By Ron Kampeas, Times of Israel— Barack Obama is gone and the relief among the Christian Zionists and their Jewish friends who peopled certain corners of Washington, DC, this week was palpable. Gary Bauer, the veteran evangelical activist, laid it out at the opening session of Christians United for Israel’s annual conference on Monday. A…
By Yoram Ettinger, The Ettinger Report— Political-correctness suggests that the resolution of the Palestinian issue is predicated upon a dramatic Israeli land-concession and the establishment of a Palestinian state: the two state solution. Moreover, political-correctness has subordinated Middle East reality and long term national security to the achievement of the holy grail of peaceful-coexistence between Jews…
BY JUDAH ARI GROSS, TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF Clashes broke out between Muslim worshipers and police in the Old City of Jerusalem for the third night in a row on Tuesday, in response to Israel placing metal detectors at entrances to the Temple Mount compound following a terror attack in the area. According to police,…
By JTA— Christians United for Israel activists will lobby for a congressional bill that cuts nearly all U.S. funding to the Palestinian Authority until it stops payments to the families of Arabs jailed for or killed in attacks on Israelis. The pro-Israel group, meeting this week in Washington, D.C., for its 12th conference, on Tuesday…
By Benjamin Glatt, JPost— The US will never waiver in its support of Israel, its most cherished ally, US Vice President Mike Pence said on Monday at the 12th annual Christians United for Israel summit in Washington. “Let me say with confidence to all who are gathered here and to all the watching world: President…
By Shlomo Cesana, Associated Press and Israel Hayom Staff French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday denounced France’s collaboration in the Holocaust, lashing out at those who negate or minimize the country’s role in sending tens of thousands of Jews to their deaths. He also condemned anti-Zionism as a new form of anti-Semitism and vowed to…
“That the Arabs of the Land of Israel should willingly come to an agreement with us is beyond all hopes and dreams at present, and in the foreseeable future…. They will not voluntarily allow, not only a new master, but even a new partner…. To think that the Arabs will voluntarily consent to the realization…
Torah: Numbers 25:10 – 30:1, “Pinchas” (Phineas … ) Haftorah: I Kings 18:46 – 19:21 New Testament: Romans 11:2 – 32 Gospel: John 11:7 – 15, “Yochanon ha’matbiel” (John the Baptist … )