The Shema Recited Worldwide to End Terror in Israel

March 20, 2016 A special recitation of the Shema was called for last Wednesday, starting from the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem at 9 p.m. local time, as millions throughout the globe simultaneously joined in. According to Breaking Israeli News (BIN), this special reading was organized by the Orthodox Jewish evangelical organization Chabad as a part of the dedication of a new Torah scroll (Five Books of Moses) dedicated solely to the Messiah.o the one God is the Shema prayer.

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Iran Launches Missile With Psalm 83 Message

March 16, 2016 Iran showed off its military might Tuesday as Vice President Joe Biden attended meetings in central Israel the same day. Iran fired two long-range ballistic missiles with the message written in Hebrew: Yisrael Tsricha LeHimachek Me’Al pnei ha-adama — Israel shall be wiped off the face of the earth. The threat is reminiscent of the intentions of Israel's enemies as prophesied in Psalm 83:4:

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Biden Chides PA Failure to Condemn Violence

March 16, 2016 A sharp spike in Palestinian terror attacks coincided with an official visit to Israel by United States Vice President Joe Biden, who attended a meeting Tuesday about a mile from a deadly attack in Jaffa.

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Israeli Army Helps Arab Start-Ups in Nazareth

March 16, 2016 This past week, the Israel Ministry of Economy and Industry announced that it has funded Hybrid, a partnership that will help Nazareth’s Arab entrepreneurs to increase their potential in the "start-up" nation and the world. "We are working to shatter the classic image of the entrepreneur in the start-up nation. Our vision is to create success stories among Arab entrepreneurs, so as to increase the number and quality of entrepreneurs operating in the Arab sector all over Israel," said Fadi Swidan, Director of Nazareth Business Incubator Center, the hub of the new program.

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Prophecy Alert: Jacob Sheep Return Home

March 9, 2016 A Canadian herd of black- and white-spotted heirloom Jacob sheep linked to Israel’s patriarch Jacob, should receive approval to "make aliyah" later this year. Jenna and Gil Lewinsky, both 31, live 43 miles east of Vancouver, British Columbia, where they have raised 130 Jacob sheep, which they believe should return to the Holy Land since the breed disappeared there long ago. “It would be a very important and historic moment when the sheep return after basically 2,000 years,” Jenna Lewinsky said.

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Egypt Parliament Expels MP Okasha After Meeting with Israeli Ambassador

March 9, 2016 While Egyptian Member of Parliament (MP) Tawfik Okasha defended meeting with Israel’s ambassador to Egypt Haim Koren, more than 100 other Egyptian MPs called for Okasha’s expulsion, successfully suspending him this past Wednesday with the required two-thirds majority.

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Israel’s PM Netanyahu Refuses to Meet with President Obama

March 9, 2016 In the midst of negotiating a 10-year security agreement with Israel and icy tensions that only started to thaw in November of last year, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu canceled a March 18 visit with US President Obama. Learning of the cancellation first from Israeli media, which appeared to blame Obama for not fitting Netanyahu into his schedule, the White House stated, “We were looking forward to hosting the bilateral meeting, ... Reports that we were not able to accommodate the prime minister's schedule are false."

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Discover Judaism’s Women of Valor

March 8, 2016 This International Women’s Day (IWD) on March 8, 2016 is a rallying cry for a global "Pledge for Parity" — a call “to help women and girls achieve their ambitions, call for gender-balanced leadership, respect and value difference, develop more inclusive and flexible cultures or root out workplace bias.”

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Syrian Sunni Muslim Thanks Israel

March 2, 2016 Now based in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunni Muslim Aboud Dandachi has launched a Facebook page and website called “Thank You Am Israel” in honor of the Israelis that have been extending help to the Syrian people harmed during their nation’s civil war or displaced from their war-torn country.

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Kenyan President Visits Israel

March 2, 2016 In Kenya’s first presidential visit to Israel since 1994, the nation’s President Uhuru Kenyatta spent three days last week in Israel, meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin to discuss cooperation between the two countries.

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