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Jerusalem Shines in the 6th Festival of Light

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Jerusalem's 6th annual Festival of Light is inspiring the world to visit Israel's ancient capital city. The Old City has been aglow since Wednesday, as 17 acclaimed international light artists from the United States, Portugal, France, Germany and Holland skillfully project dramatic 3-D images and movies against its ancient stone walls and present interactive displays throughout the city.

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Parasha Shlach (Send): Minding What We Hear

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In Parasha Shlach, 12 spies (m'raglim) are dispatched into the land of Canaan to spy out the land that God promised to give them as their new home. They returned with huge clusters of grapes, since it was the season of the first ripe grapes, which coincides with the months of July and August. Although each of the spies acknowledged the bounty in the Land, they also reported that strong, violent giants lived there, spreading fear and doubt among the children of Israel, saying: “The land, through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that devours its inhabitants, and all the people that we saw in it are of great height.” (Numbers 13:32)

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Reuven Rivlin Elected as Israel’s 10th President

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Israel's new president-elect, Reuven "Rubi" Rivlin, is set to take the reins following seven years of leadership from Israel’s beloved President Shimon Peres. From the political party Likud, right-leaning Rivlin garnered 63 votes for the presidential seat on Tuesday, 10 more than Hatnua contender Meir Sheetrit. Peres called Rivlin on Tuesday evening to welcome him to the post. "Rubi, Your Excellency the next President of the State of Israel, you are right for this role,” Peres told Rivlin. “It is a position that brings with it responsibility, you have to consider your every word and every action, but you will do it successfully because you are, to your core, a good person.”

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Gaza Fires on Israel

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Southern Israel was hit Wednesday with the second rocket attack from the Gaza Strip since Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas installed the new Fatah-Hamas unity government on June 2. The United States denounced the attack as “unprovoked aggression,” although it said it would still work with the new government. “We condemn all rocket fire from Gaza. It is unprovoked aggression against civilian targets and is totally unacceptable,” State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said, noting that there were no Hamas members in the new Palestinian government.

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Israel and EU Sign Scientific Cooperation Agreement

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On Sunday Israel and the European Union signed the Horizon 2020 agreement that gives Israel access to the EU’s largest ever research and development program. The agreement allows Israel to participate and benefit the same as any other member state. Israel, the first and only non-member state to have access to the fund, devotes 4 % of its GDP to research and development in the fields of science, medicine, technology and the environment. It has been working with the EU since 1996, but the present agreement will allow for a more active involvement.

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Abbas and Peres Pray for Peace on the Vatican Lawn

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In an unprecedented interfaith prayer summit on a lawn of the Vatican, Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met yesterday to pray for peace in the Middle East. Before the prayer summit, Peres stated, “I have come to the Vatican from the State of Israel together with the representatives of the main monotheistic religions in Israel for an extraordinary event for peace. This spiritual call is very important and influential, since the conflict [in the Middle East] is one that is of both a political and a religious nature.”

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Australia Clarifies Stance on East Jerusalem

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Australia has taken a courageous stand against an international trend and decided it will no longer refer to East Jerusalem as “occupied.” “The description of East Jerusalem as ‘occupied’ East Jerusalem is a term freighted with pejorative implications which is neither appropriate nor useful,” Attorney General George Brandis told Australia’s senate on Thursday, reading from a carefully drafted statement that was written following a conversation with Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop.

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Parasha Behaalotecha (When You Raise): Speaking the Truth in Love

Yeshua (Jesus) emphasized the theme of spiritual light during His earthly ministry. He recognized our need for light and revealed that those who follow Him will never be in darkness. Just as He is a light, we are also called to be lights. According to Philippians 2:14-15, one key way followers of Yeshua can shine as lights in the world is through loving one another and refraining from arguing or complaining.

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