‘Bibi’ is selected to TIME’s Top 100 most influential people

By World Israel News Staff

Normally, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wouldn’t be the name one immediately associates with pop star Ariana Grande, actor Dwayne Johnson, or soccer star Alex Morgan, but all have at least one thing in common. They made the list of TIME Magazine’s Top 100 Most Influential People 2019.

Israel’s prime minister thanked TIME in a tweet on Wednesday: “Thank you to TIME International magazine for choosing me as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. I will continue to operate with all my strength for our state.”

TIME asked David French, staff writer for conservative magazine National Review, to write the remarks for the Netanyahu entry on its site. “Israel is Bibi’s nation,” Mr. French says, referring to the prime minister by his nickname.

NYPD Arrested A Man With Gas Cans Walking Into St. Patrick's Cathedral

Beth Baumann / Townhall Tipsheet

The New York City Police Department on Wednesday evening arrested a man who walked into St. Patrick's Cathedral with lighters and two gas cans an, one of which held gasoline. Officials said there was no fire but the man was emotionally disturbed, NBC News reported.

Around 7:55pm, a man walked into St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan with gas cans and lighter fluid, and was subsequently apprehended by @NYPDCT without incident. We thank our partners for their help, and remember - if you see something, say something. pic.twitter.com/qEbmklnqzQ

— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) April 18, 2019

"His basic story was that he was cutting through the cathedral to get to Madison Avenue, that his car had run out of gas," NYPD Deputy Commissioner John Miller told ABC 7. "We took a look at the vehicle, it was not out of gas and at that point he was taken into custody and brought to the Midtown North station house." "...the individual was stopped as he tried to come into the cathedral," The Archdiocese of New York said in a statement. "Nothing happened inside the cathedral."

Cardinal: “If Europe disappears, Islam will invade the world,” “false to use the Word of God to promote migration”
By Christine Douglass-Williams / Jihad Watch

In direct contradiction to his boss, the Pope of Islam, Cardinal Robert Sarah has issued a warning about Muslim migration and the subsequent destruction of open-door Europe. Sarah declared that “it is a false exegesis [interpretation of scriptural text] to use the Word of God to promote migration. God never wanted these rifts.” This is […]
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OUTRAGE BREWS OVER MUELLER REPORT BREWS BEFORE ITS RELEASE: Amid high anticipation, the Justice Department on Thursday is expected to release a redacted version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and allegations of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian officials, and Democrats have already cried foul ... Attorney General William Barr is set to hold a 9:30 a.m. ET news conference, accompanied by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who oversaw the Mueller investigation after the special counsel's appointment in May 2017. Neither Mueller nor other members of his team will attend, according to special counsel spokesman Peter Carr.