By Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute— Iran’s Islamist proxies in the Arab world have resurfaced to condemn last week’s normalization agreement between Israel and Morocco just as they did with similar accords reached in the past few months with the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Sudan. As usual, the Islamists and their patrons in Tehran,…
DetailsBy Earl Cox, Israel Always—- Despite COVID having crashed much of the tourism-based economy of Israel, serious incidences of anti-Semitism on the rise around the world to include in America’s wholesome heartland of Boise, Idaho, certain sectors of Israel are continuing to flourish. Israeli scientists, entrepreneurs and developers never stop looking for ways to make…
DetailsBy Yoram Ettinger, Ettinger Report— The Palestinian conflict did not erupt in 1967, nor in 1948. In November 1917, the Balfour Declaration called for the establishment of “a national home for the Jewish People” in Palestine, which was the accepted international name of the Land of Israel since the 5th century BCE. The declaration, by…
DetailsBy Amichai Attali, Ynetnews— Looking at the events of the last few days in Israel, one can’t help but feel horrified and discouraged. Our lives have recently been taken over by a few dozen ministers and their hundred of thousands of supporters, who together are pushing the country – and with it all of us…
DetailsBy Gil Hoffman, JPost— The deadline for passing the 2020 state budget and avoiding early elections is Tuesday night at midnight and not Wednesday night at midnight as originally thought, the Knesset’s spokesman announced on Wednesday. The Knesset legal adviser ruled that the December 23 deadline for passing the budget, which was set in a…
DetailsBy Amy Zewe— Thank you all for your continued viewership and support for The Jerusalem Connection Report where we work hard to support the Jewish people worldwide and the Jewish homeland established as the modern state of Israel. Over the last several years our organization has partnered with other Christian organizations who have Zionism as…
DetailsParashat Vayetzei “And He Went Out” Genesis 28:10 – 32:3 By M.H. Boli In this passage Jacob, fleeing from the struggle in his home against his brother, is engaged in a second struggle with his uncle. The cause is not a birthright, but a beautiful daughter. Jacob sees his cousin Rachel for the first time…
DetailsBy David Rosenberg, Israel National News— A bill to dissolve the 23rd Knesset and force early elections is being held up in the Knesset by Likud lawmakers, who have used parliamentary procedures to force repeated delays on the bill’s vote in the Knesset plenum. On December 2nd, the Knesset voted 61 to 54 to giving…
DetailsParashat Vayishlach (And He Sent) Genesis 32:4 – 36:43 By M. H. Boli The nation of Israel was born out of struggle. From the womb, Jacob was engaged in a struggle with his brother for the birthright. He cheated, prevailed, and fled his home. Then, for seven years, he was engaged in a second struggle…
DetailsBy ICEJ Staff— Over recent weeks, the USA Branch of the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem gathered over 400 pastors and Christian leaders for an informative series of webinars discussing the explosive growth of anti-Semitism in the United States. Organized in collaboration with eight other organizations under the banner of the American Christian Leaders for Israel…
DetailsBy Khaled Abu Toameh, JPost— In the context of his effort to improve Palestinian relations with the Arab countries, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas began a two-day visit to Qatar, where he met on Monday with the country’s emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. Abbas’s visit, the first since November 2019, comes in the…
DetailsBy Israel National News— Israel’s coronavirus vaccination program is set to kick off next Sunday, and the first people in the country to be vaccinated – in front of the cameras – will be the Prime Minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, and the Health Minister, Yuli Edelstein, Kan News reports. Netanyahu will become the first world leader…
DetailsBy Jeannie Law, Christian Post— Friends of TJCR: Save 15% off of your first Artza order with code TJCRARTZA A holiday subscription box by Artza is bringing the Holy Land into the homes of people all over the world who aren’t able to visit Israel due to COVID-19 travel restrictions. The gift boxes contain food,…
DetailsToday I interviewed Arlene Bridges Samuels. Arlene pioneered Christian outreach for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). After she served nine years on AIPAC’s staff, International Christian Embassy Jerusalem USA engaged her as Outreach Director part-time for their project, American Christian Leaders for Israel. Arlene is now an author at The Blogs-Times of Israel.…
DetailsBy Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN Israel— The imposing 15-foot-high bronze menorah that stands like a sentinel outside Israel’s Knesset Building has long been a tourist favorite. A photo op in front of this extraordinary candelabrum offers a lasting memory for groups or lone visitors who pose before Israel’s official national symbol. The magnificent seven-branch Knesset…
DetailsBy Israel Hayom— Likud MK Gideon Sa’ar, the leading rival of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu inside the ruling Likud party, announced on Tuesday that he was breaking away to form a new political party ahead of elections expected early next year. In a statement broadcast on national television, Sa’ar said that Netanyahu had bungled the…
DetailsSince schools, including universities and colleges, are working largely online with their students with very limited in-person events, is the gathering and collaborating sinister powers the propagate anti-Israel, anti-Zionism and as a result, Anti-Semitism at all at bay during these difficult times? Remote, virtual, or in-person, the virus of hate seems to spread in any…
DetailsBy Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN— Former President Barack Obama has penned a 728-page memoir, A Promised Land, that was released on November 17 and has already amassed record-breaking sales in its first week: 1.7 million copies. Lauded for its eloquent use of language, the book nonetheless has engendered criticism regarding Israel—and I’d like to add…
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