BY AMB. YORAM ETTINGER, NEW MEDIA JOURNAL— The US Administration is trying to reassure Congress that foreign aid to the Palestinian Authority (PA) is a key to peaceful coexistence with Israel. However, a current study of Abu Mazen’s and Salam Fayyad’s school text books – conducted by veterans of Israel’s Intelligence community – reaffirms that…
DetailsBY DAVID MEIR-LEVI, FRONGPAGEMAG.COM— Why the Jews? Short answer: The Jews gave the world the Ten Commandments, and the world has never forgiven them. Long answer: Many Jew-haters through the ages have tried to blame the Jews for Jew-hatred, asserting for example that the Jews are rich and therefore spark envy (while ignoring the obvious…
DetailsBY ELAD BENARI, ARUTZ 7— IAF aircraft targeted overnight Wednesday a weapons storage facility in the northern Gaza Strip as well as a smuggling tunnel and weapons manufacturing site in the southern Gaza Strip. The IDF Spokesperson said in a statement that direct hits were confirmed. The sites were targeted in response to the firing…
DetailsFor a suggested donation of $25 get this T-shirt with the seal of Jerusalem! The emblem of Jerusalem was designed in 1950-51 by Eliyahu Koren. The lion, shown rampant, represents the lion of Judah; the background represents the Western Wall; and the olive branch represents peace. The inscription above the crest is the Hebrew word…
DetailsThink on this! “Teacher we saw a man casting out demons in your name and we told him to stop, because he was not one of us. ‘Do not stop him,’ Jesus said. “No one who does a miracle in my name can in the next moment say anything bad about me, for whoever is…
DetailsBY ISRAEL MATZAV— Actor Jon Voight, who is here for the Glenn Beck rallies, had a blunt and correct assessment of the ‘Palestinians,’ which he shared at a Jerusalem Holocaust event on Monday night. “How have we come to a time when blowing up babies and cutting their throats are acceptable means to a…
DetailsBY DAVID BEDEIN, SDEROTMEDIA— Readers of the western media are cordially invited to share the following 220 words with anyone who thinks that a cease-fire is now taking place between Israel and its Islamic adversaries. Over the past few weeks, the western media and even the Jewish media have mistranslated the term “hudna” to mean…
DetailsBY GIL HOFFMAN, JPOST— American broadcaster Glenn Beck is not known for being particularly fond of Muslims, but he agreed to advance his Restoring Courage event in Jerusalem’s Old City Wednesday evening due to Ramadan prayers. Thousands of American Evangelical Christians are expected to attend Beck’s event at the Southern Wall excavation site near the…
DetailsBY RYAN MAURO, FRONTPAGEMAG— Gaza-based terrorist groups attacked Israel for four days before deciding it was time for a “temporary ceasefire” on Monday, though rockets continued to fall. The Israelis limited their response, keenly aware that a conflict could play into the hands of Syria and further deteriorate relations with Egypt. Israel finds itself in…
DetailsBY ISRAEL TODAY— There is mounting concern that the Palestinian statehood bid at the UN on September 20 could spark a massive Palestinian assault on Israel’s borders. Depending on how far Israeli soldiers are forced to go in defending themselves and the borders, the situation could quickly deteriorate into open warfare. To prepare young Israeli…
DetailsHere’s the Scripture reading for August 27, 2011 Torah: Deuteronomy 11:26 – 16:17 “Re’eh” (See!) Haftorah: Isaiah 54:11 – 55:5 New Testament: II Corinthians 9:6 – 15 Gospel: John 7:37 – 52 “Me Shetzme” (Whoever thirsts)
DetailsBY NOAM BEDEIN, ARUTZ 7— On Sunday morning, August 21, I traveled to Ashdod – a 20 minute drive from Tel Aviv – two days after the fifth-largest city in the country was hit by seven Iranian Grad rockets fired from Gaza. More than 100 missiles, rockets, and mortar shells were fired at Israel since…
DetailsBY ZEV CHAFETS— In its long slog through history, the Jewish caravan has acquired a lot of improbable and colorful camp followers, from Bulan, king of the Khazars, to Marilyn Monroe and Madonna. Lately, conservative commentator and former Fox News TV personality Glenn Beck has joined their ranks. This week, he’s setting up his tent…
DetailsBY TZVI BEN GEDALYAHU, ARUTZ 7— The government of Israel, led by an urban elite with its buried head in the sand of Tel Aviv’s coast, lacks the faith of King David, who was not afraid of the Biblical terrorist Goliath. The “men of Israel” were afraid of Goliath and “when they saw the man,…
DetailsBY YAAKOV KATZ, JPOST— One of the main reasons that Israel appeared to be shying away on Sunday from significantly escalating its military response to the continued rocket fire from the Gaza Strip and launching Operation Cast Lead II was the absence of diplomatic support in Egypt for such an operation. The understanding in Israel…
DetailsDear 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…
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