By Amy Zewe It’s a sad wonder Down Under. Australia is a beautiful country full of mystique and intrigue and the subject of popular movies that highlight the independent and fearless nature of its English founders –and is home to a diverse population. Once a penal colony, and with its own disturbed history of dealing…
By Nathan Steinmeyer, Biblical Archaeology Review— A study published in the journal Palestine Exploration Quarterly has shown that large-scale olive oil production began in the land of Canaan much earlier than previously thought and that the competing interests of Iron Age Philistia and Judah were key to driving the industry’s growth. A joint project of…
By Hana Levi Julian, Jewish Press— Israeli aircraft struck Hamas terrorist targets in Gaza late Saturday night after a day in which hundreds of Hamas-led Gazans burned tires, hurled explosives and opened gunfire. In one case an Israeli Border Guard officer was shot by a Gazan at point-blank range through a hole in the security…
By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN Israel— The Abraham Accords, signed on the White House lawn on September 15, 2020, heralded an unexpected miracle. After President Trump announced the upcoming agreements on August 13, 2020, the three monotheistic faiths represented at the table—Christian, Jewish, and Muslim—not only honored Father Abraham, but set a new Middle East…
By Boaz Bismuth, Israel Hayom— One picture of Joe Biden at Camp David this week, sitting alone in a polo shirt, chin in hand, looking worriedly at a large screen tells the whole story of the 46th president’s failure in his first major mission – withdrawing American forces from Afghanistan. Until last week, Biden benefitted…
By Nicole Jansezian, AllIsrael.com— With COVID infections in Israel rising at a rapid pace, the government approved a last-minute restriction last week that struck another blow to the struggling tourism industry: a seven-day quarantine requirement across the board for anyone entering Israel, from almost anywhere. In a matter of days, the cancellations came pouring in.…
By Lahav Harkov, JPost— Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is scheduled to travel to Washington to meet with US President Joe Biden next Thursday. “Towards the end of the month, I am expected to go to the US, coronavirus permitting, for an important meeting with President Biden,” Bennett said in a press conference on Wednesday. “The…
By Amy Zewe— Dexter Van Zile, whom you may recall is a co-author of our book, The Casualty of Contempt, and was the target of antizionist hostility in Boston just last month, is calling out the United Church of Christ for antisemitism. In his report published in The JNS (The Jewish News Syndicate), Dexter…
By Shoshana Bryen, Newsweek— There is a lot to say about Afghanistan and people are saying it. Some of it is sad, some of it is smart and some of it is totally ridiculous. Let’s go with ridiculous for a moment. The UN, the European Union, the United States and humanitarian organizations—what we generally think…
By Richard Kemp, Gatestone Institute— More than any other media organization, the BBC is responsible for inciting hatred against Israel — not just in Britain but globally. Its agenda helps to ensure continued aggression against the Jewish State; fuels violence by Hamas and other terrorist groups; feeds the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement; encourages distorted…
By Elliott Abrams, Pressure Points— What has the collapse of Afghanistan to do with the Abraham Accords—the agreements between Israel and several Arab states? Last week marked Afghanistan’s collapse and also the first anniversary of the Abraham Accords. While the Biden administration congratulated Morocco and Israel last week when Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid visited…
By Khaled Abu Toameh, JPost— Israel and Hamas are headed toward another round of fighting, as international mediators appear to have failed to achieve a breakthrough on bringing Qatari aid money to the Gaza Strip and on the easing of Israeli restrictions, Palestinians warned on Sunday. Israel’s failure to ease restrictions and facilitate the reconstruction…
By Lisa Barrington, Reuters— Israel and the United Arab Emirates, which normalised relations a year ago, are looking to Dubai’s Expo world fair in October to boost bilateral trade, which now stands at around $712 million. While the figure, contained in Israeli data, is tiny compared to UAE exports of $24 billion in 2019 to…
By Caroline Glick— The likelihood that Hezbollah will start a major war against Israel increased significantly in the wake of its missile attack last week. Hezbollah attacked Israel with twenty missiles because the outcome of Hamas’s offensive against the Jewish state in May convinced Iran’s foreign legion in Lebanon that it would only gain from…
Jim’s memorial service was this past Friday on August 6th. His friends, family, fellow soldiers, and former congregants gathered to celebrate his life and share in his memory. It isn’t easy to divide Jim’s long successful and ministry-driven life into chapters. Nor is it necessary. Every chapter overlayed, informed, and equipped him for the next,…
By Hussein Aboubakr Mansour, Emet— As the 20th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, the United States prepares to leave a torn Afghanistan and a fragile Iraq. If George W. Bush was the president who tried to accomplish an impossible mission, Joe Biden is the president trying to abort it. The unexpected twists and turns in the…
By Rossella Tercatin, Jerualem Post— Some 2,800 years ago, a powerful earthquake hit the Land of Israel. Now, for the first time, archaeologists found evidence of the event in Jerusalem, in the City of David National Park, the Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced Wednesday. “The words of Amos, a sheep breeder from Tekoa, who prophesied concerning…
By Ilan Berman, Al-Hurra Digital— A year ago this week, Israel and the United Arab Emirates made history when they agreed to formally normalize their diplomatic relations. That breakthrough was followed by others, as Bahrain and Morocco, as well as Sudan, signed on to what has collectively come to be known as the “Abraham Accords.”…