Israel & Middle East
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The AI Cold War Is Already Here
China’s reaction to a recent warning from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei revealed how quickly the debate over artificial intelligence has become a struggle for global power. Amodei urged democratic nations to slow the development of the most dangerous frontier systems while preventing China from closing…
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Oct. 7: A Tale of Two Screens
As the third anniversary of the October 7 massacre approaches, two Israeli-made productions are offering the world sharply different accounts of the war that followed. One is “Naza,” a documentary that premiered at the Venice Film Festival this month to a standing ovation lasting nearly…
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Israel Is Approaching A Prophetic Milestone Few Generations Thought Possible
For nearly 2,000 years, the Jewish people lived primarily outside the land of Israel. They survived expulsions, persecution, pogroms and eventually the Holocaust, scattered across virtually every corner of the world. Now that extraordinary pattern of history is moving rapidly in the opposite direction. New…
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A Generation Is Learning About 9/11 Without Learning Why It Happened
Twenty-five years ago, Americans watched in horror as hijacked passenger jets struck the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, while courageous passengers fought back aboard United Flight 93. Nearly 3,000 innocent people were murdered in a single morning. America understood immediately that this was not…
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Israelis Worry Next October 7 Could Come From Judea & Samaria
Israel was promised a peace partner. Now its military is being told to prepare for the possibility of fighting that partner’s armed forces in an all-out war. More than three decades after Oslo, that development deserves far more attention than another diplomatic statement about keeping…
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Israel’s Election: Is The Third Temple Moving From Prophecy To Politics?
Israel goes to the polls on October 27 in an election that could reshape the country’s government and determine the future direction of the Israeli right. But buried beneath the familiar election issues is something few would have imagined becoming part of Israel’s political conversation:…
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10 Reasons Socialism Sounds Christian – Until You Look More Closely
At first glance, socialism can sound remarkably compatible with Christianity. Care for the poor. Reduce suffering. Challenge exploitation. Make sure people have food, housing and medical care. Christians hardly need to be convinced that these things matter. Scripture repeatedly commands God’s people to care for…
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Damascus: The Center Of One Of The Bible’s Most Dramatic Unfulfilled Prophecies
There are moments when a headline deserves more than a passing glance. There are moments when the words being spoken in the Middle East should cause students of Bible prophecy to stop, listen, and open their Bibles. One of those moments is presently unfolding in…
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The Blackout Weapon: Could China Or Russia Turn Off America?
America’s enemies do not necessarily have to destroy our cities to cripple the country. They may only need to make those cities stop functioning. That uncomfortable reality is coming into focus as Iranian-linked hackers threaten attacks against America’s energy, water and telecommunications infrastructure, while lawmakers…
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Hamas Has No Intention Of Disarming — So Why Is The US Still Negotiating?
Hamas, like its long-time benefactor Iran, has once again made its position unmistakably clear: It has no intention of surrendering its weapons, abandoning its armed “resistance” against Israel, or relinquishing control over the Gaza Strip. If anyone in Washington or elsewhere still believes that Hamas…
