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If It Bleeds, it Leads, Then Why All of the Attention on Gaza and So Little, if Any, on the Slaughter of Christians throughout the Islamic World?

I just contacted my two senators ( www.senate.gov ) and my representative ( http://www.house.gov/ ). I am looking to add the White House ( www.whybother.gov -- just kidding, www.whitehouse.gov ). Will you join me? Here is what I sent to give you an idea of what to say (put it in your own words and be respectful, please): Dear Congressman/Senator: Israel's actions get round the clock coverage as they react to rocket fire, etc. in self defense. Meanwhile, across the Islamic world Christians are forcibly displaced; their churches turned into mosques, looted or burned; their women raped, whole ancient communities emptied and men crucified, killed by the sword, shot or forced to renounce their faith and become Muslim and hardly a word from Western media, Hollywood types or politicians. Have you spoken out? Why not change the conversation from Israel in Gaza to Islamic extremism's threat vs. ancient Christian populations in the Middle East? Are Palestinian lives more valuable than C...

The United States Will Soon Be Entering Decision Time, Twice Over: Mid-term elections in November and Then the Presidential Race While the World Burns.

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Watch and Pray:  Two More Soldiers Killed in Gaza One shot dead "by a terrorist in a tunnel;" another by a missile defense system's activation in a tank Meanwhile, rockets continue to rain down on Israel Anti-Israel protesters rally across France, defying ban imposed after synagogue clash Thousands march through French cities in protest of Israeli operation in Gaza Strip; French president says will not allow violence to spill over into France. Article by Nicholas Vinocur, Joe Bavier Jul. 19, 2014 | 10:40 PM source unknown Initial U.S. assessment: Pro-Russian rebels fired missile that downed Malaysia jet Related: Russia supplied missile launchers to separatists, U.S. official says The United States has confirmed that Russia supplied sophisticated missile launchers to separatists in eastern Ukraine and that attempts were made to move them back across the Russian border after the Thursday shoot-down of a Malaysian jet liner, a U.S. offic...