Scripture Reading for August 5, 2017
Torah: Deuteronomy 5:23 – 7:11, “Va’etchanan” (and I pleaded … ) Haftorah: Isaiah 40:1 – 26 New Testament: Romans 9:1 – 13 Gospel: Matthew 23:29 – 39, “Parush eveer” (Blind Pharisees … )
Video: How fake Muslim history has bludgeoned the world against Israel
We hear a lot these days about fake news, but what about “fake heritage?” In the battle for international hearts and minds, being “indigenous” is a hot ticket to leftist sympathy. The Arabs haven’t been able to bludgeon Israel into physical submission, but in their lust for the indigenous status in Israel, they’re making great…
Jared Kushner on Middle East Peace
By Ashley Feinberg, ON MONDAY, WHITE House senior adviser Jared Kushner spoke to a group of congressional interns as part of an ongoing, off-the-record summer lecture series. During the question-and-answer portion of the event, Kushner may have inadvertently offered some insight into the negotiating tactics he is using in the Middle East. Prior to Kushner’s…
Iran’s role in Temple Mount clashes revealed
By JNS.org—- The recent clashes in and around the Temple Mount were fueled in part by the Iranian government, Palestinian sources told Israel Hayom this week. The clashes erupted after Israeli authorities installed metal detectors at entry points to the site in response to a deadly terrorist attack there July 14. Many Muslims locally and around the world viewed the Israeli security measure…
The Face of Ungratefulness
By Tsvi Sadan, Israel Today— A sense of despair accompanies the experience of watching someone defending Israel. The bias, the ignorance, the post-truth era, makes it nearly impossible to win an argument that favors Israel. It’s as if in and of itself speaking positively about the Jewish state is illegitimate. The reasons for such an…
A perilous situation
By Prof. Eyal Zisser Israel Hayom The flames on and around the Temple Mount were fueled by external forces that were neither Palestinian nor Arab, it seems. While most of the Arab nations came together in an effort to defuse tensions in Jerusalem and the Palestinian Authority looked for a dignified way to climb down…
Truth Report: “Avoiding another Tisha B’Av”
Zechariah 12:10 “And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication. They will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for…
The battle over Jerusalem has just begun
By Bassam Tawil, Gatestone-— The Palestinian “victory” celebrations that took place after Israel removed metal detectors and surveillance cameras from the entrances to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem bode badly for the future of stability and peace in the Middle East. To the Palestinians and many Arabs and Muslims, the Israeli move is viewed as…
Jordan’s King wants to ‘Stop the Judaisation’ of Temple Mount
By Jewish Press— His Majesty King Abdullah II on Saturday spoke before an assembly of local newspaper editors and journalists, saying “he spared no occasion to put the Palestinian cause and defend Jerusalem before the world,” according to the Petra state news agency, adding, “There is no voice that speaks better than Jordan as we…
Preparing for the inevitable?
By Earl Cox, JPost— In its short history just shy of seventy years, Israel has fought in eight recognized wars, two Palestinian intifadas, a number of armed conflicts with hostile neighbors and not one of these wars or armed conflicts was instigated or provoked by Israel. Israel’s neighbors should begin to wrap their heads around…