October 27, 2015
Dear Preachers:
On the first Monday of March, 1977, Dr. Bill Blair came to my office to welcome me to OKC. Below you will see a picture I took yesterday in Cattleman’s Restaurant of Bill’s Son, Paul Blair, Colonel Guy Biton, an Oklahoma Cowboy, Colonel Aharon Formoza, and a second OKIE Cowboy. Paul Blair is one of the finest Christians I have ever known. What a blessing it would have been to grow up in a CHRISTIAN HOME, rather than in a HEATHEN HOME as ole Jim Vineyard did. Praise the LORD with your help and support, PREACHERS, we get to be FRIENDS [YEDIDIM] of the JEWS in this very time.
Now, below, see a couple of articles about our friend, Defense Minister Moshe ‘Boogie’ Ya’alon who came to Israel to meet with our Defense people:
Ya'alon, Carter begin talks on maintaining Israeli military edge
"We will fight terror and win, because we have no other choice," defense minister vows.
Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon speaks in Washington. (photo credit:ARIEL HERMONI / DEFENSE MINISTRY)
Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon and US Secretary of State Ash Carter have begun talks on the defense package Washington will offer Israel for the next decade, following the Iran nuclear deal.
Ya'alon, who is in the US on an official visit to discuss the defense package, spoke Monday night at the Israeli Embassy in Washington at a memorial event marking 20 years since the assassination of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin.
"During this visit, I will be meeting with my good friend Secretary of Defense Ashton (Ash) Carter, who has time and again proven his commitment to the security of the State of Israel," Ya'alon said.
"We will discuss how to further increase the IDF’s capacity and capabilities to maintain our qualitative edge, given increased and growing regional threats on the security of our country," Ya'alon added.
Ya'alon spoke at length about Rabin's life and deep involvement in the defense establishment at all levels.
"Today, 20 years later [after the assassination], the United States is Israel’s greatest friend. Its contribution to our security is tremendous and is truly our strategic cornerstone," he said.
"The relationship between the United States and Israel is based on shared values and interests, and is clearly expressed in the strong ties between our defense establishments, armed forces and intelligence agencies," said the defense minister.
Ya'alon thanked "the American people, President Barack Obama and the Congress, for your contribution and commitment to our security. There is no truer friend of Israel than the United States of America. And no difference of opinion can harm this relationship."
Earlier this month,the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Joseph Dunford, visited Israel on his first official overseas visit since recently taking up his post.
Ya'alon also addressed the series of ongoing Palestinian attacks on Israelis, saying that "an intense wave of terror attacks" is being "perpetrated by Palestinians, who have been driven by incitement and lies against the State of Israel. This is an opportunity to say it again, loud and clear: we extend our hand in peace to our Palestinian neighbors. The State of Israel is not violating the status quo on the Temple Mount, whatsoever. This is a lie. We uphold freedom of religion and respect the beliefs of every person."
"We will fight terror and win, because we have no other choice," Ya'alon vowed.
Earlier in October, Israel's Ambassador to the US Ron Dermer said Israel and the United States have resumed talks on future defense aid that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suspended in protest at the Iran nuclear deal.
"Israel hopes that the discussions we are now engaged in will culminate in a long-term agreement that will dramatically upgrade Israel's ability to defend itself by itself against any threat and enable Israel to address the enormous challenges we now face in the region," Dermer said in a Facebook post.
The allies had been looking to agree on a 10-year aid package to extend the current US grants to Israel worth $3 billion annually, which are due to expire in 2017. But Netanyahu froze negotiations ahead of the July deal reached between Iran and world powers.
"With the nuclear deal now moving ahead, Israel is also moving ahead, hoping to forge a common policy with the United States to address the continuing dangers posed by Iran," Dermer said.
"Discussions over a new Memorandum of Understanding between Israel and the United States, which had been on hold for some time, resumed this past week in Washington," he said, using a term for the defense-aid agreement.
Before the suspension, the two sides were close to a new package of grants worth $3.6 billion to $3.7 billion a year, US and Israeli officials have said. They have predicted that the amount could rise further as Israel argues that it needs more aid to off-set a likely windfall for Iran in sanctions relief which might be used to finance Iran's regional proxies.
Ya'alon, who is in the US on an official visit to discuss the defense package, spoke Monday night at the Israeli Embassy in Washington at a memorial event marking 20 years since the assassination of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin.
"During this visit, I will be meeting with my good friend Secretary of Defense Ashton (Ash) Carter, who has time and again proven his commitment to the security of the State of Israel," Ya'alon said.
"We will discuss how to further increase the IDF’s capacity and capabilities to maintain our qualitative edge, given increased and growing regional threats on the security of our country," Ya'alon added.
Ya'alon spoke at length about Rabin's life and deep involvement in the defense establishment at all levels.
"Today, 20 years later [after the assassination], the United States is Israel’s greatest friend. Its contribution to our security is tremendous and is truly our strategic cornerstone," he said.
"The relationship between the United States and Israel is based on shared values and interests, and is clearly expressed in the strong ties between our defense establishments, armed forces and intelligence agencies," said the defense minister.
Ya'alon thanked "the American people, President Barack Obama and the Congress, for your contribution and commitment to our security. There is no truer friend of Israel than the United States of America. And no difference of opinion can harm this relationship."
Earlier this month,the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Joseph Dunford, visited Israel on his first official overseas visit since recently taking up his post.
Ya'alon also addressed the series of ongoing Palestinian attacks on Israelis, saying that "an intense wave of terror attacks" is being "perpetrated by Palestinians, who have been driven by incitement and lies against the State of Israel. This is an opportunity to say it again, loud and clear: we extend our hand in peace to our Palestinian neighbors. The State of Israel is not violating the status quo on the Temple Mount, whatsoever. This is a lie. We uphold freedom of religion and respect the beliefs of every person."
"We will fight terror and win, because we have no other choice," Ya'alon vowed.
Earlier in October, Israel's Ambassador to the US Ron Dermer said Israel and the United States have resumed talks on future defense aid that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suspended in protest at the Iran nuclear deal.
"Israel hopes that the discussions we are now engaged in will culminate in a long-term agreement that will dramatically upgrade Israel's ability to defend itself by itself against any threat and enable Israel to address the enormous challenges we now face in the region," Dermer said in a Facebook post.
The allies had been looking to agree on a 10-year aid package to extend the current US grants to Israel worth $3 billion annually, which are due to expire in 2017. But Netanyahu froze negotiations ahead of the July deal reached between Iran and world powers.
"With the nuclear deal now moving ahead, Israel is also moving ahead, hoping to forge a common policy with the United States to address the continuing dangers posed by Iran," Dermer said.
"Discussions over a new Memorandum of Understanding between Israel and the United States, which had been on hold for some time, resumed this past week in Washington," he said, using a term for the defense-aid agreement.
Before the suspension, the two sides were close to a new package of grants worth $3.6 billion to $3.7 billion a year, US and Israeli officials have said. They have predicted that the amount could rise further as Israel argues that it needs more aid to off-set a likely windfall for Iran in sanctions relief which might be used to finance Iran's regional proxies.
ANOTHER ARTICLE: “The Palestinians didn’t come to the [negotiating] table even when we froze construction,” defense minister said.
Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon attends a news conference in Tel Aviv. (photo credit:REUTERS)
Israel plans to continue to build responsibly in Judea and Samaria, Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon said on Sunday, attempting to dispel rumors that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had promised the Americans he would stop Jewish building in the West Bank.
“We haven’t frozen construction,” Ya’alon told Israel Radio. “No decision was taken to do so.”
The only freeze Netanyahu has ever imposed was a moratorium on settlement starts for ten months from November 2009 to September 2010. That moratorium was the result of American pressure, but in the end, it didn’t lead to anything, Ya’alon noted.
“Since then we have been building,” he said.
One of the Palestinians’ criteria for the resumption of talks with Israel is a freeze on settlement construction and Jewish building in Judea and Samaria. It has also turned to the International Criminal Court, which has yet to make a decision on the issue.
The US has termed such construction as harmful to the peace process, but Ya’alon said he didn’t believe that halting building over the pre- 1967 lines would move the peace process forward. “The Palestinians didn’t come to the [negotiating] table even when we froze construction,” Ya’alon said.
Israel, he said, has continued to build responsibly in Judea and Samaria with an understanding that such activity is under “unjust” intense international scrutiny, both legally with regard to the ICC and from the UN Security Council.
On Saturday night, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also issued a tweet in which he said, “Israel has not made any commitments not to authorize new building in Judea and Samaria.”
But settlers have argued for months that there is a de-facto freeze, because Netanyahu has failed to advance plans that would allow construction to continue in the future.
“We haven’t frozen construction,” Ya’alon told Israel Radio. “No decision was taken to do so.”
The only freeze Netanyahu has ever imposed was a moratorium on settlement starts for ten months from November 2009 to September 2010. That moratorium was the result of American pressure, but in the end, it didn’t lead to anything, Ya’alon noted.
“Since then we have been building,” he said.
One of the Palestinians’ criteria for the resumption of talks with Israel is a freeze on settlement construction and Jewish building in Judea and Samaria. It has also turned to the International Criminal Court, which has yet to make a decision on the issue.
The US has termed such construction as harmful to the peace process, but Ya’alon said he didn’t believe that halting building over the pre- 1967 lines would move the peace process forward. “The Palestinians didn’t come to the [negotiating] table even when we froze construction,” Ya’alon said.
Israel, he said, has continued to build responsibly in Judea and Samaria with an understanding that such activity is under “unjust” intense international scrutiny, both legally with regard to the ICC and from the UN Security Council.
On Saturday night, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also issued a tweet in which he said, “Israel has not made any commitments not to authorize new building in Judea and Samaria.”
But settlers have argued for months that there is a de-facto freeze, because Netanyahu has failed to advance plans that would allow construction to continue in the future.
BRETHREN, there is no acceptable excuse to murder Jews. However, ‘useful idiots’ continue try to come up for “explanations” for this “latest wave” of Wild Donkey Replacement Doctrine Reject terrorists attacks hitting the Jews. You probably remember how . Indian-born Author Salman Rushdie once called this phenomenon the "but brigade": It's not OK to commit murder, but … (insert excuse: settlements, poverty, and so on).
If anyone is still unconvinced of the enormous psychological revolution that U.S. President Barack Obama has generated in his country, I invite them to review the obtuse American accusation that Israel uses "excessive force" against Arab terrorists who murder Jews; revisit the White House's call on "both sides" to refrain from violence; re-examine the mechanical explanation U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry provided for the recent rise in Palestinian violence: Palestinian "frustration" with Israel's "massive increase in settlements," of course.
These types of responses, seeking to somehow excuse the murder of Jews, are essentially a justification for the Arab acts of murder committed against us. It is not about the rocky relationship between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Obama. It is about the West convincing itself of "Western guilt" for what has come to be known as "crimes of colonialism." It is about the substitution of civil rights with "human rights" and accepting the "occupied Palestine" narrative. It is about turning Israel into the West's scapegoat.
In the 1980s, journalist and philosopher Jean-Francois Revel published his book "How Democracies Perish." To paraphrase his point, the conflict between Islam and the West is like a soccer game, in which one of the teams limits itself from crossing the half-way line, while the other team plays freely in the opponent's penalty box.
While Islam views its opponents (even those who do not pose an active threat) as undermining its existence and therefore seeks to exterminate them, the West views subversive groups that threaten its existence as valid adversaries with whom they disagree.
NOW BRETHREN, WITH YOU PRAYERS AND FINANCIAL HELP, THIS 75-1/2 YEAR OLD CODGER GETS TO STAND WITH THE JEWS. HE COULD NOT DO IT WITHOUT YOUR HELP.
BY THE WAY I HAVE TO MAKE A $5500.00 PAYMENT 11-4-15 ON THE FEB. 2016 TRIP. IF YOU COULD HELP ME WITH THAT I WOULD BE MUCH OBLIGED, AND GOD WILL BLESS YOU FOR YOUR ARE DOING SOMETHING FOR THE JEWS.
BY THE WAY I HAVE TO MAKE A $5500.00 PAYMENT 11-4-15 ON THE FEB. 2016 TRIP. IF YOU COULD HELP ME WITH THAT I WOULD BE MUCH OBLIGED, AND GOD WILL BLESS YOU FOR YOUR ARE DOING SOMETHING FOR THE JEWS.
I DO WISH YOU COULD HAVE BEEN WITH US SUNDAY NIGHT SO YOU COULD HAVE HEARD HOW COLONEL GUY BITON CAME THROUGH THE FENCE OUT OF LEBANON BACK IN AUGUST OF 2006 AS GIVATI SPECIAL FORCES COMMANDER AND HOW ONE OF HIS OFFICERS SAID, “THERE IS SOMEONE WANTING TO MEET YOU.” GUY SAID HE ASKED, “WHO IS HE?” HE SAID THE OFFICER ANSWERED “I DON’T KNOW.” THEN GUY SAID, “THERE STOOD DR. VINEYARD.” WHAT A BLESSING GUY BITON WAS IN BEING WITH US FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS.
PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF JERUSALEM!
JIM VINEYARD
YEDIDIM OF ISRAEL
