Wish I’d said that
“Christmas is based on an exchange of gifts, the gift of God to man – His unspeakable gift of His Son, and the gift of man to God – when we present our bodies a living sacrifice.” ~Vance Havner
PLO Official: We Supported the Nazis in WWII
By ELAD BENARI, ARUTZ 7— If anyone has had doubts about the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) support for the Nazis, recent remarks by one of its leaders should make things clearer. In an interview with Russia Today TV on December 7, Farouq Qaddoumi, the former political bureau head of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), said that…
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Jordanian Anger over Israel’s Temple Mount Security
By MAAYANA MISKIN, ARUTZ 7— Jordan, the custodian of Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem, demanded on Tuesday that Israel remove surveillance cameras at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the Temple Mount, the AFP news agency reports. “Jordan rejects Israel’s installation of surveillance cameras on December 8 to monitor waqf officials and worshippers, particularly women,” Information…
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Video: Jerusalem snow scenes
Jerusalem’s landmark sites have been covered by a white blanket as Israel endures its worst snowstorm in two decades. Many schools and business are closed, meaning that like President Shimon Peres, many people had more time to build snowmen.
Iran nuke deal quietly collapses
By AMIR TAHERI, NEW YORK POST — Less than a month after it was hailed as “a great diplomatic coup,” the so-called Geneva accord to halt Iran’s nuclear ambitions seems to have come unstuck. The official narrative in Tehran is that Iran signed nothing. “There is no treaty and no pact,” says Foreign Ministry spokeswoman…
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The legal case for Judea and Samaria
By NADAV SHREGAI, ISRAEL HAYOM — For years, the world has regarded Judea and Samaria as Palestinian territory illegally occupied by Israel • But now a group of hundreds of jurists from Israel and abroad is fighting back in the battle for the historical and legal truth. If international legitimacy for the settlement enterprise were…
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Kerry forces Israel’s moment of decision
bY CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— There was a ghoulish creepiness to US Secretary of State John Kerry’s visit to Israel last week. Here we were, beset by the greatest winter storm in a hundred years. All roads to Jerusalem were sealed off. Tens of thousands of Jerusalemites and residents of surrounding areas were locked down in…
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Spot Report: O Come, O Come Emmanuel
Think of this: “The Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.”…”Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.She will bear a son, and…
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This week’s prayer points
1. THE THREAT OF A UNITY GOVERNMENT BETWEEN HAMAS AND THE PA: Lord, cause their footing to be as slippery as their lies, so that this agreement cannot gain traction. Lord, Your word says that no two can walk together unless they agree, so cause Hamas and Fatah to disagree as You send a spirit…
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The alarming rise of campus anti-Semitism
By JOSEPH KLEIN, FRONTPAGEMAG— Anti-Semitism on U.S. college campuses is growing at an alarming rate. It has escalated to the point that Jewish students on campuses have been physically attacked or threatened for peacefully demonstrating their support of Israel. Events demonizing Jews and even glorifying the murderers of Jews, in the guise of anti-Israel rhetoric,…
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U.S. plan gives Jerusalem holy sites to Vatican
By AARON KLEIN, WND— Secretary of State John Kerry quietly presented a U.S. plan for eastern Jerusalem that calls for an international administrative mandate to control holy sites in the area, according to informed Palestinian and Israeli diplomatic sources. The exact composition of the international mandate is up for discussion, the sources said, but Kerry’s…
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John Kerry’s frequent failure program
By MICHAEL FREUND, JPOST— Torrential rains and heavy snow were not the only forms of precipitation to strike the Jewish state last week, leaving the country gripped with fear and trepidation. Adding insult to injury, US Secretary of State John Kerry decided to pay yet another visit to the region, this time to hurl a…
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Annex the Land Before the “End of Jewish History”
By GIULIO MEOTTI, ARUTZ 7— The fate of Jewish life in Judea and Samaria is the most important single defining issue for the future of the Jewish people. After Yasser Arafat convinced the Israelis that “delivering” Arabs to the Jews is something his people couldn’t tolerate, Israel has convinced herself that she can deliver many…
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Scripture Reading for December 21, 2013
Torah: Exodus 1:1 – 6:1, “Shemot” (Names …) Haftorah: Isaiah 27:6 – 28:13, 29: 22 – 23 New Testament: Acts 7:17 – 35 Gospel: John 5:45 -46, “Elu ha amantem le moshe.” (If you believed Moses … )
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Apartheid Revisited
By RON JAGER-— Helen Keller is probably turning in her grave in response to the sign-language interpreter fiasco at Nelson Mandela’s memorial service. A South African man who acted as a sign-language interpreter at Nelson Mandela’s memorial service was a “fraud” who simply made “childish hand gestures” and sign language “gibberish” for hours as he…
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US lawmakers to introduce bill on new Iran sanctions soon
By REUTERS— US senators will introduce legislation to impose new sanctions on Iran as soon as this week, Senate aides said on Wednesday, despite the Obama administration’s insistence that such a measure would violate terms of an interim agreement to curb Tehran’s nuclear program. Iran’s foreign minister has also said a new sanctions law would…
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Untrustworthy American president
BY Shoula Romano Horing, YNET— The latest CNN poll released on November 23 showed that 53% of American voters said President Obama was not honest and trustworthy. Similarly, US allies like Israel and the Persian Gulf states are questioning Obama’s integrity after discovering that for the last three years he has been lying and deceiving…
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Evgeny Kissin, A miracle of enlightened spirit
Original art collage by Inna Rogatchi © 2013 The Rogatchi Foundation salutes to Evgeny Kissin, a new citizen of Israel. On Chanukah eve, very special news has become public: the outstanding musician of our time, maestro Evgeny Kissin, is going to receive Israeli citizenship on December 7th, two days before his charitable recital in Jerusalem.…
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