Cunningly, Christ being used to thwart support for Israel

By EARL COX, ISRAEL ALWAYS— This article is sure to push the hot button of many, even my Christian brothers and sisters who have, despite facts, made up their minds that Israel is the aggressor and guilty of oppressing the poor Palestinians along with other non-Jews.  Because many have been duped and brainwashed into believing…

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Why Abbas thinks Jewish state is a ‘delusional myth’

By ITAMAR MARCUS, JPOST— Netanyahu’s demand and the PA’s refusal to recognize Israel as a Jewish state are clearly not just a quibble over semantics. A major obstacle blocking progress toward an agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority is Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s demand and PA President Mahmoud Abbas’s refusal to recognize Israel as…

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Abbas expected to officially refuse to recognize Israel

By LEA SPEYER, BREAKING ISRAEL NEWS— Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will meet with United States President Barack Obama on Monday to discuss a peace framework agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. The meeting, which is expected to be tense, will see Abbas insisting on “Palestinian principles and international legitimacy,” according to his spokesman…

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Video: What’s it gonna take to stop Iran from going Nuclear?

The Endowment for Middle East Truth (EMET) has just launched a major internet ad campaign, in order to refocus world attention on the threat posed by a nuclear Iran. Ever since it was announced in November of 2013, EMET has strongly opposed the Iran Nuclear Interim Deal.  The deal gives Iran relief from crippling economic…

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Egyptian arrested for ‘loving Israel’

By ELAD BENARI, ARUTZ 7— Egyptian authorities have arrested a local resident for “loving Israel,” the Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper reported on Sunday. According to the report, the 24-year-old was arrested in the Sohag governorate in southern Egypt. He was arrested for allegedly writing to Israeli nationals through Facebook and criticizing Egypt and Egyptians as well…

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Kerry tells Abbas: ‘Weeks’ left to make ‘tough decisions’

By MICHAEL WILNER, JPOST— US Secretary of State John Kerry told Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas he has just weeks to make “tough political decisions” in talks with Israel over a two-state solution, during a bilateral meeting between the two men in Washington on Sunday. Kerry encouraged Abbas “to make the tough decisions that will…

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Video: Feiglin tours Temple Mount

MK Feiglin was allowed to visit the Temple Mount for the first time in a year, on 19 Adar Alef 5774/Feb. 19, ’14. As the representative of the sovereign and according to the Jewish law  principle of ‘kibush’, conquering, Moshe Feiglin entered areas of the Temple Mount usually prohibited by Jewish law.  

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The end of evangelical support for Israel

By DAVID BROG, MIDDLE EAST QUARTERLY— A mere decade ago, Christian Zionism was seen as an emerging force in American politics. As if out of nowhere, a block of fifty to one hundred million friends of Israel were poised to enter the national debate and safeguard the U.S.-Israel relationship for generations to come. Evangelical love…

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NGO Monitor: U.S., U.K., Netherlands fund anti-Israel ‘Christ at the Checkpoint’ conference

By SEAN SAVAGE, JNS.ORG— The U.S., U.K., and Dutch governments are helping to fund a conference called “Christ at the Checkpoint,” which attempts to sway Evangelical Christian opinion against Israel and whose themes have anti-Semitic undertones, according to a new report issued by the Jerusalem-based watchdog group NGO Monitor. The report titled “Christ at the…

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Poll: Large majority of Israelis don’t trust Kerry on security

By ISRAEL HAYOM— Some 64% of Israelis do not trust U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to take Israel’s security into account as a “crucial factor” in the framework peace proposal he is attempting to formulate, a new poll published on Tuesday found. The monthly Peace Index poll of the Israel Democracy Institute and Tel…

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The Glick Plan

By SETH LIPSKY, NY SUN— President Obama will meet a week hence with the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas. Israel’s premier, Benjamin Netanyahu, says he is prepared to make a “historic peace.” The White House reckons his choice is limited. “What is his long-term answer for Israel,” asks the New York Times in an editorial, “if…

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The future of Europe

By INNA ROGATCHI, The Rogatchi Foundation – www.rogatchi.org Recently, former Prime-Minister of Luxemburg Jean Claude Juncker who had been selected by the European Central Conservatives as their candidate for the future President of the European Commission after the elections to the European Parliament in May 2014, has made a public statement on what in his…

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Video: Dancing in Jerusalem

This was the last song written for my new album, The Promise. I needed a groovy, let’s-all-make-aliyah theme song that would describe the various major redemption moments of the past century. The opening line quotes the Ethiopian Crown Prince Ahmad when he finally gave permission for the Jews to leave. My heart is Dancing in…

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