European Union Adds Military Wing of Hezbollah to List of Terrorist Organizations

By JAMES KANTER and JODI RUDOREN, NY TIMES— The military wing of Hezbollah, the powerful Lebanese Shiite group, was blacklisted by European Union ministers as a terrorist organization on Monday in a policy shift that reflected their concern about Hezbollah’s suspected involvement in Europe-based bombings and its growing role in the Syria war. The blacklisting…

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The New York Federation boycotts Judea and Samaria

By RON JAGER— Much has been said about the European’s latest decision of boycotting Jews. What most of us don’t know is that the decision to boycott affects much larger regions beyond just Judea and Samaria and includes in addition the following areas: the Eastern, Western, Northern and Southern neighborhoods of Jerusalem, the whole Ramat…

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'Secret Obama plan' forfeits Temple Mount to Palestinians

By AARON KLEIN, WND— The Obama administration has quietly presented a plan in which the Palestinian Authority and Jordan will receive sovereignty over the Temple Mount while Israel will retain the land below the Western Wall, according to a senior PA negotiator speaking to WND. The proposed plan is part of the basis for U.S.-brokered…

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Extremism Escalating in the West Bank

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH, GATESTONE— What happened at the al-Aqsa Mosque during last week’s Friday prayers should be sounding alarm bells in the U.S., Britain and France. After the prayers, during a demonstration in support of Egypt’s deposed President Mohamed Morsi, thousands of Muslims began shouting slogans against the U.S., Britain, France and Israel. “Allahu…

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Courts unravel sanctions on Iran

By SHOSHANA BRYEN, inSIGHT— Supporting sanctions against Iran is understood to be a position designed to moderate Iranian behavior regarding the acquisition of nuclear capability. It is the position of people and countries that do not want to contemplate military action by either the United States or Israel. It is the position of the European…

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No more Monsieur, no more Mister; In heaven Allah, on earth Hitler

By VICTOR SHARPE— In Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s book A Place Among The Nations, (Bantam Books, 1993), the Israeli Prime Minister wrote about the pro-Nazi alliance by most of the Arab world before and during World War II: “In Iraq, in Egypt, and in Syria they (the Arabs) openly allied themselves with the Nazis, flocking…

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The Temple taboo

By CHAIM RICHMAN, JPOST— Tisha Be’av, Israel’s day of national mourning for the loss of the Holy Temple, is upon us. The Book of Lamentations, traditionally read on the evening of the fast, establishes the theme of the day: “For these do I weep,” or, in the words of Ray Charles, “It’s Cryin’ Time Again.”…

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Giving up the Temple Mount

By STEVEN PLAUT, FRONTPAGEMAG— The Temple Mount in Jerusalem is the holiest place on earth according to Judaism.  It is where both Biblical Temples stood, whose destruction is commemorated this week with fasting and mourning on the Ninth day of the month of Av according to the religious calendar.  The Western Wall is considered holy…

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The baseless hatred of the EU towards Israel

By MELANIE PHILLIPS— There is consternation in Israel over the EU’s malicious decision to boycott individuals or institutions situated over the ‘Green Line’ between Israel and the disputed territories. This would presumably include boycotting, for example, the Hebrew University which is just over that line or, even more grotesquely, Jewish residents in Jerusalem’s Old City…

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Positions of power

By ADAM TURNER, FRONTPAGEMAG— In selecting Samantha Power as his nominee for United Nations Ambassador, President Obama has chosen an appointee whose stated positions are detrimental to promoting a strong American foreign policy and would weaken the position of one of our strongest allies, Israel.  She also seems to have a temperament that is not…

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This week's prayer points

IRAN: Prime Minister Netanyahu has announced that very soon Israel will have to deal with the Iranian nuclear threat, with or without the USA.  In the next four months, Iran likely will possess the necessary, final, 60 kgs, of 20% refined uranium; bringing Iran’s possession of the redline total of 250 kg into reality.  The…

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Rouhani laughs off Israeli nuclear warnings

By ASHER ZEIGER, TIMES OF ISRAEL— Iranian president-elect Hasan Rouhani on Wednesday laughed off recent statements by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in which he pledged to do whatever was necessary to thwart Iran’s nuclear program. On Sunday, Netanyahu told CBS’s “Face the Nation” that “if think that Israel will let them do it, they’re…

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PM: 'We won't accept foreign dictates over our borders'

By ISRAEL HAYOM— “We will not accept any foreign dictate over our borders,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu clarified on Tuesday after a European Union directive limiting financial cooperation between the EU and Jewish bodies in the settlements was revealed. On Wednesday, the Foreign Ministry and Netanyahu himself were busy urging EU officials to defer implementing…

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