BY JAN WILLEM VAN DER HOEVEN, ICZC— For the Lord has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling place: “This is My resting place forever; Here I will dwell, for I have desired it. (Psalm 132:13-14) With all the emphasis among some quarters both Jewish as well as Christian that the Messiah can…
DetailsBY ISRAEL INSIDER— Daniel Halper, writing in the Weekly Standard, reports that “at 3:22 p.m., I posted this photo of Vice President Joe Biden and Shimon Peres, with an accompanying caption that indicated it had been taken last year in Jerusalem, Israel: The point of posting the photo was to show that, although the State…
DetailsBY SAMARA GREENBERG, JEWISH POLICY CENTER— Members of the Palestinian movements Fatah and Hamas met in Cairo over the weekend to discuss the implementation of their Egyptian-brokered reconciliation pact signed in May that has largely stalled. To “revive the reconciliation,” as Fatah representative Azzam Al-Ahmad put it, the two sides have agreed to a mutual…
DetailsBY FRANK MEIR LOEWENBERG, WINNIPEG JEWISH REVIEW— A demand to implement the UN Partition Plan of 1947 is one of the options the Palestinians are studying in the wake of Washington’s decision to veto their request for statehood in September, according to Nabil Shaath, ex-Palestinian Foreign Minister and now Fatah commissioner for international relations. He…
DetailsJerusalem Connection now has a more powerful way for you to connect with us! We are on Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube! What can you expect by connecting with us on these social networking sites? • You’ll find information on all things Israel (news, videos, events, and commentary) • You’ll find information on all things related…
DetailsCharles H. Spurgeon and the restoration of IsraelCharles Spurgeon is one of history’s most influential orators and theologians. Though he died 56 years before the birth of the modern state of Israel, the return of the Jews to the land of their covenant was something he foretold many times in his sermons Stuffed TomatoesThe word…
DetailsThe 9th of Av has historically been a tragic day for the Jewish people. However, this day will ultimately become a day of joy and celebration. Yishai Fleisher explores the origin and meaning of the 9th of Av in this original short film. He emphasizes the special hope for the future born in the current…
DetailsThink on this! “I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never stop doing good to them, and I will inspire them to fear me, so that they will never turn away from me. I will rejoice in doing them good and will nost assuredly plant them in this land withall my…
DetailsBY ARIEH O’SULLIVAN, THE MEDIA LINE— Diplomatic momentum is building on the Bashar Assad regime as it ratchets up its four-month military crackdown, but the Syrian president shows no signs of being in the mood to listen, analysts say. “Whether he is in a mood to listen or not doesn’t matter. Everyone else is in…
DetailsBY NAVIT ZOMER, YNET— Israeli exports to China totaled more than $1 billion in the first half of 2011 – a 33% increase compared to the same period last year. China is ranked fourth on the list of Israel’s export destinations – up six spots compared to 2009. The number of exporters to China has…
DetailsAs the Bible said it would, Jerusalem has become a cup of controversy on the global stage today (Zech. 12:2-3). RIGHT NOW… there are increasing threats from many nations against God’s covenant city, there are escalating tensions surrounding the inhabitants of the land of Israel, and there are ever-increasing global repercussions for all mankind because…
Detailsby YORAM ETTINGER — Israel HaYom — Contrary to conventional wisdom, the Palestinian issue is not a primary Middle East concern. Pro-Western oil-producing Persian Gulf leaders are traumatized by the lethal Iranian nuclear threat, by a raging Arab street of their own and by a potential Iraqi earthquake in the aftermath of the U.S. troop…
DetailsBY CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— In the wake of Anders Breivik’s massacre of his fellow Norwegians, I was amazed at the speed with which the leftist media throughout the US and Europe used his crime as a means of criminalizing their ideological opponents on the Right. Just hours after Breivik’s identity was reported, leftist media outlets…
DetailsBY FRANK GAFFNEY— As the nation mourns the loss in combat of thirty of its military heroes – including 22 members of the Navy’s elite SEAL Team 6 – in Afghanistan over the weekend, the question inevitably occurs: What are we fighting for that justifies this latest among so much sacrifice in that distant, backwards…
DetailsBY JONATHAN SCHANZER, NY POST– Palestinian leaders are publicly calling for nonviolence in massive protests planned for next month — but another intifada may well be in the cards. The Palestinian Authority seeks UN recognition of it as a state — a resolution that America is expected to veto, based on the belief that Palestinian…
DetailsThe 9th of Av has historically been a tragic day for the Jewish people. However, this day will ultimately become a day of joy and celebration. Yishai Fleisher explores the origin and meaning of the 9th of Av in this original short film. He emphasizes the special hope for the future born in the current…
DetailsBY ZE’EV JABOTINSKY, AFSI— As this day of mourning, Tisha B’Av, approaches, it is fitting to read the words of a great prophet and Zionist, Ze’ev Jabotinsky, as he pleaded with the Jews of Poland 73 years ago to save themselves from the certain death that Hitler was planning for them. In addition to seeing…
DetailsBY ARUTZ 7— The fast of Tisha B’Av, the “saddest” day in the Jewish calendar, begins Monday evening at sundown and ends Tuesday night. Its name literally means “the ninth day of Av,” the date of some of the gravest tragedies to have befallen the Jewish People. Tisha B’Av is a day of lamentations that…
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