By Bret Stephens, Wall Street Journal I once got an angry letter from Baruch Goldstein’s father. Goldstein, remember, was an Israeli settler who in 1994 entered the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron and gunned down 29 Muslim worshippers. A decade later, I wrote a column for the Jerusalem Post in which I described Goldstein…
Detailsby Debkafile Prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu convened his inner cabinet Saturday night, March 12, to discuss the spiraling crisis with Washington and his first response. Debkafile’s military and Washington sources report: The Obama administration is considering withholding from Israel military items urgently needed in case of a flare-up of hostilities with Iran. This would further…
DetailsBy Maayana Miskin, Arutz Sheva The veteran United States-based Young Israel movement condemned U.S. Vice President Biden on Thursday, telling Biden to leave Jerusalem alone. The American vice president had condemned Israel’s decision to allow Jews to build in historic Jerusalem, in an area that has been annexed by Israel but is claimed by the…
DetailsBy Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu, Arutz Sheva Republican Party leaders attacked the Obama administration Monday with unusually harsh language, charging it with an “irresponsible” position against an ally. “In an effort to ingratiate our country with the Arab world, this administration has shown a troubling eagerness to undercut our allies and friends,” said the GOP’s only…
DetailsIsrael Initiative Update As part of our research on refugees around the world, we found an article about South Africa, where the high court of Cape town instructed to close a refugee camp in the town, as per the request of the municipality and UNHCR. The court’s ruling shows, once again, that when it comes…
DetailsBy Neil Snyder Fact 1: His Name is Yahweh God’s personal Name, Yahweh, is called the Divine Name and the Tetragrammaton, or four-letter word because it has four letters in Hebrew. Most Jewish people won’t say Yahweh. Instead, they say HASHEM—a Hebrew word that means “The Name”, or they say Adonai—the Hebrew word for Lord. …
DetailsBy Shofarhorn.com— The answer may seem quite obvious to some of you, but in reality this question has become quite a controversy in the Christian community over the past several years. As Christians have learned more about the history of each holiday, an increasing number of Christians have been choosing to celebrate Passover rather than…
DetailsBy Bill Mehlman and Kim Johnson “O Israel hope in the Lord For with the Lord there is mercy And with Him is plenteous redemption And He will redeem Israel…” Thus ends Psalm 130, a cry from the depths of a soul whose yearning for the sight of God is as that of the “watchman…
DetailsSpeech by Netanyahu: Welcome to Jerusalem, the undivided, eternal capital of the Jewish state and the Jewish people. Your presence here today represents a profound transformation in the relationship between Christians and Jews. This transformation has its roots in the 19th century when the early Christian Zionists came to the Land Israel and when they…
DetailsBy Nicole Jansezian, www.Travelujah.com More than 1,000 evangelical Christians reaffirmed their staunch support of the Jewish state at a gathering in the nation’s capital Monday night with Israeli leaders. Pastor John Hagee, founder of Christians United for Israel, kicked off “A Night to Honor Israel” at the Jerusalem Convention Center to repeated standing ovations and…
DetailsBy Wesley Pruden, Jewish World Review Good old Joe. The vice president is off to Israel to play kissy-face with hosts who are in no mood to pucker up. And for good reason: There’s abundant evidence that President Obama is no friend of the Jewish state, and the Israelis must decide whether to believe Joe…
DetailsBy PAT HUTCHENS, A rework of Imitation of Messiah by Thomas A. Kempis— As much as possible, avoid talking all the time. Whenever possible, avoid getting caught up in arguments and trying to convince people you are right. It is easy to be led in the wrong direction when it comes to talking. How many…
DetailsBy PAT HUTCHENS, A rework of Imitation of Messiah by Thomas A. Kempis— Learning to obey and be under the authority of others rather than always living to please self and get your own way – that is true greatness. It is far safer to live honorably as a follower rather than always striving to…
DetailsBy Ralph Peters, NY Post A good first step in waging war is to figure out why your enemy is fighting. For over eight years, we’ve refused to do that in Afghanistan. In the recent Marine offensive against the Taliban in Marjah, this resulted in a clear geographical objective, but a vague pacification mission targeting…
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