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February 2017 $2.25

New Subdivisions ApprovedPage 21

Among Highest Fuel Taxes in the World

Page 22

Deep and Historic Friendship with Israel

Page 25

Car Tech Companies Lead the Field

Page 27

Assad Best to Combat Terrorism, Says Sisi • US-Made F-35 Stealth Fighter Jets Arrive

The Beast, the

Antichrist and the Harlot

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THROUGH THE EYES OF THE PROPHET ITEM #2297 118 pgs. • Paperback

$10.50 Only $8Author: Dr. Roger Liebi

World HistoryAccording toDaniel

Is world history the sum of everycoincidence? Are we at themercy of blind Fate? Products of“random chance” in the infinitedimensions of the universe?Many philosophical systems

and ideologies put forwardparticular views of history. Yet allthese systems of thought offeronly speculation regarding thequestion of the future. Roger Liebirefers to the one Book whichmakes a fundamentally differentclaim.

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The Beast, theAntichrist and the HarlotBy Roger Liebi

It is necessary to takecare where Biblicalprophecy is concerned

to avoid widespread errors. Theassumption is wrong that the comingdictator from Europe is the Antichrist.The Antichrist is the second beast, thefalse messiah of Israel.

14 Second Message Israel: A Very Special People – Part 7. Israel in Egypt. By Thomas Lieth

17 Action for Israel By Arno Froese

21 On The Horizon21 ISRAELNew Subdivisions Approved22 ISRAELAmong Highest Fuel Taxes in the World24 EGYPTAssad Best to Combat Terrorism, Says Sisi25 GUATEMALADeep and Historic Friendship with Israel27 ISRAELCar Tech Companies Lead the Field28 ISRAELUS-Made F-35 Stealth Fighter Jets Arrive

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Car Tech Companies Lead the Field

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BY FREDI WINKLER

Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential

election came as a complete surprise for many,

especially after the media predicted a near-certain

win for Hillary Clinton. The world is now closely watching Washington D.C.,

because no one can really predict how American politics will look under the

Trump administration.

The Israeli government in particular has high hopes for the Trump govern-

ment, especially after the judgment against Israeli settlements by the UN Secu-

rity Council. The United States, still under Obama, for practically the first time

ever, refused to exercise a veto that would have benefitted Israel. Donald

Trump has promised that everything will be different under him, but no one

really knows what that means. He stated, as have others before him, that the

US embassy will be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem—which is equivalent to

recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The ones who promised that in the

past didn’t end up carrying through on it, for fear of problems with the Arab

states and the Palestinians.

He talked about solving the Palestinian problem in terms of a “deal” that he

plans to close, but so far, no one knows exactly what that deal might encom-

pass.

Naftali Bennett, a leading minister in the Israeli government, stated that he

is open to annexation of the Israeli settlements in the Palestinian areas. Israel

isn’t going to attempt that though, without the approval of the United States.

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Dear Friends of Israel,

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Thus, the proponents of annexation are watching the new American president, in

hopes that under him, “everything will be different” on this issue.

While Israel sets great hopes on the new administration in Washington, many in

the Arab world are waiting anxiously to see what changes the new American gov-

ernment will bring for them. The reported special relationship that Donald Trump

has with Vladimir Putin and Russia will surely mean that changes are coming in

the US’s relationship to the Arab and Islamic world, especially in regard to Syria,

Iraq and ISIS. A decisive change in in the handling of the refugee problem is also

expected from Donald Trump.

Britain’s exit from the European Union is bringing a similar change to interna-

tional politics. The new American president strongly favored that exit, while his

own campaign slogan was, “Make America Great Again.”

It’s not clear what that slogan might mean for the rest of the world, but it likely

means that the main focus of the American government will be on fixing problems

in its own country, and not those of the rest of the world.

As far as helping the rest of the world goes, especially when it comes to helping

Israel, Trump has stated that more assistance can be expected, but that assistance

will come with a price. That means that the USA doesn’t want to pass out gifts any-

more; some sort of service will be expected in return. That statement raised some

concerns in Israel that, in spite of the almost euphoric hopes, maybe things won’t

be quite so rosy for Israel after all under Trump’s government.

The “Brexit” experience and the election of Donald Trump have shown once

again that things don’t always turn out in the way that the media and the “opin-

ion-makers” try to convince people, but there is instead a higher power that is con-

trolling the fate of the world and mankind, so that His will is done. An old German

aphorism says that “Man thinks, but God steers.”

In the knowledge that God controls the future of this world, even when it so of-

ten appears worldly and profane,

Shalom,

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It is necessary to take care whereBiblical prophecy is concernedto avoid widespread errors.

Thus, we must differentiatebetween the beast out of the sea(Revelation 13:1-10) and the beastout of the earth (Revelation 13:11-18). The first beast is a Gentiledictator of the revived (European)Roman Empire of the end times;the second beast is the future falsemessiah in Israel. The assumptionis wrong that the coming dictatorfrom Europe is the Antichrist. TheAntichrist is the second beast, thefalse messiah of Israel, who is inplace of Christ (i.e. Messiah) (1John 2:18). Antichrist means falsemessiah. The false messiah willrule as a Jew in Israel (Daniel11:36-39; Isaiah 30:33; Zechariah11:15-17; John 5:43; 2 Thessalo-nians 2:3-12; 1 John 2:18; Reve-lation 6:1-2; 13:11-18; 16:13;

19:19-20). The coming “newRoman” dictator is no false mes-siah.He is not the king of the northin Daniel 11 either. The king ofthe north is in the prophecy ofGreater Syria (from Syria/Lebanonto Pakistan; Daniel 11:1-35). Thebeast out of the sea in Revelation13, which has ten horns, corre-sponds with the fourth beast inDaniel 7. This beast symbolizesthe Roman Empire.The Antichrist, the second beast,is not the king of the north. TheAntichrist, i.e. the false Messiah,is simply called “the king” (Daniel11:36-39). He is clearly differentfrom the king of the north (GreaterSyria) and the king of the south(Egypt) (Daniel 11:40). Thus, it isclear that the Antichrist cannot befrom Islam, i.e. from the Mahdiawaited by the Shiite Muslims.

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Yes, the Antichrist is a Jew whowill not heed the God of his fathers,namely the God of Abraham, Isaacand Jacob (Daniel 11:37). He willinitiate the worship of an image(Revelation 13:14-15; Daniel 9:27;Matthew 24:15). This does notcorrespond with Islam at all; itapplies to the idolization of thetwo beasts (Revelation 13:4; 2Thessalonians 2:4).The beast out of the sea, whowill be the Roman dictator, willexercise his tremendous influentialpower worldwide (Revelation13:7), but the newly arisen RomanEmpire will not embrace the wholeworld. The Bible speaks of variouspower blocs, which in a confronta-tion will bring humanity to theborder of self-destruction (e.g.Revelation 9:1-5). The king of thenorth in Asia and in Africa willconfront the West as an Islamicstate. We must therefore differen-tiate rulers from each other. Thebeast out of the sea (Revelation

13:1); the beast out of the earth(Revelation 13:11); the king ofthe north (Daniel 11:40); the kingof the south (Egypt; Daniel 11:40);the “chief prince” from the utter-most north (Ezekiel 38—39); thekings of the east (Revelation 16:12);and the harlot Babylon (Revelation17—18).The Antichrist will not bringabout a time of peace and safety,as many people say. In 1 Thessa-lonians 5:3, it just says that in theend times they will continuallysay, “Peace and safety,” but theScriptures do not speak of a stateof peace through the Antichrist.The safety of which the propheticWord speaks in Ezekiel 38:8 is thesafety that the Lord Jesus willbring Israel after His return.As the Antichrist is the secondbeast out of the earth, he will beking in Israel (Daniel 11:36-39)and will not build up his govern-ment seat in ancient Babylon, asmany scholars think. At His return

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The assumption is wrong that the coming dictator fromEurope is the Antichrist. The Antichrist is the second beast,the false messiah of Israel, who is in place of Christ.

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The golden cup full of abominations (idolatry)represents the idolatrous center of the Church of Rome.

in Armageddon, the Lord Jesuswill destroy him with the breathof His mouth (Revelation 16:14-15; 17:14; 19:19-20). The earthlyBabylon, on the other hand, willbe destroyed in the end times bya nation from the north and bemade uninhabitable in connectionwith a brutal attack of the Medes(Kurds: Isaiah 13:17-21; Jeremiah50—51).The harlot Babylon mentionedin Revelation 17 cannot be Islam,then. The harlot Babylon is sittingon seven hills (Revelation 17:9).It is the city of kingship over thekings of the earth (Revelation17:18). It is the seven-hill city of

Rome. She is in contrast to theBride of the Lamb, the NewJerusalem, which represents thetrue Church (Revelation 21:9ff.).Thus, she is a false church in Rome.She rules Europe, i.e. the RomanEmpire (Revelation 17:3). This is,historically speaking, the CatholicChurch, which sets up the kingsand emperors. Her robes of scarlet(cardinals) and purple (bishops)characterize the high clergy ofRome (Revelation 17:4). Preciousstones, gold and pearls portraythe treasure chambers of the church(Revelation 17:4). The golden cupfull of abominations (idolatry) rep-resents the idolatrous center of

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the Church of Rome, the sacrificein which the bread is worshipedas God (Revelation 17:4). She isdrunken from the blood of thesaints (Revelation 17:6), which isa fact, as the Church of Rome haskilled hundreds of thousands ofbelievers.The coming “new Roman” dic-tator and his ten highest ministerswill destroy this Roman harlotBabylon (Revelation 17:17). Thus,it becomes clear that the harlotBabylon cannot stand for a unitedworld religion. The religion of thebeast out of the sea and the beastout of the earth, namely the wor-ship of the dictator as the God offorces (Daniel 11:38) and theAntichrist (2 Thessalonians 2), arenot the same as the cult of theharlot of Babylon.The harlot of Babylon is the“mother of harlots” (Revelation17:5). All the churches which comefrom the Catholic Church in Romeand left the way of the saints aredaughters of the harlot of Babylon,and therefore must be distinguished

from her. As we say, like mother,like daughter (Ezekiel 16:44).Thus, the harlot Babylon is notthe restored ancient city of Babylonin Iraq. Babylon in Iraq is a pictureof the false Church of Rome, theharlot Babylon, just as Jerusalemin Israel is a picture of the trueChurch, the new Jerusalem. Thedetails in Revelation 17—18 donot fit Babylon in Iraq at all.In view of the statements of Bib-lical prophecy, we cannot expectan end-times revival in Europe orthe USA. Such a statement as someChristians claim fits the falseprophets which are spoken of inMatthew 24:11-24 (2 Timothy3—4, 2 Peter 2—3, Jude and 2Thessalonians 2:3 speak of a greatapostasy within professed Chris-tianity). When we become awareof what prophecy in the Word ofGod really says, then we also seehow important the Biblical call towatchfulness and sobriety is. Nogolden age will come before JesusChrist appears, but a falling away.(MR1216/822)

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national School of Theology, Trinity Southwest University, and CriswellCollege. He has done post-graduate work at the Hebrew University inJerusalem and has served as Director of Excavations on the QumranPlateau in Israel since 2002. He and his wife Beverlee have four daugh-ters and one son, and seven grandchildren.

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ences. He has served as a pastor for 17 years. Dr. Ice has a B.A. fromHoward Payne University, a Th.M. from Dallas Theological Seminary, aPh.D. from Tyndale Theological Seminary and done doctoral studies atthe University of Wales in Lampeter. He lives with his wife Janice inJustin, Texas and they have three grown sons and six grandchildren.

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Through the famine andthanks to Joseph’s positionin the kingdom of Pharaoh,

the Israelites came to Egypt.“And Israel took his journeywith all that he had, and came toBeersheba, and offered sacrificesto the God of his father Isaac. AndGod spake unto Israel in the visionsof the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob.And he said, Here am I. And hesaid, I am God, the God of thyfather: fear not to go down intoEgypt; for I will there make ofthee a great nation: I will go downwith thee into Egypt; and I willalso surely bring thee up again:and Joseph shall put his hand uponthine eyes. And Jacob rose up fromBeersheba: and the sons of Israelcarried Jacob their father, and theirlittle ones, and their wives, in thewagons which Pharaoh had sentto carry him. And they took theircattle, and their goods, which theyhad gotten in the land of Canaan,and came into Egypt, Jacob, and

all his seed with him: his sons, andhis sons’ sons with him, his daugh-ters, and his sons’ daughters, andall his seed brought he with himinto Egypt” (Genesis 46:1-7).And as Jacob (Israel) lay dyingin Egypt, he said to Joseph,“Behold, I die: but God shall bewith you, and bring you againunto the land of your fathers”(Genesis 48:21). With this, Godpromised that the people of Israelwould one day enter into the“Promised Land” of Canaan.Before Jacob died, he gave his sonshis blessing (Genesis 49). He gavehis son Judah a special blessing,as from his tribe the Messiah, theKing and Savior of the world,would come:“Judah, thou art he whom thybrethren shall praise: thy handshall be in the neck of thine ene-mies; thy father’s children shallbow down before thee. Judah isa lion’s whelp: from the prey, myson, thou art gone up: he stooped

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down, he couched as a lion, andas an old lion: who shall rousehim up? The sceptre shall notdepart from Judah, nor a lawgiverfrom between his feet, until Shilohcome; and unto him shall the gath-ering of the people be” (Genesis49:8-10). In the end, Joseph was able tosay to his brothers, “But as foryou, ye thought evil against me;but God meant it unto good, tobring to pass, as it is this day, tosave much people alive” (Genesis50:20). Remember that the brotherswanted to kill him, but God turnedthis evil intention into good. Theonly one who seems to have seenthis was Joseph, who had to sayto his brothers:“Now therefore be not grieved,nor angry with yourselves, thatye sold me hither: for God didsend me before you to preservelife. For these two years hath thefamine been in the land: and yetthere are five years, in the whichthere shall neither be earing nor

harvest. And God sent me beforeyou to preserve you a posterity inthe earth, and to save your livesby a great deliverance. So now itwas not you that sent me hither,but God: and he hath made me afather to Pharaoh, and lord of allhis house, and a ruler throughoutall the land of Egypt” (Genesis45:5-8).What a parallel to the MessiahJesus, who would come from theline of Judah! Just as the brothersmeant evil and God turned it intogood, the people thought and thinkevil of Jesus; they brought Himto the cross with the intention ofkilling Him, as they wanted to killJoseph. But God turned it intogood, in that Jesus gives peopleeternal life. Joseph saved the livesof his family, and Jesus Christoffers all people eternal life. Whata God!Even after the death of Jacob,who was called Israel by God,Joseph and his brothers continuedGod’s story with His people. (NAI0916/823)

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These amazing and powerfulwords Jesus spoke to His disci-ples, are in the first place addressedto Israel. Jesus says: “…this is the lawand the prophets.” That means theentire Old Testament. The meaning:do good unto others.We know that Jesus identified the

“to them,” when a certain lawyerasked the question: “who is myneighbor?” Jesus told him a storyand identified the neighbor as aSamaritan—the ones the Jews wouldnever associate with. He was the onewho showed compassion, and Jesussaid to the lawyer: “…go and do thoulikewise.”If we were to practice this instruc-

tion, there would be no quarrelsamong us, no disagreements, crime,

violence, or poverty, because wewould care about other people.Israel is a relatively new country

as we know it today. Next year theywill celebrate the 70th year of theirreestablishment on the world scene.This country was founded under themost impossible circumstances;only a few decades ago, about one-third of the Jewish population in Eu-rope was literally exterminatedunder the leadership of Germany’sAdolf Hitler. When they tried to es-cape to the land of Israel (thencalled Palestine), the British govern-ment would refuse entrance, norcould they come to America. Only ashort time before the proclamationof the state of Israel, they had a rela-tively unorganized armed force; a

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“Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do toyou, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets”(Matthew 7:12).

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mixed multitude, speaking differ-ent languages and originating fromdiverse cultures. The overwhelmingmajority had no experience in han-dling weapons. When they at-tempted to buy weapons from theWest, they were denied. Yet, weknow that Israel did succeed. To-day, they have built a thriving andextremely successful nation. Whenit comes to agricultural know-how,particularly in semi-desert condi-tions, Israel ranks number one, get-ting the most crops from the leastbit of water. Regarding the high-tech industry, it is only a matter oftime before Israel becomes the lead-ing nation.But all that does not change Is-

rael’s deep desire for “shalom,” forpeace. Yet that is being denied untilthis day. The primary reason for theconflict, from Israel’s perspective, isArab settlers in the land of Israel.Arab-Palestinians and the rest ofthe world claim the opposite; theyinsist that Israel occupies Arabland.

One would think that a countrywith so many seemingly insur-mountable difficulties, would havemore than enough to do to simplyensure their very existence, particu-larly regarding defense. Not so.A recent article by israel21c.org

was headlined, “Israel Builds forLife in Faraway Places.” Here aresome excerpts:

Gili Navon didn’t intend to start a non-

profit organization when she traveled

in 2007 to Majuli, a remote island in

northeast India.

The Israeli woman accompanied

the females of Majuli’s peaceful

Mising tribe as they picked herbs in

the jungle and spun raw silk and cot-

ton into colorful garments. She saw

the struggle for sustenance in this

low-caste subsistence-farming socie-

ty where river erosion has caused

mass displacement.

Navon organized the Rengam

(United) Women Weavers Cooperative

in 2011 to help residents use their cul-

tural tradition as a source of income.

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Today the cooperative includes about

100 women, ages 18 to 60, from 20 vil-

lages. The project’s headquarters hosts

educational lectures on topics such as

women’s health.

Leigh Ofer, another young woman

with roots in Israel, cofounded Seed

Street, teaching kids from disadvan-

taged circumstances in New York’s

Harlem neighborhood to plant hydro-

ponic vegetables inside repurposed

shipping containers and sell what they

harvest.

Children and women are also the

focus of community-building programs

in developing countries in Latin

America and Africa under the aegis of

MASHAV, Israel’s Agency for

International Development Cooperation.

One recent example is a course on

Education for Sustainable Development

held at MASHAV’s Ofri Educational

Training Center in 2014. Joan Owaka,

the principal of Farasi Lane Primary

School in Kenya, implemented the

knowledge she acquired during the

ESD course in Israel and two years later,

her school has become a model of suc-

cess.

Community-building is the corner-

stone of Jerusalem-based Tevel

b’Tzedek, founded with the goal of

engaging young Jews and Israelis in

long-range activities in Nepal and

Burundi, such as teaching modern agri-

cultural methods and strengthening

schools, and building community gov-

ernance and activism structures to

include marginalized ethnic groups,

women and youth.

Wherever emergency relief is need-

ed, from Haiti to South Korea, IsraAID

staffers remain on the ground for sever-

al years to implement and train locals to

run programs on mental and physical

health, economic and social develop-

ment, women’s empowerment, psy-

chosocial rehabilitation, education,

child protection and combating gen-

der-based-violence.

The Japan IsraAID Support Program

(JISP) aims to provide Japan’s Tohoku

region—devastated in 2011 by the

most powerful earthquake (9.0 Richter

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scale) ever known to have hit the

peninsula—with targeted post-trau-

ma capacity-building, psychosocial

services, and leadership and profes-

sional skills training for youth.

In South Sudan, IsraAID works to

build the capacity of service providers

working with vulnerable communi-

ties, especially women and children;

and accompanies both these local

service providers and local actors in

their efforts to design, implement and

evaluate their own programs to tackle

pressing social and health challenges

affecting the most at-risk groups.

-13 September 2016

Quite surprisingly, even in richcountries such as the USA, Japan,and others, Israel’s expertise is be-ing utilized.When reading these various re-

ports, from Israel21c and othersources, one is just amazed at Is-rael’s ability to be virtually every-where. But there is more to come,for the prophet Isaiah has this tosay: “For Zion’s sake will I not holdmy peace, and for Jerusalem’s sakeI will not rest, until the righteous-ness thereof go forth as brightness,and the salvation thereof as a lampthat burneth” (Isaiah 62:1).

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“This is a historic day in the Knesset,which went from establishing a

Palestinian state to Israeli sovereignty inJudea and Samaria. Have no doubt: Thesettlement bill is leading the way to annex-ation,” Naftali Bennett stated.“We’re finding solutions that didn’t

exist before today, within the framework

of the law, in order to solve this problem,”the prime minister said.At the same time, Netanyahu said the

timing is diplomatically sensitive, and heasked all coalition MKs to show restraint,“for the good of settlements and the Stateof Israel.”

A new version of thebill was approved by theMinisterial Committee forLegislation, and brought toa preliminary vote in theplenum, where it passed60-49 following a debatepeppered with non-stopshouting from the coali-tion.

-www.jpost.com

5 December 2016

Commentary:A settlement indicatestaking territory by force and thencreating subdivisions on it. Yet allnew countries (established by Euro-peans) no longer utilize the term“settlements,” rather “subdivisions.”Israel, the only country in the worldthat has received an unconditional

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New SubdivisionsApprovedThe coalition lived to see anoth-er day, with legislation retroac-tively legalizing nearly 4,000settlement homes moving for-ward after intense negotiations.

Construction in Amona.

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promise of ownership by the Godof Israel, accepts the definition “set-tlement.” In reality, it’s the opposite:Arabs residing in the land of Israel—from the River Euphrates to theRiver of Egypt—are settlers. But,the world at large vehementlyopposes such definitions, and con-tinues to accuse Israel of establishing“illegal settlements” in their owncountry.

This should not be surprising forBible believers, because the land ofCanaan—the Promised Land—wascontested from the very beginningsome 3,500 years ago. When Israelcrossed the Jordan, there was trem-bling in the land of Canaan: “Andit came to pass, when all the kingswhich were on this side Jordan, inthe hills, and in the valleys, and inall the coasts of the great sea overagainst Lebanon, the Hittite, andthe Amorite, the Canaanite, the Per-izzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite,heard thereof; That they gatheredthemselves together, to fight withJoshua and with Israel, with oneaccord” (Joshua 9:1-2).

Today, it’s no longer these king-doms which are united against Israel,but the entire world without excep-

tion. There has yet to be a leader ofany nation proclaiming that the landof Israel, from the River of Egypt to

the Euphrates, isJewish land. 6406(For more on this subject,

read The Palestinian Right

to Israel, ITEM #2256.)

ISRAEL

Among Highest FuelTaxes in the WorldIsrael has the dubious honor ofbeing ranked sixth in fuel taxa-tion among OECD memberstates, reports the OECD 2015taxation review.

The percentage of taxes for aliter of gasoline, including VAT

and excise, is 65.4% of the overall price.The only countries with higher fuel taxesare the UK, Holland, Finland, Germany andItaly. As for diesel, Israel reaches the topfive taxers, with taxes comprising 62.7%of the overall price.On December 1 [2016], the government

controlled maximum gasoline price [went]down by a few agorot, but even after thisdecline in prices, the percentage of taxwill still be around 65%; the tax rate doesnot take into account the significant drop

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in oil prices in the past two years.According to the OECD’s review, Israel is also ranked high

on maximum car purchase taxes, with a maximum tax of82% (not including luxury cars); Israel is still ranked high evenafter weighing the green tax benefit, which lowers the averagepurchase tax.

-www.jpost.com, 1 December 2016

Commentary:Without taxes, no nation can functionin a civilized manner. That was the case during earlyBiblical times, and such it is today. The only oneswho can buy a motor vehicle tax-free, for example,are new immigrants who qualify as Jews, henceIsraelis. The only time we read about the raising oftaxes is in Daniel 11:20: “Then shall stand up in hisestate a raiser of taxes in the glory of the kingdom:but within few days he shall be destroyed, neitherin anger, nor in battle.” Next in line comes the greatdeceiver, who will come in peace with flatteringwords: “And in his estate shall stand up a vile person,to whom they shall not give the honour of the king-

Overall taxes on gasoline, including excise and VAT, constitute65.4% of the price.

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Israelis have longextended their hands toother nations in need, andthe humanitarian organiza-tion IsraAID now saysthey’ve been secretly send-ing teams to help refugeesin northern Iraq. The organ-ization has been providingrelief efforts since 2014,with an aim to help victimsof Islamic State violence.One woman with theagency, who wished not todisclose her true identity, isan Israeli-American whospecializes in treating vic-tims of sexual violence.Between 5000 and 7000females in the region areestimated to have beenabducted and enslaved byISIS since 2014, and atleast 5000 are thought tohave been slaughtered.

-virtualjerusalem.com22 December 2016

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dom: but he shall come in peaceably,and obtain the kingdom by flatteries”(verse 21).

The rest of the world’s nations haveall experienced their politicians, orcandidates for office, solemnly promiseto reduce taxes. But no one ever did

in reality, because ifone tax is loweredanother is raised.6407(For more on Daniel, read

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Easy, ITEM #1057.)

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Assad Best to CombatTerrorism, Says SisiEgyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has moved to openly supportthe Syrian Army in that country’scivil war, risking a worsening ofrelations with key ally Saudi Arabia,the main backer of the rebelsopposed to the regime of PresidentBashar Assad.

Sisi said Syrian government forceswere “best positioned to combat ter-

rorism and restore stability” in Syria, wherea civil war that has taken more than 400,000lives is in its sixth year.

“Our priority is to support national armies,for example in Libya, to exert control overLibyan territory and deal with extremist ele-ments. The same with Syria and Iraq,” Sisisaid.Sisi first sought to deepen ties with Russia

due to cool relations with the Obama admin-istration, widely seen in Egypt as being sym-pathetic to the Muslim Brotherhood. Militaryties have proliferated, with the two sidesholding joint exercises in Egypt.There are plans for the Russian company

RosAtom is to build a nuclear power plantin Egypt and the two sides are negotiatingon the establishment of Russian industrialzones in the country. Moreover, Russia usedto be an important source of tourism to Egyptuntil the bombing of a Russian plane overSinai last year and Egypt wants to persuadeRussia to resume the flights.“We always take into account our people’s

national interests and security concerns andwe think that Russia can help to achievesecurity and balance throughout the world,”Sisi said during a meeting with Putin, accord-ing to the website of the Russian presidency.

-www.jpost.com, 28 November 2016

Commentary:Egypt’s president, AbdelFattah al-Sisi, is a political strategist.He sees the decline of the so-calledrebels and the gain of the Syrian forces,

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supported by Russia. The reward: a nuclear powerstation for Egypt.

This shows again the instability of any politicalsystem; it will always be temporary. Here we are

reminded of Psalm 66:7: “He rulethby his power for ever; his eyes beholdthe nations: let not the rebellious exaltthemselves. Selah.” 6408(For more on Russia, read Northern Storm Rising,

ITEM #2294.)

GUATEMALA

Deep and Historic Friendship with Israel“Before Israel’s establishment, on the eve of theU.N. decision on November 29 [in 1947], we stillremember and appreciate the actions ofGuatemala’s ambassador to the U.N., Dr. Jorge

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi looks on as he deliversa speech in Cairo. (photo credit:REUTERS)

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The UN General Assem-bly approved the funding

of $138,700 towards thecreation of a database ofcompanies which do busi-ness in Jewish communi-ties in Judea, Samaria, andeastern Jerusalem.The sum was approved

on the same day that theSecurity Council approvedthe resolution, not vetoedby the Obama government,condemning all Jewishpresence over the 1949armistice lines, the HumanRight Voices NGO reported.The database would

serve as a blacklist to helpBDS organizations seekingto foster boycotts of theState of Israel.

-israelnationalnews.com28 December 2016

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Garcia Granados, who enlistedLatin American states to vote infavor of the partition plan,” saidKnesset President Yuli Edelstein.

“It could be that withoutGuatemala, the resolution on

that fateful day would not have passed,and history would be very different.”Noting it was Morales’ first visit outside

of the Americas, Netanyahu wrote in hisofficial Twitter account it was “a movementthat reflects the true friendship betweenour countries.”Morales met with President Reuven

Rivlin, who praised the Guatemalan leaderfor continuing the legacy of friendship ofhis predecessors, and also for his country’ssupport in international forums. Rivlinalso noted that there is hardly a town inIsrael that does not have a GuatemalaStreet.Morales also was given an honorary

doctorate from the Hebrew University ofJerusalem.“Since entering office in January

[2016], President Morales has led thestruggle against government corruptionin his country,” the university’s onlinenote read. “He has also significantlystrengthened relations between Israeland Guatemala.”-www.virtualjerusalem.com, 30 November 2016

Commentary: Israel does not forget.They remember the nations whichvoted for partition in November of1947. Apparently, Guatemala’s influ-ence was a contributing factor tothe passing of the vote of the UnitedNations General Assembly.

Today, Guatemala is considereda third-world country. The annualGDP per capita is listed as $7,700in 2015. One of the telling signs ofhow well a country does is oftenmeasured in export and import; for2015, Guatemala’s exports were$10.83 billion, and imports $16.38billion.

There is another, more importantissue, and that is the Church ofJesus Christ in that country. Herewe point to our faithful missionar-ies, the Beitze family, who are incharge of Midnight Call Ministriesin Guatemala. Their operationincludes a Christian bookstore, pub-lication of Midnight Call in Spanish,and the distribution of hundredsof thousands of pieces of literature,including Bibles, year after year.Pray for the Beitzes and their team,to keep the light of the world, Jesus,shining on this country.6409

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Not Israel, but the Arabsare responsible for

“altering the demographiccomposition” of the WestBank by ethnically cleans-ing the area of Jews in1948, Prime Minister Ben-jamin Netanyahu said.“The anti-Israel resolu-

tion that just passed in theUN Security Council isbased on the argument thatIsrael is ‘altering the demo-graphic composition’ ofJudea and Samaria,”Netanyahu wrote on hisFacebook page.“The United Nations has

consistently ignored thefact that Jews were ethni-cally cleansed from theseterritories in 1948, which iswhy there were no Jews inthe area until after 1967.

-jpost.com28 December 2016

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Car Tech Companies Lead the Field In the past two years alone, Israeli car industry com-panies, or at least companies with Israeli managersand entrepreneurs, have closed deals and signedcontracts worth hundreds of million dollars. Sinceour last industry review several months ago, thesefigures have soared.

And this is only the tip of the iceberg. There are furtherdeals with a potential value of billions of dollars. Unlike

many Israeli startups, which are initially oriented towards makinga quick exit, many of the new companies in the field of car andauxiliary technologies stay cool in the face of the avalanche ofmerger, acquisition and investment proposals they receive.Car industry sub-contractors and large component developers,

those so-called “Tier 1” companies, also seek—and have toget—a slice of these operations. In an era in which the futureof cars is emerging as electric, autonomous and electronic—and mainly uncertain—gaining exclusive control over technologyis the key to business survival. Both sub-contractors and

Israel autonomous car startups don't sell so quickly despitean avalanche of merger and acquisition offers.

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component developers are threatened by cash-rich IT and chip giants, who see advancedcars moving into their ‘backyard.’In New York, the US investments capital

and possibly the most advanced area in theworld in the application of advanced trans-portation solutions, three of the companies inthis field have Israeli roots. The globalautonomous car development of online trans-portation giant Uber is also at present managedby two Israelis.In addition, the manufacturer overseas can

remotely connect to the system, install vitalsoftware updates, improve performance andmore. Many of these systems, currently offeredin the industry, contain Israeli software andhardware components. In Israel, it is possibleto find aftermarket systems with similar capa-bilities, but without the support of automakers.We can assume that other importers willfollow the example set by Delek Motors andby Colmobil, which was the first to activateonline driver services for private drivers inserially-produced cars (even if these serviceswere locally installed and developed) and inte-grate the manufacturers’ online services.On the bottom line, if once Israeli car tech-

nology resembled the fine vegetables grownin the Arava Desert—in order to taste themyou had to visit Europe—at present we areon the threshold of an exciting new era, notonly for investors but also for drivers.

-www.virtualjerusalem.com, 29 November 2016

Commentary: Israel’s high-tech industrylooks toward the future, thus declininglucrative offers for buyouts or merg-ers.

This and many other reports clearlyindicates Israel’s leadership when itcomes to high-tech and computer-related products. King David madethis statement: “Only the Lord givethee wisdom and understanding, andgive thee charge concerning Israel, thatthou mayest keep the law of the Lord

thy God” (1 Chronicles22:12). 6411(For more on Israel’s suc-

cess, read Miracle of Israel,

ITEM #2303.)

ISRAEL

US-Made F-35 StealthFighter Jets ArriveThe planes, which cost around $100million each, are being purchasedas part of the military aid agreementbetween the United States andIsrael.

The acquisition of the US-made F-35 stealth fighter jets will give Israel

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complete air superiority in the Middle East for the next 40years, according to senior Israeli officials.With the skies in the region becoming more crowded than

ever due to the ongoing conflict in Syria, and neighboringcountries like Egypt receiving Rafael fighter jets more advancedthan Israel’s current air fleet, the Israeli Air Force has beenwaiting with baited breath for the world’s most advanced fighterjet.Air force officials state that with all the capabilities of the

advanced jet, it can “protect itself, stay in the air for a longtime, and has tremendous firepower which give it the abilityto hit the most advanced ground missiles.”Israel remains keen on maintaining its qualitative edge and

increasing the IDF’s offensive capabilities, and the Air Force iscurrently examining the option of buying advanced versions ofthe F-15 to replace the older fighters currently being usedinstead of buying more F-35s.

-www.jpost.com, 30 November 2016

Commentary: Israel is the most progressive countryin the Middle East—the only one with a civilized,functioning democracy, freedom of press, and whenit comes to high-tech, a leading nation.

Yet, one thing is still missing, and that is expressedwith the word Israelis greet one another with: shalom(peace). While Israel has signed a peace agreementwith its southern neighbor, Egypt, and its easternneighbor, Jordan, the northern neighbors, Lebanonand Syria, are in relative turmoil and have publicallydeclared their intention to erase the existing bordersof Israel. Further to the east lies Iran, showing nodesire for normal relations with the Jewish state. 6418

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startup ScanTask in 2008,AgriTask translates data andintegrates multiple ag-techs into simple work pro-tocols for farmers ofvegetables, field crops, fruitand ornamental trees,grapes and greenhouseflowers, and helps themcomply with safety andexport regulations.

-israel21c.org27 December 2016

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