Scripture reading for the week of September 17, 2011
Torah: Deuteronomy 26:1 – 29:8, “Ki Tavo” (When you come…) Haftorah: Isaiah 60:1 – 22 New Testament: Ephesians 1:3 – 6 Gospel: John 16:1 – 4, “Shelo tichablu” (You should not stumble…)
Torah: Deuteronomy 26:1 – 29:8, “Ki Tavo” (When you come…) Haftorah: Isaiah 60:1 – 22 New Testament: Ephesians 1:3 – 6 Gospel: John 16:1 – 4, “Shelo tichablu” (You should not stumble…)
BY CHANA YA’AR— The Palestinian Authority has announced it will submit its application to the United Nations Security Council to appeal for recognition as a new country and attain acceptance in the body. PA Foreign Minister Riad al-Malki announced Thursday that the entity plans to submit its bid for full U.N. membership with the Council…
BY JIM HUTCHENS— As I write, a major focus in Israel is underway, called Palestinian’s Unilateral Declaration of Independence, (UDI). This is an attempt to have the United Nations declare a sovereign Palestinian state without any negotiations with Israel. The U.S has already stated that it will not support this effort. Still, the results of…
BY HARRIS DEVOR AND ASAF ROMIROWSKY, JEWISH EXPONENT— As almost everyone knows by now, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is planning to march into the United Nations this month and demand statehood for the Palestinians by way of a Unilateral Declaration of Independence. Such a state would be in lands east of the 1949 armistice…