Video: Archeology proves the Bible is true
The discoveries of archaeology since the mid-1800s have demonstrated the reliability and plausibility of the Bible narrative. The Bible is proven to be accurate and True!
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Drama in Israel as elections cancelled, unity gov't formed
By RYAN JONES: ISRAEL TODAY— In a dramatic turn of events, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced early Tuesday morning that early general elections tentatively scheduled for September 4 were cancelled, and that he had forged a unity government with the opposition Kadima Party. The move took the entire country and all but the few…
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Israel, against all odds
BY TED BELMAN, ISRAPUNDIT— God must love us or how else do you explain how we Jews overcame seemingly insurmountable odds, time and time again for the last 100 plus years, in establishing and growing a Jewish state. Although the Jews repeated in their prayers for two thousand years after the Romans destroyed their Temple…
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Israeli candidate runs for Congress in Texas
BY GIL HOFFMAN, JPOST– Hundreds of Israelis are running for a seat in the Knesset. Only one is running for a seat in Congress. Itamar Gelbman was born in New York 30 years ago and as a child moved with his parents to Herzliya, where he was raised. He studied business management and computer science…
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Oren: 'American Jews boycotting Israeli settlements is terribly wrong'
BY ISRAEL HAYOM STAFF — “Sometimes it seems that we, Israelis and American Jews, not only inhabit different countries but different universes, different realities,” Israel Ambassador to U.S. Michael Oren says • “At stake is nothing less than the unity of a Jewish people.” The divide separating American and Israeli Jews is growing, Israeli Ambassador…
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Why Israel is heading for elections
BY RON JAGER— Nuclear threats are growing as the Obama administration tacitly approves unsupervised nuclear enrichment, while missiles are being launched daily from the Gaza Strip on cities in Southern Israel. From the east, Israel faces an existential threat from Iran. From the north, Israel faces a strategic threat from Syria and from Iran’s proxy,…
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Wish I'd said that
“In a place where there are no men, strive to be a man.”—Great Talmudic teacher Hillel in Pirkei Avot.
Bibi v. Barry will be no contest this time around
BY JONATHAN TOBIN, COMMENTARY— With the approval of the outgoing Knesset, Israel is moving toward early elections that will send its people to the polls on September 4. The decision will allow a new government to be in place in advance of the U.S. presidential contest that will take place two months later. If Israeli…
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Spot Report: Academic Anti-Semitism
Think on this: “The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith. Some have wandered away from these and turned to meaningless talk. They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not know what they are talking about or what…
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Scripture reading for May 5, 2012
Torah:Leviticus 21:1 — 24:23 “Emor” (Say…) Haftorah: Ezekiel 44:15–31 New Testament: I Peter 2:4–10 Gospel: Matthew 24:1–35 “Betzeto” (He departed…)
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Triple play! Obama blows off Congress, funds Palestinians, lies about PA stance on Israel
BY ANDREW C. MCCARTHY, NATIONAL REVIEW— Friday night news dump: President Obama has decided to provide $192 million to the Palestinian Authority despite Congress’s freeze on PA funding after its president, Mahmoud Abbas, attempted to declare statehood unilaterally last September, in violation of the PA’s treaty commitments. Obama’s “waiver” of the restrictions on Congress’s Palestinian…
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Israel's move towards early vote may shelve attack on Iran
BY EDMUND SANDERS, LA TIMES— Israel’s move toward early elections is the latest sign that its threatened attack against Iran’s nuclear facilities is unlikely to take place in the coming months. Though no final decision has been made about moving up national elections slated for next year, the Knesset, or parliament, is talking about dissolving…
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What the evangelicals give the Jews
BY MICHAEL MEDVED, COMMENTARY— Many Jewish voters this November will find themselves at a crossroads: Will they accept their deep disappointment with Barack Obama and vote for his reelection, or will they overcome their own discomfort with Christian evangelicals and vote for the Republican candidate? The irrepressible argument about the appropriate relationship between the Jewish…
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Another rare Bible find in Jerusalem dig
BY WND— Jerusalem archaeologists digging in the remains of the closest building to the First Temple yet excavated announced today the discovery of a seal bearing the name Matanyahu, or Mattaniah, as it is rendered in most English-language Bibles. According to the Israel Antiquities Authority, the “remains of a building dating to the end of…
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What connects Israelis to Israel?
BY SEGI MALAMED,TRAVELUJAH— Living in the gentle hills of Hoshaya near to ancient Sepphoris in the Galilee, outside the hustle and bustle of central Israel, Segi Malamed remains quite attuned to the pulse of the country. His blog below provides an insightful perspective on the current state of the Israeli consciousness. During Passover vacation I…
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Google autocomplete: Shades of IBM
BY SHOSHANA BRYEN, THE TIMES OF ISRAEL– Readers of Edwin Black’s chilling bestseller “IBM and the Holocaust” know that IBM was collecting data on Jews in Europe for Nazi Germany. Not just names, but whole families structures, addresses, business holdings, bank accounts, occupations, and language skills were tabulated on Hollerith machines. Beginning with census information…
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BY ELAD BENARI, ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS— A British supermarket chain is extending a boycott of goods from Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria and will now shun any supplier known to source from these areas. In a statement released Saturday and quoted by AFP, the Co-Operative Group said, “Following an audit of the Group’s supply…
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