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Wednesday, July 15, 2015

July 15, 2015

American evangelicals stand behind Israel
Those are among the findings of a study of American attitudes toward Israel and the Bible from Nashville-based LifeWay Research. As part of the study, researchers conducted two separate surveys of 1,000 Americans, along with a survey of 1,000 senior pastors of Protestant churches.  
Hundresd Gather For Rally For Freedom Of Worship On The Temple Mount
Tuesday evening, Temple Mount Heritage Foundation founder and activist Rabbi Yehudah Glick led a demonstration at the Dung Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem protesting the recent closures of the Temple Mount to non-Muslims during the Ramadan holiday.  
Why critics of the Iran deal should hope Obama is like Neville Chamberlain
“Don’t repeat the terrible mistake of 1938 when the enlightened democracies of Europe decided to sacrifice Czechoslovakia for a temporary solution. Do not try to placate the Arabs at our expense,” Sharon defiantly declared. “Israel will not be Czechoslovakia. ”with the ink still wet on the U.S.-backed deal with Iran, it’s hard to imagine a similar rapprochement for Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu.  
Guess What Each of the US Jewish Organizations Are Saying About the Iran Deal
Only one of the major Jewish organizations issued a statement of unqualified support for the nuclear agreement with Iran. Guess which.  
Volunteer watchdog group dispatches to western states to monitor 'Jade Helm'
Pete Lanteri, a former Marine now living in Arizona, told FoxNews.com that volunteer members he's helped organize will be on the ground as part of a newly formed surveillance campaign called “Counter Jade Helm.” A product of mounting suspicions across western states over the exercise itself, the group has been set up to locate, track and observe U.S. soldiers – Green Berets, Air Force Special Ops, Navy SEALs -- training across the Southwest.  
SHOCK VIDEO: Planned Parenthood sells dead baby body parts
The video is gruesome and appalling. It purportedly shows a Planned Parenthood executive sipping a glass of wine in a Los Angeles restaurant while casually explaining how they sell body parts from aborted babies.  
Israel will survive nuclear deal
On the other hand, it's outrageous: An agreement of fatal importance to everyone living here has been signed above our heads, as if there is nothing between Tehran and Vienna apart from the ayatollah regime's good intentions. There is no Israel.  
Obama: Netanyahu cannot stop Iran deal
Obama on Tuesday defended the agreement reached with Iran over its nuclear program, making it clear that the purpose of the deal was simply to prevent the Islamic Republic from attaining nuclear weapons – not to curb its global power.  
IranDeal as seen online: New horizons or impending Apocalypse?
With #IranDeal one of the top trending topics on Twitter on Tuesday, opinions of both politicians and thousands of social network users split as of whether the hard-reached nuclear agreement is a victory of democracy or the beginning of the end.  
(ALMOST NO) CHANCE OF FLARES
Solar activity is very low. No sunspots are actively flaring and, as a result, the sun's X-ray output has flatlined.  
Obama lays out a sweeping criminal justice reform plan
President Barack Obama has called for sweeping reforms to the US criminal justice system including curbing the use of solitary confinement and voting rights for felons. He said lengthy mandatory minimum sentences should be reduced - or thrown out entirely. "Mass incarceration makes our entire country worse off, and we need to do something about it," he said.  
Protests as Japan paves way for self-defence law change
A parliamentary committee in Japan has approved two major bills for debate, paving the way for an expanded role for the military. The move sparked protests from opposition lawmakers in parliament and activists outside the building. If the bills are passed, Japan would be able to fight overseas in a doctrine called collective self-defence.  
Netanyahu's bid to lobby Congress to kill Iran deal will fail, Obama says
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s anticipated efforts to lobby Congress to derail the Iranian nuclear agreement will fail... ...“Prime Minister Netanyahu would prefer, and many of the critics would prefer, that [Iran] doesn’t even have any nuclear capacity,” Obama told The New York Times. “But really, what that involves is eliminating the presence of knowledge inside of Iran.”  
Weapons Inspections in Iran Shadowed by Past Mistakes in Iraq
The landmark agreement with Iran promises weapons inspectors broad access to the country’s nuclear program, but the Islamic Republic’s track record and the history of similar efforts in Iraq cast a shadow over the deal.  
Greeks Can’t Tap Cash, Gold, Silver In Bank Safety Deposit Boxes
Many Greeks were also withdrawing their cash because they fear the country might be forced back onto the drachma. However a little known fact is that, Greeks who had prepared for bank runs by withdrawing cash and buying gold and silver bullion and then lodging that bullion and indeed cash into safety deposit boxes have also been caught up in the draconian capital controls. We have warned about this for many years and warned as recently as April this year that people should avoid using safety deposit boxes in banks.  
Venezuela bars opposition leader from holding office
One of Venezuela's most prominent opposition leaders announced Tuesday that she had been barred from holding public office as a critical election looms.  
The Latest: Greece needs 85 billion euros through 2018
The International Monetary Fund says Greece will need debt relief and 85 billion euros ($94 billion) in new financing through 2018 because its situation has deteriorated since it closed its banks June 29.  
Israeli court sentences Palestinian rocket engineer to 21 years' jail
An Israeli court sentenced a Palestinian engineer on Tuesday to 21 years in prison for helping Gaza's Hamas militant group develop and improve their weapons capabilities.