Rabbinic Group For Trump Disbands on the Eve of the New Hampshire Primary

By David Bedein, Israel Behind the News— A few months ago, Rabbi Dr. Bernhard Rosenberg launched a modest effort to galvanize Jewish support for Donald Trump. Rabbi Rosenberg maintained that his instincts were that Trump would make a strong President who would be both fair and friendly to Israel. Issuing numerous press releases under the…

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Israel-U.S. relations to turn a new page post elections

By Raphael Poch, Israel National News— As the New Hampshire primaries get underway today (Feb. 9th) in the United States, former Senator Joseph Lieberman told Israeli Army Radio that “no matter who becomes president the relationship between Israel and the United States will improve.”   “When we go back and listen to President Barack Obama’s…

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The Palestinian’s willing executioners

By Ron Jager— The Palestinian’s willing executioners As the world commemorates the Holocaust as part of the UN-designated International Remembrance Day; now is the time to consider what makes Palestinian Arabs so barbaric and so hateful of Jews and Israelis that they have no reservations stabbing and murdering infants, children, women and men as they…

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Obama backtracks on Israel defense package to counter Iran nuclear deal

By DEBKAFILE— US President Barack Obama has retracted on his pledge of an extra defense package to compensate Israel for the damage caused its security by the nuclear deal concluded with Iran last year. This flat refusal, reported here by DEBKAfile’s Washington sources, confronted Israeli officials when they met last week with heads of the…

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Where the GOP and Democrats differ on Israel

By Richard Baehr, Israel Hayom— The Iowa caucuses served their usual function in winnowing down the field of ‎candidates to a more manageable number, and a smaller number of realistic ‎possibilities for the nomination. On the Democratic side, barring an indictment for ‎her private server issues with classified information sent and received, former Secretary of…

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Quote of the Week

“Israel’s founding ethos, anchored in its declaration of independence, guarantees freedom of religion and conscience while safeguarding the holy places of all religions. Such is the case with every church, monastery and holy site in the country, many of which have been rebuilt and refurbished in recent years by the state of Israel.”—Former Congressman Senator…

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Esau and Ishmael Unite Against Israel in Fulfillment of Ancient Prophecy

By Rivkah Lambert Adler, Breaking Israel News— We are living in a time when the fulfillment of ancient Jewish prophecy, uniting Arabs and the West against Israel, is headline news. Signs that Western Europe is cooperating with Arab demands for a state in the midst of Israel are becoming commonplace. When the UN General Assembly…

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The 2016 Election: Jews and Their Politics

By JCPA.ORG— Twelve principles of American Jewish political practice are introduced here as a way to provide a roadmap to understand the nature and character of the Jewish community in this election year. Jews provide significant financial support to both political parties and to many candidates. Some analysts project that as much as 50% of…

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Hillary Clinton’s Advisers Gave Nothing But Anti-Israel Advice

By Shmuley Boteach, The Algemeiner— It’s already been established that one of Hillary Clinton’s most trusted advisers, Sid Blumenthal, sent her dozens of anti-Israel articles, ideas and pieces of advice during her time as secretary of state. But the stream of anti-Israel advice received by Hillary was much more comprehensive than that which came from…

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‘Israel will never leave Golan Heights, no matter what’

By Shlomo Cesana, Israel Hayom— Foreign Ministry Director General Dore Gold tells gathering in Jerusalem of Israeli ambassadors from around the world: Iran is more dangerous that Islamic State group • Israel has no desire to become involved in Syria conflict, Gold reiterates. Israel will never leave the Golan Heights, no matter what diplomatic settlement is…

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