No Holds Barred: Tillerson can influence Arab governments to recognize Israel

By Shmuley Boteach, JPost— The pro-Israel community should welcome Tillerson’s appointment. President-elect Donald Trump has nominated ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson to be his secretary of state. Given his extensive involvement in the Middle East with the Arab oil producers and seeming lack of exposure to Israel, the immediate response of some in the pro-Israel community has…

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Trump taps adviser Friedman as ambassador to Israel; he expects to work from Jerusalem

BY ERIC CORTELLESSA, Times of Israel— President-elect Donald Trump will nominate his adviser and long-time friend David Friedman to be the next US ambassador to Israel, his transition team announced Thursday, in a statement that quoted Friedman predicting he would work from “Israel’s eternal capital, Jerusalem.” The 57-year-old bankruptcy attorney, a Hebrew-speaker, served along with…

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ADL’s Greenblatt: Trump Has ‘More Intimate Relationship With Jewish People Than Any Other President’

By Adelle Nazarian, Breitbart— The Anti-Defamation League’s Jonathan Greenblatt said that President-elect Donald J. Trump “walks into the Oval Office with a more intimate relationship with the Jewish people than any other president in the history of the United States of America.” Greenblatt made the statement while participating in a “dinner-style information conversation” about political…

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A Trumpian Israeli initiative

By Caroline Glick, JPost— Trump won’t even take office for another month, but he has already killed the status quo. During the election campaign, Trump trounced the untouchable consensus on NATO’s post-Cold War purpose. Questioning the purpose of an alliance formed to fight a war that ended 25 years ago is indisputably a reasonable thing…

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Fall of Aleppo Could Be Bad News for Israel

By Prophecy News Watch— Israel should be extremely concerned over the fall of Aleppo, as it means that Iran and its proxy Hezbollah have achieved free rein in Syria to try to establish a foothold along the Golan Heights, a Mideast expert wrote on Wednesday. In an analysis for Israel’s Channel 2 News, Ehud Ya’ari…

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“Hate Spaces” Film Exposes Campus Intolerance; Anti-Semitism

By Noah Beck, Breaking Christian News— A new documentary, “Hate Spaces,” exposes the epidemic of campus intolerance favoring Muslims and anti-Israel activists over Jews and Israel supporters when it comes to free speech, academic freedom and protection from abuse. The film is being released theatrically by Americans for Peace and Tolerance (APT), a Boston-based nonprofit…

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Israel Vows to Protects Its Christian Soldiers

By Israel Today— A growing number of Arabic-speaking youth are volunteering to serve in the Israeli army. And that has meant an increase in intimidation and threats from those in the Arab community who oppose coexistence within the Jewish state. At the annual holiday gathering hosted by the Christian Empowerment Council (CEC) last week, Israel…

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Trump picked Tillerson for tough new Iran policy

By Debkafile— Rex Tillerson, Chairman an CEO of Exxon Mobil, was named this week as the next administration’s Secretary of State to execute the tough foreign policies charted by president-elect Donald Trump, including his decision to stiffen the nuclear accord signed with Iran as soon as he moves into the White House on Jan. 20.…

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Russia Will Conquer Israel Before Messiah, Predicts Missing Piece of 400-Year-Old Prophecy

By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, Breaking Israel News— Though relations between Russian President Vladmir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appear friendly, the recently-revealed missing piece to a 400-year-old prophecy warns that Russia’s pre-Messianic intentions towards Israel might be far more aggressive than anyone suspects. The prophecy, attributed to the Elijah ben Solomon Zalman, the…

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