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Ambassador to US: Iranian Atomic Bomb Could 'Wipe Israel Off the Map in Seconds'

Recently appointed ambassador to the United States Michael Oren warned over the weekend that an Iranian atomic bomb could "wipe Israel off the map in a matter of seconds," and that the Iranians could "accomplish in a matter of seconds what they denied Hitler did, and kill 6 million Jews, literally." Read More

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Israel Moves to Block Missiles to Iran

Israel has intensified its efforts to block the sale of advanced Russian air-defense missiles to Iran that would be a serious obstacle to any Israeli airstrikes against the Islamic Republic's nuclear infrastructure, according to media reports in Tel Aviv and Moscow. Read More

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Egypt Wants Air Defense System to Counter Iran

In a sign of mounting concern about Teheran's missile capability, the Egyptian military recently expressed interest in purchasing the Russian-made, advanced S-300 and S-400 air defense systems. Read More

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North Korea Trying to Enrich Uranium, South says

North Korea appears to be enriching uranium, potentially giving the state that has twice tested a plutonium-based nuclear device another path to making atomic weapons, South Korea's defense minister said on Tuesday. Read More

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Israel Prepares F-15 Jets for Long Range Attack

The Israel Air Force's F-15 fleet is undergoing an upgrade, with systems that make it better equipped for complex long distance attack scenarios. Read More

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South Korea Getting U.S. Missiles to Boost Defences

South Korea is acquiring 40 U.S.-made missiles for an Aegis destroyer this month to boost its defences amid reports North Korea may soon test-fire missiles, Yonhap news agency on Sunday quoted a military source as saying. Read More

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Syria Again Threatens War over Golan

Syrian officials reiterated their threat to forcefully take the Golan Heights from Israel unless an agreement between the two countries is reached soon. Read More

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Blair: Peace Within Reach if Israel Compromises

Former British prime minister Tony Blair said Friday that a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict could be within reach if Israel compromises on issues such as halting settlement expansion. Read More

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Hamas Rejects Israel Peace Vision

Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal has dismissed the terms for a demilitarised state laid out by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Read More

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Al-Qaeda, China and Russia 'Pose Cyber War Threat to Britain,' warns Lord West

The London Daily Telegraph reports: "Al-Qaeda is intent on waging cyber-warfare against Britain and new defenses will be built against such attacks from China and Russia, Lord West, the Security Minister, has said. Read More

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Russia Open to Further Nuclear Talks Without North Korea

Russia says it is open to further international discussions on North Korea's nuclear program, despite Pyongyang's withdrawal from the so-called six-party talks.

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North Korea's Chemical Weapons Threaten Region

North Korea has several thousand tonnes of chemical weapons it can mount on missiles that could be used on a rapid strike against the South, said a report released on Thursday by the International Crisis Group (ICG). Read More

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North Korea Warns of Retaliation

North Korea has threatened a "thousand-fold" military retaliation against the US and its allies if it is provoked. Read More

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North Korea Vows To 'Weaponize' Plutonium, Start Enriching Uranium

North Korea declared Saturday that it could no longer "even think about giving up its nuclear weapons" following the U.N. Security Council's imposition of sanctions for its second nuclear test. Read More

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U.S. General says North Korea, Iran Joined on Missile Work

Iran and North Korea are working together to develop ballistic missiles and have made significant progress, the head of the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency said on Thursday. Read More

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Netanyahu May Yield to Two-State Solution After Pressure from Obama

Binyamin Netanyahu is expected to endorse a "two-state solution" in a much-heralded speech this weekend, but he may stall on American demands to freeze Jewish settlements in the West Bank. Read More

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Netanyahu: Call for Settlement Freeze Unreasonable

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is dismissing U.S. calls for a West Bank settlement freeze as unreasonable.

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Russia Fears Korea Conflict Could Go Nuclear

Russia is taking precautionary security measures, including military ones, because it fears tensions over North Korea's atomic test could descend into nuclear war, news agencies quoted an official as saying on Wednesday. Read More

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Israeli Deputy Defense Minister: Israel will Face Terror, Missiles in Future War

Israel is likely to face simultaneous missile strikes and terror attacks across the country in the event of a war breaking out, Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai said Monday. Read More

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Netanyahu: If Israel Doesn't Take out Iranian Threat, No One Will

If Israel does not eliminate the Iranian threat, no one will, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday. "Israel is not like other countries," Netanyahu told his Likud faction in a meeting which came one week after his meeting with President Barack Obama at the White House.

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Iran says it Tested Missile that Could Hit Israel

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Iran test-fired a new advanced missile Wednesday with a range of about 1,200 miles, far enough to strike Israel and southeastern Europe. Read More

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Israel 'Deaf' to Two-State Solution

US calls for a two-state solution "fell on deaf ears", the Palestinians' chief negotiator with Israel has said. Speaking to Al Jazeera on Tuesday, the day the first official meeting between Barack Obama, the US president, and Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel's leader, Saeb Erekat indicated that Palestinians had low expectations of the outcome. Read More

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Fierce Fighting in Pakistan Draws 1 Million From Homes

Relief workers are mobilizing to identify ways Southern Baptists can help some of the estimated 1.2 million people who have fled Pakistan's Swat Valley as their country's military inflicts heavy casualties on Taliban insurgents who control the area.

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Netanyahu, Obama Aim to Foster Trust

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu landed in Washington on Sunday ahead of what is widely considered a critical first meeting with US President Barack Obama on Monday, that may go a long way toward setting the tone of US-Israel relations for years to come.

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Israel's Attitude Toward Christians

Jewish Israelis are very diverse. In a nation whose immigrants come from countries and cultures far and wide, pluralism often refers to tolerance among different cultural groups of Jews. Read More

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"But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined."

--Job 23:10-11

"It is because of the hasty and superficial conversation with God that the sense of sin is so weak and that no motives have power to help you to hate and flee from sin as you should."

--A.W. Tozer

MOTIVATING VERSE:

"And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him."

--1 John 5:14-15

PRAYER QUOTE:

"Gentlemen, I have lived a long time and am convinced that God governs in the affairs of men. If a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid? I move that prayer imploring the assistance of Heaven be held every morning before we proceed to business." [turning point of success for the 1787 Constitutional Convention]

--Benjamin Franklin

MOTIVATING VERSE:

"But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel: For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake."

--Acts 9:15,16

SOUL-WINNING QUOTE:
"Lost people matter to God, and so they must matter to us."

--Keith Wright

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Dr. Fred L. Hodge Jr. is the founder and pastor of Living Praise Christian Center in Chatsworth, Calif. Alongside his wife, Linda Hodge, they are committed to building people of purpose, power and praise. Dr. Hodge's unique man- date from the Lord is to develop the believer in the area of family prayer, worship, and missions. With over 30 years in ministry, Dr. Hodge has trav- eled extensively imparting his many years of ministry experience and wis- dom into ministers and church leadership across the nation. Dr. Hodge is anointed to teach and preach a life changing word that will inspire you to move to the next level of life.