Just one bomb

BY VICTOR SHARPE, RENEW AMERICA— The silence in the mainstream media was deafening. Silence about what? Well simply put. The Palestinians launched a massive missile barrage against southern Israeli cities, towns and villages. These communities endured for several days a barrage from the Gaza Strip of well over 200 lethal missiles aimed deliberately by Palestinian…

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Koshering Jesus More

BY PAUL DE VRIES, NY DIVINITY SCHOOL— “Please remember that Jesus is a Jew,” I said to my Jewish colleagues at our Jewish-Evangelical Roundtable in late December 2011. Then, to the Christian participants, I said, “Please remember that without Hanukkah, there would have been no Christmas.” For the next three weeks we Jews and Christians…

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America’s Most Biblically-Hostile U. S. President

BY DAVID BARTON, WALL BUILDERS— When one observes President Obama’s unwillingness to accommodate America’s four-century long religious conscience protection through his attempts to require Catholics to go against their own doctrines and beliefs, one is tempted to say that he is anti-Catholic. But that characterization would not be correct. Although he has recently singled out…

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B'tayavon: Zucchini bread (light)

*This bread recipe is healthy, counts as a veggie serving, and very moist. You can’t loose, except for maybe inches. B’tayavon! Ingredients 1 whole egg plus 2 egg whites, whipped 1 1/2 cups sugar 1/3 cup vegetable oil 2/3 cup nonfat plain yogurt 1 tablespoon vanilla 2 cups flour 1 tablespoon cinnamon 2 teaspoon soda…

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America’s Most Biblically-Hostile U. S. President

BY DAVID BARTON, WALL BUILDERS— When one observes President Obama’s unwillingness to accommodate America’s four-century long religious conscience protection through his attempts to require Catholics to go against their own doctrines and beliefs, one is tempted to say that he is anti-Catholic. But that characterization would not be correct. Although he has recently singled out…

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Game Changer: Israel’s Iron Dome Missile Defense System

BY RICK MORAN, FRONTPAGEMAG— Palestinian terrorists fired more than 160 rockets at dozens of civilian targets from Friday through Sunday, injuring three Israeli citizens and causing extensive damage. The escalated rocket attacks were in apparent retaliation for an Israeli strike against one of the major commanders of the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC), which was planning…

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IDF Ground Invasion Option ‘On the Table’

BY TZVI BEN GEDALYAHU, ARUTZ 7— The IDF is trained and prepared for a ground invasion of Gaza, but it won’t happen in the immediate future, says its chief spokesman Yoav Mordechai. Speaking to Voice of Israel government radio on the possibility of a ground incursion, he said, “The IDF is organized for that option.…

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PM to southern council heads: IDF dealing heavy blows

BY NERI BRENER, YNET— Following three days of incessant rocket fire from Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traveled to Israel’s southern region on Sunday and met with local council heads. Netanyahu, who visited an Iron Dome battery, thanked the council heads for their hard work. Addressing the south’s residents, he said “Our policy is clear.…

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Gaza rockets pummel Israel's south for third day

BY GILI COHEN, YANIR YAGNA, AND AVI ISSACHAROFF, HAARETZ— Residents of southern Israel suffered another day under siege on Sunday as Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fired about 50 more rockets at the Negev. Two Grad-type Katyusha rockets fell in Be’er Sheva after the Iron Dome battery that had been protecting it suffered a technical…

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Obama and the Politics of Ritual

ABRAHAM MILLER: American Spectator — Benjamin Netanyahu came to Washington this week and danced the minuet with Barack Obama.  They held a handkerchief between them and at AIPAC they came together.  And once Obama’s Jew-charm ceremony was completed, they danced apart.  The talking heads from the left and right side of the audience commented on…

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Spot Report: God's answer to Gaza

Think on this!  “This is what Yahweh says: For three sins of Gaza, even for four, I will not turn back my wrath. Because she took captive whole communities and sold them, …I will send fire upon the walls of Gaza and will consume their fortresses.”. … “Gaza will writhe in agony, …for her hope…

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Obama and the art of hollow words

BY VICTOR SHARPE, FAMILY SECURITY MATTERS— At his press conference, pushed through deliberately on the very same day of the Republican Party’s Super Tuesday event, President Obama chose to not only dilute the media coverage of the candidates’ presidential ambitions but to essentially reverse his pro-Israel AIPAC speech of the day before. In short, the…

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Israel and the Plight of Mideast Christians

BY AMBASSADOR MICHAEL OREN, WSJ— The church in Bethlehem had survived more than 1,000 years, through wars and conquests, but its future now seemed in jeopardy. Spray-painted all over its ancient stone walls were the Arabic letters for Hamas. The year was 1994 and the city was about to pass from Israeli to Palestinian control.…

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Wayne Hilsden addresses Christ at the Checkpoint

BY ISRAEL TODAY— We are attending Christ at the Checkpoint this week to report first hand in our upcoming magazine regarding this conference that takes aim at Christian Zionism and its theology of the Land. Having been asked by several readers about the participation in Christ at the Checkpoint by Jerusalem-based pastor Wayne Hilsden of…

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The Purim parallels

BY SETH MANDEL, COMMENTARY— Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu often deploys historical analogies to help other world leaders understand the mindset of the Jewish people when faced with current threats or challenges. Tomorrow is Purim, the story of which Netanyahu brings up this time of year, each year, because of certain (mostly geographic) parallels. The…

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