BIDEN WATCH: 5.29.21 - Doublemindedness

Doublemindedness – Bill Wilson – www.dailyjot.com America is struck with a virus far worse than COVID—doublemindedness. America is dumbfounded by doublemindedness. Chicago stands as a great example. Chicago’s gun controllaws are among the strictest in the nation, but there have been over 1,000 shootings since the beginning of the year. A week ago, from May 14-17, CBS Chicago reports that “at least 47 people were shot” with six fatalities. To own a gun in Chicago, you needto have a Firearms Owners Identification Card and be over 21 years old. I wonder how many gunslingers in Chicago abide by that. Yet, every week the doubleminded people cry for more gun control when it just arms the lawless at the expense of the law-abiding. Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot, an African-American lesbian, has been at the forefront championing equal rights, equality, equity and diversity. In a letter to members ofthe Chicago news media May 18, Lightfoot wrote: “As a person of color, I have throughout my adult life done everything that I can to fight for diversity and inclusion in every institution that I have been a part of and being mayor makes me uniquely situatedto shine a spotlight on this most important issue…I have been struck since my first day on the campaign trial back in 2018 by the overwhelming whiteness and maleness of Chicago media outlets, editorial boards, the political press corps, and yes, the City Hallpress corps specifically.” This is the justification Lightfoot is using, in her words, to be “exclusively providing one-on-one interviews with journalists of color.” That’s right. She is excludingWhite people from interviews. She says that White journalists covering the Mayors office reflect implicit or explicit bias and she wants to coerce media outlets to hire more women and people of color. So she will deny freedom of the press to White people untiltheir bosses hire more people who look like her. This is doublemindedness. One cannot truly champion equality, by tearing down equality. Just as one cannot champion law and order by defunding police, or champion education by preventing kids from going to school,or championing peace by supporting terrorists. What we see in Chicago is an example of such doubleminded thinking across the country. Sometimes you just can’t win for losing. Some 300 of Lightfoot’s extreme left base gathered in front of her house over the weekend to protest that she hasn’t gone far enoughto defund police, uphold the environment, support Black lives, support the teachers’ union and so on. Former presidential candidate, Democrat Tulsi Gabbard, who is pro-abortion and endorsed Joe Biden for president, attacked Lightfoot for her anti-white racism.Doublemindedness is all over the place. James 1:7-8 says, “For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; A doubleminded man is unstable in all his ways.” If a majority of a nation is such, and its leaders are such, what can be expectedfrom the Lord? Let us pray fervently against this virus of doublemindedness. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stupidocrisy: Two-state solution � Bill Wilson � www.dailyjot.com Nearly every president since Jimmy Carter has supported a two-state solution for peace between Israel and people who call themselves Palestinians. As recent as last week,Joe Biden told the news media, �There is no shift in my commitment to the security of Israel. Period. No shift, not at all. But I�ll tell you what there is a shift in. The shift is that, we still need a two-state solution. It is the only answer. The only answer.� This whole idea of a two-state solution was defined very succinctly by President George W. Bush as two states, Israel and Palestine, living side by side in peace and security. But there is a catch. The Palestinian state needs to recognize Israel�s right toexist, and trying to get terrorists to admit that has been impossible. Ronald Reagan, in September 1982, spelled it out: �The time has come for a new realism on the part of all the peoples of the Middle East. The State of Israel is an accomplishedfact; it deserves unchallenged legitimacy within the community of nations. But Israel�s legitimacy has thus far been recognized by too few countries, and has been denied by every Arab state except Egypt. Israel exists; it has a right to exist in peace behindsecure and defensible borders, and it has a right to demand of its neighbors that they recognize those facts.� Reagan further stated that there should be a five year period �which would begin after free elections for a self-governing Palestinian authorityis to prove to the Palestinians that they can run their own affairs, and that such Palestinian autonomy poses no threat to Israel�s security.� None of that ever happened. Negotiations with terrorist Palestinian Liberation Organization chairman Yassir Arafat yielded no peace. While Carter and Bill Clinton and otherstried to put lipstick on a pig so the PLO terrorist organization would be more acceptable under Mahmoud Abbas, still no peace. George W. Bush helped force Israelis out of Gaza and turned it over to the Palestinian Authority in what would be a similar testof peaceful elections and self-governance outlined by Reagan, only showed us that there is no peace. Somehow, Israel always gets the blame, but at the crux of the issue is that the terrorists, including the PLO, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Fatah, Hezbollah and othersrefuse to recognize Israel�s right to exist and want ALL Jews exterminated, wiped from the face of the earth�it�s in the terrorists� mission statements. Donald Trump was the only American President who recognized the common sense of the situation�that you can�t negotiate with the terrorists and therefore, until there isa change in their hearts, there is no use trying to bribe them into accepting Israel�s right to exist. History tells us that a terrorist state cannot coexist in peace with Israel. Prophecy tells us in many places, like Zechariah 12:3 that Jerusalem is a burdensomestone and �all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.� But Joe Biden is back at it again, back at promoting a two-state solution as the only solution. And he says it�s the only answer. And he tries to get Israel to quit defending itself whenthe terrorists attack. Trying the same thing over and over again, expecting different results. Say it with me�Stupidocrisy. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Biden's Disastrous Plan to Rebuild the Terrorist State in Gaza � Jonathan Tobin - https://www.prophecynewswatch.com/article.cfm?recent_news_id=4747 In the aftermath of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas after 11 days of fighting that left 12 Israelis and 248 Palestinians dead, and approximately 77,000 Gazans homeless,the Biden administration now wants to help. Secretary of State Antony Blinken headed to the Middle East this week but his purpose is not, as he claims, to revive the dead-in-the-water peace process between Israel and the Palestinians. Rather, it's to ensure that the truce holds. According to President Joe Biden, Blinken will do so while simultaneously reaffirming "our ironclad commitment to Israel's security"while also continuing "our administration's efforts to rebuild ties, and support for, the Palestinian people, and leaders, after years of neglect." There's a lot to unpack in that sentence. Biden's words signaled a shot at the administration of former President Donald Trump's closeness with Israel and attempt to holdthe Palestinian Authority accountable for its support of terrorism. It also reflected a policy shift to a more "even-handed" approach to the conflict, while at the same time also attempting to claim that its support for Israel is unshaken. Any statement that seeks to reassure both the sector of his party's base that is anti-Israel and Americans who support the Jewish state can't be said to amount to much.That's especially true since the administration's foreign-policy priority until last week was its ongoing efforts to reach a rapprochement with Iran, which would enable Tehran to have even more resources to give to Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad embeddedin Gaza. As Biden talks out of both sides of his mouth about the Middle East, it's clear that the one thing the administration is definitely intent on doing is to lead an internationalhumanitarian effort to "rebuild" Gaza. Doing so will be a way for Biden to show that he means what he says about supporting the Palestinians in such a way as to get credit from the growing faction of leftistDemocrats who falsely think that Israeli counter-terror strikes in Gaza are the moral equivalent of Derek Chauvin kneeling on George Floyd's neck. Biden clearly wants a policy that will appear to neither openly punish Israel nor reward Hamas. "Rebuilding" Gaza is, he thinks, the way to do it while advancing the creationof an independent Palestinian state in the West Bank and Jerusalem. Blinken and the other foreign-policy establishment luminaries that staff his administration still believe a two-state solution is the only way to prevent future outbreaks of fighting. The fundamental mistake here is not just the notion that America can maintain its alliance with Israel while also being good friends with a Palestinian nationalist movementcommitted to the Jewish state's destruction. Rather, the immediate problem is that Biden and Blinken think they can aid the people of Gaza without helping or even rewarding Hamas. They cannot. What's more, not only is that impossible, anything done to advance such an objective won't be just a tactical error that will give Hamas a short-term advantage.It will also send a message to all Palestinians that the long-term objective of Hamas--namely, the elimination of Israel--is not only still on the table, but a realistic future option towards which they should work. As the international community learned after it devoted many billions of dollars to aid to reconstruct Gaza after the 2014 war, it was virtually impossible to ensure thatthe money helped ordinary Palestinians rather than their Hamas tyrants. There has never been an example in history of cash pouring into a totalitarian regime--exactly what the Islamist-ruled, independent Palestinian state in all but name that exists in Gazatruly is--that could be kept out of the clutches of the rulers in one way or another Some homes destroyed because of Hamas's policy of using civilians as human shields were indeed rebuilt after 2014. But most of the building material that was let into thecoastal enclave went into rebuilding the terrorist group's military infrastructure, including hundreds of kilometers of tunnels used for storing their armaments and providing shelters for their military personnel, though not civilians. There is no reason to believe the next round of rebuilding will go any differently. Nor are there any grounds for believing that United Nations officials tasked with thejob of guaranteeing that civilian needs are dealt with rather than those of Hamas, will do that. While administration officials say they will try to force Hamas to choose between--in veteran peace processor Dennis Ross' words, "their rockets and the well-being of Gaza"--toeven suggest that they would ever choose the latter over the former is to take leave of reality altogether. This attitude always results in foreign officials allowing money and material to pour into Gaza, where it will be used by Hamas to make it an even moreformidable military target. The problem is that Biden, Blinken, the foreign-policy establishment, the liberal media that echoes their arguments and even those left-wingers who are pressuring the administrationto be tougher on Israel still don't understand what Hamas is after. Blinken repeated this past weekend the pious hope that "there has to be" a prospect for a peaceful solution between Israel and Hamas. Some claim that Hamas is actually muchmore pragmatic than their Islamist ideology and wants a modus vivendi with the Jewish state, citing their willingness to accept a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza. But while Hamas is always practical when it comes to their survival and day-to-daytactics, their goals are unchanged. As deputy chairman of the Hamas "political bureau" Musa Abu Marzouk stated in an interview last week (translated by MEMRI), this latest conflict is just one more among manyother "wars" to come in pursuit of their ultimate goal: Israel's elimination. Saying that his group was not composed of "dreamers," he said that Israel will go the way of the Berlin Wall and the apartheid-era South African government. "We are no dreamers. Until recently, they mocked Hamas's rockets and called them children's toys. I do not believe anyone is saying this today. Until recently, the wholeworld supported the white government in South Africa, but things have changed. Where did the Soviet Union go? Where did the Berlin Wall go? The day will come when people ask: 'Where did Israel go?' " He's serious. So are Hamas supporters and those in the West Bank who would prefer it to Abbas. And every step towards normalizing Hamas, rather than isolating and defeatingit, is a signal to a Palestinian people who have been sold such fantasies for the last 100 years that their long war to defeat Zionism is not yet lost. Rebuilding Gaza may help some Palestinians, but it will also enable Hamas to assert that there were no long-term consequences for their actions. By repeating the mistakesmade by every administration prior to that of Trump, and reinforcing expectations that the West will not punish the Palestinians for terrorism and rejecting peace, Biden is not advancing a two-state solution. To the contrary, he will be making peace even more impossible by indicating to the Palestinians that they don't have to surrender to reality and accept Israel's permanenceand legitimacy. So-called humanitarian policies that are rooted in the pretense that the people there can be aided without requiring them to overthrow their Islamist masters is money spent on enabling Hamas, not peace or the welfare of the Palestinians. It's hard to resist arguments that appeal to our sympathy for those who are caught in the crossfire created by Hamas terrorism, even when they are not made in the contextof appeals to delegitimize Israel's right to exist or to defend itself. Nevertheless, the best thing Biden can do to actually advance the cause of peace is to not spend a cent on rebuilding the terrorist state in Gaza. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nazi trend in America, say it isn�t so � Bill Wilson � www.dailyjot.com This country is experiencing years of prolonged derision by loud bullies who label everyone who disagrees with them with terrible accusations. Ignoring any semblance ofconstructive civil conversation, they have weaponized sex, race, and politics, using them as justification to foment violence, defy the civil protections of law, and censure the speech of those who do not share their views. Now, we are witnessing before usthe demonization of Jews by the Hollywood elite, elected officials, and tech giants who censure speech on behalf of Israel, but not hate speech against Israel. It took the American president five days to condemn violence against Jews, but he didn�t condemnthose who committed the violence. The Hill reports that The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) says reporting of antisemitic incidents has jumped 63 percent since the start of the 11-day conflict between Israeland Hamas. Even more disturbing is the trend on social media. ADL reports over 17,000 Tweets with variations of the phrase �Hitler was right� from May 7-14. ADL says that there is extreme content calling for the destruction of Israel and posts saying �Gasthe Kikes race war now.� There has been violence committed against Jews across the nation�Los Angeles, Skokie, Il., Chicago, New York, and in other small towns. The ADL reports that many of these incidents were done by flag-waving, pro-Palestinian protestorswho video recorded their attacks. Reports indicate that Hamas, the US-designated terrorist group that controls the Gaza Strip, fired more than 4,400 rockets into Israel from May 10-21, killing at least 13and sending millions into bomb shelters. Yet, the Biden Administration is supporting Hamas with your tax dollars. Biden said in a statement that the Secretary of State �will continue our Administration�s efforts to rebuild ties to, and support for, the Palestinianpeople and leaders, after years of neglect. And he will engage other key partners in the region, including on the coordinated international effort to ensure immediate assistance reaches Gaza in a way that benefits the people there and not Hamas, and on reducingthe risk of further conflict in the coming months.� This ignores the fact that all financial aid in Gaza must pass through Hamas, which distributes the aid. Those accusing others of being like Nazis are themselves behaving like Nazis. It is not just the vitriol against Jews, although this is prophetically explicit, it is anoverall assault on law-abiding, peace-loving, God-fearing Americans. It is an offensive against the American ideal and way of life. We in America, who love God and His liberty, need to stand up to this most dangerous trend. The censorship of ideas; the weaponizationof disagreement; the hate for fellow citizens; are all ingredients of destruction. We are better than this. As Ephesians 6:10 says, �Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of HIS might.� Verse 13 exhorts us to take up the whole armorof God, that �you may be able to withstand the evil day, and having done all, to stand.� Yes, we must. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISIT: PROPHECY WATCHER WEEKLY NEWS: HTTP://PROPHECY-WATCHER-WEEKLY-NEWS.BLOGSPOT.COM