Forgive us, Israel!

About 40 Norwegian Christian leaders and clerics held a special ceremony in the Knesset Wednesday to formally apologize on Norway’s behalf for their role during the Holocaust and the 1993 Oslo Accords. The delegation featured representatives from 21 different organizations, who were greeted by Knesset Christian Caucus members MKs Rabbi Dov Lipman (Yesh Atid) and…

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House GOP debates tactics to limit Iran nuclear accord

By NTI— Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are deliberating how to act on their concerns about a multilateral nuclear accord reached with Iran last month, several GOP House lawmakers told The Hill newspaper for a Wednesday report. Potential moves under consideration include a stepped-up push for Senate action to pass new Iran penalties,…

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This week’s prayer points

1.   IRAN The P-6 (United States, France, Germany, China, Russia and Britain) plus Iran made an announcement to the world on November 24th, that an agreement had been struck regarding Iran’s nuclear activities.  The interim agreement, which was announced, is terrible for Israel (and for the Middle East), but is a blessing for Iran.  Basically,…

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Hanukkah and the spirit of Samaria

By MICHAEL FREUND– Across the long, winding and often painful sweep of Jewish history, the festival of Hanukka has proven to be a reliable companion. Despite the passage of over two millennia, the heroism of the Maccabees and the miracle of the oil, together with the deliverance from foreign occupation and the liberation of the…

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Geneva: A Historic and Dangerous Agreement

By RAFAEL L. BARDAJI, GATESTONE— The agreement reached by the group of countries known as P-5+1½ (that is, the five permanent U.N. Security Council powers plus Germany and the European Union representative) with Iran regarding its nuclear program has been rated by its proponents—President Obama’s followers—as a “historic agreement,” while opponents—primarily Israel and the Gulf…

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Israel, the Pilgrims and the Maccabees

By CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST — Israel, he said, “will not be Czechoslovakia.” Sharon was sharply rebuked not only by the White House, but by leading American supporters of Israel. They attacked him for daring to make the comparison. In time, with the US invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq, Sharon’s warning was largely forgotten. The question…

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The finger of doom

By VICTOR SHARPE, CANADA FREE PRESS— It was President Carter in 1979 who naively misunderstood the internal politics of Iran and let the Shah, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, be overthrown by Islamists. Carter was overjoyed to let the Ayatollah Khomeini return from his exile in France to take over the Iranian state. Astonishingly as we look…

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Video: Singing Jews cause near-riot on Temple Mount

By ISRAEL TODAY— Israeli Jews on Sunday were again denied freedom of religion at Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, of all places, when a near-riot by Muslim worshipers resulted in police closing the holy site to all but the followers of Allah. A Muslim mob became enraged when a small group of visiting Jews began singing songs…

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