Scripture Reading for September 3, 2011
Torah: Deuteronomy 16:18 – 21:9 “Shoftim” (Judges) Haftorah: Isaiah 51:12 – 52:12 New Testament: Acts 3:22 – 23 Gospel: John 1:19 – 27 “Eidut” (Testimony)
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Into the Fray: White flag over Gaza…
BY MARTIN SHERMAN, JERUSALEM POST— We cannot go on as we are… to remain at peace when you should be going to war may be often very dangerous. The tyrant city… is a standing menace to all…. Let us attack and subdue her, that we may ourselves live safely for the future. – Thucydides, The History…
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Obama's words aren't enough
BY ASAF ROMIROWSKY, YNET— The ongoing turmoil in Syria is stirring a great deal of apprehension in Israel that is even greater than its hand-wringing over Egypt’s recent regime change. Unlike Israel and Egypt, Israel and Syria have no peace agreement, and Syria, with a large armory of sophisticated weapons, is one of Israel’s fervent…
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Contesting Corruption at the United Nations
BY REID SMITH, AMERICAN SPECTATOR— House Republicans have announced plans to introduce legislation that would allow individual member states to choose which activities at the United Nations they want to fund. House Foreign Affairs Chair Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is leading the charge for the voluntary budget measure that would also cut funding for Palestinian refugees, channel…
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Rosh Hashanah for Kids
What is Rosh Hashanah? Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year. In the Hebrew calendar, the fall holiday occurs on the first and second days of the month Tishrei. Rosh Hashanah represents the miraculous creation of the first humans, Adam and Eve. When celebrating Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish people gather in synagogues all over the world…
DetailsIsraeli Amb.: Palestinian statehood vote could end all PA agreements with Israel and the U.S.
By JOSH ROGIN — Foreign Policy — If the Palestinians go forward with their drive to seek recognition as a state at the U.N. General Assembly next month, all agreements governing Israeli-Palestinian and U.S.-Palestinian cooperation could become null and void, according to Israel’s ambassador to the United States. “We have a lot of agreements with…
DetailsWho are the Palestinians?
THE ARABS IN PROPHECY, PART 4 of 5, BY DR. RICHARD BOOKER— According to the PLO (and the Western media), the Palestinian Arabs have lived in “Palestine” from time immemorial. They were forced to flee by the “Jewish Zionists” when the modern State of Israel was created. However, the facts tell a different story. Although…
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“The American public has few foreign policy preferences that are this marked, this deep, this enduring—and this much at odds with public opinion in other countries.”—Walter Russell Mead of the Council on Foreign Relations writing about the US’s position on Israel.
The Perils of a Remilitarized Sinai
BY CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— Under the terms of the Egypt-Israel peace treaty, Egypt is prohibited from deploying military forces in the Sinai. Will the Egyptian military be permitted to remilitarize the Sinai? Since Palestinian and Egyptian terrorists crossed into Israel from Sinai on August 18 and murdered eight Israelis this has been a central issue…
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Israel — an Apartheid State?
BY DENNIS PRAGER— Next month, the UN-sponsored hate-Israel festival known as Durban III takes place. Under the heading “anti-racism,” the great bulk of the conference, like Durban I and Durban II, consists of condemning Israel for racism and equating it to an apartheid state. Of the world’s many great lies, this is among the greatest.…
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The West Bank distortions industry
BY YOCHANAN VISSER and SHARON SHAKED, ISRAEL TODAY— There is no shortage of claims about alleged Israeli human rights violations in the West Bank. Most of these claims originate from Palestinian sources and NGO’s and are part of a disinformation campaign that aims to delegitimize Israel. This campaign of distortions, bias and, sometimes, outright lies…
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*I realize that brownies are by no means a Middle Eastern or Mediterranean tradition. I’m not even going to feign a connection. However, I feel compelled to share with you this brownie recipe from my America’s Test Kitchen cookbook. Brownies and pecan pie are my go to desert for company and so I’m always looking for…
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Who are the Palestinians?
THE ARABS IN PROPHECY, PART 4 of 5, BY DR. RICHARD BOOKER—= According to the PLO (and the Western media), the Palestinian Arabs have lived in “Palestine” from time immemorial. They were forced to flee by the “Jewish Zionists” when the modern State of Israel was created. However, the facts tell a different story. Although…
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Gaza's terrorist regime must be destroyed
BY EVELYN GORDON, COMMENTARY— Today’s terror attack in Tel Aviv was unusual in that it originated in the West Bank, where a continuous, proactive Israel Defense Forces presence has virtually eradicated terror. In contrast, Israel suffers daily terrorism from Gaza, which the IDF left six years ago, and repeated “cease-fires” never actually cease the fire:…
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Silencing Critics of Islamic Extremism
BY DANIEL GREENFIELD, FRONTPAGEMAG— In a staggering expose, the Center for American Progress has released a 130-page report revealing that organizations which investigate Islamic radicalism are funded by money, not sunshine. One of the report’s authors, Faiz Shakir, was immediately invited to come on Keith Olbermann’s show to discuss this amazing discovery. The Center for…
DetailsDefiance, Not Inhibition
by YORAM ETTINGER — Israel Hayom— Israel’s battle against Palestinian terrorism and conventional military threats must not be inhibited by its ties with the USA and Egypt. In 1982, Prime Minister Begin launched a comprehensive war on PLO terrorist headquarters in Lebanon. In 1981, he ordered the bombing of Iraq’s nuclear reactor. Both operations were…
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Ramming terror attacks in recent years
BY JPOST— Seven people were injured in south Tel Aviv early Monday morning, after a terrorist from the West Bank carjacked a taxi and rammed it into a police road block protecting a Tel Aviv nightclub, before going on a stabbing spree. Seven people were injured. Monday’s attacks comes after a similar attack in May…
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