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Netanyahu to Visiting Russian Officials: Israel Will Not Tolerate Iranian Military Presence in Syria

By Algemeiner— Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Tuesday with a visiting delegation of top Russian officials to discuss regional developments. The delegation consisted of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special envoy, Alexander Lavrentiev, and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin. Netanyahu’s national security adviser, Meir Ben-Shabbat, also participated in the meeting. According to Netanyahu’s…

Netanyahu Promises Heavy Hand Against Hamas

BY ANNA AHRONHEIM, GIL HOFFMAN, JPOST— Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Monday that Israel would be taking a series of steps against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, starting with closing the Kerem Shalom crossing, in light of the continued launching of incendiary aerial devices toward southern Israel. “We intend to immediately wield a heavy…

Top Iranian general: Forces in Syria ‘awaiting orders’ to destroy Israel

By Times of Israel— In a recent speech, the deputy commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) boasted that the “Islamic army in Syria” in the Golan Heights was awaiting orders to eradicate the “evil regime” of Israel. He also said the Tehran-backed Hezbollah terror group had 100,000 missiles aimed at Israel. “We are creating might…

‘Close Israeli Embassy in Ireland’

By Arutz Sheva— Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman (Yisrael Beytenu) on Thursday afternoon said Israel should close its embassy in Dublin. “There’s no reason to invite the Irish Embassy in Israel for a ‘disciplinary discussion,’” Liberman tweeted. “We have nothing to discuss with people who bring trouble to Jews.” “Israel must immediately close its embassy…

Jewish Democrats Grapple with Party’s Mainstreaming of Israel Criticism

By Charles Dunst, Times of Israel— After Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shocked the political world by defeating longtime New York Rep. Joseph Crowley in a Democratic primary last month, Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez quickly aligned himself with the former political outsider, saying on a radio show that “she represents the future of our party.” If…

IDF Patriot missile shoots down Syrian drone over Sea of Galilee

By World Israel News— A Syrian drone infiltrated Israeli airspace Wednesday and was shot down by a Patriot missile fired by IDF aerial defense units in the north of Israel. The army is ordering all boats to clear out of the Sea of Galilee so forces can collect fragments of a drone that entered Israeli…

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Managing an Anti-American Turkey

By Eric Mandel, JPost— Turkish antagonism to America, Israel, and the EU, and the Islamization of this once proudly secular nation must be seen in historical context. Relations between the US and Turkey today are, as they have been over the last 70 years, primarily based on shared national security interests, which often shift and…

The Truth About the United Nations

Much Ado About Something

By Michael Freund, JPost— For years, Israel’s Right has asserted that the Supreme Court tilts sharply Left, treating Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria in an unfair and even unjust manner. Time and again, politicians and pundits have argued that behind their pronouncements of principle, the justices were in fact often motivated by political agendas.…

The Real reason “Palestinian” Arabs don’t have their own state

By Avi Abelow, Israel Unwired— If Israel just allowed the “palestinian” Arabs to have a state of their own there would be peace in the Middle East, right? WRONG. There are so many wrong things about this statement. Let’s break it down one point at a time. Did you know that at the beginning of…

Scripture Reading for July 7, 2018

Torah: Numbers 25:10 – 30:1, “Pinchas” (Phinehas … ) Haftorah: I Kings 18:46 – 19:21 New Testament: Romans 11:2 – 32 Gospel: Matthew 11:10 – 15, “Yochanan Ha’matbil” (John the Baptist… )