Stakelbeck: Fighting the 'Blame Israel First' Crowd

On this week's edition of Stakelbeck on Terror, CBN News sits down for an exclusive interview with the former president of Spain, Jose Maria Aznar. He says he's had enough of the "blame Israel first" crowd and has started a major global initiative to fight back against Israel's critics.



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Do Jews have civil rights?

by Caroline Glick

A striking aspect of the so-called building freeze in Judea and Samaria that expired last week is that an enormous amount of construction went on throughout the last 10 months. The Arabs of Judea and Samaria were not only building without restrictions, the US, Europe and the Arab states of the Persian Gulf bankrolled much of their construction.

But since the agreement was signed, while the Palestinian misinterpretation has been widely adopted, only one side has been held to account.

Whereas every Jewish home built since 1995 has evoked a storm of international criticism, the Palestinians have built thousands upon thousands of buildings throughout the areas. They have done so in total disregard for planning and zoning ordinances and even the basic considerations of supply and demand. For instance, a motorist travelling from Jerusalem to Ma'aleh Adumim will pass hundreds of empty five-story buildings in Issawiya and other Arab neighborhoods built for the sole purpose of preventing Israel from connecting the two.

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Medicare actuary: Reform will cost some seniors

by Jennifer Haberkorn

A Medicare official concedes that seniors may have to dig deeper into their wallets next year thanks to the health care law.

The new analysis finds the health care overhaul will result in increased out-of-pocket costs for seniors on Medicare Advantage plans.

Richard Foster, the actuary for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, also tells Senate Republicans that the overhaul will result in “less generous benefit packages” for Medicare Advantage plans next year. Foster is independent from the administration and non-partisan.

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States thumb nose at health reform

by Sarah Kliff

A handful of governors are beginning to seriously flex their muscles in attempts to block the federal health reform law by rejecting grants or legislative action, a worrisome move for health reform’s most stalwart supporters.

“The danger is that the critics of reform will kill it before it ever has a chance to take hold,” former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle writes of the health reform law in his new book, “Getting It Done.”

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Obama: "I have a deep faith"

...But that faith is not Christianity.

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