Palestine: Gaining Currency?

by Jonathan Schanzer, The National Interest The Palestinians are putting money on notion that they will have a state next year. This month’s edition of The Monocle, a London based magazine on politics and culture reveals that the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank is planning to roll out a currency—the Palestinian pound. In a…

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Stuffed Bell Peppers

*This was my first meal to make after we moved to Israel.  I actually ruined it the first time because I didn’t know Israeli ovens use celsius instead of fahrenheit.  These came out pretty dry and crisp in a 400 degree celcius oven!  I never made that mistake again. Ingredients 6 bell peppers, washed and halved…

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The Chinese Moment In Iran

by Ilan Berman, Forbes.com If economic sanctions fail to stop Iran’s march toward the bomb, and either the U.S. or Israel is compelled to use force against the Iranian nuclear program, China will shoulder at least some of the blame. Since this summer, concerted international pressure has unmistakably tightened the financial noose around Iran’s ayatollahs.…

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Mubarak urges PM to extend freeze for 3 more months

by Jerusalem Post Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said Thursday that he has urged Israel to expand the 10-month moratorium on West Bank settlement construction for three more months to give peacemaking a chance. Mubarak said he told Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu the delay could give the two sides time to draft their future borders. After…

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US: Time may come for special nuke probe of Syria

by Associated Press  A US envoy on Thursday suggested time was running out for Syria to cooperate with a UN atomic agency probe of alleged secret nuclear activities before the agency invokes its seldom-used authority to call for a special inspection — a possible prelude to UN Security Council involvement. Rising to Syria’s defense, a…

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Israel's Critical New Year

by David Essing, Isracast Israelis and Jews around the world have marked the Jewish New Year of 5771. In the homeland of the Jews, which the Palestinians steadfastly refuse to recognize as a people with the right of national self-determination, analysts were assessing some of the strategic issues in the coming year. There was agreement…

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From our Sukkah to yours…

We are now in the High Holidays of Biblical Judaism.  Yom Kippur, The Day of Atonement, begins Friday at Sundown.  Sukkot, also known as the Feast of Tabernacles, begins Thursday, September 23rd and lasts till the following Wednesday. These are three special feasts God’s people are encouraged to keep. The Bible says, “Three times a year you will…

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U.S. role in Israeli-Palestinian talks is a problem

by Mort Zuckerman  Seventeen years ago, the world was astonished to learn that the Israelis and Palestinians had concluded a far-reaching understanding to advance peace—the now-famous Oslo agreements. This negotiation has ever since served as a role model for how two hostile parties might settle. One essential feature of Oslo was that nobody knew about…

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Just a question of timing?

by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik, JPost When Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas recently spoke in Washington and publicly condemned the killings of four Israelis by Hamas terrorists near Hebron, it generated a feeling of cautious optimism: “What happened yesterday and what is happening today is also condemned. We do not want at all…

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Day of Atonement

by Mary Fairchild, About.com Paul said in Colossians 2:16-17 that the Jewish feasts and celebrations were a shadow of the things to come through Jesus Christ. And though as Christians we may not commemorate these holidays in the traditional biblical sense, as we discover the significance of each, we will certainly gain a greater knowledge…

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Israel under attack from Gaza

by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu, Arutz-7 Israeli Air Force bombed targets in Gaza Wednesday, killing at least one terrorist after a massive missile and mortar barrage on southern Israel Wednesday morning. At least 10 explosions rocked the south from the western Negev to an area between the port cities of Ashkelon and Ashdod. A major electricity…

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Nanny who saved little boy's life gets residential status

The State of Israel is honoring Sandra Samuel, the Indian nanny who saved little Moishi Holzberg whose parents were killed in the terrorist attack on Mumbai’s Chabad Center in November 2008. Interior Minister Eli Yishai on Monday granted Samuel temporary residential status and an Israeli ID card. During a festive ceremony at the Interior Ministry,…

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