Scripture reading for September 21, 2013
Torah: Numbers 29:17 – 25, “Sukkot” (Feast of Tabernacles …) Haftorah: Ezekiel 38:18 – 39:16 New Testament: James Gospel: John 1:1 – 14 “Beresheet Hayah Hadabar” (In the beginning was the Word …)
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Israel’s twenty year nightmare
By CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— Twenty years ago today, Israel’s so-called peace process with the PLO was officially ushered in at the White House Rose Garden. A year or so later, when the death toll of Israeli victims of the massive terror offensive that the PLO organized shortly afterwards reached what then seemed unbearable heights, a…
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Western strike force for Syria disperses
By DEBKAFILE— Russian President Vladimir Putin, while engaged in active cooperation with President Barack Obama over Syria, was not averse to going over his head to push his agenda with “the American people” in an article he published in The New York Times Thursday, Sept. 12. He continues to protest against all the evidence that…
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Netanyahu: Message to Syria will be heard clearly in Iran
By ISRAEL HAYOM— Ever since U.S. President Barack Obama surprised the world by seeking congressional approval for a military strike on Syria, concerns have grown among Israeli government officials in Jerusalem about a decline of America’s status in the Middle East and the implications for Iran’s nuclear program. No Israeli spokesperson has made an official…
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Reviving an ancient Temple Mount tradition
By ARI SOFFER, ARUTZ 7— The Jewish festival of Sukkot will soon be getting underway, just a few days after Yom Kippur, capping off the festive Hebrew month of Tishrei. Sukkot commemorates God’s protection of the Jewish people during their 40 year stint wandering the desert, following the dramatic Exodus from Egypt. It is also…
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Is this what Syria is really about?
By AARON KLEIN, WND— Is the reported willingness of Arab Gulf states to fund a U.S. military campaign in Syria really about major oil and gas interests that run through the country? The potential for trillions of dollars of energy revenue in deals that snake through Syrian territory may be a motivating factor for the…
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Will the architects of Oslo finally repent?
By MICHAEL FREUND, JPOST— Twenty years ago this week, Israel committed one of the greatest strategic blunders in its modern history, one that is still casting a long and painful shadow over the entire Middle East. Ignoring military intelligence, moral principles and basic common sense, then-prime minister Yitzhak Rabin signed the Oslo Accords with PLO…
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Spot Report: Syria and the end times
Think on this: “Surely the Sovereign LORD does nothing without revealing his plans to his servants the prophets.” … ” When he the Spirit of Truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell what is yet…
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This week’s prayer points
*Pray for the Spirit of Truth to be released en masse, into this whole Syrian crisis. Bind down the lies and expose the liars. Catch them in their own trap, which they have set for Israel and for the American people. *Pray that the US Congress will be wise, discerning, and led by YHVH in…
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Wish I’d said that
“Some people like the Jews, and some do not. But no thoughtful man can deny the fact that they are beyond question the most formidable and the most remarkable race which has ever appeared in the world.”-–Winston Churchhill
Obama puts military strike on hold to give Russian proposal a chance
By DEBKAFILE— US president Barack Obama went against the words of his advisers, Secretary of State John Kerry and National Security Adviser Susan Rice Monday, and offered in TV interviews early Tuesday, Sept. 10, to “absolutely” put on hold military action against Syria, as well as the vote in Congress, if Bashar Assad abandoned chemical…
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Ancient golden treasure found at Temple Mount
By ARUTZ7— In summer excavations at the foot of the Temple Mount, Hebrew University of Jerusalem archaeologist Dr. Eilat Mazar made a stunning discovery: two bundles of treasure containing thirty-six gold coins, gold and silver jewelry, and a gold medallion with the menorah (Temple candelabrum) symbol etched into it. Also etched into the 10-cm medallion…
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A new era in the Middle East
By BARRY RUBIN, JPOST— It is not every day one can announce a shift in world history, but today is such a day. We are now in a new era, in the Middle East and the rest of the world. This is not a joke – definitely not a joke – and, as you will…
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Torah: Leviticus 16:1-34, “Yom Kippor” (Day of Atonement… ) Haftorah: Isaiah 57:14 – 58:14 New Testament: Romans 3:21 – 26 Gospel: Matthew 23:37 – 39, “O Yerushalieem”, (O Jerusalem …)
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Obama’s Emotional Learning Curve
By RON JAGER— Over the past week, much has been written about whether President Obama will give the green light and attack Syria for using chemical weapons of mass destruction against her own people. Much of the American public has been inundated with reports on the major networks, op-ed pieces in national and local newspapers…
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