SOME EXCELLENT READING FROM JERUSLAMEM FROM THE WEEKEND EDITION OF "BREAKING ISRAEL NEWS".

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Why Israel Matters to Me, Even if I’m Not Jewish By: Father Gabriel Rochelle I was thrilled as a young boy to watch the rebirth of Israel. I knew of the Holocaust; pictures of people suffering and dead in the camps sent shivers up my spine. I celebrated with Jewish friends in Philadelphia when Israeli independence was declared in 1948. But it wasn’t the same, really, because I’m not Jewish.  Read » Punished for Being Raped: Women's Burden Under Sharia By: Phyllis Chesler ISIS has just be-headed a woman in Baquba because she dared to resist being raped. In the process of struggling to defend herself, she actually killed her would-be rapist, an ISIS warrior. The woman was at home recovering from a medical illness. Read » Godly Restraint or Cowardly Chicken...? By: Earl Cox We’ve reached a point in world history whereby we are absolutely unable to discern good from evil, nor recognize the use of Godly restraint over cowardly chicken…I’ve read The Book from cover to cover, so I know how the story ends. Read » Obama and the Definition of 'Islamic' By: Caroline Glick Whether it is mainstream Islamic jurisprudence or not to embrace the enslavement of women and girls as concubines is not a question that Obama – or any US leader for that matter – is equipped to answer. And yet, Obama spoke with absolute certainty when he claimed that IS is not Islamic. Read » ISIS Snuffs Out Ancient Christianity By: Raymond Ibrahim During the Islamic State’s June invasion and consolidation of Mosul, Iraq — where Christians have been present since the first century — countless atrocities against them were committed. Accordingly, the region is now reportedly empty of Christian presence. Read » Swedish Meatballs, Moose and the Middle East By: Michael Freund In an act of inexplicable folly, the Swedish government decided last week to formally recognize a state that does not exist, has no finite borders and which fails to meet even the minimal criteria for statehood under international law. Read » Egypt's War on Terrorism: World's Double Standards By: Khaled Abu Toameh ​Egypt’s crackdown in Sinai once again exposes the double standards of the international community toward the war on terrorism. While it is fine for Egypt to demolish hundreds of houses and forcibly transfer thousands of people in the name of the war on terrorism, Israel is not allowed to fire back at those who launch rockets and missiles at its civilians. Read »