'To annihilate Israel we need 24 hours, an excuse'

By JOANNA PARASZCZUK, JPOST— Hojjat al-Eslam Ali Shirazi, the representative of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to the Islamic Republic’s Qods Force, said this week that Iran needed just “24 hours and an excuse” to destroy Israel. In his first public interview in a year, reported in the Persian-language Jahan News, which is close…

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Video: Perilous Times

The Republican Jewish Coalition presents “Perilous Times,” a mini-documentary in which Israeli experts and everyday citizens candidly discuss their concerns about the U.S.-Israel relationship under Pres. Obama. “Please share it with everyone you know who is planning to vote for this man again next month. I don’t want anyone to have the excuse that they…

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Turkey Shells Syria, Approves Cross-Border Raids

By JOSHUA ELY, JEWISH POLICY CENTER— Turkey’s parliament authorized military action against Syria, including cross-border raids, on Thursday as Ankara continued shelling targets inside Syria for the second day. Turkey’s attack is in response to a mortar bomb from Syria that killed five Turkish citizens and wounded eight in the town of Akcakale. That town…

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Iran: We just need an excuse to destroy Israel

By RYAN JONES, ISRAEL TODAY— Almost baiting Israel to launch a preemptive strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, the representative of the Islamic Republic’s “supreme leader” to one of its most secretive military forces stated this week that Iran is now just waiting for the right excuse to destroy the Jewish state. Seemingly contradicting himself, Hojjat…

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Over 3,000 visitors from over 100 countries arrive to support Israel

By YORI YALON, ISRAEL HAYOM-— The International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem hosted more than 3,000 tourists from more than 100 countries Tuesday night for the annual Feast of Tabernacles event. Public officials from around the world were in attendance, among them legislators from the U.S., Canada, Brazil, Finland, Spain, Holland, Germany and Italy. The event…

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PM Netanyahu meets PM Stephen Harper to say thanks

By LEE-ANN GOODMAN, CANADIAN PRESS— The morning after issuing another passionate defence of Israel and sharply rebuking Iran, Prime Minister Stephen Harper sat down Friday with his Israeli counterpart to discuss the “danger the Iranian regime ultimately presents to us all.” Harper and Benjamin Netanyahu met in a tiny hotel room in mid-town Manhattan to…

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Israelis rally to support America

By ADAM KREDO, FREE BEACON— Nearly 100 Israelis assembled outside the United States Embassy in Tel Aviv Tuesday evening to display solidarity with America in the face of multiple anti-U.S. riots across the Middle East. Waving American and Israeli flags as cars and people crossed a busy Tel Aviv intersection, the demonstrators chanted pro-American slogans…

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Video: Sukkot is a celebration for every nation

There’s a party in Jerusalem and EVERYONE is invited! Watch this entertaining sneak preview into Sukkot, the Feast of Tabernacles, as celebrated in Jerusalem today. Ari Abramowiz and Jeremy Gimpel will take you to the heart of Israel.  You’ll see the restoration of an ancient tradition of the Jewish People where thousands of people from…

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The PA's Jerusalem libel continues

By ITAMAR MARCUS and NAN JACQUES ZILBERDIK, PMW— The Palestinian Authority continues to deny Jerusalem’s Jewish history and the existence of the Temple, referring to the “alleged Temple.” In addition, the PA continues to promote its Jerusalem libel: “Israel is trying to achieve its desired goal: To build the alleged Temple on the ruins of…

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Fordo sabotage enabled Netanyahu to move Iran red line to spring 2013

By DEBKAFILE— The sabotage of the Fordo uranium enrichment facility’s power lines on Aug. 17 gave Israel Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu extra leeway to move his original red line for Iran from late September 2012 – now – to the spring or early summer of 2013. The disruption of the underground enrichment plant’s power supply…

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Mitt Romney: A New Course for the Middle East

By MITT ROMNEY, WALL STREET JOURNAL– Disturbing developments are sweeping across the greater Middle East. In Syria, tens of thousands of innocent people have been slaughtered. In Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood has come to power, and the country’s peace treaty with Israel hangs in the balance. In Libya, our ambassador was murdered in a terrorist…

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