Does Isaiah prophesy civil war in Egypt?

BY JOEL RICHARDSON, WND— With all eyes on the upcoming U.S. elections, few are paying attention to an astounding fulfillment of biblical prophecy that is beginning to unfold right in front of us all. With all of the changes taking place in the Middle East and particularly Egypt, many Egyptian Christians are paying very close…

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Does Isaiah prophesy civil war in Egypt?

BY JOEL RICHARDSON, WND— With all eyes on the upcoming U.S. elections, few are paying attention to an astounding fulfillment of biblical prophecy that is beginning to unfold right in front of us all. With all of the changes taking place in the Middle East and particularly Egypt, many Egyptian Christians are paying very close…

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Spot Report: Rabbis deny land of Israel?

Think on this: “On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram and said, ‘To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates.’” …”I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to…

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Wish I'd said that

“77% of the Bible that we Christians carry is the Hebrew Scriptures, and another 17% consists of books of the New Testament written by Jews. Only Luke and Acts, the remaining 6%, were written by a Gentile, Dr. Luke.”— Paul de Vries, PhD, president of NY Divinity School

Burgas bomber an Algerian-Swedish Islamist

By YITZHAK BENHORIN, YNET— Sweden denied Thursday reports in Bulgarian media suggesting that that Mehdi Ghezali, the suspected suicide bomber who executed the terror attack on Israeli tourists in Burgas, was a Swedish national. Bulgarian media named Ghezali as the terrorist saying he was an Algerian-Swedish Islamist who spent two years in Guantanamo Bay. “We…

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New Testament in the Knesset

By MICHAEL SELUTIN, ISRAEL TODAY— On Monday morning Knesset members opened their mailboxes and they appaled to find a New Testament inside. It was a leather-bound volume of the “Book of Testaments,” which combines the Old Testament and the New Testament in one. It was printed by the Bible Society-Israel. Some members were shocked and…

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Terror attack kills 5 Israelis in Bulgaria

By SAMARA GREENBERG, inCONTEXT— Six people were killed and dozens injured Wednesday in a terror attack directed against Israeli tourists in the resort city of Burgas, Bulgaria. The explosion occurred shortly after Israeli tourists boarded a bus at the airport after arriving from Tel Aviv. They were to be driven by four buses to hotels…

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Video: Modern history of Jerusalem

It is the firm belief of the Jerusalem Connection that every Christian should know and study the history of Israel. Israel’s story is a modern day miracle, a chance to see God’s hand actively at work in the world. His fidelity to the Jewish nation is lasting and true.

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Israel’s greatest asset and best friend

By EARL COX, JPOST— Since its reemergence as a nation in 1948, Israel has suffered opposition on nearly every level possible. It has been attacked repeatedly in the military arena by its Arab neighbors, in the public relations arena by the world media, in the political and diplomatic arenas by the United Nations and the…

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Israel's greatest asset and best friend

By EARL COX, JPOST— Since its reemergence as a nation in 1948, Israel has suffered opposition on nearly every level possible. It has been attacked repeatedly in the military arena by its Arab neighbors, in the public relations arena by the world media, in the political and diplomatic arenas by the United Nations and the…

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Anti-Semitism sweeping France

BY PETER MARTINO, GATESTONE— Early this month, the French weekly magazine Le Nouvel Observateur devoted a cover article and several other articles to the phenomenon of the rising anti-Semitism in France. The magazine referred to several incidents of anti-Jewish violence during the previous weeks. The Council of Jewish Institutions in France (CRIF) keeps track of…

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Anarchy surrounds Israel

BY DANIEL PIPES, NRO— Of Israel’s neighbors, Lebanon always stood out by virtue of its weak central government, but for the first twenty years, 1948-68, this did not present difficulties to Israel; only when the Palestinians created a state-within-a-state there did its anarchy became a major challenge to the Jewish state, as symbolized by the…

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U.S. House Votes to Strengthen Ties with Israel

By RACHEL HIRSHFELD, ARUTZ7– The United States House of Representatives approved legislation late Tuesday afternoon by voice vote that reaffirms U.S. strategic and military ties with Israel. The bill restates the U.S. commitment to supply Israel with arms to defend itself, and pledges to fight anti-Israel resolutions at the United Nations, The Hill reported. The…

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Akko's 2300 year old harbor exposed on the seabed

BY ELISA MOED, TRAVELUJAH— Israel’s Antiquity Authority announced a significant discovery today in Akko, the ancient port city that was home the Crusaders. The ancient harbor, considred the most important harbor in the country from the Hellenistic period was exposed on the seabed. Among the finds there: large mooring stones that were incorporated in the…

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Christians in Gaza forced to conversion

BY MICHAEL SELUTIN, ISRAEL TODAY— Christians in Gaza protested against the forced conversion of some of their brothers in faith. They claim that two members of their congregation were kidnapped and had to convert to Islam against their own will. However, the police in Gaza announced that they are accommodated in the house of a…

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Secretary Clinton visits Israel

BY ELLIOTT ABRAMS, CFR— Secretary of State Clinton is in Israel today, which is asurprising fact. According to several news sites, she has not visited there in two years. Secretary Condoleezza Rice visited there about 20 times, by my rough count. What accounts for this difference? Giventhe importance the United States usually places on the…

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