The First Issue!
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by Sam Krak
Hello there!
Im Sam Krakower, Congressman, IPP party member, employee, and now editor of a paper. But above all, I am eIsraeli. I hope you will all subscribe to this paper. So here are a couple of things you should know, I guess.
Why the name? Well, going back to many years, from Crusades to terrorists to Zionists, Jerusalem has been a hot seat for blood. It still is. Israel itself has been the capital of religion for 3 religions for thousands of years. All over a religious town. Ironic, isn't it? Isn't religion supposed to be peaceful? I believe so. It is unfair that people see it otherwise. (Note: If any of you dare say theat Jihad is violent extremism, I am going to be seriously dissapointed with you. I have done many a research on this, and that is not at all what it is) SO why not coexist?
The UN has failed to come up with ANYTHING at all to fix this. However, some day, this world will coexist. And at some point the world will have Jerusalem coexist too. I believe it is possible. Religions can fit into eachother. They can share holy cities. They can work together to produce a better society. Violence is incoherent and unneccesary. Now many of you probably have VERY different opinions on this. That's your right. However, I see it as possible. Maybe not our generation, or the next, or the next after that, or maybe not even for the next 1000 years. But it will eventually happen.
Thats all for now. This paper will have more than my opinions of course. I just felt the need to explain this name. So, to summarize it all:
Jerusalem, Israel, and the worl😛
Coexist.
In other stuff: I recently proposed a law that would increase minimum wage from 1 NIS to 1.1 NIS. I feel thats a reasonable amount. It's only a .10 NIS increase. The USA government over the last 2 years booted it up .45 cents. I think this is fairer to new players, and theyll want to stay with more $$. I think thats a good idea to just boost it up a little bit.
Yours in eIsraels hands,
Sam Krakower
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So your talking about RL Israel, not eIsrael....
As for the minimum wage, sorry but no.
Now, I know many of you heard the rumors that Charles Nimitz was my boyfriend. That was never the case, and is nothing short of a malicious rumor.
So, in an attempt to head off the E-Rumor Mill, I’d like to officially announce it:
Rhodi Mawr and I are engaged. For those of you who don’t know, Rhodi is hot. Hot like a freshly microwaved burrito. Hot like something dropped by Snoop Dogg.
And I, I am cold and calculating like an Atari 2600. I am cultured like quality cottage cheese.
Plz send us gifts 4 the wedding. Remember what Jesus said, "don't be a cheap jerk."
ok...
and yes, RL Israel. and minimum wage is ur choice. Im cool with it 🙂
Nıce ıdea for IRL ısrael... but I thınk you,re mıssıng some ımportant detaıl - coexıst ıs a nıce ıdea.. but how? for example, should we let all the paestınıans that had theır land taken away from them return to ısrael and coexıst wıth equal votıng rıghts and therefore become the majorıty? Coexıst ıs a great prıncıple... but I fear ıt needs to be medıated by a touch of realpolitik.
The thing is if the raise in minimum wage is so tiny (0.1 NIS) how will it help anyone? :/
voted NO.
What land did we steal Franz ? o: Last time I checked this "palestine" you speak of never existed until a bunch of terrorists started blowing up people .
min wage- its gonna get shot down, but i tried 🙂
Israel can become an intl. zone if neccesary. Or make west bank Palestine. it would work, i think
International zone? The only International zone I can think of is in the NORTH KOREAN BORDER. The only way it would work would be to station massive amounts of troops there -- Palestine and Israel, as NK and SK, are natural enemies. SOURCE: Answering-Islam.org
The Koran’s 164 Jihad Verses: K 002:178-179, 190-191, 193-194, 216-218, 244; 003:121-126, 140-143, 146, 152-158, 165-167,169, 172-173, 195; 004:071-072, 074-077, 084, 089-091, 094-095,100-104; 005:033, 035, 082; 008:001, 005, 007, 009-010, 012, 015-017, 039-048,057-060, 065-075; 009:005, 012-014, 016, 019-020, 024-026, 029,036, 038-039, 041, 044, 052, 073, 081, 083,086, 088, 092, 111, 120, 122-123; 016:110; 022:039, 058, 078; 024:053, 055; 025:052; 029:006, 069; 033:015, 018, 020, 023, 025-027, 050; 042:039; 047:004, 020, 035; 048:015-024; 049:015; 059:002, 005-008, 014; 060:009; 061:004, 011, 013; 063:004; 064:014; 066:009; 073:020; 076:00
Jihad is the act of fighting someone, be it self-defense or aggressive conversion. I think it's safe to say that whatever the case, it is violent.
Incorrect. Jihad is a religious duty of Muslims. In Arabic, the word jihad is a noun meaning "struggle." Jihad appears frequently in the Qur'an and common usage as the idiomatic expression "striving in the way of Allah.
A minority among the Sunni scholars sometimes refer to this duty as the sixth pillar of Islam, though it occupies no such official status. In Twelver Shi'a Islam, however, Jihad is one of the 10 Practices of the Religion.
According to scholar John Esposito, Jihad requires Muslims to "struggle in the way of God" or "to struggle to improve one's self and/or society."
It does mean a fight or struggle, but not a violent one all the time.
Yes that's absolutely right Sam. Sadly political Islam has taken all the nuance out of the concept of "jihad" and has turned it into a rallying cry for Muslim supremacists worldwide. As for "coexistence", it is perfectly possible for peoples to live side by side in peace whilst hating each other's guts. "Conviviality" is what we should be striving for - a society in which creed, class or gender are not barriers to the mixing of peoples and the sharing of public space.
PS: I wouldn't quote John Esposito as an authority on Islam. The man has accepted millions in handouts from the Saudis, that is to say from the promoters of the most intolerant, sectarian, retrograde and authoritarian form of Islam: Wahhabism.
Ok, will do. But thanks for the understanding, Ezekiel 🙂
Please Enlighten me, then: What exactly is an example of 'Jihad'. A struggle, physically, can -- and usually does -- entail physical violence.