Report: Syria arms missiles with chemical warheads

BY TODAY’S ZAMAN— The Syrian regime, which has endured nine months of civil unrest spurred by the Arab Spring as it swept across the Middle East, has armed its medium-range missile arsenal with chemical warheads. According to a report published by the Sabah daily Sunday, Damascus armed 600 one-ton chemical warheads to use in the…

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Gingrich’s fresh hope

By CAROLINE GLICK — JPOST Gingrich’s statement about the Palestinians was entirely accurate. That is, the Palestinian people were invented 91 years ago. Last Friday, the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, former speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, did something revolutionary. He told the truth about the Palestinians. In an interview with The Jewish…

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'Iran to reverse-engineer, mass produce US drone'

BY JPOST— Iran will reverse-engineer the US drone it captured on December 4, Iran’s Press TV quoted a senior Iranian official as saying Sunday. Parviz Sorouri, member of the Majlis Committee on National Security and Foreign Policy, said that his country will “mass produce” the drones in the near future. He also said that the…

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Why Newt Gingrich is right on Palestine

BY BENYAMIN KORN, ISRAPUNDIT— What do Golda Meir, lifelong socialist and prime minister of Israel, and Newt Gingrich, lifelong conservative and current presidential candidate, have in common? The courage to tell the truth about ”Palestine.” Gingrich stirred up a hornet’s nest last week when he remarked that “The Palestinians are an invented people.” Golda made…

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Netanyahu re-establishes PM Bible class

BY HERB KEINON, JPOST— Taking a page out of David Ben-Gurion and Menachem Begin’s playbook, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will begin hosting a regular Bible study group in his official residence for researchers, public officials and invited guests. Netanyahu announced the establishment of the study circle on Friday at a ceremony marking 30 days since…

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Gingrich: There are no Palestinians!

By RYAN JONES, ISRAEL TODAY — One of the candidates who currently has a very real chance at becoming the next president of the United States could fundamentally alter Middle East peace-making were he to stick to his campaign platform and rhetoric after taking office. In an interview with The Jewish Channel on Friday, former…

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Wish I'd said that

“Through the unique benignity of their experience in the United States, the Jewish people bear witness to the infinitely precious virtues of the traditional American system.  Surely, then we Jews have an obligation to join with the defenders of this system against those who are blind or indifferent or antagonistic to the philosophical principles, the…

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It's a Tough Time For Jews

By  CAL THOMAS, TOWNHALL.COM– In a season in which there is very little “peace on Earth” and even less “good will towards men,” it is a particularly tough time for Jews, who may be finding it more and more difficult to tell who their real friends are. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta fired an unusually harsh…

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Refuting the Academic Attack on Christian Zionists

BY ICEJ— We all know that there is a growing campaign to delegitimize Israel. We see it on TV, read about it in the newspapers: Israel rarely gets fair press. But what many Christians don’t realize is the extent to which evangelical scholars from prominent seminaries are joining in. Back in September Fuller Theological Seminary’s…

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The Importance of sanctioning Iran's central bank

BY ILAN BERMAN, FORBES.COM— Ever since the late October release of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s latest report on Iran, the White House has been working overtime to convince the world that it is, in fact, committed to preventing the Islamic Republic from going nuclear. Last month, responding to criticism of his Iran policy from…

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Video: The truth about the refugees

Israel’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Danny Ayalon explains the historical facts relating to the issue of refugees in the Israeli Palestinian conflict. The video explains the reason there are still refugees after more than six decades is because of Arab leaders’ recalcitrance to accept their brethren and the United Nations which created a separate…

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Iran, Israel prepare for war

BY RYAN JONES, ISRAEL TODAY— Israel’s Home Front Command on Thursday held a nationwide drill simulating missile attacks on the Jewish state, just days after a report indicated that Iran’s Revolutionary Guards were preparing for war. Air raid sirens blared in Jerusalem and across northern Israel Thursday morning in a test of the warning system.…

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