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  • Israel’s National Baseball Team is Going to the 2020 Olympics

    By: Marcy Oster – Jewish Telegraphic Agency; jta.org (JTA) — In a first, Israel’s national baseball team has qualified for a spot in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The squad of mostly Jewish-American college players and some pros team defeated South Africa on Sunday in the Europe/Africa Qualifier tournament in Italy and finished the tournament with…

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  • Once Considered ‘Simple,’ the Ancient Edomites Were Actually Tech Geniuses

    By: David Grossman – Popular Mechanics; popularmechanics.com The Edomites, an ancient kingdom derided in biblical texts as simple, have been underestimated for thousands of years, according to a new paper from a team of archaeologists. Far from simple tent-dwellers, the Edomites experienced a massive technological leap in the 10th century BCE, living near what is now southern…

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  • Israel’s Elections Are Over but the Battle for Who Will Lead Has Only Begun

    By: Chris Mitchell – CBN News; cbn.com JERUSALEM, Israel – With nearly all the votes counted, Israel began the next phase of forming a new government on Sunday, but it remains unclear who will be Israel’s next prime minister. Israeli President Reuven Rivlin met with each party that won seats in the election.  He wanted…

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  • Netanyahu in Hebron Invokes Caleb’s Call to Conquer Land

    By: David Sidman; Breaking Israel News – breakingisraelnews.com “Kalev hushed the people before Moshe and said, “Let us by all means go up, and we shall gain possession of it, for we shall surely overcome it.” Numbers 13:30 (The Israel Bible™) In a historic speech given by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Hebron, the Israeli premier…

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  • Back to School: Islamist Indoctrination for US Kids?

    By: Sarah Bandujo; Clarion Project – clarionproject.org The new school year is upon us and Access Islam, a program backed by the Department of Education, is under fire again after being accused of being an Islamist indoctrination program. This program claims to educate school children about religious diversity, but it is specifically geared toward Islam. https://clarionproject.org/back-to-school-islamist-indoctrination-for-us-kids/

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  • John Bolton, National Security Advisor, Fired by President Trump

    By: Omri Nahmias; Jerusalem Post – jpost.com Trump thanked Bolton for his service and said he would name a new National Security Advisor next week. WASHINGTON – John Bolton, the US National Security Advisor, is leaving the administration – US president Donald Trump announced on Twitter on Tuesday. “I informed John Bolton last night that…

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