Scripture Reading for June 3, 2017
Torah: Numbers 4:21 – 7:89, “Naso” (Lift up … ) Haftorah: Judges 13:2 – 25 New Testament: Acts 21:17 – 26 Gospel: Matthew 5:17 – 20, “Al Takshevu” (Do not think … )
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Turkey Spending Millions to Grow Influence Over Jerusalem Arabs
By JNI— The Jerusalem municipality’s eastern Jerusalem experts have revealed in recent days that Turkey has been competing with Jordan over influence among Arab residents as well as over control of the Temple Mount, Hashiloach—an Israeli journal for thought and policy, created by the Tikvah Fund—reported last week. The city’s experts, David Koren and Ben…
DetailsTruth Report: Ruth: Our Gentile example
Ruth 1:5-6 When Naomi heard in Moab that the Lord had come to the aid of his people by providing food for them, she and her daughters-in-law prepared to return home from there.
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By Jacob Magid— Iran has agreed in principle to renew its funding for the Hamas terror group, according to a report published in a London-based Arabic daily Tuesday. Palestinian officials told Asharq al-Awsat that Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of the Gaza-based terror group, will visit Tehran in the near future to bridge gaps between…
DetailsNetanyahu’s challenge with Trump
By Caroline Glick, JPOST— On Thursday, less than 48 hours after US President Donald Trump completed his successful visit to Israel, his chief negotiator Jason Greenblatt was back in town. On Wednesday, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson set the tone for Greenblatt’s mission when he told reporters aboard Air Force One that during his visit,…
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“We have sincerely tried everywhere to merge with the national communities in which we live, seeking only to preserve the faith of our fathers. It is not permitted to us. In vain are we loyal patriots, sometimes superloyal; in vain do we make the same sacrifices of life and property as our fellow citizens; in…
DetailsSpot Report: Who is “All Israel?”
Think on this: “I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in, and in this way all Israel will be saved.” (Romans 11:25-26) Pray like…
DetailsNetanyahu Pits Trump Against the UN Over Jerusalem
By Israel Today— When US President Donald Trump visited the Western Wall sporting a kippa (yarmulka), it was a clear affirmation that the site is as the Jews say – Judaism’s holiest shrine. And, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu subsequently pointed out, that was a clear repudiation of the position recently taken by the United…
DetailsNetanyahu: Temple Mount will remain under Israeli sovereignty forever
By World Israel News— Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that Israel will never relinquish control over the Temple Mount and the Old City of Jerusalem. Speaking at the Knesset Wednesday during a special session in honor of Jerusalem Day and the 50th anniversary of the city’s reunification, Netanyahu acknowledged there are those who wish to…
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If Kushner has a Mideast peace plan, it’s a secret so far
By Jeff Mason and Luke Baker | JERUSALEM If Jared Kushner has a plan to solve the Arab-Israeli conflict, so far he’s giving little away. In the four months since President Donald Trump took office and gave his 36-year-old son-in-law the job of forging peace between Israel and the Palestinians, Kushner has kept his plans…
DetailsMembers of congress call on Trump to move embassy to Jerusalem
By Lahav Harkob, JPost— A bipartisan group of US congressmen called on President Donald Trump to move the American Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, as the deadline for him to make a decision continues to loom. “The American Embassy belongs in the Jewish capital of Jerusalem,” Congressional Israel Allies Caucus co-chairman Rep.…
DetailsA Day After Trump’s Visit, All Hell Breaks Loose on the Temple Mount
By Israel Today— President Trump made a big statement by visiting the Western Wall while in Jerusalem this week. And that statement was that the site is indeed one holy to Jews (and, by extension, Christians). It was a major repudiation of Muslim claims that the Temple Mount is holy only to Islam and that…
DetailsScripture Reading for May 27, 2017
Torah: Numbers 1:1 – 4:20, “Bamidbar” ( In the desert … ) Haftorah: Hosea 2:1 – 23 New Testament: Romans 9:22 – 33 Gospel: Luke 21:29 – 36, “Hu seepear mashal” (He spoke a parable… )
DetailsTrump: ‘I was humbled to place my hand upon the wall and pray in that holy space for wisdom from God’
The following is the full text of President Trump’s speech in Israel : (Screengrab via CBN News) Thank you, Prime Minister Netanyahu. I want to thank you and Sara for hosting us for what has been an unforgettable visit to this very special land. I also want to thank Chairman Itzik Molko, Acting Director Ayelet…
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Governor Mike Huckabee signs the Jerusalem Covenant
By Abra Forman, BCN— Mike Huckabee, former governor of Arkansas and a strongly pro-Israel Evangelical Christian, has partnered with MK Rabbi Yehudah Glick in an effort to encourage millions of Israel lovers around the world to sign the historic Jerusalem Covenant. The Jerusalem Covenant is a renewal of the Biblical pact between God and the…
DetailsPaying terrorist and teaching children to hate is not a path to peace
By Earl Cox, Israel Always— When President Donald Trump met Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at the White House, Trump requested that Abbas halt the PA’s overt incitement to violence and terrorism against Israel, and its $137.8 million in annual payouts to jailed terrorists and suicide bombers’ families. Abbas insisted, “We are raising our youth,…
DetailsTruth Report: “The Temple Mount is in our hands!”
Matthew 24:39 And they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.
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