By Associated Press

The U.S. will release the first phase of its Middle East peace plan next month at a conference in Bahrain on the economic benefits that could flow from an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The plan envisions large-scale investment and infrastructure work in Palestinian-controlled areas territories. But the central political elements remain mostly unknown. And the economic workshop June 25-26 is not expected to tackle the major points of contention: Israel’s security, borders, and Jerusalem.

The White House announced the forum on Sunday, saying it will give government, civil and business leaders a chance to gather support for economic initiatives that could be possible with a peace agreement.
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Israel’s UN Ambassador Danny Danon addressed the Security Council on the Jewish People’s rights to the Land of Israel, reading from the bible and recounting 2,000 years of history to make his case.

On April 29, Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon, in an address to the UN Security Council, read from the bible and discussed 2,000 years of Jewish history to prove that the Land of Israel belongs to the Jewish People.

For example, Danon referred to the area of Judea (part of the socalled West Bank), reminding the audience that it was named for the largest of the 12 biblical tribes of Israel – Judah – and that the word “Jew” is derived from “Judah.”
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BY CHRISTINE DOUGLASS-WILLIAMS, JIHAD WATCH

Yesterday, The Washington Post tried to set the stage in prepping for elections, using the same tired old tactics of attacking “populists“, levying accusations about the rise in tide of populists who are supposedly shifting ‘reasonable’, right-of-center folk to the so-called ‘far right’, and blaming the latter for “cultural conflict” (instead of blaming jihadists and their Leftist enablers for eroding democracy bit by bit). Then there was the inescapable Leftist compulsion to malign Trump as WaPo did….

Americans tend to think that our politics are unique and that President Trump has caused all our political disruption. That’s not true. The same patterns of populism, cultural conflict and the movement of well-off and educated center-right voters away from their traditional party are happening around the globe. Australia, which holds its national elections …is a case in point.

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By Mark Moore, NY POST

President Trump threatened to destroy Iran in a tweet sent in the wake of reports that a rocket was fired into Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone less than a mile away from the US Embassy.

“If Iran wants to fight, that will be the official end of Iran. Never threaten the United States again!,” Trump tweeted Sunday afternoon.

It’s unclear exactly what promoted Trump’s posting, but news outlets reported explosions in Iraq’s capital and that a rocket launcher was discovered in eastern Baghdad, an area that is home to Iranian-backed Shiite militias.
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BY CHRISTINE DOUGLASS-WILLIAMS, JIHAD WATCH

In a surprise move, the UK government has refused “to adopt a working definition of ‘Islamophobia’ proposed by an all-party Parliamentary group (APPG). The definition, as put forward by the British Muslims APPG in December, determined that Islamophobia is rooted in racism and is a type of racism that targets expressions of Muslimness or perceived Muslimness”.

What pray tell does “Muslimness” even mean?  And why would anyone accept this loose term without demanding an adequate definition of it?

Forcing the term “Islamophobia” upon Western nations boils down to beating anyone up who criticizes Islam. Unsurprisingly, the Conservatives have “come under fire from Muslim groups and Labour MPs” for rejecting the “Islamophobia” definition.
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Most of those departing were young, educated and relatively well-off, and mainly reach Europe via Turkey and then Greece<

Some 35,000 Palestinians who left the Gaza Strip via Egypt last year haven’t returned, according to Israeli estimates, most of whom were young, educated and comparatively well-off.

Their main motive for leaving was Gaza’s dire economic situation.

Among them were 150 doctors employed at Gazan hospitals. Fear that this brain drain would continue led the Strip’s Hamas government to bar physicians from leaving the territory.
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MIDDLE EAST MONITOR

The Palestinian Authority (PA) has said that it is ready to talk about the prospect of a confederation with Jordan, drawing fierce condemnation from the Kingdom.

The PA’s Ambassador to Moscow, Abdel-Hafeez Nofal, said that the PA is “ready to talk about a confederal union” with Jordan, Al-Resala newspaper reported yesterday.

Secretary General of the Jordanian Popular Unity Party, Said Thiyab, condemned Nofal’s remarks, saying: “The PA’s remarks about its readiness to talk about a confederation with Jordan undermines Palestinian rights in favour of passing the deal of the century,” referring to the long-awaited US peace plan slated to be released after Ramadan.

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By Karin McQuillan, AMERICAN THINKER

By Amil Imani, CAPITAL HILL OUTSIDER

Will America stand a chance to defeat Islam? A short answer is, it all depends! Thus far, sounding the alarm for decades about the ever-increasing menace Islam poses to America has not worked. Honestly, I don’t know what will work! Apathy, political correctness, and massive Islamic lobbying have successfully prevented the public from truly grasping the all-pervasive, invasive Islamic assault.

As usual, the sworn enemies of the United States, leftist politicians – hungry for votes – who despise America and hate our Constitution, delightfully embraced and brought this ‘Trojan Horse’ army inside our gates. It was a perfect marriage. Both sides needed one another to survive.

These desert dwellers and the Quran trained people with the help of our leftist politicians took advantage of the provisions of the most benign system known to humanity, our representative republic, to destroy it from within. Read more…

Despite the terrible errors of Israel’s leaders, Jewish destiny continually has thwarted each and every effort to cede any part of Judea and Samaria.

By Rabbi Prof. Dov Fischer, INN

Back in the 1980s, I used to have a guy in my shul in Woodland Hills who was our point guy for Hagbah (raising the open Torah scroll after the reading).  We used him particularly during the early weeks of Breishit (when the scroll was top-heavy on the Deuteronomy side) and the final weeks of D’varim (when top-heavy on the Genesis side). When I would ask him, “Harry, it’s quite heavy this week — are you OK with it today?” he always would respond: “Don’t worry, Rabbi. This Torah ain’t goin’ anywhere I don’t want it to go.”

Perhaps the singularly dispositive outcome of Israel’s elections is that the nearly 800,000 Jews living in Judea and Samaria ain’t goin’ anywhere they don’t want to go. A review of comparatively recent Israel history points the way to Israel’s destiny. For decades, The dominant Israeli Left put its faith in the Ben-Gurions and Rabins, and the secular right (and too many Religious Zionists) put their unbridled faith in the Menachem Begins and Ariel Sharons.  But Jewish destiny never was in any of their hands.  At most, they advanced some aspects of that destiny by serving it dutifully or by simply staying out of the way.  On occasion, they interfered with the inevitable course of Israel’s destiny to reunite the Jewish heartland, Judea and Samaria, with its original November 1947 nine-mile wide shell.
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The Jewish position on abortion is nuanced, neither condoning it nor categorically prohibiting it.

BY MJL

Abortion is one of the most contentious issues in American politics, and since the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion nationwide, the issue has been a top concern by activists on both sides in assessing both Supreme Court nominees and political candidates. The anti-abortion cause has been embraced by many religious Christian groups, including the Catholic church.

Most American Jews strongly support legalized abortion: A 2015 Pew Research Forum survey found that 83 percent of American Jews, more than any other religious group, say abortion “should be legal in all/most cases.” However, Judaism’s position on abortion is nuanced, and both principal camps in the American debate over abortion rights can claim support from Jewish texts.
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Rod Rosenstein, who appointed Mueller, resigns

Attorney General Bill Barr, former Attorney General “Stealth Jeff” Sessions and Rosenstein aren’t hiding any more how bigly“Sneaky Rod” played coup plotters.

“One Time #Resistance Hero Rod Rosenstein Was Trump’s Leak-Hunter-In-Chief,” headlined the Daily Beast in this story Monday (5/13).

Rosenstein’s resignation letter April 29 should have been a clue he’s been on Team Trump all along. It was “remarkable,” said the Washington Post. “Strange,” said the New Yorker.

“The band is back together again,” Attorney General Barr said, referring to himself, Sessions, Rosenstein… and Bob Mueller.
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