Sabeel Christian Anti-Zionist Organization Gains Power

Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld interviews Dexter Van Zile, CAMERA analyst: “Sabeel has succeeded in turning anti-Zionism into a competing religious practice in American mainstream churches and a persistent element in Protestant thought”. “In 1994, Reverend Naim Ateek established the Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center in Jerusalem. This Anglican priest who holds Israeli nationality, and his associates,…

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Natural gas changes the Middle East

By ELLIOTT ABRAMS, PRESSURE POINTS— Last Saturday (March 30) Israel took a large step toward energy independence, as natural gas from the smaller of its newly discovered Mediterranean gas fields began to flow. By the end of this decade Israel will not only be supplying its own needs fully, but exporting natural gas to the…

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The triumph of low expectations

By RON JAGER— This past week, a friend caught me in shul and shared with me the following gem, “If you want to know how the Messiah will be welcomed in Israel, then this past week is a good indication.” The welcome given to President Obama, very much in the tradition of Hollywood’s amazing ability…

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Understanding the Holocaust Is Understanding Israel

By SHIRA SORKO-RAM, MAOZ— April is the month when Israel remembers the 6,000,000 Jews killed in the Holocaust (sundown April 7-8) when every vehicle stops and humans stand at attention for two minutes while sirens sound. Then on April 14-15, another siren sounds on Memorial Day for the 23,000 Jewish soldiers killed while defending the…

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Rockets, mortars fired at Israel's south, IAF strikes Gaza

By ISRAEL HAYOM— Palestinian terrorists fired two rockets at the southern Israeli city of Sderot on Wednesday morning. The rockets exploded in an open area and no injuries or damage were reported. The attacks followed strikes by the Israel Air Force against two terror targets in Gaza Strip on Tuesday night, which in turn followed…

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Video: Shema Israel

A central tenet in the faith life of any observant Jew is prayer. In synagogue, Jews join formal prayer services three times a day, every day. In addition to that they have dozens of spontaneous prayers for everything from washing hands to throwing out bread. The Siddur is the Jewish prayer book which contains all…

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How the Media missed a mideast breakthrough

By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER— “I honestly believe that if any Israeli parent sat down with those Palestinian kids, they’d say I want these kids to succeed.” Barack Obama, in Jerusalem, March 21 Very true. But how does the other side feel about Israeli kids? Consider that the most revered parent in Palestinian society is Mariam Farhat…

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Celebrating Christ's Resurrection at the Garden Tomb

By RYAN JONES, TRAVELUJAH— Huddled in a hidden alley in East Jerusalem, hundreds of Christians from all corners of the world waited quietly in the crisp pre-dawn air to enter the idyllic Garden Tomb. They had come to commemorate the resurrection of Christ, and they would not remain quiet for long. Having attended the Garden…

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Shhhh, Don’t Tell Anyone: Hamas Won

By ANDREW MCCARTHY, FRONTPAGEMAG— Barack Obama brought enough Chicago-style community organizing to Israel that Benjamin Netanyahu knew what he would have to do. If he hoped to keep the tepid support of his country’s essential but icy ally, Israel’s prime minister would have to do what he’d spent nearly three years steadfastly refusing to do.…

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Views from abroad: In Mideast, Obama must make a move

By YORAM ETTINGER, USA TODAY— Is Barack Obama learning from history by avoiding the crucial errors of his first visit to the Middle East shortly after becoming president? In 2009, when he visited Cairo to speak directly to the Arab world, Obama anticipated engagement, rather than confrontation, with Iran, which threatened the survival of pro-U.S.…

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How the exodus story created America

By MICHAEL FREUND, JPOST— OF ALL the festivals on the Jewish calendar, it is Passover which contains some of the boldest and most powerful imagery. The departure of our ancestors from Egypt, their pursuit by Pharaoh and his chariots, and the climactic splitting of the Red Sea, are just some of the themes that we…

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Repentance for Sin Against the Jewish People

By Peter D. Hocken In the second half of the twentieth century, a sea change took place in the attitudes toward the Jewish people within the Christian world. This change was triggered, above all, by the Holocaust, and the massive shock to the Christian psyche caused by the fact that this organized attempt to eliminate…

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Israel's Jewish population passes 6 million

By GAD LIOR, YNET— Israel’s population has crossed the eight million threshold over Passover, the Yedioth Ahronoth daily reported Thursday. With six million Jews, Israel has become the world’s largest Jewish center. The remainder of the population is comprised of 1.6 million Arabs, 350,000 non-Arab Christians and others, mostly olim or relatives of olim from…

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