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Amin Al-Husseini was the founder of the Palestinian movement in the 1930s. Circa 1939 he formally joined Hitler, creating Nazi propaganda and warrior units, and was the lead Arab spokesman for the Nazis in the Arab and Muslim worlds. At that time, he blocked Jewish escape from Nazi genocide and blocked every effort at any state in the region that allowed Jews to live there, including Palestinian-majority states. His position: The only “definitive solution for the Jewish danger” was to “eliminate” them, adopting the Nazi solution as the “only” solution.
A more modern Hamas quote: “Israel will exist and continue to exist until Islam will obliterate it.”
Below: the Mufti Al-Husseini meets with Hitler
Note date and time. Mr. Trump just threatened to blow up Iranian power plants if the Strait is not opened within 48 hours.
Apparently Iran responded, indicating a willingness to do so if Mr. Trump agrees to these conditions:
America will end the war with
— Guarantees of no future wars
— Closure of US military bases in region
— Compensation/war reparations to Iran from both US and Israel
— ’End wars on all fronts in region’
— Establishment of a new legal regime for Strait of Hormuz
— Prosecution and extradition of individuals affiliated with ‘hostile media’ to Iran
In February, America cut off negotiations just prior to a sudden missile barrage. Will that happen again? The world is watching the countdown.
Are people of the twenty-first century too messed up to love one another, sacrifice for one another, or to mature in the presence of difficulty?
For modern marriages, three decades of therapeutic counselling trends are bearing destructive fruit. It's an ongoing revolt against maturity. Sanctification is today a foreign concept, even in the Evangelical world.
What do people count as relational wisdom today? Fighting for your own personal "rights"...and winning in the process. Perfecting clever snarkiness. Outdoing one another in selfishness. Juxtaposing personal dreams and ambitions against another's personal dreams and ambitions.
The way forward when life together gets unbearable? Grumble to a "counselor." Or, if you're tech-savvy, crowd source your therapy. Pour out all your grudges and aversions on the internet, in the guise of "getting a little perspective" [and advice from the mob.]
Today the internet mob is a feedback loop which has become a death spiral -- a chorus...
