Gordon Robertson from CBN explores the ruins of the palace of King David and the wall of King Solomon in Jerusalem. Eilat Mazor, a professor at Hebrew University and third-generation Israeli archeologist, explains how using the Bible as a historical source to understand the ruins has opened up a new world of archeology.
DetailsBy DAVID PARSONS, JPOST— In the aftermath of the Arab Spring’s mass uprisings against repressive military dictatorships, radical Islamists are stepping into the political vacuum to seize power, while also unleashing a brutal wave of persecution against vulnerable Christian communities. Yet one would hardly know this harsh reality looking at a statement coming out of…
DetailsBy VICTORIA G. MOLINAR— When you see a food truck selling kosher tacos on the border, you might ask, “Why kosher tacos?” Artist Peter Svarzbein counts on the question, and he’s got an answer in the form of a food truck that doubles as a public awareness drive. The Conversos y Tacos Kosher Gourmet Truck…
Details“My hands shook as I started to unwrap one of them. I read a few sentences. It was written in beautiful biblical Hebrew. The language was like that of the Psalms, but the text was unknown to me. I looked and looked, and I suddenly had the feeling that I was privileged by destiny to…
DetailsBy JAMES KANTER and JODI RUDOREN, NY TIMES— The military wing of Hezbollah, the powerful Lebanese Shiite group, was blacklisted by European Union ministers as a terrorist organization on Monday in a policy shift that reflected their concern about Hezbollah’s suspected involvement in Europe-based bombings and its growing role in the Syria war. The blacklisting…
DetailsBy RON JAGER— Much has been said about the European’s latest decision of boycotting Jews. What most of us don’t know is that the decision to boycott affects much larger regions beyond just Judea and Samaria and includes in addition the following areas: the Eastern, Western, Northern and Southern neighborhoods of Jerusalem, the whole Ramat…
DetailsBy AARON KLEIN, WND— The Obama administration has quietly presented a plan in which the Palestinian Authority and Jordan will receive sovereignty over the Temple Mount while Israel will retain the land below the Western Wall, according to a senior PA negotiator speaking to WND. The proposed plan is part of the basis for U.S.-brokered…
DetailsBy KHALED ABU TOAMEH, GATESTONE— What happened at the al-Aqsa Mosque during last week’s Friday prayers should be sounding alarm bells in the U.S., Britain and France. After the prayers, during a demonstration in support of Egypt’s deposed President Mohamed Morsi, thousands of Muslims began shouting slogans against the U.S., Britain, France and Israel. “Allahu…
DetailsBy SHOSHANA BRYEN, inSIGHT— Supporting sanctions against Iran is understood to be a position designed to moderate Iranian behavior regarding the acquisition of nuclear capability. It is the position of people and countries that do not want to contemplate military action by either the United States or Israel. It is the position of the European…
DetailsBy VICTOR SHARPE— In Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s book A Place Among The Nations, (Bantam Books, 1993), the Israeli Prime Minister wrote about the pro-Nazi alliance by most of the Arab world before and during World War II: “In Iraq, in Egypt, and in Syria they (the Arabs) openly allied themselves with the Nazis, flocking…
DetailsTorah: Deuteronomy 7:12 – 11:25, “Elkev” (on the heel of, because … ) Haftorah: Isaiah 49:14 – 51:3 New Testament: Hebrews 11:8 – 13 Gospel: John 8″48 – 59, “Beterim hiyot Avraham ani hu” (Before Abraham was, I AM…).
DetailsBy CHAIM RICHMAN, JPOST— Tisha Be’av, Israel’s day of national mourning for the loss of the Holy Temple, is upon us. The Book of Lamentations, traditionally read on the evening of the fast, establishes the theme of the day: “For these do I weep,” or, in the words of Ray Charles, “It’s Cryin’ Time Again.”…
DetailsThink on this: As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people, from this time forth and forevermore.(Psalms 125:2) Pray on this: Father in Heaven, give the nation of Israel the strength and courage to claim all that rightfully belongs to it, including your Holy Hill. Amen!
DetailsBy STEVEN PLAUT, FRONTPAGEMAG— The Temple Mount in Jerusalem is the holiest place on earth according to Judaism. It is where both Biblical Temples stood, whose destruction is commemorated this week with fasting and mourning on the Ninth day of the month of Av according to the religious calendar. The Western Wall is considered holy…
DetailsThis past weekend photos were shown of Israeli soldiers detaining a five-year-old Palestinian child in Hebron. Former Israel Ambassador to the US Danny Ayalon gives the truth about the motive behind these bias images.
DetailsBy MELANIE PHILLIPS— There is consternation in Israel over the EU’s malicious decision to boycott individuals or institutions situated over the ‘Green Line’ between Israel and the disputed territories. This would presumably include boycotting, for example, the Hebrew University which is just over that line or, even more grotesquely, Jewish residents in Jerusalem’s Old City…
DetailsBy ADAM TURNER, FRONTPAGEMAG— In selecting Samantha Power as his nominee for United Nations Ambassador, President Obama has chosen an appointee whose stated positions are detrimental to promoting a strong American foreign policy and would weaken the position of one of our strongest allies, Israel. She also seems to have a temperament that is not…
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