Today’s news brought the announcment of the creation of a new town in Israel, “Mitzpeh Ilan (Ilan Outlook), in memory of fallen Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon.”  Read the whole article at Israel National News – “New Town: Mitzpeh Ilan, Named for Israeli Astronaut” by Hillel Fendel.  As an aside, there was a small controversy over the town’s [...]

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“Thousands Dance and Pray around Old Temple Gates“, according to Israel National News:
“Thousands of men and women encircle the old Temple gates every evening prior to the new month and recite Psalms. From the time of the capture of the old city of Jerusalem by the Jordanian army during the war of Independence, until the [...]

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“It shall come to pass in that day That the Lord shall set His hand again the second time To recover the remnant of His people who are left, From Assyria and Egypt,  From Pathros and Cush, From Elam and Shinar, From Hamath and the islands of the sea. He will set up a banner [...]

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Recent news from COLLive.com announced “Holtzberg’s Computer Restored“, thus bringing a measure comfort to the family of Rabbi Holtzberg and his wife Rivka who were murdered in the recent Indian Mumbai attacks.  Although in Hebrew, one can view the below video to see photos and video of the Holtzbergs and little son Moishe, who had been [...]

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C. Hart observed at American Thinker that at a time when Israeli focus has been on the formation of a future government, there also has been an effort need to gain the release of Gilad Shalit as part of an Egypt-brokered peace deal between Israel and Hamas.
Hart has noted with concern in, “Deal Making In Israel and the [...]

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TheLandOfIsrael.com website has posted another Tuesday Night Live program from February 17th on “Jewish Leadership“.

From the website:
“Jeremy kicks off the Jerusalem conference while Ari jumps in front of a moving car! While many see Israel as a vassal state or puppet government, the Jewish people have been a light to the world, leading by example [...]

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Network Global News has posted a further Strategic Assessment — XI – STRATEGIC THREATS TO ISRAEL IN 2009 AND BEYOND which provided an analysis of threats to Israel in the near and distant future.
The analysis began by saying:
“Israel’s new government is expected to implement a security strategy that will deal with what may be a severe [...]

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Israel National News reported in two distinct articles on research by Israeli historian Dr. Rivka Shpak-Lissak (Tel Aviv University and Hebrew University) about the historical presence of Jews in the Land of Israel.  Shpak-Lissak has been responding to claims by newly elected Knesset member MK-elect Zouabi in the Hebrew Omedia news
…”that Jews have no national right to be here [...]

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“Yes, I will rejoice over them to do them good, And I will assuredly plant them in this land, With all My heart and with all My soul.”  (Jeremiah 32:41)
Notes-for-News-of-HIS-Land-February-8-14-2009

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Network Global News has posted an informative ”Strategic Assessment — IX UNITED IN WAR IF NOT IN PEACE“, noting that
“…As soon as the war started, people accused the Olmert-Livni-Barak government of initiating Operation Cast Lead for purely political reasons. But, as the war progressed, analysts determined that the opportunity to strike Hamas was determined by three [...]

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