Dermer calls on Trump to move embassy to Jerusalem

By Michael Wilner, JPost— Israel’s ambassador to the US on Tuesday called on President- elect Donald Trump to move the US Embassy from Tel Aviv, where it has been since the early days of the state, to Jerusalem. At his annual Hanukkah reception, Ambassador Ron Dermer said such a move “would be a great step…

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Video: Light of the Light

The Light of the Light short art film is dedicated to the Enlightened Memory of the Inna Rogatchi’s grandfathers, Abram Elovich and Eliahu Bujanover. Both of them were top engineers. Abram Elovich had been the son of devoted Zionists, and was instrumental during the WWII in the process of inventing and producing special anti-tank steel…

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Trump’s envoy to Israel is ready to slay some sacred cows

By Jeff Jacoby, The Boston Globe— DAVID FRIEDMAN avidly supports expanding Israeli settlements in the West Bank, unequivocally rejects a “two-state solution” to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and strongly believes the US embassy in Israel should be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Those positions put Friedman — Donald Trump’s bankruptcy lawyer and close friend —…

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Dermer calls on Trump to move embassy to Jerusalem

By Michael Wilner, JPOST— Israel’s Ambassador to the United States on Tuesday called on President-elect Donald Trump to move the American embassy from Tel Aviv, where it has been since the early days of the state, to Jerusalem. At his annual Hanukkah receptions Ambassador Ron Dermer said that such a move “would be a great…

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Truth Report: “Who is that Baby in the manger?

Hebrews 1:1-4 In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe. The Son is the radiance of God’s…

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12 dead, 50 injured as truck plows into crowd at Berlin market

By Israel Hayom— A truck plowed into a crowded Christmas market in central Berlin on Monday evening, killing 12 people and injuring 50 others in what Germany’s interior minister said looked like a terrorist attack. Local media reported Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack, but security sources said those claims were still being…

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Spot Report: The new ambassador to Israel: A glimpse of the future???

Think on this: “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the greatness of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on…

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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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Former Israeli Defense Minister Outlines ‘Grand Proactive’ Middle East Strategy for Trump Administration

By Barney Breen-Portnoy, Algemeiner— US President-elect Donald Trump will need to “formulate a grand strategy for the Middle East” with the primary question being “whether the United States intends on playing a more active or even more proactive role” in the region than it did during outgoing President Barack Obama’s time in office, a former…

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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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Incoming ambassador says looking forward to working from ‘Israel’s eternal capital, Jerusalem.’

By i24News— President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday nominated David Friedman — an attorney and campaign adviser who backs moving the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem — as ambassador to the Jewish state. “The bond between Israel and the United States runs deep, and I will ensure there is no daylight between us when I’m…

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How Trump Could Make Quick Move to Jerusalem For U.S. Israel Embassy

By Efraim Cohen, NY Sun— Could President-elect Trump be the leader who finally moves the American Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem? He promised during his campaign to implement the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995, which calls for Jerusalem to be recognized as the capital of the State of Israel and for the Embassy to be…

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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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