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  • Auburn Basketball Team Gets Baptized in Jordan River, Taking Time to ‘Walk Where Jesus Walked’

    By: Julie Stahl – CBN News; cbn.com JERUSALEM – Members of the Auburn University basketball team embraced the literal paths taken by Jesus Christ while visiting the holy land recently, even taking the remarkable step of getting baptized in the Jordan River.  The team “shared a special moment with each other” when they were baptized…

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  • Nefesh B’Nefesh Welcomes 75,000th ‘Oleh’ on Summer ‘Aliyah’ Charter Flight

    Jewish News Syndication; jns.org “I am really looking forward to beginning this new chapter of my life here in Israel as a future physician in the Israeli medical system,” said Sam Leeman. A total of 225 new immigrants from North America landed at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Wednesday as part of the 63rd Nefesh B’Nefesh…

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  • Islamic Jihad Planned to Infiltrate Israel through Tunnels from Gaza

    By: Walla! – The Jerusalem Post; jpost.com The IDF has learned that Palestinian Islamic Jihad commanders wanted their terrorists to use the Gaza tunnel to infiltrate Israel, but they refused to enter. Palestinian Islamic Jihad was preparing to carry out operations that included infiltrating into Israeli territory during Operation Breaking Dawn, which led to a high level…

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  • Israel, Palestinian Islamic Jihad Truce Holding After Three Days of Rockets and Israeli Strikes

    By: Chris Mitchell – CBN News; cbn.com ISRAELI-GAZA BORDER – Late Sunday night, a truce between Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad ended three days of fighting.  It began when Israel carried out a preemptive strike against one of Gaza’s strongest terror groups that also sent a message to its sponsor, Iran.  Israeli Prime Minister…

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  • Jewish Agency in Russia Soldiers on Despite Tensions, Immigration Surge

    By: David Isaac – Jewish News Syndicate; jns.org “The truth is Israel’s government doesn’t know what will happen,” says an Israeli government source In the runup to August 19 hearing on the shuttering of the Agency in Russia. The Jewish Agency, which helps Jews immigrate to Israel, stands on shaky ground in Russia, as a…

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  • 20 Years Later: Palestinian Authority Still Handing Out Salary Raises to Terrorists in ‘Pay to Slay’ Policy

    By: Chris Mitchell – CBN News; cbn.com JERUSALEM – Twenty years ago, a suicide bomber killed nine people and wounded dozens of others in an attack at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.   The accomplices in that attack just got a pay raise. The bombing which took place at the Frank Sinatra Cafeteria at Hebrew University…

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