Month: February 2020

Merkel, Macron Tell Putin They Are Ready to Facilitate Northwestern Syria De-Escalation Efforts

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Clashes between government forces and militants backed by Turkey in the northwestern province of Idlib have intensified recently, while the Turkish forces have also carried out several strikes against the Syrian Arab Army. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron have said in a phone conversation with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin they are […]

Analysis Hamas Uses Israeli Election Mayhem to Extract Concessions for Gaza

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Israel’s easing of Gaza blockade is most far-reaching since Hamas took power in the Gaza Strip   That campaign was a large and bloody Palestinian defeat. The pressure did not bring about concessions by Israel or a significant easing of the situation, and led to mounting frustration with Hamas in Gaza. This led Sinwar to […]

Turkey says might receive US missiles over Syria threat

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Ankara says it wants no ‘face-off’ with Moscow as tensions spiral in Idlib, claims it might receive Patriot defense system, despite earlier purchase of Russian S-400 platform AFPToday, 11:39 pm ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey said Thursday it wanted no “face-off” with Moscow over Syria’s offensive near the two countries’ border but said it might receive […]

Netanyahu: 5,200 housing units for Givat Hamatos and Har Homa

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Netanyahu: 5,200 housing units for Givat Hamatos and Har Homa PM together with Jerusalem Mayor and Minister Yariv Levin announce construction of 3,000 housing Units in Givat Hamatos, 2,200 in Har Homa.   Mordechai Sones, 20/02/20 14:36   Netanyahu and Leon Jerusalem Municipality Spokesman Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced today construction of a Jewish neighborhood […]

Iran: ‘Zionist-controlled’ US Government to Go Way of ‘Titanic’

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CHARLES BYBELEZER 02/20/2020 Iranian leader Ali Khamenei says the United States will end up like the Titanic due to “wealthy Zionist individuals” he claims hold sway over the American economy. “Today, the epitome of rebellion, arrogance and tyranny is the US government, which is controlled by the wealthy Zionist individuals and corporate owners,” Iran’s supreme leader said. […]

Hamas said to warn of rockets on Tel Aviv if Israel kills terror group’s leaders

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Gaza rulers threaten Israel via mediators, saying they don’t fear conflict, IDF ‘physical action’ in Strip will bring missile volley on Israel’s financial capital — Lebanese media TOI staffToday, 12:16 pm The Hamas terror group has warned Israel against assassinating any of the terror group’s leaders, saying the immediate response would be a rocket barrage […]

Palestinians must bring more to table than a sympathy plea – British MP

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“I came away thinking that they [the Palestinians] are absolutely not going to let this be a moment of opportunity, – that is what was frustrating and disappointing to me,” Crabb said. TOVAH LAZAROFF FEBRUARY 20, 2020 12:42 The Palestinians must show they are serious about peace by seizing the “Deal of the Century” as […]

Syrian journalist: Jews ‘make miracles out of the impossible’

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Watch: Syrian journalist refutes claim that Israel thwarts democracy in Arab countries, praises the Jewish people. Elad Benari, 20/02/20 06:47 [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gYVuoZht7A?autohide=1&rel=0] The Qatar-based Al-Jazeera network recently hosted a debate about Israel and the Arab countries. Syrian journalist Thaer Al-Nashef, who took part in the debate, said that the claim that Israel is thwarting democracy […]

Restored Alexandria synagogue hosts largest Jewish prayer in decades

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With Egypt’s new program to preserve its Jewish heritage, the synagogue was renovated in a multi-year, multi-million euro effort beginning in 2017 CARMEL MADADSHAHI FEBRUARY 17, 2020 19:42 Some 180 Jews of Egyptian origin from the Diaspora have flown to Egypt for a Shabbat celebrating the newly renovated 14th-century Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue in Alexandria. The […]

Winds of Mideast Change Worth Remembering at the Ballot Box

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    From left: Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz, shake hands at the memorial ceremony for the late President Shimon Peres, at the Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem, on Sept. 19, 2019. Photo: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90. JNS.org – The significance of two events that […]

Working Out Your Salvation

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We don’t work for our salvation; rather, we work out our salvation, letting Christ’s life in us come fully to fruition Working Out Your Salvation Philippians 2:12 – 2:13 12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. 13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of [his] good pleasure. What does it mean to “work out your salvation”? Many people mistakenly think Paul was telling us to work for our …

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