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A nuclear Iran could blackmail every U.S. city, changing history, according to the Israeli prime minister.

Jewish News Syndicate; jns.org

Rep. Michael Turner (R-Ohio) led a bipartisan congressional group, which met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel on Thursday.

“Iran is 50 North Koreas. It is not merely a neighborhood bully like the dynasty that rules North Korea,” Netanyahu told the visiting lawmakers, according to the prime minister’s office. “This is an ideological force that views us, Israel, as the small Satan, and views you as the Great Satan.”

Netanyahu warned that a nuclear Iran, which could threaten and blackmail every U.S. city, would amount to “a changing of history,” per Netanyahu’s office.

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https://www.jns.org/iran-is-50-north-koreas-netanyahu-tells-bipartisan-congressional-delegation/

Jerusalem Post Editorial; jpost.com

If he hasn’t done so already, now is as good a time as ever for President Herzog to issue an official invitation for King Charles III and Queen Camilla to visit Israel.

The coronation of King Charles III on Saturday heralds a new era, not just for Britain and the Commonwealth, but also – hopefully – for British-Israeli ties. Nothing would crown this moment better than an official visit by the king to the Holy Land.

Charles has, in fact, come to Israel three times – once to attend the 2020 World Holocaust Forum at Yad Vashem, marking 75 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, and previously for the funerals of Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres, in 1995 and 2016, respectively. During his last trip, he made a point of visiting the Church of Mary Magdalene on the Mount of Olives, the burial place of his grandmother, Princess Alice of Greece, who sheltered Jews during the Holocaust.

It is significant that at the coronation itself, the king was anointed with oil produced from olive trees near the Church of Mary Magdalene.

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https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-742348

By: Chris Mitchell – CBN News; cbn.com

JERUSALEM, Israel – For the first time in 25 years, Monday, a speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives addressed Israel’s parliament, the Knesset.

In his speech, Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-California) reaffirmed the deep bond between Israel and the United States.

Speaker McCarthy came at the invitation of Israel’s Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana. Together, they reviewed an honor guard and laid a wreath for the fallen soldier in front of the Knesset.

Beyond the ceremonies, McCarthy voiced the commitment of the United States to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear power.

He told the Knesset legislators, “As we stand shoulder-to-shoulder against Iran’s regional aggression, we must always remain resolute in our commitment that Iran will never acquire a nuclear weapon.”

His speech came just days after Israel celebrated its 75^th anniversary on the Jewish calendar.

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https://www2.cbn.com/news/israel/mccarthy-hails-israels-modern-miracle-knesset-says-us-israel-stand-shoulder-shoulder

By: Chris Mitchell – CBN News; cbn.com

JERUSALEM, Israel – Jewish and Christian leaders recently gathered at Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, to talk about the Bible. The discussion centered on how scripture says the law of the Lord will come out of Jerusalem.

The religious leaders focused on a key verse from the Hebrew scriptures.

Micah, chapter 4, verse 2 says, “For out of Zion the law shall go forth, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.”

Rabbi Yehuda Glick of the Shalom Jerusalem Foundation, explained, “And to understand that the word (of the) Torah and the word of HaShem (the Lord) does not belong to the Jewish people. It’s the word of HaShem to all nations. And we heard different implementations, different impacts of the word, these words to different people from different countries and how they connect and how the light of HaShem goes out from Jerusalem.”

The meeting represented the 7th Knesset Bible study, an idea birthed between Rabbi Glick and Dr. Jim Garlow and his wife Rosemary, founders of Well Versed Ministries.

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https://www2.cbn.com/news/israel/jerusalem-scriptures-central-jewish-christian-7th-knesset-bible-gathering

Jewish News Syndicate; jns.org

They include 521 immigrants from Ukraine who fled after the Russian invasion.

The number of Holocaust survivors living in Israel stands at nearly 150,000, according to statistics published on Sunday by the Holocaust Survivors’ Rights Authority ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day.

The 147,199 Holocaust survivors residing in the Jewish state include 521 new immigrants from war-torn Ukraine who last year were recognized as survivors of the Nazi genocide.

Holocaust Remembrance Day, an annual event in Israel commemorating the 6 million Jews murdered by the Germans and their collaborators, and those who fought back and partook in rescue efforts, takes place this year from Monday evening until the following evening. The somber day features a two-minute siren at 10 a.m. local time when the country comes to a standstill.

https://www.jns.org/nearly-150000-shoah-survivors-live-in-israel/

Jewish News Syndicate; jns.org

The international grassroots movement will lead the nonpartisan day of unity on April 29.

The international grassroots civil-rights movement #EndJewHatred will lead a day of empowerment on April 29 with the intention of calling on people to answer the question: What are you doing to #EndJewHatred?

April 29 has been recognized as “#EndJewHatred Day” by elected representatives from both parties across the United States.

This year, people who support the fight against antisemitism, including celebrities, influencers, organizations and private citizens, are joining in unity with the Jewish community by sharing messages of support and empowerment online in a viral campaign using the hashtag #EndJewHatred. People are pledging to stand up against hate and to share what they are doing in the fight against bigotry and racism.

Across the country, people will be commemorating the day in different ways, some of them personal.

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https://www.jns.org/wire/endjewhatred-announces-day-of-empowerment-on-end-jew-hatred-day/

Jewish News Syndicate; jns.org

Tensions remain high at the holy site after Muslim rioters who had barricaded themselves inside Al-Aqsa mosque clashed with police.

More than 2,200 Jews have ascended Temple Mount, located in Jerusalem’s Old City, since Passover began on April 5.

Of those, some 1,200 visited Judaism’s holiest site on Monday, Israeli officials said.

Tensions remain high at the holy site after Israeli police on the first night of Passover arrested more than 350 Muslim rioters who had barricaded themselves inside Al-Aqsa mosque, Islam’s third holiest site is located atop the Temple Mount.

The rioters, who had smuggled fireworks, clubs and stones into the mosque, blocked the doors from inside using iron rods, closets and other objects. They chanted inciting slogans, and threw stones and shot fireworks at police.

Police attempted to convince the rioters to leave the site peaceably and when that failed were forced to enter.

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https://www.jns.org/2200-jews-ascend-temple-mount-since-start-of-passover/

Israel Today; israeltoday.co.il

Gaza terrorists fire rockets at Israel in response to Temple Mount confrontation linked to Jewish efforts to sacrifice a Passover lamb. It’s a broken record.

It’s becoming an annual tradition.

• A handful of Israeli Jews make plans to sacrifice a Passover lamb atop the Temple Mount in accordance with Scripture.
• Despite the fact that Israeli authorities don’t let these religious activists get anywhere near realizing their goal, Arab Muslims riot at the Temple Mount against what they call efforts to “Judaize” the holy site (anyone who holds the Bible to be true knows that it’s already entirely Jewish).
• Israeli police quell the riots at the Temple Mount.
• Hamas and Islamic Jihad say this is an attack on the Al Aqsa Mosque (situated at the southern end of the Mount and today claimed as Islam’s third holiest site) and respond with rocket fire from Gaza.

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https://www.israeltoday.co.il/read/gaza-temple-mount-and-the-passover-lamb-a-story-of-holiday-conflict/

Israel National News; israelnationalnews.com

PM officially announces that the judicial reform legislation will not be advanced during this Knesset session.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered an address to the nation this evening (Monday) on the government’s planned judicial reforms.

“There is an extreme minority that is ready to tear our country into parts. It tends towards violence. It ignites fire. It threatens to harm elected officials. It talks about civil war. And it calls for insubordination, which is a terrible crime,” Netanyahu said.

“The State of Israel cannot exist without the IDF, and the IDF cannot exist with insubordination. Insubordination by one side will bring about insubordination on the other side. Insubordination is the end of our state. Therefore I demand that our security forces and the IDF’s commanders to oppose the phenomenon of insubordination. Not to contain it, not to understand it. To stop it,” he said.

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https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/369298

By: Chris Mitchell – CBN News; cbn.com

JERUSALEM, Israel – After a night of nationwide protests, demonstrations and riots surrounding judicial reform and the firing of Israel’s defense minister, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly considering a halt to the immediate passage of legislation to rein in the power of the courts and the legal system.

The internal battle has thrust Israel into what many believe is one of the most dangerous times since the Yom Kippur War 50 years ago.

Nearly 12 weeks of protests in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and other cities intensified Sunday after Netanyahu dismissed Defense Minister Yaov Gallant, who is a member of Netanyahu’s Likud Party. He defied the prime minister in a nationwide speech Saturday, calling for a halt to negotiations over judicial reform before the Passover break, which is coming in a little more than a week.

Israel’s President Isaac Herzog also called for calm and a halt to negotiations.

Monday morning, Histadrut, the nation’s largest union with a membership of 700,000 people, called for a nationwide strike, and departing flights were halted at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport. They aim to shut the country down.

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https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/israel/2023/march/strikes-protests-rock-israel-after-netanyahu-fires-defense-minister