Iranian official presents '4 point' plan to end nuclear dispute

BY YITZHAK BENHORIN, YNET— The upcoming talks between Tehran and the West offer a prime opportunity to break the deadlock over Iran’s nuclear program, a former Iranian negotiator said on Saturday. In an op-ed published by The Boston Globe, Iranian scholar and former diplomat Hossein Mousavian asserted “war or coercion are not the only two…

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A watchman for a nation

BY DEREK PRINCE (ARCHIVES FROM DEREKPRINCE.ORG)— In Ezekiel 3:16–21, the prophet relates how God made him a watchman to His people Israel. He explains that if a nation embarks on a course in opposition to God’s revealed purpose, the watchman’s responsibility is to warn his nation. If the nation heeds and repents, the nation will…

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A watchman for a nation

BY DEREK PRINCE (ARCHIVES FROM DEREKPRINCE.ORG)— In Ezekiel 3:16–21, the prophet relates how God made him a watchman to His people Israel. He explains that if a nation embarks on a course in opposition to God’s revealed purpose, the watchman’s responsibility is to warn his nation. If the nation heeds and repents, the nation will…

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This Week in History: Church of the Nativity siege

BY MICHAEL OMER-MAN, JPOST— Purported birthplace of Jesus Christ became site of five-week standoff between IDF troops and Palestinian terrorists in 2002. On April 2, 2002, a routine arrest raid in Bethlehem quickly spiraled into one of the most unexpected controversies resulting from an Israeli military operation in the past decade. Fleeing IDF troops, some…

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Global March to Jerusalem is a dud

By RYAN JONES, ISRAEL TODAY— It was anticipated that as many as two million Arabs and foreign pro-Palestinian activists would storm Israel’s borders from all sides and infiltrate Jerusalem in order to protest the “Judaization” of the city. Even Israel was taking the threat seriously, and put a large amount of reserve military forces on…

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Let's make this clear: Jordan is Palestine

BY MATTHEW HAUSMAN: Arutz 7— Listen, Palestinian Arabs, If you want to march, march on Jordan. The “Jordan-is-Palestine” option for resolving the Arab-Israeli conflict is an idea that, despite history and logic, was beaten into silence by Israel’s enemies and detractors.  Critics denounced the concept as preposterous, reactionary and counterproductive. And yet, the idea has…

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The error of Balaam

BY DEREK PRINCE (ARCHIVES FROM DEREKPRINCE.ORG)— At first glance it might seem that the story of Balaam, the soothsayer, recorded in Numbers 22–25 has no relevance for today’s Christians. However, the writers of the New Testament refer to Balaam in three separate passages—always with a note of warning. Clearly, therefore, his story contains important lessons…

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B'tayavon: Lentil soup

Ingredients 6 cups water 2 16 oz cans stewed, chopped tomatoes 1 lb washed lentils 2 bay leaves 1 tbsp salt Pepper to taste 1 cup carrots, chopped 1 medium onion, chopped 1 cup celery, chopped 2 garlic cloves, minced Directions 1) In a large saucepan, combine lentils, water, tomatoes, bay leaves, salt and pepper.…

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Wish I'd said that

“No Jew is at liberty to surrender the right of the Jewish Nation and the Land of Israel to exist. No Jewish body is sanctioned to do so. Even all the Jews alive today have no authority to yield any piece of land whatsoever. This right is reserved to the Jewish People throughout the generations.…

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IDF, police brace for Global March to Jerusalem

BY YAAKOV KATZ, JPOST— The IDF and Israel Police went on high alert Thursday and canceled weekend leave for thousands of soldiers and policemen ahead of the Global March to Jerusalem planned to begin Friday along Israel’s borders. Defense Minister Ehud Barak ordered the IDF to prepare for a wide range of violent scenarios that…

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Israel's Secret Staging Ground

BY MARK PERRY, FOREIGN POLICY— In 2009, the deputy chief of mission of the U.S. embassy in Baku, Donald Lu, sent a cable to the State Department’s headquarters in Foggy Bottom titled “Azerbaijan’s discreet symbiosis with Israel.” The memo, later released by WikiLeaks, quotes Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev as describing his country’s relationship with the…

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The error of Balaam

BY DEREK PRINCE (ARCHIVES FROM DEREKPRINCE.ORG)— At first glance it might seem that the story of Balaam, the soothsayer, recorded in Numbers 22–25 has no relevance for today’s Christians. However, the writers of the New Testament refer to Balaam in three separate passages—always with a note of warning. Clearly, therefore, his story contains important lessons…

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