BY JUDAH ARI GROSS, TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF Clashes broke out between Muslim worshipers and police in the Old City of Jerusalem for the third night in a row on Tuesday, in response to Israel placing metal detectors at entrances to the Temple Mount compound following a terror attack in the area. According to police,…
DetailsBy JTA— Christians United for Israel activists will lobby for a congressional bill that cuts nearly all U.S. funding to the Palestinian Authority until it stops payments to the families of Arabs jailed for or killed in attacks on Israelis. The pro-Israel group, meeting this week in Washington, D.C., for its 12th conference, on Tuesday…
DetailsBy Benjamin Glatt, JPost— The US will never waiver in its support of Israel, its most cherished ally, US Vice President Mike Pence said on Monday at the 12th annual Christians United for Israel summit in Washington. “Let me say with confidence to all who are gathered here and to all the watching world: President…
DetailsBy Shlomo Cesana, Associated Press and Israel Hayom Staff French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday denounced France’s collaboration in the Holocaust, lashing out at those who negate or minimize the country’s role in sending tens of thousands of Jews to their deaths. He also condemned anti-Zionism as a new form of anti-Semitism and vowed to…
Details“That the Arabs of the Land of Israel should willingly come to an agreement with us is beyond all hopes and dreams at present, and in the foreseeable future…. They will not voluntarily allow, not only a new master, but even a new partner…. To think that the Arabs will voluntarily consent to the realization…
DetailsTorah: Numbers 25:10 – 30:1, “Pinchas” (Phineas … ) Haftorah: I Kings 18:46 – 19:21 New Testament: Romans 11:2 – 32 Gospel: John 11:7 – 15, “Yochanon ha’matbiel” (John the Baptist … )
DetailsThink on this: “I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that sends all the surrounding people reeling.” (Zechariah 12:2) Pray like this: Father, grant your people insight and discernment to stand with Jerusalem and its people during the unprecedented trials they will face in the future. In Jesus’ name, AMEN!
DetailsBy Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz The world’s reaction was mixed after three armed Palestinians murdered two Druze Israeli policemen on the Temple Mount on Friday, with some countries and leaders decrying the violence while others chose to condemn Israel for closing the compound as a security measure. At around 7 AM on Friday, three Palestinian terrorists…
DetailsBy Abra Forman, BIN— Legislation preventing the division of Jerusalem in a possible peace deal is advancing through the Knesset, making it increasingly unlikely that the holy city will become a Palestinian capital in the future. Nicknamed the “United Jerusalem Bill”, the bill was approved on Sunday morning by the Ministerial Committee for Legislation, allowing…
DetailsBy Israel Today— There was bolstered security in and around Jerusalem’s Old City just days after two Border Police officers were shot dead by Muslim terrorists following prayers atop the Temple Mount. Recently, Jordan, which administers the Temple Mount, complained about Israel installing metal detectors at the entrances to the holy site. So, Israel removed…
DetailsBy Steve Kramer, Times of Israel— On July 7, UNESCO declared the old city in Hebron as a Palestinian world heritage site, outraging Israelis who say the move attempts to erase the deep Jewish ties to the biblical town and its ancient shrine. So, is Hebron no longer incredibly significant to the Jews because the UN…
DetailsBy Aryeh Savir, WorldIsraelNews— Netanyahu read from the Bible to demonstrate that UNESCO’s resolution on Hebron negated religion, history and the facts. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu read passages from the Bible during Sunday’s weekly Cabinet meeting as a refutation of Friday’s resolution passed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage…
DetailsBy Charles Gardner, Israel Today— Persecution of the Jews – at least from those supposedly following Jesus – would perhaps have been largely avoided if the Church had fully understood the Messianic promises of the Tenach (Old Testament). Biblical illiteracy among Christians (certainly in the West) is a major contributing factor to its present backslidden…
DetailsBy Sander Gerber and Noah Pollak, Tablet— Congress, through a bill called the Taylor Force Act, is attempting to address a serious problem that has gone unchecked for decades: The Palestinian Authority is using western aid money to pay salaries and benefits to terrorists and their families, including to terrorists who have killed Americans. These…
DetailsBy Prof. Eyal Zisser The cease-fire in southern Syria went into effect Sunday, and it seems all sides involved in the fighting there are taking care to ensure it stays in place. The trickle of errant shells into Israeli territory has come to a halt, and a deceptive silence has returned to the Golan Heights…
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