| On Christmas Eve evening I picked up my
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| | was all about. Jesus never demanded he be
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| mail and opened up a card from Jerusalem
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| | worshipped, but he promised that it is
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| sent to me by Mordechai Vanunu. He made
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| | the peacemakers who are the children of
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| me laugh out loud, for he addressed it
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| | God; and NOT those who bomb, torture of
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| to: "Eileen Flaming" not Fleming, which
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| | occupy others.
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| is my actual name.
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| | No Way did Jesus ever say that "SECURITY"
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| But, upon reflection, I think Vanunu has
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| | -the blanket excuse of empire builders to
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| renamed me well; for I am flaming over
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| | justify and deny basic human rights and
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| the hypocrisy and injustice of empire and
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| | international law-is OK!
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| apathy and ignorance of good Christians
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| | The term 'Christian' was not even coined
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| who have no eyes to see, ears to hear, or
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| | until the days of Paul, about 3 decades
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| hearts that bleed for the poor and
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| | after Jesus walked the earth a man. Jesus
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| oppressed in the Holy land and the entire
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| | was never a Christian, but he was a
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| Middle East.
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| | social justice, radical revolutionary
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| I picked my Christmas Eve mail up three
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| | Palestinian devout Jewish road warrior
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| years to the very hour to when I had
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| | who rose up and challenged the job
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| first read an article by Jerry Levin
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| | security of the Temple authorities by
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| about Vanunu's 2004 Christmas Eve arrest
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| | teaching the people they did NOT need to
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| for attempting to travel the less than
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| | pay the priests for ritual baths or
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| two hour walk from Jerusalem to
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| | sacrificing livestock to be OK with God;
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| Bethlehem. Levin was a former CNN Mid
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| | for God already LOVED them just as they
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| East Bureau Chief of the 1980's who had
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| | were: sinners, poor, diseased, outcasts,
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| been a secular Jew held hostage by the
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| | widows, orphans, refugees and prisoners
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| Lebanese Hezbollah. Levin escaped his
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| | all living under Roman Military
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| captivity unharmed shortly after a
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| | Occupation.
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| mystical Christmas Eve experience of
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| | What got Jesus crucified was disturbing
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| Jesus and had become a full time
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| | the status quo of the Roman Occupying
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| volunteer with Christian Peacemaker Teams
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| | Forces of his time, by teaching the
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| in Hebron. Levin's article about Vanunu's
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| | subversive concept that Caesar only had
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| Christmas Eve arrest got my Irish temper
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| | power because God allowed it and that God
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| flaming about the injustices Israel is
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| | preferred the humble sinner, the poor,
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| allowed to perpetuate; and three
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| | diseased, outcasts, widows, orphans,
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| Christmas' later, my flaming Irish temper
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| | refugees and prisoners all living under
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| persists.
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| | Roman Occupation above the elite and
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| In 2004, Vanunu had attempted to
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| | arrogant military occupiers.
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| celebrate his first Christmas Eve Mass as
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| | The early followers and lovers of Jesus
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| a Christian in the Little Town of
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| | were called members of THE WAY-being THE
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| Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity, which
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| | WAY he taught one should be; Nonviolent,
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| is in Occupied Territory. Instead of
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| | a Peacemaker and one who did the will of
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| mass, Israel arrested him and Vanunu
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| | the Father. And, "What does God require?
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| spent Christmas Eve night in prison for
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| | He has told you o'man! Be just, be
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| Israel claimed Vanunu was "attempting to
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| | merciful, and walk humbly with your
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| leave the county" which they have not
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| | Lord." -Micah 6:8
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| allowed.
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| | 2,000 years ago The Cross had NO symbolic
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| On December 26, I opened up an email
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| | religious meaning. When Jesus said: "Pick
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| Vanunu had sent me about his 2007
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| | up your cross and follow me," He was
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| Christmas in Jerusalem:
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| | issuing a POLITICAL statement, for the
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| "Bad news, Dec. 25 th. The police come to
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| | main roads in Jerusalem were lined with
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| the American Colony to arrest me. I was
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| | crucified agitators, rebels, dissidents
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| meeting a young German girl who wanted to
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| | and any others who disturbed the status
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| know more about my story. They took us to
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| | quo of the Roman Occupying Forces.
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| the police questioning me, hold me until
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| | Israel claims they cannot let Vanunu
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| midnight 24:00. Not so impressive all
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| | leave Israel because he still has a
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| this again arrest. I think the police was
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| | 'secret' he has yet to tell about their
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| waiting for my arrest in Bethlehem, since
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| | underground WMD Program in the Dimona,
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| I did go to B L. they found new reason to
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| | which Vanunu has NOT sent foot into in
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| arrest me. Any way life will continue as
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| | over 21 years-and international
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| I am doing all the Time.vmjc
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| | inspectors never have been allowed to
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| On December 27, Vanunu wrote again:
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| | tread upon. Yet Israel claims SECURITY as
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| "...they were very harsh to the young
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| | their rational and ignores and denies the
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| German girl, they were questioning here
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| | risks to their own citizens.
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| like by the KGB,or Stasi, she was in a
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| | "In mid-November, London's Sunday Times
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| separate room. She was still there after
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| | reported that Israel put defenses around
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| i left at 24:00. I did not go to
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| | its Dimona nuclear reactor on "red alert"
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| Bethlehem, because I knew they were
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| | 30 times… given the threat of
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| waiting for me. So do what ever you can
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| | radioactive releases, does the plant's
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| ,you are in a free country. Next court
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| | continued operation outweigh the risks?
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| hearing Jan. 8."
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| | Dimona...is the region's largest nuclear
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| Israel claims they cannot let Vanunu
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| | plant and sole producer of atomic weapons
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| leave Isreal for they believe he still
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| | materials…Dimona is no Chernobyl. It
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| has another secret to tell about their
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| | generates only about 5 percent of that
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| WMD Program in the Negev, which has never
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| | failed Soviet reactor's power. Still, the
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| allowed international inspectors into and
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| | plant - along with its spent nuclear
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| which Vanunu has not set into in over 21
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| | fuel, extracted plutonium, and nuclear
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| years. Leaving Israel is all Vanunu has
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| | reprocessing waste - poses significant
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| desired since his April 21, 2004 release
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| | radiological hazards that a military
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| from 18 years in prison for telling the
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| | strike [against it] could disperse into
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| world the truth that Israel was already
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| | the environment…during the June 1967
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| nuclear in 1986.
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| | war Israel shot down one of its own
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| When I read Jerry Levin's article about
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| | Mirage jet fighters when it strayed over
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| Vanunu's Christmas Eve arrest in 2004, I
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| | the facility. In 1973, Dimona's defenders
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| became flaming mad for I could not
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| | downed a wayward Libyan civilian airliner
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| comprehend how a democracy could deny
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| | heading for the reactor, killing 108
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| anyone from worshiping any where and any
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| | people. But the 1991 Gulf War upset
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| how they desired. On Christmas Eve 2004,
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| | whatever solace Israel could take from
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| I spent hours at my computer emailing Mr.
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| | the past. Iraqi Scud missiles hit Tel
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| Bill O'Reilly-the champion of the "war on
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| | Aviv, and one came close to hitting
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| Christmas" and my local paper; the
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| | Dimona. Hizbullah's bombardment of
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| Orlando Sentinel, the New York Times and
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| | northern Israel in 2006 further
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| dozens of other MSM outlets, in the
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| | demonstrated the country's vulnerability
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| naïve belief that the Fourth Estate
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| | to missile attack…Dimona has produced
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| reported the truth and had the best
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| | all the plutonium that Israel reasonably
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| interests of America and democracy at
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| | needs, and the reactor - one of the
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| heart.
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| | worlds oldest - has suffered minor
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| How little I knew about how deluded I was
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| | mishaps and evident deterioration,
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| back then.
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| | raising the specter of more serious
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| In the olden days of 2004, I had not yet
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| | accidents."
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| taken my first of five journeys into
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| | "For Caesar, peace is imposed by the
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| Israel Palestine.
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| | might of empire...Peace comes when the
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| In 2004, I naively/ignorantly believed
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| | sovereignty of God is acknowledged rather
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| that the USA Fourth Estate reported the
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| | than Caesar's. For people living under
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| truth and cared about the best interests
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| | occupation or oppression, Caesar has
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| of America.
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| | become a symbol of the evil that crushes
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| I once thought the USA MSM would be
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| | and enslaves…In the kingdom of God,
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| enraged that a Christian from Jerusalem
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| | glory and sovereignty belong to God and
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| would be denied the right to enter the
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| | not to Caesar. God's peace is not
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| Little Town of Bethlehem and celebrate
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| | achieved by crushing and eliminating
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| the birth of a little child named Jesus
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| | others but by embracing them. Caesar's
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| who was born, lived and died under
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| | empire is built on violence and military
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| Military occupation.
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| | might, God's empire is built on justice
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| But I am not as naïve or uninformed as I
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| | and mercy. Caesar's peace enslaves and
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| had once been.
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| | humiliates, God's peace liberates and
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| In 2007, the USA Fourth Estate ignored
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| | restores dignity to the oppressed.
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| Vanunu's second Christmas arrest and also
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| | Caesar builds walls to separate people,
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| ignored that Israel:
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| | God tears down the walls of separation to
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| "Blocked clergy from reaching their
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| | join, unify, and reconcile them one with
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| churches and Christmas celebrations in
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| | the other. Caesar's peace is exclusive
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| Bethlehem and elsewhere in the Holy
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| | for a chosen few, God's peace is
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| Land…The Israeli authorities are
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| | inclusive for all regardless of their
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| arbitrarily denying entry to clergy and
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| | race or ethnicity. Ultimately, peace will
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| volunteers belonging to or working for
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| | come not from the Caesars and all those
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| Christian institutions and service
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| | who trust in their military might and in
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| providers. The clergy being harassed and
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| | the arrogance of their power but from the
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| denied entry to Israel and the occupied
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| | meek that put their trust in God. It is
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| Palestinian territory (oPt) join tens of
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| | the meek who will inherit the earth.
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| thousands of ordinary foreign passport
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| | Peace will come from the labor, toil, and
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| holders of Palestinian and
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| | hard work of all those who do not glory
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| non-Palestinian origin who wish to be
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| | in their riches or in their power but
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| with their families, work or study, as
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| | glory in their love and service of God
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| well as tourists and pilgrims…In
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| | and in their love and acceptance of
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| addition, there appears to be a new
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| | others. God's message of peace still
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| policy by Israel to refuse entry or visa
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| | rings true, not from Annapolis that
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| extension for foreign, primarily Western,
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| | represents empire, but from the small
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| Christian volunteers working with various
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| | town of Bethlehem, Palestine that still
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| Christian organizations here. This is
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| | suffers under occupation. The peace that
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| affecting the viability of these
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| | the Caesars of the world give is largely
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| organizations and the normal connection
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| | false and deceptive, and it cannot last.
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| with their supporters and fellow
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| | Only the peace that God gives, the peace
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| Christians in the countries that
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| | that is based on justice and truth will
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| contribute to the presence of these
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| | survive and prosper."- Sabeel Ecumenical
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| Christian workers. They represent
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| | Liberation Theology Center Jerusalem
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| mainstream Christian and faith-based
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| | Statement of December 18, 2007
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| groups, such as the World Council of
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| | We are living George Orwell's nightmare
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| Churches and the American Friend's
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| | in the 21st century; for war is claimed
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| Service Committee that advocate non-
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| | to be the way to peace and nuclear
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| violence and brotherhood and are in no
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| | weapons are promised as the way to
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| way a threat to the security of
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| | provide security.
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| Israel…Israel has continued to pursue
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| | "In Orwell's 1984…a state or alleged
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| both policies and practices that fail to
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| | state of war is used to maintain total
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| comply with International Humanitarian
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| | control over everyone. Lies have replaced
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| Law."-Press Release Dec. 24, 2007, from
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| | truth, and the media serves as
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| The USA MSM totally ignored this
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| | propagandist for the Ministry of Truth.
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| abomination as it has also ignored one of
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| | The meaning of words, such as 'freedom'
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| the most historic stories of the 21st
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| | has been perverted. The attitude of
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| Century:
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| | 1984's all-powerful government is 'you
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| Vanunu's Freedom of Speech Trial in the
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| | are with us or against us.' - Paul Craig
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| 'democracy' of Israel; which is no
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| | Roberts
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| democracy at all, unless you are a Jew.
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| | Yet, hope prevails in this season of
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| I contend that Vanunu is a prophet, and
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| | reflection and comprehends that all
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| prophets do not necessarily predict the
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| | things are possible for "we have it in
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| future, but point out the disaster ahead,
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| | our power to begin the world again."- Tom
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| provoke people to think about God and
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| | Paine.
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| shine a brighter light onto what has
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| | Hope is not an optimistic wish; hope is
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| already been revealed. The ancient Hebrew
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| | what fuels persistence and "Nothing in
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| prophets were always ignored, ridiculed
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| | the world can take the place of
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| or demonized in their life times and so,
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| | persistence. Talent will not. ... Genius
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| I also contend, that Vanunu qualifies as
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| | will not. ... Education will not.
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| one.
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| | Persistence and determination alone are
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| The last time I crossed paths with
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| | omnipotent."- Calvin Coolidge
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| Vanunu, was in July of this year directly
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| | This civilian journalist has no hope in
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| in front of Saint Stephen's Church in
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| | the USA Government or MSM to effect
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| East Jerusalem and he told me, "This is
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| | change, but I have a flaming hope in the
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| the very spot where they stoned to death
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| | New Fourth Estate who report truth on the
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| the first Christian martyr for freedom of
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| | World Wide Web and who are the muckrakers
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| speech."
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| | of the 21st century but "we have yet to
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| Prophets and martyrs have always agitated
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| | begin to IMAGINE the power and potential
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| empire and empire has always sought to
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| | of the Internet."-Charlie Rose, 2005
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| render a society subservient by dividing
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| | "It's not dark yet, but it's getting
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| and thus conquer a people.
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| | there."-Bob Dylan
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| Big Brother and the MSM in the USA label
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| | "The light shines in the darkness, and
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| indigenous people throughout the Middle
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| | the darkness has not overcome it."-John
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| East who have risen up and are fighting
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| | 1:5
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| for control of their own lives and
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| | Nor will it; as long as there is Net
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| homeland as terrorists and negates the
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| | Neutrality and truth, justice and peace
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| terror America, the Industrial Military
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| | seekers.
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| Complex and the inhumanity of military
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| | Everyone has the right to freedom of
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| occupation has done unto them.
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| | opinion and expression; this right
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| The neo-con philosophy infused with the
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| | includes freedom to hold opinions without
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| heretical Christian Zionist theology has
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| | interference and to seek, receive and
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| cut off American Christians from the very
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| | impart information and ideas through any
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| root of what the Prince of Peace/Jesus
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| | media and regardless of frontiers.
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