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Today's Biblical Prophecy feature - After more than a thousand years, Jacob's Sheep have finally returned to their native land of Israel.
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Thursday, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) announced they have introduced new legislation that will hold the Palestinian leadership accountable for its efforts to delegitimize Israel at the United Nations.
The PLO Accountability Act, introduced in both the Senate and House of Representatives, lists a long train of violations of both U.S. law and the Palestinian Authority's obligations relating to the 1993 Oslo Accords. It also finds the Palestinian Liberation Organization has "failed to live up to its commitment to a bilateral peace process with Israel, renounce violence, accept Israel's right to exist, and honor previous diplomatic agreements ... and continues to circumvent a negotiated settlement with Israel by seeking unilateral statehood at the United Nations and from other countries, actively endorsing terror, and supporting [BDS] against Israel."
It seeks to close the PLO's office in Washington, D.C., and recommends President Donald Trump and his administration reinstate sanctions against the Palestinian government. The president would be able to waive the measure if he can certify that the Palestinians have:
not achieved a recognition of statehood,
withdrawn from the International Criminal Court,
withdrawn all complaints against Israel at the United Nations,
stopped providing financial rewards, salaries and benefits to terrorists or the family members of those who have died committing acts of terrorism,
ceased all patterns of incitement against the U.S. and Israel, and
"entered into a final negotiated peace agreement with, and have ceased hostilities against, Israel."
In a joint statement regarding their proposed legislation, Cruz and Ros-Lehtinen said:
"Yesterday at the White House, Abu Mazen engaged in his usual, deceptive, diplomatic double speak to cover up for the Palestinians' relentless and unrepentant hostility toward our close ally Israel. It was only three days ago as Israel celebrated its 69th Independence Day that the Palestinians supported another shameful UNESCO resolution against Israel that served as the latest example of their effort to delegitimize the Jewish State in international forums.
"The Palestinian leadership refuses to recognize Israel as a Jewish State within any borders, engages in rampant incitement and glorification of terrorism, and continues the heinous practice of incentivizing more terrorism by providing hundreds of millions annually in salaries and benefits to terrorists and their families—including those who have murdered both Israeli and American citizens. The reward is tied to the length of the jail sentence so the more brutal the attack the higher the payment.
"It has been abundantly clear that the Palestinians have failed to live up to their obligations and commitments, yet the U.S. continues to reward them by providing assistance and allowing the PLO office in our nation's capital to remain open.
"The U.S. must send a strong message that there will be consequences for these actions by, among other things, closing down the PLO office in Washington, D.C., and utilizing the range of tools available under current U.S. law. It is long past time for the U.S. to hold the Palestinian leadership accountable for its intolerable behavior, and reiterate our steadfast support for Israel."
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The past two weeks have already seen Secretary of State John Kerry deliver a speech unfairly blaming Israel for the current impasse and the United Nations Security Council lead by Obama, pass a resolution broadly condemning the Jewish state. But it looks like there is more coming....
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The acrimonious relationship between President-elect Donald Trump and U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) that developed during the Republican presidential primary seems to be gone now. (Reuters photo)
Ted Cruz' Unsolicited Comments About the Trump Cabinet May Surprise You
The implosion of the friendship of U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and President-elect Donald Trump during the 2016 Republican presidential primary was one of the biggest stories of the year.
And now, it seems to be just a bad memory.
During an interview with Washington, D.C., talk radio host Larry O'Connor of WMAL-AM, Cruz provided some unsolicited analysis of the president-elect's Cabinet-level picks so far:
"I tell you that I have been really pleased and really impressed with President-elect Trump. This is a serious cabinet, a cabinet of highly qualified individuals, and it is a cabinet of strong conservatives.
"The president-elect should be commended for bringing together a team of all-stars. I think that bodes really well for the commitment to carry through on the promises we made."
The off-the-cuff comments followed Cruz' comments about the Senate vote, 51-48, to repeal Obamacare earlier in the day. The Texas senator said it was a "historic" opportunity to "do a great deal of good" for the country.
"It was one of the fundamental reasons why I ran for the Senate and promised the people of Texas that I would fight everyday to repeal Obamacare," he said. "I cannot tell you how gratifying it is to see us on the verge of delivering on that promise."
He also announced that he and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) had introduced a bill to cut off funds to the United Nations until it rescinded UN Security Council Resolution 2334, and that he had introduced legislation to cut funds to the Palestinian Authority. He expects Congress to pass a resolution reaffirming the U.S. commitment to moving its embassy to Jerusalem in the coming days.
Listen to the entire interview below.
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