The Ancient Hebrew walled city of Beit El (Bethel)
The ancient city of Beit El (Bethel) has a history closer to the biblical forefathers of the Jewish and Lost Israelites than any other city in the Land of Israel. Here we are witnessing one of the great battles between the forces of Darkness and the forces of Light for control of the Land of Israel. It was at Beit El that:
- Abraham first built an altar to the G-d of Israel and there called upon the “Name of the L-rd.”
- In route from Beersheba to Padan Haran when Jacob first fled from his brother Esau after taking possession of the family “birthright and blessing”, laid his head upon a “stone” at Beit El and slept. While asleep he dreamt of a ladder upon which the five angelic guardian representing the future imperial powers that would control the destiny of the Hebrew Israelites till the time of the end walked up to heaven and down.
- According to Lost Israelite Celtic legends, this same “stone” was in the possession of Tamar Tephi, the eldest daughter of King Zedekiah who under the guardianship of the Prophet Jeremiah, her great-grand father assigned to the royal princess by King Nebuchadnezzar and the Prince of David, Gedaliah, the Babylonian appointed governor of Judea. Gedaliah (Gedalyahu) was assassinated and Jeremiah and the royal family were taken by Egyptian faction rebels of Judea as hostage to Egypt. There Tamar Tephi married Herremon (Heremon) a Scythian Lost Israelite prince. With the now aged Prophet Jeremiah known in Celtic legends as Ollam Fodhia (‘hidden knowledge wonderful’) as the revealer of wonderful hidden knowledge, the royal Israelite royal family immigrated to Ireland and in their possession they took the “coronation stone, called the Lia Phail or the Stone of Destiny, upon which Kings of Judah from the royal dynasty of Kings David and Solomon were crowned, to Ireland. It was over the centuries this royal stone was contested by Ireland, Scotland and later claimed as the possession of the English monarchy when in 1269, King Edward I of England took possession and for centuries was featured under the Royal Coronation Throne In Westminster Abbey in London, England. (Genesis 28:12,18)
- It was at Beit El where the G-d of Israel promised that the Land of Israel would be given as an inheritance to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob’s descendants. (Genesis 35:12)
- Beit El was where HaShem, the G-d of Israel promised to the Patriarch Jacob that the “land on which you lie I will give to you and your descendants. Also your descendants shall be as the dust of the earth; “you shall spread abroad to the west and the east, to the north and the south; and in you and in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” (Genesis 28:13-15)
- It was at Beit El where; Jacob and his eleven sons set up an altar to the G-d of Israel after they buried all their foreign idols and pagan styled earrings under a Terebinth tree is Shechem. (Genesis 35:2-7) At the altar site of Beit El, the nurse for Jacob’s pregnant wife Rebecca with his 12th son Benjamin, Deborah died and was buried under a different Terebinth Tree in Bethel. (Genesis 35:9) There Jacob’s name was changed to “Israel”. (Genesis 35:9)
- Beit El was the place where over the centuries, the Jewish people returned to pray as their forefather Jacob proclaimed, “How awesome is this place, this is the house of the L-rd, the gate to the heavens.” (Genesis 28:17)
The Lia Phail or the Stone of Destiny – Israel’s Coronation Stone
Here is a residential area at Beit El’s (Bethel) Gilvat Ulpana neighborhood, which the international governments, United Nations and the world media has demanded to be put on the chopping block because they claim that Israeli citizens are living in housing projects built by Israeli’s on disputed Palestinian land. And disputed it has been since the Israeli Supreme Court ordered that thirty home by demolished and the Israeli pioneering families in Shomron be expelled. If history in the past is any clue to the future, like at Amona in 2005, there would have been violence and political split of the Israeli population.
After ten days of intense dialogue and discussion with the residents, the representatives of the Netanyahu government, Beit El’s mayor, Moshe RosenBaum, and the town’s rabbi, Rav Zalman Baruch Melamed over the future of the Ulpana neighborhood of Beit El, it was agreed that these 30 families would leave their homes voluntarily and non-violently in exchange for the construction of 300 new housing units in Beit El. This was a bitter-sweet experience. As with so many negotiations, the Palestinians will witness 30 resident dwelling destroyed and they will flash these pictures of destruction all around the world. Yet, at the same time, the Israeli will witness the loss of 30 resident dwellings but the addition of 300.
Not only that, the agreement stipulates that the construction schedule will be agreed upon by a government ministerial committee in all future Jewish settlements in Judea (Yehuda) and Samaria (Shomron). It will be the responsibility of the committee to assure that in all future land conflicts, there will be no decisions made to demolish any Jewish communities or neighborhoods by the Israeli government, the Israeli Attorney General or the Israeli Ministry of Defense.
The statistics on the ground in Shomron and Judea depict the following facts. In the last 45 years, according to the census conducted by the Interior Ministry of Israel, the Israeli population as gone to 722,000 Jewish people living in the region liberated by Israeli Defense Forces from Jordanian occupation during the 1967 Six Day War. Lest we forget the stark truth, this region under Islamic Jordanian control and if you were Jewish and still lived there, you were killed or evacuated. Jews were not allowed to coexist with Islamic Arabs.
Expulsion of Jews in Shomron region of Amona
Today over 300,000 of these Jewish people live in regions surrounding eastern and northern Jerusalem that were returned to Israeli control when Eastern Jerusalem, the Old City of Jerusalem, the City of King David, and the Temple Mount were all liberated from Jordan. At the same time, over 340,000 Israeli residents are today residents in Samaria and Judea in the central mountains of Israel. Then an addition 600,000 inhabitants are living and studying in the numerous educational institutions in that same area.
All together, these represent one out of ten of all Israelis living in the State of Israel are living beyond the Green Armistice Line. Taken together, more Israelis live in Shomron and Judea then live that in Tel Aviv and nearby Haifa area. In 45 years since the Six Day War of 1967, the G-d of Israel has blessed the Jewish people as the number of Jewish people living in the biblical heartland of Israel has gone from zero to 700,000. Can we only imagine what it will be like when the biblical heartland of Israel in Shomron, the ancient lands of the Northern Kingdom of Israel welcome home, the Lost Ten Tribes of the House of Israel.
Michael Freund, chairman of Shavei Israel (www.shavei.org) is one of the major Jewish organizations who assist and foster the lost tribes and hidden Jewish people in other countries in returning to the land of their Jewish forefathers. Freund wrote on June 21, 2012 a insightful article in The Jerusalem Post, titled, “Fundamentally Freund: Kiss the Green Line goodbye”:
Michael Freund – “This entire affair, which threatened to resurrect old wounds in Israeli society, was the opening salvo in a campaign by Israel’s Left to force the government to demolish Jewish homes in Judea and Samaria that it deems to be illegal. In the coming months, similar conflicts are likely to arise over other Jewish outposts such as those at Givat Assaf and Migron, as the Left seeks to turn back the clock and undermine Israel’s presence in the territories.
But the ideologues on the Left are missing the point. The battle over the future of a Jewish presence in Judea and Samaria is over. To put it simply: the Left has lost, and the Jewish people have won…NOWHERE ELSE in the world is so much attention paid to the pouring of concrete or the approval of blueprints. Whenever someone in Itamar or Kiryat Arba decides to enclose a porch or redo the kitchen, it inexplicably threatens to become an international incident, eliciting the most irrational of responses from the plenary of the United Nations to the halls of the US State Department.
And Israel’s vaunted bureaucracy certainly does not make things any easier for our brethren in Judea and Samaria, who often have to obtain a dizzying array of permits to build their homes. But despite it all, the Green Line is dead and buried, and the Left can kiss it goodbye. It is no longer of any relevance, politically or otherwise. Jewish life in Judea, Samaria and eastern Jerusalem is growing and flourishing, and there is no human power on earth that is going to uproot or move hundreds of thousands of Jews from places such as Ariel, Tekoa or Hebron.
EVEN IN the battle for Israeli public opinion, the Left’s failure has been colossal. Last week, the results of an annual survey measuring the Israeli public’s views of the settlement enterprise were released. They undoubtedly led to a great deal of hand-wringing and nervous sweating in the offices of Peace Now.
The survey, which was conducted by Dr. Miriam Billig and Dr. Udi Lebel of the Ariel University Center, found that a whopping 64% of Israelis support Jewish settlement of Judea and Samaria. A similar percentage said that settling the territories is a “truly Zionist deed,” and 57% said they view Judea and Samaria as Israel’s security belt. So despite years of demonization and delegitimization by the Left, the Jewish settlement initiative still commands profound respect and widespread support.
And notwithstanding the media’s predilection to depict all Jewish settlers as bearded, gun-toting men with soup-bowl size yarmulkes on their heads patrolling barren hilltops, anyone who has visited Judea and Samaria knows better. The population is as diverse as it is large, and it encompasses a broad array of people from a variety of religious, educational and socioeconomic backgrounds. There are secular farmers, observant hi-tech executives, female yoga instructors and Russian immigrant physicists. Some have chosen Judea and Samaria for ideological or religious reasons, while others have done so for convenience and quality of life.
But whatever the motive, the repopulation of Judea and Samaria with Jews represents a remarkable triumph of the human spirit, and a validation of the pioneering ethos upon which this country was founded. There are to be sure many challenges that still lie ahead, as pressure will continue to mount on Israel to draw boundaries and accede to some form of partial territorial retreat. The Palestinians and their allies will surely continue to insist on statehood and the expulsion of Jews.”
The question remains, is this true, and will the government keep its words with the patriotic settlers that live in the militarily strategic highlands and mountains of central Israel? There is one skeptic, the veteran Israeli investigator, Barry Chamish, who recently wrote in his article, “So long Yesha, Hello my Tel Aviv Home”:
Barry Chamish – “Just a typical Tuesday. I talk to my friend Tova in Jerusalem. She is aghast that the Nationalist and Religious cabinet ministers broke their vows to protect the victims of the upcoming expulsions of Jews in Judea and Samaria (Yesha). "How,'" she asked me, "Could they ALL break their word this way?" As wise as Tova is, she still is too innocent to understand threats. Netanyahu threatened to fire them and deprive them of their thirty pieces of silver. Big strategic shock!
On July 1, the Israeli Supreme Court ordered the "settlement" of Givat Ulpana to be destroyed, followed by large chunks of Migron on Aug. 1, followed by 3 more "settlements" by the end of the summer. Some 2500 Jews will be thrown out of their homes without compensation in the upcoming summer months. And I know all the tricks to assure that the idiotic residents don't kick up too much of a fuss. I catalogued them when the same tricks were used to throw out 10,000 Jews from Gaza and Northern Samaria into the cold streets of whoever will shelter them, even in Tel Aviv, in my book Bye Bye Gaza:
A typical Tuesday evening. I record my radio program at firstamendmentradio.com. My first guest is Dr. Daisy Stern of Hebron. My planned issue was the upcoming expulsions, how the Gaza molesters and blackmailees like Aviner and Ben Gvir were already at work. How no crowds of a quarter of a million will gather on the streets this time to protest Yesha policy. Now the expellees will become more patriotic then ever... their friends and families stupider than last time...In short, a vigorous debate.
But there was no debate. Except for some of her prophetic analyses, we agreed on everything. I could have used her research energy and claimed it as my inspiration...but I won't. Here is Daisy's report:
Dr. Daisy Stern – “It is with deep emotional pain that I am writing this post; normally I like to share what I have discovered with my readers, but this time the reality of it all hurts me to the core.
Last night I appeared on Barry Chamish's radio show again; this has become a regular occurrence, as every so often Barry asks me to be his guest; he is a knowledgeable radio host and cares tremendously about current events in Israel, so we always end up having lively discussions. This time was no exception, as the topic of Givat Ha'Ulpana touches him to the core too: after all he even wrote a book about the expulsion from Gush Katif, called "Bye Bye Gaza".
We discussed Givat Ha'Ulpana last night: after uncovering what I have uncovered, the only thing I can say is, "Bye, Bye, Givat Ha'Ulpana". You will understand the title as you listen to the show:
Barry Chamish Broadcast on First Amendment Radio
Part One - Dr. Daisy Stern: “Bye, Bye, Givat Ha’Ulpana”
Part Two – “Dr. Daisy Stern: “The True Story the Israeli Settler Expulsion as Ordered by the Israeli Supreme Court”
In spite of all the corruption inherent in Israel and for that fact every government around the world, the G-d of Israel will bring this sordid history to its concluding end. The era of power, greed and corruption of control will be over and the days of the Messiah will finally be here. If we are willing to give our hearts and faith (emuna) to the G-d of Israel, He will transform us, as the Lost Sheep of the House of Israel to be transformed back into oneness with the Jews of the House of Israel.
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The G-d of Israel is working with imperfect people in order to restore this planet to a messianic era in which our lives can be focused on holiness, righteousness and justice. If so, you might desire to reconnect with the Biblical portrayals of what is and will be happening in your near future.
This Biblical portrayal includes Prophecies that the Lost Tribes of the House of Israel are about to return to the Land of their Biblical Inheritance. This is Divine Destiny in living reality as the 10 Lost Tribes of Israel return to their Homelands first in Shomron (Samaria), Israel. If you want to learn more, Contact “Kol Ha Tor Vision”, the Voice of the Turtledove.
Here is a joint Orthodox Jewish and 10-Triber Mission to bring awareness of the imminent fulfillment of the Biblical Prophecies regarding the Redemption of all Israel (12 Tribes Re-conciled and Re-United). This super Event of all Times will entail Establishing the Shomron (the Ancient Bible Heartland of the Patriarchs) and the Judean Wilderness as part of the Land of Israel, and preparing the “Land” for the Return of the Lost Tribes of the House of Israel and then the Redemption of All Israel.
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