Abbas Keeps Looking for Something for Nothing

By: Earl Cox, Breaking Israel News—   Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, a.k.a Abu Mazen, has repeatedly announced publicly his demands if there is to be any peace with Israel. So here we are again, some dozen years on, and it seems the PA is again in the mood to agree to disagree. President Abbas has…

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Obama: There is no military option to stop Iran

By: TAMAR PILEGGI, Times of Israel— US President Barack Obama told Israeli television that the emerging deal between Iran and world powers is the only way to prevent Tehran from obtaining nuclear weapons, and that “a military solution will not fix it.” In an excerpt aired Monday on Channel 2 of an interview with veteran…

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THE JEWISH PROBLEM – FROM ANTI-JUDAISM TO ANTI-SEMITISM

By DAVID TURNER, JPOST— In a thoughtful, heartfelt and well-written article appearing in the on-line Jewish-American periodical Tablet, Ebb Tide in the Golden Country, All is not as it was for Jews in America, Rich Cohen describes a bleak picture for Jews in the United States. Much of what he writes carries the weight of…

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‘It’s not politically correct to be anti-Semitic, but it’s super-in to be anti-Israel’

By LAHAV HARKOV, JPOST— The boycott, divestment and sanctions movement is the new anti-Semitism and wants to destroy Israel, Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked said Wednesday, in response to a motion to the agenda from coalition and opposition MKs calling to fight those who seek to delegitimize Israel. The discussion was marked by shouting matches over…

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Jeb Bush: Move US Embassy to Jerusalem

By: Ahuva Balofsky, Breaking Israel News— Former Florida governor and likely presidential candidate Jeb Bush told supporters Saturday that he believes in Jerusalem as Israel’s undivided capital, and would like to see the American embassy moved there, CNN reported. Speaking in Nashville at the Tennessee GOP’s Statesmen’s Dinner, Bush answered a question regarding whether Jerusalem should remain…

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Erdoğan: ‘Liberate Jerusalem’ from the Jews

By: ELDAD BECK, ynetnews— Just one week before upcoming parliamentary elections in Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and officials in his Justice and Development Party (AK Party) found a unique way to try and secure a victory at the polls by calling for the “liberation” of Jerusalem. “Conquest is Mecca, conquest is Saladin, it’s to…

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Ambassador Bolton Says Israel Must Strike Iran Soon

By: Yoni Kempinski, Ari Yashar, Israel National News— While negotiations between Iran and world powers have reached an interim agreement ahead of a June 30 deadline for a final deal, Bolton predicts that the Iran negotiations are “doomed to failure.” “I don’t think Iran has any intention of giving up its efforts to get deliverable…

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United Church of Christ and The “Big Lie”

By: SUSAN WARNER, Gate Stone Institute— In just a few weeks, on June 26-30, the opening gavel will sound on United Church of Christ (UCC) General Synod. Two of the many proposals this national Synod will entertain call on the church to divest from Israel, and one of them will propose declaring that Israel’s actions…

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Spot Report: “What has God decreed for the Jews?”

  Think on this: “I will make an everlasting covenant with them. I will never stop doing them good. I will inspire them to fear me so that they will never turn away from me. I will rejoice in doing them and will most assuredly plant them in this land with all my heart and…

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Palestinians Attacked for Marching With Israelis

By: ISRAEL TODAY STAFF, Israel Today— Palestinian participants in a co-existence march with Israelis were attacked by fellow Palestinians on Thursday. The victims were taking part in the annual “Jerusalem Hug” march, the purpose of which is, according to the group’s website, “…to promote a peaceful experience, a life of freedom and joy to all…

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Column One: Barack Obama’s anti-Semitism test

By: CAROLINE B. GLICK, JPOST— Is US President Barack Obama an anti-Semite? This question has lingered in the air since his first presidential bid in 2008. It first arose due to the anti-Semitic sermons that Jeremiah Wright, his pastor for more than 20 years, made as Obama and his family sat in the pews. Throughout…

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An Academic Case for Christian Zionism

By: TRICIA MILLER, Breaking Israel News— In a precedent-setting event, the Institute on Religion and Democracy (IRD) sponsored a recent conference titled “People of the Land: A Twenty-First Century Case for Christian Zionism” in Washington, DC. It was reportedly the first-ever event specifically devoted to presenting academic arguments in support of Christian Zionism. The 11…

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New Birthright-Inspired Program Set to Bring Young Christians to Israel

By: JNS, Breaking Israel News— The Covenant Journey, a new initiative inspired by the popular Taglit-Birthright Israel program, is set to bring young Christians to Israel this summer in order to strengthen their faith and encourage them to become goodwill ambassadors for Israel. “There’s one thing better than standing with Israel, and that’s standing in…

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