By MICHAEL FREUND, JPOST— Even for an electorate that has grown accustomed to profound political hypocrisy, the Israeli government’s release of Palestinian prisoners this week proved to be breathtakingly scandalous and disturbing. Consider the following: among the 26 Palestinian thugs, murderers and terrorists set free was Kassem Hazem Shabir, who picked up an axe and…
DetailsBy NY TIMES— It is not every day that America finds itself facing open rebellion from its allies, yet that is what is happening with Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Israel. The Obama administration has denied there are serious problems. But there are clearly differences, some perhaps irreconcilable. Here’s a quick summary: Saudi Arabia and Israel…
DetailsBy MARK TOOLEY, AMERICAN SPECTATOR — Gerald McDermott confronts a disturbing trend. Anti-Israel activism in U.S. church circles has increased in recent years especially among some evangelical elites. Mainline Protestant elites have been anti-Israel for decades. Last fall officials of several Mainline denominations urged Congress to reconsider U.S. military aid to Israel, prompting Jewish groups…
DetailsBy Dr. MANFRED GERSTENFELD, ARUTZ 7 — Interview with American Evangelical Christian Jim Fletcher: “The top power centers within American Evangelicalism are already committed to spreading the Palestinian version of the conflict.” “A massive effort is going on in the heart of the American Evangelical Church to lure its members to the Palestinian side. There…
DetailsBy KHALED ABU TOAMEH, GATESTONE— As the US-sponsored peace talks continue, the Palestinian Authority has launched a worldwide campaign to promote sanctions against settlements in the West Bank and Jewish neighborhoods of east Jerusalem. The latest campaign is mainly aimed at persuading the European Union to activate its new “guidelines” that call for imposing sanctions…
DetailsTorah: Genesis 24:19 – 28:9, “Toldot” (Generations …) Haftorah: Malachi 1:1 – 2:7 New Testament: Romans 9:1 – 31 Gospel: Matthew 23:1 – 12, “Kesay Moshe” (Mose’s seat …)
DetailsBy RYAN JONES, ISRAEL TODAY— Massive traffic congestion in and around the northern Israel city of Haifa last month was the result of a targeted cyber-attack, it was reported on Monday. An unnamed Israeli cyber-security expert speaking on condition of anonymity told the Associated Press that computer problems that caused major traffic jams for two…
DetailsBy CAROLINE GLICK— Last month the European Union pushed European-Israeli relations to a new low. In mid-September, the IDF enforced a High Court of Justice order to destroy 250 structures built illegally by Palestinian squatters in the Jordan Valley. The High Court acted in accordance with the agreements signed between the Palestinians and Israel. Those…
DetailsBy MEDIA LINE— The parchment looks fragile, and holes dot the page, but the letters are as clear as when they were written 1,500 years ago. A piece of a prayer that at one time was meticulously set onto papyrus by a scribe. This is one of more than 200 ancient biblical objects that now…
DetailsBy DANIEL JONAH GOLDHAGEN, ARUTZ 7— A disturbing survey of the dangerous ‘denialisms’ of global anti-Semitism”: Jesus denial, Bible denial and more . They are barely recognized and therefore unchecked. Holocaust denial is widely known and widely understood to be a form of anti-Semitism and a tool to delegitimize Israel. Anti-Semites do not want Jews…
DetailsBy ISRAEL HAYOM— As of today, Iran could “break out” and produce a sufficient quantity of uranium for a nuclear bomb by using its installed centrifuges and low enriched uranium stockpiles in as little as one month, a report by the U.S. Institute for Science and International Security has found. Using its existing equipment and…
DetailsBy LEE KAPLAN, JEWISH VOICE— A leader of the ‘National Students for Justice in Palestine’ movement in the United States once stated that the destruction of the Jewish state and its replacement by a Palestinian one will come about through the American college system. And Stanford University is more than willing to sully its good…
DetailsBy GERALD HONIGMAN, ARUTZ 7— Just within the last few weeks, while engaged in several different programs on the Middle East, I had three men come up to me with their explanation of all of the region’s woes. All were intelligent individuals. I assessed this after long conversations with them. Their conclusion: It’s all Israel’s…
DetailsBy MAAYANA MISKIN, ARUTZ7— A new campaign is calling on Jews to visit the Temple Mount. The initiative has been dubbed LIBA, which in Hebrew is an acronym for Jewish Freedom on the Temple Mount. Veteran Temple Mount activist Rabbi Yehuda Glick has been nominated to head the new program. The program will include organized…
DetailsThink on this: “Whoever calls on the name of Yahweh will be saved.”… “Be always watchful and pray that you may have to power to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man.” (Joel 2:32. Luke 21:36) Pray on this: Father, we know that the ultimate care for…
DetailsThe Sign by Robert Van Kampen In his book The Sign, I believe Robert Van Kampen has made a monumental contribution to all believing Christians and Jews. Published in 1992, his book has not had wide view or acceptance among believers, but as the “day” approaches, I believe God will work providentially so that it…
DetailsBy MALCOLM LOWE, GATESTONE— The World Council of Churches (WCC) in Geneva claims to represent and serve 345 churches worldwide. What has it done to help the persecuted churches in Iraq, Syria and Egypt? Or the flood of Syrian refugees into Jordan and Lebanon? Answer: it has devoted the whole of 2013 to promoting a…
DetailsBy RON JAGER— The World Happiness Report, released recently, ranked Israel the 11th-happiest country in the world, ahead of the United States, and far ahead of its neighbors in the region, and was based on data collected from 156 countries between 2010 and 2012. The report ranked the happiness of the world’s nations based on…
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