Senators offer support for Israel amid uptick in violence

By Jordain Carney, The Hill— A bipartisan group of senators is backing a resolution supporting Israel amid an uptick in Israeli-Palestinian violence. Senators are using the resolution to pressure President Obama, as well as the international community, to condemn forcefully the attacks against Israelis. They also want Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to take steps to…

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Did September’s Great Convergence fizzle?

By Dr. David Reagan, Lamb and Lion Ministries— The September 2015 issue of Charisma magazine featured stories on its cover about Bible prophecy. Collectively, they were billed as “The Great Convergence.” I was glad to see a major Christian magazine feature Bible prophecy on its cover. Unfortunately, most of the articles in the magazine were…

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Erdogan victory could mean more Turkey-Israel crises

By Ariel Ben Solomon, Jpost— Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s resounding election victory came as bad news for Israel, which has suffered the brunt of his insults and schemes. Erdogan’s ruling Islamist AK Party now has a free hand to continue its crackdown against the local media that criticizes its government and others that are…

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Born-Again Christian Congressman Reaffirms Support of Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital

By JNI Media, Israel National News— “I am a born-again Christian,” Rep. Scott Garrett (R-NJ) said on the “Yishai Fleisher Show,” and as such, “every time I come to Israel … it is always an eye-opening and heartwarming experience to see the interrelationship between our two shared faiths.” Garrett, who visited Israel with a bipartisan…

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House passes unanimous resolution against Palestinian incitement

By Arutz Sheva Staff, Israel National News— The US House of Representatives unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution condemning anti-Israel incitement in the Palestinian Authority (PA) Tuesday, JTA reports. The resolution, entitled House Resolution 293, notes the rampant incitement against Jews and Israelis from PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas, who, “in spite of the Oslo II agreement…

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Our World: Showdown at the OK Corral

By Caroline Glick, JPOST— Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with US President Barack Obama next week is likely to look less like a rapprochement than a showdown at the OK Corral. The flurry of spy stories spinning around in recent weeks makes clear that US-Israel relations remain in crisis. Two weeks ago, The Wall Street…

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Does Iran’s anti-Semitism run too deep for deterrence?

By George Will, Washington Post— Yale University historian Timothy Snyder is indebted to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who recently made Snyder’s new book even more newsworthy than his extraordinary scholarship deserves to be. And Netanyahu is indebted to Snyder, whose theory of Hitler’s anti-Semitism is germane to two questions: Is the Iranian regime’s anti-Semitism…

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Quote of the Week

My first name, Benjamin, dates back a thousand years earlier to Benjamin – Binyamin – the son of Jacob, who was also known as Israel. Jacob and his 12 sons roamed these same hills of Judea and Sumeria 4,000 years ago, and there’s been a continuous Jewish presence in the land ever since. Benjamin Netanyahu

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Israeli Military’s Goal Must Be Total Victory

By Israel Harel, HAARETZ— During the discussion among the chiefs of staff this week on Channel 2, IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot was asked how the wave of knifing attacks can be overcome. “There’s no clear and focused military solution to a challenge of this kind,” he replied. “There’s a combined, multidimensional solution. Our…

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Top Hamas official: This intifada will never stop

By Elad Benari, Arutz 7— Hamas’s former interior minister recently declared that Allah had created man “to wage jihad” and declared that “this intifada will never stop”. The address by Fathi Hammad aired on Hamas’s Al-Aqsa TV on October 19 and was translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI). According to Hammad, Allah…

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John Bolton, Israel general spar over Israel’s future

By Adelle Nazarien, Breitbart— On Thursday night, former U.S. Ambassador John Bolton and Israel Defense Forces Brig. Gen. Israel Shafir spoke at Beth Jacob synagogue about Israel’s future and security in a region that is growing ever more hostile towards the only Jewish State in the world. The event was moderated by Simcha Salach, who…

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‘Hitler was right’ posters popping up at UK university campus

By Donna Rachel Edmunds, Breitbart— A number of anti-Semitic posters have been plastered across the campus of Birmingham University, including one depicting Adolf Hitler emblazoned with the slogan “Hitler was Right”. The West Midlands Police are investigating The posters were discovered by Students’ Guild Education Officer Izzy Lenga, who posted a photo to Twitter. She…

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The Temple as idolatry

By Amotz Asa-El, Jpost— King Gustav Adolf and the rest of the packed Stockholm Concert Hall had never heard such a statement: “In nighttime’s vision,” author S.Y. Agnon’s Hebrew words resounded in the silent auditorium, “I saw myself standing with my brothers, the Levites, in the Temple; singing with them the songs of David, the…

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