The ICEJ News Team sends our hopes for a blessed Yom Kippur and Succot to all our loyal readers. We will be suspending regular News Service updates and instead be sending updates on the ICEJ Feast of Tabernacles. We will resume regular News bullitens on Monday, 16 October, 2017.
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ICEJ NEWS
Headlines from Jerusalem, 29 September 2017
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“This shall be a permanent statute for you: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall humble your souls and not do any work, whether the native, or the alien who sojourns among you; for it is on this day that atonement shall be made for you to cleanse you; you will be clean from all your sins before the Lord” Leviticus 16: 29-30
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Israel Prepares for Yom Kippur
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Israelis prepared for the Biblical Holy Day of Yom Kippur Friday afternoon. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told reporters that hundreds of supplemental security personnel would be deployed throughout the country to secure the day, with a special emphasis on Jerusalem’s Old City, a perennial flashpoint of conflict and the site to which tens of thousands of Jews would be converging for Yom Kippur prayers.
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Russia Expanding Co-Operation with Turkey in the Middle East
Russian President Vladimir Putin was in Ankara, Turkey on Thursday for meetings with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Their talks reportedly covered a variety of topics including the war in Syria, Turkey’s interest in purchasing Russian military equipment and the increasingly close economic, cultural, military and political ties between the two countries.
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US State Department Walks Back Friedman’s Remarks
US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman was heavily criticized on Thursday following the publication of an interview he gave to Israeli news portal Walla in which he declared his belief that West Bank “settlements are part of Israel,” while his superiors at the State Department in Washington declined to back him up. The statement “should not be read as a way to prejudge the outcome of any negotiations” and “should not be read as a shift in US policy,” State Department spokesman Heather Nauert told reporters. “I just want to be clear that our policy has not changed. I want to be crystal clear.”
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Norwegian Minister Sends Supportive Message to Israel
Norway’s Minister of Immigration and Integration, Sylvi Listhaug, gave an interview with the Israeli news site Ynet this week in which she said, “We see what is happening in Sweden, in Britain, and in France. We are experiencing now the fear that you (Israel) have experienced for decades.” She added her belief that European governments and citizens “need to understand the situation in Israel better, because of the terror attacks in Israel.”
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Yousef Addresses PA at UN
Mosab Hassan Yousef, author of the best-selling autobiography “The Green Prince” and the son of one of the most important leaders of the Islamist terror militia Hamas, spoke on Wednesday before the UN General Assembly about the plight of Palestinians and Israelis in the Middle East. Directly addressing the Palestinian Authority, he asked “Where does your legitimacy come from? The Palestinian people did not elect you, and they did not appoint you to represent them.” He added that the PA should stop blaming Israel for its own failures, saying “If Israel did not exist, you would have no one to blame.”
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Instability in the Middle East, Causes and Solution
Anthony Cordesman, CSIS
If the U.S. is to fight extremism and instability in the Middle East, it must address the civil dimension of war as well as the military one. “Hearts and minds” may seem to be a cliché, but battle for security and stability does involve religion, politics, governance, and economics as well as counterterrorism and counterinsurgency.
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In-depth analysis on Kurdistan Vote
Washington Institute for Near Wast Policy
Iraqi Kurds voted overwhelmingly to seek national independence – and their neighbors, as well as the Baghdad government, have responded with a rapidly escalating war of words. Iraqi politics expert Bilal Wahab joins us to explain what comes next, whether armed conflict can be avoided, and how the United States can best approach the rising tensions between its vital partners, the Iraqi Kurds and the Iraqi national government.
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ICEJ Aid-Vision
The International Christian Embassy was founded in 1980 to carry out the mandate of Isaiah 40:1 to comfort the people of Israel. ICEJ Aid has responded with giving to meet social needs within Israeli society through a vast network of contacts and relationships.
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Feast of Tabernacles 2017: 6-11 Oct
The 2017 Feast will be an historic convocation with great prophetic significance as Israel celebrates 50 years since the reunification of Jerusalem. You don’t want to miss this once-in-a-lifetime experience to celebrate this Jubilee feast in the “City of God”!
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Today’s news was written and compiled by Aaron Hecht.
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