By Israel Today— Israel President Reuven Rivlin said during a meeting with church leaders in Jerusalem that Christians and Jews are “brothers.” Rivlin invited the heads of the various churches in Jerusalem to his official residence on the occasion of Easter. He used the opportunity to decry the rising persecution of Christians across the Middle…
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, BIN— The nascent Sanhedrin sent a letter on Monday to US President Donald Trump, calling on him to ascend to the Temple Mount and pray for world peace when he arrives in Jerusalem next week for his first state visit. If Trump chooses to answer the call, he will not only…
By Chana Roberts, Israel National News— US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said on Tuesday that the US Embassy should be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and that the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City is part of Israel. In an interview with CBN News, Haley said, “Obviously I believe that the…
by CHARLIE SPIERING, Breitbart— The White House does not expect to announce plans to move the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, despite President Donald Trump’s campaign promise to do so. “There’s no planned announcement for the embassy on the trip,” a White House official told Breitbart News. The official however cautioned that the plan…
For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, for Jerusalem’s sake I will not remain quiet, till her vindication shines out like the dawn, her salvation like a blazing torch. Isaiah 62:1
By Israel Hayom— The possible relocation of the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem was at the center of a pointed exchange between Israel and the White House on Sunday. U.S. President Donald Trump is trying to determine how keeping his election promise to move the embassy may affect his hopes of…
By Carl Hoffman, JPost— Would it surprise you to learn that the Knesset – our governing body, symbol of sovereignty, and hub of national political power – sits on land that the State of Israel does not in fact own? Would you also be taken aback to discover that the same thing can be said…
Think on this: “If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill. May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not consider Jerusalem my highest joy.” (Psalm 137:5-6) Pray like this: Father, we ask that when President Trump visits Israel on…
By Jpost-— Iran’s Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan accused Saudi Arabia of cozying up to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a sign of how far the relationship between the two Muslim powers have fallen in recent years. Speaking in an interview aired Monday on Al-Manar TV, Dehghan asks the rulers in Riyadh “Do the interests of the…
BY Sarah Stern, EMET— In his memoir, My Life, President Bill Clinton wrote “Right before I left office, Arafat in one of our last conversations, thanked me for all my efforts and told me what a great man I was.’ ‘Mr. Chairman.’ I replied, ‘I am not a great man. I am a failure, and…