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Turkey and Hamas Set Sights on Jerusalem

June 1, 2015 Both Hamas and Turkey have set their sights on Jerusalem. In a May 15 speech ignored by mainstream media, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan campaigned for votes with a rallying cry "to see Jerusalem in [Muslim] hands at every moment and at every opportunity."

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Terrorist Glorifier Drops Bid to Suspend Israel from FIFA

June 1, 2015 At the last minute on Friday, the Palestinian Football Association (PFA) withdrew its call to suspend Israel from the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). The PFA’s Jibril Rajoub ultimately dropped his bid to see the Israeli football association (called soccer in the US) banned from FIFA, after a number of association presidents pressured him to forgo the move.

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Texas Partners with Israel for Desalination

May 31, 2015 On May 20, the Israeli city Hadera, which produces about half of Israel's electricity and has the world's second-largest desalination plant, became sister-cities with El Paso, Texas. El Paso officials chose Hadera for the partnership based upon its work in desalination, wind, solar and electric power, nearby high-tech incubation, and desert environment.

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Parasha Naso (Elevate): Sanctified Heads, Holy Hands, and Blessing

May 29, 2015 In this week's Torah portion, Naso, the headcount of the Israelites is completed with a census of the Levites who are between the ages of 30 and 50. They are to do the work of transporting the Mishkan (Tabernacle). Besides discussing the duties of the Levites, this Scripture portion also provides the law of the nazir, or Nazirite, and the Aaronic Benediction (Birkat Kohanim—ברכת כהנים) or more commonly known as the Priestly Blessing.

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Hezbollah Boasts of Lebanon-Israel Tunnel Network

May 25, 2015 Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed terror group based in Lebanon, boasted last week of its complex network of tunnels along the Israel-Lebanon border. According to a report by Lebanese paper As-safir on Friday, these tunnels are well-equipped and ready to launch a plague of rockets against Israel.

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100th Anniversary of 1915 Shavuot: Expulsion or Execution

May 25, 2015 While traditional Jews connect Shavuot to Matan Torah, God's giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai to the Israelites in the wilderness, not all Shavuot memories are joyful. One hundred years ago, some Jewish communities were compelled to celebrate the holiday on their own journey—after expulsion, not exodus.

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Netanyahu on Chronic Housing Shortage: “We Build in Jerusalem”

May 24, 2015 On May 17th, at a special Jerusalem Day Knesset meeting marking 48 years since Jerusalem was reunited in the Six Day War, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu addressed a deep domestic need for more affordable housing after a decade of skyrocketing prices. Out of 26 countries, Israel has felt the third-steepest increase in home prices between 2008 and 2014, with home prices rising 87.1% and rent costs rising 43%.

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Ancient Water Source Uncovered in Jerusalem

May 24, 2015 On Thursday, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced that a section of Jerusalem's 2000-year-old water source had been discovered. It was the same day that a five-day international gathering of believers for Shavuot (Feast of Weeks, or Pentecost) began in Jerusalem—thousands drawn together to celebrate the Source of Living Water.

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Israel Remembers Eli Cohen 50 Years After Damascus Execution

May 22, 2015 The Israeli president's official residence hosted the ceremony this week remembering Israeli spy Eli Cohen 50 years since his execution. "Eli Cohen was an extraordinary hero of Israel. He merited that the entire country would know him well and maintain his legacy. We, citizens of Israel, will forever remember Eli Cohen as a true hero, who sacrificed his life in the defense of our security and for the freedom of our country," said President Reuven Rivlin on Monday, calling Cohen "our brother, a hero of Israel."

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Bamidbar (In the Wilderness): United Under One Authority

May 22, 2015 In Bamidbar, the Israelites are still camped at Mount Sinai after having received the law, built the Tabernacle, and been instructed in worship. But before they move forward to the Promised Land, they must be prepared for the threats that lay ahead on the journey, so the Lord commanded Moses to take a census of all Israelite males able to bear arms from ages twenty and up.

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