25 years in Eretz Israel and feel rather dismayed at certain "Rabbanim" opinions. And not only about Temple Mount one may say.
One has to insist on that those are only opinions and probably of interest the voluntary followers of those Rabbanim. And of course, those opinions are profusely used as well by those I call unJews.
It goes without saying that anyone wishing to enter the Temple Mount must do so under absolutely clean conditions. But entering one may.
Again. The above mentioned opinions to the contrary by some Rabbanim, not a majority of relevant Rabbanim, are certainly not binding, except to those favoring abandonment of all that is central to Jewish Heritage. In some obscure way those opinion givers seem unable to distinguish real life from religious seclusion caused limitations.
There are a variety of mystic artifacts upon which such opinions are constructed but, as long as all of those entering the most Holy of all Jewish Shrines comply with the rigid requirements to assure the sanctity of the location, please go for it.
SHmuel HaLevi
Eretz Israel
(Shmuel HaLevi is a Jew, a Levite, a direct descendant of the Gershonite family, Father, Grandfather, Husband, Teacher, “Gaucho”, radio aficionado and Senior Engineer for the U.S. Department of Defense Avionic Programs who was worked on combat aircraft from the F-16 to the B-2 and from the F-15 to the F-117 to the A.V.-8 and A.H.-64, C-17, C.O.H.-58, C-130 and A.T.F. A (seldom used) Consultant for the Israeli Ministry of Defense, Mr. HaLevi is a U.S. D.o.D. Certified Trainer and Graduation Officer for the Israeli Ministry of Education, writer for the University of Tel Aviv Technology Center, Quality Assurance Engineer and patents holder. Presently, Mr. HaLevi serves as the Laboratory equipment technologist supporting key foreign equipment manufacturers. Mr. HaLevi is a veteran Likud Central committee member and founding member of Hashkem Yisrael).
(Shmuel HaLevi is a Jew, a Levite, a direct descendant of the Gershonite family, Father, Grandfather, Husband, Teacher, “Gaucho”, radio aficionado and Senior Engineer for the U.S. Department of Defense Avionic Programs who was worked on combat aircraft from the F-16 to the B-2 and from the F-15 to the F-117 to the A.V.-8 and A.H.-64, C-17, C.O.H.-58, C-130 and A.T.F. A (seldom used) Consultant for the Israeli Ministry of Defense, Mr. HaLevi is a U.S. D.o.D. Certified Trainer and Graduation Officer for the Israeli Ministry of Education, writer for the University of Tel Aviv Technology Center, Quality Assurance Engineer and patents holder. Presently, Mr. HaLevi serves as the Laboratory equipment technologist supporting key foreign equipment manufacturers. Mr. HaLevi is a veteran Likud Central committee member and founding member of Hashkem Yisrael).
----- Original Message -----From: DAVID BEN ARIELSubject: The Issue of the Temple Mount
The common knowledge of our time is that the vast majority of Rabbis of this generation have prohibited the Jewish people from entering the Temple Mount (Har HaBayit), the holiest site in Judaism. The Temple Mount is the site of where the Beit HaMikdash (the Jewish Temple) once stood and the place where the Moslems have erected one mosque, the al-Aqsa and a site of pilgrimage, the Dome of the Rock.
Saturday, April 19, 2008
The Vatican Must Return the Temple Treasures
The Vatican Must Return the Temple Treasures
The Jews have prayed for 2,000 years to again see the Temple upon the Temple Mount. It's past time for prayers alone: ACTION is necessary to put faith into practice!
Let the Muslims submit to the Word and Will of God concerning the Temple Mount. Its sole purpose is to House the Temple of the God of Jacob-Israel: that all nations may come to know, love and obey the God of Abraham.
May they agree the Rock of Abraham has been preserved by the "Dome of the Rock," and that it was created for the Jews to continue their worship upon the site of Israel's Temple. It has served its purpose and now it's past time to restore spiritual sovereignty to the Jews upon the Temple Mount that they may build the House of Prayer for All Peoples to come and worship.
May the Jewish leaders repent of their woeful neglect of the Temple Mount and end Jerusalem's abomination of desolation -- a Temple Mount without a Temple!
May the pope encourage Judah to obey God and build His Royal House, His Heavenly Embassy, in the noble spirit of King Cyrus, and restore the Temple treasures to Jerusalem.
May the Vatican release the silver, release the gold, that Rome stole from Jerusalem!
May they immediately return the Menorah to stand again where it belongs: upon the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, within the Temple! The Vatican chambers will have served their purpose of protecting and preserving such consecrated items for this time.
Let construction begin and may all nations and men seek and find the Great Creator God of the Bible, the God of Israel, and learn of His Word and ways and be blessed!
The Jews have prayed for 2,000 years to again see the Temple upon the Temple Mount. It's past time for prayers alone: ACTION is necessary to put faith into practice!
Let the Muslims submit to the Word and Will of God concerning the Temple Mount. Its sole purpose is to House the Temple of the God of Jacob-Israel: that all nations may come to know, love and obey the God of Abraham.
May they agree the Rock of Abraham has been preserved by the "Dome of the Rock," and that it was created for the Jews to continue their worship upon the site of Israel's Temple. It has served its purpose and now it's past time to restore spiritual sovereignty to the Jews upon the Temple Mount that they may build the House of Prayer for All Peoples to come and worship.
May the Jewish leaders repent of their woeful neglect of the Temple Mount and end Jerusalem's abomination of desolation -- a Temple Mount without a Temple!
May the pope encourage Judah to obey God and build His Royal House, His Heavenly Embassy, in the noble spirit of King Cyrus, and restore the Temple treasures to Jerusalem.
May the Vatican release the silver, release the gold, that Rome stole from Jerusalem!
May they immediately return the Menorah to stand again where it belongs: upon the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, within the Temple! The Vatican chambers will have served their purpose of protecting and preserving such consecrated items for this time.
Let construction begin and may all nations and men seek and find the Great Creator God of the Bible, the God of Israel, and learn of His Word and ways and be blessed!
Rest in Peace or Peace Through Strength?
The option is "Rest in Peace" or "Peace Through Strength" - life or death, blessings or curses. Wonder which one the United States (and Israel) will choose? It doesn't look good, so far, sad to say.
British-Israelites and Jews in Grave Danger
Death to the American, British and Jewish Peoples?
Death to America: Major American Cities Targeted by Terrorists?
British-Israelites and Jews in Grave Danger
Death to the American, British and Jewish Peoples?
Death to America: Major American Cities Targeted by Terrorists?
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Vatican Linked to the Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin?
Vatican Linked to the Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin?
The dark powers of the European Union, under evil influence of the very real German-Jesuit cabal, are intent on ripping out the heart of Israel and sacrificing Israeli sovereignty to their wannabe divine emperor about to take the world by storm, pimped by the sorcerer-pope.
www.DavidBenAriel.org
The dark powers of the European Union, under evil influence of the very real German-Jesuit cabal, are intent on ripping out the heart of Israel and sacrificing Israeli sovereignty to their wannabe divine emperor about to take the world by storm, pimped by the sorcerer-pope.
www.DavidBenAriel.org
Respect Freedom of Speech
Excerpts from a forum:
When a so called religious leader like Rev never Wright slanders the country he lives in he should be punished the same as if he slandered an individual.
"THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT INVENTED THE HIV VIRUS TO KILL PEOPLE OF COLOR". Bullshit! That is a lie, a cannard, a prevarication, a falsehood, whatever you wish to call it. There are people in the ghettos of Chicago who will believe BS like that. Though their ignorance or that they wish to believe anything bad about white people (de govment be white). People could be hurt by such BS. I believe in free speech. But only if it is the truth.
When a so called religious leader like Rev never Wright slanders the country he lives in he should be punished the same as if he slandered an individual.
"THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT INVENTED THE HIV VIRUS TO KILL PEOPLE OF COLOR". Bullshit! That is a lie, a cannard, a prevarication, a falsehood, whatever you wish to call it. There are people in the ghettos of Chicago who will believe BS like that. Though their ignorance or that they wish to believe anything bad about white people (de govment be white). People could be hurt by such BS. I believe in free speech. But only if it is the truth.
Greyrooster: And how can "We The People" always determine, beyond any shadow of a doubt, what is truth? Are we to put the fear of fascism into the hearts of all, so that none will even dare speak the truth or what is known or believed to true, even if not acknowledged by the powers that be?
And who determines the truth? The corrupt government? A certain political party? A particular church or religion?
Look at the vile Israeli oligarchy and that bloody vulture Shimon Peres who had Yitzhak Rabin murdered and blamed it on the right; Look at Hitler's Germany who wouldn't have tolerated the "lie" that Jews aren't the enemy of all non-Jews.
Whether those in the ghettos, or those in the suburbs, those in the churches or synagogues, or anybody in your local bar, choose to believe this or that is their personal prerogative and personal responsibility - it is definitely not the government's business to think for them, and to "protect" them from real or imagined falsehoods, myths, propaganda, etc.
It's better to respect freedom of speech, especially something you strongly disagree with - and if and whenever somebody says something that can be proven WRONG, then let whoever is miffed, those whose feathers are ruffled, report it or take them to court and go from there - otherwise we'll all be enslaved.
Monday, April 14, 2008
Pagan pope is world's most dangerous man!
Exposing the German-Vatican Plot to Occupy Jerusalem
The one time The Traveller did run a political piece, it ruffled feathers with the local authorities. In 'Will Jerusalem become an international city?' by American writer David Ben-Ariel, readers were warned about a German-Vatican plot to take over Jerusalem, urged to take back the Temple Mount and dislodge 'as symbols of foreign occupation' Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock.
Bavarian Pope Entrusts Germany to Lead Europe, Others Wary of Grand Inquisitor
The "holy Roman" arrived in Munich to galvanize the underground forces ready to spring into action to revive the empire of the German Nation, all allegedly in service to Europa - a damsel in distress - and in pagan devotion to "Mary"...
The Intelligence Summit Misses the Mark: the German-Jesuit Threat to World Peace
The whole world has been focusing on Islamic terrorism, as is understandable, but the greatest threat to world peace is the German-dominated European Union! The United States has foolishly been helping to create such a Frankenstein Monster that will brutally betray both the American, British and Jewish peoples.
Sorcerer-Pope to Bewitch Europe and Mislead the Masses
Watch for the pagan sorcerer-pope to start performing many supernatural deeds, counterfeit miracles, to mislead the masses and get them eating out of his hand to support the Vatican's elect to "defend" Europe and "Western Christian Civilization" and murder any who oppose them.
The Vatican Must Return the Temple Treasures
The Jews have prayed for 2,000 years to again see the Temple upon the Temple Mount. It's past time for prayers alone: ACTION is necessary to put faith into practice!
Jews - the Beast and False Prophet - and Rome's Destruction
If the Jews fail to take their warnings seriously about imminent EU occupation of Jerusalem and Europe's wannabe divine emperor polluting the Third Temple, the Temple of God will be desecrated by the son of perdition, the so-called Antichrist.
The one time The Traveller did run a political piece, it ruffled feathers with the local authorities. In 'Will Jerusalem become an international city?' by American writer David Ben-Ariel, readers were warned about a German-Vatican plot to take over Jerusalem, urged to take back the Temple Mount and dislodge 'as symbols of foreign occupation' Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock.
Bavarian Pope Entrusts Germany to Lead Europe, Others Wary of Grand Inquisitor
The "holy Roman" arrived in Munich to galvanize the underground forces ready to spring into action to revive the empire of the German Nation, all allegedly in service to Europa - a damsel in distress - and in pagan devotion to "Mary"...
The Intelligence Summit Misses the Mark: the German-Jesuit Threat to World Peace
The whole world has been focusing on Islamic terrorism, as is understandable, but the greatest threat to world peace is the German-dominated European Union! The United States has foolishly been helping to create such a Frankenstein Monster that will brutally betray both the American, British and Jewish peoples.
Sorcerer-Pope to Bewitch Europe and Mislead the Masses
Watch for the pagan sorcerer-pope to start performing many supernatural deeds, counterfeit miracles, to mislead the masses and get them eating out of his hand to support the Vatican's elect to "defend" Europe and "Western Christian Civilization" and murder any who oppose them.
Bavarian Pope to Sweep Europe Off its Feet?
Watch for the pagan sorcerer-pope to start performing many supernatural deeds, counterfeit miracles, to mislead the masses and get them eating out of his hand to support the Vatican's elect to "defend" Europe and "Western Christian Civilization" and murder any who oppose them.
Catholic Europe in Vogue?
Are the Europeans about to restore the power and influence of their respective Royals? In Rome's mind, only an IMPERIAL RESTORATION can save mankind! That explains why the present pontiff has proclaimed that he's on a mission from God to unite Europe from the Atlantic to the Urals. How? By remodeling Europe after the grand design of the "Holy Roman Empire."
The Vatican Must Return the Temple Treasures
The Jews have prayed for 2,000 years to again see the Temple upon the Temple Mount. It's past time for prayers alone: ACTION is necessary to put faith into practice!
Jews - the Beast and False Prophet - and Rome's Destruction
If the Jews fail to take their warnings seriously about imminent EU occupation of Jerusalem and Europe's wannabe divine emperor polluting the Third Temple, the Temple of God will be desecrated by the son of perdition, the so-called Antichrist.
Mount Zion Under Siege: Who Will Be King of the Mountain?
The Vatican has its evil eye on Jerusalem! What better place to start their siege against the Holy City than Mt. Zion? Watch for them to fortify their position and launch an all-out attack to undermine Israeli sovereignty, enlisting Jewish traitors and the international community.
Grand Master Turns Up the Heat on Jerusalem
The cauldron that is Jerusalem is having the heat turned up by a series of planned events, the concerted efforts of Roman wolves in sheep's clothing, orchestrated by the Vatican. The Roman Catholic Cult, the Babylonian Mystery religion, covets the Holy City and aims on wresting control of Ariel (Jerusalem's nickname) from Israeli sovereignty by any means necessary.
UN Resolution 181: Blueprint of the Beast?
As Hitler clearly outlined his plans in Mein Kampf (and furiously put them into practice his first opportunity), so the United Nations passed an ominous resolution in 1947 concerning the fate of Jerusalem: UN Resolution 181 demands the Holy City submit to the status of an "international city." That's a glorified term for ENEMY OCCUPATION!
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Will Obama become the new Marcus Garvey?
Will Obama become the new Marcus Garvey?
Will Obama, frustrated by his failure to become president of the United States of America, turn defeat into victory by becoming the new Marcus Garvey and lead Black folks back to Africa?
Will Obama humbly submit that Abraham Lincoln spoke the plain truth that Blacks and Whites simply cannot live in equality, imposed or otherwise, but one must always naturally dominate? That race matters?
Will Obama respect diversity and seek to preserve Black heritage in Black Africa where they can name anything and everything after their forged hero, Martin Luther King?
Let's hope so, otherwise the result will be chaos and confusion. Mark my words.
God Bless America!
Will Obama, frustrated by his failure to become president of the United States of America, turn defeat into victory by becoming the new Marcus Garvey and lead Black folks back to Africa?
Will Obama humbly submit that Abraham Lincoln spoke the plain truth that Blacks and Whites simply cannot live in equality, imposed or otherwise, but one must always naturally dominate? That race matters?
Will Obama respect diversity and seek to preserve Black heritage in Black Africa where they can name anything and everything after their forged hero, Martin Luther King?
Let's hope so, otherwise the result will be chaos and confusion. Mark my words.
God Bless America!
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Israeli oligarchy occupied Israel
"The real rulers in Washington are invisible and exercise their power from behind the scenes." — Justice Felix Frankfurter, U.S. Supreme Court.
Same goes for Israeli oligarchy occupied Israel.
Israel's Betrayal of the Jews
Israel needs to be left alone
For so long as the Jew has even one ally, he will be convinced - in his smallness of mind - that his salvation came from that ally. It is only when he is alone - against all of his own efforts and frantic attempts - that he will, through no choice, be compelled to turn to G-d.
Meir Kahane
The banding together by the nations of the world against Israel is the guarantee that their time of destruction is near and the final redemption of the Jew at hand.
Meir Kahane
The difference is that if we turn from the Gentile first, we will have the Almighty as the immediate staff and our comfort. If not, we will have neither the Gentile nor, for a terrible stage, the Almighty.
Meir Kahane
Paint Israel Black: Jews to Lose Jerusalem!
Woe to Ariel! (Jerusalem to Suffer EU Occupation)
Europe to Take Out Iran For Jerusalem
www.DavidBenAriel.org
Meir Kahane
The banding together by the nations of the world against Israel is the guarantee that their time of destruction is near and the final redemption of the Jew at hand.
Meir Kahane
The difference is that if we turn from the Gentile first, we will have the Almighty as the immediate staff and our comfort. If not, we will have neither the Gentile nor, for a terrible stage, the Almighty.
Meir Kahane
Paint Israel Black: Jews to Lose Jerusalem!
Woe to Ariel! (Jerusalem to Suffer EU Occupation)
Europe to Take Out Iran For Jerusalem
www.DavidBenAriel.org
Friday, April 11, 2008
Carter aids and abets Hamas terrorists
U.S., Israel criticize Carter plans to see Hamas
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Hypocrites! Hamas was freely and democratically elected, which some of us knew it would be and so question the intelligence (or recognize it confirms the agenda) of globalist George Bush and CFR Condi the zombie Rice.
It is dead wrong for traitor Carter to aid and abet the enemies of the United States and Israel, but traitor Bush is doing it all the time (just like traitor Clinton) - they're two sides of the same coin that short changes us all and sells out our security.
Lying Visions of Peace
Don't Expel Jews From Gaza!
Israel's Only Way Out: Follow Kahane!
www.DavidBenAriel.org
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Hypocrites! Hamas was freely and democratically elected, which some of us knew it would be and so question the intelligence (or recognize it confirms the agenda) of globalist George Bush and CFR Condi the zombie Rice.
It is dead wrong for traitor Carter to aid and abet the enemies of the United States and Israel, but traitor Bush is doing it all the time (just like traitor Clinton) - they're two sides of the same coin that short changes us all and sells out our security.
Lying Visions of Peace
Don't Expel Jews From Gaza!
Israel's Only Way Out: Follow Kahane!
www.DavidBenAriel.org
Thursday, April 10, 2008
"Western Wall good enough for the Pope, but too 'controversial' for Bush"
Haaretz is reporting that US President George Bush will visit Masada during his visit here next month, rather than visiting the Western Wall or the Cave of the Patriarchs, both of which are deemed 'too controversial.' Pope John Paul II visited the Western Wall during a visit here in 2000. Organizers of Bush's planned two-and-a-half-day stay said they had been searching for a symbolic location for the president to visit, but wanted to avoid one that might stir controversy like the Western Wall, Golan Heights or Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron...
"Western Wall good enough for the Pope, but too 'controversial' for Bush"
***********President Bush should make pilgrimage to the Temple Mount, as it is the holiest site in biblical Christianity where Yeshua (Jesus) taught and prayed, as well as the Jewish apostles - oh, but Bush isn't a Bible-believing Christian or he wouldn't aid and abet those who would dismember the Promised Land of Israel - the Jewish Homeland - and pervert parts of it into an accursed "Palestine" or reward terrorism by arming Israel's enemies.
Furthermore, the godless Israeli government enables Muslim occupiers to trample the religious rights of Christians and Jews upon the Temple Mount daily and wouldn't permit Bush to pray or read the Bible there. Thankfully, despite the failings of men, the Temple Mount will soon host the House of Prayer for all Peoples.
www.DavidBenAriel.org
Sunday, April 06, 2008
Absolut Terrorism
Absolute vodka ad aids and abets terrorism against US.
Ad Promotes the expansion of Mexico to California & Arizona
Boycott Absolut for betraying US!
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May 1: Illegal Immigration Day Defused!
Death to America: Major American Cities Targeted by Terrorists?
Ad Promotes the expansion of Mexico to California & Arizona
Boycott Absolut for betraying US!
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May 1: Illegal Immigration Day Defused!
Death to America: Major American Cities Targeted by Terrorists?
Saturday, April 05, 2008
Ronen Porat
The paralysed blogger who logged on to love
04/04/2008
By Lianne Kolirin
RONEN Porat has a lot of friends. Some are from childhood, some are from the army, and dozens upon dozens are people that he has met over the internet.
But Porat is not your average blogger. He shot to fame in Israel in 2003 when his story grabbed at the collective heartstrings of the nation. What made his tale so different from the millions of others floating around in cyberspace were the challenges that he overcame to write it.
Ronen was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in 2000, aged 30. Also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, ALS is the progressive, usually fatal, motor-neuron disease which also affects British physicist Stephen Hawking. Ronen first noticed a weakness in his left hand while playing basketball, dealing cards, and shaking hands. Now it has robbed him of almost all of his physical capabilities.
But inside his paralysed and speechless body, Ronen — who is a graduate in industrial design — remains lucid and alert. Three years into his disease, he emailed the editor of Ynet — the web version of Israeli newspaper Yediot Achronot — with the idea of an online diary. Editor Ilan Itzhayek initially dismissed the email as junk, but fortunately returned to give it a second read.
Ronen “typed” his message with the aid of modern technology. A specially designed device attached to his forehead allowed him to communicate with his laptop. Moved by Ronen’s powerful story and sparkling prose, Itzhayek commissioned the series.
For six months from September 2003, thousands of online fans logged on to Ynet to read Ronen’s compelling blog, dubbed “An Optimistic Journal”. Although it was intended to raise awareness of the disease, the diary was less about ALS and more, as Ronen described it, “a private lens… into my world and my life as a person whose body and speech have been paralysed by a neurological illness”.
The blog spawned a thriving forum and was last month published in its entirety as a book, entitled Eventually, An Angel Will Come. Yet to be translated into English, it includes feedback from forum users, many of whom have since gone on to set up a support group for ALS sufferers and their families.
Contrary to what one might expect, the book does not make for depressing reading. Introducing himself, he writes: “My name is Ronen. I’m 33 years old, divorced, unemployed and I live with my mother. Like George Costanza [from Seinfeld], bar a few minor differences.”
The diary also led Ronen to an unexpected romance. When an old friend whom Ronen describes as his “laptop doctor” emigrated to America, he recommended that his sister, Tali, take over as Ronen’s technical adviser. The pair knew each other from their younger years, but were never close.
Late last year Tali, 37, a divorced mother of two, moved in to the Holon apartment as Ronen’s girlfriend. In his book, Ronen describes Tali as “my reason for getting up in the morning”. According to her, the feeling is mutual.
“He’s my angel, no less than everyone claims that I’m his angel,” she says. “I believe he was sent to me. I don’t believe that I could have loved someone else like this. It’s a special connection.”
Ronen comes across as a likable, ordinary guy whose life has fallen foul of an extraordinary twist of fate. The diary was his link to the outside world, allowing him to share his thoughts, dreams and passions. He writes: “The things I really miss are the small things that everybody has. These include backgammon, football, swimming, eating, picnics and dancing to loud music in front of the TV. Let it be a reminder to you: the big pleasures in life are priceless. They come for free.”
He writes movingly of all the key players in his life, in particular his ex-wife, his dog Soya, his Filipino carer Bobby (“my mashiach”) and his mother Yael, whose life has been blighted by tragedy and loss. Her father perished at the hands of the Nazis, the eldest of her three sons, Yoel, died in the Yom Kippur War, and her husband died from a mysterious neurological disease — which doctors now realise was ALS.
Ronen writes: “But mum says my illness is the worst bomb to fall on her. She says it’s even harder than the death of Yoel. That’s understandable: in 1973 she had a family around her to share her grief. Today she goes to sleep alone, with nobody to cry to. But you’d never know it to meet her. Sorrow hides its ugly face.”
Over the last couple of years, the muscles in Ronen’s neck and forehead have weakened, making it virtually impossible for him to type. Yet the publication of his book has resurrected the interest in his story — and particularly in his newly added instalments.
And it also enabled him to find love with Tali. As she helped Ronen with his IT needs, the communication between them grew. She also helped to design a letter board which enabled Ronen to “speak”.
She recalls: “I came to look after the computer, but then saw that I could make things easier for him.Then we started communicating more.
“Slowly, though, I started to notice something different. I would stand in front of him with the board and feel shy. To look in his eyes did something to me. It’s hard to accept that you are falling in love with somebody who is paralysed. I tried to work out if it was pity, but I had butterflies when I stood in front of him with the board. He would look at me and I would get all confused.
“We have disagreements like all couples, and even arguments — but it all takes place on the board. I have had situations where we are arguing and I want to leave.
“You want to leave so that he will chase after you, but there’s none of that so you don’t go, and that gives him the opportunity to say what he really wants to say. Disagreements and arguments end within moments.
“We have a relationship like other people, but it’s different. There’s a lot of love, feeling and understanding.”
She adds: “The only thing that I often miss is the chance to speak to him, to simply hear his voice. In my dreams he’s often laughing with me and speaking to me.”
Tragically, Ronen is no longer able to continue writing, and today his only means of communicating is through subtle eye movements that only Tali can understand.
Working hard to try and find another alternative for him, she says: “He manages to say what he wants, but it isn’t what it was. He still has some movement in his mouth, so I hope to try and work out some kind of solution for him.”
The cause of ALS remains unknown and there is no cure. Life expectancy varies, but only 10 per cent of sufferers survive for more than a decade.
“I can’t think about it,” says Tali. “I can’t think about a day when I will get up in the morning and Ronen won’t be in this world, in my world. I can’t imagine my life without Ronen.”
In December 2007, Ronen “wrote”: “My Tali is the happy ending that makes everything better, the big miracle that befell me after all the words and letters ran out. She loves me, I love her. A lot, more than anything in the world. I would never have imagined that she could happen to me. Because of her, I’ve started to believe that maybe there is such a thing as life after death.”
04/04/2008
By Lianne Kolirin
RONEN Porat has a lot of friends. Some are from childhood, some are from the army, and dozens upon dozens are people that he has met over the internet.
But Porat is not your average blogger. He shot to fame in Israel in 2003 when his story grabbed at the collective heartstrings of the nation. What made his tale so different from the millions of others floating around in cyberspace were the challenges that he overcame to write it.
Ronen was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in 2000, aged 30. Also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, ALS is the progressive, usually fatal, motor-neuron disease which also affects British physicist Stephen Hawking. Ronen first noticed a weakness in his left hand while playing basketball, dealing cards, and shaking hands. Now it has robbed him of almost all of his physical capabilities.
But inside his paralysed and speechless body, Ronen — who is a graduate in industrial design — remains lucid and alert. Three years into his disease, he emailed the editor of Ynet — the web version of Israeli newspaper Yediot Achronot — with the idea of an online diary. Editor Ilan Itzhayek initially dismissed the email as junk, but fortunately returned to give it a second read.
Ronen “typed” his message with the aid of modern technology. A specially designed device attached to his forehead allowed him to communicate with his laptop. Moved by Ronen’s powerful story and sparkling prose, Itzhayek commissioned the series.
For six months from September 2003, thousands of online fans logged on to Ynet to read Ronen’s compelling blog, dubbed “An Optimistic Journal”. Although it was intended to raise awareness of the disease, the diary was less about ALS and more, as Ronen described it, “a private lens… into my world and my life as a person whose body and speech have been paralysed by a neurological illness”.
The blog spawned a thriving forum and was last month published in its entirety as a book, entitled Eventually, An Angel Will Come. Yet to be translated into English, it includes feedback from forum users, many of whom have since gone on to set up a support group for ALS sufferers and their families.
Contrary to what one might expect, the book does not make for depressing reading. Introducing himself, he writes: “My name is Ronen. I’m 33 years old, divorced, unemployed and I live with my mother. Like George Costanza [from Seinfeld], bar a few minor differences.”
The diary also led Ronen to an unexpected romance. When an old friend whom Ronen describes as his “laptop doctor” emigrated to America, he recommended that his sister, Tali, take over as Ronen’s technical adviser. The pair knew each other from their younger years, but were never close.
Late last year Tali, 37, a divorced mother of two, moved in to the Holon apartment as Ronen’s girlfriend. In his book, Ronen describes Tali as “my reason for getting up in the morning”. According to her, the feeling is mutual.
“He’s my angel, no less than everyone claims that I’m his angel,” she says. “I believe he was sent to me. I don’t believe that I could have loved someone else like this. It’s a special connection.”
Ronen comes across as a likable, ordinary guy whose life has fallen foul of an extraordinary twist of fate. The diary was his link to the outside world, allowing him to share his thoughts, dreams and passions. He writes: “The things I really miss are the small things that everybody has. These include backgammon, football, swimming, eating, picnics and dancing to loud music in front of the TV. Let it be a reminder to you: the big pleasures in life are priceless. They come for free.”
He writes movingly of all the key players in his life, in particular his ex-wife, his dog Soya, his Filipino carer Bobby (“my mashiach”) and his mother Yael, whose life has been blighted by tragedy and loss. Her father perished at the hands of the Nazis, the eldest of her three sons, Yoel, died in the Yom Kippur War, and her husband died from a mysterious neurological disease — which doctors now realise was ALS.
Ronen writes: “But mum says my illness is the worst bomb to fall on her. She says it’s even harder than the death of Yoel. That’s understandable: in 1973 she had a family around her to share her grief. Today she goes to sleep alone, with nobody to cry to. But you’d never know it to meet her. Sorrow hides its ugly face.”
Over the last couple of years, the muscles in Ronen’s neck and forehead have weakened, making it virtually impossible for him to type. Yet the publication of his book has resurrected the interest in his story — and particularly in his newly added instalments.
And it also enabled him to find love with Tali. As she helped Ronen with his IT needs, the communication between them grew. She also helped to design a letter board which enabled Ronen to “speak”.
She recalls: “I came to look after the computer, but then saw that I could make things easier for him.Then we started communicating more.
“Slowly, though, I started to notice something different. I would stand in front of him with the board and feel shy. To look in his eyes did something to me. It’s hard to accept that you are falling in love with somebody who is paralysed. I tried to work out if it was pity, but I had butterflies when I stood in front of him with the board. He would look at me and I would get all confused.
“We have disagreements like all couples, and even arguments — but it all takes place on the board. I have had situations where we are arguing and I want to leave.
“You want to leave so that he will chase after you, but there’s none of that so you don’t go, and that gives him the opportunity to say what he really wants to say. Disagreements and arguments end within moments.
“We have a relationship like other people, but it’s different. There’s a lot of love, feeling and understanding.”
She adds: “The only thing that I often miss is the chance to speak to him, to simply hear his voice. In my dreams he’s often laughing with me and speaking to me.”
Tragically, Ronen is no longer able to continue writing, and today his only means of communicating is through subtle eye movements that only Tali can understand.
Working hard to try and find another alternative for him, she says: “He manages to say what he wants, but it isn’t what it was. He still has some movement in his mouth, so I hope to try and work out some kind of solution for him.”
The cause of ALS remains unknown and there is no cure. Life expectancy varies, but only 10 per cent of sufferers survive for more than a decade.
“I can’t think about it,” says Tali. “I can’t think about a day when I will get up in the morning and Ronen won’t be in this world, in my world. I can’t imagine my life without Ronen.”
In December 2007, Ronen “wrote”: “My Tali is the happy ending that makes everything better, the big miracle that befell me after all the words and letters ran out. She loves me, I love her. A lot, more than anything in the world. I would never have imagined that she could happen to me. Because of her, I’ve started to believe that maybe there is such a thing as life after death.”
Have you lost your head?
Re: An Open Letter to the Secretary of State of the United States of America [ Post 296161313, reply to 296160765 ]
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MORE importantly, the bible warns of idiots easily fooled by the clever deception of the devil.
Yes, they fall too easily for the Roman Catholic Cult and its spin-off daughters, counterfeit Christianity, swallowing the Babylonian Mystery religion hook, line and sinker and get very angry when it’s exposed that their wannabe divine emperor (Constantine and Catholic company of sorcerer-popes) has no clothes.
C.H. Spurgeon on Christmas and Roman Catholicism
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It warns of fools who can easily be identified by the content of their heart. They is identified by the false sense of righteousness in committing murder. Know what I mean david?
Yes, the Nazi-Muslims who commit mass murder and think they’re going to a heavenly harem and smoke hash, and who state publicly they wish they had more children to blow themselves up for their demon god, more children to sacrifice to their bloody moon god, and such bloody idiots are aided and abetted by those with an insane jealousy, a murderous hatred of Jesus’ brethren, the Jews. They’ve been warned.
Megillat Bush - The Bush Scroll
It must really disturb you and your demonic kind that it’s prophesied Yeshua will be received by His Jewish brethren, will return and reign from Jerusalem and teach Torah (not the Koran) from the holy Temple (not a mosque or cathedral) and all nations will be commanded to keep the biblical Sabbath, biblical festivals and biblical dietary laws or die. Idolatrous traditions and religious lies will be history!
Do You Prefer TRADITION Over Truth?
The REAL JESUS Can’t Return Until...
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NO WHERE does God make murder acceptable for one of his children towards another of his children.
I doubt the Nazi-Muslims will listen to you. Why aid and abet them? Have you lost your head?
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You work for and support Satan david, you think you work for God but by the time you realize you have been had, it will be too late.
Doesn’t say much for your spiritual perception when you accuse our Great Creator God, the God of the Bible, the God of Israel, of being "Satan." What I say is persistent and consistent with the Scriptures, unlike your madness and myths.
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The fact that you support the forced removal of the Arab and the murder of them if they don’t move is the first indicator you are under the spell of the master of deception and the owner of this world.
The fact that you’re either woefully ignorant or willfully ignorant that our Great Creator God, the God of the Bible, the God of Israel COMMANDS that Israel’s sworn enemies (like the Nazi Muslims) must be expelled and or destroyed shows you have been duped by the devil who the Nazi Muslims worship, the Islamoonies.
If and whenever, on those rare occasions, Israel removes the threat Nazi Muslims pose to the innocent Jewish men, women, children and babies in strollers (and even tourists), it is not murder (as practiced by the hostile Arabs) - it is self-defense, part of national security, and such hostile Arabs, Nazi Muslims, are not children of God since they clearly oppose His Word and Will (and murder His Jewish children - where’s your condemnation of their atrocities?) and refuse to submit and continue to suffer for their stupidity. Are you reprobate since you fail to grasp this or refuse to face this reality? God knows.
Christians Reject "Palestine" for the Promised Land of Israel
Israel’s Only Way Out: Follow Kahane!
Why Israel Will Survive a Nuclear Holocaust
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
The Danger That Is Europe
Bible Prophecy States EU to Form Core Group
EU industry commissioner Gunter Verheugen, when asked by the German daily Die Welt how he sees the European Union in 20 years' time, responded: "I believe… we will have a political union, but maybe not with all states that now form part of the EU."
Bavarian Pope Entrusts Germany to Lead Europe, Others Wary of Grand Inquisitor
The "holy Roman" arrived in Munich to galvanize the underground forces ready to spring into action to revive the empire of the German Nation, all allegedly in service to Europa - a damsel in distress - and in pagan devotion to "Mary"...
The Intelligence Summit Misses the Mark: the German-Jesuit Threat to World Peace
The whole world has been focusing on Islamic terrorism, as is understandable, but the greatest threat to world peace is the German-dominated European Union! The United States has foolishly been helping to create such a Frankenstein Monster that will brutally betray both the American, British and Jewish peoples.
Is Germany in Danger of Backsliding?
We left it up to the Germans to "deNazify" their country! Now Germany appears to be backsliding as the Nazi German spirit is beginning to stir again, getting ready to break free from imposed shackles with a fury, and come back with a vengeance from the abyss, threatening to wreak havoc upon the world.
Europe's Bitter Roots
As prophesied, there were four Gentile superpowers: Babylon, the Medes and Persians, Greco-Macedonian, and Rome (Dan. 2:31-45). These are the roots Europe would do well to research.
Germany's Fourth Reich Spreads Its Wings Over the World
Those who strongly disagree with the "European Union" forging ahead, the Euro-skeptics, state sovereignty is under attack and that the EU is going backwards, descending into the darkness of fascism, not advancing democratic ideals but sacrificing them with impunity.
The Secret Nazis
Herbert W. Armstrong warned the Nazis only went underground and a declassified US document confirms it...
Sorcerer-Pope to Bewitch Europe and Mislead the Masses
Watch for the pagan sorcerer-pope to start performing many supernatural deeds, counterfeit miracles, to mislead the masses and get them eating out of his hand to support the Vatican's elect to "defend" Europe and "Western Christian Civilization" and murder any who oppose them.
Germany Behind the Mask
For over 50 years, Herbert W. Armstrong warned that a German-led European combine would thresh the nations. When Germany lay in ashes after WWII, Mr. Armstrong had no doubt Germany would be back with a vengeance and he pounded this theme home through the pages of The Plain Truth magazine read by millions worldwide.
Jews Don't Follow Judaism
Why do Jews prefer to remain in a self-imposed exile? Doesn't Judaism teach Jews belong in the Promised Land of Israel? Isn't it the Jewish Homeland?
Will The Atlantic Times address the German threat?
It is not in Germany's mind today, or its present peaceful people, to wage war against us, but that will all change overnight, after a head-on collision with the Islamic leader of a confederation of Muslim states, their mahdi, whetting Europe's appetite for more blood and morphing the...
Is a World Dictator About to Appear?
The Plain Truth magazine announced in 1966, “Just as the Catholic Church once interposed her order on nations and peoples, she again is proposing to establish a ‘Christian order’ which alone is able to guarantee peace. To this goal the resources of the Church now are directed.’ So said the late Pope Pius in a Christmas broadcast on December 24, 1951” (Plain Truth, July 1966)....
The EU is a German Ruse
Bill Cash, MP, questions "The German Question" [The European Journal, April 2007] "of what and where is Europe?" when "Germany has not even established her own national identity, which remains strikingly unstable even after reunification... let alone found a directing principle which can hold the ramshackle European Union together...".
Bavarian Pope to Sweep Europe Off its Feet?
Watch for the pagan sorcerer-pope to start performing many supernatural deeds, counterfeit miracles, to mislead the masses and get them eating out of his hand to support the Vatican's elect to "defend" Europe and "Western Christian Civilization" and murder any who oppose them.
Catholic Europe in Vogue?
Are the Europeans about to restore the power and influence of their respective Royals? In Rome's mind, only an IMPERIAL RESTORATION can save mankind! That explains why the present pontiff has proclaimed that he's on a mission from God to unite Europe from the Atlantic to the Urals. How? By remodeling Europe after the grand design of the "Holy Roman Empire."
Jews practice for Passover sacrifice
(IsraelNN.com) Animal rights group "Tnoo Lachayot Lichyot" ("Let the Animals Live") is threatening to take legal action to prevent the Jewish Temple movement from carrying out an educational demonstration of the Pesach (Passover) sacrifice next week...
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
An Open Letter to the Secretary of State of the United States of America
The concept of an Arab Palestine was born with the PLO in 1964. It was a brilliant public relations ploy to change the image of an overwhelming Arab united front fighting a tiny Jewish State to appear as if a gigantic Jewish State was oppressing a tiny Arab minority. This ploy was the most successful lie to be perpetuated upon the world in its entire history.
Audio: Libby Kahane: Wife of Rabbi Meir Kahane
(IsraelNN.com) A7 Radio's "The Tamar Yonah Show"
What was it like being married to the dynamic and controversial 'Rabbi Meir Kahane'? What was it like to have your husband assassinated and your son and daughter-in-law killed in another targeted shooting? Libby Kahane, documents the life of Rabbi Meir Kahane with stories and photographs, as she gives us a glimpse into their lives and tells us what motivated Rabbi Kahane to fight for Jews worldwide. Her book, "RABBI MEIR KAHANE: His Life and Thought (Volume One: 1932-1975)" is now on sale and reveals some fascinating information and stories about this modern Jewish leader.
What was it like being married to the dynamic and controversial 'Rabbi Meir Kahane'? What was it like to have your husband assassinated and your son and daughter-in-law killed in another targeted shooting? Libby Kahane, documents the life of Rabbi Meir Kahane with stories and photographs, as she gives us a glimpse into their lives and tells us what motivated Rabbi Kahane to fight for Jews worldwide. Her book, "RABBI MEIR KAHANE: His Life and Thought (Volume One: 1932-1975)" is now on sale and reveals some fascinating information and stories about this modern Jewish leader.
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