Netanyahu’s 4th of July Remarks

Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli officials celebrated the 4th of July in the home of Dan Shapiro, the American Ambassador to Israel, where Netanyahu remarked about American-Israeli relations, among other things.  As always, he proved gracious to the American administration and to the American people. Take some time to hear Netanyahu's remarks (about 10 minutes), …

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Netanyahu’s Response to Terrorist Murder of 13-Year-Old

On June 30, an American-Israeli teenage girl was stabbed dozens of times by a Palestinian terrorist who crawled into her bedroom window and savagely attacked while the young girl slept. It is another example of the brutality birthed by the evil that drives terrorism, and I'm struck by the polar opposite reactions of leaders of …

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Noble Prize Winner and Holocaust Survivor, Elie Wiesel, Dies

Israel lost a national hero today when Elie Wiesel died at the age of 87.  Mr Wiesel survived Holocaust concentration camps at Auschwitz, Buna, and Buchenwald and went on to write and speak about his experiences, encouraging the Jewish people to never forget, but to forgive and move forward in joyful life.  His most famous literary …

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Interpreting the Times

In Phoenix the temperatures have soared to 120 degrees.  Summer is at hand and rumbling thunder moved through yesterday afternoon, leaving a few teasing raindrops.  Soon, 2,000' tall walls of dust (called "haboobs") gathering to the south will dance across the desert floor and blow into Phoenix.  If we're fortunate, rain will follow. Monsoon season …

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