Letting go of the occupation

BY RON JAGER— It was just a matter of time before self-appointed prominent Jewish leaders in America got organized to send a letter to PM Netanyahu claiming that Israel’s int’l standing is in peril due to the recent judicial report by retired Supreme Court Justice Edmond Levy who concluding that Israel is not occupying Judea…

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Misreading Iran at our Peril

BY ILAN BERMAN— When it comes to the financial markets, it is a rule of thumb that past success is a poor indicator of future performance. Sadly, it turns out, that’s also the case with political science. Take the latest offering from one of the field’s best and brightest. Kenneth N. Waltz, a decorated professor…

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Spot Report: "Israel in dire straits"

Think on this: “See, Damascus will no longer be a city but will become a heap of ruins… the fortified city will disappear and royal power from Damascus.”…”This is what Yahweh says: For three sins of Damascus even for four, I will not turn back my wrath…. I will break down the gate of Damascus, I…

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Israel advised to brace for Syrian missile attack – conventional or chemical

By DEBKA FILE — As the already unthinkable pace of slaughter in Syria accelerates further, Western military sources warned Saturday, July 14, that not only Israel, but additional strategic targets in Middle East lands deemed enemies by Bashar Assad should prepare for him to launch surface-to-surface missile attacks. The assaults would start out with conventional…

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Obama's spectacular failure

BY CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— Two weeks ago, in an unofficial inauguration ceremony at Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt’s new Muslim Brotherhood President Mohamed Mursi took off his mask of moderation. Before a crowd of scores of thousands, Mursi pledged to work for the release from US federal prison of Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman. According to The…

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Condi’s Shocking Speech

BY MORTON KLEIN, JEWISH DAILY FORWARD— I’ve heard and read many speeches on the Arab-Israeli conflict. Those made by well-known, hostile critics of Israel always caused me great pain by their use of hyperbole, absurd analogy and falsehoods. But I was not prepared for a speech by an American secretary of state with those very…

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The world is changing minute by minute

BY VICTOR DAVIS HANSON, NATIONAL REVIEW— We are witnessing a seismic shift in global affairs. The shake-up is a perfect storm of political, demographic, and technological change that will soon make the world as we have known it for the last 30 years almost unrecognizable. Since the mid-1980s there have been a number of accepted…

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Why Abbas will never make peace with Israel

BY KHALED ABU TOAMEH, GATESTONE— What are the chances that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas would ever sign a peace agreement with Israel? The answer: zero. Abbas, who is in his late 70s, has been in power since 2005 even though his term in office formally ended in January 2009. If Abbas did not sign…

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Staying on God's side

By MALCOLM HEDDING, JPOST – CHRISTIAN EDITION— Film tries to undermine Evangelicals’ Zionism by linking group with dual covenant theology. There is a growing trend among Evangelical Christians of turning against Israel, as can be seen in the increasing number of screenings of the anti-Zionist film With God on Our Side in Evangelical churches and…

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Obama state dept excludes Israel from counterterrorism forum

BY WILLIAM BIGELOW, BREITBART— How much does Barack Obama hate Israel and want to throw her under the bus? Here’s how much; the Obama administration not only excluded Israel from a new counterterrorism forum in Spain, it didn’t even mention Israel in its remarks. If there were ever a country that has dealt with murderous…

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Re-branding the occupation

BY RON JAGER— In recent years, the industry of lies has demonized and delitigitimized the 650,000 “Invisible Jews” who live in over 120 communities beyond the green line. Despite the success of the enemies of Israel, Jews and non-Jews alike in creating a false and biased narrative convincingly portrayed as unquestionable truth, this past week…

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Iran plans to expand, not suspend, its nuclear program, position paper obtained by Times of Israel says

BY DAVID HOROVITZ, TIMES OF ISRAEL— A position paper obtained by The Times of Israel, understood to have been used by Iran’s negotiators at last week’s technical-level talks with the P5+1 powers in Istanbul, makes plain the Tehran regime’s unyielding rejection of international efforts to negotiate safeguards and restrictions that would prevent Iran attaining a…

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US displeased with Levy report

BY YITZHAK BENHORIN, YNET— The American Administration vehemently disagrees with the findings of the Levy Report, which states that the Israeli government must promote the legitimization of all West Bank settlements and outposts. Speaking at a press briefing on Monday evening, State Department Spokesman Patrick Ventrell said that, “The US position on settlements is clear.…

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'Israelis saw Obama faults before US Jews'

BY GIL HOFFMAN, JPOST— The lack of support for US President Barack Obama from Jews in Israel acted as a harbinger for their counterparts in the United States, Republican Jewish Coalition executive director Matt Brooks and GOP strategist Ari Fleischer told The Jerusalem Post on a visit to Israel Tuesday. Brooks and Fleischer came to…

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Iran leader: We must prep for 'end of times'

By REZA KAHLILI, WND— Iran’s supreme leader, for the first time, is telling his nation that it must prepare for war and “the end of times” as it continues to develop nuclear weapons. State-owned media outlets, in a coordinated effort, all ran a similar story Friday highlighting Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s message on the coming of…

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