The Muslims' "Christian Problem"

By CLIFFORE MAY, Moment Magazine —  In one of his many magnificent books, Middle East scholar Bernard Lewis notes that in 641 C.E., the Caliph Umar “decreed that Jews and Christians should be removed from all but the southern and eastern fringes of Arabia, in fulfillment of an injunction of the Prophet uttered on his…

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Israel and Fulfillment theology

BY DAVID PARSONS, ICEJ— While most born-again Christians today are supportive of Israel, there is a growing movement among Evangelicals which is sympathetic to Palestinian suffering and claims to statehood. Yet to provide a biblical basis for their position, they are generally uncomfortable with being identified with classical Replacement heology, due to its malevolent fruit…

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Israel and Fulfillment theology

BY DAVID PARSONS, ICEJ— While most born-again Christians today are supportive of Israel, there is a growing movement among Evangelicals which is sympathetic to Palestinian suffering and claims to statehood. Yet to provide a biblical basis for their position, they are generally uncomfortable with being identified with classical Replacement heology, due to its malevolent fruit –…

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Netanyahu'​s Phony Realism

BY DAVID ISAAC, SHMUELKATZ.COM— “People do not understand where they live. If you do not live in the real world, it is possible to disregard everything, and I suggest that they start being wary in order to protect the existing construction.” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made these remarks last month in an effort to justify…

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Goldstone takes it back

BY JEFF JACOBY, BOSTON GLOBE— THE GOLDSTONE REPORT was a blood libel. Issued in September 2009 by a UN “fact-finding mission” headed by the South African jurist Richard Goldstone, the 450-page document was an indictment of Israel’s conduct during the brief war it launched in Gaza at the end of 2008 to end the intolerable…

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Israel and Hamas near a Spring war

BY DEBKAFILE— After nearly two months of rising tension, Israel and Hamas have taken a step towards a full-blown military confrontation: Before dawn Saturday, April 2, an Israeli air strike killed three senior Hamas Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades gunmen in the Gaza Strip in an operation described by an Israeli army spokesman as pre-empting a…

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Goldstone Recants! Will the Left Follow His Example?

BY JONATHAN TOBIN, COMMENTARY MAG— In what must be considered as shocking a turnaround as any we have seen in recent years, Richard Goldstone, the chair of the United Nations Human Rights Commission’s fact-finding commission about the conflict in Gaza, has retracted his claim that Israel deliberately sought to target and kill Palestinian civilians. A…

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Passover’s Gift: The Promised and Undivided Land

BY VICTOR SHARPE— Millions, perhaps billions, of the world’s population do not know the meaning of the towering festival of freedom and liberty known as Passover; a festival recognizing an event that has blessed the world for some 3,300 years. The festival begins on April 18th of this year and always on the 15th day…

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