The latest Islamic Republic has the attention of the Obama administration. In this era of budget deficits and economic hardship… the Obama administration is intent on ACCELERATING aid to Egypt. That’s right, the same Egypt that just elected a parliament that was 75% Islamist.

A parliament that is about to create the latest Islamist constitution.

And, Obama wants to ACCELERATE aid to Egypt?

No. No, that must be a misprint. Let me check that again…

No, they really said that.

Is there any doubt anymore that this president needs to be demoted to… oh, say… janitor?

I’d even let him keep his inflated salary. Really. It’s not about the money.

Please, would someone throw this man out of office?

Please?

Obama set to accelerate pace of US aid to Egypt

By REUTERS 01/25/2012

US State Department official says Washington to provide “more immediate benefits” to Egyptians after elections.

DAVOS, Switzerland – US President Barack Obama plans to accelerate the pace of American aid to Egypt, a top State Department official said on Wednesday, as the most populous Arab nation reaches a critical stage in its uncertain transition away from autocratic rule.

Undersecretary of State Robert Hormats, part of a US delegation that held unprecedented talks last week with Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, said Washington wanted to provide “more immediate benefits” to Egyptians, who earlier this month conducted their first democratic elections in decades.
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“During this period, we want to be as supportive as we can. This is an historic moment. Egypt’s a country of enormous importance,” Hormats said.

Under the plan, some non-urgent US aid slated for other countries – he did not name them – would be redirected to Egypt. And funding in the pipeline for long-term programs in Egypt would be shifted to quick-impact projects, he said.

Hormats, speaking to Reuters on the sidelines of the annual World Economic Forum, emphasized that the White House had not made any final decisions, and that he was providing Washington’s “broad thinking” on the subject.

It was unclear whether the total amount of US aid to Egypt would be increased. “Whether it’s an increase or whether it’s reprioritizing existing assistance, we’re still working this out,” Hormats said.

Read the rest of the article here.

Just when you thought that you could dispense with Israel, and relegate her to the back pages of human history… along comes a development that emphasizes just how important Israel is – and why the world will never be able to free itself from Israel’s importance.

And yes, I like that.

One of these days the idiots who set foreign policy will wake up to this fact, but probably not until it’s too late – right about the time the global caliphate is on the verge of taking to the world stage.

Fools.

So, over the next year, the 75% Islamist Egyptian parliament is going to draft a constitution. Anyone still wondering what kind of constitution it will be?

No?

Well, me neither.

So, to my friends in the US State Department, please continue your games. Really, it provides immense entertainment value to those of us who know the score.

Fools.

Islamists Secure Nearly Three-Quarters of Egyptian Parliament

January 21, 2012, Christopher Santarelli, The Blaze

Egyptian Islamists Win 75 Percent of Parliament

Egypt‘s election commission and political groups say final results from the country’s first elections since the Arab spring show that Islamist parties won nearly three-quarters of the seats in parliament.

The Associated Press reports that an alliance led by the fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood won 47 percent of the spots in the 498-seat parliament, while the ultraconservative Al-Nour Party clinched 25 percent. The two parties are not likely to join forces because of ideological differences.

Liberal New Waftd and Egyptian Bloc parties finished third and fourth respectively, according to Reuters. Reuters also notes that the Revolution Continues coalition, which is dominated by youth groups at the forefront of the protests that toppled Mubarak, attracted less than a million votes and took only seven of the 498 seats up for grabs in the lower house.

Only one woman was among the 10 parliamentary seats appointed by the ruling military council which took over for Hosni Mubarak last February. Mubarak had traditionally used the quota to boost the representation of women and Coptic Christians.

The new parliament is set to convene for the first time Monday.

Read the rest of the article here.

What I want to describe here on Israel Outlook, is a book written by the subject of the email, Richard Maybury. The name of the book is The Thousand Year War in the Mideast – How It Affects You Today.

I have lived in the Middle East for a decade and a half, analyzing everything I could find about the place, and I can truthfully say that the book is unusually accurate – while being subtly flawed.

Let me get into the flaws of the book, first. Actually, it’s pretty much one flaw that propagates itself throughout. And, it’s not really a flaw. It’s a misrepresentation of a tiny, tiny minority.

He claims that all religion is based on two fundamental laws:

Do all you have agreed to do.

Do not encroach on other persons or their property.

To put it more succinctly, the two fundamental laws can be summarized in four words:

Integrity and Property Rights

If you say that I’m ignoring ‘encroachment on persons’, I can tell you that I’m not. Under his paradigm, you own yourself, so anything encroaching on you is an issue of property right. If you touch me, you are touching my property. Don’t touch me.

He characterizes Christianity and Judaism this way, and that is an incorrect characterization for true Christians, and for that matter, true Jews. Let me take Judaism first because it feeds into Christianity.

Rabbi Hillel, one of the greatest authors of modern Judaism is famous for “The Golden Rule”. As it is recounted to us, one day, a non-Jewish man went to Rabbi Hillel and challenged the Rabbi to explain the Torah, while the man stood on one foot. Rabbi Hillel answered:

That which is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow. That is the whole Torah; the rest is the explanation; go and learn.

That, is classic Judaism.

When Jesus began to preach, Hillel had been dead for something close to twenty years. One day, a rabbi went up to Jesus, and like the non-Jew, challenged Jesus to tell him how to earn eternal life:

Isn’t that nice?

The ‘religion of peace’ wants to give their own special form of ‘eternal peace’ to all Jews. I mean, life is hard, right? They’re just trying to help.

Even better, this is from Saudi Arabia, the land of Mecca and Medina – the geopolitical heart of Islam – the place where you turn to for the most authentic version of Islamic thought. That is why all the prestigious mosques and madrasas (Islamic religious schools) turn to Saudi for their imams and teachers. It warms my heart to know that these prestigious Islamic teachers and preachers are all graduates from highschools like these and can be expected to pass on this kinder, gentler form of Islam to all the good little muslim children in… say… your neighborhood.

Really, look for them in a mosque or madrassa near you.

No, no, please. Contain your joy. It’s embarrassing.

Here’s a recent article from The Daily Mail:

The Arabic school textbooks which show children how to chop off hands and feet under Sharia law
By Leon Watson, 23rd December 2011

Barbaric textbooks handed out in Saudi Arabian schools teach children how to cut off a thief’s hands and feet under Sharia law, it has emerged.

The shocking books, paid for and printed by the Saudi government, also tell teenagers that Jews need to be exterminated and homosexuals should be ‘put to death’.

Recent editions were obtained by the Institute for Gulf Affairs in Washington, D.C., which says they should raise fears in the West over the use of jihadist language.

The books were published and handed out to 9th and 10th-graders despite Saudi Arabia’s promises to clean up textbooks in the kingdom.

Ali Al-Ahmed, director of the Institute for Gulf Affairs, told Fox News: ‘This is where terrorism starts, in the education system.

‘They show students how to cut (the) hand and the feet of a thief,’ he said.

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The textbooks were printed for the 2010-2011 academic year and translated from Arabic by the institute.

In one, for ninth-graders, students are taught the annihilation of the Jewish people is imperative.

One text reads in part: ‘The hour (of judgment) will not come until the Muslims fight the Jews and kill them. There is a Jew behind me come and kill him.’

School prayers in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, where children learn how to chop off the hands and feet of thieves, it is claimed

According to the translations, women are described as weak and irresponsible.

Mr Al-Ahmed said the textbooks also call for homosexuals to be put to death ‘because they pose a danger at society, as the Saudi school books teaches’.

Mr Al-Ahmed said: ‘If you teach six million children in these important years of their lives, if you install that in their brain, no wonder we have so many Saudi suicide bombers.’

The Saudi Embassy in Washington D.C. was approached for comment, but there was no immediate response.

You can read the article here. (Hat tip to: SHTFplan.com)

I just feel all warm and fuzzy inside, don’t you?

He has a gift for getting things right and writing about it in a way that helps his readers understand difficult issues – issues that are both real and horrifying. That scary nature of his writing may dissuade you from picking up his books, but it is his accuracy that should convince you of the need to read what he says.

Now, I understand that we’re talking about ‘fiction’ here. But, I actually think that this is the proper medium for people wanting to understand events and their context. Joel Rosenberg’s fiction (and non-fiction) takes what we know, fills in the gaps of what’s missing, and presents the possibilities of what might result. After all, it is the exploration of ideas (and their implication) that is the single most redeeming virtue of fiction. Fiction that helps you understand the world, is fiction worth reading.

This is not to say that other forms of fiction are illegitimate. They certainly have their place, and you’ll find my electronic bookshelves lined with many examples.

But, fiction that helps you understand the reality of our apocalyptic future?

A true gem.

And, it seems that we have one of those gems in the form of the Tehran Initiative by Joel C. Rosenberg. If you haven’t picked up any of his books, I suggest that you start now.

I stumbled over the publication of the new book on The Blaze. Here’s an excerpt of what they say:

Author Joel C. Rosenberg has been called a modern-day Nostradamus. His fiction writings have been viewed by many as intriguing, yet eery, as they often highlight major world-wide events months before they actually occur.

Don’t believe me? Consider the author’s track record. In January 2001, Rosenberg began working on his first novel, “The Last Jihad.” The book, which is a fictional account of a U.S. war with Iraq (yes, this preceded the actual war that America launched in that region), describes the highjacking of an airliner in an attack on America.

Then, there was his second novel, “The Last Days,” which starts by recapping the death of Yasser Arafat (and published 13 months before the Palestinian leader perished). Call it coincidence of divine providence, but Rosenberg definitely seems to have a knack for clairvoyance.

Earlier this month, the communications advisor and famed novelist released his seventh work of fiction, “The Tehran Initiative” (additionally, he has two non-fiction books under his belt). In his latest work, Rosenberg creates a story that he hopes will both entertain and educate readers. A description of the action-packed book reads:

“The world is on the brink of disaster and the clock is ticking. Iran has just conducted its first atomic weapons test. Millions of Muslims around the world are convinced their messiah—known as ‘the Twelfth Imam’—has just arrived on earth. Israeli leaders fear Tehran, under the Twelfth Imam’s spell, will soon launch a nuclear attack that could bring about a second holocaust and the annihilation of Israel.

The White House fears Jerusalem will strike first, launching a preemptive attack against Iran’s nuclear facilities that could cause the entire Middle East to go up in flames, oil prices to skyrocket, and the global economy to collapse. With the stakes high and few viable options left, the president of the United States orders CIA operative David Shirazi and his team to track down and sabotage Iran’s nuclear warheads before Iran or Israel can launch a devastating first strike.”

Read the rest of the article here.

 The Blaze also references these illuminating videos of Joel Rosenberg talking about his new book:

Here is Joel interviewed by the 700 club. I was pleasantly surprised at how illuminating that interview was.

This comes from a radio interview:

You can fine The Tehran Initiative for sale on Amazon.