Post by bondservant on Sept 23, 2019 11:43:03 GMT -6
The second round of elections held last week left both Blue and White headed by Benny Gantz and Likud headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu struggling to form a coalition. The third-largest party, the Joint Arab List, found itself in a position of unprecedented and disproportionate power with the ability to make or break any attempt by either side to form a government.
This situation materialized in a bizarre form on Sunday when members of the Joint Arab List arrived at the President’s Residence to submit their letter of intent to support a recommendation for Benny Gantz to form a government. This was the first time the Arab parties expressed support for an Israeli candidate since Yitzhak Rabin in 1992.
It is interesting to note that the letter, signed by Ahmad Tibi, the head of the party, contained the header בס”ד (BSD) which is the acronym for “B’Siyata D’Shmaya”, an Aramaic expression meaning “with heaven’s help” which is similar in intent to the English expression, ‘God-willing.’ The three letters are routinely used as headers for any written document by religious Jews.
Ayman Odeh, the head of the Arab-dominated Hadash party told President Reuven Rivlin, “The majority of the Israeli public said its desire. Most of the Israeli public just said anything but Netanyahu. They said they want an end to the era of Netanyahu.”
Even more surprising was when Odeh tweeted a verse from Psalms.
The stone that the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. Psalms 118:22
It is assumed that, unlike King David who wrote the Psalm, Odeh’s intent was that the Arabs, who consider themselves to be a “rejected” demographic in Israeli society, find themselves in a “cornerstone” position in Israeli politics.
Rabbi Pinchas Winston noted that when a Muslim Arab quoted Jewish Psalms, it was clearly “hashgacha pratit” (divine intervention) and needed to be understood.
“When there is no prophecy in Israel, God talks to the Jews through the non-Jews,” Rabbi Winston told Breaking Israel News. “King David wrote this verse about the building of malchut (dynasty). King David was saying that the Lord works in mysterious ways when it comes to the power structure of Israel. When the Jews do what they are supposed to and earn the merit, we are given the power to rule ourselves.”
“But when we don’t, the rules of nature that we take for granted are set aside and God has to work through back door means,” Rabbi Winston said. “And when the geula (redemption) is coming closer, God has to disguise what is happening to confuse the dark side and make it seem as if the geula is moving further away.”
MORE:
www.breakingisraelnews.com/137683/arab-party-head-hints-muslims-build-third-temple/
This situation materialized in a bizarre form on Sunday when members of the Joint Arab List arrived at the President’s Residence to submit their letter of intent to support a recommendation for Benny Gantz to form a government. This was the first time the Arab parties expressed support for an Israeli candidate since Yitzhak Rabin in 1992.
It is interesting to note that the letter, signed by Ahmad Tibi, the head of the party, contained the header בס”ד (BSD) which is the acronym for “B’Siyata D’Shmaya”, an Aramaic expression meaning “with heaven’s help” which is similar in intent to the English expression, ‘God-willing.’ The three letters are routinely used as headers for any written document by religious Jews.
Ayman Odeh, the head of the Arab-dominated Hadash party told President Reuven Rivlin, “The majority of the Israeli public said its desire. Most of the Israeli public just said anything but Netanyahu. They said they want an end to the era of Netanyahu.”
Even more surprising was when Odeh tweeted a verse from Psalms.
The stone that the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. Psalms 118:22
It is assumed that, unlike King David who wrote the Psalm, Odeh’s intent was that the Arabs, who consider themselves to be a “rejected” demographic in Israeli society, find themselves in a “cornerstone” position in Israeli politics.
Rabbi Pinchas Winston noted that when a Muslim Arab quoted Jewish Psalms, it was clearly “hashgacha pratit” (divine intervention) and needed to be understood.
“When there is no prophecy in Israel, God talks to the Jews through the non-Jews,” Rabbi Winston told Breaking Israel News. “King David wrote this verse about the building of malchut (dynasty). King David was saying that the Lord works in mysterious ways when it comes to the power structure of Israel. When the Jews do what they are supposed to and earn the merit, we are given the power to rule ourselves.”
“But when we don’t, the rules of nature that we take for granted are set aside and God has to work through back door means,” Rabbi Winston said. “And when the geula (redemption) is coming closer, God has to disguise what is happening to confuse the dark side and make it seem as if the geula is moving further away.”
MORE:
www.breakingisraelnews.com/137683/arab-party-head-hints-muslims-build-third-temple/
