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  • In a Tough Week for Netanyahu, Israeli and US Efforts to Isolate Him May Backfire

    By: John Waage – Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN); cbn.com JERUSALEM, Israel – The week ahead will not be an easy one for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. As he recovers from a concerning bout of dizziness and a fall caused – doctors believe – by dehydration while at the Sea of Galilee, a medical event which required an overnight stay in the…

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  • China Clamps Down on Christians, Fines Pastor and Wife for Running Underground Church: Watchdog

    By: Jon Brown – Fox News; foxnews.com Pastor Yang Xibo greets news of $55,100 fine by thanking God ‘for allowing us to have a part in His affliction’ The pastor of a large house church in China is facing steep fines from the Chinese government in what a watchdog group is describing as a case of religious…

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  • Netanyahu Condemns ‘Waves of Anti-semitism’ by Rioters in France

    “We support the French government in its fight against the scourge of antisemitism,” says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Jewish News Syndicate; jns.org Israel is closely monitoring and deeply concerned about “waves of antisemitism sweeping over France,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during Sunday’s weekly Cabinet meeting. “In recent days, we have witnessed criminal…

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  • ‘Ensuring Jihad will Continue’: Gaza Summer Camp Teaches Youth to Fight, Hate Israel

    Young Palestinians parade and brandish fake rifles as they are instructed on combat against the ‘Zionist enemy’ at Palestinian Islamic Jihad camp By: Times of Israel Staff; timesofisrael.com As they do every year, terror groups in the Gaza Strip are operating summer camps for the Palestinian enclave’s youth that includes military-style training in preparation to…

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  • American vs. Israeli Patriotism

    By: Eric R. Mandel – Jewish News Syndicate; jns.org The Fourth of July is a time to reflect on what Israel can teach America about love of country. This June, I was privileged to hear an American lieutenant-general studying at the Israel Defense College speak about American patriotism and the lack thereof. He said he…

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  • ‘Its Agriculture With No Borders’: Israel Teaches Students to Make World Bloom

    By: Pesach Benson – Israel Today; israeltoday.co.il Since 1994, the program has graduated 20,000 students, mostly from Africa and Asia. Israel’s Arava region is not the most likely location for a center to teach agriculture. Stretching along Israel’s southern border with Jordan between the Dead Sea and the Red Sea, the area is known for…

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