Analysis: On diplomatic front, weaker EU not necessarily bad for Israel

By HERB KEINON, JPOST— No Israeli government official would dare say it, but a weakened EU is not necessarily a bad thing for Israel diplomatically. Economics might be another issue. The specter of the EU falling apart, and what kind of forces that will unleash, is also a separate matter. But on the very narrow…

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What impact will the Brexit referendum have on Israel?

By HERB KEINON, JPOST— While it may have huge ramifications for Britain, Europe, and the world’s economy, Britain’s decision on Thursday to leave or remain a part of the 28-state European Union will have little impact on Israel, Yigal Palmor, a veteran diplomat, said on Wednesday. Palmor’s comments followed a statement made on Monday evening…

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EU Applauds Anti-Semitic Libel, Then Gets Rocked by UK Vote

By Israel Today Staff, Israel Today-— “Moderate” Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday used his opportunity to address to the European Union Parliament in Brussels to screech out wildly unsubstantiated conspiracy theories regarding Israel. In allegations echoing a popular medieval anti-Semitic libel, Abbas charged, “Only a week ago, a number of rabbis in Israel announced,…

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Middle East Adviser Claims Trump Would Support Israel Annexing Judea and Samaria

By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, Breaking Israel News— Donald Trump‘s Israel adviser, David Friedman, announced that his boss would probably support an Israeli decision to annex all of Judea and Samaria if Israel deemed it necessary. Friedman made this thrilling revelation in an interview with Haaretz News on Thursday. He also stated that Trump would not…

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Southern Baptist Convention Passes Resolution in Support of Israel

By JNS, Breaking Israel News— The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) adopted a resolution reaffirming the church’s support and prayers for Israel as well as condemning the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. The resolution declared that the BDS movement “seeks to isolate the nation of Israel economically and socially,” while also expressing concern about the…

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Jewish PAC to press Republicans to call West Bank ‘Jewish homeland

By JTA, JPOST— WASHINGTON — A Jewish political action committee is seeking to get the Republican Party platform to recognize the West Bank as an “indigenous” part of the Jewish homeland. “The Land of Israel is the indigenous homeland of the Jewish people by right and by law and we oppose any measures to force,…

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Jesus Miraculously ‘Appearing to Muslims’ All Over Middle East, Says Christian Apologist

By Kevin Porter , Christian Post Reporter— Wouldn’t it have been amazing to have witnessed a miracle like Moses parting the Red Sea, to have stood among the crowd of thousands fed by Christ using only two fish and five loaves of bread, or to have experienced some similar miracle? Where are today’s jaw-dropping spectacles?…

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Trump Convinces Evangelical Leaders He’d Be Better Than Clinton at Defending Religious Freedom

BY LEONARDO BLAIR , CHRISTIAN POST— NEW YORK — While many of them said they still weren’t ready to endorse him for president, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump appears to have sufficiently convinced a gathering of more than 900 conservative Christian leaders that he is the best choice for protecting religious freedom. At a…

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Column One: Obama’s money and Israel’s sovereignty

By Caroline B Glick, JPOST— This week MK Michael Oren stood up to his boss in the Kulanu party, Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon, to the political Left, including hundreds of retired security brass, and to the IDF General Staff. The former ambassador to Washington urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to sign the multi-year security…

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MOUNT MORIAH OR THE CITY OF DAVID? Locating the true site of the Jewish Temple

By Randall Price, ICEJ-— In Temple: Amazing New Discoveries that Change Everything About the Location of Solomon’s Temple, Robert Cornuke makes the startling claim that they were built in the City of David, over the Gihon Spring. Cornuke’s sensational conclusion is that accepting this location resolves the political and religious impasse between Jews and Muslims over…

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Father Naddaf: Beacon of Light to the Christians of Israel

by Susan Warner, Gatestone Institute— Chapter one of this story began when Father Gabriel Naddaf, a Greek Orthodox priest in Nazareth, started to speak up for the idea that it was time for Christians to embrace their homeland, Israel, and their Jewish roots. “Christian Arabs are hostages.” — Father Gabriel Naddaf. “We have a joint fate…

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Antisemitism and anti-Zionism: Same Idea, New Cloak

By Brig. Gen. (Res.) Yossi Kuperwasser, ISGAP— Comparing antisemitism and Anti-Zionism and showing that the latter is the modern form of the former may be easy if we simply use the US state department 2010 definition of antisemitism that states that “Antisemitism is a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward…

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BDS activists ‘evict’ Jews from US campuses

By Yair Altman, Israel Hayom— On a recent campus tour, members of the Reservists on Duty Israel advocacy organization discovered the extent of anti-Semitism displayed by BDS activists, who posted “eviction notices” on the dormitory doors of Jewish students, demanding that they evacuate in three days or have their property thrown out. Students for Justice in…

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