Norway's challenge

BY JPOST EDITORIAL—  Europe’s fringe right-wing extremists present a real danger to society. But Oslo’s devastating tragedy should not be allowed to be manipulated by those who would cover up the abject failure of multiculturalism. The cold-blooded calculation of the Norway tragedy boggles the mind. For over an hour, Anders Behring Breivik, 32, dressed as…

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Words have consequences–an open letter

BY VICTOR SHARPE— This is yet another plea to all who love Israel and write about the embattled Jewish state in the media or in letters to the Editor in their local newspapers. Please, please stop using the word “settlers” or “settlements” when describing Jewish residents or communities in Judea and Samaria or anywhere throughout…

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Martin Luther: Theologian of the Holocaust

DAVID TURNER — JPost — ‘What then shall we do with this damned, rejected race of Jews? First, their synagogues or churches should be set on fire… (Luther,1543, On the Jews and Their Lies)   This is the final submission discussing the theological background to modern Western anti-semitism. Martin Luther represents something of a milestone…

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The Hate That Dares Not Speak Its Name

WALTER RUSSELL MEAD — American Interest — ANTI-SEMITISM — This time of year it is worth remembering  Mein Kampf, the turgid and unreadable Bible of the Nazi movement that was published back in July of 1925.  The last time I looked, you could still buy it at the international airport newstand in the Malaysian capital…

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Giving terror statehood

BY ADAM HASKEL, JPOST— Anyone who supports a Palestinian state supports terrorism. This is not to say they all are aware of this. Of course, many are not. Those in this group make the common mistake of thinking most people are like them. They want peace above all things. So must the vast majority of…

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Christian Zionism in balance

BY MALCOM HEDDING, JPOST— Today, Christian Zionism stirs up all sorts of reactions within the confessing church and sometimes is regarded as extreme or even heretical as a theological position. Those taking this view forget that some of the greatest leaders of the church through history held this position. Indeed, a good case can be…

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Eliminating Israel

BENNY MORRIS — The National Interest — A well-known hadith (a saying of the Prophet Mohammed accepted by Muslims as canonical and weighty), relating to the prospective end-of-days battle between Muslims and Jews, states: The Prophet … says: ‘The hour of judgement shall not come until the Muslims fight the Jews and kill them, so…

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Chapter 18- Example of the Faithful

By PAT HUTCHENS, A rework of Imitation of Messiah by Thomas A. Kempis— Consider how those who went before us in the faith lived. They were called “holy.” Holy means “set apart.” Holy means “dedicated” to God. These great men and women are examples of true faith, of real religion. Ask yourself, “Compared to them,…

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Freeing al Qaeda? DOJ Moves to Cut Prison Term for Alamoudi

BY FRANK GAFFNEY— Just when you thought it was not possible for the Holder Justice Department to become any more hostile to the national and homeland security interests of the American people, along comes yet another travesty. This one threatens both, as it apparently would involve turning loose in America a convicted terrorist known to…

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Israel’s only two options

CAROLINE GLICK — JPost — The Jewish state’s choices are to either annex Judea and Samaria or be destroyed by its neighbors. Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas is in Europe this week seeking to convince the Spanish and Norwegian governments to support the Palestinian bid to sidestep negotiations with Israel and have the UN General Assembly…

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Hamas's useful Americans

NITSANA DARSHAN-LEITNER — JPost — From Boston Harbor to the jail cells of Birmingham to the public squares of Cairo, the American people have had a centuries-old love affair with the idea of regular citizens engaging in civil disobedience to bring down unjust laws, discriminatory policies and brutal regimes, through non-violent protests.  It comes as…

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Baer: 'Israel plans to strike Iran in September'

BY YNETNEWS, Israel may mount a strike against Iran in the fall, longtime CIA officer Robert Baer, who spent 21 years in the Middle East, told a Los Angeles radio station Saturday. Baer ventured such a move will drag the United States into another major war and endangering US military and civilian personnel throughout the…

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