Truth Report: When will Israel turn to God?
“Therefore I will teach them– this time I will teach them my power and might. Then they will know that my name is the LORD.” (Jeremiah 16:21)
Video: Jerusalem of Gold
Only three weeks after the song was published, the Six-Day War broke out. The song was the battle cry and morale booster of the Israeli troops. Shemer even sang it for them before the war and festival, making them among the first in the world to hear it. On June 7th, 1967, the Israel Defense…
Spot Report: “God’s last word regarding Jerusalem”
Think on this: “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my Name forever.” (II Kings 21:7) Pray like this: Gracious Father, bring your people world-wide to affirm that Jerusalem and the Temple Mount belong to you and the Israelis you have appointed…
Why History Matters: The 1967 Six-Day War
By David Harris, Huffington Post— Mention history and it can trigger a roll of the eyes. Add the Middle East to the equation and folks might start running for the hills, unwilling to get caught up in the seemingly bottomless pit of details and disputes. But without an understanding of what happened in the past,…
Who were the 1948 Arab refugees?
By Yoram Ettinger, Israel Hayom— Contrary to conventional “wisdom,” most Arabs in British Mandate Palestine — and most of the 320,000 1948 Arab refugees — were migrant workers and descendants of 1831-1947 Muslim immigrants from across the Arab world. At the time, Britain enticed Arab immigration and blocked Jewish immigration. Thus, between 1880 and 1919,…
Scripture Reading for June 4, 2016
Torah: Leviticus 26:3 – 27:34, “Bechutai” (In my statutes … ) Haftorah: Jeremiah 16:19 -17:14 New Testament: James 5:14-16 Gospel: Matthew 21:23 – 32, “Al ha’micdash” (In the Temple … )
Palestinian Christians target Western Evangelicals
By Shira Sorko-Ram, Maoz— There is a minority of Palestinian Christians who love Israel and believe what the Bible says about God’s purposes for His chosen people. These Christians risk their lives when they share this truth with the other 98% of Palestinians who are Muslims. Their belief that the Word of God foretold the rebirth of…
Video: Rabbi Sacks explains the new anti-Semitism
By Ari Soffer, Israel National News— At the height of the UK Labour Party’s anti-Semitism crisis in April, former British Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks penned a blistering critique of anti-Zionism, which he branded “the new anti-Semitism.” In an interview with the BBC on Wednesday, Rabbi Sacks elaborated on why today’s anti-Israel movement is the…
Why Bernie Sanders hates Israel
By Michael Laitman, JPOST— We did not need Bernie Sanders’ pick of BDS backer and Israel basher, Cornel West, to partake in writing the Democratic platform, to know how he feels about Israel. Back in May of 1985, when Sanders was still mayor of Burlington, VT, he invited fellow (Jewish) Israel critic, Noam Chomsky, to…
Or le Goyim?
By Jan Willem van der Hoeven, Director ICZC— It has been said that it only takes one day to fly a Jewish person out of the diaspora but it will take many more than one day to fly the diaspora out of the Jews. This is especially true today when we see how Tel-Aviv, proudly in…