The last Pope

By STEVE ELWART, K-HOUSE — Pope Benedict XVI (born Joseph Ratzinger) announced Monday that he will officially resign on February 28 of this year. When he does so, he will be the first pope to voluntarily leave the post since Pope Gregory XII in 1415. Speculations about possible cover-ups have already started, but Ratzinger has…

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The evil we face

By MICHAEL FREUND, JPOST Even though Israel’s new coalition government has yet to be formed, international pressure is already starting to mount on the Jewish state to make concessions to the Palestinians. At a press conference last week with US Vice President Joe Biden, French President Francois Hollande went out of his way to stress…

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Iran to Buy North Korea's Nuclear Plans on the Cheap?

By TAYLOR DINERMAN, GATESTONE— Before the North Koreans successfully launched a (non-functioning) satellite into orbit on December 12, 2012 there were reports, notably by space expert and NBC News consultant, James Oberg, that Iranian missile experts had been spotted in North Korea. If true, this would be perfectly consistent with the longstanding and close relationship…

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Wish I'd said that

“It is a tragedy in which Jesus participates, crucified again in the person of His people at the hand of many baptized in His name.  The sin of anti-Semitism contains many sins, but in the end it is a denial of Christian faith, a failure of Christian hope, and a malady of Christian love.  And…

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Nazareth Christians a dwindling minority

By RYAN JONES, ISRAEL TODAY— Israeli business newspaper Globes recently ran a feature story on the fast dwindling number of Christians living in Jesus’ hometown of Nazareth in northern Israel. The article notes that while the city once had a strong Christian majority, today a mere one-third of residents are Christians. In reality, Nazareth today…

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Obama to Tell Netanyahu: No Surprise Attack on Iran

By Rochel Sylvetsky & Gil Ronen, ARUTZ 7— One of the goals of U.S. President Barack Obama’s upcoming visit to Israel is to deliver a message to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, not to carry out any “military surprises” against Iran while the U.S. in engaged in negotiations with it. Voice of Israel public radio, which…

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The high cost of defending Israel

By ALAN DERSHOWITZ, FRONTPAGEMAG— Whenever I speak in support of Israel or in criticism of its enemies, the dogs of defamation are unleashed against me.  The attacks, all from the hard left, seemed coordinated, focusing on common ad hominem themes.  They accuse me of being a plagiarist, a supporter of torture, a right wing Zio-fascist,…

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The whitewashing of hate

By ITAMAR MARCUS, JPOST— It is hard to imagine a more flawed analysis of Palestinian Authority schoolbooks than the recent report of the Council of Religious Institutions of the Holy Land, led by Sami Adwan of Bethlehem University and Daniel Bar-Tal of Tel Aviv University. The report’s inaccuracies start with its methodology of systematically citing…

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Video: Underdogma

BY AISH.COM— Eight years ago, “Israel Apartheid Week” began on campuses in America and around the world to show “solidarity with the Palestinian struggle” and to demonize Israel as an “Apartheid” regime. Ten years ago, I began studying this “pro-Palestinian/anti-Israeli” phenomenon. It began, like so many movements, on a university campus. The year was 2002,…

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Netanyahu Exercises Israel’s Right to Build Despite Bias Criticism

By EARL COX— Do those who continually attempt to bully and threaten Israel ever rest? Israel is moving forward with plans to build approximately 1500 housing units in East Jerusalem and the West Bank–all the while the European Union is condemning the construction decision as an obstacle to the peace process. Historically, there has been…

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American Jewry: Found wanting

By VICTOR SHARPE, ARUTZ7— Nahum Goldmann, a leading Zionist, founder and longtime president of the World Jewish Congress, wrote in his autobiography the following:   “We must stand as a generation, not only condemned to witness the destruction of a third of our number but guilty of having accepted it without any resistance worthy of…

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