Think on this: “Jesus’ purpose was to create in himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace, and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility.” (Ephesians 2:15-16) Pray like this: Father, we beseech you to bring Christ into…
By Victor Davis Hanson, Washington Times— President Trump set off another Twitter firestorm last week when he hinted that he may be considering cutting off hundreds of millions of dollars in annual U.S. aid to the Palestinians. Mr. Trump was angered over Palestinian unwillingness to engage in peace talks with Israel after the Trump administration…
By Itamar Eichner, Ynetnews— Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon surprised fellow government ministers on Sunday by proposing to annex the main Israeli settlement blocs in the West Bank in light of the freeze in the peace process. “I think it’s time to annex the settlement blocs,” Kahlon said during the weekly government meeting. Education Minister Naftali…
By Caroline Glick, JPost- The PLO and the Palestinian cause more generally are sinking into irrelevance and rather than reform their policies to rebuild their position, they have adopted a scorched earth policy that only intensifies their race to the bottom. On the face of things, the situation isn’t bad. Last month the PLO got…
By Yossi Kuperwasser, Israel Hayom— The validity of the Palestinian narrative is waning. Will this spur a shift in Palestinian policy? Developments in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in recent weeks, and some we can expect to unfold in the near future, have caused increasing frustration among Palestinians. This is due to the erosion of Palestinian power,…
By JTA— The U.S. ambassador to Israel blamed the Palestinians for the lack of peace with Israel in the aftermath of a shooting in the West Bank that killed an Israeli man. David Friedman tweeted Wednesday morning, as the Israeli military expanded its search for the killer or killers, including setting up roadblocks and checkpoints…
Torah: Exodus 2:2 – 9:35, “Va’era” ((and I appeared … ) Haftorah: Ezeliel 28:25 – 29:21 New Testament: Roman 9:13 – 33 Gospel: Matthew 7:15 – 23, “Hizarharu” (Beware … _
Exodus 6:2 to 9:35 This week’s Torah portion covers Exodus 6:2 to 9:35. The Parashah is called Va’era which means “and I appeared,” the first words spoken to Moses in the text. In Va’era the story of the Exodus begins. Plagues hit the Egyptians in full force. Pharaoh knew the names of many false gods,…
By Shira Sorko-Ram, Maoz— This should be rather simple. What is a capital? Answer: It is a city in a country where the government is situated, including official residences of its president or prime minister, its Supreme Court and its legislative branches. What’s so hard about that? Really, nothing. In this world of chaos, believe…