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West Silent on Slaughter of Middle East Christians

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In their bid to establish a worldwide Islamic caliphate, the Islamic State group, also known as ISIS, has run thousands of Christians out of their homes in Iraq and Syria since last summer—telling them to "convert or die." In its 2015 World Watch List, Open Doors stated that the Islamic State, Boko Haram, and other Muslim militant groups are the greatest threat to Christian lives in 18 of the 20 most dangerous countries to people with faith in Yeshua.

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PA Applies to ICC After Failed Statehood Bid at UN Security Council

iyad H. Mansour, Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine to the UN-Security Council

The Palestinian ambassador to the submitted a request this Friday to join 22 international treaties including the International Criminal Court, despite a failed bid for Palestinian statehood in the UN Security two days prior. The Palestinian Authority (PA) has been eligible to apply to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court at the Hague since November 2012, when the UN General Assembly agreed to categorize it as a "nonmember observer state."

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Parasha Shemot (Names): When Things Seem to Go From Bad to Worse

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There is much to learn from the suffering of the Israelites. Despite the tyranny by the Egyptians, the People of Israel still grew mighty in number. Oppressive circumstances cannot prevent God from carrying out His purposes and fulfilling His promises. We may suffer under some sort of bondage or pain for what seems like a very long time, but we can rest assured that God hears our cries.

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Arab Nations Ban Exodus Movie for “Inaccuracies,” “Racism”

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Ridley Scott's recently released Exodus: Gods and Kings has proved to be quite controversial in Arab countries, including Egypt, Morocco, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar. While the film makes little attempt to be historically accurate, it does dramatize the story of Moses (played by Christian Bale) leading the Jews out of Egypt, a story that God has commanded the Jewish People to retell every year at Passover.

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Aliyah Hits 10-Year High

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Last year's summer war did not stop 2014 from drawing record immigration numbers in ten years, as 26,500 new Israelis disembarked at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport, a 32 percent increase from the year before. While French and Ukrainian Jews led the surge, North America also claimed its highest immigration numbers to Israel in a decade, with 3,700 Jews leaving the United States and Canada in a 7 percent jump from 2013.

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Parasha Vayechi (And He Lived): The Lion and the Scepter of Judah

Jacob Blessing Ephraim and Manasseh, by Benjamin West

In this Parasha, Jacob compelled Joseph to vow to carry his body back to the Land of his Fathers and bury him there. Joseph agreed to his dying father’s request not to leave his body in Egypt. Although Jacob had lived the last 17 years of his life in Egypt, he never forgot the Land God had promised him by Divine Covenant. Ever since God called Abraham out of Ur, the Jewish People have not lost sight of the Promised Land given to them through Isaac and Jacob. Even when the people of Israel were taken captive by Nebuchadnezzar, they sat by the rivers of Babylon weeping and remembering Zion, vowing to never forget her.

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