BY MICHAEL FREUND— Yesterday, more than 265,000 children across southern Israel returned to school after enduring several days of Palestinian rocket fire from Gaza. However unappealing the tedium of the classroom may be for many of them, most are nonetheless surely happy that the risk of attack has dissipated, at least for now. Indeed, scenes…
DetailsBY EARL COX— President Barack Obama challenged Americans and Israel to judge him by his deeds, not his words, when it comes to US-Israel relations. If we are to do so, the conclusion can only be that the president is taking a very dangerous path for both America and its top ally in the Middle…
DetailsBY TZVI BEN GEDALYAHU, ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS— Israel has struck oil again, this time off the Tel Aviv coast. Developers maintain the find includes 100 million barrels of oil, worth $10 billion. Modiin Energy and Adira Energy discovered an estimated 128 million barrels of oil and 1.8 trillion cubic feet of gas in their Gabriella and…
DetailsBY PAUL DE VRIES, NY DIVINITY SCHOOL— “Please remember that Jesus is a Jew,” I said to my Jewish colleagues at our Jewish-Evangelical Roundtable in late December 2011. Then, to the Christian participants, I said, “Please remember that without Hanukkah, there would have been no Christmas.” For the next three weeks we Jews and Christians…
DetailsBY RYAN JONES, ISRAEL TODAY— The First Baptist Church in Bethlehem was ordered closed by the Palestinian Authority on Saturday, according to Rabbi Russell Resnik of the Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations. Resnik reported the incident after meeting with Pastor Steven Khoury, the son of First Baptist’s head pastor, Naim Khoury. “Steven told me that…a…
DetailsBY JONATHAN SCHANZER, FOREIGN POLICY— Israeli jets pounded the Gaza Strip on March 12 in the latest volley of fire since violence broke out late last week. But they were not fighting Hamas, Israel’s traditional bête noire in Gaza. Though radical factions have now fired more than 200 rockets into Israel, the self-described Islamic Resistance…
DetailsBY VICTOR SHARPE— One year ago, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu wanted to hear the world, or at least the allegedly civilized Western world, condemn in emphatic words of sincere condemnation the barbaric slaughter of a Jewish family – the Fogels – a vile crime perpetrated by Arabs calling themselves Palestinians. But the Prime Minister needn’t…
DetailsBY VICTOR SHARPE, RENEW AMERICA— The silence in the mainstream media was deafening. Silence about what? Well simply put. The Palestinians launched a massive missile barrage against southern Israeli cities, towns and villages. These communities endured for several days a barrage from the Gaza Strip of well over 200 lethal missiles aimed deliberately by Palestinian…
DetailsBY PAUL DE VRIES, NY DIVINITY SCHOOL— “Please remember that Jesus is a Jew,” I said to my Jewish colleagues at our Jewish-Evangelical Roundtable in late December 2011. Then, to the Christian participants, I said, “Please remember that without Hanukkah, there would have been no Christmas.” For the next three weeks we Jews and Christians…
DetailsBY DAVID BARTON, WALL BUILDERS— When one observes President Obama’s unwillingness to accommodate America’s four-century long religious conscience protection through his attempts to require Catholics to go against their own doctrines and beliefs, one is tempted to say that he is anti-Catholic. But that characterization would not be correct. Although he has recently singled out…
Details*This bread recipe is healthy, counts as a veggie serving, and very moist. You can’t loose, except for maybe inches. B’tayavon! Ingredients 1 whole egg plus 2 egg whites, whipped 1 1/2 cups sugar 1/3 cup vegetable oil 2/3 cup nonfat plain yogurt 1 tablespoon vanilla 2 cups flour 1 tablespoon cinnamon 2 teaspoon soda…
DetailsTorah: Exodus 35:1-40:38 “Vayakhel” (He gathered …) Haftorah: Ezekiel 36:16-38 New Testament: I Corinthians 3:10-17 Gospel: Matthew 24:1-36 “Betzeto” (He went out …)
DetailsBY DAVID BARTON, WALL BUILDERS— When one observes President Obama’s unwillingness to accommodate America’s four-century long religious conscience protection through his attempts to require Catholics to go against their own doctrines and beliefs, one is tempted to say that he is anti-Catholic. But that characterization would not be correct. Although he has recently singled out…
DetailsBY RICK MORAN, FRONTPAGEMAG— Palestinian terrorists fired more than 160 rockets at dozens of civilian targets from Friday through Sunday, injuring three Israeli citizens and causing extensive damage. The escalated rocket attacks were in apparent retaliation for an Israeli strike against one of the major commanders of the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC), which was planning…
DetailsBY TZVI BEN GEDALYAHU, ARUTZ 7— The IDF is trained and prepared for a ground invasion of Gaza, but it won’t happen in the immediate future, says its chief spokesman Yoav Mordechai. Speaking to Voice of Israel government radio on the possibility of a ground incursion, he said, “The IDF is organized for that option.…
DetailsBY NERI BRENER, YNET— Following three days of incessant rocket fire from Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traveled to Israel’s southern region on Sunday and met with local council heads. Netanyahu, who visited an Iron Dome battery, thanked the council heads for their hard work. Addressing the south’s residents, he said “Our policy is clear.…
DetailsBY GILI COHEN, YANIR YAGNA, AND AVI ISSACHAROFF, HAARETZ— Residents of southern Israel suffered another day under siege on Sunday as Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fired about 50 more rockets at the Negev. Two Grad-type Katyusha rockets fell in Be’er Sheva after the Iron Dome battery that had been protecting it suffered a technical…
DetailsBY JPOST— Two Grad rockets were fired from Gaza into Beersheba late Sunday night, after a short respite in rocket fire in the South. One projectile was intercepted by the Iron Dome rocket defense system, and the second exploded in an open space outside the city. A siren was heard in the area. No injuries…
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