Wish I’d said that
“In God you come up against something which is in every respect immeasurably superior to yourself. Unless you know God as that — and know yourself therefore as nothing in comparison — you do not know God at all.”—C.S. Lewis
Dumping irrationality as a national strategy
By CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— US Secretary of State John Kerry will arrive in Israel for his 14th visit this week. And to assure that his stay will be a happy one, Saturday night the government approved the release of 26 more Palestinian mass murderers from prison. This will please Kerry because today a core goal…
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Video: Jesus was not a Palestinian
While President Abbas claims that Jesus was a Palestinian messenger, the reality is that “Jesus was not a Palestinian, he was a Judean Jew.” “Contrary to what some might think,” Danny Ayalon explains, “there never existed a Kingdom of Palestine, or any other Palestinian political entity.” In a recent video, “The REAL Truth about Palestine…
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Borrowing Jesus
By STEVE APFEL, JPOST — How uncommonly useful it often is to couple a great figure to some dark vendetta. And nothing could be simpler. All it takes is for the figure to be dead, because you don’t want it protesting the rude liberty you have taken with its name. Hardly was Nelson Mandela cold…
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Israel’s Christian Awakening
By ADI SCHWARTZ, THE WALL ST. JOURNAL — As Christmas neared, an 85-foot-high tree presided over the little square in front of the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth. Kindergarten children with Santa Claus hats entered the church and listened to their teacher explain in Arabic the Greek inscriptions on the walls, while…
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Arab Christian community divided on IDF enlistment drive
By AP— Dozens of Israeli soldiers respectfully rose from their seats as the Israeli national anthem began playing. The recording of “Hatikva,” an ode to the Jewish yearning for the Land of Israel, wrapped up a ceremony, held in Hebrew, during which speakers thanked the troops and handed out awards. It looked like a typical…
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Major London church and its wall for terrorism
St. James’s, a prominent London church consecrated in 1684, has fallen in with hateful anti-Israel activists erecting a mock security barrier of the kind that has saved thousands of innocent lives in Israel. It’s their way of celebrating Christmas. By ROBIN SHEPHERD, THE COMMENTATOR— Jesus would have been turning in his grave; but then he…
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Video: Girls on PA television spouting racism
Palestinian Authority TV continues to promote Islam-based hate speech and Antisemitism, voiced by little children. In this latest example, two sisters recited a poem that included the following demonization of Jews: “You who murdered Allah’s pious prophets (i.e., Jews in Islamic tradition) Oh, you who were brought up on spilling blood You have been condemned…
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Israel planning ‘Rescue” operation for French Jews
By SHALOM BEAR, THE JEWISH PRESS — The Israeli government is expected to approve soon a plan to bring tens of thousands of French Jews to Israel within the next three years, according to a report in Makor Rishon on Friday. An Aliyah plan of this scale hasn’t been attempted since Operation Moses and Operation…
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ASA:The Corrupt Academy
By RAEL JEAN ISAAC, ACD Blog — “One has to start somewhere.” That’s how the president of the American Studies Association justified the ASA’s vote to boycott Israel when he was asked why the organization had ignored the vast number of human rights abusing states that pepper the planet. He might have added, where else…
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Ignore Obama’s lame-duck quacking
By MICHAEL FREUND, JPOST=== If the various rumors and reports are true, January may prove to be one tough month for US-Israeli relations. According to several accounts, the Obama administration is said to be gearing up to push Israel into a corner by offering its own proposals regarding how to shape a deal with the…
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Secret Peace Talk Contents Revealed By PA Sources
By ARI YASHER, ARUTZ 7— The Palestinian Authority (PA) negotiating team has revealed some of contents of the secretive peace talks it has been holding with Israel, under American auspices. Independent journalist Baruch Yedid, who has maintained ongoing contact with official and unofficial PA sources, described to Arutz Sheva the situation taking place behind the…
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Has Kerry Heard of the Palestinians’ “Hitler”?
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH, GATESTONE— U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry may soon have to come up with a new plan to help Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas solve internal problems in ruling his Fatah faction. The only plan that Kerry has thus far proposed is one that talks about future security arrangements between a…
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Kerry’s revisions for US troops on Jordan Valley border, Gaza-Hebron express train link
By THE EMET REPORT: COMBINED SOURCES — In the face of stiff Palestinian opposition, US Secretary of State John Kerry has stepped back from the American security plan for Israeli troops to secure the Jordan Valley border for an agreed period, in favor of deploying US forces, Washington sources report. He also gave in to…
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Are Bethlehem’s Christians losing grip on the city?
By DEBRA KAMIN, TIMES OF ISRAEL— It’s nearly Christmas, but the leader of this famed little town – the first female to ever hold the role – says that tourists are not flocking to the events in the packed calendar she and her team have prepared for the month of December. In a bid to…
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Wake Up and Smell the Stench
By EARL COX, ISRAEL ALWAYS— Recent foreign “policy” decisions made by the Obama Administration have left most Americans and our allies wondering why all of his decisions seem to favor Islam. Those in the know fear the worst – that those in power in America are changing their alliances and goals. In addition, heads of…
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Passenger vigilance foils terror attack on bus near Tel Aviv
By ISRAEL HAYOM— A potentially devastating terror attack was averted in the Tel Aviv suburb of Bat Yam on Sunday, thanks to the vigilance of the passengers aboard Dan bus No. 240. Several passengers noticed a suspicious bag that was left in the rear portion of the bus and alerted the driver, who immediately stopped…
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