Russia has offered to host a meeting of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of next Sunday's Paris Middle East peace conference. Israel has stated repeatedly that they will meet anytime and anywhere for direct negotiations, assuming no preconditions. Over and over again, the Palestinians have refused to meet, preferring instead …
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Tonight at midnight we close the chapter on a fairly tumultuous 2016. Will 2017 bring brighter days, or are we in a deep trough of the "ups and downs" of history? The next chapter in history is about to be written and we will know the answer to that question soon. There are many things …
Welcome back friends! Recently, a friend forwarded a most apropos email, encouraging us to pray for the peace of Jerusalem, while realizing that there is nothing new under the sun! The recent UN resolution making it illegal to build Jewish settlements is simply the latest attempt to keep Israel from laying claim to their own …
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As we discussed yesterday, the UN Security Council passed a resolution, in essence, making Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria (Israeli territory) illegal. Throughout Israel's history, the US has supported Israel by vetoing anti-Israel resolutions. A US veto would have shot this resolution down, though President Obama instructed the US ambassador to abstain. The resolution …
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