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From the Archive: Black Hebrews, from Chicago to Dimona

Dea. Ron Gray Sr. · Wednesday, November 11th 2015 at 10:52AM · 867 views
Ben Ammi Ben-Israel, the spiritual leader of the African Hebrew Israelites, a group of African-Americans who, believing they were descendants of the biblical tribe of Judah, settled in Israel in the 1960s and ’70s, died last week. He was 75.

Ben-Israel’s community now numbers about 3,000, with most living in the Negev town of Dimona. While not officially recognized as Jewish, the Black Hebrews, as they are commonly known, make up a small subculture in Israel. Their history there has been somewhat turbulent.

Three weeks after the group’s first immigrants arrived in Israel from Chicago by way of Liberia, JTA reported that the community was “apparently getting along very well in their new environment,” although “their eventual status as immigrants remains undecided.” The report went on:

READ MORE: http://www.jta.org/2015/01/04/news-opinion...
From the Archive: Black Hebrews, from Chicago to Dimona

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Harry Watley Wednesday, November 11th 2015 at 12:10PM

Mr. Ben was not Black America’s first genuine prophet! While he lived and before he died Mr. Ben was not able to unite us into ONE people and lead us into our own country! Mr. Ben was worthless to Black Americans.

Notice how I respond directly to your comments and debunk them with facts, analytical thinking and rational reasoning! When I say that Mr. Ben was not a prophet and I explain why I am directly responding to the claim of Mr. Ben being some authentic divine leader. He was a confused and mis-led man who mis-led a few Black Americans.

You do not do the same with me. You do not directly address my comments with facts. What you do is plead with me to just believe you when you use phases like; Harry can’t you see this and can’t you see that is pleading and that is STUPID.

Don’t you think that Black Americans need a genuine prophet? Over the course of years on this site you have presented many leaders, but never once have you presented to us who our prophet is! It is a prophet we need. Our common sense tells us that with a prophet is present we know that God is in our midst and that is what will carry the day!
A bunch of videos of other people’s opinions is STUPID as you are will not carry Black Americans to victory!

Dea. Ron Gray Sr. Wednesday, November 11th 2015 at 1:55PM

HARRY,

I have taken you on line by line and word by words with my facts.

YOUR WORDS: Mr. Ben was not Black America’s first genuine prophet!

what makes you think that Brother Ben Ammi Ben-Israel, has made a claim to be Black America’s first genuine prophet in the first place? This really sounds like your paranoia.

Ben Ammi Ben-Israel, has been credited of bring 3000 Black Americans back home to the land promised by YAH The Most High and you have the nerves to say that this Brother was worthless to Black Americans.
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YOUR WORDS: Notice how I respond directly to your comments and debunk them with facts, analytical thinking and rational reasoning!

What FACTS, I missed them. If you mean this: When I say that Mr. Ben was not a prophet and I explain why I am directly responding to the claim of Mr. Ben being some authentic divine leader. He was a confused and mis-led man who mis-led a few Black Americans.

Is this what you call proof? This man has provided proof to those who occupy Israel that his group was Hebrews returning to Israel by law and won his case. HARRY what have you done in eight years since something came to you with this calling?

YOUR WORDS: You do not do the same with me. That is your short term memory playing tricks on you but this can be proven right here in the archives of Black In America and all you do is run away from me.

You do not directly address my comments with facts. What you do is plead with me to just believe you when you use phases like; Harry can’t you see this and can’t you see that is pleading and that is STUPID.

Sorry HARRY your recall is felling it is you with the name calling.

WORD YOUR: Don’t you think that Black Americans need a genuine prophet? NO! Not you, you are no leader. of our people, what have you done? Have you taught the word of that who send you? You are no Christ, teacher, prophet or practice LAW.

Poor Harry, you have done nothing to promote the word of the Most High or helped any black American. Now if you would have clicked on the link you would have learned more of the trials and tribulations of Ben Ammi Ben-Israels and his successes.

Now if you want to say on topic you are welcomed to do so, but if you can't then you are dismissed from here. this is your choice.






Harry Watley Wednesday, November 11th 2015 at 3:18PM

Listen to me carefully because you read things into what I say that I did not say!

I did not say that Mr. Ben claim to be our prophet. I said that he was not our prophet since it will take God through our own very first prophet to lead us into our own of everything; our own country, our own religion, our own spiritual book.

Mr. Ben did not have these essentials.

A prophet is a leader, but he is the high level of leadership a people can have! Don’t you understand that idiot?

This is my last comment and I’ll be dismissed as you said!

Dea. Ron Gray Sr. Wednesday, November 11th 2015 at 6:29PM

WORD YOUR: Don’t you think that Black Americans need a genuine prophet?

NO! Not you, you are no leader. of our people, what have you done? Have you taught the word of that who send you? You are no Christ, teacher, prophet or no studier of LAW.

Poor Harry, you have done nothing to promote the word of the Most High or helped any black American. Now if you would have clicked on the link you would have learned more of the trials and tribulations of Ben Ammi Ben-Israels and his successes.



YOU ARE DAMN RIGHT.... YOU HAVE BEEN DISSMISS... JUST LIKE I SAID.



Dea. Ron Gray Sr. Thursday, November 19th 2015 at 9:44PM

Now that this has been resolved, let us get back on topic. The great part about this is, that everyone in this Black Hebrew group got a job and learned the Hebrew language in Israel.

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