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Over-Achieving Minorities of Western Civilization

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A lot has been written on minorities and DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion). There is not enough written on the minorities that practice a good work ethic, work hard to invent products, create new processes and techniques and accomplish positive and good results. Therefore, I thought I would follow up my recent article on “Israel, Defender of Western Civilization” to elaborate on some of the over achievers from western civilization that have helped advance science and quality of life for all.

I usually write on energy and electricity generation. However, the evil and barbaric terrorist attacks on Israel October 7th inspired me to reflect on the positive contributions of the minority of very creative & productive people during the last 150 years.

Did you ever think about what western civilization has provided for the 8 Billion people of the world? The Judeo-Christian values of western civilization are at the root of the ever improving quality of life on our planet. The values that we appreciate have been a prerequisite for many accomplishments that have benefited all of the people of the world. That is all of the people of the world can benefit from the products and advancements mentioned below, providing that they live in a free country. There are many countries that do not have the freedom of the western world as we Americans do.

Capitalism should not be underestimated for it’s capability to fund large projects for Mining, Energy production and Manufacturing. Also to promote and share the high quality of life experienced by western civilization.

In my lifetime, my parents successfully prepared me to live the “American Dream“. The definition I like from the Mirriam Webster Dictionary:

A happy way of living that is thought of by many Americans as something that can be achieved by anyone in the U.S. especially by working hard and becoming successful.(12)

Lost in the News reports are the mutually beneficial advantages of individuals and corporations contributing to industrial development on a Global Scale, as a result of their creativity and hard work….. After I thought about Israel being the leading defender of western civilization, it occurred to me that it may be of interest for some readers to review Globalization and the positive contributions of western civilization to the improvements in the quality of life to billions of people around the world.

The “American Dream” was described above and I for one give thanks to God for my good health and the satisfaction of using my good work ethic during my career. However, when Israeli’s are compared to Americans with regard to work ethic, creativity, business acumen, intellectual achievements and accomplishments, we should all be humbled by what they have accomplished. Especially considering that the state of Israel is surrounded by hundreds of millions of people who (a gross under statement) do not like them very much. The illustration below shows the reality of tiny Israel’s huge neighboring countries. Israel is about the size of the state of New Jersey. The photo is from a screenshot of a flight on El-Al.

Prominent Individuals That Have Improved the Quality of Life for Humanity

These are some of my choices of the heroes the last 150 years or so. I learned more about these folks when I was preparing to present my course, “The History of Energy and Electricity Generation” course for USCB-OLLI.(15)

  1. Nickoluas Otto, Inventor of the four cycle Internal Combustion engine
  2. Karl Benz, Inventor of the first Internal Combustion engine powered automobile
  3. Rudolf Diesel, Inventor of the Compression Ignition, Diesel engine
  4. Thomas Edison The most prolific inventor of western civilization
  5. Nikola Tesla Polyphase motors and 3 phase advanced transformers
  6. George Westinghouse One of America’s best engineers and founder of Westinghouse Electric
  7. Charles Martin Hall Inventor of the electrolytic method of producing Aluminum smelting. The process for production of aluminum from the alumina powder refined from Bauxite ore
  8. Henry Ford Brought mass produced cars and high paying factory wages to citizens so they could enjoy the American Dream. Also, reasonable priced tractors for farmers to mechanize agricultural production.
  9. Willis Carrier Inventor of modern air conditioning. (Living in South Carolina, A/C is one of my favorites)
  10. Fritz Haber, Invented the “Haber-Bosch Process” for producing synthetic ammonia for agricultural use. His invention made it possible to feed about half of the people living on the planet today. Yes, according to Professor Vaclav Smil, about 4 billion people one the planet could not be fed adequate food without ammonia fertilizer.
  11. Carl Bosch, Using principles from Fritz Haber’s discovery, Bosch devised a method for separating large quantities of hydrogen from a hydrogen-carbon monoxide mixture. In 1909, under Bosch’s leadership, BASF acquired the patent rights for Fritz Haber’s ammonia process and began developing the equipment and refining the process needed for mass production. By 1913, the BASF works at Oppau, Germany began the first worldwide production of ammonia.
  12. In January 1930 Frank Whittle, submitted a patent application for a gas turbine for jet propulsion. His engine, which had a single-stage centrifugal compressor coupled to a single-stage turbine, was successfully bench tested in April 1937.
  13. Germans Hans von Ohain and Max Hahn patented a jet propulsion engine of their own in 1936. 
  14. Igor Sikorsky invented the helicopter about 1939
  15. Wernher von Braun, Leader in rocket technology and space exploration. Led NASA’s rocket propulsion development
  16. Robert Hutchings Goddard, Inventor of Solid Fuel Rockets
  17. Alexander Fleming invents Penicillin
  18. Walter H. Brattain, The Transistor, developed by Bell Laboratories in the 1940s.
  19. Hyman G. Rickover, A Polish Jew that immigrated to America in 1900 and became an Admiral in the U.S. Navy. The Father of nuclear powered ships, submarines and commercial nuclear power production.
  20. Jonas Salk Inventor of Polio vaccine
  21. Norman Borlaug, Agricultural advancement giant that led the “Green Revolution” of the 1960’s. Like Fritz Haber, he had a lot to do with advancements in the science of agriculture to create the capacity to feed many of the people of the world.
  22. Milton Friedman, A champion and leader in government administration of Economics and Capitalism. Also, improvements in public education with Charter Schools
  23. Forbes Wilson, Leader of Freeport McMoran in the 1960’s and led to the development of one of the largest copper mines in the world in Iran Jaya (West Papua) New Guinee
  24. Elon Musk Self made rocket scientist and business genius
  25. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak Apple computer (1976) Founders that created the market for personal computers that we all use today
  26. MIT Professor Richard Lindzen Atmospheric and Climate Scientist(16)

The list of inventors and innovators from western civilization is long. These 26 are some that I became aware of and came to admire during my career.

What About the Eastern Civilization?

The Axis of Evil at war with Israel and Ukraine includes Russia & Iran with the support of China. In my opinion. The United Nations also seems to be biased toward HAMAS, a terrorist organization. The support of HAMAS and anti Jewish Semitism by citizens, Universities and groups within the U.S.A. is very disappointing. Therefore, the inspiration for this article is to highlight the positive and beneficial advances for Humanity that were created by westerners. Some may not be aware of the positive contributions from the very productive minority of people living in western civilization. Israel and many of the Jewish people live in other countries of western civilization and the list above of inventors and productive citizens is about 20% Jewish people. Let’s look at the demographics of the world…..

What if the World’s People Were Compressed into a Village of 100? What would it look like?

Back in the late 1990’s someone created a one page summary of the demographics of the people of the world and presented it as a bullet list. It is copied below. This has been updated by 100 People.org (11)

If the World were 100 PEOPLE:

50 would be female
50 would be male 

25 would be children
There would be 75 adults,
9 of whom would be 65 and older

There would be:
60 Asians
16 Africans
14 people from the Americas
10 Europeans

31 Christians
23 Muslims
16 people who would not be aligned with a religion
15 Hindus
7 Buddhists
8 people who practice other religions (Note: People of the Jewish faith are so small, 0.16% that they are not even mentioned)

12 would speak Chinese
6 would speak Spanish
5 would speak English
4 would speak Hindi
3 would speak Arabic
3 would speak Bengali
3 would speak Portuguese
2 would speak Russian
2 would speak Japanese
60 would speak other languages

86 would be able to read and write; 14 would not 

7 would have a college degree
40 would have an Internet connection

78 people would have a place to shelter them
from the wind and the rain, but 22 would not 

1 would be dying of starvation
11 would be undernourished
22 would be overweight 

91 would have access to safe drinking water
9 people would have no clean, safe water to drink

Showing the world’s people on a global map is also enlightening to show graphically how the statistics from above apply in today’s world:

Thinking About The Resources of the World and How Western Civilization Has Helped All of the People of the World to Improve the Quality of Life. About 20 years ago I was asked by the Pastor of our church to provide a presentation of how Americans have helped people of the world based on my experiences of working in many countries of the world. My experiences were mostly related to mining and electric power generation. So, here below are a few slides from that presentation:

The world’s resources are spread across the planet. There is enough oil, coal, uranium, copper, cobalt, iron, nickel, bauxite, lithium, chromium, gold, rare earths and other minerals for modern society to function. The key to sharing is to apply the intellectual resources of those who have the intellectual capacity and capital (most are from western civilization) to help the Developing countries of the world to produce and share their natural resources. By combining the natural resources of Developing countries with the Industrial know how and Capital of the Developed world, people can be lifted from poverty. From Biblical principles and following the “Golden Rule” from Jesus’ teaching, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you”. For the mutual benefit of all…..

French design rail car dumper in west Africa which lifts bauxite ore to the top of the ore crushing and processing facility.

Dried and crushed Bauxite ore for shipment to the west for refining and smelting into alumina and aluminum.

Example of quality of life before bauxite mining and mutually beneficial trade with the west. The photo below was taken about 2003 when refugees from Senegal were immigrating to Guinee to flee a war zone. Yes, I took this photo of a family of four with two water-buffaloes and all of their belongings in one mini van. Fleeing for their lives, with some of the individuals hoping to obtain work at the bauxite mine or other industry in the neighboring country of Guinee.

Moving on to the South Pacific, copper mining began in West Papua about 1965. Thanks to Freeport McMoran’s Investment of both Intellectual expertise and investment Capital. West Papua, then called “Irian Jaya” is north of Australia.(13)

As in Suriname, Guinee (west Africa) and many other countries of the world, the mutual benefits of western civilization and the resources of the Developing world are realized for the benefit of all of humanity. The Liberty Energy ESG Report on “Bettering Human Lives” comes to mind. (14)

From the Forbes Wilson book, “Conquest of Copper Mountain”

Christian missionaries lived with the people of Irian Jaya before Freeport McMoran came to help develop the copper mine. The help of the missionary was very beneficial in smoothing relations and achieving cooperation from the native people on this remote island.

These are just a few examples of how the cooperative effects have improved the quality of life for many people of the world. Not surprisingly, many of the advancements in quality of life are related to the use of energy. In the examples of aluminum and copper production, enormous amounts of energy are required to process ore into metals. Especially aluminum which requires about 5 kWH to produce one pound of aluminum from alumina powder. This is not including the energy to process bauxite ore into alumina powder and transport it across oceans. This is just as a reminder of the relationship of energy and economic prosperity, three slides from an OLLI program I presented on the importance of energy are copied below. (15)

Western Civilization Has Been Very Good for All of the People of the World

The Judeo-Christian values, work ethic and productive capacity has improved life for all of the people of the world. Over-represented in the list of productive citizens of the world are Jewish people. The list of 26 randomly picked above are from my personal experiences. These are about 20% Jewish people. However, when Nobel prizes in medicine and science are considered, Jewish people have earned a disproportionate share considering their worldwide population of less than 0.2%

The point is, massive protests in cities have taken place supporting HAMAS and the PLO. These protests, in my opinion, are basically protests against western civilization. Yet, the major contributions to society and the accomplishments of westerners and Israel are very positive. To my knowledge, I cannot think of anything invented for good, for Humanity or for improving the quality of life by HAMAS or the PLO. These organizations are basically against western civilization and much that we stand for.

Why aren’t University Professors standing up for Western Civilization? The Main Stream Media? Entertainment? Celebrities?

Why Anti-Semitism? Is it Envy?

Charlie Munger, Vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway recently passed away after living 99 productive years. Mr. Munger has offered his advice on many topics to many and I for one, appreciate his sharing of that wisdom. One point he has made on several occasions is discussing “Greed and Envy”. Mr. Munger offered his thoughts on wealth inequality and greed in this video here. Where he suggests that many wars and divisions between people come as a result of envy. Could that be one of the roots of antisemitism? The Jewish people have, at least in my lifetime, always been very innovative, creative and intellectually gifted.

It is my hope that University leaders, Journalists in the MSM and celebrities will start reporting and influencing the public on the “Good” that western civilization has brought to the world and recognize that the people of Israel have done more than their fair share of helping improve the quality of life for all of humanity.

These are my thoughts to consider.

Very truly yours,

Dick Storm, November 29, 2023

References and additional sources

  1. National Inventors Hall of Fame: https://www.invent.org/inductees/search
  2. Short read of the history of the Middle East, by Powerlineblog.com: https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2023/11/dont-know-much-about-middle-eastern-history.php
  3. Achievements of Jewish People November 15, 2023, Biomedical and Life Sciences: https://www.jinfo.org/Biomedical_Research.html
  4. Medical advances by Jewish Nobel winners that saved millions of lives: https://www.jinfo.org/Life_Savers.html
  5. Jewish Nobel Laureates : https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jewish-nobel-prize-laureates
  6. “How to Explain High Jewish Achievements, The Role of Intelligence and Values”: https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?repid=rep1&type=pdf&doi=8ed1a05698ac313c6e361f1f0c31ab6d80f4c1d5
  7. Wikipedia List of Jewish Nobel Laureates: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Jewish_Nobel_laureates
  8. Scientific Heroes website: https://web.archive.org/web/20201128185053/http://www.scienceheroes.com/
  9. Beginnings of Anti-Semitism, Early Church to 1400, by U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum: https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/antisemitism-in-history-from-the-early-church-to-1400
  10. Comprehensive and long read on the History of Anti-Semitism by Museum of Tolerance from days of Christ to modern times: https://www.museumoftolerance.com/education/teacher-resources/holocaust-resources/antisemitism-a-historical-survey.html
  11. 100 people Statistics website: https://www.100people.org/statistics-100-people/ Sources: 2016 – Fritz Erickson, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Ferris State University (Formerly Dean of Professional and Graduate Studies, University of Wisconsin – Green Bay) and John A. Vonk, University of Northern Colorado, 2006; Returning Peace Corps Volunteers of Madison Wisconsin, Unheard Voices: Celebrating Cultures from the Developing World, 1992; Donella H. Meadows, The Global Citizen, May 31, 1990.
  12. Meriam Webster Dictionary, definition of the “American Dream”: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20American%20dream
  13. Forbes Wilson of Freeport McMoran book, “Conquest of Copper Mountain”
  14. Liberty Energy, “Bettering Human Lives”: https://www.libertyenergy.com/betteringhumanlivesv2/
  15. USCB-OLLI Program, “The History of Energy and Electricity 1850-1955” by Dick Storm: https://dickstormprobizblog.org/2022/01/14/a-short-history-of-energy-electricity-and-how-our-high-quality-of-living-came-to-be-high-human-development-index-part-1-1850-1955/
  16. Vaclav Smil Book, “How the World Really Works”
  17. Professor Richard Lindzen, retired Professor of Atmospheric Sciences at MIT, Interview on You Tube: https://www.theepochtimes.com/epochtv/richard-lindzen-key-points-climate-alarmists-get-wrong-5533100
  18. Charlie Munger video discussing wealth inequality, greed and envy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8a0AJicXCw
  19. Charles Martin Hall, Inventor of aluminum smelting process: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Martin-Hall
economic prosperity and energy, Education, Fossil Fuels are Important

The Importance of Fuel Diversity to Power Our Lives, Part 2

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Sources of Primary Energy for Electricity Generation, Transportation, Industrial Production, Commercial and Residential uses. Electricity generation was described in part 1, here. The purpose of this article is to describe where the other 63% of the Primary Energy is used and why gasoline, Diesel, jet fuel, natural gas remain important to sustaining our high quality of living, food production (91,92) and freedom to travel. The Primary energy consumed numbers below are from the LLNL energy flow chart for 2022, published a few weeks ago.(1)

Precious articles that I have written cover the importance of energy in our lives. In particular, how each of us uses between 833,000 and a million BTUs of energy each and every day to power our lives. Here. Also on how conventional forms of energy provide most of the energy we depend on every day. Here and Here.

The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has provided Energy Flow Diagrams for the Department of Energy for many years. The chart below shows the updated, total Primary energy flows for the year 2022. A green oval surrounds the 5.7% Primary energy provided by wind and solar. Yes, that is right, wind and solar together provided less than 6% of the total PRIMARY energy used by Americans during all of 2022.

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Energy Flow Chart for year 2022: https://flowcharts.llnl.gov

The fact is, after many years of government subsidies, wind and solar are still single digits of the total primary energy sources to power our lives. America depends on over 94% of our total primary energy from conventional forms of primary energy. 79% from fossil fuels. The chart below is from the U.S. Dept. of Energy EIA website.

EIA Graphs of Energy use 1950-2022: https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=56980

The topic for this article is Fuel Diversity. The Conventional primary energy chart 1776-2022 shows the progress through history of how our quality of life, industrial production and economy improved to become better and better. From the days of the 1960’s when the theme was “Living Better Electrically”(93) up until current time, more energy was needed to replace muscle power for these improvements in quality of life and freedom. Here. Then, as noted in previous articles, since about the year 2000, America has needed and used a steady 100 Quadrillion Btus of total primary energy. In fact, 2022 was exactly 100.3 Quadrillion Btus. This primary energy can be sourced from a variety of fuels for electricity generation and for some other uses as is shown on the EIA chart above. However, when transportation is considered, the choices of substitution of fuels becomes more dependent on energy density. In other words, Jet Fuel cannot be replaced by nuclear, coal or natural gas.

Ron Stein wrote an excellent article on the importance of oil and what if we returned to life as it was in the 1800’s? It is here. Some excerpts from his CFACT article entitled, “What if We Went Back to a Fossil Fuel Free Society like the 1800’s?”:

  • The pre-1800s, when the world had no fuels other than wood, dung, and crop waste and used animals for transport. (Kindly refer to the chart above, Fuels used 1776-2022)
  • A food crisis in which billions will die. Fossil fuels are used to plant, harvest, process, refrigerate, deliver, and cook food for most of the 8 billion people living on earth. And for the plastic to keep it safe and fresh a lot longer. 
  • A forest and wildlife crisis as billions go back to using wood as their primary cooking and home heating fuel. Cutting down forests. The air would be far dirtier because of burning wood for fuel. 
  • There would be no products that are based on oil derivatives manufactured from crude oil, coal, and natural gas! Such as life-saving medical equipment, plastics, many chemicals that make our lives better, and just about everything we take to be modern, such as cell phones. 
  • The elimination of all of today’s militaries and space programs as the world reverts to when civilization existed without oil. 
  • Eliminate the need for airports that now accommodate more than 20,000 commercial aircraft and more than 50,000 military aircraft. 
  • Eliminate the need for major shipping ports that accommodate military and cruise ships.
  • Eliminate the more than 50,000 merchant ships that are moving products around the world that are made with the oil derivatives manufactured from crude oil, coal, and natural gas!

Thank you Ron Stein for your excellent analyses. Then there are the National defense aspects of energy independence. I wrote on this before too. Here, Here, Here and Here.

Electrify Transportation? What is the Motive?

President Obama and the U.S. auto manufacturing executives agreed to what became an effective EV Mandate in 2012. This was not what Americans wanted and not in the best interests of our country. But, folks, it was during the Obama administration when the “War on Carbon” really started to have a severe impact on the un-American and unwise “Climate Policies” that the destructive Net-Zero Carbon path the Biden Administration has set our country on. My previous article on “How the War on Carbon began” is here. (63)

Conclusions

Americans and all of the free western world need conventional forms of energy to sustain our quality of life and freedom to travel. The government war on carbon is not about saving the planet or environmental protection, it is about control of our lives. Actually, the roots of the environmental activists really go back to Margaret Sanger, the Club of Rome, Paul Ehrlich’s book “The Population Bomb” and policies to limit population of the earth. The World Economic Forum and other activist organizations have advocated “De Industrialization and De Growth”. (19, 29, 30, 31,33)

Rather than solving problems through science and engineering as Fritz Haber did when he invented the Haber-Bosch process about 1908 for producing synthetic ammonia fertilizer and thus, provide increased food production for the people of the world. Read more here.(91) Also, Norman Borlaug who created the “Good and Beneficial Green Revolution” of food production through genetically improved crops.(92) I have written on some of those who are responsible for destructive green energy policies and the ineffectiveness of the United Nations. Here and here.

Whatever the motivations are for Net-Zero Carbon, it will not work and will only weaken our country and work against the best interests of Humanity. There definitely is both strong influence of Green Policies from foreign influence and from NGO’s. These influencers are working against the best interests of our great country. Check references below 19-90 to see for yourself. There are many others included below to support my conclusions and previous articles. Kindly spread the word. The 2024 election is coming and we do not need more energy ignorant, green energy biased and un-American elected officials.

Yours very truly,

Dick Storm, Nov. 10, 2023

References and Resources for further research

  1. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Energy Flow Chart for year 2022: https://flowcharts.llnl.gov
  2. Ron Stein article for Heartland on the National security risk of California importing about 75% of its petroleum products, Nov. 7, 2023: https://heartland.org/opinion/california-continues-to-be-a-national-security-risk-for-america/
  3. EIA Energy Use Chart, Nov. 2023: https://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/monthly/pdf/flow/total_energy_2022.pdf
  4. EIA Total Energy Explained, for year 2022: https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/us-energy-facts/
  5. EIA Graphs of Energy use 1950-2022: https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=56980
  6. Dick Storm Blog, “The Importance of Fuel Diversity for Generation of Electricity” Especially a 30+ day coal storage pile for energy storage onsite: https://dickstormprobizblog.org/2023/10/26/the-importance-of-fuel-diversity-to-power-our-economy-and-our-lives-part-1/
  7. Dick Storm Blog, Americans Depend on about a million Btus each day per person: https://dickstormprobizblog.org/2022/05/17/providing-a-sustainable-million-btus-per-day-per-person-by-fuel-source/
  8. Heartland article on California importing 75% of petroleum to provide fuel for airports, trucking and vital U.S. interests, Ron Stein, Nov. 2023: https://heartland.org/opinion/california-continues-to-be-a-national-security-risk-for-america/
  9. Dick Storm Blog, Sustainable Conventional Energy Provides the Lifeblood of our Freedom and High Quality of living: https://dickstormprobizblog.org/2022/05/31/energysustainable-high-quality-of-life-what-do-the-politicians-think-we-are-willing-to-do-without-energyhigh-quality-of-life-strong-economy-and-freedom/
  10. “Wake Up Americans, Your Energy and Electricity Supply is Being Sabotaged from Within”, Dick Storm Blog: https://dickstormprobizblog.org/2023/09/20/please-wake-up-america-your-energy-and-electricity-generation-reliability-are-at-risk/
  11. “America Needs a Rational Energy Policy”, Dick Storm Blog: https://dickstormprobizblog.org/2022/10/18/american-energy-independence-with-a-rational-energy-policy-is-needed-now/
  12. “All Fuels are Important” Dick Storm Blog: https://dickstormprobizblog.org/2021/02/10/all-fuels-are-important-a-review-of-the-reality-of-competitive-electricity-generation-and-the-supply-of-needed-transportation-fuels/
  13. “Energy and Economic Prosperity”, Dick Storm Blog: https://dickstormprobizblog.org/2022/11/18/energy-and-economic-prosperity-2/
  14. “Influencers of Un-American Energy & Environmental Policies” Dick Storm Blog: https://dickstormprobizblog.org/2023/06/14/green-energy-crisis-part-2-meet-the-policy-makers-that-caused-it/
  15. Vaclav Klaus’ 2006 book, “Blue Planet in Green Shackles, What is Endangered? The Climate or Freedom?” offers a prescient view of the political nature of Green policies: Dick Storm Blog https://dickstormprobizblog.org/2022/02/27/what-is-endangered-climate-or-freedom-this-is-the-sub-title-of-the-book-blue-planet-in-green-shackles/ 
  16. Biography of Socialist, Antonio Gutterres, U.N. Secretary General, Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Antonio-Guterres
  17. Gutterres says, “The World Needs One Body of Supreme Global Governance ”, Breitbart News, 2020: https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/26/u-n-chief-guterres-calls-for-one-supreme-body-of-global-governance/
  18. World Economic Forum, Founder and Leader, Klaus Schwab, Bio:  https://www.weforum.org/about/klaus-schwab 
  19. World Economic Forum Doesn’t Even Hide their Intent to Create Decline of the Western World: https://blackmon.substack.com/p/fridays-energy-absurdity-wef-isnt
  20. CRC on environmental group connections in this blog post from June 2021: https://capitalresearch.org/article/nonprofits-in-the-biden-administration-special-interest-and-advocacy-groups/
  21. Science Matters on the Roots of Environmentalism, Jan 2023: https://rclutz.com/2023/01/06/from-nature-conservation-to-climate-calamity/#like-28807
  22. C. Paul Smith “Closing Argument on the Climate Change Hoax”:  https://www.cpaulsmith.com/palmyra-bookstore/the-climate-change-hoax-argument/
  23. The UK and European experiences with “Green Energy” should be a clear warning to the U.S.A., The Telegraph, June 11, 2023: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/britain-s-green-energy-disaster-should-be-an-awful-warning-to-americans/ar-AA1compu?OCID=ansmsnnews11
  24. How the Greens Went Mainstream, Foreign Policy, April 2021: https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/04/23/how-the-greens-went-mainstream/
  25. Russian Funding of Anti-Fossil Fuels Groups in U.S. March 2022, The Hill: https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/596304-investigate-russias-covert-funding-of-us-anti-fossil-fuel-groups/
  26. Washinton Free Beacon article on EPA Requests DOJ to Investigate Dark Money to Environmental Activist Groups, October 2020:  https://freebeacon.com/national-security/epa-requests-doj-investigate-foreign-funding-of-environmental-groups/
  27. Dark Money accepted by Democrats from BlueGreen Alliance admission, Washington free Beacon May 24, 2023: https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/senate-finance-committee-dems-said-theyd-fight-dark-money-they-just-fawned-over-a-liberal-dark-money-operative/
  28. “So-Called” Democracy Alliance Investment Report, 2014: https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/1202744/da-portfolio2012-2014-042714.pdf
  29. Swiss Billionaire Bankrolls Biden Agenda through Arabella Advisors, Reported in Washington Free Beacon, April 4, 2023: https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/swiss-billionaire-bankrolls-biden-agenda-with-63-million-in-dark-money/
  30. Meet the Group behind Banning Gas Stoves, Rocky Mountain Institute Creates anti Gas Stove Campaign, partially funded by China, as reported in Washington free Beacon, January 16, 2023: https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/meet-the-green-energy-group-behind-the-study-thats-driving-calls-to-ban-gas-stoves/
  31. Stacey Abrams working with Group, Rewiring America, to Ban Gas Stoves. Group has ties with Chinese Funding, Washington Free Beacon, March 16, 2023: https://freebeacon.com/democrats/election-denier-stacey-abrams-is-now-working-to-eliminate-gas-stoves/
  32. Obama’s Man in China is now China’s Man in Washington, Max Baucus is talking head for China, Washington Free Beacon, May 21, 2020: https://freebeacon.com/national-security/obamas-man-in-china-now-beijings-man-in-washington/
  33. Numerous articles on Environmental Activists around the world, The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/us/topics/environmental-activism-3496
  34. BBC Report on 50 years of Activism, How the Biggest Environmental Movement Began April 2020: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200420-earth-day-2020-how-an-environmental-movement-was-born
  35. Meet the Activists, Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/explore/savingearth/meet-the-activists
  36. House Lawmakers Step Up Action on Green Groups Working with Foreign Countries, June, 2018, Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-environment-congress-idUSKBN1JG204
  37. Washington Examiner, June 2018: Russian Groups Gave Millions to Green Groups to Fight Fracking in U.S.: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/russian-funded-environmental-group-gave-millions-to-anti-fracking-groups  
  38. GAO Report on Foreign Influence of U.S. Research, Oct. 2021: https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-22-105434
  39. FBI Investigating Foreign Influence of Jan. 6, 2020 Capital Riot, NBC News: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/fbi-probing-if-foreign-governments-groups-funded-extremists-who-helped-n1254525
  40. Capital Research Report on Combatting Foreign Influence of American Institutions, Robert Stilson, October 2020 : https://capitalresearch.org/article/combating-foreign-government-influence-in-american-institutions/  
  41. Report of Uranium One Deal sale to Russia and Russian Influence of the Obama’s and Clintons, Fox News 2018 : https://docs.house.gov/meetings/II/II06/20190625/109694/HHRG-116-II06-20190625-SD004.pdf
  42. The Hill, Wikileaks Releases Alleged John Podesta emails on Russian Business dealings of Clintons and Obama, Oct. 10, 2016: https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/299904-wikileaks-releases-alleged-podesta-emails/
  43. Politico, What you Need to Know About Hillary Clinton and Uranium One Deal, Nov. 14, 2017: https://www.politico.com/story/2017/11/14/hillary-clinton-uranium-one-deal-russia-explainer-244895
  44. Oil Price.com report on Russia Owning some U.S. Nuclear Fuel as a result of the Uranium One Deal, May 6, 2015: https://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Nuclear-Power/Does-Russia-Really-Own-20-Of-The-US-Uranium-Reserves.html
  45. John Podesta was involved in a major deal with Russians in 2011-2019, Breitbart News, April 4, 2019: https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/03/collusion-russians-gave-35-million-to-company-with-john-podesta-on-board/  
  46. John Podesta’s brother Tony received payments as a Lobbyist for Russia on Uranium One Deal and was not registered as a Foreign Agent,  Daily Caller, Nov. 2017  :  https://dailycaller.com/2017/11/05/tony-podesta-lobbied-for-russias-uranium-one-and-did-not-file-as-a-foreign-agent/
  47. Forbes, Oct. 25, 2017; “Why Was Justice Dept. Silent on Criminal Activity of Nuclear Agency During Obama’s Administration”: https://www.forbes.com/sites/paulroderickgregory/2017/10/25/why-was-obamas-justice-department-silent-on-criminal-activity-by-russias-nuclear-agency/?sh=38d0c3fabe17  
  48. American Thinker, October 2017 article, So what was John Podesta’s now-collapsed Russian green energy scheme really all about?https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/10/so_what_was_john_podestas_nowcollapsed_russian_green_energy_scheme_really_all_about.html
  49. John Podesta And Podesta Group Under Investigation By FBI And DOJ Technocracy News, August 2016: https://www.technocracy.news/john-podesta-and-podesta-group-under-investigation-by-fbi-and-doj/
  50. Climate Depot, March 6, 2022, Investigate Russia’s covert funding of US anti-fossil fuel groups:https://www.climatedepot.com/2022/03/06/investigate-russias-covert-funding-of-us-anti-fossil-fuel-groups/
  51. The Hill, March 1, 2022, Russia Investigation on Involvement with U.S. Anti-Fossil Fuels Groups: https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/596304-investigate-russias-covert-funding-of-us-anti-fossil-fuel-groups/  
  52. BIV.com, Canadian Environmental Groups Received $1.3 Billion in Foreign Funding : https://biv.com/article/2021/10/canadian-environmental-groups-got-13-billion-foreign-funding-inquiry
  53. Natural Resources Defense Council Receives 100 Million from Jeff Bezos, Nov. 2020: https://www.nrdc.org/press-releases/nrdc-receives-100-million-bezos-earth-fund-accelerate-climate-action
  54. Big Green Radicals Funding, NRDC : https://biggreenradicals.com/group/natural-resources-defense-council/
  55. Washington Free Beacon report on Foreign Funding through Bermuda of Environmental Extremist Groups, August 2013 : https://freebeacon.com/national-security/liberal-foundation-distributed-money-from-bermuda-to-liberal-nonprofits/
  56. Washington Examiner, Leftists Activists Demand Democrats Keep Nuclear and Carbon Capture Out of Green Energy Bill, May 12, 2021: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/activists-demand-renewable-energy-standard
  57. Here are 36 Organizations Helping to Solve the Climate Crisis (and weaken the U.S.A.) FoodTank.com, 2020 : https://foodtank.com/news/2020/10/36-organizations-helping-solve-the-climate-crisis/
  58. Russia Funding Activist Groups in U.S. Center for Security Policy, March 2019 : https://centerforsecuritypolicy.org/moscow-secretly-funded-us-anti-fracking-groups-is-it-now-attacking-us-energy-companies/
  59. Robert Bryce, No Uranium for Nuclear, June 9, 2023: https://robertbryce.substack.com/p/no-u
  60. Tom Steyer in Philanthropy News, 2014, Donates 50 million to NextGen Climate Action in Florida for Climate Change: https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/hedge-fund-billionaire-to-step-up-climate-change-advocacy-efforts
  61. Sheldon Whitehouse’s new book where he will claim the opposition party does what he and his party have done very effectively, for decades: “The Scheme, where He accuses Republicans of using Dark Money”, when in fact, the Democrats do it much more: https://thenewpress.com/books/scheme
  62. Ron Clutz Blog “Science Matters” June 12, 2023 on the Climate Blame Game & “Energy Absurdities” in Canada:  https://rclutz.com/2023/06/12/absurd-climate-blame-game/#like-31517 
  63. Dick Storm Blog post, “The War on Carbon, How it Came to Be”: https://dickstormprobizblog.org/2021/10/16/the-war-on-carbon-how-it-came-to-be/ 
  64. West Virginia Shelly Moore Capito Opinion in WVA “Intelligencer” Newspaper, July 2022 on Joe Goffman as nominee to EPA position: https://www.theintelligencer.net/opinion/local-columns/2022/07/joe-goffman-the-wrong-choice-to-help-lead-epa/ 
  65. Pentagon to Electrify the Military, Nov. 2021, Military.com:  https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/11/09/electric-military-vehicles-are-part-of-biden-climate-agenda-pentagon-says.html
  66. C. Paul Smith “Closing Argument on the Climate Change Hoax”:  https://www.cpaulsmith.com/palmyra-bookstore/the-climate-change-hoax-argument/
  67. Environment America.org, Why Environmentalists Back Ed Markey: https://environmentamerica.org/articles/supporting-ed-markey/ 
  68. The Guardian on Bill Gates views on Climate, Feb. 2021: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/feb/13/bill-gates-on-the-climate-crisis-i-cant-deny-being-a-rich-guy-with-an-opinion
  69. John Kerry Targets Agriculture at WEF Speech, May 2023, Fox News: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/john-kerry-targets-agriculture-part-climate-crusade
  70. WEF Calls for Limiting Private Car Use, June 2022:  https://www.internationalfreepress.com/2023/06/wef-document-calls-for-limiting-private.html
  71. WEF on Population Degrowth, June 2022: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/06/what-is-degrowth-economics-climate-change/
  72. WEF Calls to reduce vehicles by eliminating ownership, Climate Depot, Aug. 2022: https://www.climatedepot.com/2022/08/01/world-economic-forum-calls-to-reduce-private-vehicles-by-eliminating-ownership/
  73. Greta Thunberg Time Line, April 2021, Independent, UK: https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/greta-thunberg-bbc-documentary-timeline-b1830225.html
  74. Sierra Club and Abortion Alignment, On the Issues, : https://www.ontheissues.org/Celeb/Sierra_Club_Abortion.htm
  75. U.N., Planned Parenthood and Sierra Club Alignment Sept. 2015:  https://unfoundation.org/media/un-foundation-planned-parenthood-federation-of-america-sierra-club-announce-winners-of-first-ever-why-we-care-youth-emerging-leaders-for-reproductive-rights-contest/
  76. Sierra Club & NRDC Environmental Groups Urge Support for Affordable Care Act and Reproductive Rights, March 2017: https://content.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2017/03/environmental-groups-urge-support-affordable-care-act-and-planned-parenthood
  77. Sierra Club & Planned Parenthood Join Conferences to Explain Sex and the Environment. Nov. 2007, Catholic News Agency,: https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/11091/sierra-club-joins-planned-parenthood-to-offer-conferences-on-sex-and-the-environment
  78. Lecture by Michael Rectenwald at Hillsdale College on “What is the Great Reset”, The Great Reset movement toward World Totalitarianism: https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/what-is-the-great-reset/
  79. Daily Skeptic, Feb. 23, 2023, by 30 year Reuter’s veteran Journalist “I Thought CO2 Was Causing Global Warming, I was Wrong”: https://dailysceptic.org/2023/02/23/when-i-covered-climate-change-for-reuters-i-thought-co2-was-to-blame-for-rising-temperatures-i-was-wrong/
  80. Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, 60 years later, Fails Test of Time, WUWT: https://wattsupwiththat.com/2023/05/17/carsons-silent-spring-fails-test-of-time-new-york-times-verdict-in-2007/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=carsons-silent-spring-fails-test-of-time-new-york-times-verdict-in-2007
  81. John Kerry, Ties to Radical Environmental Groups, but kept secret, Oct. 2022, Fox News: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/republicans-probe-john-kerrys-ties-eco-groups-efforts-shield-oversight 
  82. The Money Trail to Influence Elected Officials, on the “Zero Population Growth” Agenda, Aimed at Influencing the Votes of Women. $$ Billions$$ AMAC Article on Companies that donate to Planned Parenthood, 2017:  https://amac.us/may-not-support-planned-parenthoodbut-favorite-companies/
  83. 2nd Vote website that lists companies that have contributed $1.3 Billion to Planned Parenthood, updated to 2020: https://www.2ndvote.com/planned-parenthood/
  84. Daily Signal list of companies that donate to Planned Parenthood, Aug. 2015: https://www.dailysignal.com/2015/08/19/more-companies-that-have-donated-to-planned-parenthood/ 
  85. Daily Signal July 2015,  https://www.dailysignal.com/2015/07/21/meet-the-41-companies-that-donate-directly-to-planned-parenthood/
  86. More companies that donate to Planned Parenthood, Partners for Ethical Care: https://www.partnersforethicalcare.com/planned-parenthood-donors
  87. JTF donations of 25 million to Democrats: https://jtf.org/follow-the-money-planned-parenthood-donated-25m-to-democrats-since-2000/
  88. INTEL and others that promote Zero Population Growth and Planned Parenthood: https://www.christianpost.com/voices/meet-the-biggest-planned-parenthood-supporter-in-corporate-america.html
  89. Open Secrets Donations to Planned Parenthood, 2022:  https://www.opensecrets.org/outside-spending/detail/2022?cmte=Planned+Parenthood&tab=donors
  90. Capital Research Center video on influence of teen females by Leftist organizations such as Arabella Advisors: https://capitalresearch.org/article/teen-vogue-training-young-female-leftists/ 
  91. Fritz Haber invents the Synthetic Ammonia Fertilizer Process, Chemical Engineering, March 2010 : https://www.thechemicalengineer.com/features/cewctw-fritz-haber-and-carl-bosch-feed-the-world/
  92. Alliance for Science article on Norman Borlaug’s “Green Revolution”: https://allianceforscience.org/blog/2020/04/norman-borlaug-legacy-documentary/
  93. “The Era of Reliable, Affordable Energy and Electricity” Dick Storm Blog: https://dickstormprobizblog.org/2023/10/04/the-era-of-reliable-affordable-energy-and-electricity-generation-part-1/
  94. Harold Hamm’s book review, “Game Changer” How America became Energy Independent through Hydraulic Fracturing and Directional Drilling, Dick Storm Blog: https://dickstormprobizblog.org/2023/09/17/harold-hamms-book-game-changer-a-must-read-for-elected-officials-and-candidates-for-elective-office/
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Israel: An Overview of the Defender of Western Civilization

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The Last 100 Years of History

My wife Ginny and I visited Israel in 2019. Following that visit I prepared a slide presentation to document our trip. I also engaged in some research and amongst the documentation found, I used illustrations and photos provided by our tour leaders Dr. Harry Morgan, Pastor Jerry Hunter and the Maranatha Tours, Israeli guide, Mr. Malcolm Cartier. Much of the documentation and illustrations follow below.

I am very concerned for the people of Israel and especially the friends that we met during our visit, during which we were treated so graciously. The increased awareness and education of the history of Israel and the Middle East has led me to believe that the war on Israel and antisemitism is really a war on western civilization. When so many people who have solid values do not speak out, I am reminded of Martin Niemoller’s quote regarding the Holocaust:

“First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out–
Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out–
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out–
Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me–and there was no one left to speak for me.”
– Martin Niemoller

This quote is attributed to the prominent German pastor Martin Niemöller. It is sometimes mistakenly referred to as a poem. 

After World War II, Niemöller openly spoke about his own early complicity in Nazism and his eventual change of heart. His powerful words about guilt and responsibility still resonate today.(34)

Israel’s prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated something close to this: “If Israel Loses this war, then next, they are coming for you” (paraphrasing)

Let’s start with a brief history. This is the viewpoint from our Faith as Christians.

Evil antisemitism took place in Europe with Pogroms in Russia, throughout much of Europe and then the Holocaust

Exiting Christ’s Tomb in Jerusalem and with Mosque in background

The three religions trace their origins back to Abraham, who, in Genesis, had humanity’s first relationship with God after the failures of Noah’s flood and the Tower of Babel. Judaism and Christianity trace their tie to Abraham through his son Isaac, and Islam traces it through his son Ishmael. All three Religions have roots in Jerusalem.

The Abraham Accords, initiated by President Trump, were intended to advance peace in the Middle East from the basis that the people living in this region have much in common and more to be gained through peace in the Middle East and around the world based on mutual understanding and coexistence, as well as respect for human dignity and freedom, including religious freedom.(33)

The three religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam readily fit the definition of monotheism, which is to worship one god while denying the existence of other gods. But, the relationship of the three religions is closer than that: They claim to worship the same god. While Judaism gave that god a name, “Yahweh,” both Christianity and Islam simply refer to him as “God” — in Arabic, Islam’s founding language, “Allah” means “The God.”

Anti-Semitism continues today and in my opinion is as bad as it has ever been in my lifetime. In America, according to FBI Director Christopher Wray, “The Jewish people represent about 2.4% of the total U.S. population but are the targets for 60% of Hate Crimes”

The Jewish people have done much to advance Humanity and the quality of life for much of the world. A minority for sure but their culture and values, including a strong nuclear family has helped them to live very creative and productive lives. For example, creating food production techniques in Eastern Europe in the late 19th century. Then in 1913 a Jewish engineer in Germany, Fritz Haber, invented the Haber-Bosch Ammonia process for producing synthetic ammonia fertilizer from air, coal and later, natural gas. Recent energy experts such as Vaclav Smil credit food production for half of the world’s people (4 Billion) is made possible by Haber’s invention which is still important today. Haber received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1918 for this accomplishment. Albert Einstein, another Jewish scientist needs no introduction on his contributions to the advancement of science.

Admiral Hyman Rickover of the U.S. Navy whose Jewish family fled Poland. Admiral Rickover is the “Father of the Nuclear Navy and the Father of Commercial Nuclear Power Generation”. He made a huge difference in the quality of life for millions of people of the world. Rickover made passage to New York City with his mother and sister in March 1906, fleeing an anti-Semitic Russian pogrom. (8)

Another prominent Jewish scientist that greatly improved human health was the inventor of the Polio Vaccine, Dr. Jonas Salk. (9) There are many examples of fine Jewish people who have made major contributions to the advancement of Humankind.

Facts to Consider

Below is each religion’s total estimated population for the year 2020:(2)

  • Christianity – 2.38 billion
  • Islam – 1.91 billion
  • Hinduism – 1.16 billion
  • Buddhism – 507 million
  • Folk Religions – 430 million
  • Other Religions – 61 million
  • Judaism – 14.6 million
  • Unaffiliated – 1.19 billion

The Jewish people represent about 0.2% of the world population. However, they have a history of being very creative, intelligent and productive people. Many Jews who fled Ukraine and Russia during the 1930’s took skills in agricultural development with them and have done much to provide sufficient food for the people of the world. Fritz Haber who literally created the means to feed 50% of the world population is another Jewish giant in science. Admiral Rickover, Albert Einstein and Jonas Salk are just three that I can think of off the top of my head.

There are only about 15 million Jews worldwide with the largest population of 6.3 million in Israel, followed by 5.7 million in the U.S. No other country has over 500,000 Jews. (5) (Note: I have read in Joel Rosenberg’s book(32) that the UAE has over 1 million, but the reference claims only the U.S. has over 500,000)

Fifteen million people is about 0.2% of the world population and 5.7 million is only about 1.8-2.4% of the U.S. population. Given those small percentages, the following statistics are astounding:

  • Jews have won 22% of all Nobel Prizes ever awarded
  • They have won 25% of all Fields Medals (awarded to the brightest mathematician under age 40)
  • They constitute 31% of the Forbes 400 (which lists the wealthiest individuals)
  • Jews have held the World Chess Champion title 54% of the time since 1866
  • Jews compose 21% of Ivy League student bodies
  • They have won about 50% of the Pulitzer Prizes for non-fiction
  • 37% of Academy Award winning directors have been Jewish

The Upside Down World Today

There are examples of anti-Semitism are all around us and even by members of Congress, government and once great University staffs and students that openly support HAMAS Terrorists. The letter below was sent to a friend from Tel Aviv. My friend stated that, “this letter brings back very bad memories” …….the letter excerpt below is from mid October 2023 in Tel Aviv:

The Holocaust of the 1930’s and 40’s was evil and it has been well documented. Upon the discovery of horrible concentration camps and the furnaces at Auschwitz, General Eisenhower ordered photographic records so that it can never happen again. “Even as the Allied Forces continued their fight, Eisenhower foresaw a day when the horrors of the Holocaust might be denied. He invited the media to document the scene. He compelled Germans living in the surrounding towns and any soldier not fighting at the front to witness the atrocities for themselves.” (32) 

Many misguided people today appear to be repeating history. Not only in the Middle East but all over the world, including Europe and the United States. All of the countries of Europe and the U.S. should fully understand history and the facts of the Holocaust.

The purpose of this post is to introduce you to Israel from a more personal basis than what is shown on the TV and MSM news, based on our tour four years ago. Further resources are copied below if you are interested in learning more about the history and current events of antisemitism.

Just a few years ago, this seemed to be a very advanced and civilized world of 8 Billion people, most of which are, or at least were, interested in peace and love for their neighbors. Today, this is a very dangerous world that seems to be upside down.

Let me close with a question. If you were one of the 0.2% world minority Jewish persons, How would you feel and act when disinformation and untruthful stories were being reported on you? The links below provide access to news from the factual side and from the Israeli side. I encourage the reader to seek the true facts and then….

Please Pray for Peace in the Mideast as well as the Rest of the World.

God’s Blessing to All,

Dick Storm

References and Information for Facts and News of the War and Facts on Israel

  1. University of Wyoming article on the “Three Monotheistic Religions, Children of one father” : https://www.uwyo.edu/news/2016/09/uw-religion-today-the-three-monotheistic-religions-children-of-one-father.html#:~:text=The%20three%20religions%20trace%20their,it%20through%20his%20son%20Ishmael.
  2. World Population Review, data of Population of the world by Religions: https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/religion-by-country
  3.  A Travel Professional in Israel that posts local unfiltered News on Instagram: @ellatravelsworld
  4. Similar to above, Ella’s Twitter X Account: EllatravrlsLove
  5. John Jennings on Jewish Achievement, 2018: https://johnmjennings.com/jewish-achievement/
  6. History of Jewish People in Ukraine, Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Ukraine
  7. Jewish People and Agriculture in Eastern Europe, 1920-1930, Yivo Encyclopedia : https://yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/agriculture
  8. Pogroms, Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogrom
  9. National Institute of Health, Tribute to Dr. Jonas Salk, inventor of the Polio Vaccine: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6351694/#:~:text=Jonas%20Salk%20was%20born%20in,family%20on%2028%20October%201914.
  10. ARUTZ SHEVA www.israelnationalnews.com – Very right in thinking. 
  11. GLOBES www.globes.co.il/en – Financial. HAARETZ www.haaretz.com– Israeli – tending Left. 
  12. HONEST REPORTING www.honestreporting.com – USA – tabloid, anti-media bias.  
  13. USA tabloid – right. I24 News – http://www.i24news.tv/en/ – Israeli – center and succinct. ISRAEL HAYOM – www.israelhayom.com – 
  14. Israeli – Likud Right. ISRAEL TODAY – www.israeltoday.co.il – Israeli – Messianic, Jerusalem based – Right JERUSALEM POST www.jpost.com – Israeli – tending right. 
  15. JERUSALEM REPORT https://www.jpost.com/jerusalem-report – a bi-weekly print and online news magazine that covers political, security, economic, religious and cultural issues in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
  16.  MAARIV www.nrg.co.il – Israeli – tending center to right.
  17. THE FORWARD www.forward.com
  18. TIMES OF ISRAEL www.timesofIsrael.com – Israel not politically affiliated. 
  19. Y-NET- www.ynetnews.com – Israeli – (Yediot Ahronot) tending Left.
  20.  BLOGS: Outspoken individuals defending Israel against bias rhetoric would include such people as ALAN DERSHOWITZ, MELANIE PHILIPS, PAMELA GELLER and BRIGITE GABRIEL. FIDF – FRIENDS OF THE IDF (Israel Defense Forces) https://www.fidf.org/?pid=194&source=bpi_emailwrapper ISRAELI NEWS REPORTING OUTLETS Every so often I am asked about what papers to reader with news coming out of Israel from the cyber-Newspapers on the web, here are some in alphabetical order that might be of interest. 
  21. ARUTZ SHEVA www.israelnationalnews.com – Very right in thinking. 
  22. GLOBES www.globes.co.il/en – Financial. HAARETZ www.haaretz.com– Israeli – tending Left. 
  23. HONEST REPORTING www.honestreporting.com – USA – tabloid, anti-media bias.  
  24. USA tabloid – right. I24 News – http://www.i24news.tv/en/ – Israeli – center and succinct. ISRAEL HAYOM – www.israelhayom.com – 
  25. Israeli – Likud Right. ISRAEL TODAY – www.israeltoday.co.il – Israeli – Messianic, Jerusalem based – Right JERUSALEM POST www.jpost.com – Israeli – tending right. 
  26. JERUSALEM REPORT https://www.jpost.com/jerusalem-report – a bi-weekly print and online news magazine that covers political, security, economic, religious and cultural issues in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.
  27.  MAARIV www.nrg.co.il – Israeli – tending center to right.
  28. THE FORWARD www.forward.com 
  29. TIMES OF ISRAEL www.timesofIsrael.com – Israel not politically affiliated. 
  30. Y-NET- www.ynetnews.com – Israeli – (Yediot Ahronot) tending Left.
  31. Book by Joel C. Rosenberg, “Enemies and Allies” an excellent overview of the leaders and government policies of countries in the Middle East, published 2021: https://www.christianbook.com/enemies-unforgettable-journey-immensely-turbulent-middle/joel-rosenberg/9781496453815/pd/453817
  32. U.S. Holocaust Museum Archives of General Eisenhower’s First visit to a Death Camp: https://www.ushmm.org/online-calendar/event/VEFBSTAYCONEISEN0121
  33. Department of State & President Trump Speech and Text of the Abraham Accords: https://2017-2021.state.gov/the-abraham-accords/
  34. Personal communications with Dr. Harry Morgan to fact check and review sources
  35. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, antisemitism resources: https://engage.ushmm.org/index.php/email/emailWebview?email=MTY1LUtZTy02MTYAAAGPNcY703aQQBGW3o2qAZnd89_dSnWc_8xYrt1TYYdE-aao54F94ROObLpzLEpMs9AH49gP-lbTZiCqjeJ2-MBJmG7420NMwBSBLA
  36. You Tube video on the History of the Jewish people and Israel, posted by Malcolm Cartier: https://www.facebook.com/eitanchitayat/videos/2971057419778943/?mibextid=zDhOQc
  37. Iran’s Oil Funds for Genocide, the Gatestone Institute : https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/20124/iran-oil-funds-genocide