By Judah Ari Gross, Times of Israel— The Israel Defense Forces on Tuesday launched an operation to destroy a number of cross-border attack tunnels that it says were dug by the Iran-backed Hezbollah group into northern Israel from Lebanon. Announcing the launch of Operation Northern Shield, IDF spokesperson Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus said “a number…
By Chris Mitchell, Breaking Christian News— Political opponents of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are calling for him to resign after Israel Police recommended his indictment on charges of bribery and breach of trust. Netanyahu denies the allegations, and some believe the entire investigation adds up to a political coup by legal means. MK Tamar Zandberg,…
By Israel Hayom— A heartwarming meeting took place at the annual conference of the Israeli American Council in Florida on Friday, when twice bereaved Israeli mother and Israel Prize laureate Miriam Peretz embraced U.S. Vice President Mike Pence after his speech at the event. “U.S. Vice President Mike Pence gave a speech about love and…
By Inna Rogatchi, Times of Israel— We are all are having our favourite and most favourite holidays in our annual circle of life. I am not sure if preferences are changed during one’s life. I doubt it. To me, these preferences are the marks of one’s character, poignant and tangible ones however subtle it might…
Think on this: “Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven!” (Matthew 5:16) Pray like this: Father, since all Biblical feasts and festivals have the fulfillment in Jesus, help Christians to feel free to participate, in Jesus name,…
“Twenty-two centuries ago, when Israel was under the rule of the empire of Alexander the Great, one particular leader, Antiochus IV, decided to force the pace of Hellenisation, forbidding Jews to practice their religion and setting up in the Temple in Jerusalem a statue of Zeus Olympus. This was too much to bear, and a…