Author: yreape

Israel celebrates 74 years of independence this year. I remember Israel’s 60th anniversary celebrations at Trinity college. Palestinians who had been taken by Israel as children because they were being schooled in hatred and terrorism attended with the Israeli delegate.

She explained, acronystic now, that the term Jewish referred to the religion of Judaism, the term Israeli was in use to describe those who accepted Israel, to be Palestinian was a political designation, and Gaza was where terrorists and suspected terrorists and their families were sent. She said thirty percent of the population living in Israel, not counting Gaza were Muslim.

According to recent figures the number of muslims living in Israel is just over a fifth. The figures do not include Samaria or east Jerusalem.

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According to a report, Russia’s ambassador to Ireland has stated that there are no facts on the ground to support the west’s Ukraine invasion fantasy. Reportedly, he has blamed western governments for distorting the truth which he said has lead to a hysteria, and was part of a deliberate attempt to heat up the situation.

According to a report, the u.s. are planning to send around 2,700 troops to Poland and Romania and 8,500 u.s. troops have been placed on hightened alert. Memories of George Bush attacking Iraq, saying it was unfair to have the troops remain on red alert come to mind.

Imbolg/Imbolc is an ancient celtic festival that celebrates spring. The term means, in the belly of the mother because the seeds of spring are beginning to stir in mother earth. Around this time many herd animals give birth to their first offspring of the year.

Like Jewish festivals it begins in the evening. Reportedly, the reason being that god created night then he created day, so night came before day. It is also St Brigids day, a patron saint of Ireland. Brigid, born 451-525 was reportedly born into slavery. She was born the child of a celtic slave Christian mother and a pagan chieftain of Leinster.

The church offered a home and education to freed slaves, when freed, like saint Martin (1579-1639) who was said to be born in similar circumstances, Brigid joined the church. She is the patron saint of dairy production. She became an abbess or mother superior in an important convent in Ireland and founded several convents.

One story is that Martin de Porres Velázquez’s mother was Zimbabwen, his father was a spanish nobleman. He was born in Lima, Peru. He is the patron saint of racial harmony and much loved in Ireland. He was a vegetarian. Some of his achievements were the establishment of an orphanage and a children’s hospital. He is remembered for his kindness, his nursing of the sick, his obedience and his charity.

According to a report, the DUP’s minister for agriculture has ordered his services to stop Brexit controls from midnight Wednesday, of which the practical consequences and legalities are being questioned. According to the report, it is unclear whether this order will be followed, with some within the dup arguing that the administration is under a legal obligation to carry them out.

According to reports, dup leader sir Jeffrey Donaldson has continually denounced post Brexit controls on the Irish sea border, though some animals and animal food stuffs failed to pass health and safety. According to the report, this is playing politics with Dublin’s legal obligations.

Reportedly, the irish sea border is designed to prevent the re-establishment of a border between northern and southern Ireland as per the Belfast agreement, was called the good friday agreement. Northern Ireland elections are scheduled for May.

According to a report, amid controversy and a furious backlash, the european commission has decided to go ahead with plans to label gas and nuclear energy as sustainable.

Nuclear power burns uranium enriched soil at radical temperatures, thereby producing more pollution than coal, which is a major contributor of greenhouse gases.

Enriched uranium depletes the soil of the temperature needed to grow fruit and vegetables. Poor countries are selling uranium to the major powers to the detriment of their soil and future food security.

According to a report, the Spanish parliament have agreed to a proposal for an enquiry into sexual abuse within the catholic church. Reportedly, there are two hundred existing claims of sexual abuse within the catholic church in Spain over the last twenty years.

According to reports, Ireland, France and Germany have held enquiries, but according to a study, the number of claims of sexual abuse within the catholic church corresponded to the number of claims elsewhere. Reportedly, paedophilia was rare. According to the report, many cases were that of underage homosexual sex. The age of consent for homosexuals was eighteen years, is now seventeen. Sexual harassment of the older person was said to have been a mitigating factor.

There are a vast number of sexual abuse claims within the catholic church, but do politics play a part? The ecumenical movement is changing the character of the catholic church, and a reported trend is the overseeing of parish affairs by lay persons.

According to a report, half a million Jews live in Samaria, but are they all Jews, or are some Israelis of other tribes? Judah was just one son of Israel. Now we hear about a Jewish state, but what about Benjamin and the ten lost tribes?

Benjamin was the youngest son of Israel. Israel seperated from the kingdom of Judah after the death of King Solomon in 930 bc. In 723-722 bc Israel was attacked by Assyrians and Benjamin flew to Judah. The remaining tribes were led away.

The tribe of Ephraim and the western half of Manasseh inhabited Samaria. Scripture reads ‘In the ninth year of Hoshea (723 bc) the king of Asyria took Samaria and carried Israel away unto Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and in Habor, on the river Gozan and in the city of the Medes.

According to biblical texts, the ten lost tribes settled in Iran 722-721 bc. They may not still be in Iran. One theory is orthodox Jews are descendants of the ten lost tribes.

Saint Michael was a Brigadier, the highest field  officer and responsible for Israel. He is an arch angel, that is an angel of the higher rank in Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

The earliest surviving mentions of his name are in the 3rd and 2nd Century bc, often apocalyptic. He is said to be the chief of angels and archangels. Mentioned in revelation, the book said to depict empire rule, thought at the time to describe the roman empire. Chapter seven describes the oppression. Then war broke out in heaven. In 7:12 Michael fights the dragon who’s tail sweeps a third of the stars from the sky. According to the text, the dragon falls from heaven. Does Michael lose his place in heaven?

Reportedly, the word bloc has been used for some time by the u.s. media to refer to the eu, but the rapid spread of the term seems to have originated in the uk media since Brexit. According to the report, the term duplicates and over scores the word, union, for what is the voluntary membership of twenty seven diverse and sovereign countries that have been consistent supporters of multilateralism and the cooperative interdependence of nations.

According to a report, Vladimir Chizhof, Russia’s ambassador to the eu said that years before, nato promised not to expand eastwards. Reportedly, he said that Russia had no plans to invade Ukraine.

According to reports, nato’s policing of u.n. sanctions and the Biden family interests in a Ukrainian company selling Iraqi oil indicates the u.s. are in no position to take the moral high ground.

Should eu members or the Ukraine be members of nato?