Moving embassy to Jerusalem a ‘big priority’ for Trump

By Tamar Pilegg, Times of Israel— Donald Trump’s campaign promise to order the American embassy moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem is a “very big priority” for the president-elect, top aide Kellyanne Conway said Monday. “That is very big priority for this president-elect, Donald Trump,” Conway told radio host Hugh Hewitt in a lengthy interview…

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American Jewish liberals have lost the plot

By Isi Leibler, Israel Hayom— Throughout the 2,000 years of Jews living in the Diaspora, there has been no precedent ‎comparable to the behavior of major liberal mainstream sectors of the American Jewish ‎community. They are undermining themselves and provoking massive waves of resentment ‎from Americans, many of whom were favorably disposed towards them.‎ The…

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Tidal wave of UN resolutions against Israel

By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, Breaking Israel News— The United Nations will vote next week to allocate funds, implementing a resolution for a “blacklist” of companies operating directly or indirectly in Judea, Samaria, the Golan, and East Jerusalem. This motion, passed in March with no opposing votes, only targets businesses owned by Jewish Israelis. Israel’s UN Ambassador,…

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Netanyahu: Trump support for Israel very clear

By Jeff Poor, Breitbart— In an interview with CBS’s “60 Minutes” set to air Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told network correspondent Leslie Stahl he believed President-elect Donald Trump would be a supporter of both Israel and the Jewish people. “I know Donald Trump,” Netanyahu said. “I know him very well. And I think…

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Syria Is Training Ground For Hezbollah’s Next War With Israel

By ProphecyNewsWatch— Arab language media is reporting that fighter planes from the Israeli Defense Forces have attacked a Syrian military airport in Damascus as well as Hezbollah targets near the capital which killed and injured a number of fighters in the Shiite militia. The moves come after Prime Minister Netanyahu previously had announced in April…

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Keith Ellison should be DNC chair because of his views on Israel

By Abraham H. Miller/JNS.org Haim Saban is wrong when he says Minnesota’s U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison is unqualified to head the Democratic National Committee. Ellison’s anti-Israel and anti-Semitic lineages do not disqualify him from the position. They more than qualify him. It is Ellison, not Saban—the Israeli-American mega-donor to both the Democratic Party and pro-Israel…

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Will Trump and Netanyahu Make the America-Israel Relationship Great Again?

By Lee Smith, Tablet Mag— Though some Americans may not want to hear it, the election of Donald Trump has changed Israel’s strategic situation dramatically for the better. Prepared to deal with what was presumably a somewhat friendlier version of the Obama administration run by Hillary Clinton, Jerusalem is now looking at what may be…

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