JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.GET SAVED NOW- CALL ON JESUS TODAY.THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE WHOLE EARTH - NO OTHER
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http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/quran/023-violence.htm
PERSECUSSION,BEHEADINGS
JESUS PERSECUTED BIGTIME
PSALMS 14:1
1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
ISAIAH 53:4
4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
MATTHEW 9:34
34 But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils.
JOHN 8:41
41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
JOHN 10:20
20 And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?
PHILIPPIANS 2:10-11(JESUS GETS REVENGE)
10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.(JUDGEMENT SEAT OF CHRIST AND FOR SINNERS, THE GREAT WHITE THRONE FINAL JUDGEMENT).
WE ARE CHRISTIANS WE WILL BE TREATED THE SAME.
2 TIMOTHY 3:1-5 (WHY WE ARE PERSECUTED BY THE WORLD)
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous (DANGEROUS) times shall come.
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
MATTHEW 5:10-12
10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
MATTHEW 24:9
9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.
JOHN 15:18-20
18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me (JESUS) before it hated you.
19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
1 PETER 4:16-19
16 Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?
18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
19 Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
REVELATION 6:9-11
9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain(BEHEADED) for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
REVELATION 20:4
4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands;(WILLINGLY-THEY CHOSE THE IMPLANT) and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her,(HAGAR) Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(FATHER OF THE ARAB/MUSLIMS) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he (ISHMAEL) will be a wild man;(ISLAM IS A FAKE AND DANGEROUS SEX FOR MURDER CULT) his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM HATES EVERYONE) and every man's hand against him;(PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM BEING BEHEADED) and he (ISHMAEL ARAB/MUSLIM) shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(LITERAL-THE ARABS LIVE WITH THEIR BRETHERN JEWS)
JOHN 16:2
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.(ISLAM MURDERS IN THE NAME OF MOON GOD ALLAH OF ISLAM)
ISRAEL SATAN COMES AGAINST
1 CHRONICLES 21:1
1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.
ISRAELS TROUBLE
JEREMIAH 30:7
7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble;(ISRAEL) but he shall be saved out of it.
DANIEL 12:1,4
1 And at that time shall Michael(ISRAELS WAR ANGEL) stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people:(ISRAEL) and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation(May 14,48) even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro,(WORLD TRAVEL,IMMIGRATION) and knowledge shall be increased.(COMPUTERS,CHIP IMPLANTS ETC)
LUKE 21:8-10,26
8 And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ;(NEW AGE NUTCASE MOVEMENT) and the time draweth near:(THE END OF THE WORLD CROWD) go ye not therefore after them.
9 But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by.
10 Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom (ETHNIC GROUP) against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP)
26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
Op-Ed: If You Like ISIS, You'll Love Hamas.The excruciating primacy of twisted faith.Published: Friday, August 15, 2014 9:09 AM-Prof. Louis René Beres-ISRAELNATIONALNEWS
Special to Arutz Sheva.
Watching the latest ISIS (now known as IS)-inflicted horrors in Iraq, one core conclusion is overriding and unassailable. Throughout the Islamic world, a primary link exists between violence and the sacred. This indissoluble link, insidious as it is pervasive, will prevent peace from ever "breaking out" in the Middle East. It is, moreover, the real reason why a Palestinian state - any Palestinian state - would inevitably pose an existential threat to Israel.A “Two-State Solution" would degrade both U.S. and Israeli security. Ironically, after so many years of bearing witness, even the most well-intentioned supporters of Palestinian statehood still miss the fundamental point, the one concerning vital intersections of violence and faith. It is that a 23rd Arab state, a Palestinian state carved out of the still-living body of Israel, would only accelerate and enlarge Jihadist terror in the region.As with the current conflict in Iraq, such faith-based terror-violence would have little to do with any normal military calculations of strategy or tactics. Rather, it would represent an "irrational" expression of force that lies latent above ordinary war and politics. In essence, it would express the ritualistic and rhythmically primal expressions of Islamist religious sacrifice.If you like ISIS, you'll love Hamas. The Gaza-based Islamic Resistance Movement, still striving lasciviously to incur mass civilian casualties as a desired consequence of its rocket attacks upon Israeli civilian populations, would likely dominate any future Palestinian state. Then, in keeping with the organization's inherently primary commitment to terror, it would quickly launch expanded forms of "freedom fighting" and "national liberation," thereby slaughtering "unbelievers" (Israelis) with predictable enthusiasm, and without reservation. Also, because such "sacred" violence would express Shahada, or Death For Allah, there could be absolutely no room for entering into any further peace negotiations with Israel.Arab maps are open and unambiguous about the expected boundaries of "Palestine." The unhidden objective of any new Palestinian state would be a complete end to "Occupied Palestine" ( Israel), and an irredentist Palestinian sovereignty that extends "from the river to the sea." Under international law, this objective could correctly be taken as a cartographic expression of genocidal intent. To be fulfilled, Palestine would require assorted crimes against humanity.Links between sacrifice and political violence have a long and relevant history. They are not unique or historically distinctive to the Islamic world. For example, Plutarch's Sayings of Spartan Mothers identified the exemplary female parent as one who had consciously reared her sons for civic sacrifice. This mother was always relieved to learn that a son had died "in a manner worthy of his self, his country, and his ancestors." Those Spartan sons who had somehow failed to live up to this communal sacrificial standard, however, were humiliated and reviled.Resembling ongoing ISIS executions in Iraq, Jihadist terror in any new state of "Palestine" would stem from cultures that embrace similarly crude views of sacrifice. In these particular cultures, the rationale of sacrifice always goes far beyond any mere expectations of civic necessity. Here, sacrificial practice becomes a profoundly sacred expression of religion. Even more specifically, such sacrifice derives from an always- hoped for conquest of personal death.There is no greater power in world politics, especially in the Middle East, than power over death. This key point is not really all that difficult to understand.Our recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, justified from the start as carefully calculated forms of counter-terrorism, were actually beside the point. Utterly beside the point.After all, various promises of immortality underlie virtually every form of human religious belief.Everywhere in the Middle East, whether in ISIS-dominated portions of Iraq, or Hamas-dominated Gaza, the Jihadist proudly claims to “love death." But this claim is an evident lie. Paradoxically, this terrorist-murderer kills himself/herself, and innocent others, to ensure that he/she will not die.The so-called “death” experienced in any such “suicide” is transient and temporary. It is merely a momentary inconvenience, a way station on the "martyr's" expectedly ecstatic trajectory toward eternal life.Martyrdom operations have always been connected with Jihad. These meticulously orchestrated explosions of violence draw upon a long-codified Islamic scripture. Unequivocal and celebratory invocations for such operations can be found in the Koran (9:111), and, often, more explicitly, in the canonical hadith.For the U.S. and Israel, the security implications of any enemy doctrinal fusion involving religion and violence warrant especially careful consideration. Convinced that Shahada violence against the U.S. or Israel will lead to martyrdom, the ISIS or Hamas terrorist will "normally" not be deterred by any ordinary threats of military reprisal or retaliation.It follows, inter alia, that our recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, justified from the start as carefully calculated forms of counter-terrorism, were actually beside the point.
Utterly beside the point.
For Palestinian Jihadists in Gaza, as for ISIS executioners in Iraq, killing unbelievers offers nothing less delightful than a full pardon from personal death. Understood in more narrowly psychological terms, for these aspiring "martyrs," the death fear of the ego is lessened by the killing, the sacrifice, of the "other." This incomparable diminution is best captured by Ernest Becker's oft-quoted paraphrase of Nobel laureate Elias Canetti: "Each organism raises its head over a field of corpses, smiles into the sun, and declares life good."A Palestinian state could become conspicuously lethal to Israel, and also starkly injurious to America. Beginning with a much greater understanding of prospectively pertinent linkages between violence and the sacred, both Jerusalem and Washington must now acknowledge that any emergent "Palestine," even one that had previously agreed to its own "demilitarization," would regard the entirety of Israel's remaining territory as "Occupied Palestine." In consequence, Arab demands for additional Israeli territorial surrenders would continue even after a bestowal of full Palestinian sovereignty.Unrequited, such essentially cartographic demands would generate endless cycles of additional anti-Israel terror. Over time, these cycles could even come to include mass executions, and certain weapons of mass-destruction.
If you like ISIS, you'll love Hamas.
LOUIS RENÉ BERES was educated at Princeton (Ph.D., 1971), and publishes widely on world politics, terrorism, and international law. Born in Zurich, Switzerland, on August 31, 1945, his latest articles have appeared in the Harvard National Security Journal (Harvard Law School); International Security (Harvard); International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence; Parameters: Journal of the U.S. Army War College; The Brown Journal of World Affairs; The Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs; and Oxford University Press Blog. Professor Beres' popular writings have appeared in Israel National News; The New York Times; The Washington Times; The Christian Science Monitor; Ha'aretz; U.S. News & World Report; The Jerusalem Post; and The Atlantic.
Islamic State 'massacres' 80 Yazidis in north Iraq - officials-BAGHDAD Fri Aug 15, 2014 10:05pm BST
(Reuters) - Islamic State insurgents "massacred" some 80 members of Iraq's Yazidi minority in a village in the country's north, a Yazidi lawmaker and two Kurdish officials said on Friday."They arrived in vehicles and they started their killing this afternoon," senior Kurdish official Hoshiyar Zebari told Reuters. "We believe it's because of their creed: convert or be killed."A Yazidi lawmaker and another senior Kurdish official also said the killings had taken place and that the women of the village were kidnapped.A push by Islamic State militants through northern Iraq to the border with the Kurdish region has alarmed the Baghdad government, drawn the first U.S. air strikes since the end of American occupation in 2001 and sent tens of thousands of Yazidis and Christians fleeing for their lives.Yazidi parliamentarian Mahama Khalil said he had spoken to villagers who had survived the attack. They said the killings took place during a one-hour period.The resident of a nearby village said an Islamic State fighter from the same area gave him details of the bloodshed."He told me that the Islamic State had spent five days trying to persuade villagers to convert to Islam and that a long lecture was delivered about the subject today," said the villager. "He then said the men were gathered and shot dead. The women and girls were probably taken to Tal Afar because that is where the foreign fighters are."That account could not be independently confirmed.Islamic State militants have killed at least 500 members of Iraq's Yazidi ethnic minority during their offensive in the north, Iraq's human rights minister told Reuters on Sunday.Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said the Sunni militants had also buried alive some of their victims, including women and children. Some 300 women were kidnapped as slaves, he added.(Reporting by Isabel Coles, Michael Georgy and Raheem Salman; Writing by Alexander Dziadosz; Editing by Mark Heinrich)
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PERSECUSSION,BEHEADINGS
JESUS PERSECUTED BIGTIME
PSALMS 14:1
1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
ISAIAH 53:4
4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
MATTHEW 9:34
34 But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils.
JOHN 8:41
41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
JOHN 10:20
20 And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?
PHILIPPIANS 2:10-11(JESUS GETS REVENGE)
10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.(JUDGEMENT SEAT OF CHRIST AND FOR SINNERS, THE GREAT WHITE THRONE FINAL JUDGEMENT).
WE ARE CHRISTIANS WE WILL BE TREATED THE SAME.
2 TIMOTHY 3:1-5 (WHY WE ARE PERSECUTED BY THE WORLD)
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous (DANGEROUS) times shall come.
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
MATTHEW 5:10-12
10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
MATTHEW 24:9
9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.
JOHN 15:18-20
18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me (JESUS) before it hated you.
19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
1 PETER 4:16-19
16 Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?
18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
19 Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
REVELATION 6:9-11
9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain(BEHEADED) for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
REVELATION 20:4
4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands;(WILLINGLY-THEY CHOSE THE IMPLANT) and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her,(HAGAR) Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(FATHER OF THE ARAB/MUSLIMS) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he (ISHMAEL) will be a wild man;(ISLAM IS A FAKE AND DANGEROUS SEX FOR MURDER CULT) his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM HATES EVERYONE) and every man's hand against him;(PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM BEING BEHEADED) and he (ISHMAEL ARAB/MUSLIM) shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(LITERAL-THE ARABS LIVE WITH THEIR BRETHERN JEWS)
JOHN 16:2
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.(ISLAM MURDERS IN THE NAME OF MOON GOD ALLAH OF ISLAM)
ISRAEL SATAN COMES AGAINST
1 CHRONICLES 21:1
1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.
ISRAELS TROUBLE
JEREMIAH 30:7
7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble;(ISRAEL) but he shall be saved out of it.
DANIEL 12:1,4
1 And at that time shall Michael(ISRAELS WAR ANGEL) stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people:(ISRAEL) and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation(May 14,48) even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.
4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro,(WORLD TRAVEL,IMMIGRATION) and knowledge shall be increased.(COMPUTERS,CHIP IMPLANTS ETC)
LUKE 21:8-10,26
8 And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ;(NEW AGE NUTCASE MOVEMENT) and the time draweth near:(THE END OF THE WORLD CROWD) go ye not therefore after them.
9 But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by.
10 Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom (ETHNIC GROUP) against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP)
26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
Op-Ed: If You Like ISIS, You'll Love Hamas.The excruciating primacy of twisted faith.Published: Friday, August 15, 2014 9:09 AM-Prof. Louis René Beres-ISRAELNATIONALNEWS
Special to Arutz Sheva.
Watching the latest ISIS (now known as IS)-inflicted horrors in Iraq, one core conclusion is overriding and unassailable. Throughout the Islamic world, a primary link exists between violence and the sacred. This indissoluble link, insidious as it is pervasive, will prevent peace from ever "breaking out" in the Middle East. It is, moreover, the real reason why a Palestinian state - any Palestinian state - would inevitably pose an existential threat to Israel.A “Two-State Solution" would degrade both U.S. and Israeli security. Ironically, after so many years of bearing witness, even the most well-intentioned supporters of Palestinian statehood still miss the fundamental point, the one concerning vital intersections of violence and faith. It is that a 23rd Arab state, a Palestinian state carved out of the still-living body of Israel, would only accelerate and enlarge Jihadist terror in the region.As with the current conflict in Iraq, such faith-based terror-violence would have little to do with any normal military calculations of strategy or tactics. Rather, it would represent an "irrational" expression of force that lies latent above ordinary war and politics. In essence, it would express the ritualistic and rhythmically primal expressions of Islamist religious sacrifice.If you like ISIS, you'll love Hamas. The Gaza-based Islamic Resistance Movement, still striving lasciviously to incur mass civilian casualties as a desired consequence of its rocket attacks upon Israeli civilian populations, would likely dominate any future Palestinian state. Then, in keeping with the organization's inherently primary commitment to terror, it would quickly launch expanded forms of "freedom fighting" and "national liberation," thereby slaughtering "unbelievers" (Israelis) with predictable enthusiasm, and without reservation. Also, because such "sacred" violence would express Shahada, or Death For Allah, there could be absolutely no room for entering into any further peace negotiations with Israel.Arab maps are open and unambiguous about the expected boundaries of "Palestine." The unhidden objective of any new Palestinian state would be a complete end to "Occupied Palestine" ( Israel), and an irredentist Palestinian sovereignty that extends "from the river to the sea." Under international law, this objective could correctly be taken as a cartographic expression of genocidal intent. To be fulfilled, Palestine would require assorted crimes against humanity.Links between sacrifice and political violence have a long and relevant history. They are not unique or historically distinctive to the Islamic world. For example, Plutarch's Sayings of Spartan Mothers identified the exemplary female parent as one who had consciously reared her sons for civic sacrifice. This mother was always relieved to learn that a son had died "in a manner worthy of his self, his country, and his ancestors." Those Spartan sons who had somehow failed to live up to this communal sacrificial standard, however, were humiliated and reviled.Resembling ongoing ISIS executions in Iraq, Jihadist terror in any new state of "Palestine" would stem from cultures that embrace similarly crude views of sacrifice. In these particular cultures, the rationale of sacrifice always goes far beyond any mere expectations of civic necessity. Here, sacrificial practice becomes a profoundly sacred expression of religion. Even more specifically, such sacrifice derives from an always- hoped for conquest of personal death.There is no greater power in world politics, especially in the Middle East, than power over death. This key point is not really all that difficult to understand.Our recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, justified from the start as carefully calculated forms of counter-terrorism, were actually beside the point. Utterly beside the point.After all, various promises of immortality underlie virtually every form of human religious belief.Everywhere in the Middle East, whether in ISIS-dominated portions of Iraq, or Hamas-dominated Gaza, the Jihadist proudly claims to “love death." But this claim is an evident lie. Paradoxically, this terrorist-murderer kills himself/herself, and innocent others, to ensure that he/she will not die.The so-called “death” experienced in any such “suicide” is transient and temporary. It is merely a momentary inconvenience, a way station on the "martyr's" expectedly ecstatic trajectory toward eternal life.Martyrdom operations have always been connected with Jihad. These meticulously orchestrated explosions of violence draw upon a long-codified Islamic scripture. Unequivocal and celebratory invocations for such operations can be found in the Koran (9:111), and, often, more explicitly, in the canonical hadith.For the U.S. and Israel, the security implications of any enemy doctrinal fusion involving religion and violence warrant especially careful consideration. Convinced that Shahada violence against the U.S. or Israel will lead to martyrdom, the ISIS or Hamas terrorist will "normally" not be deterred by any ordinary threats of military reprisal or retaliation.It follows, inter alia, that our recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, justified from the start as carefully calculated forms of counter-terrorism, were actually beside the point.
Utterly beside the point.
For Palestinian Jihadists in Gaza, as for ISIS executioners in Iraq, killing unbelievers offers nothing less delightful than a full pardon from personal death. Understood in more narrowly psychological terms, for these aspiring "martyrs," the death fear of the ego is lessened by the killing, the sacrifice, of the "other." This incomparable diminution is best captured by Ernest Becker's oft-quoted paraphrase of Nobel laureate Elias Canetti: "Each organism raises its head over a field of corpses, smiles into the sun, and declares life good."A Palestinian state could become conspicuously lethal to Israel, and also starkly injurious to America. Beginning with a much greater understanding of prospectively pertinent linkages between violence and the sacred, both Jerusalem and Washington must now acknowledge that any emergent "Palestine," even one that had previously agreed to its own "demilitarization," would regard the entirety of Israel's remaining territory as "Occupied Palestine." In consequence, Arab demands for additional Israeli territorial surrenders would continue even after a bestowal of full Palestinian sovereignty.Unrequited, such essentially cartographic demands would generate endless cycles of additional anti-Israel terror. Over time, these cycles could even come to include mass executions, and certain weapons of mass-destruction.
If you like ISIS, you'll love Hamas.
LOUIS RENÉ BERES was educated at Princeton (Ph.D., 1971), and publishes widely on world politics, terrorism, and international law. Born in Zurich, Switzerland, on August 31, 1945, his latest articles have appeared in the Harvard National Security Journal (Harvard Law School); International Security (Harvard); International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence; Parameters: Journal of the U.S. Army War College; The Brown Journal of World Affairs; The Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs; and Oxford University Press Blog. Professor Beres' popular writings have appeared in Israel National News; The New York Times; The Washington Times; The Christian Science Monitor; Ha'aretz; U.S. News & World Report; The Jerusalem Post; and The Atlantic.
Islamic State 'massacres' 80 Yazidis in north Iraq - officials-BAGHDAD Fri Aug 15, 2014 10:05pm BST
(Reuters) - Islamic State insurgents "massacred" some 80 members of Iraq's Yazidi minority in a village in the country's north, a Yazidi lawmaker and two Kurdish officials said on Friday."They arrived in vehicles and they started their killing this afternoon," senior Kurdish official Hoshiyar Zebari told Reuters. "We believe it's because of their creed: convert or be killed."A Yazidi lawmaker and another senior Kurdish official also said the killings had taken place and that the women of the village were kidnapped.A push by Islamic State militants through northern Iraq to the border with the Kurdish region has alarmed the Baghdad government, drawn the first U.S. air strikes since the end of American occupation in 2001 and sent tens of thousands of Yazidis and Christians fleeing for their lives.Yazidi parliamentarian Mahama Khalil said he had spoken to villagers who had survived the attack. They said the killings took place during a one-hour period.The resident of a nearby village said an Islamic State fighter from the same area gave him details of the bloodshed."He told me that the Islamic State had spent five days trying to persuade villagers to convert to Islam and that a long lecture was delivered about the subject today," said the villager. "He then said the men were gathered and shot dead. The women and girls were probably taken to Tal Afar because that is where the foreign fighters are."That account could not be independently confirmed.Islamic State militants have killed at least 500 members of Iraq's Yazidi ethnic minority during their offensive in the north, Iraq's human rights minister told Reuters on Sunday.Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said the Sunni militants had also buried alive some of their victims, including women and children. Some 300 women were kidnapped as slaves, he added.(Reporting by Isabel Coles, Michael Georgy and Raheem Salman; Writing by Alexander Dziadosz; Editing by Mark Heinrich)
