By HILLEL FRISCH, YITZHAK SOKOLOFF, JPost— In his first meeting with President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is likely to stake out common ground on the issues that have most troubled American-Israeli relations during the last eight years, namely Iran, and Israel’s settlement policy in Judea and Samaria. Particularly in light of the recent Security…
By Valerie Locke, Breaking Israel News— President Donald Trump has signed an executive order halting all US funding to United Nations agencies which recognize the Palestinian Authority (PA) or Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) as a full member, the New York Times reported on Wednesday. Other international bodies and programs which recognize the Palestinians will also…
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, Breaking Israel News— In an ancient and honored Jewish custom, the nascent Sanhedrin sent a letter to the new leader of the U.S., President Donald Trump, blessing him and calling on him to take the lead in restoring America and the world. The Sanhedrin also called on the new president to…
BY ERIC CORTELLESSA, Times of Israel— President Donald Trump is reportedly preparing two executive orders that would halt US funding to the UN and other bodies that grant full membership to the Palestinian Authority and the PLO, the New York Times reported Wednesday. The orders would reduce the United States’ role in international bodies, including…
By Earl Cox, JPost— Although Barak Hussein Obama’s tenure as President of the United States has ended and John Kerry is no longer the U.S. Secretary of State, Israel’s woes on the world’s stage are not over. However, under the new Trump administration, Israel will hopefully once again find they have a true and loyal…
By Inna Rogatchi ~ Excerpt from DARK STARS, WISE HEARTS BOOK— The wagon was set aside. To enter into that was optional. I found myself inside before realising what I was doing. I have seen similar cattle wagons before, in different places, both inside museum walls and outside, in natural environment, in Auschwitz, at Yad…
Torah: Exodus 6:2 – 9:35, “Va’era” (And he appeared … ) Haftorah: Isaiah 66:1 – 24 New Testament: Romans 9:13 – 33 Gospel: John 18:28 – 37, “She’ani melek” (I am King … )
Hebrew Voices #34 – Apartheid in Palestinian Jordan In this episode of Hebrew Voices, Apartheid in Palestinian Jordan, Nehemia Gordon speaks with Mudar Zahran, Secretary General of the Jordanian Opposition Coalition and an orthodox Muslim who advocates for separation of mosque and state. According to Zahran, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is really a…
By Asaf Romirowsky, Ynet News— The US Senate has unanimously passed the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act, introduced by US Senators Tim Scott (R-SC) and Bob Casey (D-PA). If approved by the House, the bill will give the US Department of Education the statutory tools to examine anti-Semitic incidents in the broadest and effective way possible. The…