https://freerepublic.com/tag/fifthcolumnonfr/ en-us Thu, 9 Apr 2026 15:56:27 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4374237/posts Americans have increasingly negative views of Israel and its prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. * 60% of U.S. adults have an unfavorable view of Israel, up from 53% last year. * 59% have little or no confidence in Netanyahu to do the right thing regarding world affairs – up from 52% last year. * In both political parties, majorities of adults under the age of 50 now rate Israel and Netanyahu negatively. The survey was conducted March 23-29 among 3,507 U.S. adults. It was fielded about a month into the U.S.- and Israeli-led... Pew Research Center https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4374237/posts#comment Thu, 9 Apr 2026 15:56:27 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/4374257/posts ...It is worth recalling St. Paul’s words that “there is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free person, there is not male and female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus” (Galatians 3:28). Thus, the Church is truly universal and eternal and favors no state or nation over another out of principle... I recall visiting Rome’s Great Synagogue... The synagogue’s museum exhibit details the two-thousand-year history of the Eternal City’s Jewish community; we learn, for instance, that it was not Hitler nor Mussolini but Pope Paul IV who established Rome’s first ghetto. Yet the exhibit features... Crisis Magazine https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/4374257/posts#comment Thu, 9 Apr 2026 18:11:38 GMT