Conference of European Rabbis Meet With Pope at the Vatican

April 28, 2015 On Monday, in a historic meeting, Pope Francis met with top European rabbis to discuss growing anti-Semitism in Europe, as well as recent attacks on Christians by Islamic radicals. For the first time, representatives from the Conference of European Rabbis (CER), which represents 700 chief rabbis throughout Europe, met with the pope at the Vatican.

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Russian Sale of S-300 Missiles Cause Grave Concern For Israel

April 20, 2015 In a phone call to Russian Premier Vladimir Putin, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his deep concern over Russia’s sale of S-300 surface to air missile defense system to Iran. The S-300s carry a 145 kg (320 pound) warhead and have an intercept range of 120 km (75 miles) cruise missiles as well as aircraft. Advanced models can target ballistic missiles.

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Anti-Semitic Violence Up 40%

April 19, 2015 In European capitals it is becoming impossible for Jews to visit synagogues or other Jewish institutions without risking assault or death. And anti-Semitic violence has skyrocketed with 40% increase worldwide, reports a study conducted by Tel Aviv University’s Kantor Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry, and prepared with the European Jewish Congress (EJC) reports.

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Bible Marathon Traces Run of Benjamin’s Man

April 17, 2015 Earlier this April, around 2,200 Israelis retraced the steps of the Twelve Tribes of Israel when they took part in the first international Bible Marathon. While many know that the marathon is named after a battlefield from which Pheidippides raced to Athens to report a victory in 490 BC, few realize that the Bible records an earlier run. Three thousand years ago, a man from the tribe of Benjamin ran 42 kilometers (the official length of the Olympic running contest, determined in 1908 at the London Olympics) from the battlefield at Eben-Ezer to the center of Israeli worship where the Tabernacle was placed—Shiloh. (1 Samuel 4)

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Khamenei Demands Sanctions Be Lifted

April 13, 2015 On Thursday, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said that the hard won framework deal was no guarantee of success and that sanctions must lift when a final nuclear deal is signed. The US, however, plans to lift the sanctions in phases.

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IsraAID Helps Kenya Following Al-Shabab Attack

April 13, 2015 The Israel relief group IsraAID has gone to Kenya to help the country deal with the aftermath of an attack on university students by militant Muslim terrorist group al-Shabab.

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Iranian General Mohammed Reza Naqdi Says Destroying Israel Is “Non-Negotiable”

April 6, 2015 As the so-called P5+1 group—the United States, Britain, China, France and Russia plus Germany—fought their way to the finish line for a framework nuclear deal with Iran last week, an Iranian general said Tuesday that "erasing Israel off the map" is "nonnegotiable."

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ICC Welcomes Palestinian Authority As New Member

April 6, 2015 On April Fool’s Day, the International Criminal Court (ICC) officially enrolled the Palestinian Authority (PA) as its 123rd member, calling it the "State of Palestine," even though it is not legally a state.

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Anonymous Threatens Israel with Cyber Holocaust

April 5, 2015 The hacker-activist group Anonymous has threatened to launch an "electronic holocaust" against Israel on April 7, just nine days before Yom HaShoah (Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day).

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US House Speaker John Boehner, World Is on Fire

April 5, 2015 Last Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed to Jerusalem a United States Congressional delegation led by Speaker of the House of Representatives John Boehner, who invited the prime minister to speak before Congress last month on the Iranian nuclear deal.

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