Shalom and blessings:
The mystery is over, the Trump peace plan has been revealed and the anticipation is over. Ellen and I were expecting Hamas to react by firing missiles towards Israel during the night. In expectation we prepared the safe room in our apartment in the event we had to run into it. Happily all was quiet, at least as far as missiles are concerned. Distain for Trump, Israel and the peace plan spewed forth from every corner on local Arab news broadcast and from local Arab leaders.
There are two things I picked up from the plan that I feel are worth mentioning and clarifying. President Trump said that Jerusalem would be the UNDIVIDED capital of Israel, which would mean both East and West Jerusalem. Then he went on to say that East Jerusalem would be the capital of the new Palestinian State. Sounds like double-talk and a contradiction, but it is not. I believe he meant that the Palestinian capital will be in East Jerusalem, only it will be in the Arab-occupied portion of East Jerusalem, probably in a city east of the Mt. of Olives. Then when President Trump said that this peace proposal was the Palestinians last chance, I wondered how could he say something like that. What did he mean? Surely if this plan failed future plans could be proposed, by perhaps a new incoming president in November 2020 (God forbid), or other proposals could be presented by other nations, for consideration. I take what the President said as a veiled threat to the Palestinians and a tactical Trump negotiating move. President Trump is offering the Palestinians a Two State Solution and he is telling the Palestinians, if they reject this offer he would move to another option – a One State Solution. Such a solution would eliminate the West Bank and all Palestinian held land east of the Mt. of Olives and bringing the entire area under the sovereignty of Israel.
We have to reconsider accepting gifts for our ministering in Africa, due to possible person tax exposure of up to 37%. We thank everyone who so generously gave and as soon as we find a suitable solution to this problem we will start accepting gifts again. This means that we will no longer be receiving gifts to either one of our PayPal accounts (U.S. $ or CDN $). Of course we will continue to minister in Kenya and support needs there, to the best of our ability, until a solution can be found.
We have attached this week's commentary as well as the audio link to the sermon shared with Kenya on Shabbat.
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Yours in Messiah Yeshua, our Lord, our God, our soon coming King.
Rabbi Jack & Ellen
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