Scripture Reading for August 10, 2019
Torah: Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22 “Devarim” (Words … ) Haftorah: Isaiah 1:1-27 New Testament: Acts 9:1-21 Gospel: Mark 13, “Hizahari” (Take heed …)
Kushner Meets With Netanyahu to Push Mideast Peace Plan
By CBN— Senior White House advisor Jared Kushner met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Wednesday after kicking off his Middle East tour in Jordan and Saudi Arabia. US Envoy to the Middle East Jason Greenblatt, US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, US Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook, and Israel’s Ambassador to…
Stars are Aligned for Annexation says Likud MK
By Jeremy Sharon, Jerusalem Post— We need more Irish in Ramallah,” Likud MK Uzi Dayan told Labor-Gesher candidate Hilik Bar sharply on Wednesday, after the latter referenced the Good Friday Agreement of the Irish peace process as a model for conflict resolution. “What we need are leaders like Bertie Ahern and Tony Blair,” Bar shot…
Rouhani warns that ‘war with Iran is the mother of all wars,’ calls for peace
By JNS— Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that any war with his country would be “the mother of all wars,” and insisted that Iran be allowed free travel in the Strait of Gibraltar. “Peace with Iran is the mother of all peace, war with Iran is the mother of all wars,” said Rouhani,…
41 House Democrats head to Israel amid widening partisan divide
By David Rosenberg, Arutz 7— Two delegations of American lawmakers are slated to visit Israel this week, organized by a group linked to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). On Monday, 41 House Democrats led by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (Maryland) are scheduled to arrive in Israel, kicking off a week-long tour of…
Temple Institute Practices Burning the Red Heifer
By Tsvi Sadan, Israel Today— The requirement of a Red Heifer is probably the most enigmatic biblical commandment, and one that continues to capture the imaginations of Jews and Christians alike. The preparation and purpose of the Red Heifer as described in Numbers 19 indicates that the entire Temple service depends on the presence of…
How King Abdullah II is Working to Undermine Peace With Israel
By Yochanan Visser, Israel Today— Several Israeli media outlets reported over the weekend that Jordanian King Abdullah II had turned-down a request for an urgent meeting from Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu. The report appeared to be not true according to Israeli Government officials who responded to an inquiry by this reporter. Still, if the…
‘We will have to agree to the Deal of the Century’
By Ben Ariel, Israel National News— Associates of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said that Israel will have to say “yes” to US President Donald Trump’s so-called “Deal of the Century”, even if it includes problematic elements, because the Trump administration has been the friendliest administration to Israel to date, and any other administration would give…
Pro-Third Temple Politicians: ‘Prepare for War’
By David Sidman, Breaking Israel News— Responding to reports of an upcoming Israeli-Arab Peace summit hosted by the Trump administration, former MK Moshe Feiglin said that the result of this initiative will be a “war. Moshe Feiglin, a former parliament member and current head of the Zehut party took to social media saying that the…
Mudar Zahran affirms that Trump’s peace plan “will be successful”
By Leandro Fleischer, Ynet Espanol (translated by IsraPundit)— Mudar Zahrán (45) is a Jordanian-Palestinian writer who leads the Jordanian Opposition Coalition group. The persecutions he has suffered due to his strong criticism of King Abdullah II led him to exile in Britain. This Arab intellectual is also a firm detractor of the Palestinian leadership. In…