Today's American Minute

Israel, its enemies, and U.S. involvement in Middle East by William J. Federer

Israel, its enemies, and U.S. involvement in Middle East by William J. Federer

LISTEN (text to speech) Read on AmericanFaith.com On October 7, 2023, the fundamentalist Islamist organization Hamas committed an unprecedented terrorist attack against Israel on Yom Kippur, October 7, 2023, killing over 1,400 Israelis. What led up to this goes back over a century. After World War One, the Ottoman Empire dissolved, leaving Britain in control of an area called the British Mandate. In 1917, the British issued the Balfour Declaration giving Jews a home in their ancient land. The Arab Sharif of Mecca, Hussein bin Ali al-Hashimi, had helped the British defeat the Ottomans. Sharif is the title of a...

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Eddie Rickenbacker-"Fighting the Flying Circus" & "Seven Came Through" - American Minute with Bill Federer

Eddie Rickenbacker-"Fighting the Flying Circus" & "Seven Came Through"

Eddie Rickenbacker-"Fighting the Flying Circus" & "Seven Came Through" - American Minute with Bill Federer

"Thank God I have contributed my best to the land that contributed so much to me"

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Oil & World War I, Kaiser, Sultan, Chaim Weizmann & Birth of Modern Israel - American Minute with Bill Federer

Chaim Weizmann & Birth of Modern Israel Kaiser Oil & World War I Sultan

Oil & World War I, Kaiser, Sultan, Chaim Weizmann & Birth of Modern Israel - American Minute with Bill Federer

In 1898, Sultan Abdul Hamid the Second purchased rifles from Germany's Kaiser Wilhelm II for use in subduing revolts and annihilating Turkey's Armenian population. In exchange, the Sultan granted Germany rights to build a Berlin-Baghdad Railway to access Iraq's oil fields.

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Battle of King's Mountain to Victory at Yorktown & the End of the Revolutionary War - American Minute with Bill Federer

Battle of King's Mountain to Victory at Yorktown & the End of the Revolutionary War

Battle of King's Mountain to Victory at Yorktown & the End of the Revolutionary War - American Minute with Bill Federer

Theodore Roosevelt wrote of the Battle of Kings Mountain: "This brilliant victory marked the turning point of the American Revolution."

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John Peter Muhlenberg: Major-General, Congressman, Senator & Pastor; with his Pastor brother Frederick-First Speaker of U.S. House - American Minute with Bill Federer

Congressman John Peter Muhlenberg: Major-General Senator & Pastor; with his Pastor brother Frederick-First Speaker of U.S. House

John Peter Muhlenberg: Major-General, Congressman, Senator & Pastor; with his Pastor brother Frederick-First Speaker of U.S. House - American Minute with Bill Federer

The pastor rose: the prayer was strong;
The psalm was warrior David's song ...
In this the dawn of Freedom's day
There is a time to fight and pray!'

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