BY ELLIOTT ABRAMS— From time to time come reminders that the disease of anti-Semitism remains deeply embedded and very widespread in Europe. Some of these are predictable, coming from the extreme right or extreme left, but once in a while comes a reminder that deserves special attention. Yesterday the Israeli newspaper Haaretz published a story…
DetailsBY GABE KAHN, ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS— An Iranian envoy voiced hope on Monday that talks with the UN nuclear watchdog in mid-May would help resolve “outstanding issues.” However, Iran’s ambassador to the Vienna-based IAEA, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, again ruled out any halt to Tehran’s controversial uranium enrichment program. The International Atomic Energy Agency said on…
DetailsBY CON COUGHLIN, THE TELEGRAPH— One of the great strengths of the Israeli state, which sets it apart from all its neighbours in the Middle East, is its vibrant democracy, which is far more likely to hold its politicians to account than outside critics who have no idea about the complexities of the country’s internal…
DetailsBY GILL HOFFMAN, JPOST— An overwhelming majority of Israelis would support America leading an international consortium of air forces in a military strike on Iran if sanctions and diplomatic talks fail, according to a Smith Research poll sponsored by The Jerusalem Post. Editor-in-chief Steve Linde announced the results of the survey at The Jerusalem Post…
DetailsBY JOSHUA MITNICK, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR— Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signaled on Sunday for the first time that he is liable to move up Israel’s elections from next year to this year to take advantage of his lead in opinion polls over the country’s fractured opposition. Though Mr. Netanyahu’s record of sounding the alarm…
DetailsBY RYAN JONES, ISRAEL TODAY— Israel on Monday collectively mourned the passing of Benzion Netanyahu, scholar, Zionist leader, and father of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He was 102. Unsurprising considering his age, Benzion Netanyahu was around for the rebirth of the Jewish state, and played a leading role in that miraculous episode. Benzion Netanyahu was…
Details“Um, What is a Kugel?” When I first asked this question at a Sabbath dinner, it was like I had just stamped the letters “G-E-N-T-I-L-E” on my forehead. As it turns out, kugels are as common in a Jewish Ashkenazi kitchen as jambalaya is in my Louisiana home. Kugels are baked puddings, usually with egg…
DetailsBY RON JAGER— Obama’s support of the Islamic Brotherhood in Egypt during the “Arab Spring” has created a majority for Islamic organizations in the Egyptian Parliament. Obama has created a Middle Eastern political environment that has taken Egypt’s recent modernization back 1000 years. This by the way is typical of Obama’s foreign policy “accomplishments” who…
Details“Um, What is a Kugel?” When I first asked this question at a Sabbath dinner, it was like I had just stamped the letters “G-E-N-T-I-L-E” on my forehead. As it turns out, kugels are as common in a Jewish Ashkenazi kitchen as jambalaya is in my Louisiana home. Kugels are baked puddings, usually with egg…
DetailsBY RACHEL HIRSHFELD, ARUTZ 7 J Street said that in the event that war broke out involving Israel, it would not necessarily support the Jewish state. At this week’s meeting of the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC), J Street’s regional director said that in the event that war broke out involving Israel, J Street would…
DetailsIntroduction by Andrew D. Robinson, Senior Pastor of Hazel Grove Full Gospel Church Report by Paul Wilkinson, Associate Minister of Hazel Grove Full Gospel Church Just over a year ago Hazel Grove Full Gospel Church produced ‘Prophets Who Prophecy Lies in my Name’: Christian Palestinianism and the Anti-Israel Crusade,’ a publication which charts the nature…
DetailsIntroduction by Andrew D. Robinson, Senior Pastor of Hazel Grove Full Gospel Church Report by Paul Wilkinson, Associate Minister of Hazel Grove Full Gospel Church Just over a year ago Hazel Grove Full Gospel Church produced ‘Prophets Who Prophecy Lies in my Name’: Christian Palestinianism and the Anti-Israel Crusade,’ a publication which charts the nature…
DetailsIn most countries with a record of human rights violations, vulnerable minorities are the typical victims. This has not been the case in Jordan where a Palestinian majority has been discriminated against by the ruling Hashemite dynasty, propped up by a minority Bedouin population, from the moment it occupied Judea and Samaria during the 1948…
Details“It was my father who taught me that those who are unfamiliar with the past cannot understand the present and those who cannot understand present cannot see what lies ahead.”—Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking about his father–a great Zionist and historian–who died this week at the age of 102
DEBKAFILE— US Navy, Air Force, ground, intelligence and special forces units based at home, in Europe and the Middle East, took part this week in a special exercise ordered by President Barack Obama to simulate reactions to a potential US-Israel strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, debkafile’s exclusive military and Washington sources report. Sunday, April 22,…
DetailsBY GIULIO MEOTTI, YNET— Veteran CBS News anchor Bob Simon just reported on the Palestinian Christians, indicting Israel’s “occupation” as responsible for their dramatic disappearance. The 60 Minutes story caused Israel tremendous PR damage. Yet largely ignored by Western media, a systematic campaign of Muslim persecution against the Christians is taking place in Palestinian areas.…
DetailsTorah: Leviticus 19:1–20:27, “K’doshim” (Holy Ones…) Haftorah: Ezekiel 20:2–20, 22:1–19 New Testament: I Peter 1:13–16 Gospel: Matthew 24:36 — 44, “Aval et hayom” (But of that Day..)
DetailsThink on this! “Men of Issachar, who understood the times and knew what Israel should do.”… “You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.”… “Surely Yahweh Almighty does nothing without revealing his plans to his servants the prophets.” (I Chronicles 12:32; Matthew 16:3; Amos…
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