By Gil Hoffman, JPost— The deadline for passing the 2020 state budget and avoiding early elections is Tuesday night at midnight and not Wednesday night at midnight as originally thought, the Knesset’s spokesman announced on Wednesday. The Knesset legal adviser ruled that the December 23 deadline for passing the budget, which was set in a…
DetailsBy Amy Zewe— Thank you all for your continued viewership and support for The Jerusalem Connection Report where we work hard to support the Jewish people worldwide and the Jewish homeland established as the modern state of Israel. Over the last several years our organization has partnered with other Christian organizations who have Zionism as…
DetailsParashat Vayetzei “And He Went Out” Genesis 28:10 – 32:3 By M.H. Boli In this passage Jacob, fleeing from the struggle in his home against his brother, is engaged in a second struggle with his uncle. The cause is not a birthright, but a beautiful daughter. Jacob sees his cousin Rachel for the first time…
DetailsBy David Rosenberg, Israel National News— A bill to dissolve the 23rd Knesset and force early elections is being held up in the Knesset by Likud lawmakers, who have used parliamentary procedures to force repeated delays on the bill’s vote in the Knesset plenum. On December 2nd, the Knesset voted 61 to 54 to giving…
DetailsParashat Vayishlach (And He Sent) Genesis 32:4 – 36:43 By M. H. Boli The nation of Israel was born out of struggle. From the womb, Jacob was engaged in a struggle with his brother for the birthright. He cheated, prevailed, and fled his home. Then, for seven years, he was engaged in a second struggle…
DetailsBy ICEJ Staff— Over recent weeks, the USA Branch of the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem gathered over 400 pastors and Christian leaders for an informative series of webinars discussing the explosive growth of anti-Semitism in the United States. Organized in collaboration with eight other organizations under the banner of the American Christian Leaders for Israel…
DetailsBy Khaled Abu Toameh, JPost— In the context of his effort to improve Palestinian relations with the Arab countries, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas began a two-day visit to Qatar, where he met on Monday with the country’s emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. Abbas’s visit, the first since November 2019, comes in the…
DetailsBy Israel National News— Israel’s coronavirus vaccination program is set to kick off next Sunday, and the first people in the country to be vaccinated – in front of the cameras – will be the Prime Minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, and the Health Minister, Yuli Edelstein, Kan News reports. Netanyahu will become the first world leader…
DetailsBy Jeannie Law, Christian Post— Friends of TJCR: Save 15% off of your first Artza order with code TJCRARTZA A holiday subscription box by Artza is bringing the Holy Land into the homes of people all over the world who aren’t able to visit Israel due to COVID-19 travel restrictions. The gift boxes contain food,…
DetailsToday I interviewed Arlene Bridges Samuels. Arlene pioneered Christian outreach for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). After she served nine years on AIPAC’s staff, International Christian Embassy Jerusalem USA engaged her as Outreach Director part-time for their project, American Christian Leaders for Israel. Arlene is now an author at The Blogs-Times of Israel.…
DetailsBy Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN Israel— The imposing 15-foot-high bronze menorah that stands like a sentinel outside Israel’s Knesset Building has long been a tourist favorite. A photo op in front of this extraordinary candelabrum offers a lasting memory for groups or lone visitors who pose before Israel’s official national symbol. The magnificent seven-branch Knesset…
DetailsBy Israel Hayom— Likud MK Gideon Sa’ar, the leading rival of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu inside the ruling Likud party, announced on Tuesday that he was breaking away to form a new political party ahead of elections expected early next year. In a statement broadcast on national television, Sa’ar said that Netanyahu had bungled the…
DetailsSince schools, including universities and colleges, are working largely online with their students with very limited in-person events, is the gathering and collaborating sinister powers the propagate anti-Israel, anti-Zionism and as a result, Anti-Semitism at all at bay during these difficult times? Remote, virtual, or in-person, the virus of hate seems to spread in any…
DetailsBy Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN— Former President Barack Obama has penned a 728-page memoir, A Promised Land, that was released on November 17 and has already amassed record-breaking sales in its first week: 1.7 million copies. Lauded for its eloquent use of language, the book nonetheless has engendered criticism regarding Israel—and I’d like to add…
DetailsBy Caroline Glick, Jpost— In an interview with the New York Times Tuesday, presumptive President-elect Joe Biden reaffirmed his plan to return the US to the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran. The US will rescind its economic sanctions on Iran if it complies with the nuclear deal’s limitations on its nuclear activities. Once this happens,…
DetailsBy Neta Bar, Israel Hayom— Hardline Iranian daily Kayhan on Sunday called on Tehran not to delay in exacting vengeance for the assassination of the country’s nuclear mastermind last month. Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, 59, who headed Iran’s military nuclear program, was assassinated Friday in a drive-by shooting in the city of Damavand, east of Tehran, on…
DetailsBy Gil Hoffman, JPost— The short term of the 23rd Knesset came one key step closer to completion on Wednesday, when MKs from the opposition and Blue and White passed Knesset dispersal bills. Bills sponsored by Meretz and Yesh Atid-Telem passed by a vote of 61 to 54. Bills sponsored by Yamina and the Joint…
DetailsBy Dovid Margolin, Chabard.org— One night in early November, Vienna exploded with the sharp cracks of automatic gunfire. An Islamist terrorist had struck the Austrian capital. By the time police neutralized him, he had murdered four and injured 23, leaving the cobblestone streets of old Vienna stained with blood. The gunman had marked all Austrians…
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