By RAPHAEL POCH, BREAKING ISRAEL NEWS— Former Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin was the first president to openly welcome Christian Zionist support of Israel. Commemorating the 100th year of his birth, the Menachem Begin Heritage Center together with the International Christian Embassy of Jerusalem (ICEJ) have put together an evening which focuses on this unique…
By CLIFFORD MAY, ISRAEL HAYOM— Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, seething over the collapse of the Soviet Empire, wants to become the hegemon of Eurasia — at least. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, outraged by the decline of Islamic power, wants to become the hegemon of the Middle East — at a minimum. U.S. President…
By VICTOR SHARPE— I watched the first installment of Simon Schama’s TV program. Schama is a historian but one more at home as a modern television personality where authentic history is not always apparent. Schama started what he called the story, strangely not the history, at a period some 3,000 years ago. But that timeline…
Think on this: “You will see it with your own eyes and say, ‘Great is the LORD–even beyond the borders of Israel!’” Malachi 1:5 Pray on this: Heavenly Father, Please continue to give the Christians living in Israel strength. Protect them from their enemies who seek to silence their pro-Israel voices. Amen.
“No power on earth or in hell can conquer the Spirit of God in a human spirit.”— Oswald Chambers
By RAPHAEL POCH, BREAKING ISRAEL NEWS— ‘Why the Bestselling Book of All-Time Is Seldom Read’ is the name of the event which will take place this week at the Bible Lands Museum featuring Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, the Chief Rabbi of Efrat and the founder of The Center for Jewish – Christian Understanding and Cooperation (CJCUC),…
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH, JPOST— A total of 62 percent of Palestinians would oppose US Secretary of State John Kerry’s proposed framework agreement if it includes a request to recognize Israel as a Jewish state, a public opinion poll published on Monday showed. The poll, conducted by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research,…
By HASSAN SHAALAN, YNET— “I’ve always thought of Israel as an enemy state that is not willing to help us. My case changed my thinking entirely. Israel is a good country that saves our lives, while the Syrian regime murders its citizens,” said one of the Syrian patients currently treated at the Ziv Medical Center…
By ELAD BENARI, ARUTZ 7— A lawmaker from Hamas recently called for a “massacre” of Jews, explaining that the Koran indicates that this must be done. In a televised address the lawmaker, Yunis Al-Astal, also said that Jews must be forced to pay the “jizya” tax, which under the strict Islamic Sharia doctrine, non-Muslims living…
By RYAN JONES, ISRAEL TODAY— Some 150 Israeli Arabic-speaking Christians on Sunday demonstrated outside the European Union mission in Tel Aviv, demanding that the international community stop nitpicking against Israel and start combatting the severe persecution of Christians everywhere else in the Middle East. “Nations, organizations and international missions are quick to raise an accusing…