Stumbling over the calling of Israel

By AVNER BOSKEY, FINAL FRONTIERS MINISTRY— Christians across the planet have just celebrated Palm Sunday, the day commemorating Yeshua’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem in that pre-Passover week leading up to His crucifixion and resurrection. On the Monday of that week (Matthew 21:18) Yeshua declared that the Psalmist’s prophecy 118:22-23 actually spoke of how Israel’s leaders…

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Did Bibi take a chance? No, he took a stand!

By EARL COX, ISRAEL ALWAYS— There’s an old saying. “It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.” Prime Minister Netanyahu’s recent speech to the US Congress and his victory in the Israeli elections are, without doubt, still the topics of heated conversation in the…

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Happy Land of Israel Day

By MICHAEL FREUND, JPOST— Today, the tenth day of the Hebrew month of Nisan, marks the anniversary of one of the most important events in the history of the Jewish people. According to the Book of Joshua (4:19), it was on this day, exactly 3,327 years ago, that the people of Israel traversed the Jordan…

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UN says Israel, not Iran, North Korea or Syria worst violator of human rights

By ANNE BAYEFSKY, FOX NEWS— What country deserves more condemnation for violating human rights than any other nation on earth? According to the U.N.’s top human rights body, that would be Israel. Last week, Israel was the U.N.’s number one women’s rights violator. This week it is the U.N.’s all-round human rights villain. The U.N.…

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Israeli envoy: UN ignores murder of Christians in Arab states

By YONI HERSCH, ISRAEL HAYOM— The international community is turning a blind eye to the murder of minorities in the Arab world, Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Ron Prosor said this weekend. “Last year police in Saudi Arabia stormed a Christian prayer meeting and arrested its entire congregation, including women and children. … In…

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It’s hard to be a Christian in Israel, but not because of prejudice

By FATHER GABRIEL NADAAF, JPOST— My name is Gabriel Nadaaf and I have the privilege of being a Greek Orthodox priest from Nazareth in the Galilee. My people have mistakenly been called “Christian Arabs,” but the reality is that we are Arameans—descendants of people who lived here in Israel since biblical times. Recently, Israel’s Interior…

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Revealing Israel’s nuclear secrets

By MICHAEL KARPIN, JEWISH DAILY FORWARD— In early February, the Pentagon declassified a 386-page report from 1987, exposing for the first time ever the actual depth of top-secret military cooperation between the United States and Israel — including, amazingly, information about Israel’s unacknowledged nuclear program. In view of the caustic tension that has increased lately…

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Obama Is on a Collison Course With the God of Israel

By BILL KOENIG, WATCH.ORG— The more President Obama’s actions affect or jeopardize Israel’s security, the stronger the response will be from the God of Israel as evidenced in Scripture. This will have enormous implications for the United States. The Obama administration keeps speaking about its unprecedented security cooperation with Israel, but what good is that…

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Managing Obama’s war against Israel

By CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— On Wednesday, the Jerusalem Municipality announced it is shelving plans to build 1,500 apartments in the Har Homa neighborhood. Officials gave no explanation for its sudden move. But none was needed. Obviously the construction of apartments for Jews in Jerusalem was blocked in the hopes of appeasing US President Barack Obama.…

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US Declassifies Document Revealing Israel’s Nuclear Program

By ARI YASHAR— In a development that has largely been missed by mainstream media, the Pentagon early last month quietly declassified a Department of Defense top-secret document detailing Israel’s nuclear program, a highly covert topic that Israel has never formally announced to avoid a regional nuclear arms race, and which the US until now has…

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Jewish leaders testify to US Congress on rising anti-Semitism

By World Jewish Congress— Appearing on behalf of WJC – representing more than 100 Jewish communities worldwide – before the US House of Representatives Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations, Lauder said: “In order to defeat this new flame of radical Islamic terror and survive, the United States must lead.…

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Reaching the Evangelicals

By JIM FLETCHER, JPOST— Daniella Rilov is all about making friends for Israel. In fact, the new executive director for the America-Israel Friendship League (www.aifl.org) says that very thing in her new role, as she advances from her position as marketing director. The New York City native also has deep roots in Israel, having grown…

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