Scripture Reading for October 8, 2016
Torah: Deuteronomy 30:1-30, “Vayeilech” (and he went … ) Haftorah: Hosea 14: 1 – 10 New Testament: Romans 10:14 – 21 Gospel: Matthew 23:29 – 39, “Oie lechem” (Woe to you … )
DetailsThe Eight State Solution Revisited
By Ron Jager— In recent days, the head of the Palestinian Authority (PA), Mahmoud Abbas, spoke at the general assembly of the United Nations basing his remarks on three basic Palestinian beliefs that reflect the Palestinian’s inability to be partners towards a peaceful solution with Israel. Abbas, spoke of the Palestinian refusal to recognize Israel’s…
DetailsSpot Report: “L’shanah Tova”
Think on this: “Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.” (I Corinthians 51:51-52) Pray like this:…
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Obama administration denies Jerusalem is located in Israel
By Aaron Klein, Breitbart— The White House press office on Friday struck out “Israel” as the country in which Jerusalem is located when distributing a transcript of President Obama’s remarks at the funeral of former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres. An image of the press release can be seen here: …
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ELCA’s Detrimental Obsession with Israel
By Sarah Chin, JuicyEcumenism— In 1995, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) issued “For Peace in God’s World,” calling on Lutherans to “strengthen the will and ability to resolve conflicts peacefully” and “conciliate differences.” On August 11, 2016, ELCA betrayed the lofty goals expressed in that document by adopting resolutions calling on the U.S.…
DetailsHas World Vision lost its Christian Backbone?
By Chelsen Vicari, JuicyEucmenism— On Tuesday, an expert on Christian media said the evangelical relief group World Vision must recognize when it is used as a tool in the propaganda war against Israel and restore its evangelical roots if it wants to remain an effective Christian charity. Christian Media Analyst for the Committee for Accuracy…
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Why Iran is more dangerous than Islamic State
By Moshe Ya’alon, LA Times— U.S. political leaders of both parties argue that destroying Islamic State is America’s top priority in the Middle East. In reality, that’s not nearly as important as confronting the challenge posed by Iran. The nuclear deal that went into effect a year ago may have postponed the danger of an…
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Sen. Lindsey Graham targets aid to Palestinians
By Mary Orndorff Troyan, Greenville Online— A Kiawah Island couple’s letter to Sen. Lindsey Graham about their son’s death in Israel has prompted the South Carolina senator to threaten U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority. Graham, along with Sen. Dan Coats, R-Ind., and Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., say the U.S. should stop all economic assistance to…
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World mourns Israel’s last founding father
By Herb Keinon, JPost— A Who’s Who of world leaders will descend on Israel beginning on Thursday to attend the funeral of Shimon Peres, the state’s ninth president and two-time prime minister and one of its founding fathers, who died on Wednesday morning at the age of 93. Peres will be buried in a state…
DetailsScripture Reading for September 30, 2016
Torah: Deuteronomy 29:10 – 30:20, “Nitzaveem” (Standing … ) Haftorah: Isaiah 61:10 – 63:9 New Testament: Romans 10:1 – 18 Gospel: John 3:14 – 18, “Shehigbihah Moshe” (Moses lifted up … )
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Spike in French Jews immigrating to Israel
By Breitbart— USA Today reports: PARIS — Yael Haccoun and her family are Orthodox Jews from the working-class Paris suburb of Sarcelles, but they flew to Israel in late September to start a new life and escape the anti-Semitism around them. “French people think that it’s natural when Jews are targeted” in terror attacks, said…
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Hamas calls for ‘day of rage’ during Peres funeral
By Times of Israel— The Hamas terror group urged Palestinians to hold a “Day of Rage” on Friday, coinciding with the state funeral of former Israeli president Shimon Peres, which will be held in Jerusalem on that day. The call is meant to mark the one-year anniversary of the beginning of a wave of terror…
DetailsMahmoud Abbas to attend Peres funeral
BY Avi Issacharoff and Raoul Wootlif, Times of Israel— Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas plans to attend Shimon Peres’s funeral in Jerusalem tomorrow, at the head of a PA delegation, Palestinian and Israeli officials said Thursday. Abbas’s office contacted the head of COGAT, Israel’s civilian authority in the Palestinian territories, Yoav Mordechai, to coordinate the president’s…
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A back-dated deal with a toppled French PM: How Peres secured Israel’s nuclear deterrent
By Mitch Ginsburg, Times of Israel— In late September 1957, Israel was set to sign an agreement with France. The French Atomic Energy Commission, after four years of negotiations, had agreed to provide Israel with a plutonium reactor. All that was needed in order to cement the deal was the signature of the French foreign…
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Peres’s legacy
By JPost— Shimon Pere’s life is the story of a nation. In every major event that occurred throughout the State of Israel’s 68 years, Peres was there, playing a leading role. At the establishment of the state in 1948, he served as an aide to David Ben-Gurion. In 1956, he crafted the Kadesh operation during…
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