Obummer: Pro-Israel Republicans Take Over Congress

By Lea Speyer November 5, 2014  Breaking Israel News

“I know that you are pleased with me, for my enemy does not triumph over me.” (Psalm 41:11)

For the first time in eight years, Republican lawmakers control both houses of Congress in a major blow to the Obama administration. (Photo: Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

As Americans headed to the polls on Tuesday in the midterm elections, many supporters of Israel wondered what the outcome of the elections would mean for the Jewish state.

The results are in and it looks like Israel has gained a major foothold when it comes to bolstering support for Israel among American lawmakers.

For the first time in eight years, Republicans are in control of the US Congress. Republicans won control of the US Senate and increased their majority in the House of Representatives.

Republicans picked up seven seats in the Senate, giving them 52 out of a total 100 seats. In the House, several high-profile races ended in Republican victory, including Florida and Wisconsin. The usually Democratic-leaning states of Maryland, Illinois and Massachusetts turned from blue to red.

The results are a major blow to the Democrats, especially US President Barack Obama. Obama now faces an uphill battle during the remaining two years of his presidency with a Congress that is now controlled by a party that firmly and vocally opposes his policies.

The American people have spoken and they are not happy.

Elie Pieprz, the Director of External Affairs for the Yesha Council and a former DC lobbyist, explained to Breaking Israel News that the election results were a bit surprising and created a “much bigger wave than expected” among Republican support.

“The election results are consequential for Israel, especially since Netanyahu is trying to bypass the White House,” Pieprz said.

“The Democrats are trying to differentiate themselves from Obama, who has been radioactive to Israel and the Democratic Party as a whole,” Pieprz said, referring to the rising tensions between the Obama administration and Netanyahu.

In light of the results, Pieprz explained that Obama can either gracefully bow to the needs of the American people or work with Congress, or he can do the opposite. Democrats now have the task of redefining themselves outside of the Obama narrative.

“Many Democrats have seen the mistakes of the Obama administration. In the 2016 presidential election, we will see many Democrat and Republican candidates who will want to restart the relationship with Israel,” he said.

“Many Democrats will say they have a different approach to Israel than Obama. The toxicity of communication between the two administrations is something the Democrats don’t want to replicate again.”

While Obama has hit some pretty intense lows when it comes to foreign policy, Pieprz said that when it comes to Israel, the president has been very “successful in pressuring and pushing Israel.” However, with Congress in the hands of the Republicans, the threats imposed on Israel by the Obama administration will be that much tougher to see through.

“When it comes to Israel, the Senate has more responsibility and authority in regards to foreign affairs,” Pieprz explained. “Now we have a number of Republican senators who are fairly strong in foreign policy and very pro-Israel.”

One such senator is Tom Cotton (R-AK), a Gulf War veteran who is “very strong in international affairs.”

In the House, Representatives such as Lee Zelden (R-NY), the only Jewish Republican in Congress who “campaigned with a strong religious perspective on Israel; Carlos Cordello (R-FL), “a very solid advocate on behalf of Israel”; Alex Mooney (R-WV), who has been to Israel a number of times, worked in Christian political movements and is a “strong asset in the House”; and Mia Love (R-UT), the first African-American female Republican who uses her Mormon religious beliefs to “govern her positions and Israel is certainly one of them,” will be fresh faces and vocal allies of the Jewish State.

“To have these kinds of personalities in Congress is very consequential for Israel,” Pieprz stated.

Read more at http://www.breakingisraelnews.com/23852/obummer-pro-israel-republicans-take-congress/#BlccycHv7uJt5tEI.99

"Warring With Wisdom and Revelation" Dutch Sheets

"Warring With Wisdom and Revelation"

Dutch Sheets, Dallas, TX

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At this time of year, there is a heightened level of demonic activity. The hearts of Americans are also being gripped by fear as Ebola ravages lives and communities, Islamic terrorism escalates, and our national security is severely threatened by open borders. We are reminded, however,"...we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the preserving of the soul" (Hebrews 10:39).

God is calling His remnant warriors to rise above this deluge of wickedness and employ the weapons of our warfare, which have the power to destroy even the mightiest of strongholds (2 Corinthians 10:4). 

We cannot be tactical in our approach, however. God is calling us to a higher level in our warfare. As the Church seeks God's direction for moving forward in victory, I feel strongly that we must reconsider the importance of warring with wisdom and revelation.

Revelatory Dream

Several years ago my daughter, Hannah, received a dream from the Lord that was not only for Hannah and me, but also for the Body of Christ in general. In her dream, we were dropping her off at a college or university. She had to get a new pair of shoes before entering the campus, which she picked up inside "Safeway" supermarket. Wondering why her new shoes were found in such an unusual place, she looked back and saw the name was no longer "Safeway" but "Other Things."

As we prayed about this dream, we felt the Lord say that a new season or phase was coming (new shoes). On this new journey, we could not go the "safe" and familiar way; He was about to do "other things". God was calling the Body of Christ into a time of tremendous stretching and paradigm shifting to prepare the way for those who would pioneer new methods and activities. 

I also understood that we would have to keep coming back to the Lord in a very deliberate way so that He can show us what, how, and when to do it.

Next in the dream, Hannah was given her room assignment: Room 601 on the "Gray Floor." I knew that the color gray is Biblically symbolic of wisdom. With my love of word studies, I remembered that 601 is the Strong's Concordance number which corresponds to the Greek words for "revelation." (Photo via pixabay)

I knew this was a reference to Ephesians 1:17-18, "may give to you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him. I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints."

The Two In Tandem

This dream was extremely significant to me. The symbolic designations of Hannah's room and floor were intriguing. The broader area (the floor) was wisdom, yet it wasn't complete without revelation (the room). Neither would be adequate or function without the other. Unfortunately, most of the Church focuses on one or the other—not a balance of the two—with the greater portion of Christ's Body emphasizing the need for wisdom and knowledge. While I would never downplay the need for wisdom—in the dream it was the larger portion—it is also true that wisdom without revelation is very detrimental to our cause.

Wisdom is yesterday's revelation that has been processed and made into a way of thinking. It is a general understanding of God's ways, purposes and principles learned over time. Wisdom serves as our foundation.

Revelation is God's lifting of the veil created by sin from our hearts and allows us to receive fresh insight directly from Him (2 Corinthians 4:3-6). Revelation is a spontaneous and specific understanding for current situations. It is applicable truth for today.

Revelation must be interpreted in the larger context of wisdom. 

Likewise, we cannot build, war and accomplish God's desires based solely on the wisdom and knowledge we've acquired through the years. We also must seek revelation on how to apply that wisdom at the right time, and in the right way.

If you just operate based on wisdom, you become an old wineskin that cannot take in the new wine, the present Word of the Lord. Without revelation, we will merely maintain our ministries and not truly operate in Kingdom advancement. We must continuously come to God for fresh truth so that our youth is renewed like the eagle (Psalm 103:5). 

This heart posture will keep us willing to break out of the mold and jump off new cliffs into deeper waters that He can release through us.

A Recipe For Hope

Effective intercession is absolutely linked to revelation. When praying about any situation, we must ask ourselves, What Scripture applies to this? Or Holy Spirit, what is Your will and strategy in this matter? Regardless of His chosen method for speaking to us, when we rise up and place God in His rightful place of authority, we will hear from Him and be the overcomers He desires us to be. (Photo by Jennifer Page Enter In via elijahshopper.com)

Using these principles, countless Believers throughout history, have prayed rebellious spouses and prodigal children to the foot of the Cross. Cycles of poverty and infirmity have been broken off of families. And through a word of knowledge or prophetic word shared, table servers have been launched into their destiny! 

By following Holy Spirit's promptings, nameless, faceless men and women have been used of God to deliver and transform entire people groups and nations.

Do you find yourself in a seemingly hopeless situation? Have circumstances caused your heart to be gripped by fear? Are you in need of direction or strategy for resolving a particular issue?

God wants you to find your room of revelation. It is often a process that requires time and great perseverance, but don't give up. Draw near to Him; He'll guide you there. Despite how difficult your situation, Holy Spirit is willing to disclose Heaven's strategy and insight to you, enabling you to break free of oppression and adversity. Your destiny is to be a kingly warrior, overcoming in life through the Kingdom authority of Jesus Christ. You can do it—if you live on the floor of wisdom, within the room of revelation!

This teaching is derived from the Dutch's book, Authority In Prayer: Praying With Power and Purpose.

Dutch Sheets
Dutch Sheets Ministries

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Dutch Sheets is an internationally recognized author, teacher, and conference speaker. He travels extensively, empowering Believers for passionate prayer and societal transformation. Dutch has pastored, taught in several colleges and seminaries, and served on the board of directors of numerous organizations. Dutch's greatest passion is to see America experience a sweeping revival and return to its Godly heritage. 

Dutch is a messenger of hope for America, encouraging Believers to contend for awakening in our day and reformation in our lifetime. Dutch has written over 20 books, many of which have been translated into over 30 languages. Dutch and his wife Ceci have been married for 35 years and now reside in the Dallas area. They treasure time spent with their two grown daughters, son-in-law and grandson.

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GOP Owes 'Prayer of Thanks' to Evangelicals

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Wednesday, November 05, 2014

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Republicans sealed control of the Senate with more than six seats needed, a momentum Reuters suggested the GOP owes to evangelical voters.

FOX News exit polls showed that nearly 60 percent of voters who identified themselves as Protestant or Christian also identified themselves as Republican.

"If Republicans win control of the Senate in the midterm elections they should say a prayer of thanks for Christian conservatives," Reuters reporter Alistair Bell wrote more than a week ago.

Studies suggest the voting block may be shrinking, but it's still a considerable force. The latest Reuters-Ipsos polling shows Evangelicals are more enthusiastic about the midterms than the general population.

Forty-nine percent of evangelicals said they had a great deal of interest in the midterm elections, compared to 38 percent of other voters.

Pollster George Barna estimates there are 77 million evangelical and Catholic voters in America. About 30.6 million of them supported Mitt Romney in 2012, and 20 million voted for the President.

But the troubling number is the 26 million who didn't bother to vote at all.

A recent Pew Research study found 56 percent of Americans feel religion is losing influence in American life and say that's a bad thing. That same study showed 49 percent of adults feel churches should express their views on social and political questions. That is up 6 percent from four years ago.

Pro-Lifers: Election an 'Overwhelming Victory'

Pro-Lifers: Election 

an 'Overwhelming Victory'

By Paul Strand

CBN News Washington Sr. Correspondent

Wednesday, November 05, 2014

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WASHINGTON -- Pro-life groups were cheered by the wave of allies swept into office Tuesday night.

"Tonight's overwhelming victory for pro-life candidates signals the fact that the bottom has fallen out of the abortion-centered 'war on women' strategy," Marjorie Dannenfelser, head of the Washington-based, pro-life group The Susan B. Anthony List, said Tuesday evening.

The SBA List and its partner Women Speak Out PAC spent $5 million on five key Senate races.  They saw outright victory in four of them: Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas and North Carolina.  And it's predicted they'll also see a victory in the other state they targeted, Louisiana, when Republican Bill Cassidy faces off against Democrat Sen. Mary Landrieu in a run-off next month.

The SBA List's communications director Mallory Quiqley told CBN News the group is particularly pleased with the ascendancy of Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell to the post of senate majority leader.

Some conservatives have worried McConnell may act like a mushy moderate and basically 'Romneyize' the Senate.  And they fear that could so displease Americans they'll basically spew the lukewarm Republican Party from its positions of power and not give it a presidential victory in 2016.

But Quiqley points out McConnell has a 100 percent pro-life voting record.  And he's promised to bring up the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act for Senate action soon.  If it becomes law, it would basically ban most abortions after the fifth month of pregnancy.

A number of House victories Tuesday night will also add strength to the already large pro-life ranks in the U.S. House of Representatives.

After Removing 'God' From Dictionary, Gospel Spreads in Albania

After Removing 'God' From Dictionary, Gospel Spreads in European Nation

11/4/2014 DON SHENK  CHARISMA NEWS

Doors have opened for a Christian radio ministry to broadcast in Albania which has a 1% Christian population. (Facebook/Tide Radio)

Imagine looking up the word "God" in the dictionary only to find it's not there. This was the case in Albania, where before the fall of communism in the early 1990s, government leaders attempted to remove all spirituality from the culture—destroying churches, temples and mosques and even removing the word "God" from dictionaries.

Now, the door has opened for The Tide global radio ministry to expand into this former atheist nation, bringing the gospel of Jesus Christ to Albanians through radio programs produced on-site in the language listeners were born to speak.

"This nation that was once so closed to the gospel is now open to missionaries and allows full religious freedom," said Don Shenk, director of The Tide. "Sadly, though, the effects of blocking the gospel for so long are still felt, as most of the current population was raised under a system that indoctrinated them to disbelieve God's existence. We know, though, that God's love for the people of Albania is without measure, and our heart is to share with them the matchless and eternal love of Jesus Christ and the truth of salvation through Him."

Christians currently make up less than one percent of the population of Albania, and prior to Albania's atheistic period, the majority of Albanians identified as Muslim, with many still identifying culturally with Islam. Nevertheless, the foundation has already been laid for a Christian radio outreach through the establishment of Radio 7, a Christian network in Albania that has been on the air since 2002.

Earlier this year, Radio 7's founder contacted The Tide to request assistance in establishing a radio-based church planting ministry in Albania. While Radio 7 currently broadcasts in some highly populated areas, the majority of its programs are translations of North American ministries that primarily focus on believers. The Tide has the capability to produce programs in the native language of Albanians that will reach out to the many unbelievers in that nation.

"Radio 7 has a wonderful ministry in Albania," Shenk continued. "What The Tide is able to do is produce heart-language radio programming that will be specifically geared toward speaking to the hearts of unbelievers of Muslim or atheistic backgrounds. God has opened an incredible door of ministry, and we at The Tide are honored to play a role in sharing Jesus with the people of Albania."

"For Zion's sake I will not be silent..." (Is. 62:1) - ISRAEL365

For Zion's sake I will not be silent and for Jerusalem's sake I will not be still, until her righteousness emanates like bright light, and her salvation blazes like a torch. ISAIAH (62:1)   לְמַעַן צִיּוֹן לֹא אֶחֱשֶׁה וּלְמַעַן יְרוּשָׁלִַם לֹא אֶשְׁקוֹט עַד יֵצֵא כַנֹּגַהּ צִדְקָהּ וִישׁוּעָתָהּ כְּלַפִּיד יִבְעָר יְשַׁעְיָהוּ סב:א l'-ma-an tzee-on lo e-khe-she u-l'-ma-an y'-ru-sha-la-yeem lo esh-kot ad yay-tzay kha-no-ga tzee-d'-ka vee-shu-a-ta k'-la-peed yeev-ar

Today's Israel Inspiration Isaiah's stirring words take on incredible meaning in our generation, as the Land of Israel stands at the forefront of the world’s attention like never before. Efforts to vilify the Jewish State seem to expand every day across the globe, as does the growing movement of Biblical Zionists who stand with the nation of Israel as an expression of their commitment to God’s word.  As we seek to understand the clash of these two worldviews and look to make sense of the modern world’s obsession with Israel, the need to support Israel has never been stronger. Show your unequivocal support for Israel by buying Israeli products at the Israel365 Store.   Visit our store » Taking a Bullet for Jerusalem In this powerful video you’ll hear of the Israeli desire for a united Jerusalem, including freedom to pray at the Temple Mount for all, and how one man’s life is threatened for trying to accomplish this lofty goal.   Watch here » China and Israel Sharing Market Opportunities One of Israel’s most influential business conferences, the 12th Go4Israel Conference, was held last week, and placed particular attention on China.   Read more » $50 Gift Certificate Giving helps us to feel closer to the one we give to. We learn in the Bible about how the Jewish priests (the “kohanim”) would assist the people in bringing gifts of offerings so they could feel closer to God. Come closer today to a friend or loved one with a gift certificate from Israel. Get this Great Deal » Today's Israel Photo This picture of sunrise in the Hula Valley, by Bar Artzi, reminds us of the blazing energy fueling the land of Israel.   See more pictures by Bar Artzi »  Yesterday's Photo Trivia Genesis 9:13 tells us that "My rainbow I have placed in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between Myself and the earth."  After the flood, in Noah's time, the rainbow was a sign that God would not bring another flood and would protect the world. Thank You Please help us continue to spread the beauty and significance of the Land of Israel! Sponsor a day » “I Love Receiving Israel365” It’s great to hear from so many of you - stay in touch and let us know where in the world you are enjoying Israel365!   Stay in Touch » I love the land of Israel. I love receiving Israel365, keeping me in touch with the land and the Jewish people. Thank you Rabbi Tuly Weisz for the inspiration. Shalom Dear Rabbi Weisz, I have a passion for Israel and Jerusalem.  I enjoy the uplifting messages and information. When reading the daily verses I focus my prayers towards God's people who are the “Apple of His Eyes”. Vattessa, Australia Shalom, Rabbi Tuly Weisz RabbiTuly@Israel365.com

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A Season of Awakening: Inventions, Discoveries, Mysteries and Illnesses Shall Be Cured by Dr. Connie Williams

A Season of Awakening: Inventions, Discoveries, Mysteries and Illnesses Shall Be Cured by Dr. Connie Williams

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Healings, Cures and Miracles

 

I hear the word of the Lord saying, "Beginning in 2012, there began an awakening in creation that will continue until 2019. For this is not the day of revival, this is the day of AWAKENING." I hear the word of the Lord saying, "Because it is the day of awakening for My people, there are those even in the world that would taste of an awakening.

 

"This is the day," says the Lord, "that there will be healings and cures and miracles for stuff that creation has been wrestling with for a hundred years.

 

"This is the season," says the Lord, "of the awakening, and this is the season where illnesses shall be cured."

 

I hear the word of the Lord concerning nursing, and things to do with nursing and care giving, and all. I hear the word of the Lord saying, "There's a new set of rules and regulations coming out about nursing and care giving that I have breathed on." Much of what has been was good but it has not been the highest. So God says, "Get ready for Me to speak to My people.

 

"This is the season," says the Lord, "where there will be an invention that goes into the bloodstream that corrects the innermost part of the physical body."

 

This period of time, this awakening, shall be the greatest pressing forward and advancement in technology, in medicine, and in issues with the blood and the blood system and the blood types. They're gonna learn how to separate the blood types and shift the blood types to bring a contrary blood in that will bring a natural healing to the physical body.

 

"This is the season," says the Lord, "that I will do brain surgery on My people and I shall awaken the pineal gland. I shall awaken that gland that everybody has wondered what it was there for. I shall awaken that in My people and they shall hear what the Spirit is saying.

 

Until 2019: Discovery After Discovery After Discovery

 

"They shall see the angels; they shall see My glory. What has been hidden in times past is about to be discovered and about to be made open." I hear the word of the Lord saying, "Until 2019: discovery after discovery after discovery; mystery after mystery after mystery. Uncovered. Uncovered. Uncovered."

 

I hear the word of the Lord saying, "Get ready for the medical field to explode, for this will be the season of inventions of cures. Get ready for major medical doctors to stand on the platform and say, 'We still believe in medicine, but we're going back to the holistic healing, back to the herbal remedies. We have lost the wisdom of the ages and we're going back.' You're going to see a combination of medicine and of holistic medicine."

 

I hear the word of the Lord saying, "Inventions until 2019," God said, "I'm gonna concentrate on My children." ADD, ADHD: from here to 2019, there will be revolutionary cures and balances brought to the children of creation that seem to be out of step with creation; but it's not them that are out of step, we are.

 

So I hear of the word of the Lord saying, "I shall quicken creation to come into balance with the children that are now here in creation. ADD, ADHD, all of these things - bipolar - all of these things that have afflicted the children."

 

So I hear the word of the Lord saying, "All of these things that are going on with the children...Once we bring them into where they are today, into reality, they will operate properly and can fellowship with creation. They're out of time and out of season, but they had to be born during this time in order to be this age for the coming awakening."

 

Mysteries in the Brain Are About to Be Uncovered

 

I hear the word of the Lord saying, "Mysteries in the brain are about to be uncovered. There's an invention coming that's gonna inject some things right into the brain, an injection into the brainstem, an injection into the frontal lobe, an injection straight into the brain that will cause paralyzed and lifeless limbs to begin to move."

 

I hear the word of the Lord saying, "New experiments and new ideas with the blood system that will cause blood to circulate in areas where it's not been circulating before and people will begin to get up and walk." I hear the word of the Lord saying, "This is the day of enlightening of the children of God, of the sons of God. This is the day for My wisdom and knowledge and understanding to come forth in them and this is the season for them to share that with the hurting creation."

 

So I hear the word of the Lord saying, "Get ready to hear that their muscles that have been dead, they're learning how to wake them up. Nerves that have been dead, they're learning how to wake them up. Pinpoints in the brain to wake up the legs; pinpoints in the brain to open the eyes. Get ready," says the Lord, "for the mind is about to be explored. Not just for creation but for My people.

 

"My people who are called by My name shall step up and know which area of the brain to affect, which area of the brain to stick, which area of the brain to push oxygen into or blood into, which area of the brain that is closed off and needs to be opened up. For this is the day," says the Lord, "that fullness of health is coming forth. For My sons who are called by My name, I can trust them with this knowledge. I can trust them with this understanding."

 

Wisdom to the Medical Field

 

Get ready for controversy in the medical field because you're going to see sons of God come forth in medicine. At first, they'll be attacked, and at first, they'll be ridiculed but God said that will quickly be over because the results and the percentages and the things that they're gonna prove will be so phenomenal that there will be no denying.

 

"Get ready," says the Lord, "for doctors and medical people and technicians and psychiatrists to come upon the secular TV and say, 'I asked God about it and this is what He said. The wisdom that I'm sharing with you did not come from me. The Teacher, the great Teacher, the Holy Ghost, He taught me this.'"

 

Get ready for them to be expounding on television and on the secular news about how God woke them up with healings and remedies and cures. "This is the season of great, great discovery," says the Lord.

 

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US Supreme Court to Rule on Jerusalem Passport Status

By Tzippe Barrow

CBN News Internet Producer - Jerusalem

Tuesday, November 04, 2014

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JERUSALEM, Israel -- The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Monday on the legality of listing Israel as the country of birth on U.S. passports of Israeli-born Jews holding dual citizenship.

Monday’s hearing involved a petition by 12-year-old Menachem Zivotofsky’s parents, who sued the State Department in 2003 for refusing to list Israel as the country of their Jerusalem-born son’s birth.

Menachem’s American-born parents, who immigrated to Israel after their first two sons were born, believe their first Israeli-born child should be recognized as such on his U.S. passport.

The same year he was born, former President George W. Bush signed legislation requiring the State Department to list Israel as the country of birth for these children. Seven years earlier, Congress had passed legislation recognizing a united Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

Though he signed the legislation, Bush refused to follow through on the law, saying it impinged on his authority to conduct the nation’s foreign affairs. That was also reason enough to postpone moving the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, he said.

Since its rebirth as a modern nation-state in 1948, successive U.S. administrations have refused to recognize Israel’s sovereignty over Jerusalem. And since the Six Day War, Israelis refer to Jerusalem as the eternal, undivided capital of the Jewish state, while the Palestinians want it redrawn as it was during the 19-year Jordanian occupation.

In 2009, a State Department official told CBN News “the U.S. government does not acknowledge the sovereignty of any state over Jerusalem.”

“The final political status of Jerusalem has been in dispute since 1948 as a result of the long-standing Arab-Israeli conflict,” the official said. “The U.S. government has pursued a policy of encouraging the parties to that conflict to settle all outstanding issues including the final status of Jerusalem through peaceful negotiations between the parties with the support of the broader international community.”

On Monday, nearly six years later, the State Department presented the same argument before the court, claiming the legislation impinges on the constitutional authority of the Executive Branch to decide “whether and on what terms to recognize a foreign sovereign.”

The Supreme Court is expected to announce its ruling in June 2015, just a few months before Menachem celebrates his Bar Mitzvah on his 13th birthday, which Jewish tradition views as his entry to adulthood. 

High Court Declines NY, Colo. Abortion Appeals

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Tuesday, November 04, 2014

The Supreme Court is turning away two abortion-related appeals.

The first involves New York City's crisis pregnancy centers, required by law to disclose if a licensed medical provider works at the facility.

The centers argued the regulation violates free speech and is therefore unconstitutional under the First Amendment, but justices rejected their appeal.

The Supreme Court also declined to hear an appeal challenging the constitutionality of a Colorado law that prohibits people from obstructing the entry to abortion clinics.