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Papyrus With Oldest-Known Hebrew Reference to Jerusalem Proves City Jewish 1,300 Years Before Birth of Islam

By The Jerusalem Connection November 3, 2016

By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, Breaking Israel News— A 2,700-year-old papyrus that is the oldest known non-Biblical Hebrew reference to Jerusalem has been found, announced the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) on Wednesday. The papyrus, originally stolen by antiquities thieves, was put on display in Jerusalem on Wednesday, coinciding with the second UNESCO resolution attempting to deny…

Evangelical terrorism

By The Jerusalem Connection November 3, 2016

By Brian Schrauger, Jerusalem Journal-— In the early days of March 2016, Bethlehem Bible College held its fourth Christ at the Checkpoint (CatC) conference. Although attendance was lower than prior iterations (about 300), the conference’s anti-Israel agenda was more explicit than ever. Notably, however, the primary focus of the confab’s condemnation was not Israel or…

Israel alarmed at growth of anti-Semitism in the diaspora

By The Jerusalem Connection November 3, 2016

By ICEJ News— Several incidents of anti-Semitism have been reported around the world this week, leading to a growing sense of alarm in Israel. The incidents, in the UK, South Africa, and several countries in Europe, has prom calls for preparations to be made for a large influx of new immigrants. Reports surfaced on Wednesday…

Israel’s 21st century Christian enemies

By The Jerusalem Connection November 3, 2016

By Jim Fletcher— One evening in 1998, Ariel Sharon told me that Israelis don’t learn enough Bible. I knew his statement was more than pandering to a friendly audience. His claim pointed to the foundational link between Jews and Christians: Scripture. When our group heard the then-Minister of Infrastructures invoke the foundational document of Zionism,…

Truth Report: “Who’s your Daddy?”

By The Jerusalem Connection November 1, 2016

Romans 8:15 The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.”

Trump Writes Prayer for Western Wall

By The Jerusalem Connection October 31, 2016

By Israel Today— US presidential candidate Donald Trump wrote a prayer asking God to bless America and had it hand-delivered to the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Trump staff members who carried the prayer to the Israeli capital told Yediot Ahronot that the Republican nominee wrote it following a recent discussion with his daughter, Ivanka, who…

Coming up next: PA threats to sue UK for issuing Balfour Declaration

By The Jerusalem Connection October 31, 2016

By Dr. Alex Grobman, Arutz7— Palestinian Arabs have threatened to sue the British for issuing the Balfour Declaration, but Israel was not a creation ex nihilo. These rights were upheld by the U.N. under Article 80 of the UN Charter after the U.N. replaced the League of Nations. The recent request by Palestinian Arabs for…

Iranian-Jewish MP: Tehran knows war with Israel would be ‘suicide’

By The Jerusalem Connection October 31, 2016

By Times of Israel— Iran’s sole Jewish parliamentarian said the Islamic Republic is not seeking war with Israel and asserted that Tehran knows that launching an attack on the Jewish state would amount to “suicide.” “Iran does not want to start a war against Israel, because they know that everyone who starts a war in…

A rabbi’s warning to U.S. Christians

By The Jerusalem Connection October 31, 2016

By Rabbi Daniel Lapin— During the 1930s, Winston Churchill desperately tried to persuade the English people and their government to see that Hitler meant to end their way of life. The British ignored Churchill, which gave Hitler nearly 10 years to build up his military forces. It wasn’t until Hitler actually drew blood that the…

Soldiers under threat: Christian IDF recruits subject to attack

By The Jerusalem Connection October 31, 2016

By Noam Amir, JPost-— The compulsory military draft does not apply to Israel’s Christians, but the values they grew up on and the strong desire to integrate into society has spurred in recent years a growing trend of Christian enlistment in the IDF and other security forces. However, their willingness to enlist in the army…

Obama Preparing Anti-Israel Offensive ….Plans to Recognize Palestine

By The Jerusalem Connection October 31, 2016

By Ted Belman, Israpundit— 1. Wall Street Journal: Obama Plans to Recognize Palestine White House plan that would kill the peace process. 10/27/2016 2. Obama Preparing Anti-Israel Offensive by Jenna Lifhits, WEEKLY STANDARD The Obama administration is manufacturing a crisis with Israel in anticipation of a post-election diplomatic push targeting the Jewish state, and this…

Quote of the Week

By The Jerusalem Connection October 30, 2016

One may say that for a Gentile to have a right relation to God he must mumbly accept and appreciate a Jewish Book, believe in a Jewish Lord, and be grafted into a Jewish people, thereby taking on their likeness through a commonly shared stock.”—Marvin Wilson, Our Father Abraham

Cartoon: ISIS terror tunnels

By The Jerusalem Connection October 30, 2016

Spot Report: “Hillary’s email bombshell”

By The Jerusalem Connection October 30, 2016

Think on this: “There is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God.” (Roman 13:1) Pray like this: Father, we know that you place over your people the leaders that you want for your purposes. Knowing this, we beseech you to have mercy on your people…

I AM CHANGING “THE CURRENT” AND TURNING THE TIDES IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE LIVES OF MY PEOPLE ACROSS THE WORLD..

By The Jerusalem Connection October 30, 2016

By Lana Vawser, Prophetic intercessor in Australia— Recently I had a vision of the BOWLS OF HEAVEN being FULL to the BRIM with the prayers and intercession of the saints and they were at TIPPING POINT. The interesting thing I saw is that these BOWLS were at a “TIPPING POINT” over the lives of believers…

Spreading the ‘Good’ Lies

By The Jerusalem Connection October 28, 2016

By Chris Moxon, Israel Today— Britain’s Lichfield Cathedral has hosted a conference with the intention of ‘Holding Palestine in the Light’. But instead, an avalanche of familiar bias aimed at undermining and delegitimizing Israel was presented by a panel of intellectuals, including the Dean of St George’s Cathedral in Jerusalem, Hosam Nahoum, who suggested that…

Is Obama preparing a parting shot at Israel?

By The Jerusalem Connection October 28, 2016

By Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post— Last week, the U.N.’s premier cultural agency, UNESCO, approved a resolution viciously condemning Israel (referred to as “the Occupying Power”) for various alleged trespasses and violations of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Except that the resolution never uses that term for Judaism’s holiest shrine. It refers to and treats it…

Ivanka Trump says her father will move US embassy to Jerusalem ‘100%’ if elected

By The Jerusalem Connection October 28, 2016

By JTA– Speaking at a synagogue in Florida, Ivanka Trump assured Jewish voters that her father would “100 percent” move the US embassy to Jerusalem if he is elected president. Ivanka Trump, who converted to Judaism in 2010 and is married to a Jewish man, called her father, the Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, an…