Scripture Reading for November 9, 2013
Torah: Genesis 28:10 – 32:3, “Vayetzel” (and he went out …) Haftorah: Hosea 12:13 – 14:10 New Testament: Romans 9:6 – 15 Gospel: John 1:19 – 51, “Adut shel Yochanan” (The testimony of John…)
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‘White House official confirms Israeli attack on Syrian missile site’
By ARIEL BEN SOLOMON, JPOST— Israel conducted air raids against a Syrian missile base near the port city of Latakia early on Thursday, according to an anonymous US administration official. The official, speaking to CNN, said Israel targeted missiles and related equipment out of concern that they would be transferred to Hezbollah. It is unclear…
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Lowering the Iron Curtain on the Middle East
By RON JAGER— “We’re eyeball to eyeball, and I think the other fellow just blinked,” Secretary of State Dean Rusk famously said during the Cuban missile crisis. In global strategic diplomacy, rule number one has always been; don’t blink. In recent months President Obama has been doing a lot of blinking, forfeiting hard gained leverage…
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The Arab Israeli peace process is over. Enter the era of chaos
By LEE SMITH, TABLET— This past weekend the White House clarified yet again what’s been apparent to everyone in the Middle East for quite a while now: The United States wants out, for real. “There’s a whole world out there,” National Security Adviser Susan Rice told the New York Times, “and we’ve got interests and…
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Wish I’d said that
“Israel’s population may be just over 7 million. But when you confront terror and evil, you are 307 million strong, because America stands with you.”—George W. Bush, Speech to the Knesset, Jerusalem, May 15, 2008
Christian Support for ‘Palestinian Cause’ Ascendant
By ISRAEL TODAY— An interview with an American Christian commentator published by Israeli media this week reveals just how far the Evangelical Church has moved into the “Palestinian camp” when it comes to the Middle East conflict. For decades, Israel’s most stalwart supporters were to be found among Evangelical Christians, the bulk of whom saw…
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Spot Report: When will Messiah come?
Think on this: And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. (Matthew 24:14) Pray on this: Father, help each and everyone of us to stand firm until the end. We long for your appearing. Amen.
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Politicians, prisoners and perfidy
By MICHAEL FREUND, JPOST— Even for an electorate that has grown accustomed to profound political hypocrisy, the Israeli government’s release of Palestinian prisoners this week proved to be breathtakingly scandalous and disturbing. Consider the following: among the 26 Palestinian thugs, murderers and terrorists set free was Kassem Hazem Shabir, who picked up an axe and…
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Allies in revolt
By NY TIMES— It is not every day that America finds itself facing open rebellion from its allies, yet that is what is happening with Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Israel. The Obama administration has denied there are serious problems. But there are clearly differences, some perhaps irreconcilable. Here’s a quick summary: Saudi Arabia and Israel…
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Countering Anti-Israel Evangelism
By MARK TOOLEY, AMERICAN SPECTATOR — Gerald McDermott confronts a disturbing trend. Anti-Israel activism in U.S. church circles has increased in recent years especially among some evangelical elites. Mainline Protestant elites have been anti-Israel for decades. Last fall officials of several Mainline denominations urged Congress to reconsider U.S. military aid to Israel, prompting Jewish groups…
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The Pro-Palestinian Campaign to Woo US Evangelicals
By Dr. MANFRED GERSTENFELD, ARUTZ 7 — Interview with American Evangelical Christian Jim Fletcher: “The top power centers within American Evangelicalism are already committed to spreading the Palestinian version of the conflict.” “A massive effort is going on in the heart of the American Evangelical Church to lure its members to the Palestinian side. There…
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Abbas’s “Diplomatic Intifada” Against Israel
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH, GATESTONE— As the US-sponsored peace talks continue, the Palestinian Authority has launched a worldwide campaign to promote sanctions against settlements in the West Bank and Jewish neighborhoods of east Jerusalem. The latest campaign is mainly aimed at persuading the European Union to activate its new “guidelines” that call for imposing sanctions…
DetailsScripture Reading for November 2, 2013
Torah: Genesis 24:19 – 28:9, “Toldot” (Generations …) Haftorah: Malachi 1:1 – 2:7 New Testament: Romans 9:1 – 31 Gospel: Matthew 23:1 – 12, “Kesay Moshe” (Mose’s seat …)
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Cyber Attack Snarls Israeli Traffic
By RYAN JONES, ISRAEL TODAY— Massive traffic congestion in and around the northern Israel city of Haifa last month was the result of a targeted cyber-attack, it was reported on Monday. An unnamed Israeli cyber-security expert speaking on condition of anonymity told the Associated Press that computer problems that caused major traffic jams for two…
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European-Israeli relations at a new low
By CAROLINE GLICK— Last month the European Union pushed European-Israeli relations to a new low. In mid-September, the IDF enforced a High Court of Justice order to destroy 250 structures built illegally by Palestinian squatters in the Jordan Valley. The High Court acted in accordance with the agreements signed between the Palestinians and Israel. Those…
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Rare biblical manuscripts on display
By MEDIA LINE— The parchment looks fragile, and holes dot the page, but the letters are as clear as when they were written 1,500 years ago. A piece of a prayer that at one time was meticulously set onto papyrus by a scribe. This is one of more than 200 ancient biblical objects that now…
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Jesus Denial and more Global Anti-Semitism ‘Denialisms’
By DANIEL JONAH GOLDHAGEN, ARUTZ 7— A disturbing survey of the dangerous ‘denialisms’ of global anti-Semitism”: Jesus denial, Bible denial and more . They are barely recognized and therefore unchecked. Holocaust denial is widely known and widely understood to be a form of anti-Semitism and a tool to delegitimize Israel. Anti-Semites do not want Jews…
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