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“If a land can have a soul, than Jerusalem is the soul of the land of Israel.”—Prime Minister David Ben Gurion
Spot Report: Why no peace with the Palestinians
Think on this: “I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and wages war. His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no one knows but…
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This week's prayer points
1. John Kerry is set to arrive in Israel Kerry is headed to Israel on Thursday to add pressure to the Israel/Palestinian peace process, by presenting requirements and “opportunities” for both parties. Kerry has been making repeated trips (5 in all) to Israel since March, and with each visit, the situation becomes more dangerous. Kerry…
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Jewish civil rights and priatization
By CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— OC Central Command Maj.-Gen. Nitzan Alon has done it again. You may recall that Alon was the “senior military official,” who as commander of the Judea and Samaria Division blamed the massacre of the Fogel family in March 2011 on undefined acts of vandalism in Arab villages allegedly carried out by…
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Mass Ethiopian aliya to end in August
By TIMES OF ISRAEL— The Jewish Agency is preparing to end mass aliya from Ethiopia with two final flights consisting of 400 immigrants on August 28. The Jewish Agency emissary to Ethiopia, Asher Seyum, made the announcement in a brief letter, saying the Jewish Agency will hand over its aid compounds in the Ethiopian city…
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Palestinians: "No Jews Allowed!"
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH, GATESTONE— “We will approve the meeting on condition there are no Jews.” This is what you are likely to hear these days if you request a meeting with any senior Palestinian Authority official in the West Bank. Palestinian journalists who try to arrange meetings or interviews with Palestinian Authority representatives for…
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Who Are the Refugees?
By DAVID RUBIN— Anyone who travels through Israel sees the many brand new SUV vehicles of UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency. Its main activity in Israel is providing assistance to the Arab residents of Judea and Samaria, the so called West Bank. These residents are commonly known as “the Palestinian refugees”. In…
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New Iran president thanks 'messiah' for victory
By REZA KAHLILI, WND— Iran’s newly elected president, Hassan Rohani, attributed his victory in the June 15 voting to the 12th Imam, Mahdi, a statement with ominous overtones in the Islamic regime’s quest for nuclear weapons. The Shiites believe that at the end of times, the 12th Imam, a 9th-century prophet, will reappear with Jesus…
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Lieberman: Conquer Gaza; Mordechai: Not so fast
By ISRAEL HAYOM— Israel Air Force jets attacked targets in the Gaza Strip on Monday morning in response to five rockets fired into Israel overnight. They were the first rockets fired from Gaza to hit Israel in 40 days. The Iron Dome anti-missile defense system intercepted two rockets headed for the coastal city of Ashkelon,…
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More Israeli Arabs doing national service
By YOSSI ALONI, ISRAEL TODAY— At a time when the Israeli government is struggling to get ultra-Orthodox Jews into the army, a record number of Israeli Arabs are volunteering for national service. Despite calls from leaders in the Arab community to shun national service, 3,000 young Israeli Arabs answered the call this year, a 76…
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Israel's security policy in a changing Middle East
By MOSHE YAALON, WASHINGTON INSTITUTE— Israeli Defense Minister Moshe “Bogie” Yaalon believes that Israel’s recent period of relative peace could be shattered by conflict and instability spilling over from its neighbors. Speaking to a standing-room-only audience at The Washington Institute on June 14, he provided a sweeping assessment of the risks confronting Israel today, from…
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Hamas Urges Hezbollah to Withdraw from Syria
By BETH KANOPSIC, inCONTEXT— On Monday, a high-ranking Hamas official called on Hezbollah to withdraw from Syria and focus on fighting Israel. Reports of a rift surfaced after a round of reconciliation talks between Hamas’s leadership in Lebanon and local Hezbollah politicians. Hamas’s reaction to the violence in Syria shows the deepening divide in the…
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Possible pillar from the era of King David
By SASHA BOGURSKY and JEREMY KAPLAN, FOXNEWS— A carved pillar discovered near Bethlehem may be linked to the Biblical King of Kings, David himself, or perhaps validate the scope of wise Solomon’s majestic kingdom. If they ever get around to digging it up, that is. Israeli tour guide Binyamin Tropper, who thought he was the…
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Video: Christian Zionist Settlement, the first Aliyah
“Early Zionist Settlement: First Aliyah” looks at the first wave of Zionist immigrants, who began arriving in 1882. The young idealists who made up this immigration, or aliyah, wanted to pave the way for a national rebirth. As Zeev Dubnow, a member of Bilu, the very first group of Zionist immigrants, wrote: “The ultimate aim…
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Spot Report: Who knows the end times?
Think on this: “The Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesus and tested him by asking him to show them a sign from heaven.He replied, “When evening comes, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red,’ and in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’…
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Feiglin: I Found the Money – We Spent It on Oslo
By MAAYANA MISKIN, ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS— The Oslo Accords, not Israeli “settlements,” are the real drain on Israel’s budget, MK Moshe Feiglin (Likud Beytenu) said Monday night, speaking from the Knesset podium. Feiglin poked fun at Yesh Atid head Yair Lapid’s “where’s the money” election slogan, and at Lapid’s suggestion that Israeli communities in Judea…
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