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The City of David During the First Temple Period

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik4tU9RJgxQ

US-Israel Relationship

Palestinian men convicted of killing American tourist in Israel charged in US

Two Palestinian men convicted in Israel of murdering a U.S. citizen who was hiking near an Israeli archaeological site could face prosecution in the United States if they're ever released from an Israeli prison.

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia said in a statement Thursday that Ayad Fatafta and Kifah Ghanimat each face a...

Churches in southern Egypt will not celebrate Easter

CAIRO — Egyptian churches, in the southern city of Minya, said on Tuesday that they will not hold Easter celebrations next Saturday in mourning for 45 Coptic Christians killed this week in twin bombings of churches in two cities during Palm Sunday ceremonies.

The Minya Coptic Orthodox Diocese said that celebrations will only be limited to the...

Young ANC leader defies Israel-apartheid comparisons, sees his political future doomed

Comparing Israel to apartheid South Africa is all the rage again. A United Nations agency recently published (and the United Nations secretary general rejected) a report accusing the Jewish state of having “established an apartheid regime that dominates the Palestinian people as a whole.” Campuses around the world are currently marking Israel...

Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) Issues

Presbyterian Pastor Defies Denomination, Stands With Israel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwEn3qQBciE

Part 2: A Light Unto the Nations: Israel’s Largest Food Bank Fulfills Biblical Mandate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNAWvZcfm24

Part 1: Israel’s Largest Food Bank Sets Biblical Example, Blesses the Poor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS5jcp3p8i0

Four Good Reasons Why Every American Should Support Israel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08kcTSupOPU

Think God is Done With Israel? Think Again

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_G7ObzAgNDc

Trump, Pence boost hopes to move Israel embassy to Jerusalem

President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence have boosted speculation for big cuts to U.S. contributions to the United Nations and moving the American embassy in Israel to Jerusalem by meeting with a prominent group that promotes both causes.

Late last Friday, leaders from Christians United for Israel, including Pastor John C. Hagee and Gary...

WATCH: Israeli, American naval commandos train together

Elite soldiers from the Israel Navy joined forces with US Navy SEALS last week in the latest in an ongoing series of joint exercises involving the two countries’ armed forces

The Shayetet 13 Naval Commandos, Sa’ar 5 missile ships, Naval Special Warfare vessels and other Israeli Navy sea craft took part in the drills.

The forces trained for...

Israelis develop a blood test to diagnose lung cancer

The new test is able to diagnose the disease long before it spreads in the body, thus increasing the chance of survival, as many patients usually die within a few months of the diagnosis.

Each year, approximately 1.8 million new lung cancer patients are diagnosed, a 1.59 million of whom will die within the first year post-diagnosis. Most cases...

Incitement Issues

New Palestinian textbooks ‘teach students to be martyrs’

The Palestinian Authority’s new textbooks for first to fourth grades demonize Israel and glorify “martyrdom,” a report published Sunday claims, citing an “alarming deterioration” since a previous study.

The report, by Hebrew University’s Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education (IMPACT-se), says that the 2016-2017...

Israeli scientists find way to detect polio outbreaks earlier

Israeli scientists have developed an improved model for detecting the polio virus before it spreads and causes an outbreak, Ben- Gurion University of the Negev said Monday

Researchers from the Beersheba university described in a paper published last Wednesday in “Science Translational Medicine” their new methodology, which uses levels of the...

American UN Ambassador Nikki Haley: All I’ve Done With Israel Is Tell the Truth

“All I’ve done with Israel is tell the truth,” US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley told a New York City gathering on Wednesday about the prominent role she has taken in defending the Jewish state since she assumed her current position two months ago. “So when I saw something wrong, I called it out.”

At a Council on Foreign Relations event, the...

Israel Slashes UN Payments by $2 Million in Wake of Hostile Votes at Human Rights Council

Israel announced Wednesday that it’s slashing its payments to the United Nations by $2 million after a series of anti-Israel votes last week.

Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon said the decision to reduce the annual payments was made following a series of anti-Israel votes at the UN Human Rights Council. He called the votes part...