The story of Jesus commanding us to give unto Caesar that which is Caesar’s is commonly misrepresented as His commanding us to give to Caesar the denari which he asks for (i.e., to pay taxes to government), asâ€â€it is assumedâ€â€the denari are Caesar’s, being that they have Caesar’s image and name on them. But...
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President Barack Obama plans to call for an improved dialogue with Islam in his upcoming speech in Egypt. All faiths would benefit from greater understanding. Yet no conversation will be complete if it does not address Islam’s persecution of Christians, Jews, and other religious minorities. Western efforts to reach out to Islam are increasing....
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The United Nations relief agency United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is demanding that Hamas return food and blankets intended for Gaza Strip civilians in Palestine, which was seized by Hamas’ Ministry of Social Affairs. According to UNRWA, the supplies were seized on Tuesday by Hamas...
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The Israeli military announced in a report on Thursday that it has used at least 20 white phosphorus bombs inside civilian areas during the IDF’s offensive in the Gaza Strip to try and stop rockets being fired by Hamas, from going into southern Israel. The report comes as Israeli naval gunships went silent for...
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A spokesman says that the Gaza headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has been hit by shells containing white phosphorus. Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, expressed “strong protest and outrage” to the Israeli Government over the attack. “The number of casualties...
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Heavy fighting continued overnight in the Gaza Strip as Israeli warplanes and helicopters bombed targets and Israeli Defense Forces fought with Hamas militants in Palestine. Several areas of black and white smoke could be seen as it covered the sky. Yesterday, Ehud Olmert the Israeli Prime Minister said that Hamas will face an “iron...
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Israel’s Central Election Committee voted yesterday to disqualify two Arab politcal parties from running in the country’s general elections scheduled for February 10th. The committee voted 26–3 to disqualify the Arab political party Balad, and 21–3 with eight abstentions to disqualify an alliance of parties United Arab List and Ta’al. The UAL-Ta’al is sometimes...
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Human Rights Watch (HRW) has charged Israel with using white phosphorous bombs in urban areas. These incendiary weapons are suspected in the case of 10 victims with serious burns. The rights group is calling on Israel not to use these devices in crowded areas of Gaza. Marc Garlasco, a senior military analyst for the...
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Once again the Palestinian/Israeli conflict spirals out of control. However, this particular battle has produced circumstantial evidence that the conflict has become more dangerous than ever before. Unless a permanent solution is found soon, the violence may increase in severity until the conflict ends tragically. In the latest fighting, Israel has bombed the HAMAS...
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At least four Katyusha rockets were fired into northern Israel from Lebanon, injuring at least five people. The rockets landed just six miles from the Israel-Lebanon border in the Israeli city of Nahariya. Following the attack, the Israeli military fired at least five mortars into Lebanon in an attempt to take out the launch...
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has urged the United Nations Security Council to call for Israel to immediately cease aggression in the Gaza Strip. He also called for the lifting of the “suffocating siege” of Gaza. Israel began ground operations in Gaza on Saturday. “I call on the council to take the first necessary step...
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On 13/12/2008, Robert Gates, the US Secretary of Defense, speaking at an international security conference in Bahrain, gave some insight about forthcoming relations between America and Iran. He said, “Nobody is after a regime change in Iran…What we are after is a change in policies and a change in behaviour so that Iran becomes...
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Speaking of Israel is Speaking of the Middle East: Leette Eaton- White I gave you my personal perspective of the current situation in Israel in a very pro-Israel way in my last article for HipHopRepublican.com. Now I will continue my Pro-Israel lean but now I am going to give more reasons why I feel...
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The Israeli military has confirmed that their troops have began a ground assault on the Gaza Strip. The assault also includes tanks and more air assaults, according to a statement issued by the Israeli government. For several days, the Israeli military had been massing over 10,000 troops and equipment along the Israel-Gaza border, in...
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The negative characterization of so many institutions and actions were perceived as merely a partisan attack on Congressional Republicans and the Bush White House. But it is becoming grimly apparent as the caterwauling continues that the real target of the attacks was and is America itself.
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Using the well-tried and successful Hezbollah strategy for waging war, Hamas inserts itself into communities filled with children, women and men. It then launches missiles into Israel, knowing that its launch sites will be easily detected by Israel’s technology. Hamas also knows that the deeper it has insinuated itself into Arab family communities, the...
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The Hamas Charter proscribes peace with Israel. Ceasefires are possible only when advantageous to Hamas and always are temporary. Accordingly, as soon as the latest ceasefire expired, Hamas operatives fired a barrage of rockets and mortars from Gaza into Israel. On Dec. 27, Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) responded with air attacks on specific terrorist...
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Israel has launched at least 30 simultaneous missiles strikes on Hamas installations in Gaza City, causing heavy damage. F-16 fighters targeted security compounds in the City’s center. The “massive” air strikes on Saturday have claimed at least at least 170 lives, including Gaza police chief Maj. Gen. Tawfiq Jaber. More than 250 were injured,...
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Terrorists are likely to use a weapon of mass destruction somewhere in the world in the next five years, a congressional blue-ribbon panel reported. The panel, chaired by former Florida Senator Bob Graham, released a preliminary report on December 1 that created a huge amount of Washington buzz. However, the Graham panel’s report is...
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The president of the World Jewish Congress, Ronald S. Lauder, has criticized recent anti-Israel statements by Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann of Nicaragua, the current president of the United Nations General Assembly. D’Escoto had likened Israel’s actions vis-a-vis the Palestinians to “the apartheid of an earlier era” and called on the international community to consider stricter...
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