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“If this pro-Taliban rhetoric is a harbinger of things to come, it’s not unreasonable to expect that jihadist networks will be established in the West once again,” said Sam Westrop of the Middle East Forum.
Sahar Ismail, 50, was gunned down outside his Galilee home • Israeli Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar: Ismail was a “dear friend and beloved like a brother.”
The Alma Center report said they connect entire regions of the country to one another; some tunnels are able to allow pick-up trucks with multi-barrel rocket-launchers to fire, vanish and re-emerge tens of kilometers from the firing point.
Col. Awad Suleiman “burst through the glass ceiling, thereby forming an example and an inspiration for so many,” says his commander.
“Pastors serve as role models to many people who struggle with hate and discrimination. Our task is to strengthen the voices of moderation against radicalism,” said Hillel Newman.
The first Central America Forum for Israel also marked the third anniversary of Guatemala’s Israel Friendship Law, which institutes that schoolchildren learn about Israel and its historical relations with their country.
“Anti-Semitism is not just a Jewish problem. Anti-Semitism is everyone’s problem. Our Jewish neighbors cannot be left to fend off this scourge by themselves. If we do nothing, evil will thrive, and it will rule the day,” said Pastor John Hagee.
Pastor John Hagee was the main draw with his spirited sermons and preacher’s delivery, though former Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley proved a powerful voice for the Jewish state.
“Our support for Israel has no bounds, has no jurisdiction. We go where the fight is. If it’s in politics, we’re there; if it’s on campus, our students are there. If it’s on social media, our employees are there,” said Sandra Hagee Parker.
The American Jewish Committee panned the resolution, saying it “demonizes Israel, fails to offer a credible path to Israeli-Palestinian peace and undermines advances in Christian-Jewish relations.”
It’s invite-only for 700 of the organization’s leaders and donors, combining the January leadership conference and summertime summit with the opening plenary session to be livestreamed.
“We have a serious education problem in the evangelical church. Too many people just don’t know a lot about any given subject. They’re smart, but they’re starved for information because their pastor is hawking his latest book from the pulpit on Sunday morning, instead of explaining serious issues,” says researcher and writer Jim Fletcher.
