Video: Blurring the lines
With the recent trade of captive IDF soldier Gilad Shalit for 1000 terrorists, international media has jumped at the opportunity to draw similarities and correlations…
Palestinians clash with IDF forces in Judea and Samaria
BY EMET REPORT— Hundreds of Palestinians clashed on Friday with the IDF and security forces in a number of locations in the West Bank. Around 250 Palestinians demonstrated in the Beit Omar region, throwing stones at security forces. Soldiers and police responded with riot dispersal means, including stun grenades and teargas. Similar incidents occurred in…
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Iranian chessmaster expelled, refused to play Israeli
BY CHANA YA’AR, ARUTZ 7— An Iranian chessmaster has been expelled from an international chess tournament after refusing to play an Israeli opponent. Top Iranian Grandmaster Ehsan Ghaem Maghami refused to play Ehud Sachar for political reasons at the Corsica Masters championship. Shachar, a FIDE Master, was Maghami’s scheduled opponent in the fourth round of…
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A cataclysmic regional war is coming to the Middle East
BY MARTIN GOULD AND KATHLEEN WALTER, NEWSMAX— War is on its way in the Middle East as Muslim countries are determined to force a showdown over the future of Israel, Ronald Reagan’s assistant defense secretary Frank Gaffney warned in an exclusive Newsmax.TV interview. “I’m afraid there’s a war coming, a very serious, perhaps cataclysmic regional…
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A 15 minute film about a new perspective for peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians based on the discovery of the formerly classified minutes from the San Remo peace conference of April, 1920. This long hidden document explains the legal rights of the Jews as well as the Palestinians. By returning to the negotiating…
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Israeli aid heading to Turkey
BY BOAZ FILER, YNET— Five portable structures, 2,000 fleece coats, 2,000 fleece blankets and 100 inflatable mattresses: All of the above will reach Turkey late Wednesday in the first shipment of aid from Israel in the aftermath of the earthquake that has claimed the lives of 471 people. “We are a nation that views humanitarian…
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IAF retaliates: Gaza terrorism centers targeted
BY YAAKOV LAPIN, JPOST— The Israel Air Force targeted three centers of terrorist activity in the Gaza Strip and a weapons storage site in the South early Thursday morning, the IDF Spokesman’s Office reported. The attacks hit their precise targets and all planes returned safely to base. The activity comes in retaliation to three Grad…
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Holy Travel: Dead sea scrolls, peace runs, and Tzippori
CBN Looks at Aushwitz Album RevisitedPat Hutchens sits down with Julia Gabriel from Christian Broadcasting Network to discuss her 28 paintings from the Auschwitz Album Revisited. The origins of the Dead Sea ScrollsThe discovery of the first Dead Sea Scrolls in 1947 marked the beginning of a new era in Biblical scholarship. After a half…
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What's your L.O.T.I.L?
BY SHELLEY NEESE— Ever heard of a L.O.T.I.L? It stands for a “List Of Things I Love.” What’s your L.O.T.I.L for traveling in Israel? I know some of you may have just returned from the Feast of Tabernacles in Israel. We would love to hear about your highlights. Here’s my L.O.T.I.L for Israel: 1- People…
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Explaining Iran's approach towards the Middle East
BY AYMENN JAWAD AL-TAMIMI, JPOST— What drives Iran’s ambition to become the dominant power in the Middle East at the expense of the Sunni Arab Gulf states like Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)? Is it solely an issue of Iran’s Shi’ite Islamist ideology? It is worth recalling that many of Iran’s…
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Statement by Israeli Amb Prosor to the UN Security Council
Thank you, Mr. President. At the outset, I would like to extend my condolences to the people of Turkey following yesterday’s tragic earthquake. Let me begin by reminding this Council that the name of today’s debate is the “Situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question” – and not vice versa. This morning I’d…
DetailsScripture reading for the week of October 29. 2011
Torah: Genesis 6:9 – 11:32, “Noach” (Noah) Haftorah: Isaiah 66:1 – 24 New Testament: I Peter 3:18 – 22 Gospel: Matthew 24:36 – 46, “Kimi” (But of that day…)
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Power Prayer: The Divine Will
O my Father, I hang on you; I see, believe, live, when your will, not mine, is done; I can plead nothing in myself in regard of any worthiness and grace, in regard of your providence and promises, but only your good pleasure. If your mercy makes me poor and vile, blessed are you! Prayers…
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Power Prayer: Man’s Great End
LORD OF ALL BEING, There is one thing that deserves my greatest care, and calls forth my ardent desires, That is, that I may answer the great end for which I am made – To glorify you who has given me being, And to do all the good I can for my fellow men; Verify…
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How to pray for Israel
BY TRAVELUJAH— Ezekiel 36 1 – Pray for the Land- Verses 1-12. •To be restored •To rebuild cities •To be productive •To be protected from its enemies 2 – Pray for God’s Name to be glorified by what He does in and through Israel – Verse 23. 3 – Pray for the Jews to return…
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Pessimism ahead of Quartet visit
BY ATTILA SOMFALVI, YNET— Western diplomats said on Monday that nothing short of a political miracle was needed to see the stalemate plaguing the Israeli-Palestinian peace process dissipating. The statement was made ahead of the Middle East Quartet meetings scheduled for later this week. The Quartet’s proposal to renew negotiations came on the heels of…
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Palestinian prisoners warned against returning to terror
BY YAAKOV LAPIN, JPOST— Palestinian security prisoners freed last week as part of the exchange with Hamas to release Gilad Schalit were “personally informed of the consequences of returning to terrorism,” The Jerusalem Post has learned. Security officials read out statements to the prisoners in the Ktziot prison in the south and the Hasharon prison…
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