Obama and Netanyahu: Pointless Poison

by Jackson Diehl, Washington Post So it’s now been two weeks since President Obama chose to seize on a poorly-timed Israeli announcement about new Jewish housing in Jerusalem to launch another public confrontation with the government of Binyamin Netanyahu. The results, so far, are these: Obama’s demand, through Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, that Israel…

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Should Christians celebrate Passover?

By Shofarhorn.com— The answer may seem quite obvious to some of you, but in reality this question has become quite a controversy in the Christian community over the past several years.  As Christians have learned more about the history of each holiday, an increasing number of Christians have been choosing to celebrate Passover rather than…

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Happy Passover

By The Emet Report The Hebrew month of Nissan during which Passover occurs has historically been a month of miracles for the Jewish people. Passover (Pesach) itself and the ensuing Exodus from the slavery of Egypt is fraught with miracles. The Jewish people are a community founded by miracles, sustained by miracles throughout our history…

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Netanyahu Standing Firm

By Emet Report Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will return to Israel this evening (Thursday), continuing to resist American pressure on the matters of Jerusalem and other issues.  Netanyahu is returning after a round of talks with U.S. President Barack Obama and senior White House and State Department officials. The Americans continue to press hard for…

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Is the US Eroding Israel's Qualitative Edge?

by Avi Yellin, Arutz Sheva The Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA) revealed in a January report recently revised that the government of Israel has been concealing a change in arms policy by the United States against the Jewish state. The Institute further stated that the Likud-led government of Binyamin Netanyahu has also refrained…

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White House war on Israel

By Edward Alexander, Frontpagemag.com The decision of the Obama White House to pick a public fight with Israel over its interior ministry’s fairly routine announcement of progress towards approval of the construction (some years from now) of apartments in northeast Jerusalem has by now been subjected to sharp and justified criticism for its disproportionality; its…

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Diplomacy and Hypocrisy

By Ophir Falk, YnetNews.com Diplomacy is the art of conducting international relations with tact and skill in an effort to form alliances and agreements, whereas hypocrisy is the practice of professing false virtues. By making a mountain out of a molehill incident, concerning Jewish home building in Jerusalem, the Obama administration is applying double standard…

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Netanyahu: Jerusalem is not a settlement

By Hillary Leila Krieger, Jerusalem Post Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu reiterated Israeli claims to Jerusalem and rejected assertions that it was not fully committed to peace, in a speech Monday night sandwiched between meetings with top US leaders aimed at smoothing over recent disagreements. Netanyahu arrived here Monday and held a meeting at his hotel…

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Power Prayer: Divine Mercies

O Yahweh, our eternal God, Yours is surpassing greatness, unspeakable goodness, superabundant grace; I can as soon count the sands of the ocean’s ‘lip’ as number your favors toward me; I know but a part, but that part exceeds all praise. I thank you for personal mercies, Measure of health, preservation of body, Comforts of…

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Obama's beef with Israel

By Jeff Jacoby Last November the government of Israel agreed to a 10-month moratorium on new Jewish housing in the West Bank. The moratorium did not apply to schools, synagogues, and residential units already in the pipeline; nor did it apply to eastern Jerusalem, which is home to around 180,000 Israelis — more than a third…

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Netanyahu caves to Obama, Clinton pressure

By Israel Today Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to a package of concessions and gestures toward the Obama Administration and the Palestinians at the weekend in an effort to ease US-Israel tensions ahead of his trip to Washington Sunday night. According to the Prime Minister’s Office, Netanyahu spoke to US Secretary of State Hillary…

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Land for Peace or Oblivion?

by Victor Sharpe Immediately after the June 1967 Six Day War, a secret memorandum was issued by the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). Their conclusions were that any peace settlement between Israel and the Arab belligerents would only succeed if Israel retained certain territories vital for its continued existence and survival. The areas…

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