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Senior Palestinian Authority official Nabil Shaath told an Israeli radio station Thursday that the Trump administration's demand that payments to terrorists' families end was "insane." (Reuters photo)
A Palestinian Official Said This U.S. Request Was 'Insane'
Senior Palestinian Authority (PA) official Nabil Shaath unequivocally rejected President Donald Trump's request to end the PA's policy of paying stipends to Palestinian terrorists and their families, calling the proposal "insane."
In an interview Thursday with Israel Radio, Shaath equated the PA's payments to Palestinian terrorists with salaries Israel provides to members of the IDF.
"It's absurd to request that we stop paying the families of prisoners," Shaath said. "That would be like asking Israel to stop paying its soldiers."
The PA official also said the American request to stop the payments to terrorists represents a tactic to undermine prospects for renewed U.S.-brokered Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations.
Shaath's comments came a day after White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer told reporters Trump sought to "resolve" the controversial PA policy with Abbas when the two leaders met Wednesday.
The PA official's statements also follow calls by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. lawmakers for the PA to end the terror payments.
"President Abbas ... How can you speak of peace with Israel and at the same time fund murderers who spill the blood of innocent Israelis at every turn?" Netanyahu told Fox News last month.
The article was originally published at JNS.org. Used with permission.
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The late Kim Clement of House of Destiny prophesied about the times we now face as a nation three years ago. (Video screenshot image)
Codebreakers Share Kim Clement's Word for Today
During Saturday's House of Destiny livestream, Sunil Isaac of Codebreakers shared some of the prophetic visions the late Kim Clement had shared with his followers regarding the moment we are in right now.
Three years ago—before President Donald Trump had even announced he was thinking about running for office—the world-renowned prophet shared a vision of a "WikiLeaks CIA exposure," "Another Snowden," and cries of "Impeach! Impeach!" Those are words we very much see and hear 24-7 in the liberal mainstream media today.
But the reminder is that God has now forsaken us, nor will He forget us. As was written in the Gospel of Matthew, which Clement also shared with his vision:
Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Therefore do not fear. You are more valuable than many sparrows. (Matthew 10:29-31, MEV)
Watch the clip above to see the prophecy Clement gave Feb. 22, 2014. Click here to watch the entire Codebreakers segment of the worship (beginning at the 48:43 mark).
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A Muslim New York City high school student holds a sign during a demonstration by students against U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration policies in lower Manhattan. (REUTERS/Mike Segar)
Shocking New Poll Shows Majority of Democrats Think Christianity Is as Violent as Islam
Though reports flow out of Egypt, Pakistan and beyond of Muslim attacks against Christians, the majority of Democrats see no difference in the violence level between the two.
According to a CBS Poll, 66 percent of Democrats see Christianity as just as violence as Islam. The same poll indicates 14 percent see Islam as more violent. Among Republicans, 63 see Islam as more violent, while 25 percent see it as equally violent as following Christ.
The poll followed President Donald Trump's executive order temporarily blocking immigration from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.
But recently, violence has broken out among Muslim-majority nations, even among themselves.
In 2012, there were six civil wars worldwide. All took place within Muslim countries: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sudan, Somalia, Syria and Yemen. Of the nine rebel groups in these conflicts, seven had an Islamist ideology, The Washington Postreports.
While some Muslim-majority are at war within themselves, many actively persecute Christians.
In Egypt, multiple murders have been linked by one common factor: The victims were all Christians. In Pakistan, Christians stand trial for allegedly blaspheming Allah.
Yet the left holds the ideal that Islam is a religion of peace.
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A bill the Knesset overwhelmingly passed that retroactively authorizes settlements in Judea and Samaria in the West Bank has resulted in outrage around the world, except from Washington, D.C. (Reuters photo)
The U.S. has remained mum on the historic, yet controversial passage of an Israeli bill that retroactively legalizes settlement outposts in Judea and Samaria.
Rather than issuing a new statement, the White House immediately responded to the Regulation Law by referring to its statement from last week, which said "we don't believe the existence of settlements is an impediment to peace" but that construction of new settlements "may not be helpful" in the Israel-Palestinian peace process.
Late Monday night, the Knesset passed the bill 60-52, retroactively legalizing some 4,000 homes that sit on private Palestinian land, while also providing compensation to the landowners. The State Department said that "at this point, indications are that this legislation is likely to be reviewed by the relevant Israeli courts, and the Trump administration will withhold comment on the legislation until the relevant court ruling," AFP reported.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to meet with President Donald Trump Feb. 15, where the two will likely address the issue of settlements among other topics.
Meanwhile, the international community and Arab leaders slammed the legislation on outposts, with the Palestinians calling it an attempt to "legalize theft" of Palestinian land.
"This is an escalation that would only lead to more instability and chaos. It is unacceptable. It is denounced and the international community should act immediately," said Nabil Abu Rdeneh, a spokesman for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
The Arab League said the law "is only cover for stealing the land."
Just a day after Netanyahu met with U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May, British Minister for the Middle East Tobias Ellwood said the bill "damages Israel's standing with international partners."
"It is of great concern that the bill paves the way for significant growth in settlements deep in the West Bank, threatening the viability of the two-state solution," Ellwood said.
Similarly, French Foreign Minister Jean Marc Ayrault said the law "constitutes a blow to the two-state solution."
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Iran tested ballistic missiles last week in defiance of an agreement made with President Barack Obama's administration, prompting a sharp rebuke from President Donald Trump. (Reuters photo)
Report: Iranian Missiles Can Strike Tel Aviv in Just 7 Minutes
According to a recent report from Iran's state-operated Fars News Agency, a new ballistic missile just tested by the Islamic Republic can strike Tel Aviv, the seat of Israel's government, with just seven minutes' notice.
Mojtaba Zonour, a former adviser to the Iranian Supreme Leader's Representative at the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, made the claim as the war of words between Tehran and Washington was ramped up over the weekend. He also threatened a U.S. military installation in Bahrain.
"The US army's fifth fleet has occupied a part of Bahrain, and the enemy's farthest military base is in the Indian Ocean, but these points are all within the range of Iran's missile systems, and they will be razed to the ground if the enemy makes a mistake," he said. "And only 7 minutes is needed for the Iranian missile to hit Tel Aviv."
President Donald Trump responded to the threats and additional ballistic missile tests with the following comment on Twitter:
Iran is playing with fire—they don't appreciate how "kind" President Obama was to them. Not me!
Commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh claims the systems being tested are defensive, not offensive, in nature in an attempt to play down U.S. officials' allegations. But in the same statement, he warned the U.S. against taking any "hostile action."
"If the enemy makes a mistake, our roaring missiles will hit their targets," he said. "Knowing the capabilities of our armed forces, I am to ensure you [sic] that foreign threats cannot do us any harm."
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Bob Jones speaks to the school of prophets. (YouTube)
Rick Joyner: Bob Jones' Media Prophecy Coming to Pass Before Our Very Eyes
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As the anniversary of Bob Jones' passing creeps up, friend and fellow prophet Rick Joyner shared one of Jones' last words via Facebook.
"On Feb. 14, it will be three years since he passed, which he did with some of the most spectacular works of his life coming in his last few hours," Joyner says. "One thing Bob told me often was that the most dangerous terrorist organization was the media. He's proven right on that one, too."
Since November's election, the mainstream media appears to have launched a full attack on President Donald Trump.
FOX's Sean Hannity says the recent media reports cause the networks to de-legitimize themselves.
For Joyner, it all fits into Jones' prophecy.
"The present unrest was started by the media and is fueled by it. Let the media not cover it for a single day and it would die out. The media coverage is purposely inflammatory, and ... mostly very exaggerated and sensationalized. We also have a generation conditioned to believe it and respond to it," Joyner writes.
"So, how do we counter this? You kill a fire be either depriving it of oxygen (don't worry about it or talk about it), or you throw water on it, which is the truth. Most of those trying to inflame the present protests are being revealed as hypocrites by their own previous statements about how we need to do what Trump is now doing."
Joyner believes the tailspin of the media could ignite a great revival.
He concludes:
We can expect this kind of outrage for a while. This is revealing how desperate the left is now, and also what their true nature is. It will eventually die out because those supplying the oxygen for these fires, the exaggerations and sensationalism, are shrinking. As they get more desperate and more shrill, know that their end is getting closer. At the same time, those providing the water, the truth with integrity, are going to grow and be able to put out such fires with increasing skill and speed and turn the fires of outrage into fires of revival.
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The Women's March on Washington, scheduled to occur the day after President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, had listed a pro-life group, New Wave Feminists, as a partner organization. After The Atlantichighlighted the group's participation as a partner in the march, the Women's March took the group off the list, saying its inclusion had been an "error."
"The protest is pro-choice, and that has been our stance from Day One," the Women's March said in a statement. "We want to assure all of our partners, as well as our participants, that we are pro-choice as clearly stated in our Unity Principles. We look forward to marching on behalf of individuals who share the view that women deserve the right to make their own reproductive choices."
Never mind that the event's organizers had told The Daily Signal's Kelsey Harkness in December that pro-lifers were welcome to participate in the Women's March. "The message is not whether a person is pro-life or pro-choice," said march organizer Tamika Mallory at the time.
It wasn't entirely surprising they caved. Since Mallory spoke to The Daily Signal, Planned Parenthood has become a partner. And after The Atlantic published its article about the New Wave Feminists' inclusion, liberal feminists tweeted their dismay.
The exact mission of the Women's March, which started with Hawaii grandmother Teresa Shook's Facebook comment on election night that "I think we should march," has been somewhat nebulous from its inception.
"What sparked the need for this movement was the rhetoric of the campaign was so demeaning to women," Shook told ABC's Good Morning America in an interview. "I just felt women needed to stand up and say, 'Here we are, hear our voice, we're strong, we're empowered, and we're not going away.'"
But regardless of the mission the event organizers finally settled upon (assuming they did settle on one—the Women's March is now in trouble with liberal feminists for removing a statement on rights for sex workers), it shouldn't be called the Women's March if it isn't meant to be inclusive for all women.
As much as the left (and some of its cheerleaders in the media) loves to portray women as a unified bloc of pink-wearing Planned Parenthood cheerleaders who cherish no political right as much as they do the right to abortion, the political reality is far more complicated.
Four out of 10 women in America think abortion should be "illegal in all/most cases," according to a poll released last year by the Pew Research Center. And two-thirds of women voters support legislation that would ban abortions after 20 weeks except if the mother's life is in danger or in cases of rape and incest, according to a November poll commissioned by the Susan B. Anthony List, a pro-life organization.
In other words, the pro-choice position of the "Women's March" is excluding a lot of American women.
And unfortunately, that's all too common. In our political discourse, it's regularly assumed that all women agree with the Lena Dunhams of the world.
It doesn't matter how many women passionately believe both female and male unborn children deserve the right to life, despite being small and dependent. It doesn't matter how many women think all women deserve something better than the kind of treatment delivered by Dr. Kermit Gosnell, under whose care a woman undergoing a second-trimester abortion died.
It doesn't matter how many women think what can best help a woman facing an unexpected pregnancy is financial support and personal care, the kind delivered by pregnancy centers across the country—not a push that she end the life of her child.
Or at least that doesn't matter to the liberal feminists who constantly demand pro-life women be excluded.
It's time the left accept that women have a diversity of views on many issues, including abortion.
And if liberal feminists are sincere about women's rights, they'll realize that means all women, not just those they agree with, deserve a seat at the table (or a place in the march) to represent their views.
Katrina Trinkois managing editor of The Daily Signal and a member of USA Today's Board of Contributors.
This article was originally published at DailySignal.com. Used with permission.
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The heads of Moetzet Yesha – The Council of Judea and Samaria, received an invitation to President Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony in Washington D.C., according to a report in Makor Rishon. The invitation was passed on to them via the Chamber of Commerce of Orthodox Jews (US), who are connected to Trump’s special advisor Jason D. Greenblatt.
The settlement council will most likely be represented at the inauguration by Mayor of Efrat, Oded Revivi, who also heads the foreign desk for Moetzet Yesha, and Beni Kashriel, the Mayor of Maale Adumim.
In addition, several other people connected to Jewish life in Judea and Samaria have been invited, but according to the report, they prefer not to publicize their invitations.
This is the first time that settlement leaders have been invited to a presidential inauguration.
Yigal Dilmoni, spokesperson for Moetzet Yesha, praised the move, saying it “foretells the new spirit emanating from the US regarding the change in [Washington’s] attitude towards Israel, and in particular, [Jewish] settlement in Judea, Samaria and the Jordan Valley. This new spirit was also expressed by the recent visit of Governor Mike Huckabee last week to Maale Adumim, and we are preparing for it.”
PM Netanyahu won’t be attending the ceremony, and will instead be represented by Israel’s Ambassador to the US, Ron Dermer.
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