By Israel Today— A spokesman for Hamas reiterated on Wednesday that the terror group that rules the Gaza Strip would never recognize Israel’s right to exist, a firm prerequisite for peace. Sami Abu Zuhri insisted that Hamas would remain true to its principles and work for the realization of national reconciliation and unify the Palestinian…
DetailsBy JNS— The House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday unanimously passed the Taylor Force Act, which would cut U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority (PA) if the PA does not halt it payments to convicted terrorists and their families. “Since 2003, it has been Palestinian law to reward Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails…
DetailsBy Sue Surkes, Times of Israel— Saudi Arabia last week ordered Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to either accept an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal being put together by the Trump administration, or resign, according to an Israeli report Sunday. The Trump administration has begun drafting an Israeli-Palestinian peace proposal based on a two-state solution, officials and…
DetailsTorah: Genesis 25:19 – 28:9, “Toldot” (generations … ) Haftorah: Malachi 1:1 – 2:7 New Testament: Romans 9:1 – 31 Gospel: John 4:21 – 26, “Ha’yeshua me’et Ha’yehudim” (Salvation is of the Jews … )
DetailsBy Shira Sorko-Ram, Maoz— November 2, 2017 marked the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Balfour Declaration, in which Great Britain declared that “His Majesty’s Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavors to facilitate the achievement of this object…”…
DetailsThis week’s parsha is Genesis 25:19 to 28:9 Before the Bible enters into a long episode about Jacob, I want to give Isaac his proper due. He is the most mysterious of the patriarchs. We know very little about Isaac compared to his father Abraham or his son Jacob. Besides chosenness, what do we really…
DetailsBy Aviel Schneider, Israel Today— The situation in the Middle East shifted dramatically last week. What was truly behind the surprise resignation of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri? And to what extent is Israel involved in the situation? Hariri announced his resignation while visiting Saudi Arabia, and hasn’t returned to Lebanon since. Hariri quickly shot…
DetailsBy Eliana Rudee, Breaking Israel News— In a controversial letter written by Prince Charles in 1986 and newly released to the public, the monarch of England suggested that the “influx of foreign Jews” was partly to blame for the Middle Eastern conflict, and voiced his concern over the “Jewish lobby” in America. The letter was…
Details“Faith is not certainty: it is the courage to live with uncertainty.”—Rabbi Jonathan Sacks
BY Hezki Baruch, Israel National News— Zionist Organization of America chief Morton Klein ridiculed claims that Israel has ‘occupied’ Judea and Samaria, telling supporters at the ZOA annual gala Sunday night in New York that no Palestinian Arab nation ever existed. “This was never their sovereign land,” said Klein. “And if it was their sovereign…
DetailsBy Josef Federman— TEL AVIV, Israel — Following the surprising resignation of Lebanon’s prime minister, Israel is planning a diplomatic offensive to step up pressure on Iran and its Lebanese proxy Hezbollah at the United Nations, a senior Israeli government minister said Thursday. Intelligence Minister Israel Katz told The Associated Press that he believes conditions…
DetailsBy Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone— The Lebanese Prime Minister, Saad Hariri, has had enough. Last week, Iran finalized its takeover of Lebanon when Hariri resigned, and reportedly fled to Saudi Arabia. Hariri, denouncing Hezbollah and its Iranian backers, said he feared for his life. Hariri has good reason to be afraid of Hezbollah, the powerful…
DetailsTorah: Genesis 23:1 – 25:18, “Chayei Sarah” (The life of Sarah … ) Haftorah: I Kings 1:1 – 31 New Testament: I Corinthians 15: 50 – 57 Gospel: Matthew 1:18 – 24, “Huledet Yeshua” (The birth of Jesus … “
DetailsThis week’s parsha is Genesis 23:1 to 25:18 Parashah Chayei Sara covers an important event in Abraham’s faith journey. In Genesis 23, Abraham has lost his wife Sara. The details given are not about his mourning but rather the intricate negotiations between Abraham and the Hittites over a burial place for Sara. Considering this summer’s…
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