Scripture Reading for February 27, 2016
Torah: Exodus 30:11 – 34:35, “ki tisa” (When you take …) Haftorah: I Kings 18:1 – 39 New Testament: II Corinthians 3:7 – 18 Gospel: Matthew 17:1 – 13, “Ve ‘hishtakna” (He was transfigured … )
The Raoul Wallenberg Research Initiative RWI-70
A Note from Michael and Inna Rogatchi, The Rogatchi Foundation – www.rogatchi.org, www.rogatchifilms.org — We would like to address you now on a very important and timely (as ever) international initiative regarding Raoul Wallenberg. A prominent historian Susanne Berger has enough clarity and vision, and strength, too, to start this new chapter in the ongoing saga…
Abu Mazen rebuffs Kerry’s appeal to cool Palestinian terror against Israelis
By DEBKAfile— US Secretary of State John Kerry came away empty-handed from his latest meeting with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) in Amman on Sunday, February 21,- which shouldn’t have surprised him as it was par for the course. DEBKAfile’s Middle Eastern sources report that Kerry was finally persuaded that Abbas would not…
Our World: The Lie of Pro-Palestinian Activism
By Caroline Glick, Breaking Israel News— For them, the Palestinians whose rights they claim to champion are nothing more than means to another end. Last Thursday, yet again we learned that pro-Palestinian activists couldn’t care less about Palestinians. For them, the Palestinians whose rights they claim to champion are nothing more than means to another…
Columnist Krauthammer: Obama’s remarks on Israel are ‘shameful’
By Erez Lin, Israel Hayom— U.S. President Obama is drawing moral equivalence between habitual Palestinian incitement to terrorism and “extremely infrequent” Israeli attacks, thus downplaying the severity of Palestinian actions, veteran Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer said Friday. Krauthammer’s statement came in response to Obama’s remarks Friday that “it is important for both Prime Minister…
Marco Rubio Hits Trump, Takes Strong Stand for Israel
By Tyler O’Niel, PJ Media-— Florida Senator Marco Rubio gave a powerful defense of Israel in Houston, Texas, on Thursday. He attacked President Obama and Republican front-runner Donald J. Trump for not supporting the Jewish state. If elected president, he promised “a foreign policy of moral clarity,” and that America would take sides (“we’re going…
IDF Racing to Restructure Itself for New Middle East Warfare
By Yaakov Lappin, Investigative Project— The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is in a race against time, and it is a race that is relevant to how other Western powers will also deal with the rise of radical, armed, Islamic groups proliferating across the Middle East. As the IDF’s commanders look around the region, they see…
Marco Rubio Stops to Pray for Elderly Man Who Collapses at Campaign Rally (Video)
By Anugrah Kumar , Christian Post Contributor— During a campaign rally for Sen. Marco Rubio in South Carolina, an elderly man in the crowd collapsed just as the Republican presidential candidate was giving a speech. Rubio stopped, and prayed for the man. Rubio was speaking to a crowd of about 400 people at the Madren…
Watch-Trump: What Obama has done to Israel is a disgrace
By Times of Israel Staff, Times of Israel— Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump lambasted Barack Obama for his Middle East policies, telling Fox News that what the president has done to Israel is a “disgrace.” Talking to Sean Hannity on Thursday night, Trump said that it was a wonder that the Jewish state would still…
Head of Conference of Presidents: Anti-Semitism in the US on the rise
By Attila Somfalvi, Ynetnews— Three-quarters of American Jewish students say they witnessed or experienced anti-Semitism on a campus, American-Jewish leader Malcolm Hoenlein told Ynet on Wednesday. “It’s not Europe yet, but (anti-Semitism) is definitely on the rise,” said Hoenlein, the executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, which is…