Breaking News: UN Security Council Says No to Palestinian Statehood

The Palestinian draft resolution submitted to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Monday, calling for Israel to withdraw from "Palestinian territory" and creating a Palestinian state, has failed.  Resolutions need 9 votes from the 15-member council in order to pass.  While 8 countries (China, France, Argentina, Chile, Chad, Jordan, Russia and Luxembourg) voted in …

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Iranian Soldiers on the Border; Female Pilots in the IAF

In another act of antagonism, Iranian soldiers posed for pictures with uniformed Hezbollah militants on the Israeli border.  Lebanon (just north of Israel) harbors Hezbollah, supported and backed by Iranian money, training and equipment.  The uniformed soldiers in the photos bear Iranian and Hezbollah flags on their battle fatigues.  The caption below the pictures states, “We …

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As the World Celebrated Christmas, Israel Responded to Violence

Welcome back friends!  As many of us around the world celebrated Christmas, I pray you experienced the fullness of hope in a Savior born to die so that we might live. However, while most of us celebrated in relative peace, violence continued in Israel.  On Christmas Eve, Palestinian snipers took aim at IDF soldiers along …

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The Truth about Hamas

In the wake of the European Union's decision on Wednesday to remove Hamas from the terrorist list, Hamas once again showed its true colors on Friday when a rocket was fired from Gaza into Israel.  This year alone, over 4,000 rockets have been fired from Gaza into Israel; and since Israel pulled out of the …

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