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By: Yori Yalon – Israel Hayom; israelhayom.com “Jerusalem’s future is also the future of the State of Israel. It is here, in the city that comprises the full range of Israel’s demography,” President Rivlin says. The population of Jerusalem is approaching 1 million, a review published by the Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research ahead of…

By: Anugrah Kumar – The Christian Post; christianpost.com China’s communist authorities are continuing their crackdown on Christianity by removing Bible Apps and Christian WeChat public accounts as new highly restrictive administrative measures on religious staff went into effect Saturday. Father Francis Liu from the Chinese Christian Fellowship of Righteousness said in a tweet that some…

By: Jewish News Syndicate; jns.org “Despite the significant travel restrictions during the pandemic, we’ve succeeded in bringing tens of thousands of Jews home to Israel,” says Jewish Agency chairman Isaac Herzog. Israel welcomed 104 olim (new immigrants) from North America at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Monday. The group arrived on a specially chartered New York-Tel Aviv flight,…

The United States Department of Justice – justice.gov WASHINGTON – A New York man was sentenced today to life in prison for detonating a bomb in a New York City subway station. He admitted that he conducted the terrorist attack on behalf of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist…

By: Ron Kampeas – Jewish Telegraphic Agency; jta.org WASHINGTON (JTA) — The top Democratic and Republican lawmakers from the House Foreign Affairs Committee have joined a bill that  supports the expansion of normalization agreements between Israel and its Arab neighbors. It’s a sign of increasing bipartisan support for the initiative launched by former President Donald…

By: Jacob Nagel & Jonathan Schanzer – Real Clear Defense; realcleardefense.com Israel reported significant progress last month on an underground fence around the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. Officials say Israel is close to completing the underground component and can see the finish line with the above-ground elements (roughly 80% complete). Once fully assembled, the three-layered barrier may be…