Israeli president thanks evangelical Christians for support or Israel

By JEREMY SHARON, JPOST— President Reuven Rivlin addressed the massed ranks of delegates to the 35th annual Feast of Tabernacles event at the Jerusalem Payis Arena on Monday night, and thanked them for their support of the Jewish state, saying that the connection of Zionism to the Christian community had “deep historical roots.” “Thank you…

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Is rebuilding Gaza more important than halting Ebola?

By MICHAEL FREUND— This past Sunday, some 50 nations from around the world gathered for a major donor conference aimed at raising billions of dollars to tackle what organizers described as an urgent humanitarian predicament. A host of prominent figures, including UN Secretary- General Ban Ki Moon, US Secretary of State John Kerry and Norwegian…

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Temple Mount riot foiled

By ISRAEL HAYOM— Jerusalem Police units stormed the Al-Aqsa mosque compound early Monday and prevented dozens of masked assailants from carrying out a planned attack. The assailants had amassed on Temple Mount with rocks and fireworks with the intention of confronting police and disrupting the peace. Overnight, the assailants gathered weapons and prepared Molotov cocktails…

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Operation SOS instead of High Holidays – Jewish Life in the Eastern Ukraine

by INNA ROGATCHI— With recent Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur celebrations all over the Jewish world, it is worth to reflect on the Jews jammed in between two sides of the non-stopping conflict in Ukraine, especially in its Eastern part. How there were celebrating their main holiday? How the New Year in their lives has…

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Priestly blessing brings thousands to Temple Mount

By ISRAEL TODAY— Tens of thousands of Jewish people from Israel and around the world gathered at the Western Wall of Jerusalem’s Temple Mount on Sunday for the biblical priestly blessing that takes place during the festival of Sukkot, otherwise known as the Feast of Tabernacles. Many of the Jewish visitors had wanted to ascend…

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America Praises and Supports Terrorist Government

By DAVID RUBIN, INN— The post-Gaza war period has seen some disturbing statements and actions by the United States political leadership that call into serious question its reliability, as the leader of the free world and as a trusted ally of Israel. The American air attacks on the Islamic State (otherwise known as ISIS, ISIL…

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Bringing happiness to Iran

By CAROLINE GLICK– It is still unclear what happened on Sunday night at Iran’s illicit nuclear installation at Parchin. According to Iranian sources, there was a large explosion that rocked the area within a 15-km. radius of the facility. Two people were reportedly injured. According to the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency and Israel, the…

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