| On January 7, 2008, I received the | | | | nonviolent even while being nailed to a |
| following good news email from Mordecahi | | | | cross. |
| Vanunu: | | | | Nuclear weapons and military occupation |
| Hi There, | | | | are in direct conflict with what Jesus |
| The news: | | | | taught and lived. |
| The court hearing today postponed. | | | | Jesus also taught liberation from the |
| Israel Gov' by their prosecutor agree to | | | | bondage of the corrupt teachers of The |
| change the 6 months prison sentence to | | | | Law, who made their bread off of the |
| community service. Next the prosecutor | | | | poor. The Temple priests made their |
| will discuss with us which community | | | | living by convincing the people that God |
| service I will do. So all this trial and | | | | would only accept them after they paid |
| sentence for the last 3 years come to | | | | for ritual baths and sacrificing |
| nothing. | | | | livestock, that only the Temple priests |
| Wishing you to see me free very | | | | could perform. |
| soon,vmjc | | | | Jesus was a dissident, a subversive, |
| Ever since Vanunu was convicted in July | | | | social justice radical revolutionary |
| 2007 and sentenced to six more months in | | | | Palestinian devout Jewish road warrior |
| jail for the interviews he gave foreign | | | | who challenged the job security of the |
| media in 2004, this civilian journalist | | | | Temple priests by teaching the people |
| has suffered a guilty conscience because | | | | that they didn't need to pay the priests |
| I have been streaming 2005 and 2006 | | | | a dime to be OK with God, for God |
| video of Vanunu on my site and YOUTUBE. | | | | already loved them, just as they were; |
| I figured if Israel would send Vanunu | | | | sinners, diseased, outcasts, refugees, |
| back to jail for interviews nobody is | | | | prisoners all living under Roman |
| reading anymore, what would they do to | | | | Military occupation. |
| him for videos that are currently freely | | | | What got Jesus crucified was disturbing |
| streaming on the World Wide Web? | | | | the status quo of the Roman Occupying |
| This civilian journalist also owes her | | | | Forces because he taught the people that |
| very career to Vanunu, so I am in his | | | | in God's eyes everyone is equally |
| debt for he inspired me to realize my | | | | valuable and Caesar only had power |
| childhood dream of growing up to be | | | | because God allowed it. |
| Brenda Starr, the red headed ace | | | | 2,000 years ago the cross has NO |
| investigative journalist of the Sunday | | | | religious symbolism. When Jesus said: |
| comics. Because of a chance crossing of | | | | "Pick up your cross and follow me," |
| paths with Vanunu in June 2005 that lead | | | | everyone then understood he was issuing |
| him to share with me about his childhood | | | | a political statement. The Roman Empire |
| and journey into Christianity, I was | | | | crucified thousands of agitators, |
| also inspired to imagine an adult hope; | | | | rebels, dissidents and any others who |
| of becoming the 21st century Dorothy | | | | disturbed the status quo, and the road |
| Day, a radical Christian who birthed The | | | | to Jerusalem was lined with the Roman |
| Catholic Worker newspaper that gave | | | | Occupying Forces method of the death |
| voice to the poor and oppressed in the | | | | penalty. |
| 20th century. | | | | Jesus did not speak Hebrew, he spoke |
| Because I had been reporting on Vanunu's | | | | Aramaic. The word Nero, written in |
| historic year and a half long freedom of | | | | Aramaic was valued at 666 in the Hebrew |
| speech trial in Jerusalem I was asked to | | | | numbering system. The Roman Empire |
| speak in California on October 13, | | | | oppressed Jews and Christians and both |
| 2007-Vanunu's 53rd birthday- at the NO | | | | communities used codes, symbols and |
| More Wars for Israel Conference, which | | | | numerology understood by their members, |
| had been dedicated to him. I went with | | | | but not the empire. |
| the hope and desire to raise some funds | | | | I asked Rich had he ever considered that |
| for Vanunu's Defense before his January | | | | the anti-Christ might actually be |
| 8, 2008 appeal. | | | | nuclear weapons. Had he ever considered |
| And another door opened to me when I | | | | that the anti-Christ is not a man at all |
| heard another speaker there say, | | | | but is the evil that comes from a heart |
| "It was God that kept us afloat." | | | | that seeks power, control and empire. I |
| That speaker was Phil Tourney, a USS | | | | asked Rich had he ever wondered about |
| LIBERTY Veteran who has now become a | | | | how governments promote nuclear weapons |
| brother, a friend and comrade in the | | | | as instruments of peace, but nukes only |
| good fight for justice for the USS | | | | reap destruction and instability for |
| LIBERTY. | | | | they fill others with the desire to |
| Liberty also means freedom from | | | | obtain them. |
| captivity. | | | | Rich hadn't thought of such a thing and |
| When Phil spoke those seven words, I | | | | neither had Vanunu when I raised the |
| immediately knew in my heart/gut, I had | | | | very same question to him in June 2005. |
| to do something. In less than three | | | | But Vanunu did reply, "The only way to |
| months, I have heard those same words | | | | peace is peace; the only way is |
| affirmed by every USS LIBERTY survivor | | | | nonviolence. The only answer to Israeli |
| and supporter, I have thus far spoken | | | | nuclear weapons, their aggression, |
| with; and I have only just begun. | | | | occupation and oppression, and the wall |
| Although Vanunu's and the LIBERTY Vet's | | | | and refugee camps is to answer them with |
| situations are very different, they are | | | | truth and a peaceful voice. When I |
| also very connected in my heart/gut. In | | | | became the spy for the world, I did it |
| both instances governments that claim to | | | | all for the people of the world. If |
| be democracies told truth tellers to | | | | governments do not report the truth, and |
| SHUT UP and both governments have lied | | | | if the media does not report the truth, |
| and covered up........ | | | | then all we can do is follow our |
| I made a phone call on January 5, 2008, | | | | consciences. Daniel Ellsberg did, the |
| to LIBERTY CENTRAL/Rich Schmucker. I | | | | woman from Enron did, and I did. The |
| thought I was just doing another USS | | | | United States needs to wake up and see |
| LIBERTY article, but another door opened | | | | the truth that Israel is not a |
| up to me. | | | | democracy, unless you are a Jew. Israel |
| Rich wasn't on the USS LIBERTY, the spy | | | | is the only country in the Middle East |
| ship that Israel attacked and tried to | | | | where America can right now find nuclear |
| destroy during the Six Day War, but he | | | | weapons. |
| has been a supporter and accumulator of | | | | "America can also find where basic human |
| records galore about that day in infamy | | | | rights have been denied Christians: |
| when the USA Government failed to | | | | right here in Israel.The time has come |
| support the troops, Congress went limp | | | | for the United States to see the truth |
| and the MSM went MIA. | | | | of Zionism. It began as a secular |
| Rich told me, "From 1963 until 1969, I | | | | nationalist movement, not a religious |
| was a CT, a Communications Technician | | | | one. Then some Christians believed that |
| stationed at the Naval base in Wahiawa, | | | | when Israel became a nation, it was the |
| Hawaii. CT's are apart of the | | | | beginning of the second coming. They are |
| intelligence community and our work was | | | | deluded if they believe peace will come |
| classified. I never heard a word about | | | | through atomic weapons. Atomic weapons |
| what happened on June 8, 1967 in the | | | | are holocaust weapons. Christians should |
| Mediterranean until I was in a library | | | | be the first people against them. |
| in Auburn, Nebraska in 1979 and came | | | | "The Christians in America should be |
| across Jim Ennis's book, ASSAULT ON THE | | | | helping the Christians here. America |
| LIBERTY. | | | | needs to wake up to this fallacy that |
| "I checked it out and after reading it, | | | | Jesus will come back by nuclear war. |
| I became so dang angry because I hadn't | | | | America needs to wake up to the fact |
| heard anything about it while in the | | | | that the Palestinian Christians here |
| Navy, or in the newspapers or on TV, so | | | | have no human rights. Aren't Christians |
| I began doing research. Through the | | | | supposed to be concerned about other |
| years I have obtained over two hundred | | | | Christians? Aren't Christians supposed |
| pounds of documents and I have stuff the | | | | to be concerned about all the poor and |
| crew never even knew about. What I read | | | | oppressed?" |
| opened more doors and I was led to | | | | I totally agreed with Vanunu and told |
| contact Russians, Egyptians, Israelis | | | | him, "It is non-negotiable: all of that |
| and others and my phone bill was higher | | | | stuff Jesus said about doing for the |
| than a kite. | | | | least and the oppressed. It is |
| "I got the USA documents using the | | | | non-negotiable for Christians; we must |
| Freedom of Information Act and most of | | | | forgive our enemies, and we must love |
| the time I got what I asked for, but | | | | those who hate us. Whatever we do or do |
| sometimes, I was completely ignored. I | | | | not do, we do it unto God. Every time I |
| signed a secrecy agreement when I | | | | went through a checkpoint, saw The |
| entered the Navy and I think one of the | | | | Apartheid Wall, or heard a story of |
| reasons our government has ignored me | | | | oppression, I wondered how God can stand |
| was because they didn't want to give me | | | | this situation. I can't. I also think |
| any credibility. The only negativity I | | | | you were crucified for telling the |
| met with was when I received a package | | | | truth." |
| from Paris, France. Two hours after | | | | Vanunu agreed, "My human rights have |
| opening it up, I landed in the hospital | | | | been denied me because I am a Christian. |
| because it had some kind of poison in | | | | When I was on trial, I was treated just |
| it. Apparently somebody in France didn't | | | | like a Palestinian: no human rights at |
| like me because I was asking questions | | | | all, and cruel and unusual punishment, |
| about the USS LIBERTY. I have gotten a | | | | all because I told the truth. The |
| couple of phone threats, but it's the | | | | government spread slander about me, that |
| one's who won't talk to you, you have to | | | | I was a homosexual, that I hated Jews, |
| worry about. " | | | | that I wanted fame and money. What I did |
| Rich's comment caused me to reflect upon | | | | was sacrifice my life for the truth. In |
| the link I have to my website that | | | | prison, I really began to feel like |
| affirms that the USA Government, Israel | | | | Jesus and Paul. When Jesus threw the |
| [and France!] are consistently in the | | | | money changers out of the temple, it was |
| Top 20 out of 70+ countries that hit on | | | | like me in Dimona, exposing the |
| WAWA every day. Nobody from any of those | | | | Israelis' dirty secrets. I felt like |
| governments ever email me, but I have | | | | Paul, being thrown in prison for |
| been and remain grateful they are | | | | speaking the truth. |
| interested in this little sister of | | | | "The only real way to worship is in |
| Christ, for Big Brother is out of | | | | loving one's enemies. It was not easy to |
| control and it is empire that I am | | | | love my tormentors; it was only because |
| challenging on the web. | | | | I felt so much like Jesus crucified on |
| Rich continued, "It's not the Jewish | | | | the cross, and as if I was crucified in |
| people or the Jewish religion I have a | | | | prison, that I could do it. It was not |
| problem with. It's the governments of | | | | ever easy. I have forgiven but not |
| America and Israel that colluded in the | | | | forgotten anything, and I never will. In |
| cover-up that I have a problem | | | | Israel, a life sentence is twenty-five |
| with…This is off topic, but I want to | | | | years. Even murderers go free after |
| tell you that one day I was just sitting | | | | seventeen. They imposed the same |
| there looking at a picture of the Star | | | | restrictions on me that Palestinians |
| of David and I realized it had six | | | | receive: no human rights at all; no |
| little triangles, six sides in the | | | | phone; no visitors, except family, and |
| center and six points and I wondered if | | | | only through an iron grill; no vacation; |
| it was the Mark of The Beast; you know | | | | no holidays; and no gifts. Even |
| 666 from the Book of Revelation." | | | | murderers get out for vacations! I was |
| I had never heard of such a thing but I | | | | locked up for eighteen years and still |
| do know that some modern day Biblical | | | | cannot go on vacation; I cannot leave, |
| scholars contend that the number 666 was | | | | and that is all I am asking for, just to |
| code for the Roman Emperor Nero. The | | | | leave here. For eighteen years in |
| ancients used numerical codes of the | | | | prison, they even attempted to control |
| alphabet and writers were thus able to | | | | my thoughts on paper. I would write |
| name without actually naming those | | | | exactly what I wanted and they would |
| contemporary figures that were | | | | censor words like kidnapped and atomic |
| politically dangerous to openly | | | | bomb. They would show me how they |
| criticize. | | | | chopped up my letters, but I continued |
| Some current day Christian | | | | to write exactly what I wanted. They |
| fundamentalists believe that 666 is a | | | | held my body, but never my spirit or |
| code for the letters of a name or title | | | | mind." |
| of the Antichrist. A particular cult of | | | | ......After I said good bye to Rich I |
| modern day USA fundamentalist Christians | | | | immediately flipped my Bible open to the |
| who are pro-war, pro-torture, | | | | Book of Revelation as I prayed for a |
| pro-military occupation and lust for | | | | revelation of my own. What jumped out at |
| Armageddon best exemplify what centuries | | | | me was: |
| of theologians understood to be what the | | | | "The beast was given a mouth to utter |
| term anti-Christ is really all about. | | | | proud words…to blaspheme God and to |
| The term "antichrist" never appears in | | | | slander his name and his dwelling |
| John's Revelation or Daniel, two | | | | place…He who has an ear, let him |
| disparate works of literature written | | | | hear…If anyone kills…he will be |
| three centuries apart and under very | | | | killed." Rev.13: 5-10 |
| different circumstances, yet some modern | | | | "I saw a new heaven and a new earth…I |
| day Christian fundamentalists have woven | | | | saw the Holy City, the New Jerusalem |
| them together and have left behind what | | | | coming down out of heaven…and I heard |
| the author who coined the term | | | | a loud voice saying, "There will be no |
| 'antichrist' actually penned. The writer | | | | more death, or mourning or crying or |
| of 1 John and 2 John-the only sources in | | | | pain, for the old order of things has |
| the Bible where the term appears | | | | passed away." Rev. 21: 1-4 |
| wrote:"...as you have heard that the | | | | Come senators, congressmen |
| antichrist is coming; even now many have | | | | Please heed the call |
| come..."- I John 2:18 | | | | Don't stand in the doorway |
| To be anti anything is to be against | | | | Don't block up the hall |
| something. To be anti-Christ is to be | | | | For he that gets hurt |
| against what Jesus was all about; and | | | | Will be he who has stalled |
| Jesus was all about forgiving, blessing | | | | There's a battle outside |
| and loving one's enemies and remaining | | | | And it is ragin'. |