“From the rising of the sun even to its setting, My Name will be great among the Gentiles,” says Yahweh Sabaoth.
(Malachi 1: 11)
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Most Palestinians are Typical Bullies
This picture was taken last August. Katie took it.
It was about 9:00 PM. Katie and I were walking home from the Old City of Jerusalem. We are on the pathway leading up from Jaffa Gate to the intersection of Jaffa Street and Highway 60. Damascus Gate is up the hill and around the corner to the right on Highway 60.
In the picture, you can see 5 Palestinian boys. When Katie and I walked up, they were harassing the Haredi man standing to the right. The boys made their way over from the predominantly Palestinian Damascus Gate area to engage in mischief in the predominantly Jewish Jaffa Gate area. The Haredi man was their happenstance victim.
The Haredi man had been there every night holding a sign that said “I have 6 children.” We had seen him several times. As you can see, he had a boombox playing music, and he was holding a cup in which tourists could put shekels.
When Katie and I walked up, the Palestinian boys were in the Haredi man’s face trying to provoke him. I walked up to the Haredi man and stood beside him. The larger of the 5 boys (on the left, looks like he’s dancing) was inches away from the Haredi man making all sorts of menacing moves.
When the larger Palestinian boy realized that I wasn’t leaving, he made a few more gestures and moved away. The other 4 boys backed off, too. Katie took the picture as they walked away. We waited for a few minutes before leaving to make sure they didn’t return.
The Rest of the Story
While I was standing beside the Haredi man, I looked carefully at the boys to see if there was any evidence of knives. Knife attacks are in vogue for Palestinian youths in Jerusalem. As far as I could tell, there were no knives.
The video below shows a Palestinian youth engaging in a knife attack near the Damascus Gate of the Old City of Jerusalem a couple of days ago. He was killed after stabbing an innocent Haredi Jew.
That night, I expected the boys to back off and clear out. They looked like typical Palestinian cowards. When they encounter resistance, they move on and look for another victim. They fit the classic definition of bullies.
If they didn’t back off, if they escalated their efforts, I was preparing to take out the larger boy. He was the ringleader. He was holding his head high in the air to demonstrate his boldness. He intended to impress or intimidate his victim, but in the process, he exposed his neck.
An aggressive move from me would have taken him completely by surprise. He was not prepared to defend himself. He was busy pretending to be Macho Man.
I knew that my first move would probably be my only move. I was going to hit him in the throat as hard as I could. I was positioning my body to put all of my weight behind the blow.
At the very least, that one blow would have incapacitated him for several seconds. If I hit him just right, it could have collapsed his trachea making breathing difficult or impossible. In other words, it could have killed him. It probably would have killed him.
I wasn’t too concerned about the larger boy. I knew what that blow would do. I was concerned about the other 4 boys. What would they do if I took out their leader? If they had attacked me as a group, they would have killed me.
At that time, my aortic valve was failing. It had been failing for more than 2 years. My cardiologist was monitoring the valve closely to determine when to replace it. When this picture was taken, my gradient was 38. When the gradient reaches 40, it’s time for surgery.
I had aortic stenosis. It’s a genetic problem that causes calcification around the edges of the aortic valve and prevents it from closing completely. The higher the gradient, the less the valve closes. Normal gradient is zero.
Under heavy exertion when the heart beats rapidly, if the aortic valve doesn’t close completely, it can cause an aneurysm in the aorta. That’s certain death. You bleed out very quickly inside your chest cavity.
If I had to fight off the other 4 boys, that’s probably what would have happened. I told my cardiologist about this incident. He said there was no probably to it. He said that would have killed me.
I’m telling you this story because it’s interesting and it’s true. Confronting bullies is the only alternative. Most of the time, they do nothing when they encounter resistance. Those Palestinian boys didn’t know about my heart problem, and Katie had taken out her camera. I’m sure they noticed.
They danced away in fake bravado. That’s what Palestinians do.
As you can see from the picture, Katie and I were not the only people who witnessed what those boys were doing, but no one stopped to help the Haredi man. Eventually, someone might have, but no one did.
I wasn’t thinking about dying. I was thinking about doing my job. Over the years, Yahweh has blessed me and protected me time and time again. Would He do it this time? Yes.
In Jerusalem in particular, Yahweh enjoys blessing me. This is a better way to say it: when I’m in Jerusalem, Yahweh enjoys wowing me. Some of the things He has done leave me flabbergasted. All I can say is “wow”.
It’s gotten to the point where I am excited to see what Yahweh has planned for me next in Jerusalem. Some of the things He has done in Jerusalem for me to see and be a part of are amazing. And best of all, I have witnesses to everything He has done for me in Jerusalem. As you can see, I have pictures of some of them.
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This video shows the lies Palestinians have been told by Palestinian leaders to incite them to violence. Don’t blame Israel. The Israeli people are victims, not aggressors.
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“The glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, just as We are one; I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and loved them, even as You have loved Me. Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me, for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.” (John 17: 22-24)
