Quote of the week
“I will insist that the Hebrews have done more to civilize man than any other nation.”—John Adams in a letter to Thomas Jefferson
“I will insist that the Hebrews have done more to civilize man than any other nation.”—John Adams in a letter to Thomas Jefferson
By: CAROLINE B. GLICK, JPOST— US Senator Ted Cruz, the conservative Republican firebrand from Texas, is running for president. Up until a few weeks ago, his candidacy was met with indifference as the media and political operatives all dismissed the viability of his candidacy. But that is beginning to change. The voices arguing that Cruz,…
DetailsThink on this: “For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, for Jerusalem’s sake I will not remain quiet, till her vindication shines out like the dawn, her salvation like a blazing torch…I have posted watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the Lord,…
DetailsTorah: Genesis 12:1 – 17:27, “Lekh-lekha” (Go forth yourself … ) Haftorah: Isaiah 40:27 – 41:16 New Testament: Romans 2:17- 26 Gospel: John 4:21 – 24, “Amar la Yeshua” (Jesus said to her … )
DetailsBy: Ministry of Foreign Affairs— Israel totally rejects the shameful resolution on ‘Occupied Palestine’ adopted today at the plenary of the 197th Session of UNESCO’s Executive Board. The resolution aims to transform the Israeli-Palestinian conflict into a religious confrontation and its adoption is a disgrace for UNESCO’s Executive Board. The Executive Board has joined the pyromaniacs…
DetailsBy: Giulio Meotti, Israel National News— In front of the United Nations General Assembly, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not only stare for forty seconds into the eyes of the world’s representatives, charging them with having kept silent in the face of Iran’s promise to destroy Israel. Netanyahu also pulled out a book in Farsi.…
DetailsBy: Wolfgang G. Schwanitz, Ph.D, Middle East Forum— Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has drawn criticism for comments about the role of al-Hajj Amin al-Husaini, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem played in conceiving and perpetrating the Holocaust. Indeed, leading Nazi aides testified that al-Husaini was one of the instigators of the genocide. In his 1999 autobiography, a senior Nazi…
DetailsBy: Lea Speyer, Breaking Israel News— Amid international outcry, Israel has claimed a rare victory at the United Nations on Wednesday after the Palestinian delegation dropped its bid that the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) declare the Western Wall a Muslim holy site. The resolution, which was submitted on behalf of the…
DetailsBy: Tsvi Sadan, Israel Today— The “Palestine” maps shown in the newsroom of MSNBC on October 17 represented what the pro-Palestine crowd believes to be the “disappearing Palestine.” These maps, often seen at “free Gaza” demonstrations, are a gutter tactic aimed at manipulating the masses by fictitious visual aids. Following protests, MSNBC reluctantly apologized by saying…
DetailsBy: Ron Jager— Indifference cannot under any circumstances be seen as acceptable behavior of political leaders. Even great leaders can fall prey to the seductive effect of indifference and perceive the physical existence and suffering of their own countrymen in acceptable terms. Not since the days of the second “intifada”, when all of Israel become…
DetailsPraise the Lord Praise the Lord, you his servants; praise the name of the Lord. Let the name of the Lord be praised, both now and forevermore. From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets, the name of the Lord is to be praised. Psalm 131
Details**Let me give you a quick summary of what has transpired so far today … Friday … another Palestinian Day of Rage. –Clashes broke out at the Gaza border between the IDF and Palestinians, who were seeking to break through the barrier. Two Palestinians were killed and 126 were wounded. Pray that YHVH would keep…
DetailsBY: DAVID HOROVITZ, Times of Israel— They say this is not “organized” or “orchestrated” terrorism, but it is. In fact it is more widely “orchestrated” than the suicide bombings of the Second Intifada. At the start of the 2000s, Hamas and Fatah terrorists were training, arming and dispatching suicide bombers to target our buses, malls,…
DetailsBy: Lonnie Mings, Israel News Digest— Seven Israelis and a number of Palestinians have been killed in the past two weeks of bloodshed. The Palestinian dead include 10 knife-wielding assailants, police said, as well as children and protesters shot in violent demonstrations. Many people who support Israel have denounced what they called biased reporting about…
DetailsBy: Caroline Glick, Breaking Israel News— Israel’s political leaders have rightly expressed anger at the US State Department’s hostile characterizations of the Palestinian terrorist onslaught. Secretary of State John Kerry’s claims, parroted by his spokesmen, that Israel is either entirely to blame for Palestinian terrorism or shares the blame equally with the Palestinians, are baseless…
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