Ignoring Ahmadinejad's calls for Jewish genocide is a grave mistake

BY EVELYN GORDON, COMMENTARY— The run-up to International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Friday has produced some excellent articles drawing parallels between the Holocaust and the threat posed by an Iranian nuclear bomb. But there’s another parallel that’s equally disturbing: the world’s indifference to the relentless incitement to genocide of both Hitler and Iranian President Mahmoud…

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Iran preparing for Armageddon

BY REZA KAHLILI, WND— Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has held several secret meetings with his economic and military advisers in recent days to prepare for the possibility of war with the United States. Sources report the preparations are to include the execution of those Iranians who oppose the regime. Khamenei has been heard…

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"Palestinian Theologian" Trashes "Palestinian Theology"

BY MALCOLM LOWE, STONEGATE— For over two decades, parts of the Christian world have been bemused by the writings of self-styled “Palestinian Christian theologians.” Since their brightest lights are Protestant pastors, they are minor figures among the overwhelmingly Orthodox and Catholic faithful of the Holy Land. But they are strangely popular in Liberal Protestant circles…

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Which Christ preaches 'Christ at the checkpoint'?

BY AVIEL SCHNEIDER, ISRAEL TODAY— From March 5-9 Bethlehem Bible College will be hosting its second “Christ at the Checkpoint” conference. While Israelis are celebrating their ancient divine delivery during the Purim holiday, some 30 Christian leaders will be gathering in Bethlehem to raise the banner of “Palestinian Liberation Theology” as the only true hope…

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Palestinian refugees to get $72 million

BY YNETNEWS— The European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton, and the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Chief, Filippo Grandi, signed a $72 million financing agreement towards the Agency’s General Fund. Speaking at a signing ceremony at UNRWA’s Vocational Training Centre in Gaza City, Grandi expressed gratitude to…

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‘Unprecedented’ EU Sanctions on Iran a Farce

BY RICK MORAN, FRONTPAGEMAG— The European Union has agreed to an “unprecedented” set of sanctions against Iran, banning the importation of Iranian oil to its member states while also imposing currency and commodity sanctions on Iran’s central bank. But far from forcing Iran into a corner, the latest sanctions leave a backdoor open to the…

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20% of Germans still anti-semitic

BY ARUTZ 7— “Anti-Semitism is deeply rooted in German society” according to an official report conducted for the Bundestag. The conclusions of an independent commission composed of sociologists, police officials, anthropologists and social psychologists who were appointed by the German parliament in 2009 are found in “the German government report on racism in general and…

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Ex-Chief: Bomb Iranian Revolutionary Guards

BY WORLDNETDAILY— The United States should consider military strikes against not just Iran’s nuclear sites but the entire Iranian Revolutionary Guard infrastructure, argued former CIA director James Woolsey in a radio interview today with WorldNetDaily. Comparing the Guards to Adolph Hitler’s blackshirts, Woolsey named several “fair game” Guard-related targets, including Iran’s space program, ballistic missile…

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Netanyahu: EU sanctions step in the right direction

BY OPHIR BAR-ZOHAR AND DANNA HARMAN, AP Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the European Union’s decision on Monday to impose sanctions on Iran’s oil exports, calling the decision “a step in the right direction.” According to Netanyahu, who spoke at an afternoon Likud faction meeting, it is still too early to predict the outcome of…

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Christians in Iran, Syria face rising persecution

BY BENJAMIN WEINTHAL, JPOST— There has been a wave of violence targeting Iranian and Syrian Christians over the past month, say Christian news reports. In addition, Iranian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, who has been on death row since 2010 for seeking to register his home-based church, refused to renounce his Christian beliefs in exchange for his…

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