Video: PM Netanyahu responds to terrorist attack
“Israel is a strong country and the people of Israel are a strong people. We’ll continue to fight against the terrorists and to exact a heavy price from those who support them.”
Burgas bomber an Algerian-Swedish Islamist
By YITZHAK BENHORIN, YNET— Sweden denied Thursday reports in Bulgarian media suggesting that that Mehdi Ghezali, the suspected suicide bomber who executed the terror attack on Israeli tourists in Burgas, was a Swedish national. Bulgarian media named Ghezali as the terrorist saying he was an Algerian-Swedish Islamist who spent two years in Guantanamo Bay. “We…
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New Testament in the Knesset
By MICHAEL SELUTIN, ISRAEL TODAY— On Monday morning Knesset members opened their mailboxes and they appaled to find a New Testament inside. It was a leather-bound volume of the “Book of Testaments,” which combines the Old Testament and the New Testament in one. It was printed by the Bible Society-Israel. Some members were shocked and…
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Terror attack kills 5 Israelis in Bulgaria
By SAMARA GREENBERG, inCONTEXT— Six people were killed and dozens injured Wednesday in a terror attack directed against Israeli tourists in the resort city of Burgas, Bulgaria. The explosion occurred shortly after Israeli tourists boarded a bus at the airport after arriving from Tel Aviv. They were to be driven by four buses to hotels…
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Video: Modern history of Jerusalem
It is the firm belief of the Jerusalem Connection that every Christian should know and study the history of Israel. Israel’s story is a modern day miracle, a chance to see God’s hand actively at work in the world. His fidelity to the Jewish nation is lasting and true.
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Israel’s greatest asset and best friend
By EARL COX, JPOST— Since its reemergence as a nation in 1948, Israel has suffered opposition on nearly every level possible. It has been attacked repeatedly in the military arena by its Arab neighbors, in the public relations arena by the world media, in the political and diplomatic arenas by the United Nations and the…
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Israel's greatest asset and best friend
By EARL COX, JPOST— Since its reemergence as a nation in 1948, Israel has suffered opposition on nearly every level possible. It has been attacked repeatedly in the military arena by its Arab neighbors, in the public relations arena by the world media, in the political and diplomatic arenas by the United Nations and the…
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Anti-Semitism sweeping France
BY PETER MARTINO, GATESTONE— Early this month, the French weekly magazine Le Nouvel Observateur devoted a cover article and several other articles to the phenomenon of the rising anti-Semitism in France. The magazine referred to several incidents of anti-Jewish violence during the previous weeks. The Council of Jewish Institutions in France (CRIF) keeps track of…
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Anarchy surrounds Israel
BY DANIEL PIPES, NRO— Of Israel’s neighbors, Lebanon always stood out by virtue of its weak central government, but for the first twenty years, 1948-68, this did not present difficulties to Israel; only when the Palestinians created a state-within-a-state there did its anarchy became a major challenge to the Jewish state, as symbolized by the…
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U.S. House Votes to Strengthen Ties with Israel
By RACHEL HIRSHFELD, ARUTZ7– The United States House of Representatives approved legislation late Tuesday afternoon by voice vote that reaffirms U.S. strategic and military ties with Israel. The bill restates the U.S. commitment to supply Israel with arms to defend itself, and pledges to fight anti-Israel resolutions at the United Nations, The Hill reported. The…
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Akko's 2300 year old harbor exposed on the seabed
BY ELISA MOED, TRAVELUJAH— Israel’s Antiquity Authority announced a significant discovery today in Akko, the ancient port city that was home the Crusaders. The ancient harbor, considred the most important harbor in the country from the Hellenistic period was exposed on the seabed. Among the finds there: large mooring stones that were incorporated in the…
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Christians in Gaza forced to conversion
BY MICHAEL SELUTIN, ISRAEL TODAY— Christians in Gaza protested against the forced conversion of some of their brothers in faith. They claim that two members of their congregation were kidnapped and had to convert to Islam against their own will. However, the police in Gaza announced that they are accommodated in the house of a…
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Secretary Clinton visits Israel
BY ELLIOTT ABRAMS, CFR— Secretary of State Clinton is in Israel today, which is asurprising fact. According to several news sites, she has not visited there in two years. Secretary Condoleezza Rice visited there about 20 times, by my rough count. What accounts for this difference? Giventhe importance the United States usually places on the…
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Who will call the shots: America, Israel, or Iran?
BY EARL COX— It is not likely that a person living in America could ever understand what it is to live in Israel. The stress engraved on the faces of most all Israel, young and old alike, is the result of living in an environment that can be likened to a yo-yo—peaceful one day and…
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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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