Netanyahu's father dies at age of 102

BY RYAN JONES, ISRAEL TODAY— Israel on Monday collectively mourned the passing of Benzion Netanyahu, scholar, Zionist leader, and father of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He was 102. Unsurprising considering his age, Benzion Netanyahu was around for the rebirth of the Jewish state, and played a leading role in that miraculous episode. Benzion Netanyahu was…

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B'tayavon: The noodle kugel

“Um, What is a Kugel?” When I first asked this question at a Sabbath dinner, it was like I had just stamped the letters “G-E-N-T-I-L-E” on my forehead. As it turns out, kugels are as common in a Jewish Ashkenazi kitchen as jambalaya is in my Louisiana home. Kugels are baked puddings, usually with egg…

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Till death do us part, Islamic style

BY RON JAGER— Obama’s support of the Islamic Brotherhood in Egypt during the “Arab Spring” has created a majority for Islamic organizations in the Egyptian Parliament. Obama has created a Middle Eastern political environment that has taken Egypt’s recent modernization back 1000 years. This by the way is typical of Obama’s foreign policy “accomplishments” who…

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The noodle kugel

“Um, What is a Kugel?” When I first asked this question at a Sabbath dinner, it was like I had just stamped the letters “G-E-N-T-I-L-E” on my forehead. As it turns out, kugels are as common in a Jewish Ashkenazi kitchen as jambalaya is in my Louisiana home. Kugels are baked puddings, usually with egg…

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J Street: In Event of War We Won't Necessarily Support Israel

BY RACHEL HIRSHFELD, ARUTZ 7 J Street said that in the event that war broke out involving Israel, it would not necessarily support the Jewish state. At this week’s meeting of the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC), J Street’s regional director said that in the event that war broke out involving Israel, J Street would…

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The Church at Christ’s Checkpoint

Introduction by Andrew D. Robinson, Senior Pastor of Hazel Grove Full Gospel Church Report  by Paul Wilkinson, Associate Minister of Hazel Grove Full Gospel Church Just over a year ago Hazel Grove Full Gospel Church produced ‘Prophets Who Prophecy Lies in my Name’: Christian Palestinianism and the Anti-Israel Crusade,’ a publication which charts the nature…

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The Church at Christ’s Checkpoint

Introduction by Andrew D. Robinson, Senior Pastor of Hazel Grove Full Gospel Church Report by Paul Wilkinson, Associate Minister of Hazel Grove Full Gospel Church Just over a year ago Hazel Grove Full Gospel Church produced ‘Prophets Who Prophecy Lies in my Name’: Christian Palestinianism and the Anti-Israel Crusade,’ a publication which charts the nature…

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Video: Michael Coren interviews Mudar Zahran

In most countries with a record of human rights violations, vulnerable minorities are the typical victims. This has not been the case in Jordan where a Palestinian majority has been discriminated against by the ruling Hashemite dynasty, propped up by a minority Bedouin population, from the moment it occupied Judea and Samaria during the 1948…

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Wish I'd said that

“It was my father who taught me that those who are unfamiliar with the past cannot understand the present and those who cannot understand present cannot see what lies ahead.”—Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking about his father–a great Zionist and historian–who died this week at the age of 102

US military drills Day One after strike on Iran, deploys F-22s to Gulf

DEBKAFILE— US Navy, Air Force, ground, intelligence and special forces units based at home, in Europe and the Middle East, took part this week in a special exercise ordered by President Barack Obama to simulate reactions to a potential US-Israel strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, debkafile’s exclusive military and Washington sources report. Sunday, April 22,…

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Bethlehem’s last Christians?

BY GIULIO MEOTTI, YNET— Veteran CBS News anchor Bob Simon just reported on the Palestinian Christians, indicting Israel’s “occupation” as responsible for their dramatic disappearance. The 60 Minutes story caused Israel tremendous PR damage. Yet largely ignored by Western media, a systematic campaign of Muslim persecution against the Christians is taking place in Palestinian areas.…

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Spot Report: Petrus Romanus, the final Pope?

Think on this! “Men of Issachar, who understood the times and knew what Israel should do.”… “You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.”…  “Surely Yahweh Almighty does nothing without revealing his plans to his servants the prophets.” (I Chronicles 12:32; Matthew 16:3; Amos…

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Obama has new 'atrocities czar'

BY AARON KLEIN, WND— President Obama’s National Security Adviser Samantha Power will head the new White House Atrocities Prevention Board, which is tasked with formulating a response to war crimes, crimes against humanity and mass atrocities. Power helped to found a global military doctrine called Responsibility to Protect that was also devised by several controversial…

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Anti-Israel Bias in the Media, Yet Again

BY RABBI ECKSTEIN, IFCJ— Last Sunday, 60 Minutes, the CBS weekly news program, aired a piece lamenting what it called an “exodus” of Christians from the Holy Land. At first glance, this sounds like a story that needs to be told. After all, Coptic Christians and churches in Egypt have been attacked by radical Islamist…

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Israel celebrates 64th Independence Day

BY JPOST– An annual torch-lighting ceremony was being held at Israel’s capital on Wednesday, marking the end of Remembrance Day. The end of the ceremony will touch off Independence Day celebrations across the country.   The official theme of this year’s Independence Day ceremony at Mount Herzl was “Water – The Source of Life.” Participants,…

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