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Republicans voice support for Netanyahu congressional speech Top Republican leaders took to public and private channels Thursday to expose a coordinated campaign by the Obama administration to attack Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over his acceptance of an invitation to speak before Congress, according to conversations with multiple lawmakers and leading pro-Israel insiders. The statements, many of which were obtained by the Washington Free Beacon in conversations with leaders in Congress, come in the aftermath of a widely cited New York Times report in which Obama administration officials accused Netanyahu of breaking diplomatic protocol by agreeing to speak before receiving...

Egypt has offered to evacuate thousands of its citizens from Libya after Islamic State (Isis) released pictures showing 21 kidnapped Egyptian Christians paraded in orange jumpsuits. Egypt said it had no choice but take urgent measures on Friday with Isis expanding fast across Libya, its war-stricken neighbour. “We are helping them,” Cairo’s foreign ministry spokesman, Badr Abdelatty, said. “If they would like to come back from Libya, we are facilitating their return to their home country.” The Coptic Christian guest workers were kidnapped in Sirte, on Libya’s coast, by Isis units based there in two operations in December and January....

Frontpage Interview’s guest today is David Brog, a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Law School. He practiced corporate law in Philadelphia and Israel. He worked on Capitol Hill for seven years, rising to be chief of staff to U.S. Senator Arlen Specter and staff director of the Senate Judiciary Committee. He is the author of the new book Standing With Israel, an examination of evangelical Christian support for Israel. FP: David Brog, welcome to Frontpage Interview. Brog: Thank you very much for having me. FP: What inspired you to write this book? Brog: My curiosity about the topic of...