By Debka File— On the outside, Israel is all smiles and full of praise for way the coordination with Moscow is working for averting clashes between its air force and Russian warplanes over Syria. This goodwill was conspicuous in the compliments Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and President Vladimir Putin traded when they met on the…
DetailsBy Aron Heller, Times of Israel— The Nazi soldiers made their orders very clear: Jewish American prisoners of war were to be separated from their fellow brothers in arms and sent to an uncertain fate. But Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds would have none of that. As the highest-ranking noncommissioned officer held in the German POW…
DetailsBY TIMES OF ISRAEL STAFF AND RAPHAEL AHREN, Times of Israel— A newly released report by the UN’s atomic watchdog on the military dimensions of Iran’s nuclear program “proved beyond any doubt that Iran operated a secret program to develop nuclear weapons, including after 2003,” Israel said Wednesday night. The UN report said Iran conducted…
DetailsBy Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, Breaking Israel News— In the long history of Jews in Russia, the government has rarely been an ally, and often been the source of persecution. Current Russian president Vladimir Putin, however, is a powerful exception, with Jews playing a significant role in his personal history and his inner circle. With the…
DetailsBy Caroline Glick, Breaking Israel News— The foundations of American Jewish life are under assault today in ways that were unimaginable a generation ago. Academia is ground zero of the onslaught. The protest movements on campuses are first and foremost anti-Jewish movements. For the past decade or so, Jewish communal leaders and activists have focused…
DetailsFor, “Everyone who calls on the name of Yahweh will be saved.” —Romans 10:13 And everyone who calls on the name of Yahweh will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as Yahweh has said, even among the survivors whom Yahweh calls. —Joel 2:32
DetailsBy Ron Jager– Spending Thanksgiving in Long Island made me proud to be a former New Yorker. Despite the distance, the level of concern and regard for the suffering the people of Israel are enduring, is heartwarming and a mind opener. No self-blame, no irrational Jewish morality that blames the Jewish victims, no twisted logic…
DetailsBy JTA, JPOST— Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, called the recent coordinated Paris attacks that left at least 130 people dead “blind terrorism.” Khamenei’s comments, released in a statement to “the youth in the Western countries,” were published Sunday by the Iranian IRNA news agency, the government’s official news agency. It is reportedly Khamenei’s…
DetailsBy AFP, Times of Israel— MADRID, Spain — Spain’s King Felipe VI on Monday honored Sephardic Jews who were banished more than five centuries ago during the Inquisition, after a law allowing dual citizenship for their descendants came into force. The legislation aims to correct what the Spanish government calls the “historic mistake” of the…
DetailsThink on this: “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you be secure. May there be peace within your walls and security within your citadels.” For the sake of my family and friends, I will say, “Peace be within you.” For the sake of the house of Yahweh our God, I will…
DetailsBy JPOST Staff, JPOST— A CNN Money article on the Middle East dropped Israel’s name from a map of the Middle East that accompanied a story on the turmoil in the region. The article, entitled “Beyond ISIS: 2016’s scariest geopolitical hot spots,” naturally featured the ongoing war in Syria and the image that originally accompanied…
DetailsBy Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, Breaking Israel News— Turkish military sources told the media that after issuing 10 warnings in five minutes, Turkish F-16’s opened fire, downing the Russian fighter jet. Photos of the incident clearly show two parachutes, indicating that the two pilots successfully ejected from the downed plane. One pilot is believed to have…
DetailsBy: JPOST Staff, JPOST— In the shadow of the Paris terror attacks that killed 130 people and as Belgian police sweep the country for terror suspects, the Chief Rabbi of Brussels said Monday that there is no future for Jews in Europe. Rabbi Avraham Gigi spoke to Israeli radio station 103 FM about the atmosphere…
DetailsBut for the sake of my name I did what would keep it from being profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out. (Ezekiel 20:14)
By Herb Keinon, JPOST— Anyone joining Islamic State will forfeit their Israeli citizenship, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced at Sunday’s cabinet meeting. Netanyahu, who told ministers that indictments were filed last week against citizens planning to join the terrorist group, added that he has asked Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein to advance steps to revoke their citizenship…
DetailsBy Dan Wooding, Breaking Christian News— (United Kingdom)— Canon Andrew White, the UK-born Anglican priest who is affectionately known as “Vicar of Baghdad”, has dedicated his life to making peace. (Photo via ANS) For many years he headed St. George’s Church in Baghdad, located in one of Iraq’s deadliest sectors, he has watched hundreds from…
DetailsWe do not rejoice in victories. We rejoice when a new kind of cotton is grown and when strawberries bloom in Israel. —Golda Meir
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