The United States is by far the biggest exporter of arms to Israel. Between 2009-2020, more than 70 percent of the arms Israel bought came from the US, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri) Arms Transfers database, which only includes major conventional weapons.

According to Sipri numbers, the US has exported arms to Israel every year since 1961.

https://www.dw.com/en/israel-signs-3-billion-deal-to-buy-us-military-aircraft/a-60301536
Israel signs $3 billion arms deal with US
Nik Martin
12/31/2021December 31, 2021

The Israeli Defense Ministry said it would buy 12 Lockheed Martin-Sikorsky helicopters and two Boeing refueling planes.
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https://www.cnn.com › 2021 › 05 › 17 › politics › us-israel-weapons-sale › index.html
Biden administration notified Congress of $735 million weapons sale to Israel...
May 17, 202115:55 - Source: CNN Washington CNN — The Biden administration notified Congress of a proposed US weapons sale to Israel worth $735 million earlier this month, according to two sources...

Some sleepy, easily duped Westerners are willing to accept a benign version of Islam, as you have - too many are, right now.

Muhammad was a warrior, who either sent out or personally went out on seventy-four raids, small assassination hit squads, or full scale wars.

Whitewash is deceitful at best and dangerous at worst, for if or when Islam gets a foothold in a region on the pretense of "peace and love," violent fanatics inflict barbarity on people, especially on Jews.

It is time to stop denying the dark past, found in the Qur'an itself and in the example (hadith) of Muhammad, their "prophet." Many specific verses and passages in the Quran and hadith command violence.

The well documented specific acts and words of Muhammad’s atrocity against the Qurayza Jews happened in the seventh century, a full six hundred years after Jesus lived, died, and was resurrected, to give us a new way of understanding how to live to please God (and such evil events as Muhammad displayed have happened in the history of Islam in every century since).

Muhammad was never a peacemaker. Muhammad was a pig. Muhammad was born in 570 A.D., as a member of the tribe of Quraysh and the clan of Hāshim. Muhammad was an orphan at six, then raised by his uncle, Abu Talib who taught him to be a merchant.

He entered the employ of his first cousin, Khadijah, a wealthy widow, who was fifteen years older than he was. In 595, the two were married, when she was 40, and he was 25. They had six children, only one, a daughter, Fatima, lived to adulthood. Both his uncle, Abu Talib, and his wife, Khadijah died in 619 A.D., before he was driven out of Mecca in 622 A.D., as a false prophet.

The founder of a major religion typically is not a military leader. However, Muhammad (c. 570-632), the false Prophet of Islam, was a man of war. This was how he supported himself and his followers throughout his "ministry," as the dictator of the Islamic movement of conquest from 622 A.D., when he left Mecca, and traveled to Medina (Yathrib).

After acquiring more followers among the Bedouin desert dwelling Arabs, who could fight, he conquered the two peaceful, prosperous Jewish tribes in and around Medina, taking all their land, livestock, and belongings, and exiling them from all Arabia, except for the women he and his men chose to keep as concubines (sex slaves).

In A.D. 627, Muhammad committed an unspeakable atrocity against the last remaining major tribe of Jews in Medina: the Qurayza, who posed no threat to him in any way, which has served as an example to his followers in every country in which they dwell in every century since, as soon as they acquire sufficient power to do so.

Muhammad personally, tirelessly, participated in the beheading of 700 to 900 Jewish men and all the Jewish pubescent boys, of the tribe, the heads and bodies were then dragged into trenches in the business district of Medina, after which he enslaved the Jewish women and Jewish children. In doing this, he wiped the entire tribe "off the map," rather than exiling them, to use the recent language of the President of Iran.

Muhammad then returned to Mecca, his hometown, and physically captured it, subduing his own Quraysh tribe, after making a false treaty with them, and betraying them, by ambushing them by surprise.

He died there in Mecca in 632 A.D. as a result of being poisoned by one of the Jewish women, whose entire family he had slaughtered, before raping her, then keeping her as a spoil of war.

In the space of a single decade he had fought eight major battles, led eighteen raids, and planned another forty-eight military operations where others were placed in command, but operating under his orders and strategic direction.

When Muhammad moved to Medina in AD 622, three major tribes of Jews thrived in Yathrib (pre-Islamic name of Medina). When he died in AD 632, no major group was left. In these ten years Muslim polemicists would have us believe that all conflicts were everyone else’s fault, that he was always acting defensively and hence justly.

However, this is absurd on its face, more to the point, when did the Jews ever slaughter Muslim men and boys and enslave women and children as sex slaves?

He did not have to kill every man and every pubescent boy and enslave all the women and children.

Anyone whose mind has not been steeped in a lifetime of devotion to Islam knows that Muhammad’s action was factually and objectively excessive, regardless of the culture in which he lived. Excess is never just, as even Allah himself states when he rebukes his favorite prophet for another of his acts of cruelty (Hadith, Abu Dawud 4357). Sadly, though, Allah celebrated the atrocity in Sura 33:25-27.

Muslim polemical and outreach websites often assert that Islam promotes human rights. It is impossible for them to say this honestly, and at the same time appeal to the origins of their religion.

The evidence in this event alone demonstrates the horrific violence that is embedded in the dark past of original Islam, found in the Qur'an itself. Even a reliable hadith shows Allah reprimanding Muhammad for his cruelties.
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Sources: W. M. Watt, Muhammad: Prophet and Statesman, Oxford UP, 1961, pp. 130-31; 148-51; 166-67; Muhammad at Medina, Oxfored UP, 1956; Sayyid Abul A’La Maududi, The Meaning of the Qur’an, vol. 3; Ibn Ishaq, Life of Muhammad, trans. A. Guillaume, Oxford UP, 1955, pp. 363-64; 437-45. Ibn Ishaq (d. 767) Tabari, The Foundation of the Community, trans. M.V. McDonald and annotated by W. M. Watt (SUNYP, 1987), pp. 85-87; 156-61. Tabari (d. 923) ;: Ibn Ishaq; Tabari, The Victory of Islam, trans. M. Fishbein, vol. 8, (1997), pp. 6-7. Safi-ur-Rahman Mubarakpuri, The Sealed Nectar: Biography of the Noble Prophet, Darrusalam, 1996, p. 201.

CR, My sources were well cited: the Qur'an, and the Hadiths, the very basis of Islam, wherein Muhammad's life is well chronicled.

Jack Philby's history, I briefly and objectively outlined. That is in no way "championing" him.
With this one line, I told you everything you needed to know about him: "He converted to Islam in 1930."

A caliphate or khilāfah is an institution or public office under the leadership of an Islamic steward with the title of caliph, a person considered a political-religious successor to the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a leader of the entire Muslim world.

The Sufis are a minority of 5% maximum within Islam. It is a moot point, because they have no Caliph.
There is no way any leader of theirs ever qualified to be "a leader of the entire Muslim world."

You have conjured up so much irrelevant minutia you have blinded yourself to the historical, spiritual reality of what Muhammad was, and into what he devolved.

No one is ever a terrorist until he acquires the power, is presented the opportunity, and willingly ascents to the evil spiritual entity that motivates Islam.

[quote=CounterRevolutionary]I notice you cite no sources for your post above and much of it is flat out wrong.
You look up the three different caliphs and post the source here. Start with the Sufi's.
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Matthew 7:15-17,28-29 From the Sermon on the Mount:
[Jesus said]"Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles? Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit."

"When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were astonished at His teaching, because He taught as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.

Unfortunately, that's not going to happen, 4430, because the Muslims would have to be disobedient to the commandments of Allah, Muhammad and the Qur'an,- their unholy trinity.

That would happen only if there was a mass conversion to Jesus by Muslims, and all became Christians.

This famous statement of Muhammad: “I have been made victorious with terror” is in The Hadith, collected by Bukhari (4.52.220). It goes as follows:

Allah's Apostle [Muhammad] said, "I have been sent with the shortest expressions bearing the widest meanings, and I have been made victorious with terror (cast in the hearts of the enemy), and while I was sleeping, the keys of the treasures of the world were brought to me and put in my hand."

Abu Huraira added: "Allah's Apostle has left the world and now you, people, are bringing out those treasures."

Every Muslim has the potential of becoming a terrorist because their Qur'an commands it, Allah commanded it, and Muhammad lived it.

Muhammad taught that it was necessary to use terrorism and Jihad to conquer the world for Islam.

You cannot associate racism with disapproving of Islam. That's ridiculous because Muslims are not of any one race. There are Muslims of every race upon this earth.

Educate yourself.

If Greta appeared in a video applauding "Palestine" after October 7th, then she's not only Autistic, she's spiritually dead.

"Poor" Greta should sit down and shut up, rather than applauding those who celebrated the torture, rape, murder by burning alive, and the baking of babies in ovens.

Amen!

Calling for someone to be murdered most likely envisions their death, don't you think?

That is because she is herself, by her own choice, an extremist, - in her person, her lifestyle, her politics, and her employment.

The last time I saw Calamari (octopus (or their close relatives, squid, both cephalopods having eight tentacles) were 4" deep purple ones atop a delectable pasta salad...

Enlighten me, how does that represent you?

Apparently, it wasn't confusing to God.

CR, Abraham had eight sons. To which of Abraham's three children are you referring?

Abraham’s first son was Ishmael through Hagar, his wife’s Egyptian maid (Genesis 16:1–4).

Abraham’s second son was Isaac through Sarah, his wife (Genesis 21:1–3). Isaac was the son of promise, the son God had promised Abraham (Genesis 15:4–5).

Following Sarah's death, Abraham had six sons through Keturah, another concubine: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah (Genesis 25:1, 6).



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There are currently 47 sovereign Muslim-majority countries in the world, not 40 as you state... though the precise number differs slightly depending upon the source. Some sources include various regions such as Western Sahara or Palestine, which are territories, not countries.

A Muslim-majority country is one in which more than 50% of the people are Muslims.

Muslims are followers of the Islamic faith that began in the 7th century A.D., commonly claimed to have been created in the city of Mecca, in modern-day Saudi Arabia. Most Muslims today live in North and Central Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia.

The more fundamentalist [Jihadist], a muslim is, the truer to Muhammad's teachings he is, the closer to the Qur'an he is, the better an adherent of historic Islam he is. The life of Muhammad is their example in every aspect of life.

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CR, the information I post is easily verifiable history, and verifiable facts. In my personal library. there are 50+ books on Islam's foundation, and history.

If you're unfamiliar with the history of Islam, this is the age of the search engine. Google it.

Harry Saint John Bridger Philby, also known as Jack Philby or Sheikh Abdullah (born April 3, 1885, Saint Johns, Badula, Ceylon [now Sri Lanka] - died September 30, 1960, Beirut, Lebanon), was a British Arabist, adviser, explorer, writer, and a colonial intelligence officer who served as an advisor to King Abdulaziz ibn Saud, the founder of Saudi Arabia. He converted to Islam in 1930.

He was the first European to cross the Rubʿ al-Khali, or Empty Quarter, of Arabia, which is uninhabited, desolate desert, from east to west. Jack Philby succeeded T.E. Lawrence as the chief British representative in Transjordan (1921-24).

I read his story forty+ years ago, during the 1980s, also "The Kingdom of Saud."

Propaganda is not something I would touch or even consider, - to what possible end?

Would you please elaborate on those thee caliphs hundreds of years apart?

CR, where you see the return of colonialism, I see the fulfillment of God's Bible Prophecy.

The Sufis, who are 5% of the world's Islamic population, have no Qur'an of their own, they would be stoned if they dared to attempt to change the words of the Qur'an.

What they do have are books of erotic poetry, which they attribute to their impassioned mystical experiences of melding with the Divine, - lacking the spiritual discernment to recognize Satan's deceiving "angels of light."

https://shepherd.com/bookshelf/sufism

I see your references, as trite, silly, and immaterial to the threat of violence the civilized world continuously faces from all those millions of Muslims whom the Qur'an instructs to murder all kafir/kafirit [infidels] who fail to convert [submit] to Islam.

The divide between Sunnis and Shia is the largest and oldest schism in the history of Islam. The name "Sunni" is derived from the phrase "Ahl al-Sunnah", or "People of the Tradition," referring to practices [traditions] based on the Prophet Muhammad's words and actions, - what he said, did, agreed to or condemned.

Sunnis regard themselves as the orthodox branch of Islam. All Muslims are guided by the Sunnah, because without it, the Qur'an has no context, and makes no sense, but the Shia are also guided by the "wisdom" of Muhammad's descendants through his son-in-law and cousin, Ali.

The great majority of the world's 1.5+ billion Muslims are Sunnis - between 85% and 90%. In the Middle East, Sunnis make up 90% or more of the populations of Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.

Shia constitute about 10% of all Muslims, and globally their population is estimated at between 154 and 200 million.Shia Muslims are in the majority in Iran, Iraq, Bahrain, Azerbaijan and, according to some estimates, Yemen. There are also large Shia communities in Afghanistan, India, Kuwait, Lebanon, Pakistan, Qatar, Syria, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

In early Islamic history, the Shia were a movement - literally "Shiat Ali" or the "Party of Ali." They claimed that Ali was the rightful successor to the Prophet Muhammad as leader (imam) of the Muslim community following his death in 632 A.D.

Ali was assassinated in 661 A.D. after a five-year caliphate that was marred by civil war. His sons, Hassan and Hussein, were denied what they thought was their legitimate right of accession to the caliphate.

Hassan was poisoned in 680 by Muawiyah, the first caliph of the Sunni Umayyad dynasty, while Hussein was killed on the battlefield by the Umayyads in 681. These events gave rise to the primacy of the Shia concept of martyrdom and their rituals of grieving.

Members of the two sects have co-existed for centuries and share many fundamental beliefs and practices. But they differ in doctrine, ritual, law, theology and religious organization.

Their leaders also compete from Lebanon and Syria to Iraq and Pakistan, many conflicts consistently emphasize this sectarian divide, communities are terrorized, and murdered. It id the fruit of Islam.

There are three main branches of Shia Islam today - the Zaidis, Ismailis and Ithna Asharis (Twelvers or Imamis). The Ithna Asharis are the largest Shia group and believe that Muhammad's religious leadership, spiritual authority and divine guidance were passed on to 12 of his descendants, beginning with Ali, Hassan and Hussein.

The 12th Imam, Muhammad al-Mahdi, is believed to have disappeared from a cave below a mosque in 878 A.D. Ithna Asharis [the Twelvers], - who rule Iran, believe the so-called awaited imam or "Madhi" did not die and will crawl out of the well at the end time, to restore justice upon the earth.

Sufism is a mystical and ascetic form of Islam, known as "Tasawwuf" in the Muslim world, in the West it is often erroneously thought of as a separate sect.

Adherents of Sufism follow the five pillars of Islam just as other practicing Muslims. They declare faith in one god, Allah, and Muhammad as his messenger, pray five times a day, give to charity, fast and perform the pagan Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, as does all of Islam.

Sufism is more prominent among Sunnis, but there are also Shiite Sufi orders, or "tariqa."
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