Scripture Reading for December 17, 2016
Torah: Genesis 32:3 – 36:43, ” Vayishlach” (And He sent … ) Haftorah: Obadiah 1:1 -21 New Testament: Hebrews 11:11 – 20 Gospel: Matthew 1:18 -24, “Chuledet Yeshua” (Jesus’ birth …)
DetailsTruth Report: “Rejoice, O Israel, Immanuel shall come to you”
Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel. Matthew 1:20-23 But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid…
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Moving embassy to Jerusalem a ‘big priority’ for Trump
By Tamar Pilegg, Times of Israel— Donald Trump’s campaign promise to order the American embassy moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem is a “very big priority” for the president-elect, top aide Kellyanne Conway said Monday. “That is very big priority for this president-elect, Donald Trump,” Conway told radio host Hugh Hewitt in a lengthy interview…
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The demon of anti-Semitism
By Zalman Shoval, Israel Hayom— The disagreements over religious issues between Jewish Americans and Jewish Israelis have now taken on an additional factor that has the potential for crisis. That factor is U.S. President-elect Donald Trump — or, in the name of precision, Trump and Israel. As we saw once again in the recent U.S.…
DetailsIsrael’s first project with Trump
By Caroline Glick— Israeli officials are thrilled with the national security team that US President-elect Donald Trump is assembling. And they are right to be. The question now is how Israel should respond to the opportunity they present us with. The one issue that brings together all of the top officials Trump has named so…
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“We dwell upon the immortality of the soul, and forget that the vehicle for the service of God now is the body, and, if we fail to serve God in the body now, we shall never be able to make up in the future for what we have failed to do now.” J. Stafford Wright,…
DetailsSpot Report: “The next prophetic game-changer”
Think on this: “Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers and sisters, not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by the teaching allegedly from us—whether by a prophecy or by word of mouth or by letter—asserting that the day of the Lord has already…
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American Jewish liberals have lost the plot
By Isi Leibler, Israel Hayom— Throughout the 2,000 years of Jews living in the Diaspora, there has been no precedent comparable to the behavior of major liberal mainstream sectors of the American Jewish community. They are undermining themselves and provoking massive waves of resentment from Americans, many of whom were favorably disposed towards them. The…
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Tidal wave of UN resolutions against Israel
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, Breaking Israel News— The United Nations will vote next week to allocate funds, implementing a resolution for a “blacklist” of companies operating directly or indirectly in Judea, Samaria, the Golan, and East Jerusalem. This motion, passed in March with no opposing votes, only targets businesses owned by Jewish Israelis. Israel’s UN Ambassador,…
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Netanyahu: Trump support for Israel very clear
By Jeff Poor, Breitbart— In an interview with CBS’s “60 Minutes” set to air Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told network correspondent Leslie Stahl he believed President-elect Donald Trump would be a supporter of both Israel and the Jewish people. “I know Donald Trump,” Netanyahu said. “I know him very well. And I think…
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U.S.-Israel relations on the mend
By Cal Thomas, Washington Times— The consensus in Israel is that the relationship between the Jewish state and the United States is going to improve in a Trump administration, says former Israeli ambassador to the U.S., Zalman Shoval. On a recent visit to Washington, D.C., Mr. Shoval told me that he believes Donald Trump and…
DetailsSyria Is Training Ground For Hezbollah’s Next War With Israel
By ProphecyNewsWatch— Arab language media is reporting that fighter planes from the Israeli Defense Forces have attacked a Syrian military airport in Damascus as well as Hezbollah targets near the capital which killed and injured a number of fighters in the Shiite militia. The moves come after Prime Minister Netanyahu previously had announced in April…
DetailsKeith Ellison should be DNC chair because of his views on Israel
By Abraham H. Miller/JNS.org Haim Saban is wrong when he says Minnesota’s U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison is unqualified to head the Democratic National Committee. Ellison’s anti-Israel and anti-Semitic lineages do not disqualify him from the position. They more than qualify him. It is Ellison, not Saban—the Israeli-American mega-donor to both the Democratic Party and pro-Israel…
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Will Trump and Netanyahu Make the America-Israel Relationship Great Again?
By Lee Smith, Tablet Mag— Though some Americans may not want to hear it, the election of Donald Trump has changed Israel’s strategic situation dramatically for the better. Prepared to deal with what was presumably a somewhat friendlier version of the Obama administration run by Hillary Clinton, Jerusalem is now looking at what may be…
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