Israeli Study Finds Rudeness Impairs Health Workers

January 4, 2016 An Israeli study confirms the power of the tongue and the importance of "speaking the truth in love." Even “moderate” rudeness toward medical professionals dramatically affects their ability to provide high quality healthcare and to diagnose diseases, according to a study co-conducted by Tel Aviv University (TAU), Haifa’s Bnei Zion Medical Center and the University of Florida.

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Israel Increases Security After Threats by ISIS and Hezbollah

January 4, 2016 Israeli security forces are on high alert along the northern border for a possible “imminent attack” by Hezbollah in Lebanon, while guarding against the Islamic State after its recent merger with Syrian terror group Shuhada al-Yarmouk.

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Israeli Prime Minister Sends Christmas Greetings to World’s Christians

December 28, 2015 On December 25, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu marked the holiday with a “very merry Christmas” to Christians worldwide, while Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas demonized Israel, absurdly asking for international protection from Israel for his people. Netanyahu reached out to Christians in Israel and across the world in a personal video message on behalf of the people and government of Israel, stating, “From Jerusalem, I wish Israel’s Christian community and Christians everywhere a very joyous Christmas and a happy new year.”

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Iran Sponsors $75,000 Holocaust Cartoon Contest

December 28, 2015 The organizers of the 11th Tehran International Cartoon Biennial announced Wednesday that the 2016 competition will likely draw participants from 50 countries.

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Abbas Announces “State of Palestine” Passports

December 28, 2015 This past Monday in Athens, Palestinian Authority (PA) chair Mahmoud Abbas announced that passports from the PA would read "State of Palestine" by the end of 2016 — resurrecting the tenets of a plan the Fatah leader discarded in 2012. (BIN)

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The Islamic State Threat in Israel

December 21, 2015 Increased attacks abroad have Israeli officials preparing for possible strikes by the Islamic State in 2016 at home. With Russia inflicting damage on the Islamic State (Da'esh) from the air, the Middle East Newsline (MENL) says "an exodus" of terrorists could result in a refocusing of attacks on Israel.

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Vatican Rejects Evangelizing Jews

December 16, 2015 On Thursday, the Vatican released a controversial document to mark the 50th anniversary of Nostra Aetate, which opened the door to formal Catholic-Jewish dialogue. While affirming that Yeshua HaMashiach (Jesus the Messiah) is the only means to salvation, the document rejected the evangelization of Jews and stated that Jews are not "excluded from salvation" just because they do not believe.

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Israel Marks Day for Jewish Refugees from Arab Countries

December 9, 2015 On November 30, Israel marked with a formal event the expulsion and/or murder of 850,000 Jews from Middle East nations in the 20th century. The commemoration of the “silent Exodus” came about through a Knesset (Israel parliament) law introduced by Member of the Knesset (MK) Dr. Shimon Ohayon last year.

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Obama, Netanyahu Respond to San Bernardino Terror Attack

December 9, 2015 According to a statement made Saturday by the Islamic State, the terrorists who killed 14 in San Bernardino, California, last Wednesday were "soldiers of the caliphate." Da'esh itself has not taken responsibility for the attack. United States-born, Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and his Pakistani wife Tashfeen Malik, 29, had been radicalized, but Los Angeles' Assistant Director of the FBI David Bowdich, said the question remains " how and by whom."

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Khamenei Promises to Support Palestinian “Uprising”

November 30, 2015 The largest contributor to terrorism in the Middle East and in the Palestinian territories is pledging unfailing support to continue the wave of terror against Israel. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei promised on Wednesday to defend the Palestinians' movement "in any way," saying "about 60 years have passed since the occupation of Palestine … but the cause of Palestine still exists."

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