Likud MK Chanoch Milwidsky made an emotional speech in the Knesset on Thursday, slamming the intentions of some politicians to “disintegrate the foundation of Am Yisrael” and saying that “as a Jew, I will not lend a hand to the destruction of the Olam HaTorah.”
“Our adherence to the mesorah, to the Torah, is what protected Am Yisrael throughout the years,” he said. “That’s the basis of Am Yisrael. I’m saying this as a secular person, not as a Chareidi, not as someone who has a vested interest in the Chareidim.”
He slammed Reform Rabbi and Labor MK Gilad Kariv, “who said that if a left-wing government is established, he’ll nationalize Chareidi chinuch. And we heard the head of his party, Yair Golan, saying that the Chareidim must be recruited to the regular army in order to ‘secularize’ Chareidi society.”
“And one of the main activists of the Labor party says in front of the cameras that they have a plan to ‘take care’ of the Chareidi demographic through the closure of Chareidi mosdos. That’s how they’ll decrease the Chareidi demographic. These are the people who speak in the name of ‘enlightenment,’ the people who speak in the name of ‘progress.'”
“I don’t understand the members of Yesh Atid, National Unity, and Yisrael Beiteinu—how are you going along with this? How are your knees not trembling? How are you not frightened to fight against the very thing that protected Am Yisrael all these years?”
“And it’s not that we don’t need soldiers. But no soldier will help us if we break what unites and sustains us. And what unites and sustains us is Judaism. No Western value that people invented in the last 200 years will sustain us—only Toras Yisrael and Mesoras Yisrael that were conveyed to us from the Borei Olam.”
Earlier on Thursday, Milwidsky slammed the chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Yuli Edelstein, for reneging on the agreement with the Chareidim on the draft law.
Speaking in an interview with Kol Chai Radio, Milwidsky said, “The draft presented to the Chareidim was different than the one they were promised. Yuli made significant changes [including biometric tracking of bnei yeshivos], which led to a deep crisis of trust.”
“The Chareidim are right. The whole idea of implementing biometric tracking in yeshivos is outrageous. Treating lomdei Torah and Rabbanim as if they’re lying unless proven otherwise is something I cannot accept.”
...Huckabee has taken increasingly hostile steps to establish the United States as the protectorate of missions in the Jewish state, to effectively turn Israel into an American mutassarifate, where Christian communities are privileged and missionary activities protected, where Israel is reduced militarily to an American protectorate, and where Israel’s domestic politics is openly outsourced to Washington.
Israel’s cooperation with the American Evangelical community, as with any group, should be conducted without any delusions of altruism. The Evangelical caucus’ sympathy to Israel is no unconditional covenant of faith and friendship but actually a calculated pressure campaign to secure the future of Christianity in the “Holy Land.”
So long as Israel deludes itself with the myth of the altruistic Evangelical ally, it risks exposing itself to a foreign interest group with interests that contradict with those of the Jewish people.
This has been an excerpt only. Read it in its entirety here.
...it would still be a Chr*stian ministry; a missionary organization concentrated on building relational bridges between the Jews of Judea and Samaria and Yeshu - the false man-god they worship on the hills of Israel's "heartland."
HAYOVEL, known by many for its missionary agenda, is rebranding itself as "The Israel Guys" - a generational change featuring Tommy Waller's offspring.
Quote: "We're still doing the same volunteer projects and Israel trips that we've been doing for the past 21 years, nothing changing there. ...Same mission..."
Please help spread the word. Make our fellow Jews aware. Thanks!!
Only Likud made the first Land for "Peace" deal with Egypt (Begin again!)
Only Likud gave away Hebron, City of the Patriarchs to our enemies. (Netanyahu!)
Only Likud uprooted Jewish settlements and razed Jewish homes and synagogues!! - (Begin): Yamit - (Sharon w/ Netanyahu vote) Gush Katif
Only Likud allowed a wholesale invasion of the Land with accompanying atrocities which rival the Holocaust!!!
Only Likud has sold out this country to rule by a foreign power - the USA.
When will we stop proving the truism that the definition of insanity is repeating the same action over and over again but expecting different results? When will we ever accept the facts that Likud is our worst internal enemy precisely because we keep trusting them despite all evidence that they are most untrustworthy???
Face it! We have lost this war because what Likud can't do is win!!
Addressing another aspect of the Huckabee "blood libel"...
UPDATE! The Israel Police spokesperson announced on Monday evening, "Contrary to false reports and following recent foreign media coverage regarding the alleged arson within the archaeological site of the Church of Saint George in the village of Taybeh, we wish to clarify that these reports are factually incorrect, lack any evidentiary basis, and risk misleading the public." The spokesperson added that “findings gathered on the ground unequivocally show that no damage or harm was caused to the church site itself.”
Posting from
@ElishaYered’s account of what happened in Taybeh.
Is this about grazing rights dispute?
Were
@LPJerusalem
and
@GovMikeHuckabee
misled?
“In recent days, a despicable and false blood libel has been raging around the world against the settlements, reminiscent of dark periods in Europe, and it has so far managed to deceive quite a few lovers of Israel in the US.
Before we get into the details, let’s emphasize and clarify: No “nationalist crime” event by Jews was carried out, no church was set on fire, and no cemetery was desecrated. Exactly the opposite—Christian Arabs from the village of Taybeh set fire to open areas four times in one week to prevent Jews from grazing there.
Here are the facts:
• The cattle herders at Rimmonim Farm in Binyamin have been suffering for a long time from harassments, attacks, and arsons in the grazing areas, including from the village of Taybeh—a nearby Christian village.
• On 03/07, Arabs from the village set a fire in the grazing areas to prevent the possibility of Jewish grazing there. Additional arsons also occurred on 07/07, 08/07, and 11/07.
• The event that sparked the uproar happened on 07/07. For the second time that week, Arabs from the village set a fire that began spreading rapidly. The farm’s residents rushed to the scene with motorized blowers and fire beaters—the ultimate tools for dealing with fires in open areas—and managed to gain control of the blaze. At the same time, the flames also spread toward the village, but the farm residents insisted on fighting to extinguish that hotspot as well, even though they could have easily said “let them eat the porridge they cooked,” and they stopped the fire just before it reached the line of houses, where, among other things, there is a church and an ancient cemetery.
• Throughout the entire event, no damage was caused in any way to the church or the cemetery, and they certainly weren’t “completely set ablaze” or “suffered heavy damage”—thanks in part to the residents who fought the fire with their bare hands. This is a fact, not an interpretation. See the drone photo that shows it clearly.
• This is where a wild blood libel began, aimed at turning the arson event from Arab-Christian terror into “Jewish terror.”
• Photos of Jewish youths battling the flames with blowers and beaters were published by Israel-haters and branded as “settlers fanning the flames they ignited.” Widespread condemnations ensued, large Christian delegations visited the site, and senior US administration officials called for the Jewish arsonists to be brought to justice.
• But what’s the big problem? To date, not a single complaint has been filed with the police. I’ll repeat that: The police have been investigating the event for a week to uncover the truth and catch the arsonists, a global campaign is underway, and in the village—where they are supposedly 100% convinced that Jews set the fire and even openly fanned the flames—they simply refuse to file a complaint with the police.
Do you have any idea why?
In the attached documentation: Tweets of the delusional blood libels about “fanning the fire,” actual fire extinguishing using blowers, the farm’s cows in the grazing areas, and a drone photo of the church that was “completely set ablaze.”
NO CHURCH BURNING AT ALL!!!!
In point of fact, the "church" in question is an archeological site, not an active place of worship as seemed to be portrayed by Huckabee. And he had to know that because he is standing in front of it in the CBS video!!
It is URGENT that as many as possible see the following video evidence of the real consequences of this visa issue which Amb. Huckabee has publicized.
The Begin Likud government was the first to invite evangelical Chr*stians to build a church in Jerusalem. It started with an offer of CLERGY VISAS. (See this 1.5-min video proof.)
As you watch this 5.5-minute video below, you will see the documented evidence of where it led, how it spread, and how many people ended up in missionary ministry in Israel as a result. And this is just ONE MINISTRY called King of Kings.
A solution was reached yesterday to the issue of visas for visiting Christian groups — which dominated headlines last week after a furious letter from US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee was leaked to the press — in a meeting yesterday between the Prime Minister’s Office, the Interior Ministry, and the US embassy, an Israeli lawyer who represents Christians in Israel tells The Times of Israel.
“Thanks to the hard work and fruitful cooperation between the US Ambassador, the Ministry of Interior and the Prime Minister’s Office, a solution has been reached to the satisfaction of all parties,” says Calev Myers. “The Evangelical Christian organizations active in Israel, which represent the vast majority of Zionists in the world today, will receive all of the visas they need through a streamlined and efficient application process.”
In his letter to Interior Minister Moshe Arbel last week, Huckabee threatened to publicly declare that Israel no longer welcomes Christian groups to Israel over what he said was Jerusalem’s failure to approve tourist visas for evangelical missions.
Once again, the issue was never about "tourist" visas for Chr*stians "visiting" Israel. This is about A3 visas for resident clergy and staff of resident Chr*stian organizations. This one did manage to get one thing right when they called them "missions"!!
Hundreds, if not thousands, of 'support' staff are now entering on "clergy" visas. Each person granted one of these visas is allowed to bring spouse and children with them and all of them are eligible for this visa which is only renewed once a year and up to five years. However, the State is not strict with these rules. After three years of living in Israel they can apply for citizenship!!
To obtain Israeli citizenship through naturalization as a non-Jew, a resident must live in Israel for three consecutive years with permanent residency status. Additionally, they must demonstrate that Israel is their primary place of residence and prove a certain level of Hebrew language proficiency.
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We were warned. It was only a matter of time.
Mike Huckabee is a Baptist pastor, missionary supporter, and US Ambassador to Israel. He has been a darling of the settler elite in Judea and Samaria for quite some time. The following clip is taken from events at the end of May 2025 Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast...
US Ambassador Mike Huckabee has written a scathing letter to Interior Minister Moshe Arbel, blasting his office for not granting visas to Christian groups trying to visit Israel, Channel 12 reports. ...Huckabee sent copies of his letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Isaac Herzog, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer and Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana.
[Minister Arbel responded]: “Given the direct line of communication between my staff and your representatives,” writes Arbel, “and in light of the fact that every request received by my office has thus far been handled promptly, I was particularly surprised by the manner in which your concerns were raised — and by your decision to address your letter to a wide range of senior officials without first approaching me or my office directly.”
You can see more details here and here. If you need more, just Google it. There must be 20 articles which I did not take the time to read but each one has a threatening, demanding and insulting headline. They clearly wanted the whole world to know!
The thing is, it's being portrayed as an issue of hassling Chr*stian tourists, but nothing could be further from the truth! Tourists from the United States do not need to pre-apply for a visa to visit Israel. It is automatically granted on arrival and no one asks your religious or political views.
However, if one intends to stay long term, one must leave Israel and re-renter to renew the three-month tourist visa (over and over again) and that is a thorn in the side of the missionaries, especially groups like Hayovel who serve as a conduit for funneling in so-called Christian Zionist (Judeo-Chr*stian) agricultural workers.
The only visa presently available for long term Chr*stian workers is the A3...
Eligibility Criteria: A/3 Clergy Visa - Must be invited by an established and recognized religious organization in Israel. Must provide evidence of their suitability for the religious assignment, such as ordination credentials or theological school certificates. May need to undergo an interview at an Israeli mission.
From what I've been able to gather there might have been some kind of "understanding" about the possible granting of blocks of visas to organizations to be disbursed as they saw fit. If anyone has any actual proof of this, please forward it to me.
AllIsraelNews reports...
...A similar problem had appeared to have been solved almost two years ago, when ministry officials apologized and vowed to streamline the process of issuing clerical visas to Christian organizations, which enables their staff to stay and work in Israel for a period of several years.
...According to quotes from Huckabee’s letter published by Israeli media, the ministry had subjected each organization to independent, detailed and bureaucratic investigation processes, requiring documentation of their religious beliefs and activities in Israel.
For the duration of these processes, the groups were reportedly denied new visas.
Ynet (cited above)...
"As of the beginning of 2025, the Visa Department has stopped honoring the recommendations and has launched an independent investigation of each of the evangelical organizations to determine whether they should be recognized as religious institutions and whether they should continue to receive visas. This includes organizations such as the Baptist Conference in Israel, the Christian Missionary Alliance and others, some of which have been active here since before 1948. The vast majority of them are located in the United States. All of them were required to fill out huge questionnaires. To my knowledge, none of them have received new A3 visas for religious leaders since the beginning of the year. We simply requested that the visa department return to status quo," Huckabee wrote.
“As the U.S. Ambassador representing President Donald Trump, I am formally demanding that this deteriorating relationship with the Department of State be resolved so that this matter does not escalate further,” Huckabee added. “It would be deeply regrettable if our embassy were to be forced to publicly announce throughout the United States that the State of Israel no longer welcomes Christian organizations and their representatives and that, instead, it is engaging in harassment and negative treatment of organizations with longstanding ties and positive engagement with Zionism. We will be further obligated to warn Christians in America that their generous donations to organizations in Israel are being met with hostility, and that tourists should reconsider travel until the situation is clearly resolved.”
Such inciteful language no doubt helped to fuel Matt Gaetz's diatribe based on the false narrative suggested by the Ambassador's skewed version of events and the very unprofessional way he has chosen to deal with it.
The following is a MUST hear. Tell me this is not a modern day Chr*stian Blood Libel!!!
They mean for us to throw open the flood gates for millions of missionaries. They want to build back up the Chr*stian population of the Holy Land whose demise was the only thing we could actually thank the Muslims for.
One thing is eminently clear. The United States, at every level, no longer considers us as a sovereign state, but truly and wholly subservient and beholden to them and therefore, subject to their every demand and whim. Hashem yishmor!
The spiritual descendants of Balak and Bilaam have concocted a new plan of assimilation. Not really a new plan, but new terminology and new tactics.
"Let's merge our religions and create One New Man in the image of Chr*st. We'll call itJudeo-Chr*stianity and then we will be "one" in the Land of Israel.
All the Jews who cooperate with them are bringing a plague upon Am Yisrael. Those who carry the spirit of Pinchas vow to put an end to it!!
The situation in Sweida has gotten really bad. The result is a lot of news in a very short time. Too much to detail here, but I'll share my WhatsApp feed to give you some idea in a nutshell. Check it all out for yourself. Seeing the videos being posted of what is happening up there is also helpful to gauging how serious it all is, or you can take my word for it - it's very serious!
