Breivik and totalitarian democrats

BY CAROLINE B. GLICK Last Friday morning, Anders Breivik burst onto the international screen when he carried out a monstrous act of terrorism against his fellow Norwegians. Breivik bombed the offices housing the Norwegian government with the intention of murdering its leaders. He then traveled to the Utoeya Island and murdered scores of young people participating…

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The Dangers of Dominionism

JOEL RICHARDSON — Joel’s Trumpet — What any Christian believes concerning the future—their eschatology—absolutely determines their message and their mission. Likewise, what one believes concerning the nature of the Kingdom of God will also determine their message and their mission.   If we believe that the Kingdom of God is a literal, future kingdom (Premillennialism)…

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Reading the writing on the wall

BY SARAH STERN, EMET— I have a childhood memory of my grandmother in her small Brooklyn apartment crying while holding a faded picture of her huge, beautiful, Hungarian-Jewish family, who, with the exception of one other sibling, perished in the gas chambers of Auschwitz. One of my aunts, who had the sensitivity of a sledge…

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Israel sees Lebanon bombing as Hezbollah warning to UNIFIL

BY YAAKOV KATZ, JPOST— The bombing of a UNIFIL convoy in southern Lebanon on Tuesday night was likely aimed at sending a message to the peacekeeping force to scale back its operations against Hezbollah, Israeli defense officials said on Wednesday. UNIFIL’s mandate is up for renewal in mid-August and the attack is understood in Israel…

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Susan Rice's Absence Did Not Go Unnoticed

BY JONATHAN SCHANZER, COMMENTARY On Tuesday, the United States reaffirmed its opposition to Palestinian plans to sidestep negotiations with Israel and declare a state this fall at the United Nations. But Ambassador Susan Rice, Washington’s top representative at the UN, was apparently nowhere to be found. At the last open meeting of the UN Security…

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Israel must reach out to Hispanic-Americans

BY MICHAEL FREUND, JPOST— By all accounts, Israel continues to enjoy widespread support among a large portion of the American public. Despite the hostility shown toward the Jewish state by the current occupant of the White House, sizable majorities of Americans from across the political spectrum continue to value Israel as a reliable ally. And…

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The PA is bluffing

BY YONATAN SILVERMAN, ARUTZ 7— The Palestinian Authority has been agitating to become a UN member state for two years. It appears they have secured the support of a majority of other member states in the General Assembly to achieve UN recognition as a state. But they will not become members of the organization because…

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Hezbollah warns Israel against "stealing" gas

BY AP— Hezbollah’s leader is warning Israel against “stealing” Lebanon’s natural oil and gas resources.  A dispute is building between the two arch enemies over their maritime border and huge natural gas and oil reserves beneath the sea. Lebanon has submitted its own sea boundary proposal to the UN, and Israel’s government earlier this month…

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Tisha B'Av: mourning destruction

BY ARUTZ 7— The fast of Tisha B’Av, the “saddest” day in the Jewish calendar, begins July 28th at sundown and ends July 29th. Its name literally means “the ninth day of Av,” the date of some of the gravest tragedies to have befallen the Jewish People. Tisha B’Av is a day of lamentations that…

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IDF rearms ahead of Palestinian state bid

BY RYAN JONES, ISRAEL TODAY— The Israeli army (IDF) has been busy procuring new weapons for its soldiers in preparation for the aftermath of the Palestinian Authority’s unilateral statehood bid in September. It is widely expected that after the Palestinians petition the UN to recognize a Palestinian mass popular violence will break out against Israel.…

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The Nightmare of International Guarantees

BY BARRY RUBIN— History has taught us that on security matters we can only trust ourselves. Israel is constantly urged to put its trust in the international community – an idea that hasn’t worked out too well in the past. Now the UN special envoy for Lebanon has given another reason Israel shouldn’t take risks…

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