Dear friends of The Jerusalem Connection, The question I am continually hearing these days is – actually there are two questions: • Is our elected leadership & the economic downturn we face a sign of God’s judgment on America, and • Is the Messiah coming soon? Let me speak to the second question first. I say…
Details“The crucial element determining the success or failure of American policy is the fate of Israel.”—-Ronald Reagan
DetailsBY REUTERS— Israel has blamed a Palestinian faction, the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC), of launching attacks along its border with Egypt that killed seven Israelis on Thursday. Within hours of the assault, the IAF struck back at the PRC, which is based in Gaza, killing five of its members, including the leader and his lieutenant.…
DetailsBY AVI ISSACHAROFF, HAARETZ— The rocket attacks on southern Israel continued Saturday in areas near Be’er Sheva and in the communities surrounding the Gaza Strip. One person was lightly wounded by a rocket that landed in an open area near Be’er Sheva, while seven others received medical attention either for sustaining wounds while seeking shelter,…
DetailsThink on this! “What advantage, then is there in being a Jew? … Much in every way! First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God.” … “Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory, the covenants, the receiving of the Law, the temple worship and the promises. Theirs…
DetailsBY ELAD BENARI, ARUTZ 7— Hamas’ military wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, called off a ceasefire with Israel late Friday, Hamas’ Al-Aqsa radio reported. According to the report, which was quoted by the Bethlehem-based Ma’an news agency, Hamas will allow terror factions in Gaza to respond to Israeli attacks in the Strip. Those ‘attacks’ come in…
DetailsBY CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— Israeli military preparedness follows a depressing pattern. The IDF does not change its assessments of the strategic environment until Israeli blood runs in the streets. In Judea and Samaria, from 1994 through 2000, the army closed its eyes to the Palestinian security forces’ open, warm and mutually supportive ties to terror…
DetailsBY ILAN BERMAN, FORBES.COM— On August 18th, after months of dithering, President Obama finally took a firm stand on the unrest roiling Syria when he announced that “the time has come for President Asad to step aside.” By doing so, the United States has belatedly brought itself in line with the growing number of nations…
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DetailsBY ILANA CURIEL, YNET— A woman injured in one of Thursday’s terror attacks recalled the moments of horror from her hospital bed, saying she pretended to be dead after terrorists fired at the car her husband was driving in order to escape being shot at again. “I couldn’t move because I was afraid that the…
DetailsBY CHANA YA’AR— When Arab terrorists chalk up their day’s “victory” against Israeli civilians they will be able to count two young children, ages 4 and 7, among Thursday’s wounded. Two people died in the attacks against Egged Bus # 392 from Mitzpe Ramon to Eilat along with a following second bus. Four others were…
DetailsBY JPOST— Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Thursday responded to terror attacks in the South that killed seven and wounded dozens more, saying, “Those who think Israel will accept attacks on its citizens is wrong.” Netanyahu said that the attacks on Israel from Sinai in Egypt constituted an attempt to raise the level of terror.…
DetailsBY GIL HOFFMAN, JPOST As the Palestinian Authority prepares to ask the United Nations General Assembly to declare a Palestinian state unilaterally, a pressure campaign began Wednesday asking Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to unilaterally annex the West Bank. The campaign is the brainchild of Likud MK Danny Danon, who has sponsored a bill that would begin the…
DetailsHere’s the Scripture reading for August 20, 2011 Torah: Deuteronomy 7:12 – 11:25 “Eikev” (Because) Haftorah: Isaiah 49:14 – 51:3 New Testament: Romans 8:31 – 39 Gospel: Matthew 4:1 – 11 “Hovelah HaRuach” (Led by the Spirit)
DetailsBY DENNIS PRAGER— There is only one solution to the world’s problems, only one prescription for producing a near-heaven on earth. It is 3,000 years old. And it is known as the Ten Commandments. Properly understood and applied, the Ten Commandments are really all humanity needs to make a beautiful world. While modern men and…
DetailsBY CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— The Palestinians’ decision to place the issue of establishing a Palestinian state before the United Nations for a vote next month repudiates the principles of the 1993 Oslo peace framework, through which the Palestinian Authority was formed out of the PLO. The Oslo framework dictated that the final status of Judea,…
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