Detailed LCCC English News Bulletin For March 13/17

Detailed LCCC English News Bulletin For March 13/17

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Titles For Latest LCCC Bulletin analysis & editorials from miscellaneous sources published On March 12-13/17
The Bleeding Women: Faith & Hope/Elias Bejjani/March 12/17
Iranian backed militia forms Golan liberation brigade/Roi Kais|/Ynetnews/March 12/17
Trump kicks the ball to Abbas’s court/Smadar Perry|/Ynetnews/March 12/17
Death and Destruction for Christmas/Muslim Persecution of Christians, December 2016/Raymond Ibrahim/Gatestone Institute/March 12, 2017
A Month of Islam and Multiculturalism in Britain: February 2017/Soeren Kern/Gatestone Institute/March 12, 2017
Iran’s Economy Post-Nuclear Deal: A Misleading IMF Scorecard/Patrick Clawson/The Washington Institute/March 12, 2017
Significant escalation in Trump’s war with media on cards/Ahmad al-Farraj/Al Arabiya/March 12/17
Iran and Israel’s conflict in Syria/Abdulrahman al-Rashed/Al Arabiya/March 12/17
Gulf Arabs, poetry and prose/Turki Aldakhil/Al Arabiya/March 12/17
Youth have crucial role in shaping UAE’s future/Yasser Hareb/Al Arabiya/March 12/17
A CIA conflict with internet companies/Mashari Althaydi/Al Arabiya/March 12/17

Titles For Latest Lebanese Related News published On March 12-13/17
The Bleeding Women: Faith & Hope
Saudi-Lebanese relations suffer setback
Aoun’s Hezbollah remarks threaten US military aid
Lebanon seeking a long-delayed Syrian refugee policy
New Lebanese Army Commander in First Visit to Bkirki
Wednesday Legislative Session to Tackle Budget, Wage Scale amid Growing Objections
Jumblat Says Proportional Representation Must Preserve ‘Partnership’
Bassil Says Constitution ‘Can be Amended’, Promises New Electoral Law Proposal
AMAL MP Warns of ‘Vacuum, Chaos’ if No New Electoral Law
Abu Faour: No One Can Persecute Us through Electoral Law
Public Administration Employees Reject Proposed Duty Hours Increase
Iraqi Ambassador visits Imam of Nabatiyeh: We appreciate his role in the care of Iraqi refugees
Hobeich: To think about the people when passing electoral laws
Hariri mourns Stavro Jabra, Melhem Imad
Hashem, Saad head to Islamabad
King Abdullah II of Jordan receives Siniora

Titles For Latest LCCC Bulletin For Miscellaneous Reports And News published On March 12-13/17
Iraqi Forces Take Third of West Mosul, Jihadists ‘Trapped’
Dutch Expel Turkish Minister as Police Break Up Protests
Assad: Several European countries’ policies toward Syria and the region have led to the spread of terrorism
Ex-Qaida Affiliate in Syria Claims Damascus Carnage
Iranian speaker rebuffs Netanyahu for Purim comparison: ‘Study the Torah’
Palestinian Police Use Tear Gas, Batons to Disperse Protest
Parade Sees Tributes to Israeli Soldier Convicted of Killing Palestinian
Robust and Concrete Measures Should Be Taken Immediately Against Iran Regime
Arab Media Coverage of Iran Opposition Unveiling IRGC Activities in London Press Conference
Internal Factions Flare in Iran Over Upcoming Farce Elections
Behind the Iran Regime’s Hippocratic Style of Negotiations
Trump’s White House planning meeting with Saudi Arabia’s deputy crown prince
Saudi Arabia: Security forces kill wanted person in al-Qatif region
Former Saudi justice minister tells EU parliament: Terrorism has no religion
Yemeni army is approaching Sanaa, spokesman says
15 killed, dozens missing in Ethiopia garbage dump landslide

Links From Jihad Watch Site for March 12-13/17
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards now opposite Israeli troops on 1967 ceasefire line in Golan Heights
Islamic State turned Mosul church into base for Islamic religious police
Palestinian children at UK taxpayer-funded school pretend to execute Israeli soldier
Judge refuses to halt Trump’s new immigration order
UK: 5,500 cases of FGM in 2016 alone, not a single prosecution
New Jersey: Rocks thrown through pastor’s window after Muslim center plans nixed
Reza Aslan blames rise of “Islamophobia” on Robert Spencer, Pamela Geller, Frank Gaffney and Daniel Pipes
Netherlands bars Turkish ministers, Turks riot, Erdogan vows retaliation in “harshest ways” against “Nazis”
UK: Muslims barrage Muslima in hijab with death threats for twerking
North Dakota: Muslim calls 911 47 times to say he supports the Islamic State and hates Trump
Hugh Fitzgerald: The Once and Future Al-Andalus
Abu Dhabi: Non-Muslim couple imprisoned for sex before marriage

Links From Christian Today Site On March 12-13/17
Leprosy: How The Biblical Disease Is Still Costing Lives Today, And How You Can Help
At Least 40 Killed In Damascus Bombing Targeting Shi’ites
Jordan Soldier Who Shot Israeli Schoolchildren Freed After End Of Sentence
Why The Future Of The Church Of England Is In The Balance After The Sheffield Debacle
Why What Emma Watson Wears Is Our Problem, Not Hers
How To Make Britain (Really) Great Again – And America Too
Man Faces 10-year Sentence After Scaling White House Fence
Tomb Of Jonah In Mosul Shows ISIS Preserving Artefacts To Sell For Loot

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The Bleeding Women: Faith & Hope
Elias Bejjani/March 12/17
https://eliasbejjaninews.com/?p=36973
(John 6:68): “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life”
Whenever we are in real trouble encountering devastating and harsh conditions either physically or materially, we unconsciously react with sadness, anger, confusion, helplessness and feel abandoned. When in a big mess, we expect our family members and friends to automatically run to our rescue. But in the majority of such difficult situations, we discover with great disappointment that in reality our heartfelt expectations do not unfold as we wish.
What is frustrating and shocking is that very few of our family members and friends would stand beside us during hardships and endeavour to genuinely offer the needed help. Those who have already walked through these rocky life paths and adversities definitely know very well the bitter taste of disappointment. They know exactly the real meaning of the well-know saying, “a friend in need is a friend indeed”.
Sadly our weak human nature is driven by inborn instincts that often make us side with the rich, powerful, healthy and strong over the poor, weak, needy and sick. Those who have no faith in Almighty God find it very difficult to cope in a real mess.
Meanwhile, those whose faith is solid stand up with courage, refuse to give up hope, and call on their Almighty Father for help through praying and worshiping. They know for sure that our Great Father is loving and passionate. He will not abandon any one of us when calling on Him for mercy and help because He said and promised so. Matthew 11/28-30: “Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart; and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
One might ask, ‘Why should I pray?’ And, ‘Do I have to ask God for help, can’t He help me without praying to Him?’ The answer is ‘no’. We need to pray and when we do so with faith and confidence God listens and responds (Mark 11/:24): “Therefore I tell you, all things whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received them, and you shall have them”
Yes, we have to make the effort and be adamant and persistent. We have to ask and knock in a bid to show our mere submission to Him and He with no doubt shall provide. (Matthew 7/7 & 8): “Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened”.
On this second Sunday of Lent in our Catholic Church’s Eastern Maronite rite, we cite and recall the miraculous cure of the bleeding woman in Matthew 9/20-22, Mark 5/25-34, and Luke 8/43-48. As we learn from the Holy Gospel, the bleeding woman’s great faith made her believe without a shred of doubt that her twelve years of chronic bleeding would stop immediately if she touched Jesus’ garment. She knew deeply in her heart that Jesus would cure her even without asking him. Her faith cured the bleeding and made her well. Her prayers were heard and responded to.
Luke 8/:43-49: “A woman who had a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent all her living on physicians, and could not be healed by any, came behind him (Jesus), and touched the fringe of his cloak, and immediately the flow of her blood stopped. Jesus said, “Who touched me?” When all denied it, Peter and those with him said, “Master, the multitudes press and jostle you, and you say, ‘Who touched me?’” 8:46 But Jesus said, “Someone did touch me, for I perceived that power has gone out of me.” When the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling, and falling down before him declared to him in the presence of all the people the reason why she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately. He said to her, “Daughter, cheer up. Your faith has made you well. Go in peace.”
The woman’s faith cured her chronic bleeding and put her back in the society as a normal and acceptable citizen. During that era women with uterus bleeding were looked upon as sinners, defiled and totally banned from entering synagogues for praying. Meanwhile, because of her sickness she was physically unable to be a mother and bear children. Sadly she was socially and religiously abandoned, humiliated and alienated. But her faith and hope empowered her with the needed strength and perseverance and enabled her to cope successfully against all odds.
Hallelujah! Faith can do miracles. Yes indeed. (Luke17/5 & 6): ” The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.” The Lord said, “If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you would tell this sycamore tree, ‘Be uprooted, and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you”. How badly do we today need to have a faith like that of this women?
Let us all on this second Lent Sunday pray with solid faith.
Let us ask Almighty God who cured the bleeding women, and who was crucified on the cross to absolve our original sin, that He would endow His Holy graces of peace, tranquility, and love all over the world. And that He would strengthen the faith, patience and hope of all those persecuted, imprisoned, and deprived for courageously witnessing the Gospel’s message and truth.