By Daniel Salami,Yoav Zitun, AP, Ynetnews— The New York Times reported Wednesday that Israel informed the United States it had struck an Iranian vessel off the coast of Eritrea in the Red Sea on Tuesday. An unnamed U.S. official told the newspaper that “the Israelis had called the attack a retaliation for earlier Iranian strikes…
By Shoshana Bryen, American Thinker— The Biden administration has made clear its intention to talk with Iran. Since every negotiation has to have an endgame, consider both parties to the proposed conversation and what they intend to get. Before the election, Biden told a journalist he wants to “build on” the JCPOA with a new…
By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN— Holy Week took on a new dimension for me on Palm Sunday night. My husband and I attended a Turner Classic Movies Fathom event on the big screen. The epic movie The Ten Commandments was shown as a tribute on its 65th anniversary. Stunning in every way, the movie had…
By Tovah Lazaroff, Jpost— The Biden administration on Wednesday clarified that it considers the West Bank to be occupied territory, but ducked a question as to whether it held that settlements were illegal. “It is a historical fact that Israel occupied the West Bank, Gaza, and the Golan Heights after the 1967 War,” US State…
By Shelley Neese— On June 10, 2000, I married my college sweetheart. We met when we were both working as youth ministers at a chapel right next to Louisiana State University. Three weeks after our nuptials, we moved to Beer Sheva, Israel. I still had two semesters left of college to finish my undergraduate degree,…
By Amy Zewe— Jewish students face widespread hostility—as told by Isaac De Castro, a Cornell student, who published in NEW YORK DAILY NEWS on MAR 29, 2021 I wanted to bring this article to your attention because it is vital that we all understand that bigotry and hatred have many forms, and some longstanding types are…
By Gerald McDermott, Patheos—- I step with trepidation when I visit a new church in Holy Week. Typically the pastors and readers know little or nothing of the debates over the supposed anti-semitism in the gospel of John, from which many of the Holy Week texts are taken. So the readings often seem to pit…
By Sharon Wrobel, Algemeiner— Israel’s National Security Council (NSC) issued a warning Monday that Iran is expected in the near future to continue targeting Israeli citizens overseas, as the country forecasts an uptick in international air travel. The warning comes as Israel has begun to lift travel restrictions this month that were imposed due to…
By Israel National News— A senior member of the United Arab List (Ra’am) said that the party’s chairman, Mansour Abbas, is leaning towards supporting a right-wing government led by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Kan News reported. According to the senior official, the support will be conditional on Itamar Ben Gvir not serving as a minister…
By Shelley Neese— On the evening of March 27th, Passover begins. Last year, I remember thinking how horrible it was that Israel’s first lockdown for coronavirus had to take place on the most festive night on the Jewish holy calendar. Normally, throughout the Seder meal of matzah, wine, bitter herbs and charoset, the story of…