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Scripture Reading for November 26, 2011

Torah: Genesis 25:19 – 28:9, “Toldot”  (The geneology …) Haftorah: I Samuel 20:18 – 42 New Testament: Romans 9:1 -31 Gospel: John 4:1 – 22, “Eshah Me Shomron” (Woman from Samaria …)

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Medvedev takes aim at US missile shield, targeting also Israel's missile defenses

BY EMET REPORT— After deploying three warships in Syrian waters, Moscow continues to beat war drums against the United States followed closely by Tehran. Wednesday, Nov. 23, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told state television: “I have ordered the armed forces to develop measures to ensure if necessary that we can destroy the command and control…

New Findings: Herod may not have Completed Jerusalem’s Walls

BY NICOLE JANSEZIAN, TRAVELUJAH— Despite centuries of assumption that King Herod built the Western Wall of the temple in Jerusalem, recent archaeological findings could throw this accepted conventional premise on its head. Professor Ronny Reich of the University of Haifa and Eli Shukron of the Israel Antiquities Authority said in a news conference on Wednesday…

Peace through victory

BY STEPHEN PLAUT, FRONTPAGEMAG— By now, Israel, at the urging and bullying of the world, has tried pretty much every conceivable idea and option for achieving tranquility and reconciliation with the Hamas, except for one.  Israel removed its army and civilian population from the Gaza Strip.  In what amounted to the first ethnic self-cleansing in…

Israel girding for possible trouble for Egypt pact

BY JOSEF FEDERMAN, AP Israel expects a “grave erosion” in its peace agreement with Egypt and is even preparing for the possibility of the historic deal collapsing altogether, a Cabinet minister said Wednesday, in the first official assessment of the unrest rocking Israel’s southern neighbor. The comments by Matan Vilnai, the minister for civil defense…

The scourge of clientitis

BY CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— For many years, observers of the US State Department on both sides of the American political spectrum have agreed that State Department officials suffer from a malady referred to as “clientitis.” Clientitis is generally defined as a state of mind in which representatives of an organization confuse their roles. Rather than…

“Royal” Christian Presence in Israel during Crusader Period

BY NICOLE JANSEZIAN, TRAVELUJAH— Archaeologists and researchers from Hebrew University have deciphered an inscription bearing the name of Frederick II written in Arabic, declaring him king of Jerusalem, right before he peacefully conquered the city through a treaty rather than a battle. The discovery is unique because it is the only Crusader inscription in the…

Panetta to Israel: Don't touch Iran

BY DAVID HORNICK, FRONTPAGEMAG— Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has given Israeli defense minister Ehud Barak a clear warning: don’t attack Iran. Panetta pointed to a U.S. analysis that a strike on Iran would set back its nuclear program, which Iran says is only for peaceful purposes, by one or two years at most. It would…

No support for Israel in D.C.

BY YITZHAK BENHORIN, YNET— The last year has seen the White House become empty of people who have a deep personal knowledge of the Israeli situation and who care about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. At first it was the much publicized resignation of former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel who was involved in every…

Civil war in Syria

BY BARRY RUBIN— The only honest answer to the question of what will happen in Syria is that nobody knows. The battle has gone on for eight months, killed more than 3,500 people, and could go on for many more months. There’s no telling who will be ruling Syria when the dust settles. A regime…

Jewish prophecy suggests Messiah may be coming soon

BY RYAN JONES, ISRAEL TODAY— A medieval Jewish prophecy regarding the coming of Israel’s Messiah appears to correspond to the current situation in the Middle East, Israel National News reported at the weekend. A piece of rabbinic literature known as the Yalkut Shimoni touches on many future scenarios both for the nation of Israel and…

Jewish prophecy suggests Messiah may be coming soon

BY RYAN JONES, ISRAEL TODAY— A medieval Jewish prophecy regarding the coming of Israel’s Messiah appears to correspond to the current situation in the Middle East, Israel National News reported at the weekend. A piece of rabbinic literature known as the Yalkut Shimoni touches on many future scenarios both for the nation of Israel and…

PA TV song commemorates Arafat's death

BY PALESTINIAN MEDIA WATCH— On the recent anniversary of Yasser Arafat’s death, official Palestinian Authority TV produced and broadcast a music video praising Arafat. The lyrics of the song glorify death, describing how “death for the sake of Palestine is good,” and how “I have poured the blood of self-sacrifice on your path.” The song…

Iran Mulling Creation of 100-million-Strong Muslim Basij Army

BY FARS— “We will form the 100-million-strong Basij force of the Muslim world to materialize the promise of the late Imam Khomeini about the freedom of the noble Quds,” Naqdi said. He underlined that Basij will bravely and steadfastly continue its struggle and fight for the freedom of Quds from the occupation of the Zionist…