By Ariel Kahana, JNS— The Israeli government is preparing an official initiative, including an incentives package, to encourage countries to relocate their embassies to Jerusalem. Foreign Minister Israel Katz will soon present a proposal to the Cabinet to designate the transfer of embassies to Jerusalem as a “national, diplomatic and strategic objective of the highest…
Torah: Number 30:1-32:42, “Mattot” (Journeys of Tribes …) Haftorah: Jeremiah 2:4-28, 3:4 New Testament: James 4:1-12 Gospel: Matthew 5:17-20, “Al taheshvu” (Do not think… )
By Nahum Barnea, Ynetnews— The peace conference is to take place in Camp David, the U.S. President’s country retreat, and U.S. President Donald Trump is set to present his Mideast Peace Plan during the conference. According to an unnamed source in Washington, the conference is set to take place before the September 17 elections in…
By David Lazarus, Israel Today— Chosen People Ministries is sponsoring a debate between Dr. Michael Brown and Orthodox Rabbi Shmuley Boteach in New York City on August 8. The debate will take place from 7:30-9:30 PM (NY time) and will be streamed live on YouTube. According to Chosen People Ministries, a 125-year-old mission to the…
By Douglas Feith, Mosaic Magazine— In his essay in Mosaic on diplomacy, law, and Jerusalem, the estimable Michel Gurfinkiel asks, “What is international law?” and comments, “It’s easy enough to doubt, if not to mock, the idea that there is such a thing.” It sure is. The last century of U.S. policy on Jerusalem is…
By Tawfik Hamid, Gatestone Institute— We must salute Jared Kushner’s attempt to bring a peaceful solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict. That said, the Palestinians’ unsurprising rejection of the peace offer requires some scrutiny, especially the true causes of the perennial failure to achieve lasting peace. Without understanding them, every attempt to solve this conflict, every…
By Haaretz— Immigration to Israel rose by more than a quarter in the first half of 2019, fueled almost entirely by a continued surge in aliyah from Russia, according to internal Jewish Agency figures. In all of 2018, immigration showed a modest gain of 5 percent. A 73 percent increase in the number of individuals…