Scripture Reading for June 24, 2017
Torah: Numbers 16:1 – 18:32, “Korach” (Korah … ) Hafforah: Isaiah 66:1 – 24 New Testament: Romans 13:1 – 7 Gospel: Matthew 23:1 – 12, “Kiseh Moshe” (The seat of Moses … )
Palestinians praise terror attack
By Bassam Tawil, Gatestone— For many Palestinians, the stabbing murder of a 23-year-old Israeli Border Police officer in Jerusalem on June 16 is an act of “heroism” that proves that the “revolution against the Zionist entity will continue until the liberation of Palestine, from the (Mediterranean) sea to the (Jordan) river.” For many Palestinians, the…
Bennett submits bill to make it ‘impossible’ to divide Jerusalem
BY RAOUL WOOTLIFF, Times of Israel— Education Minister Naftali Bennett formally proposed legislation Sunday that would require a special two-thirds Knesset majority on any decision to divide Jerusalem under a future peace deal with the Palestinians, saying that the bill would effectively make such a move “impossible.” Bennett, who leads the pro-settlement Jewish Home party,…
Jared Kushner to travel to Mideast to advance Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts
BY RAPHAEL AHREN, Times of Israel— Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner is to travel to the Middle East this week to meet with Israeli and Palestinian officials in an effort to advance peace efforts pursued by his father-in-law US President Donald Trump. Kushner will travel along with special envoy Jason Greenblatt to meet with…
Recognizing value in every life
By Earl Cox, Israel Always— Autism spectrum is a developmental disorder with a range or “spectrum” of differing skill and disability levels. Affected people have social problems—difficulty communicating and interacting with others, and controlling their emotions. Autism has carried a stigma in Israel where, until 2014, schools often expelled students for misbehavior due to a…
Palestinians to claim tomb of patriarchs on UN world heritage list
By Tovah Lazaroff, JPost— The World Heritage Committee is set to debate inscribing the Old City of Hebron – including its Tomb of the Patriarchs – to the “State of Palestine” when it meets from July 2 to 12 in Krakow, Poland. “This is a new front in the war over the holy places that…
Scripture Reading for June 17, 2017
Torah: Numbers 13:1 – 15:41, “Shelach Lekha” (Send for yourself … ) Haftorah: Joshua 2:1 – 24 New Testament: Hebrews 3:7 – 4:1 Gospel: Matthew 23:1 – 39, “Baruch ha’ba b’shem Yahweh” (Blessed is he who comes in the name of Yahweh…)
Untying the Gordian Knot of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
By Dore Gold, Jpost— The problem of UNRWA is well known among experts on the Arab-Israel conflict. Last July, the Middle East Quartet was groping to find an explanation for why the Israeli-Palestinian conflict had not yet been resolved. Israel, which had gone through an escalation of knifing attacks on its citizens rightfully stressed in…
Palestinians paid terrorists $1b in past 4 years, Knesset panel hears
By TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF— The Palestinian Authority has paid out some NIS 4 billion — or $1.12 billion — over the past four years to terrorists and their families, a former director general of the Ministry of Strategic Affairs and ex-head of the army’s intelligence and research division told a top Knesset panel on…