Israeli police guarded Jewish settlers as they moved into seven homes in a Palestinian neighborhood of East Jerusalem on Tuesday while stunned and angry Palestinians looked on, aware that there was little they could do.
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The Economic Miracle of Israel’s Natural Gas Fields
Thirty years ago I visited an oil rig at Atlit, a town on the Mediterranean shore just south of Haifa. It had been erected by an American Christian company whose CEO, citing a peculiar interpretation of a biblical promise to the Tribe of Asher (Deut. 33:24), was certain he’d find huge quantities of oil beneath the western border of that tribes ancient territory.
Op-Ed: Get Ready for the Real War
Winning the war against Islamic State would only be the beginning. Continue reading
Turkey’s overlooked role in rise of latest ‘Islamic Caliphate’, and what’s coming next
Much has been spewed forth about the seemingly inexorable and sudden rise, steeped in blood, of a chimeric new “state”, the so-called Islamic Caliphate. It has occupied land seized from Syria and Iraq, both states conveniently presently divided, distracted, and ripe — at least for the moment — for exploitation.
From Arab Spring to Islamic Winter – to Total Chaos
Analysts sum up how the Middle East has gotten worse – and what Israel should do about it.
THE ANCIENT WAR BETWEEN THE JUDEO-CHRISTIAN WEST AND ISLAM
The Once & Future Christendom
From death of the West—to knights of the West Continue reading
World Council of Churches Demands Israel Release Terrorists
Global collective of 347 churches calls for ‘political prisoners’ – listing repeat terrorists – to be freed to end the ‘illegal occupation.’ Continue reading
Ahead of New Year, Aliyah Hits 5-Year High
24,800 new immigrants arrived in Israel in the Jewish year 5774 – more of them from France than any other country. Continue reading
Netanyahu and Barkat’s ‘Jerusalem Disengagement’ – by 2030?
Councilman Arieh King exposes ‘de facto division’ of the capital, with all the figures behind his prediction of an Arab majority by 2030.
Does moderate Islam exist?
Until the leading Islamic scholars provide a peaceful theology that clearly contradicts the violent views of the IS, the existence of a “moderate Islam” must be questioned.