By ILAN BERMAN, USA TODAY— Monday night’s debate on foreign policy between President Obama and his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, saw plenty of tactical agreement on issues such as strengthening sanctions against Iran and the need for a U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. But at least one topic — how America should approach the Middle East…
DetailsWe need to be totally clear on why a nuclear Iran would be a disaster for the world. Iran has a plan to destroy the West and its number one target is America.
By RABBI TULY WEISZ, ISRAEL 365— I met an elderly Christian lady in Atlanta last year whose words still ring loudly in my head. The frail but feisty lady had a cast on her arm and so I told her I hoped she feels better soon and may God bless her. Without missing a beat,…
DetailsBy HILARY LEILA KRIEGER, JPOST— During the debate, which was devoted to foreign policy, both candidates said they would stand by Israel should it be attacked by Iran. “If Israel is attacked, America will stand with Israel,” US President Barack Obama said when asked that question by moderator Bob Schieffer. GOP challenger Mitt Romney echoed…
DetailsBy AP— Former US President Jimmy Carter said Monday during a visit to Jerusalem that the prospect of an Israel-Palestinian peace accord is “vanishing,” blaming Israeli settlement of the West Bank. Carter, a longtime critic of Israeli policies, called the current situation “catastrophic” and blamed Israel for the growing isolation of east Jerusalem from the…
DetailsBy CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST The operational, intelligence and political fiascos that led to and followed the September 11 jihadist assault on the US Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, all derive from the same problem. That problem is the failure of US President Barack Obama’s conceptual framework for understanding the Middle East. The Islamic revolutionary wave sweeping…
DetailsBy RON JAGER– The popular ultra-Orthodox Israeli politician Aryeh Deri is preparing a comeback after a 13-year hiatus that included a prison term for accepting bribes. The charismatic Deri, 53, was a rising young star who transformed Shas from a small, niche party into a major factor in Israeli politics before he went to prison.…
DetailsIt’s time to see Jerusalem proud again upon the mountain of Hashem. Official music video from the title song of Yaakov Shwekey’s new album.
DetailsBy NEWSMAX— Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he didn’t know about any U.S. plans to talk bilaterally with Iran, saying tougher sanctions and a “credible military option” were the best ways to peacefully halt Tehran’s nuclear program. The White House had earlier denied a New York Times report that Washington and Tehran had…
DetailsTorah: Genesis 12:1 — 17:27, “Lech Lecha” (God forth, yourself! …) Haftorah: Isaiah 40:27 — 41:16 New Testament: Romans 4:1 — 25 Gospel: John 8:31 — 41 “Eeem ta’amdu” (If you abide …)
DetailsBy SHELLEY NEESE, JPOST— At 34 years of age, the Martin Luther of 1517 was a little known Augustinian monk plagued by thoughts of his own sins and failings. Luther, in his own words, suffered from an “extremely disturbed conscience.” When his private meditations on the scriptures revealed to him that righteousness was a gift…
DetailsBy PAT HUTCHENS, A rework of Imitation of Messiah by Thomas A. Kempis— Greatly beloved children of mine, highly favored sons and daughters, I will now show you a great mystery. Focus on it. Learn from it. Pay close attention as I show you the difference between nature and grace, because it is very important…
DetailsThink on this: “I will bring back my exiled people Israel; they will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit. I will plant Israel in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land I have…
DetailsBy RYAN JONES, ISRAEL TODAY— Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu finds himself under increasing pressure both for and against adopting a recent study concluding that the Jews have a legal and historical right to resettle Judea and Samaria. Judea and Samaria are, of course, the biblical heartland of ancient Israel, a region central to the…
DetailsBy Caroline Glick– November 5, the day before the US Presidential elections will be the third anniversary of the massacre of 13 US soldiers at Ft. Hood by Islamic terrorist, US Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan. The Obama administration has refused to acknowledged that the attack was a terrorist attack. The Defense Department has insisted…
DetailsBy ANNIE LUBIN, ARUTZ 7— The people of Gaza rejoiced Thursday, as they commemorated the one year anniversary of what they perceive as a victory — Israel’s freeing of 1,027 prisoners in exchange for the release of captured IDF soldier Gilad Shalit, held captive by terrorists for five years. As part of the celebration, Hamas’s…
DetailsBy PHILIPE ASSOULINE, TIMES OF ISRAEL— I first met Boshra Khalaila in the Spring of 2010, at the Ministry of Public Diplomacy’s offices in Jerusalem. She was 24 at the time. Like me, she’d been alarmed by the public relations debacle that followed the Gaza flotilla incident and had somehow found her way to the…
Details“It is manifestly right that the scattered Jews should have a national center and a national home and be reunited, and where else but in Palestine, with which for 3,000 years they have been intimately and profoundly associated.” –Winston Churchill, 1920
