Scripture reading for January 10, 2015
Torah: Exodus 1:1 – 6:1, “Shemot” (Names … ) Haftorah: Isaiah 27:6 – 28:13; 29:22- 23 New Testament: Acts 7:17 – 35 Gospel: John 5:41 – 47, “Ain ani loke’ach” (I do not receive … )
Torah: Exodus 1:1 – 6:1, “Shemot” (Names … ) Haftorah: Isaiah 27:6 – 28:13; 29:22- 23 New Testament: Acts 7:17 – 35 Gospel: John 5:41 – 47, “Ain ani loke’ach” (I do not receive … )
By EARL COX, ISRAEL ALWAYS— Almost before the last blast cooled from Israel’s 50-day “Operation Protective Edge” in Gaza this past summer, the Palestinians posted on social media pictures of their colorfully dressed children waving bright signs with the Temple Mount in the background. What was the symbolic message? We Won! Did the Palestinians win?…
By JONATHAN S. TOBIN, COMMENTARY— For the past 20 years, whenever some Americans have raised the question of whether U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority should be cut off, opponents have always trumped such calls by invoking a single point: the Israelis disagree. Even as the PA flouted its commitments under the Oslo Accords and…
By MICHAEL FREUND, JPOST— On December 31, the Palestinians provided yet another compelling example of why peace in the Middle East remains so stubbornly elusive. Even as much of the world was preparing to celebrate the onset of 2015, Palestinian chairman Mahmoud Abbas presided over a ceremony in Ramallah with a decidedly less laudable goal:…
By TIMES OF ISRAEL— Israel is poised to ask Congress to stop funding the Palestinian Authority, a day after the Israeli government froze NIS 500 million ($127 million) in Palestinian tax revenues collected on Ramallah’s behalf, in response to the Palestinian Authority filing a request to join the International Criminal Court earlier this week. An…
By LEA SPEYER, BREAKING ISRAEL NEWS— Israeli security forces arrested three men who are part of an ISIS affiliated terror cell in Hebron. The cell members were arrested in November 2014 by the Shin Bet and have been charged with launching an unsuccessful terror attack against IDF soldiers and conspiring to kidnap and kill Israeli…
The Israeli Defense Forces have created a new department dedicated to intelligence information on the terrorist organization Islamic State. The IDF first began following the spread of ISIS in April 2014, which they learned about primarily through social networking. However, Channel 2 News recently discovered that the Directorate of Military Intelligence (known in Hebrew as…
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…