Foreign Ministry chief chalks up Paris conference as win for Israel

By Alexander Fulbright, Times of Israel— Irael’s new Foreign Ministry chief on Monday hailed the lackluster outcome of Sunday’s Paris peace conference as a victory for Israel, saying Israel’s decision not to show up sent a message to the international community. Director General Yuval Rotem took over as head of the Foreign Ministry at the…

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Sweeping away the refuge of lies (Isaiah 28:16-17)

By Avner Boskey, Final Frontier Ministries— Yesterday (Sunday January 15, 2017) in the early evening a rooster crowed in Paris. A small droplet of victory fell from Heaven. The “Conférence pour la Paix au Proche-Orient” (Conference for Peace in the Near East) decided not to approve its original detailed pre-conference communiqué which would have been…

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The world’s obsessive hostility towards the Jews

By Richard Mather, Arutz 7— Syria is dying, Islamists are murdering European civilians, ISIS and affiliated groups are on the rampage in the Middle East, food and water are in short supply in Africa. And so it is remarkable that the nations of the world have gathered against tiny Israel in order to dispossess Jews…

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No peace in Paris

By Charles Gardner, Israel Today— The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is not a problem that is going to disappear with a wave of a magic wand weaved by the world’s politicians. It’s an age-old dilemma that has spiritual roots, and a spiritual solution. Representatives of 70 nations will descend on Paris on Sunday for a global conference…

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74% Republicans, 33% Democrats back Israel over Palestinians — poll

By JTA— The difference between the proportion of Republicans and Democrats who sympathize with Israel over the Palestinians is the largest it has been in surveys dating to 1978, according to a new report. While 74 percent of Republicans sympathize more with Israel than the Palestinians, the number is 33% for Democrats, according to a…

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Abbas asks Putin to stop Trump from moving the embassy

By Elad Benari, Arutz7– Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas has asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to intervene in order to stop the United States from moving its embassy to Jerusalem. Top PA official Saeb Erekat told AFP on Friday he had passed on the message from Abbas to Putin during a visit to Moscow…

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The UN and 70 NATIONS against Israel – Prophetic?

By Pastor Carl Gallups— Israel is bracing for more hostile declarations from a bloc of more than 70 nations meeting Sunday in Paris with the goal of embracing a document that calls for a two-state solution with a Palestinian state formed within the 1949 boundaries. In Jewish tradition there were 70 original nations, dispersed by…

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Quote of the week

“Because of the Jew named Jesus Christ, and because salvation comes from the Jews, a Christian concerned for Jews will affirm and support this state. By God the Father, through Jesus Christ, and when only the slightest trace of the Holy Spirit moves them, Christians are called and enabled to say ‘Yes’ to it, and…

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John Kerry, 72 Countries Set to Gang Up On Israel At Paris ‘Peace’ Summit on Sunday

By Aaron Klein, Breitbart— In a shameful display of rogue diplomacy, 72 countries – minus Israel – are set to attend a Middle East “peace” conference in Paris on Sunday widely expected to set the parameters for a future Palestinian state. Fresh from his 70-minute speech two weeks ago largely singling out Israel for condemnation,…

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Like Munich in 1938, Paris could ignite a world war

By Martin Dzuris and Brian Schrauger, Jerusalem Journal— The Paris Middle East peace conference that starts this Sunday, 15 January, is uncannily similar to the Munich Conference of September 1938. Just like Munich, the goal of Paris is peace. Just like Munich, Paris is set to announce a diktat that will sanction land theft and…

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Obama’s betrayal of Israel

By Guy Millière, Gatestone Institute— The Middle East is in chaos. More than half a million people have been killed in the Syrian war and the number is rising. Bashar al-Assad’s army used chemical weapons and barrel bombs against civilians; Russia has bombed schools and hospitals. Syrians, Christians, Yazidis, Libyans, Yemenis and Egyptians all face…

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Tillerson criticizes U.S. decision to abstain from U.N. Israel vote

By Steven Mufson and Karoun Demirjian, Washington Post— Rex Tillerson condemned the Obama administration’s decision not to veto a U.N. Security Council resolution critical of Israel’s development of settlements on the West Bank. The former ExxonMobil chief said the resolution was “not helpful” and “undermines” the conditions for peace talks to continue. He described Secretary…

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