Will Obama admin leaks prompt Middle East War?

BY BEN SHAPIRO, BREITBART— Today, the Obama administration leaker, who has been distributing information about American and Israeli security for weeks, struck again. This time, the leaker went to the Washington Post, prompting the Post to run a piece crediting Israel and the United States with developing the computer virus that screwed up Iran’s nuclear…

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Russia, China, Iran plan to stage in Syria “biggest Mid East maneuver”

BY DEBKAFILE— Middle East military tensions around Syria shot up again Monday, June 18, with the news reported by the semi-official Iranian news agency Fars that a joint Russian-Chinese-Iranian exercise is to take place in Syria. It was described as “the biggest of its kind ever staged in the Middle East” with 90,000 personnel, 400…

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The Kremlin's Iran problem

BY ILAN BERMAN, MOSCOW TIMES— On Monday and Tuesday, all eyes will be on Russia as it hosts the third round in the troubled international negotiations now under way between Iran and the West over the former’s nuclear program. The stakes in the parlay are exceedingly high. Previous negotiations in Turkey and Baghdad failed to…

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Is the Palestinian Authority losing control in the West Bank?

BY KHALED ABU TOAMEH, GATESTONE— The security crackdown in the West Bank has nothing to do with combating terrorism. The arrests and confiscations of weapons are part of an effort by the Palestinian Authority to fight crime and dissension within its own ranks. In recent weeks, the Palestinian Authority security forces have been launching a…

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Paris School Under Fire for Blatantly Anti-Israel Exam Question

BY RACHEL HIRSHFELD. ARUTZ 7— An umbrella organization of French Jewry, CRIF, responded with “indignance” after an exam from the Bichat Hospital Faculty of Medicine at Paris’s Diderot University included a question on whether IDF strikes in Gaza can be classified as genocide, Agence France Presse reported. According to the CRIF and corroborated by a…

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Stop the Presbyterian General Assembly from divesting from Israel

At the end of June, during the Presbyterian Church (USA)’s biennial General Assembly this summer, church leaders will consider a report that calls for divestment from three companies for their sales to Israel.  Please join us in calling on Presbyterians to return to their commitment to positive outcomes and abandon the path to divestment, a…

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Taking the Jewish vote for granted

BY RON JAGER— President Obama and the Democratic Party seem to feel that they can do no wrong as far as the Jewish vote is concerned. In recent weeks, the Democratic Party has supported the candidacy of a number of Congressional candidates who are not only “anti-Israel” but are avid defenders of Islamic religious leaders…

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Take back the Holy Sites

BY MICHAEL FREUND, JPOST— Displaying their customary respect for Jewish holy sites, Palestinian vandals struck again last month, desecrating an ancient synagogue in Naaran near Jericho. In addition to damaging priceless relics, the perpetrators spray-painted swastikas, Palestinian flags and political slogans, adding insult to injury in their hate-filled assault. The defilement of the site was…

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Forget politics–Who has legal right to Jerusalem?

BY YONAH BOB, JPOST— Is there a simple answer to the question of who owns or has the legal right to Jerusalem? Dr. Jacques Gauthier, a Canadian lawyer who specializes in international law, answered that question on Wednesday with a resounding yes and suggested that if a theoretical court that was 100-percent objective were to…

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B'tayavon: Potato kugel

There are more Kugel recipes to be had! Check out the different variations of this Sabbath classic. Ingredients 6 large potatoes 2 onions, diced 6 eggs ½ cup oil 4 tablespoons all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon salt ½ teaspoon black pepper Directions 1) Preheat oven to 400°. Grease a 9×13 inch baking dish. 2) In a…

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Potato kugel

There are more Kugel recipes to be had!  Check out the different variations of this Sabbath classic. Ingredients 6 large potatoes 2 onions, diced 6 eggs ½  cup oil 4 tablespoons all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon salt ½ teaspoon black pepper Directions 1) Preheat oven to 400°.  Grease a 9×13 inch baking dish. 2) In a…

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Boycott in a Christian Cassock

BY GIULIO MEOTTI, ARUTZ 7— The Presbyterian Church (USA)’s biennial General Assembly at the end of June is expected to vote on a number of resolutions that would divest the Christian denomination from companies that conduct business with Israel, such as Caterpillar, Hewlett-Packard and Motorola. A number of Churches have already pushed for divestiture of…

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Most Israelis think Romney would be 'friendlier'

BY HERB KEINON, JPOST— The fact that Israelis have conflicted attitudes toward US President Barack Obama came out loud and clear in a poll released on Thursday. The survey – commissioned by the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, the Bar-Ilan University Center for International Communication and the Anti-Defamation League – found that while 51 percent…

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