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Ofer Aderet: The Jewish People`s Ultimate Treasure Hunt

In his search for Jewish ancestry, researcher Eran Elhaik says he has discovered that Jews originated in the Khazar empire, not the kingdom of Judah.

(TEL AVIV Ha'aretz) - "For years, scholars have suggested various explanations as to where the Jews come from," says Israeli-born Elhaik, and lists the different theories proposed over the past century to solve the puzzle.

However, each explanation has provided only a partial clue and, to make matters worse, all the explanations contradict one another.

Wilson Chowdhry Chairman BPCA Helping Vulnerable People in Pakistan

Pressure on Pakistani Christians continued to escalate in 2012.

(ISLAMABAD, Pakistan) - Violence gained momentum in Pakistan over the recent year.

Christians are reportedly being denied governmental jobs and support, and being attacked by extremists, even in the capital city, Islamabad.

Minorities, Particularly Christians, are Deliberately Sidelined in Pakistan

Emerging political leader become the most visible guest in the town during the advent carnival

(ISLAMABAD, Pakistan) - With the advent of December, Christians all over the world kicked off their preparations to celebrate the most important festival of the year ‘Christmas’ across the world including Pakistan.

With every passing day till the eve of Christmas, Pakistani Christians prepare to celebrate the festivity with zeal and enthusiasm...

The Burial of Bethlehem

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. (Luke 2)

(LAVERNE, CA) - Dependent on tourism for much of its economy -- the city of Bethlehem is STRUGGLING AGAINST ALL ODDS.

ISRAEL HAS DECIDED TO close most of the city to even Holy Clergy who have churches within. Most businesses are closed down. Jesus' birthplace is a ghetto.

When Will Justice be Done for 6-Year old Hindu Girl Raped in Karachi?

Journalists attempting to report the story of Vijanti have been threatened.

(KARACHI, Pakistan) - On 4th December 2012 six year old Vijanti Meghwar was brutally raped in Ghulam Nabi Shah village, district Taluka Pithoro Umerkot, in the Sindh province of Pakistan.

Vijanti belongs to the Meghwar community of the country’s minority Hindu population. She was found unconscious and lying in the street.

Israel Still Bans Christmas Trees in Nazareth

The terror lurking in a Christmas tree...

(NAZARETH Sabbah Report) - Israel’s large Palestinian minority is often spoken of in terms of the threat it poses to the Jewish majority.

Palestinian citizens’ reproductive rate constitutes a “demographic timebomb”, while their main political programme proves for most Israeli Jews that their compatriots are really a “fifth column”.

A Winter Solstice Greeting

Modern western culture has set itself a drift from our natural moorings in our crazy belief that we are somehow above our own ecosystem...

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - The Winter Solstice arrived in Sacramento at 3:12 am this morning. This darkness outside my window was the longest night of the year.

Western scholars often misinterpret the fires and lights that marked this night among our ancestors, claiming that they were so primitive as to fear that the sun might not come back...

Christmas Behind the Wall

This year donate to a charity that deals with children.

(BETHLEHEM) - We remembered the 20 children killed in Connecticut (where I last lived in the USA).

We remembered them and we also remembered the 33 children killed last month by US funded Israeli war machine and the hundreds of Pakistani and Afghani children killed this year by US drone attacks.

Rebel Controlled Yarmouk Palestinian Camp Empties Pending a Government Counter-Attack

Damascus Street Notes...

(YARMOUK CAMP, Damascus) - A distraught looking woman sitting alone, tightly holding two babies,sat at one corner of the vast parking lot of the central Damascus bus station known as Al-Soumariyeh.

It is from here where inexpensive transportation can be had for those traveling west, east, north and south.

Tortured in Sinai, Imprisoned in Israel

Israel spurns international law with impunity. It does what it wants unaccountably. It ignores international law.

(CHICAGO Sabbah Report) - A new Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHR-I) report is titled “Tortured in Sinai, Jailed in Israel.” More on it below.

Separate and unequal defines longstanding Israeli policy. Arabs aren’t wanted. Neither are non-Jewish immigrants or asylum seeker. Discriminatory laws target them. Fundamental rights are denied.