By David Singer, JWire— Abdul Hameed Al-Ghabin – “a Saudi writer and a political and tribal figure”– has challenged Jordan to negotiate with Israel on President Trump’s “deal of the century”– or risk losing control of the Islamic holy sites in Jerusalem currently vested in Jordan under the 1994 Israel-Jordan Peace Treaty and the Washington…
DetailsBy Judah Ari Gross, Times of Israel— The target of a drone attack on a Hezbollah facility in Beirut early Sunday that has been attributed to Israel was an expensive and rare industrial mixing machine used in the creation of solid fuel, and the raid set back the terror group’s plans to develop long-range precision…
DetailsBy Jpost— Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, sent an open letter to the UN Under-Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict, Virginia Gamba, requesting the UN report on the terrorist attack near the Dolev settlement, on Tuesday. In his appeal, Danon wrote about the explosion that led to the murder of 17-year-old Rina…
Details“Seek God, not happiness – this is the fundamental rule of all meditation. If you seek God alone, you will gain happiness: that is its promise.”—Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Ezekiel 36:24-38 New International Version (NIV) 24 “‘For I will take you out of the nations; I will gather you from all the countries and bring you back into your own land. 25 I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and…
DetailsBy Earl Cox, JPost— In politics as in life, there is a right way and a wrong way to do things. Moses expressed it well justprior to leading the people of Israel into the Promised Land. To Moses it was clear. There is a way leading to blessing and a way that brings a curse.…
DetailsBy Candida Moss, The Daily Beast— In the early hours of Aug. 21, President Trump approvingly tweeted the words of Christian convert and radio host Wayne Allyn Root. The tweet compared Trump to “the King of Israel” and described him as being akin to “the second coming of God.” It went on to criticize “American…
DetailsBy Chris Enloe, The Blaze— Controversial Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) suggested Friday that “Israeli occupation” was to blame after Palestinian terrorists murdered a 17-year-old Jewish girl hiking with her family in the West Bank. The girl, Rina Shnerb, was killed when an improvised explosive devise denoted at a popular tourist site outside the West Bank…
DetailsBy Benjamin Kerstein, Algemeiner— Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas recently went on a frenzied rant in which he pledged, “We shall enter Jerusalem — millions of fighters!” it was revealed on Wednesday. In a video uploaded to Abbas’ Facebook page on August 10 and translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), Abbas…
DetailsBy David Sidman, Breaking Israel News— In a series of Tweets, conservative radio show host and columnist Wayne Allen Root proclaimed that President Trump ” is the greatest President for Jews and for Israel in the history of the world.” Root was “born Jewish” but told JTA that he “took Jesus Christ as a savior”…
DetailsBy Herb Keinon, JPost— Once upon a time – oh, about 40 years ago – the United Jewish Appeal had this as a fundraising slogan: “We are one.” The idea was noble: the Jewish people, scattered in the Diaspora or living in Israel, are one people, responsible one for the other. While true – while…
DetailsBy Dr. David Reagan, Christ in Prophecy Blog— The Socialist Party of America was founded in 1901. It received support from trade unionists, progressive social reformers, populist farmers, and various immigrant groups. But it never did well at the polls, particularly in presidential elections. And its staunch opposition to American involvement in World War I…
DetailsDr. and Mrs. Alton W. Baker are honored to announce the introduction of the General James M. Hutchens Military Chaplain Scholarship at the Beeson Divinity School of Samford University, in Birmingham, Alabama. For the last two centuries, military chaplains have been an inextricable and vital component of the United States Armed Forces since being instituted…
DetailsBy Bassam Tawil, Gatestone Institute— Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib is apparently upset because she was not able to agitate against Israel during a proposed visit to her grandmother there. “I would like to request admittance to Israel,” she had written, “in order to visit my relatives, and specifically my grandmother, who is in her 90s and…
DetailsBy Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute— A piece of much-heralded legislation to grant Spanish citizenship to up to 3.5 million descendants of Jews expelled from the country in 1492 is about to end in failure: fewer than 10,000 Jews have been awarded Spanish passports ahead of an October 1, 2019 deadline. Spanish leaders promised that the…
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