The Islamic Tide is Cresting

BY VICTOR SHARPE— As if Israel does not suffer the slings and arrows from the Left and from many in the Democrat party, now Senator Rand Paul, who is a leader in the Tea Party movement which many of us support, has just announced that he is calling on the Obama Administration to end the…

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Alternatives to Mubarak

by Caroline Glick Today the Egyptian regime faces its gravest threat since Anwar Sadat’s assassination thirty years ago. As protesters take to the street for the third day in a row demanding the overthrow of 82-year old President Hosni Mubarak, it is worth considering the possible alternatives to his regime. Thursday afternoon, Egyptian presidential hopeful…

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B'tayavon: Zucchini and Carrot Bisque

I realize that there are a handful of people out there who are sticking to their New Year’s resolutions. If you promised yourself to start eating healthier in 2011 or at least get more vegetables, this is the recipe for you. On weight watchers this is one of those soups that’s almost “zero points.” There…

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Pat's interview with CBN about the Auschwitz Album Revisited

Pat Hutchens sits down with Julia Gabriel from Christian Broadcasting Network to discuss her 28 paintings from the Auschwitz Album Revisited.  Today, while we recognize International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Pat is showing the paintings in their first exhibit at Regent University, VA Beach. Pat has used oil paintings to give life to those lost in…

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Pat Hutchen's Work Brings Holocaust Victims 'Back to Life'

by Julia Gabriel, CBN News Thursday, the world remembers the six million Jews killed in the Holocaust. It was this day in 1945 that the last of Adolf Hitler’s Auschwitz death camps were liberated. The United Nations started International Holocaust Remembrance Day six years ago in response to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, rejecting his denial…

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The "Palestine Papers" Story Is A Fabrication

by Barry Rubin The “Palestine Papers” hoax is (or, more accurately, should be) turning into the most teachable moment about the Israel-Palestinian conflict in modern history. At least, everyone has reversed what happened: The compromise position was offered by Israel; the Palestinians rejected peace. Are we going to see this story corrected? The “Palestine Papers”…

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International Holocaust Remembrance Day

PM BENJAMIN NETANYAHU —  Have the lessons of the Holocaust been learned? For us, The Jewish people, the answer is yes. For the rest of the world, the answer is no, or at least not yet. Today, 66 years after the horror, we are here, in Jerusalem, the eternal capital of our nation.  We, the…

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Weekly Scripture Portion

Each week we give a suggested series of scripture readings for the the coming week. It begins on the Sabbath (Saturday) with the weekly Torah portion and the accompanying Haftorah reading. It concludes with a compatible portion from the Gospels and the New Testament.   For the Sabbath of January 29, 2011.   Torah Portion:…

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The fall-out continues

by MELANIE PHILLIPS, SPECTATOR —  The fall-out from the Guardian’s Palestine Papers rolls on and on – and still all remains as clear as mud. There are so many potential agendas behind this ‘leak’, and as the days pass the unanswered questions pile up. I hear from those combing through these materials from a position…

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A Hezbollah-Run Lebanon, but No Panic in Israel

by Isabel Kershner,  The New York Times For Israel, the prospect of a government in Lebanon backed by Hezbollah, one of Israel’s worst enemies, seemed to be the realization of a nightmare. Yet some analysts here said it was not necessarily an immediate cause for alarm. The previous Beirut government, led by Saad Hariri, “never…

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Latest Chapter in Mideast Tension: Mitchell vs. Ross

by NATHAN GUTTMAN, FORWARD —  The Israeli-Palestinian peace process may be near collapse, but the Washington turf wars surrounding it are still going strong, according to sources involved in the negotiations. The administration’s top Middle East hands — special envoy George Mitchell and White House adviser Dennis Ross — are increasingly at loggerheads, these sources…

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The U.N. Gangs Up on Israel—Again

by  ALAN M. DERSHOWITZ, WALL STREET JOURNAL —  Only a U.S. veto can prevent the adoption of a resolution that will make peace harder to achieve. Although I have opposed Israel’s civilian settlements in the West Bank since 1973, I strongly believe that the United States should veto a resolution currently before the U.N. Security Council…

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Peru formally recognizes Palestinian state

by Emet Report Peru said on Monday it had recognized a Palestinian state, joining a growing number of Latin American countries in making an endorsement the United States has called premature. Israel has warned that declarations by Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Bolivia, Ecuador and Guyana could undermine the Middle East peace process.  Peruvian Foreign Minister…

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‘Palestine papers’ bring more embarrassment to Arab leaders

by Sheera Frenkel, Jewish World Review Reaction to a trove of secret documents from Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations was fast and furious Monday, as Palestinians sought to defend or attack their leaders amid allegations that they had offered serious concessions on key issues. In Ramallah, the capital of the Palestinian Authority, a crowd rampaged against the…

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Power Prayer: Son of God and Son of Man

ON SON OF GOD AND SON OF MAN, You were incarnate, did suffer, rise, ascend for my sake; Your departure was not a token of separation but a pledge to return; Your Word, promises, sacraments, show your death until you come again, That day is no horror to me, for your death has redeemed me,…

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To Veto or not to Veto – Obama and the Security Council

by Victor Sharpe “America is the greatest, freest and most decent society in existence. It is an oasis of goodness in a desert of cynicism and barbarism. This country, once an experiment unique in the world, is now the best hope for the world.” The above words were written by Dinesh D’Souza but they are…

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The Palestine Papers: Why didn't the Palestinians sign an agreement?

RYAN JONES, ISRAEL TODAY —  The British newspaper The Guardian and the pan-Arab news network Al-Jazeera created an uproar in the region on Sunday when they published previously classified documents detailing peace negotiations between Israeli and Palestinian leaders over the past decade. The published documents have been dubbed “The Palestine Papers,” and they reveal that…

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Obama to withhold veto from Palestinian UN move to condemn Israeli settlements

by DEBKAfile Israel and the US are set for a collision if President Barack Obama stands by his refusal to veto a Palestinian-Arab motion due to be tabled at the UN Security Council condemning Israel for its settlement policy in the West Bank and Jerusalem, debkafile’s Washington sources report. If he did, he would be…

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