Even if you’re a serious student of the Bible, you might not know what the Book of Esther is doing there, in the Bible. Don’t worry though, nobody else knows either. Although it tells of near-tragedy, it is written melodramatically, almost as a farce; and it is very hard to read with a straight face.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\’s uncompromising AIPAC speech in Washington has persuaded the public back home that war with Iran is increasingly possible.
A premature Israeli strike on Iran would have consequences for the United States, President Barack Obama said. \”Israel is a sovereign nation that has to make its own decisions about how best to preserve its security,\” Obama said Tuesday in a press conference.
Republican candidates addressing AIPAC’s policy conference focused their addresses on what they said were the Obama administration’s failures to head off a nuclear Iran.
The United States will act against Iran if all efforts to end its suspected nuclear weapons program fail, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said.
A bill raising the legal age for marriage in Israel from 17 to 18 passed the Knesset plenum in a preliminary vote.
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