Think on this: “I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never stop doing good to them, and I will inspire them to fear me, so that they will never turn away from me. I will rejoice in doing them good will most assuredly plant them in this land with all my heart…
By ARIEL COHEN, JPOST— Just as he does every December, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, along with other PA officials, made the Christmastime claim that Jesus Christ was a Palestinian, rather than a Judean. “We celebrate the birth of Jesus, a Palestinian messenger of love, justice and peace, which has guided millions from the moment…
By LEA SPEYER, BREAKING ISRAEL NEWS— The UN Security Council rejected on Tuesday the Palestinian draft resolution calling for the full Israeli withdrawal from East Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria by the end of 2017. The resolution, which was submitted on Monday by Jordan on behalf of the Palestinian Authority, called for peace negotiations to center…
By DAVID LAZARUS, ISRAEL TODAY— The US State Department in 2014 condemned Israel as one of the most “unacceptable” countries in the world, just behind North Korea. According to an article published last week by Foreign Policy, over the past year the Obama Administration State Department cited Israel for “unacceptable behavior” more times than Pakistan,…
By LEA SPEYER, BREAKING ISRAEL NEWS— Evangelical Christians are under attack in a newly released piece by Newsweek which calls those of the faith “God’s frauds.” In its pre-Christmas issue, the magazine launched a vitriolic war on the Bible in an article by Kurt Eichenwald, titled “The Bible: So Misunderstood It’s a Sin.” Eichenwald’s attempts…
Torah: Genesis 47:28 – 50:26, “Vayechi” (and he lived …) Haftorah: I Kins 2:1 – 12 New Testament: I Peter 1:3 – 9 Gospel: Matthew 5:17 – 20, “Lo choshev” (Do not think …)
By RICHARD MATHER, ARUTZ 7— In recent decades, the quest to rescue Jesus’ Jewish identity has yielded much fruit. Geza Vermes, Robert Eisenman, E.P Sanders, James Tabor, R. T. Herford, George Foot Moor and Hyam Maccoby are among those who have highlighted Jesus’ Jewish identity and origins. Combined with the shared interest in the Dead…
By GERALD MCDERMOTT, ROANOKE TIMES– Once again, Israel is at the top of the news. Jeffrey Goldberg reports in the Atlantic that the Obama administration is “red-hot” over Israel’s recent announcements of new building in east Jerusalem and the West Bank. This kerfuffle comes on top of Israeli denunciations of Irish and British statements recognizing…
By LARRY AND DEDE. LEV PROJECT— Make a Special Donation Today to The Lev Project. Shalom! We are Larry and Dede Miller with The Lev Project. After 12 years of living and volunteering in Hungary, and a 5-month experience in Israel working with holocaust survivors, The Lev Project was born. (Lev in Hebrew means, “heart”)…
Acts 3: 21-23 21 Heaven must receive him until the time comes for God to restore everything, as he promised long ago through his holy prophets. 22 For Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own people; you must listen to everything he tells…