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A camerawoman stands between a provocative "Pro-Israeli" ad and Egyptian-American activist Mona Eltahawy who defaces it in the name of protesting racism.

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL. The Love for Israel Relief Fund has been accepted as a civil society with the United Nations’ Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNESA). Not only is this an acknowledgement of their advocacy on behalf of Israeli orphans and at-risk children, but allows them to be more active and more effective on the international stage. The Love for Israel Relief Fund was founded in 2006 when the chairman of the Knesset Social Welfare Lobby requested help in addressing Israel’s youth crisis. Since that time the Love for Israel Relief Fund has cooperated with various governmental and non-governmental bodies...

The Middle East, source of much of the world’s hydrocarbons, is one of the most volatile regions on earth, where energy issues impact international relations. From Iraqi oil output, still struggling to reach its 2003 pre-invasion levels through Iran’s sanctioned nuclear program, the region focuses the world’s attention like nowhere else.

During the same week when the American ambassador to Libya was murdered and his dead body dragged through the streets by celebrating mobs, the President of the United States found time to go on the David Letterman show to demonstrate his sense of humor and how cool he is. But Barack Obama did not have time to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the leader of a nation repeatedly threatened with annihilation by Iranian leaders, who are working feverishly toward the creation of nuclear bombs. This was an extraordinary thing in itself, something that probably no other President of...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Jerusalem In The Scriptures Psalm 147 1. Praise the Lord. How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and fitting to praise him! 2. The Lord builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the exiles of Israel. 3. He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. 4. He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name. 5. Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit. 6. The Lord sustains the humble but casts the wicked to the ground. 7. Sing to...

Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood has given King Abdullah II notice that he has until October to bow to their demand to transform the Hashemite Kingdom into a constitutional monarchy or face "Arab Spring" style street pressure for his abdication. Middle East sources report that Israeli and Saudi intelligence watchers are becoming increasingly concerned about the approaching climax of the conflict in Amman between Islamists and the throne. For Israel, an upheaval in Jordan bodes the tightening of the Islamist noose around its borders – Egypt and Libya to the south and Syria to the north, with unpredictable consequences with regard to...

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has relentlessly warned that Iran poses an imminent nuclear threat, but most Israelis are sanguine, believing it won't happen or that Israel can handle it. Yes, Iran is a dangerous regime, most say. But even as some get new gas masks and repair their bomb shelters, more than half say they think Mr. Netanyahu's statements about launching an Israeli strike on Iran are a bluff intended to pressure the US to do the job instead.

A VOLUNTEER REMEMBERS THE YOM KIPPUR WARBy JOEL LEYDENSitting in the relative safety of a suburban Long Island home, I first heard news reports of Arab armies attacking Israel on October 6, 1973. It was not exactly clear what was transpiring in the Middle-East. News reports were censored and the media was not overly kind to Israel. I heard my father say that Israel’s UN Ambassador Abba Eban was to address the United Nations General Assembly. I did not know of Abba Eban, I was expecting an Israeli to speak with a thick Israeli accent that most would not understand....

And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness: And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.(Leviticus 16:21-22)Here is an ominous irony; on the eve of Yom Kippur, the God appointed Holy day of Israel,...

Israeli intelligence believes that March 2013 will be the decisive moment when Israel has to act jointly with the US against Iran, as a de-coupled attack is unlikely to derail Tehran's nuclear programme The mood at the World Summit on Counter-terrorism at Herzliya, Tel Aviv, this month was sombre. Mixed feelings about the Arab Spring —which many called an ‘uprising’ — and what to do about Iran were dominant. While placards on the streets in Tel Aviv read: “Don’t Bomb. Talk”, discussions on ‘deciding on the bomb or bombing’ and ‘preparing for The Day After were plentiful’. The regional scene...

So what else is there to say about Mitt Romney's tax returns? I would suggest that we could learn at least two things from them. First, on a personal level, it seems that Mitt and Ann Romney are very generous people. They donated $4.02 million in charity in 2011 (out of $13.7 million of income) and $3 million in 2010 (out of $21.7 million in income). If these figures are accurate (and there is no reason to doubt them) the Romneys donated almost 30 percent of their 2011 income to charity, and 14 percent of their income in 2010. That...

Top Jewish Democrats are standing squarely behind President Obama's decision not to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and warning Israel to butt out of the U.S. presidential race. The White House has been on the defensive ever since Israeli officials publicly complained last week after Obama refused to adjust his schedule to meet with Netanyahu at the United Nations General Assembly in New York later this week. Republicans quickly pounced, urging Obama to reconsider and inviting Netanyahu to meet with them at his convenience. ''I don't think it's necessary for the president to rearrange his schedule,'' Rep. Henry Waxman...

In his splashy New York Times profile, Morsi has said that neither a woman nor a Christian can ever be president of Egypt. Meanwhile a Salafi member of the new Egyptian parliament has called for marrying 9-year-olds.Meanwhile on the other side of the border, when some Egyptian Islamist terrorists used the generosity of Israeli soldiers thinking that they were bringing water to African migrants in order to stage an ambush, two of the three terrorists were killed by a female sharpshooter. She related how it all began: “Suddenly we heard over the com system a female soldier yelling ‘They’re...

NEW YORK - US President Barack Obama will warn Iran on Tuesday that the United States will "do what we must" to prevent it acquiring a nuclear weapon, and appeal to world leaders for a united front against further attacks on US diplomatic missions in Muslim countries. Preparing to take the podium at the United Nations six weeks before the US presidential election, Obama hopes to counter criticism of his foreign record by Republican rival Mitt Romney, who has accused him of mishandling the Arab Spring uprisings, damaging ties with Israel and not being tough enough on Iran. Seeking to...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Jerusalem In The Scriptures Psalm 137(Excerpt) 4. How can we sing the songs of the Lord while in a foreign land? 5. If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill. 6. May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not consider Jerusalem my highest joy.

Iran's President Ranges Far In Interview: Talks Israel, Slams Homosexuality September 24, 2012 New York (CNN) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made clear what he meant when he said Israel should be "wiped off" the map and touched on everything from the Holocaust to homosexuality in a wide-ranging interview that aired Monday on CNN's "Piers Morgan Tonight." The president, speaking through a translator, also said what his country would do if attacked by Israel, and he slammed an anti-Islam film that has triggered protests in the Muslim world. "If a group comes and occupies the United States of America, destroys...

UANI, Supporters of Israel, Democracy Organize Thousands Protesting Ahmadinejad At UNBy Joel Leyden Israel News AgencyNew York, New York --- September 23, 2012 ... United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI), Jewish and Christian supporters of Israel and hundreds who demand democracy for Iran are hosting a massive demonstration at the Warwick Hotel in New York on Monday, September 24, 2012 to protest the Warwick and its guest, Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The demonstration will take place outside the Warwick Hotel, intersection of 54th St. and 6th Ave at 2:00 PM, and will feature signs, props, chants, and an activity center open...

House of prayer operators participate in march calling for Israel’s destruction. The Imam Ali Mosque in Hamburg, widely considered by experts in Germany and abroad the long arm of Iran’s regime in the Federal Republic, appears to have violated the spirit – and perhaps the terms – of its contractual partnership with the city of Hamburg. The mosque and its parent organization are said to have mobilized anti-Israel activists to call for the destruction of the Jewish state. ... Hamburg has the largest German-Iranian and Iranian community in the Federal Republic. The northern city is believed to have the second...

Christian residents of Egyptian border towns Rafah and Al-Arish have so far refused to leave the city, as a local church had advised, after they received leaflets containing messages threatening to blow up their property if they do not leave within 48 hours. Rev. Gabriel Habib, priest at the Church of the Virgin Mary and the Archangel Michael in Al-Arish, said Christian residents had refused to leave temporarily to avoid fulfilling the extremists’ goal of forcing them out of their city.

The White House sought to assert its commitment to Israel on Monday after President Barack Obama referred to the country as only “one of our closest allies” in the Middle East on Sunday -- White House Press Secretary Jay Carney stated today that “Israel is our closest ally in the region.” In an interview on CBS’s 60 Minutes on Sunday, correspondent Steve Kroft said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “had inserted himself into the presidential campaign, criticizing the president...