Quote of the week
“It isn’t enough to believe in something; you have to have the stamina to meet obstacles and overcome them, to struggle.” -Golda Meir, 1975
Spot Report: Elie Wiesel and hope for the next Holocaust
Think on this: “If you confess ‘Jesus is Yahweh,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” (Romans 10:9) Pray like this: Father, send the message out world wide that regarding Jesus, “Salvation is found in no one else. for there is no other name, under heaven,…
Scripture Reading for July 1, 2016
Torah: Number 13:1 – 14:41, “Shelach lekha” (Send for yourself …) Haftorah: Joshua 2:1 – 24 New Testament: Hebrews 13:7 – 4:1 Gospel: Mark 5:25 – 34, “Etrahpeh” (I will be healed …)
Morning in Kiryat Arba and Night in the World
By INNA ROGATCHI, Israel National News They love to murder our children in summer. They love to murder the most vulnerable of us. They would not mind to murder any of us, but our children seem to be an easy prey for those vile beasts. Their summer murders are becoming so painfully symbolic for us,…
Trump gets it right on Jerusalem
By Jason Greenblatt, CNN— It seems to be a regular feature of the U.S presidential election cycle: Candidates from both parties solemnly pledge to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, only to sidestep the issue upon taking office. Shouldn’t the selection of a capital city rest solely with the people of the country who reside there? Donald…
Op-Ed: Brexit restored sovereignty to the UK – now it must be Israel’s turn.
By Victor Sharpe, Israel National News— Sovereignty refers to the defined right of nations, the ‘ownership’ of their territories and national interests. A nation is referred to as ‘sovereign’ in terms of its independent identity and rights. Sovereign rights are exercised within national territories. A nation has the legal right to insist on its sovereign…
Abortion in Israel: Why is there no public conflict?
By YONAH JEREMY BOB, JPOST— With the US Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on Monday in favor of abortion rights in the ongoing culture war on the issue that will now be re-inflamed, it is worth revisiting the issue in Israel and why there is so little public conflict about it here. First, let’s unpack what…
Zionist Evangelicals Release Film Revealing “Truth Behind BDS”
By Tazpit Press Service, Breaking Israel News— The Christian Zionist organization Proclaiming Justice to the Nations (PJTN) is responding to recent efforts by the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel toward making inroads within the Evangelical Christian community. Last week, the organization screened its film, “Hating Israel: In Search of the Truth Behind…
Thanks in no small part to Russia, Hezbollah is now a full-fledged army
By Avi Issacharoff, Times of Israel— Pictures being published from time to time by Hezbollah tell a great deal about its role in the fighting in Syria. In some of the pictures Hezbollah fighters can be seen leaning against Russian tanks, and the truth is that since Russia began its open military activities in Syria,…
After Brexit: What should Israel do?
By MANFRED GERSTENFELD, JPOST— It will remain unclear for quite some time what the main consequences of Brexit will be for Europe, Great Britain and the world at large. The changes will include political, economic and social issues. One example: various parties in a number of European Union member states are enhancing their efforts to establish…