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Newsweek Quotes Rebbe Nachman

If Newsweek is quoting Rebbe Nachman of Breslev, then Moshiach is just around the corner. Na Nach Nachman from Newsweek - I love it...

A tip of the white kipa to our friend Eliezer Belne for this post

Fooling a Fool

One of the characteristics of fools is they want to be fooled. Fools exercise their power of free choice to ignore the truth, or to distort it in order to fit the mold of their foolish ideology.

At this moment, Haaretz.com (Israel's Leftist newspaper and website) features a photo of Hamas leader Khaled Meshal with the following caption underneath: "Hamas leader Khaled Meshal in Damascus in June. Meshal's relocation to Sudan is seen as a sign of Syria's commitment to peace talks with Israel."

Meanwhile, Hamas vigorously denies that Meshal has left Syria, and reaffirms its strong ties to Syria.

Israel's corrupt leadership and the self-hating Israeli left are going out of there way to prove that Syria's President Assad is more benign that Winnie the Pooh and just as innocent (see above photos - in case you don't know, Winnie is the image on the left and Assad the one on the right). Syrian expatriate Farid Ghadry, head of the Syrian Reform Party, doesn't seem to think so. He says, "Notice how fast, in the middle of peace negotiations with Israel, Assad has jumped to Moscow to attempt to conclude an arms deal that would make his regime exponentially more dangerous regardless of whether peace with Israel is a certainty or a game of showmanship. Notice as well how impulsively Assad ignited further the precarious Georgian-Russian situation by reminding the world that Cold War era may not be over. I ask Israel: Is there any doubt in your mind as to Assad's danger and reckless behavior?"

Don't forget that Syria is arming to the gills. Don't forget that Syria is smuggling thousands of tons of lethal weapons into Lebanon and the hands of Hizbolla. Don't forget that Syria continues to strengthen its ties with its closest ally Iran. That notwithstanding, the foolish anti-emuna anti-truth Israeli government and leftist media want us to believe their silly "sign of Syria's commitment to peace talks with Israel." Any fool that believes such nonsense deserves to be fooled. May Hashem save us from such foolishness.

Syria, Iran, and the Uncle-Tom Media

The anti-emuna Uncle-Tom Israeli media in its smug arrogance truly believes that the average reader is an imbecile. While preparing public opinion to accept a suicide Golan surrender to Syria, the Jerusalem Post is quoting Maariv in its headline that says "Syria is willing to cut Iran ties for peace with Israel." After the banner headline, the Jerusalem Post hints their own article lacks credibility and says, "The Jerusalem Post could not confirm the report." What journalism...

Meanwhile, just walk across the street to the Arab media, and you'll find Syrian leader Assad in Tehran hugging Achmedinejad, while both are looking for new ways to enhance Syrian-Iranian cooperation. Duh...

Be very selective about what you read, and even more selective about what you believe.

Caught Red-Handed

The difference between the world of Torah and the outside world can be summarized in two sentences: The world of Torah first clarifies what's true, and then builds opinions accordingly. The outside world first forms opinions according to its own interests and bodily appetites, and then builds an ersatz "truth" around those opinions.

We normally don't blow the whistle on Israel's leftist, vehemently anti-religious and self-despising media. Jew haters have to work hard to equal the systematic hatred that the Israeli media sows in the minds of its audience against ultra-religious Jews, settlers, Jewish minorities, and especially ultra-religious settlers. We don't want to send them a single additional reader. Nevertheless, Emuna News finds it necessary to expose what appears to be deliberate misinformation on behalf of Haaretz.com.

Haaretz quotes IDF Home Front Commander General Yair Golan as telling a Knesset committee that "Reinforcing private homes in Sderot is our last priority," basing himself on statistics that during 2006, 1,488 Qassam rockets were fired towards Israel in contrast to the 1,150 that were fired in 2007. In other words, according to Haaretz, General Golan was telling the Knesset that there were 30% less Qassams in 2007 than in 2006. True, but Haaretz conveniently gives half the truth and fails to report that General Golan also gave the stats of Qassams in 2008. Haaretz would like us to think that everything is hunky-dory in Sderot and the nearby kibbutzim and moshavim. They should be required by law to move their editorial offices from Tel Aviv to Sderot for a week.

Debka.com paints a different, unslanted picture. Debka writes, "Homeland Front commander Maj. Gen. Yair Golan reported to a Knesset panel Feb.19 that 400 Qassam missiles were fired at Israeli civilian locations bordering on the Gaza Strip in the first six weeks of 2008. This brings the monthly rate of fire to roughly 265 - more than double that of the last two years. If this rate is sustained, Sderot and its environs will be assaulted by more than 2,500 Palestinian missiles by the end of this year, compared a total of 1,500 missiles in 2006 and 1,150 in 2007. Already the average has risen. Monday, 16 Qassam missiles exploded on the Israeli side of the Gaza border causing heavy damage and tens of shock victims."

Haaretz has been caught red-handed (do you like the pun? I'd laugh if it weren't so sad). They write what they write because they don't have to give a detailed report to Hashem every day accounting for what they've done that day. The problem is that when a person doesn't do daily teshuva, the day comes when all the markers will be called in. Emuna News encourages our non-emuna friends in the Israeli media to do teshuva - now. Where do they start? We suggest they try telling the truth.

A Site with a Soul

Here's the surprise I promised you before Shabbat: Meet Breslev Israel's newly refurbished English website, BreslovWorld. In addition to weekly articles by Rav Shalom Arush shlit'a and by yours truly, there's a whole cyber gift-basket of new goodies, such as a weekly lesson in Kabbalah, a weekly Breslev Kids page, and a special column for our cherished Noahide friends, that we'll all enjoy reading.

Maybe the biggest surprise you'll have is by meeting Breslev Israel's new English-language editor, right here. Go pay him a visit; you'll be more than welcome, just like you are here at the Beams. Have a great week!