“Lord - Protect my family and me, Forgive me my sins, and help me guard against pride and despair. Give me the wisdom to do what is right and just. And make me an instrument of your will.”
Wow! What a nice prayer, and how well orchestrated it was printed in the Israeli press — and then how quickly it disseminated across the globe! What’s fascinating is what’s BEING IGNORED by the press!
The prayer was apparently leaked to the press BEFORE Obama placed it within the wall! Under threat of a lawsuit, the newspaper that published the prayer — Ma’ariv — stated that it collaborated with the Obama campaign to publish the prayer!
Apparently this is how the story went down. An Israeli lawyer named, Shahar Alon petitioned the Attorney-General Menahem Mazuz on Sunday to order police to open a criminal investigation against Ma’ariv.
Alon claimed the paper violated several clauses of the 1967 Preservation of Holy Sites Law as well as violating rights based on Basic Law - Respect for Man and his Freedom. Furthermore, Alon called for a consumer boycott of the newspaper until it published an apology to Obama.
At first, Ma’ariv tried defending its actions by arguing that since Obama is not a Jew, publishing his note was not an infringement of his privacy.
Then entered Western Wall’s Chief Rabbi, Shmuel Rabinovich called Ma’ariv’s actions ’sacrilegious’. He said,
“Notes which are placed in the Western Wall are between the person and his Maker; Heaven forbid that one should read them or use them in any way. The custom of placing notes between the stones of the Western Wall is ancient and is used as a means of expression by a person praying to his Creator. This sacrilegious action deserves sharp condemnation and represents a desecration of the holy site.”
Under a real threat of a boycott with Rabbi Rabinovich’s remarks being published - it was only then that Ma’ariv admitted it had coordinated its publication with the Obama campaign — even before Obama had put it on the wall!
Ha’aretz published today, “Obama’s note was published in Maariv and other international publications following his authorization to make the content of the note public. Obama submitted a copy of the note to media outlets when he left his hotel in Jerusalem.”
Amazing - it appears the Obama campaign released the prayer to the media BEFORE he placed it in the wall!
I believe this may be the first presidential campaign press release addressed to God instead of the voters!
Until next time…
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July 29th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
Wholesale fabrication. The distortion of the truth for political gains is an equivilent injustice as the physical rape of women and boys. The lie is to false power as a rape is to domination and not sexuality. Hope you enjoy your lie, truth-raper.
In case you haven’t figured it out - Obama’s campaign did not publish the prayer. Ask Rabbi Rabinovich. Suggestions otherwise are an out & out lie.
July 30th, 2008 at 7:59 am
I’m only reporting what Ha’aretz and the Jerusalem Post both stated in their publications! If you have a problem with what they reported, perhaps you should take it up with them! As far as Rabbi Rabinovich is concerned, why would he know if the Obama campaign leaked the prayer to the media? Is he part of the Israeli media — I think not!
July 30th, 2008 at 8:16 am
timmy, so hostile! sometimes, the truth hurts! Of course, I wasn’t there, and neither were you. If this man gets elected, his actions, and inexperience will speak for themselves. His doublemindedness already does!
July 30th, 2008 at 9:33 am
What would one expect from a muslim masquerading as a christian? Even many of many christian pastoral friends state unequivically, that albeit his “church” of 20 years is legally a church in the eyes of the government, it is a mosque in diguise like so many thousands of others.
August 21st, 2008 at 2:05 pm
AP news reported in January 2007 that Obama was born in Indonesia to Indonesian parents. His name was Barry Soetoro. Obama attended a muslim school of the like that Saudi Arabia exports. I do not trust the man. Double minded - wants to kill innocent human beings as he stated at the debate in California, he thinks that Israel is completely wrong and that Hamas and other terrorist organizations are justified for their actions.