BY JPOST— Kidnapped soldier Gilad Schalit, who has been held in captivity by Hamas for more than five years, will likely be back in Israel by next Wednesday evening, Israel Radio reported Thursday. Schalit negotiator David Meidan will head to Cairo in the coming days to conclude the details of the deal struck between Israel…
Detailsby Jim Hutchens “Concerning the coming of our LORD Jesus Christ and our being gathered to Him … Do not let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the apostasy occurs and the Man of Sin is revealed.” Events that must occur before Jesus returns: 1. The Man of…
Details“If you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly, you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with the all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival” – W.S. Churchill, 1949
BY RYAN MAURRO, FRONTPAGEMAG— The Obama Administration is accusing the Iranian regime of being behind a foiled plot to kill the Saudi ambassador on U.S. soil and to bomb the Saudi and Israeli embassies. The Iranians sought to use the Mexican drug cartels as cover, allowing them to wage war while hidden in the shadows.…
DetailsAfter more than a year in the protest tent in Jerusalem, the Shalit family on Wednesday evening returned to their home in Mitzpe Hila, in order to prepare for their son’s return after five years in Hamas captivity. Noam Shalit, Gilad’s father, refused to speak with reporters, and only said: “We are happy to come…
DetailsBY JEFF JACOBY, BOSTON GLOBE— Have you ever seen a pogrom? Sarah Carr has. “The Coptic Hospital tried its best to deal with the sudden influx of casualties,” wrote Carr, a Cairo-based journalist and blogger, in her firsthand account of Sunday’s deadly attack on Christian protesters by the Egyptian military. “Its floors were sticky with blood…
DetailsBY RON BEN-YISHAI, YNET— The military impasse, the stands taken by the Shin Bet and the Mossad, Hamas elasticizing its stance, the Arab Spring and the Palestinian bid in the UN – all of these contributed to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to present the cabinet with the current Shalit deal, which would bring about…
DetailsBy KHALED ABU TOAMEH AND REUTERS— Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal hailed a deal with Israel to release 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Schalit a “national achievement” for Palestinians. Meshaal said in a televised statement that 450 prisoners would be released within a week, with the rest being freed in two…
DetailsBY CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— On Sunday night, Egyptian Copts staged what was supposed to be a peaceful vigil at Egypt’s state television headquarters in Cairo. The 1,000 Christians represented the ancient Christian community of some 8 million whose presence in Egypt predates the establishment of Islam by several centuries. They gathered in Cairo to protest…
DetailsGilad Shalit is now twenty-five years old. The last line in the video says: “Don’t let this be the last picture in the album.” Below is a prayer for the safe return of kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit. It was composed by Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel, Shlomo Amar. Psalm readings: Psalm 70, 13, 142, and…
DetailsJoin us on a journey through one of the most beautiful, and diverse areas in Israel. See how history has come full circle in the hills of modern Samaria!
BY AP– Several hundred Christians pelted police with rocks outside a Cairo hospital Monday in fresh clashes the day after 24 people died in riots that grew out of a Christian protest against a church attack. Sunday’s sectarian violence was the worst in Egypt since the uprising that ousted Hosni Mubarak in February. Egyptian Prime…
DetailsBY YAEL ZOLDEN, AISH— When the air cooled and the leaves turned, we moved into our sukkah. It was a tiny canvas hut, six feet square with nothing to recommend it. No window, no running water, no heater, no proper door to keep the bugs away. It was a terrible inconvenience really, running back and…
DetailsBY YAEL ZOLDEN, AISH— When the air cooled and the leaves turned, we moved into our sukkah. It was a tiny canvas hut, six feet square with nothing to recommend it. No window, no running water, no heater, no proper door to keep the bugs away. It was a terrible inconvenience really, running back and…
DetailsBY DANNY AYALON— During the past few months, Israel’s purported growing isolation has been the subject of much discussion. It is far from the truth, and it is ironic that this debate has taken place during an effective Israeli challenge to the long-standing paradigm of the Palestinians using the United Nations as a “rubber stamp”…
DetailsBY RYAN JONES, ISRAEL TODAY— It was only a matter of time before activists involved in the “Occupy Wall Street” economic demonstrations began to blame “the Jews” for America’s financial woes. A YouTube video making the rounds over the weekend showed one such activist holding up a sign that read “Hitler’s Bankers – Wall St”…
DetailsThink on this! “If I forget you O Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill. May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not consider Jerusalem my highest joy.”…”Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the…
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