Scripture Reading for August 17, 2019
Torah: Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11, “Vaetchanan” (And I Pleaded … ) Haftorah: Isaiah 40:1-26 New Testament: Acts 21:17-26 Gospel: Matthew 23:31-39, “Kesilim Veiverim” (Fools & Blind … )
‘Transfer all of the Palestinians to Jordan’
By Arutz 7– A right-wing Dutch parliamentarian is calling for the transfer of Palestinian Authority residents from Judea and Samaria to Jordan, offering the plan as an alternative to the US-backed ‘Deal of the Century’ Middle East peace plan. Geert Wilders, chairman of the rightist Party for Freedom (PVV), said Thursday in response to this…
Can a Christian Hate the Jews?
By David Lazarus, Israel Today— We received a letter to the editor of Israel Today asking us to answer some concerns one reader had about a report in the radical Christian website TruNews regarding the recent debate we covered between Dr. Michael Brown and Rabbi Shmuley Boteach on “Antisemitism in the New Testament.” First of…
Israel Denies Entry to Omar and Tlaib After Trump’s Call to Block Them
By Isabel Kershner, Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Peter Baker, NY Times— Under intense pressure from President Trump, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government on Thursday barred two members of the United States Congress from entering Israel, reversing a previous decision to admit two of the president’s most outspoken critics. By enlisting a foreign power to take…
The Longest Lasting Conspiracy Theory
By Denis MacEoin, Gatestone Institute— How often have we seen commentary concerning the situation in Gaza, the West Bank and Israel, made with intensity even passion which purport to tell readers the “facts” about Israel? They often narrate falsehoods that might put to shame a string of fraudsters, conmen and conspiracy theorists. It seems, at…
100 Years of the Temple Mount as a Tool of Muslim Propaganda
By Edy Cohen, Israel Today— The clashes witnessed atop the Temple Mount this week as the Jews’ mourning day of Tisha B’Av coincided with the start of the Muslims’ festival of Eid al-Adha were a reminder of how explosive the holy site remains. The Palestinian leadership needed no reminding. For the past several years, amid…
US peace envoy: There’s ‘no international consensus’ on Mideast conflict
By Eric Cortellessa, Times of Israel— Facing criticism for his speech before the United Nations Security Council last month — and more broadly for the Trump administration’s approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict — the US envoy for Middle East peace shot back at the German ambassador to the UN, who said that Washington has “left…
US State Department: Comparing Israeli Policy to Nazism Is Antisemitic
By Aaron S., Jerusalem Online— The US State Department has updated its definition of anti-Semitism, by adding that “making comparisons between contemporary Israeli policy and Nazi policy” is an example of anti-Semitism in public life. In 2018, the State Department adopted the definition of anti-Semitism established by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA). Most of…
Netanyahu vows to push Israeli sovereignty in West Bank after terror attack
By Raphael Ahren, Times of Israel— Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Thursday to guarantee Israeli sovereignty in “all parts” of the West Bank as he participated in a cornerstone-laying ceremony for 650 new housing units in the settlement of Beit El. The event came hours after an Israeli student was found stabbed to death near…