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	<title>the Jerusalem Connection Blog</title>
	
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		<title>From out of Zion</title>
		<link>http://www.thejerusalemconnection.us/blog/2012/05/27/from-out-of-zion.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2012 05:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Victor Sharpe]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[BY VICTOR SHARPE&#8212; What have the United States, China and Israel in common? You may be surprised at the answer. But first, compare their respective populations. The U.S has a population of some 313 million people. China has 1.4 billion. Israel, on the other hand,&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Can America afford not to stand with Israel?</title>
		<link>http://www.thejerusalemconnection.us/blog/2012/05/25/can-america-afford-not-to-stand-with-israel.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 21:50:40 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[BY EARL COX, JPOST&#8212; The shadow of war is upon us. It is no longer somewhere far away in a distant land. Believing America will soon attack, Iran has taken preemptive measures against US and Israeli assets. Turkey has said that NATO should not share&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Palestinian refugees forever?</title>
		<link>http://www.thejerusalemconnection.us/blog/2012/05/25/palestinian-refugees-forever.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 21:44:59 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[United Nations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[BY ALEXANDER JOFFE AND ASAF ROMIROWSKY, UPI&#8212; Palestinian identity is founded  on three parts. One is that resistance to Israel is permanent and holy. Another is that Palestinians are, individually and communally, refugees, made so at the hands of Israel. The third part is that&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Spot Report: Identifying false prophets</title>
		<link>http://www.thejerusalemconnection.us/blog/2012/05/24/spot-report-identifying-false-prophets.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 05:28:50 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[End Times/ Prophecy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Think on this! &#8220;No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.&#8221;&#8230;&#8221;Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Israeli archaeologists find earliest evidence of Bethlehem’s existence in Jerusalem dig</title>
		<link>http://www.thejerusalemconnection.us/blog/2012/05/24/israeli-archaeologists-find-earliest-evidence-of-bethlehems-existence-in-jerusalem-dig.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 04:47:14 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Archaeology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[BY NIR HASSON, HAARETZ&#8212; A piece of clay was found during archaeological excavations at the City of David, in Jerusalem, bearing the name of the city of Bethlehem in ancient Hebrew script. The piece of clay dates back to the First Temple period (1006 –&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Shavuot, Pentecost, and Holy Land Christians</title>
		<link>http://www.thejerusalemconnection.us/blog/2012/05/24/shavuot-pentecost-and-holy-land-christians.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 04:25:44 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Feasts and festivals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel newsletter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[BY TRAVELUJAH&#8212; It is commonly believed today that the Jewish festival of Shavuot and the Christian holy day of Pentecost have little, if anything, to do with one another. Nothing could be further from the truth, as the two are actually the same holiday, albeit&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>The 11th century Shavuot poem</title>
		<link>http://www.thejerusalemconnection.us/blog/2012/05/24/the-19th-century-shavuot-poem.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 20:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before the reading of the Torah, on the first day of Shavuot, a beautiful 11th century poem called Akdamut is recited in the Synagogue. This poem was written by Rabbi Meir bar Yitzchak from Worms, Germany. Akdamut consists of praise for God, His Torah, and&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>The Jewish-Christian divide</title>
		<link>http://www.thejerusalemconnection.us/blog/2012/05/24/the-jewish-christian-divide.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 17:32:08 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Christian Zionism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jesus & Christianity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[BY DAN CALIC, YNET&#8211; One of the challenges preventing improved relations between Christians and Jews is that both have misconceptions about the other. For example, one of the biggest misconceptions is that most Jews and Christians think Jesus abandoned Judaism, the religion of his birth,&#8230;]]></description>
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