When the Heart Cries Only God Hears

As our warships pass through the Suez Canal, flexing our muscle against an ancient enemy, and some of the rabbis are arguing over the bracha to say over Bambas (the peanut butter snack of Israel), and the Neuturei Karta and other haredim are rioting in the streets over several issues, the Israeli public is pensive and the always present pain in our heart is starting to awaken. The street, though looking normal, is expressing despair. Today I am feeling the aloneness of Israel as we face the weeks and months ahead, charting a course in war, as always we must wage against those who try to destroy us.

In the silence of Erev Shabbat we utter this prayer. This song was written by Yossi Gispan and Arlet Tzfadia after the brutal lynching of two of our soldiers in Ramallah in 2000. It is sung here by Sarit Hadad.  (note: This particular video rendition is after the tragedy of the Gush Katif gerush ( to be cast out ) from which we have never recovered as a People and a Nation ed.2013) It was also a time when the heart cried only God heard.

Hebrew & English Words to this song: SH'MA YISRAEL ELOHAY

K'shehalev bocheh rak Elohim shome'a
hake'ev oleh mitoch haneshamah
adam nofel lifnei shehu shoke'a
bit'filah k'tanah chotech et had'mamah

Sh'ma Israel Elohai atah hakol yachol
natata li et chayay natata li hakol
be'enai dim'a halev bocheh besheket
uch'shehalev shotek haneshamah zo'eket.
Sh'ma Israel Elohai achshav ani levad
chazek oti Elohai aseh shelo ef'chad
hake'ev gadol ve'ein le'an livro'ach
aseh sheyigamer ki lo notar bi ko'ach.

Kshehalev bocheh hazman omed milechet
ha'adam ro'eh et kol chayav pit'om
el halo noda hu lo rotze lalechet
le'Elohav kore al saf tehom.

HEAR ISRAEL / HEAR MY GOD
WHEN THE HEART CRIES

HEAR ISRAEL MY GOD

When the heart cries only God hears
the pain rises out of the soul
a man falls down before he sinks down
with a little prayer (he) cuts the silence

Hear Israel my God, you're the omnipotent
you gave me my life, you gave me everything
in my eyes a tear, the heart cries quietly
and when the heart is quiet, the soul screams
Hear Israel my God, now I am alone
strengthen me my God; make it that I won't fear
the pain is big, and there's no where to run away
make it end, for no more strength is left within me

When the heart cries, time stands still
all of a sudden, the man sees his entire life
he doesn't want to go to the unknown
he cries to his God right before a big fall

Language and Three Headed Monsters

It seems, with regard to Israel at least, there is arising in the world a three headed monster.

Head #1: We have a raving messianic muslim maniac (Ahmadinejad) in Iran desiring to usher in the al-mahdi, (the one to come in the midst of violence and war to bring the messianic age of peace. All infidels will either die or convert to Islam...only Muslims will be left on earth.) In Ahmadinejad's thinking, the chaos and violence he will cause by attacking Israel is in fact the reality of the al-mahdi's coming (in his mind). The fact that Ahmadinejad will attempt to obliterate a goodly number of the most hated infidels (Israeli Zionists) will be a feather in his eternal cap. Ramping up of his nuclear program has much to do with religious fervor.

Head #2: North Korea. Kim-Jong II. Another raving maniac, though neither messianic nor muslim...just given to temper tantrums and bizarre behavior ...also trying to build the country's nuclear capabilities. Now threatening to test a missile towards US territory (Hawaii, Guam, Alaska) this coming weekend...which happens to be the American 4th of July (Independence Day.)

Additionally, North Korea has a ship traveling off the coast of China which is thought to be carrying illicit materials - possibly nuclear. The US naval destroyer USS John McCain is tracking the ship. North Korea has stated that if American ships detain or block the ship's passage, or try to board for inspection (permitted by international law), it will consider the move an act of war and retaliate 1,000-fold. [breaking news: It is reported that after a brief close encounter with the USS John McCain, the North Korean ship turned around but it's destination is unknown at this time.(AP)]

North Korea and Iran are friends and it is known that they are working together to realize their nuclear aspirations. North Korea successfully tested a nuclear device in an underground explosion last April and it is reported that they are assisting Iran in accomplishing the same.

Head #3: Barak Obama (sorry folks)
Obama has actually reacted somewhat properly to North Korea's threat to send missiles towards Hawaii by sending in the USS John McCain, readying a defense system around Hawaii and sounding tough on sanctions. (smile ....as if threatening sanctions to crazy people can be considered tough.) Remember that North Korea is a communist country, not Muslim, so Obama can be tougher. In fact, he is allowed to react and maybe, perhaps, protect American soil, stating [regarding North Korea] that "This administration - and our military - is fully prepared for any contingencies."

But when it comes to Iran, while it is true that Obama would not wish to have it become a nuclear state, he nevertheless, treads very, very softly. Iran, after all, is a Muslim nation....part of what Obama calls "his people". (See earlier post) He still holds out for a diplomatic process to divert Iran's nuclear buildup to peaceful usage, like energy. He thinks he knows Iran, who they are, how they think.

Obama is not a messianic muslim and leaves the ushering in of messianic figures like the al-mahdi to the mullahs and others. But he made it clear in his Cairo speech that while he may believe some Christian rhetoric, he identifies himself with muslim belief and with his people - muslims worldwide.

This is why I identify him as the 3rd head of this arising beast because the ultimate tradition and belief in Islam, even if one doesn't believe in the messianic parts of the faith, is that the world must come under a worldwide caliphate. (Islamic rule). Achieving this goal, as in Christianity's historical footprints to achieve the goal of global Christian faith, can be either a peaceful path or a violent one, depending on the times, current political consensus, the leaders, and the success of one method or the other.

Barak Obama didn't tell us who he was...though, of course, many knew.

In my June 12 post, I outlined many things in the Cairo speech that were signals to the Islamic world as to his position and stance visa-vie Islam...his signals that was he "one of them". But looking past the Cairo speech to other statements or actions in Obama's brief history we can gain additional insight.

Let me mention just one powerful example :

Sharia Law
One of the more ominous developments in America right now is the advancement of sharia financing and sharia law. Other posts will be required to discuss at length this very disturbing phenomenon, but brief but excellent explanations of sharia and it's dangers can be found here and here. [Please note: many of the websites I first visited to link here have been hijacked or have "broken links". hmmm. Tell us something???]

Basically sharia financing is done according to Islamic law, involving adherence to certain restrictions and rules according to the tenants of Islam. (Similiar to halacha in Judaism). But sharia goes way beyond Islamic "halacha" and is completely connected to the entire sharia agenda, including burka covering of women, death to adulterors and more. It is one of the first steps towards a global caliphate. Among many other stipulations which should frighten every non-muslim, sharia financing requires, at minimum, a 2.5% payment of zakat (charity - like tzedaka) given to Islamic causes. Almost all the Islamic causes are tied to jihad (if not all).

Many businesses are suddenly turning to sharia financing to attract Saudi and other oil dollars, or are feeling enormous pressures from certain sectors to comply. Barak Obama's involvement in this should rattle everyone's cage. While he has not come forward in actual words to encourage this trend, he has acted in the courts in a definitive manner, leaving no question as to his position.

AIG, the huge financial company that almost went under in the second-mortgage market bust of 2008, is one of those companies who are sharia compliant in many of their investmensts and products, including homeowners insurance. AIG is required by sharia law to give monies (minimum 2.5% of revenue derived from sharia products) to Islamic charity. AIG was bailed out by the US Govt. to the tune of $150 billion making the US Government an 80% majority owner of this company. An additional $40 billion of federal funds was appropriated to fund and support the government’s interest in AIG...tax payer money. American taxpayer money that is going to fund Islamic "charities" that are engaged in jihad against America, Israel and European nations.

The Thomas More Law Center has filed a lawsuit case against Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and the Federal Reserve Board for the illegal and outrageous fact that American taxpayers are now paying for the war of terrorism against them. It is one thing (still a bad thing) if AIG as a private company is sharia compliant (still illegal in my opinion) but now that the government owns 80% of AIG it is totally unacceptable. Good for the Thomas More Law Center.

Unfortunately, the Obama's administration immediately filed in the courts to dismiss the case. (The US Justice Department on behalf of the US Treasury and the Federal Reserve). Keep in mind that the lawsuit was NOT challenging the government bailout, only that now that the government is the majority owner and taxpayer dollars are funding it, it is unacceptable for AIG to be continue to be sharia compliant, funding Islamic terrorism. (I mean for G-d's sake it should be illegal for any American company, private or public, to be sharia compliant.)

Whether as an act of appeasement to Islam, or in fact, sympathy to, this counter suit by Obama's government is not at all comforting to say the least. Fortunately, there is breaking news just yesterday that the courts disagreed with the government's attempt to silence the objection and is in fact proceeding with the lawsuit... thank G-d. Whether they will be successful is QUITE another matter, but at least there is some awareness of the issues.

This is only ONE example of Obama's administration's coziness to Islamic agendas, and my writing this is by no means an attempt to exonerate the Bush administration on the same issues. George Bush was in fact, very pro-Islam as we all can recall. However, he never gave the kind of address to Islam that has Barak Hussein Obama.

So, to come full circle, I want to return to the Cairo speech and address an issue I promised to write about in my earlier blog and why Obama is lethal for Israel.

About half way through his speech, referring to solving the Israeli, Palestinian tension, Obama said the following:

"..all of us have a responsibility to work for the day....when the Holy Land of three great faiths is the place of peace that God intended it to be; when Jerusalem is a secure and lasting home for Jews and Christians and Muslims, and a place for all of the three children of Abraham to mingle peacefully together as in the story of Isra,when Moses, Jesus, and Mohammed (peace be upon them) joined in prayer. [Ed. note: the phrase "peace be upon them" is a Muslim blessing for the deceased]

It is the "Isra" on which I wish to focus. Remember that much of Islam is replacement theology, a decision to take everything Jewish and make it Muslim. "Isra" is not an actual arabic word, but a usurption of the Hebrew "ysr" (Isra) to claim it for Islam. Specifically, (in Islam) it is the legend of a dream Muhammed supposedly had, taking him from Mecca to "the furtherest mosque" which now is interpreted as Jerusalem, but not originally. Originally, while the furthest mosque physically was Medina [there was no mosque at all in Jerusalem], early Koranic commentators considered the furthest mosque to be "heaven".

During the Umayyad caliphate (661–750), the heavenly interpretation was replaced
with Jerusalem; it was in the midst of unparralled mixtures of Judaism, Christianity and Islam at the time, and the various conquests of Jerusalem in the 600's. The laying claim to Jerusalem is important, as in Islamic tradition, what is "once" Islamic land" is always Islamic, and reasserting Islamic rule is only a matter of time...the battle for that land must never cease until it returns to Muslim control.

But wait, there's more to the Isra' legend that we must understand in interpreting Obama's words. Not only is it that Jerusalem becomes Islamic in this legend, Islam becomes supreme over Judaism and Christianity:

From the Miraj:

"...Muhammad meets Moses, and Jesus in Jerusalem; he then officiates as leader (imam) of the ritual prayer (salat) for all the prophets assembled and establishes his primacy among G0d's messengers."

Obama was NOT saying Jerusalem should be a City of three Abrahamic faiths in the way the West would understand those words. What Obama said was that Jerusalem should be ".. a place for all of the children of Abraham to mingle peacefully together as in the story of Isra'." In other words, Jerusalem is Islamic land, and Islam supreme. As someone who "experienced Islam on three continents", he knew EXACTLY what he was saying.

The West totally missed what his carefully chosen words conveyed. The Muslim world did not.

In fact, his entire speech as well as news releases about other issues, are filled with the carefully chosen words that mean one thing to Western ears, but quite another to Muslims around the world.

We need to understand Obama's obsessive drive to remove Jewish settlements from Judea and Samaria wholly in the context of his message in Cairo. No matter what he says about America's long term relationship with Israel, Obama's Israel isn't our Israel.

As a People, we seem to have a difficult time understanding duplicity and cover our ears. It seems we just aren't getting it....again. Hopefully, this time, as the monster raises it's ugly head, we will recognize it and know that we have seen it before....before it's too late.