Scripture Reading for June 15, 2013
Torah: Numbers 19:1 – 22:1 “Chukat” (Decree of …) Haftorah: Judges11:1 – 33 New Testament: Hebrews 9:11 – 28 Gospel: John 3:10 – 21, “Ana Yeshua” (Jesus answered …)
"Settlements" are on solid ground
By DANI DAYAN, THE GUARDIAN— Catherine Ashton, the EU’s high representative for foreign affairs, is a vocal critic of the Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria. Referring to them as “settlements”, she claimed last week that they “threaten to make a two-state solution impossible” and called on Israel “to immediately end all settlement activities beyond…
Shame on Germany for boycotting Jews
By MICHAEL FREUND, JPOST— In a throwback to its darkest past, the German government recently decided to back an initiative which singles out Jewish-owned businesses and targets them for detrimental treatment. Joining 13 other European Union members, Berlin has reportedly agreed to support efforts aimed at applying special labels of origin to products manufactured by…
New Palestinian PM signals return to days of Arafat
By RYAN JONES, ISRAEL TODAY— Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas this week appointed a new Palestinian Authority prime minister to take the place of the ousted Salam Fayyad, a respected, US-educated economist that the international community fought long and hard to keep in the position. The new Palestinian prime minister is Rami Hamdallah, a mild-mannered academic…