Palestinian Pastor Visits Israelis Under Rocket Fire
By ISRAEL TODAY— Pastor Steven Khoury of Holy Land Missions demonstrated a true Christian response to the Gaza war last week by seeking fellowship with and expressing love toward those who, as an Arab, should be his enemies. Khoury, who has done much work with the Christians of Gaza, and recently called for prayer for…
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Is Obama right that Netanyahu is too ‘strong’ to make peace?
By GILL HOFFMAN, JPOST— In his weekend interview with New York Times columnist Tom Friedman, President Barack Obama offered some political analysis on the leaders of Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Asked whether he should be more vigorous in pressing Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and PA President Mahmoud Abbas to reach a land-for-peace deal, Obama…
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Hamas Caught Fudging the Numbers in Gaza
By RYAN JONES, ISRAEL TODAY— When violence flares between Israel and the Palestinians, it always becomes a game of numbers, the facts and root causes of the confrontation be damned. And so, Israel always ends up being the loser, given that it actually tries to protect the lives of civilians, and far more effectively uses…
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Scripture Reading for August 16, 2014
Torah: Deuteronomy 7:12 – 11:25, “Eikev” (on the heel of …) Haftorah: Isaiah: 49:14 – 51:3 New Testament: Hebrews 11: 1 – 13 Gospel: John 3: 14 – 21, “Kamo Shehigbeha” (As Moses lifted up…)
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Wish I’d said that
“To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.” — George Washington
Video: Feiglin Responds to Hamas ‘Concentration Camp’ Allegations
Deputy Speaker of the Knesset, MK Moshe Feiglin responds to accusations made by Hamas Leader Osama on Wolf Blitzer’s program, ‘The Situation Room’ on CNN.
Israel Has a Duty to Defend Its Citizens
By MORTIMER ZUCKERMAN, US NEWS— “The fog of war” is a metaphor of choice for war’s blinding physical and moral confusions, its half-truths, lies, ambiguities, distortions and deceptions. They all characterize the perceptions of the war between Israel and Hamas. Israel is a democratic country that wishes to live in peace with its neighbors, but…
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World ignores Christian exodus from Islamic world
By RAYMOND IBRAHIM, GATESTONE— While the world fixates on the conflict between Israel and Hamas—and while most mainstream media demonize Israel for trying to survive amid a sea of Arab-Islamic hostility—similar or worse tragedies continue to go virtually ignored. One of the most ancient Christian communities in the world, that of Iraq—which already had been…
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Truth Report: What is your source of faith?
Romans 10: 14-17 14 How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? 15 And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written:…
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Israel, Palestinians accept Egypt’s 72-hour truce bid
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ori Lewis, Reuters— Israel and the Islamist Hamas movement agreed on Monday to an Egyptian-proposed ceasefire to end four weeks of fighting in the Gaza Strip, while Jerusalem was rocked by two attacks that appeared to be a backlash to the violence. Egypt’s plan called for a 72-hour-long truce to begin…
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Spot Report: “The Biblical relevance of the Ukraine”
Think on this: “Surely Yahweh does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the prophets.” (Amos 3:7) Pray on this: Father we wait in faith for you to reveal to your people your plans for the future. Thank you for the assurance that your wisdom, discernment and strength and courage will be forthcoming for…
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One big step backwards for mankind
By RON JAGER— For the past 27 days, Israel is once again fighting and sacrificing its best and brightest, defending Israel’s citizens against Hamas, a fanatical enemy. The war in Gaza, known as “Operation Protective Edge” has evolved into a watershed event in regard to Israel’s standing in the world and no less so for…
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Europe’s Jews are fleeing once again
By ADAM LEBOR, NEWSWEEK— The mob howled for vengeance, the missiles raining down on the synagogue walls as the worshipers huddled inside. It was a scene from Europe in the 1930s – except this was eastern Paris on the evening of July 13th, 2014. Thousands had gathered to demonstrate against the Israeli bombardment of Gaza.…
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Video: When Israel said “no”
Israel has stood up to the U.S. before, and they can do it again.
No home for Israel inside the Democratic Party
By GIDON BEN-ZVI, JPOST— It’s official: the Democratic Party has abandoned Israel to its fate. This development has nothing to do with that most ancient of hatreds, anti-Semitism. Rather, in an age when a compelling narrative increasingly trumps a cold, hard history lesson, Israel’s version of the events leading up to Operation Protective Edge, while…
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