Wish I’d said that
“Since 1948 Arab leaders…have used the Palestine people for selfish political purposes. This is…criminal.”—King Hussein of Jordan, 1960
Spot Report: Is the Psalm 83 war coming soon?
Think on this: “My name will be great among the Gentiles, from the rising to the setting of the sun. In every place incense and pure offerings will be brought to my name because my name will be great among the Gentiles, says YAHWEH Almighty.” (Malachi 1:11) Pray on this: Father, we know that the…
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Pope Francis praises Jews for keeping their faith in God
By JTA and AARON KALMAN, TIMES OF ISRAEL— Pope Francis praised Jews for keeping their faith despite the Holocaust and other “terrible trials” throughout history, and reaffirmed Judaism as the “holy root” of Christianity. Francis made the statements in an unprecedented open letter to Eugenio Scalfari, a prominent Italian atheist and founding editor of the…
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Lying, the Palestinian formula for peace
By EARL COX, ISRAEL ALWAYS— “Peace” talks. “Peace” negotiations. It is imperative that the people of Israel wake up and realize that there will never be peace with the Palestinians as long as there is a State of Israel populated by Jews. The problem is not settlements or construction or small pieces of land in…
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Video: Moses reviews history
The distance from Sinai to the Promised Land should have taken eleven days but instead it took forty years. So, what took so long? And the first time the Israelites got to the border of the Promised Land, it didn’t go so well. Why?
Archaeologists: Bible town possibly found
By JOE KOVACS, WND— Archaeologists say they’ve discovered an ancient town mentioned in the New Testament, and it could be the location to which Jesus sailed after miraculously feeding some 4,000 people by multiplying a few fish and loaves of bread. Ken Dark of the University of Reading in the U.K. says the town may…
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Nearly half of Syrian rebels are hardcore Islamists
By ARIEL BEN SOLOMON, REUTERS— Almost half of Syrian rebel fighters are jihadists or hardline Islamists, according to a new report by London intelligence and defense consultancy IHS Janes. On Sunday, Britain’s Telegraph newspaper cited the report as putting the number of opposition forces at 100,000, broken up into around 1,000 groups. The study said…
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Muslims impose tribute on Egypt’s Christians
By RAYMOND IBRAHIM, ISRAEL TODAY— Now that the attacks on Egypt’s Christian churches have subsided, stage two of the jihad — profiting from the fear and terror caused by stage one — is setting in: reports are arriving that the Muslim Brotherhood and its supporters are forcing the roughly 15,000 Christian Copts of Dalga village…
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Thousands of Christian pilgrims expected for Feast of Tabernacles
By TRAVELUJAH— Despite the recent tensions in Syria, over 5,000 Christian pilgrims from nearly 100 nations will descend on Jerusalem for the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem’s annual celebration of the Feast of Tabernacles. The festival begins Friday evening (20 September) in Ein Gedi at the Oasis Hotel and continues to Jerusalem’s International Convention Center for…
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Fundamentally transforming America
By VICTOR SHARPE, RENEW AMERICA— With the de facto capitulation of President Obama and Secretary of State Kerry over Syria, and with Russian President Putin now very much in control and humiliating the United States in the pages of the New York Times, the towering peril to the world is now the re-invigorated Russian support…
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Get in your succah
By DAVID LAZARUS, ISRAEL TODAY— As I sit down to write this article on the eve of Succoth, the Feast of Tabernacles, five more “urgent warnings” pop up in my inbox concerning the situation in Syria. With Obama and Putin now ratcheting up the rhetoric over the Mideast, some are even prophesying that World War…
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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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