By Yaakov Lapin, JNS— Israel has been closely monitoring Turkey’s brutal offensive against the Kurds in northeast Syria in recent days. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the Turkish invasion on Oct. 10, stating that Israel “warns against the ethnic cleansing of the Kurds by Turkey and its proxies,” and that “Israel is prepared to…
By Michael Leeden, FrontpageMag— The Enemy Alliance extends around the world, from Pyongyang to Caracas, and from Moscow to Cuba. It’s an extensive alliance spread out across the globe in order to take revenge on its enemies. It runs across Asia (North Korea, China, Russia), through the Stans, across the borders of Eastern Europe, and…
By Steven Zvi, Aish— The sukkah commemorates the miracle that God gave us in the desert in the form of the Ananei Ha-Kavod (the Clouds of Glory). These miraculous clouds protected us from the surrounding enemies as well as provided us with shelter from all the negative elements associated with living in a desert. Yet…
By Reuters , Israel Hayom Staff– Turkey ignored new sanctions from the United States to press on with its assault on northern Syria on Tuesday, while the Russia-backed Syrian army entered one of the most hotly contested cities, filling a void created by Donald Trump’s abrupt retreat. A week after reversing US policy and moving…
Zechariah 14:16-19 Then the survivors from all the nations that have attacked Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the Lord Almighty, and to celebrate the Festival of Tabernacles. If any of the peoples of the earth do not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord Almighty, they…
By Arlene Bridges Samuels The Jerusalem Connection’s founder and President Emeritus James M. Hutchens is a military chaplain who earned two Bronze Stars and the Purple Heart while serving in Vietnam. He joined the army as an enlisted US Army paratrooper ultimately training for the status of an elite High Altitude, Low Open (HALO) parachutist…
Torah: Deuteronomy 32:1-52, “Ha’azinu , (Give ear …) Haftorah: II Samuel 22:52 New Testament: Romans 11:1-24 Gospel: Matthew 5:17-20, “Al Tachesvu” (Do not think …)
By Yoav Limur, Israel Hayom— ‘We assume there are weapons stockpiles on the Temple Mount’ “The Palestinians will never drop the matter of the Temple Mount. It’s a tool that they, and parts of the Arab and Muslim world, use to take on Israel,” former Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Chairman and former head…
By Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger, “Second Thought: a US-Israel initiative” More on Sukkot and other Jewish holidays, see Ettinger’s ebook: Jewish Holidays, Guide for the Perplexed. 1. US-Israel special ties are highlighted by Columbus Day (October 14, 2019), which is always celebrated around Sukkot (October 13-20, 2019). According to “Columbus Then and Now” (Miles Davidson,…