The true picture of the Middle East

As part of the ministry of Christian Friends of Israel (CFI) is to enable people to get the facts about the land of Israel and the Jewish people, I have forwarded on some information about the history of the modern State of Israel, along with an attachment of a power point presentation called "A lesson in Palestinian children's education".  This was taken direct from a Palestinian Website and is quite shocking. 

This act of terrorism is not out of sheer desperation from a people under so called "occupation", as portrayed by the Media, this act of terrorism is taught in their schools, their religious meetings, in their Koran and religious writings, by their parents, and at Summer Camps etc.  They teach: "The Prophet [Muhammed] soothes us with many Hadiths that Palestine shall return to its former days...we must prepare a foothold, for the coming army of Allah, by divine predetermination. May it be Allah's will, this oppressing state shall pass, Israel shall pass. This oppressing state, America, shall pass, the oppressing state Britain, shall pass, [those] that brought this catastrophe [nakba] of this nation..." ( Dr. Muhammad Ibrahim Maadi, Friday Sermon, Palestinian TV, June 8, 2001)   Also: "The Jews are the Jews. There never was among them a supporter of peace. They are all liars... the true criminals.  Therefore it is necessary to slaughter them and murder them, according to the words of Allah... it is forbidden to have mercy in your hearts for the Jews in any place and in any land. Make war on them in any place that you find yourself. Any place that you encounter them - kill them. Kill the Jews and those among the Americans that are like them... The Jews only understand might. Have no mercy on the Jews, murder them everywhere..." ( Dr. Ahmed Yousuf Abu Halabiah, a member of the Palestinian Sharianic (Islamic religious law) Rulings Council, and Rector of Advanced Studies, the Islamic University, Palestinian Television, 13 October 2000).  The Palestinians repeatedly use Islamic sources to defend this religious hatred, even demanding the killing of Jews as a current obligation and the "will of Allah." Many times in recent months Palestinian religious leaders have taught publicly that the following Hadith (Islamic traditions attributed to Mohammed) is an authoritative directive of Islam today, expressing Allah's will that obedient Muslims kill Jews (and then the Sunday people ~ Christians). The Hadith itself states: "The Day of Resurrection will not arrive until the Muslims make war against the Jews and kill them, and until a Jew hiding behind a rock and tree, and the rock and tree will say: 'Oh Muslim, Oh servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him!'"   The attacks on the World Trade Center last year, along with resulting ‘War on Terrorism,’ ( albeit ‘selected’ war on terrorism, as the Hamas, Hizbollah, PLO etc. don’t appear to count) has indeed brought us into these dark days.   

Please note:  This information is not to encourage people to hate the Palestinians, but to give a correct insight to the often unjust Media coverage.   To deal correctly with this difficult issue, we must always examine our own heart and let compassion be our motive.  I would ask you to at least read this e-mail and view the contents, and hopefully move towards a more balanced representation of the situation.