BY Jacskson Richman, JNS— A new poll released this week highlights the growing partisan gap on Israel in the United States. Compared to 64 percent of Republicans, just 17 percent of Democrats support Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to a Gallup poll released on Tuesday. At the same time, Netanyahu received a 30 percent…
DetailsBy South African Jewish Report— A descendant of Shaka kaSenzangakhona — the legendary 19th-century Southern African king more commonly known as Shaka Zulu — has returned from a visit to Israel with a pledge to mobilize solidarity with the Jewish state among his fellow South Africans. “I landed in Israel during trying times whereby the…
DetailsBy RYAN JONES, ISRAEL TODAY— That US President Donald Trump devoted a portion of his Charleston, West Virginia rally on Tuesday to the Israeli-Palestinian peace process suggests that he intends to very soon unveil his Mideast peace plan, dubbed by Trump himself as the “deal of the century.” During the remarks, Trump reiterated that Israelis…
DetailsBY Herb Keinon, Michael Wilner, JPOST— US President Donald Trump’s comments in West Virginia on Tuesday that Israel would have to pay a high price in negotiations with the Palestinians for the move of the US Embassy to Jerusalem does not represent a change of American policy, US National Security Adviser John Bolton said Wednesday.…
DetailsBy Caroline Glick, JPost— As the crisis in U.S.-Turkey relations escalates, the time has come to imagine the unimaginable. Imagine that Turkish President Recep Erdogan decides — G-d forbid — to execute American pastor Andrew Brunson. On Wednesday, a Turkish court in Itzmir province rejected an appeal by Brunson’s lawyer to release him from house…
DetailsBy Bassam Tawil, Gatestone Institute— The Palestinian Authority (PA) is continuing to pursue a policy of double-dealing regarding the Gaza Strip. On the one hand, President Mahmoud Abbas and the PA leadership continue inciting against Israel by holding it solely responsible for the humanitarian and economic crisis in the Gaza Strip. On the other hand,…
DetailsBy Israel Hayom—- U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly agreed in principle that Iranian forces should exit Syria when they met in Helsinki in July, according to a U.S. administration official familiar with the meeting. However, the official told Bloomberg that the Russian leadership said securing Iran’s withdrawal from Syria would…
DetailsWhy don’t the Palestinians have their own country? Is it the fault of Israel? Of the Palestinians? Of both parties? David Brog, Executive Director of the Maccabee Task Force, shares the surprising answers.
By Adam Kredo, Free Beacon— Iranian-backed militants are operating across the United States mostly unfettered, raising concerns in Congress and among regional experts that these “sleeper cell” agents are poised to launch a large-scale attack on the American homeland, according to testimony before lawmakers. Iranian agents tied to the terror group Hezbollah have already been…
DetailsThink on this: “Then Yahweh said “Let us make man in our image and in our likeness…So Yahweh created man in His own image, in the image of Yahweh He created him; male and female He created them.”‘ (Genesis 1:26-27) Pray like this: Father, give insight to Jew and Gentile alike that Yahweh is one…
DetailsBy Uzay Bulut, Gatestone Institute— Ahed Tamimi, a 17-year-old Palestinian girl, was released from an Israeli prison on July 29, after sitting in jail and prison for almost 8 months. In March, she had been sentenced to an 8-month sentence after pleading guilty to charges of assault and incitement. Ahed was welcomed in the West…
DetailsBy Michael Wilner, JPost— If Senior Trump administration officials working on a proposal for Israeli-Palestinian peace issued a joint statement about their work on Wednesday, cautioning a world eagerly awaiting their plan that “no one will be fully pleased” with its contents. The statement was issued amid intensive discussions within the administration over when to…
DetailsTorah: Deuteronomy 16:18 – 21:9, “Shoftim” (Judges …) Haftorah: Isaiah 51:12 – 52:12 New Testament: Acts 3:22 – 23 Gospel: John 1:19 – 27, “Adotow shel Yochanan” (Testimony of John …)
DetailsBY KHALED ABU TOAMEH, Jpost— US administration officials who purportedly claim to want to improve the living conditions of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are “liars,” Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday. Abbas, who was speaking at the opening session of the PLO Central Council in Ramallah, also vowed to pursue efforts to…
DetailsBy Yoav Limor, Israel Hayom— The latest flare-up on the Israel-Gaza Strip border appears to have calmed down dramatically since Thursday night, but everyone knows it is far from over. Barring an extreme turn of events, the next round of rocket fire on Israel’s south is only a matter of time, as is Israel’s next…
DetailsBY Jackson Richman, JNS— U.S. President Donald Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on Monday, which includes $550 million in assistance to Israel and temporarily halts the sale of F-35 fighter jets to Turkey. This comes amid tensions between the United States and Ankara, which is currently holding an American pastor hostage, among…
DetailsBy World Israel News Staff— Since 2006, the “Zionist entity” has been deterred, Hezbollah’s leader claims, adding that Tel Aviv has been trying to build up its military capabilities “in view of its defeat in 2006.” Hezbollah’s Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah said that the terror group he leads “is more powerful than the Israeli army”…
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