By KHALED ABU TOAMEH, GATESTONE— After repeated delays, Palestinians in the West Bank are scheduled to hold local elections on October 20 for 245 village councils and 98 municipalities. In recent weeks, the Fatah leadership has been working hard to ensure that its candidates win the local elections. Since the first free and democratic Palestinian…
DetailsBy DANIEL MCCABE— “Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.” Luke 14:23 As the youngest of four growing up in the piney woods of northeast Texas I lived in the shadow of my older brother and sisters. Going through Sunday School classes and…
DetailsBy GIL HOFFMAN, JPOST— Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced early elections on Tuesday evening, saying they must be held “as soon as possible.” In a televised press conference, Netanyahu said that following meetings with coalition partners earlier in the day, he had come to the conclusion that the current Knesset would not be possible to…
DetailsTorah: Genesis 1:1 — 6:8, “B’ resheet” (In the beginning …) Haftorah: Isaiah 43:5 — 43:10 New Testament: Hebrews 9:11 — 14 Gospel: John 1:1 — 5, “B’ resheet hayah hadaber,” (In the beginning was the Word …)
DetailsBy YITZHAK BENHORIN, YNET— Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney assailed President Barack Obama’s foreign policy in a speech Monday, saying the risk of conflict in the Middle East has grown under the president’s leadership. With his speech at the Virginia Military Institute, Romney hoped to undo a string of foreign policy stumbles, taking aim at…
DetailsBy JOSEPH PUDER, FRONTPAGMAG— The U.S., along with the European Union and Israel, considers the Palestinian Hamas regime ensconced in Gaza a terrorist organization primarily because of its use of suicide bombers and its covenant which vows to replace Israel with a Palestinian Islamist state by force of arms. Hamas refuses to recognize Israel’s right…
DetailsBy DANIEL PIPES— Mitt Romney gave a generally fine speech today on the Middle East. Sensibly, he criticized the Obama administration for its Benghazi shenanigans, for the “daylight” with Israel, fecklessness vis-à-vis Tehran, and the cuts in military spending. Very justifiably, he called it “time to change course in the Middle East.” But I worry…
DetailsBy GIULIO MEOTTI, ARUTZ 7— Warning against wearing a prayer shawl has become a common practice in Europe, where today Jews hide their own identity and sidle along the walls like snakes. Can Israel accept that this happens on Judaism’s most holy site, the Temple Mount? Excepting that of Likud faction leader Moshe Feiglin, their…
DetailsBy YAAKOV LAPPIN, GATESTONE— As Israel’s military watches Syrian sovereignty crumble and scores of militant groups form in the resulting vacuum, it is on alert for jihadi terrorist attacks from Syria. The working assumption in Israeli defense circles is that sooner or later, Assad will fall, and Israel will have to deal with whatever will…
DetailsBy ISRAEL HAYOM-— Several Israeli warplanes violated Lebanon’s airspace Sunday, according to Lebanese media outlets, flying over the country’s southern region and setting off sonic booms in a possible response to Saturday’s violation of Israeli airspace by an unmanned drone which Israel has speculated was launched by Hezbollah. Residents in the eastern area of south…
DetailsThink on this: “I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people— for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all people to be saved…
DetailsWelcome to our online book store where you can find a great selection of excellent reading. All of our products are for a suggested donation so the proceeds help support our ministry and work for Israel. Free shipping on everything! Prophetic Destinies: Who is Israel? Who is the Church? by Derek Prince Derek Prince has…
DetailsBy CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s legal term in office expired nearly four years ago. But his supporters don’t care. In Israel, Washington and throughout the world, Abbas’s supporters extol the authoritarian as a great moderate. In 2002, desperately searching for a face for the Palestinians that wasn’t Yassir Arafat’s face, the…
DetailsBy MEIR OHAYON, YNET— A man suffered fatal gunshot injuries Friday after a US national opened fire inside the lobby of Leonardo Club Hotel in Eilat. The gunman, who was fired from his job on Thursday, is believed to have arrived at the hotel to avenge his dismissal, according to the police. The victim has…
Details“God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: It is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.”-–CS Lewis
By JOANNA PARASZCZUK, JPOST— Hojjat al-Eslam Ali Shirazi, the representative of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to the Islamic Republic’s Qods Force, said this week that Iran needed just “24 hours and an excuse” to destroy Israel. In his first public interview in a year, reported in the Persian-language Jahan News, which is close…
DetailsThe Republican Jewish Coalition presents “Perilous Times,” a mini-documentary in which Israeli experts and everyday citizens candidly discuss their concerns about the U.S.-Israel relationship under Pres. Obama. “Please share it with everyone you know who is planning to vote for this man again next month. I don’t want anyone to have the excuse that they…
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