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  • The worldview of the Taliban

    By: John Stonestreet – The Christian Post; christianpost.com After seeing the images out of Kabul in recent days, Maajid Nawaz, a former radical Muslim, said, “Barefoot Taliban conquered a palace. They believed in something and fought for nothing. I have lived with men like this in prison. It is difficult to describe just how seriously they take…

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  • From Taliban to Hamas, Middle East Vacuums Never End Well – Opinion

    By: Yaakov Katz – The Jerusalem Post; jpost.com All withdrawals in this part of the world end the same, with the vacuum being filled by hostile and radical terrorist elements. It wasn’t even really a battle. On June 10, 2007, clashes erupted between Hamas and Fatah forces in the Gaza Strip. Israel had withdrawn from…

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  • Hamas Congratulates Taliban for ‘Defeating’ US

    By: Khaled Abu Toameh – The Jerusalem Post; jpost.com “We congratulate the Muslim Afghan people for the defeat of the American occupation on all Afghan lands,” Hamas said in a statement. In response to the Taliban re-conquest of Afghanistan, Hamas on Monday congratulated the Afghan people for “defeating” the US.“ We congratulate the Muslim Afghan people…

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  • Tlaib, AOC Ramp up BDS Effort to Punish US Charities that Help Israelis in Judea and Samaria

    CBN News; cbn.com U.S. Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) joined with five of their Democratic colleagues to call on the U.S. Treasury to stop giving tax-exempt status to U.S. charitable organizations with operations in the West Bank and eastern Jerusalem – Jewish areas that are known biblically as Judea and Samaria.  It’s…

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  • Tokyo Olympics: Rhythmic Gymnast Linoy Ashram Wins Israel’s Third-ever Gold Medal

    i24 News; i24news.tv Ashram ends two decades of Russian dominance of the sport and caps off a strong Olympic Games for Israel Israel won its first medal in Olympic rhythmic gymnastics and continued a strong Tokyo Games overall as Linoy Ashram took gold in the individual all-around on Saturday. Russian Dina Averina, three-times world champion, took the…

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  • Churches, Cuba and Communism

    By: Mark Tooley – The Christian Post; christianpost.com A July 23 New York Times full page ad implored: “Let Cuba Live!” Readers may have expected the ad to offer solidarity to anti-regime protests and to call for an end to Cuba’s 62-year-old communist dictatorship with one-party rule enforced by a police state. But no, the ad urged…

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