By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, Breaking Israel News— On Wednesday afternoon, two of the greatest rabbis of the generation met and discussed how very close the Messiah is, and how Christians and Muslims have an important role to play in that process. Rabbi Moshe Sternbuch,Vice-President of the Rabbinical Court and the Head of the Edah HaChareidis…
Think on this: “Jesus answered: “Watch out that no one deceives you. For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and will deceive many. You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation…
“Without faith, there’s no enthusiasm, and without enthusiasm there is no transcendence. The soul withers and one’s vision narrows. Scholarship finds itself mired in trivia and the great goal is forgotten.” Menahem Zulay, Scholar of Jewish poetry, 1938
By HERB KEINON, JPOST— No Israeli government official would dare say it, but a weakened EU is not necessarily a bad thing for Israel diplomatically. Economics might be another issue. The specter of the EU falling apart, and what kind of forces that will unleash, is also a separate matter. But on the very narrow…
By HERB KEINON, JPOST— While it may have huge ramifications for Britain, Europe, and the world’s economy, Britain’s decision on Thursday to leave or remain a part of the 28-state European Union will have little impact on Israel, Yigal Palmor, a veteran diplomat, said on Wednesday. Palmor’s comments followed a statement made on Monday evening…
By Israel Today Staff, Israel Today-— “Moderate” Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday used his opportunity to address to the European Union Parliament in Brussels to screech out wildly unsubstantiated conspiracy theories regarding Israel. In allegations echoing a popular medieval anti-Semitic libel, Abbas charged, “Only a week ago, a number of rabbis in Israel announced,…
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, Breaking Israel News— Donald Trump‘s Israel adviser, David Friedman, announced that his boss would probably support an Israeli decision to annex all of Judea and Samaria if Israel deemed it necessary. Friedman made this thrilling revelation in an interview with Haaretz News on Thursday. He also stated that Trump would not…
By JNS, Breaking Israel News— The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) adopted a resolution reaffirming the church’s support and prayers for Israel as well as condemning the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. The resolution declared that the BDS movement “seeks to isolate the nation of Israel economically and socially,” while also expressing concern about the…
By JTA, JPOST— WASHINGTON — A Jewish political action committee is seeking to get the Republican Party platform to recognize the West Bank as an “indigenous” part of the Jewish homeland. “The Land of Israel is the indigenous homeland of the Jewish people by right and by law and we oppose any measures to force,…
