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"Truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. Ignorance may deride it. But, in the end, there it is." — Winston Churchill

"In Buddhism we have relative truth and absolute truth." — Dalai Lama

Truth, as explained by Churchill, is the perfect definition. Nothing more; nothing less. Yet the Dalai Lama seems to believe there are two forms of truth: an absolute truth and a relative truth. And a large percentage of the world today agrees with the Dalai Lama, at least with the latter definition. The general population has the attitude that truth is relative — you have your truth and I have mine, and as long as they don't hurt anyone, everything is fine. But that definition is as diametrically opposed to the real truth as it can be.

At one time in the United States — and many other parts of the world, there was a real knowledge of what is right and what is wrong¹. It was a standard that was loosely based on Torah, as given in the Tanakh. But interestingly that all changed after World War II, after the world had abandoned the Jewish people to the atrocities of the Nazi regime. It was also around that time that the nations of the world refused to allow the Jewish people entry into the territory of Palestine (as mandated by the San Remo Resolution, the British Mandate For Palestine and other documents) and, instead, knowingly sent them back to Nazi Germany where they faced certain death; when Britain, in league with the Arabs, refused to allow the Jews to return to their ancient homeland; when the US military could not justify the expense of using bombs to destroy the ovens of Auschwitz; when, after seeing the Jews suffering in the death camps, US General George S. Patton repeatedly wrote that they were "animals" ... a sub-human species without any of the cultural or social refinements of our time."²

"Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened." — Winston Churchill

"I will bless those who bless you and curse him that curses you; and all the families of the earth shall bless themselves by you." (Genesis 12:3)

My name is Lee Underwood and I have been reporting the news of Israel, the Jewish people, and the Middle East since 1994. When I began there were only a few other Israel-related news sites on the Internet, aside from Arutz Sheva and The Jerusalem Post. I first created the Tzemach News Service, which I wrote, edited, and published for ten years. I then began the Emet News Service (ENS) in an effort to more fully report what was happening in Israel.

In addition, many of my commentaries and articles have been published on Arutz Sheva, Israel Insider and other sites.

The Name

Why the name Emet News Service? Emet — — is the Hebrew word for truth. Yahweh declares through the prophet Zechariah, "These are the things you are to do: Speak the truth to one another, render true and perfect justice in your gates" (Zechariah 8:16). ENS is dedicated to bringing forth the truth of what is happening in the world today, as it relates to Israel and to the Jewish people.

Important Note

Emet News Service in not affiliated in any way with EMET (Endowment for Middle East Truth). They are two distinct and separate organizations.

General

Israel plays a major role in God's plan of redemption. Yahweh has chosen the nation of Israel as His people and given them the Land of Israel — "from the Red Sea to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the River Euphrates" (Exodus 23:31).

Please feel free to use this Web site in any way that glorifies Yahweh. Do not hesitate to send me your comments, questions, and suggestions.

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Unless otherwise stated, all Scripture is taken from Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures, © 1985, The Jewish Publication Society.

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