Think on this: “A time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God. They will do such things because they have not known the Father or me. I have told you this, so that when the time comes you will remember that I warned you.”…”This calls for…
By DORE GOLD, ISRAEL HAYOM— Looking back to the earliest agreements between the superpowers over nuclear weapons, Washington was in a tough diplomatic quandary in dealing with Moscow, one not very different from its hard dilemmas it faces today in its negotiations with Tehran. When the U.S. completed its talks with the Soviet Union in…
By RYAN JONES, ISRAEL TODAY— The Church of England has launched an investigation into charges of anti-Semitism made against one of its more controversial vicars, Dr. Stephen Sizer. Sizer, it would seem, has joined the ranks of what the Americans call “truthers” – those who insist that the truth has been concealed regarding who was…
By MATTHEW SCHOFIELD, FRESNOBEE— Eighty years ago, Jael Botsch-Fitterling’s parents decided something was very wrong in Germany, the nation they called home. Chancellor Adolf Hitler had just named himself fuhrer, and anti-Semitism was becoming national law. Her parents and other relatives packed up and fled. Because of that move, six years later she was born…
Truly we are increasingly witnessing the spiritual war between YHVH’s Kingdom and satan’s realm. This is the time for the people of YHVH to connect with the Source, and to focus sharply on His directions. We all have an important role to play in the outcomes of these daily challenges. The Lord is totally in…
Torah: Exodus 13:17 – 17:16, “Beshalach” (When he sent away …) Haftorah: Judges 4:4 – 5:31 New Testament: I Corinthians 10:1 – 5 Gospel: John 6:15 – 71, “Keshe’hivkin Yeshua” (Jesus perceived … )
By STEVE FORBES, FORBES— It is fitting and proper–indeed essential for our very security–that Speaker John Boehner has extended an invitation to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu to address Congress on Iran and its efforts to develop nuclear weapons and the missiles to deliver them anywhere in the world. The invitation has bipartisan support…
By REUTERS and ISRAEL HAYOM— Israel on Wednesday accused a senior Turkish official of “misusing” a Holocaust commemoration to criticize Israeli policy, the latest exchange in a bitter row between the former allies. Turkish Parliamentary Speaker Cemil Cicek late on Wednesday addressed members of Turkey’s tiny Jewish community and others at a Holocaust Memorial Day…
By TIMES OF ISRAEL— In a scathing rebuke, a senior Obama administration official has charged that Israel’s ambassador to Washington, Ron Dermer, has been working to advance the political fortunes of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the expense of the US-Israel relationship, The New York Times reported Wednesday. The accusation marks a striking escalation in…
By DAVID PARSONS and HOWARD FLOWER, ICEJ— The dramatic events in Paris have served as a sobering wake-up call to the world about the dangerous resurgence of anti-Semitism in Europe. But for Jews in France and all across the continent, it was more a crushing reminder of the harsh reality they have known about already…