AVI BINUR: MERCY GATE בָּרוּךְ הַשֵׁם
Richard Javad Heydarian is a Philippine-based foreign affairs analyst, specializing on international security and economics. He has been a regular contributor to Asia Times, the Diplomat, Russia Today, and Tehran Times. He is a member of the Wikistrat network of analysts and can be reached at jrheydarian@gmail.com

Walang ligaya sa lupa na hindi dinilig ng luha.

Filipino Proverb: There is no earthly bliss not watered by tears.

Bnei Lot are of an ancient origin. In the migratory tradition of Ruth begun more than two millennia ago, a remnant of David and Solomon migrated into Maritime Southeast Asia which comprises what is now Brunei, East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, The Philippines, and Singapore, as well as Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia, with a sizeable minority of Malays migrating back to their tribal allotments in Sephardic Judah, besides Terrestrial and Figurative Jordan.