By Majid Rafizadeh, Gatestone Institute— For almost six years since the 2015 “nuclear deal,” the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, was reached, the European Union has been appeasing Iran’s ruling mullahs. What the EU fails to see is that that its soft policy towards the mullahs has been a total disaster and dangerous. Right after…
By Ariel Kahana, Israel Hayom— World powers must make sure Iran understands that there would be “serious implications” if it does not relinquish its nuclear ambitions, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said over the weekend. The Israeli prime minister, who is en route to the UN Climate Conference in Glasgow, is set to meet with nine…
By Shelley Neese Welcome to Bible Fiber where we are encountering the textures and shades of the prophetic tapestry in a year-long study of the twelve minor prophets, one prophet each month. I am Shelley Neese, president of The Jerusalem Connection, a Christian organization devoted to sharing the story of the people of Israel. Joel…
By Tzvi Joffre, Jerusalem Post— A hacker group called Moses Staff claimed this week that it has successfully conducted a cyberattack on the Israeli Defense Ministry, releasing files and photos it claims it obtained from the ministry’s servers. Moses Staff’s website claims that the group has hacked over 165 servers and 254 websites and compiled…
By Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute— Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) are embarrassed: Iran just admitted that both of those terrorist groups serve as mercenaries for the mullahs in Tehran. For Hamas and PIJ, the admission is yet another sign that the truth can be painful and inconvenient, especially when it comes from a…
By Amy Zewe— Well, some if it is, and demonstratively so! Whether or not you personally agree with the environmental movement—of which there are many degrees—when environmentalists veer into antisemitic behavior, we need to pay attention. Conservation of the earth is indeed a mandate to us from God. We are to be proper stewards of…
By Ariel Kahana, Israel Hayom— Right-wing lawmakers and officials expressed outrage Wednesday over the Biden administration’s criticism of Israel’s planned settlement construction in Judea and Samaria. On Tuesday, State Department Spokesperson Ned Price said Washington was “deeply concerned about the Israeli government’s plan to advance thousands of settlement units tomorrow, Wednesday, many of them deep…
By Megan Sauter, Biblical Archaeology Review— Genesis 38 recounts the saga of Judah and Tamar. Er, Judah’s oldest son, marries Tamar, but he dies, leaving her a childless widow. Er’s brother Onan then marries Tamar, according to levirate marriage (Deuteronomy 25:5–10), but he also dies without giving her any children. She then returns to her…
By Inna Rogatchi, Times of Israel— Reminiscence on the first yahrzeit of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks Chesvan 20th, 5781, the last year, was on Shabbat. In the secular calendar, it was November 7th, 2020. On Motzei Shabbat, in that special Shabbat-blessed mood being both relaxed and uplifted, we turned on our devices. And got the…
By Dan Schnur, Israel Hayom— The greatest threat to the survival of the Jewish community is neither Iran nor intermarriage. Rather, it is our increasing political and cultural isolation, and the resulting hostility that we face from both ends of the ideological spectrum. The fringes of the nationalist hard right continue to traffic in Charlottesville-style…
By Khaled Abu Toameh, Tzvi Joffre, Jerusalem Post—- Jordan slammed Israel on Sunday, saying it “rejects and condemns” plans to build 1,355 housing units in the West Bank. Last week, the US expressed concern about Israeli plans to build 3,000 new homes in settlements, as well as the legalization of two illegal outposts. Marketing tenders…
By Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute— A recent hunger strike by Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) prisoners held by Israel caught the attention of many journalists and media outlets. Reports about the hunger strike appeared in newspapers around the world and were included in dispatches by major news agencies. The PIJ prisoners, who have been convicted…
By Caroline Glick, JPost— A report this week about the discussions Israel and the U.S. are now holding regarding the Iranian nuclear program was nothing short of an earthquake. Tuesday, Israel Hayom ran a red headline on its front page: “Frustration in Jerusalem: U.S. Passive Against Iran.” The story, by military correspondent Yoav Limor told…
By Diana Rocco, Eyewitness News A woman caught on camera lighting a Jewish school on fire was arrested and charged Sunday. Police say 39-year-old Brooklyn resident Sharee Jones was charged with reckless endangerment as a hate crime and arson. The incident happened on Thursday at 7:27 p.m. at the Yeshiva of Flatbush on Avenue J.…
By Joseph Guzman, The Hill—- A scuba diver exploring the waters off the Carmel coast of Israel recently discovered a sword that experts believe dates back to the time of the crusaders. Shlomi Katzin was scuba diving off the country’s Mediterranean Coast earlier this month when he came across a trove of artifacts that had…
By Israel National News— MKs from the Religious Zionism party toured the area of the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem Wednesday afternoon following the violent riots which occurred at the site yesterday. The party’s chairman, MK Bezalel Smotrich, said that “sovereignty in Jerusalem cannot be captured in the hands of Mansour Abbas. We came here because…
By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN Israel— Calling Israel “Palestine” is commonplace today. However, the history of that name goes back millennia. First coined by the ancient Greeks for the five-city area in the Philistine confederacy and then adopted by Roman emperor Hadrian, Palestine was more recently copied by former Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) Chairman Yasser Arafat in…
By Amy Zewe—- Suppose you were teaching a middle school class a science lesson on gravity. You explain how it works; you even show its consequences by dropping an apple on the floor. Do you think the lesson warrants an examination of an opposing perspective of gravity? Maybe, a lesson from Hindu swamis who practice…