By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, Breaking Israel News— While young Jews making pilgrimage to Israel in order to reconnect with their religion’s roots has become a commonplace phenomenon, a new trend has emerged which is anything but: young Christians are traveling to the Holy Land in larger numbers than ever – for the very same purpose.…
DetailsBy Anna Ahronheim, JPOST— The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) and Israeli Police arrested two Arab-Israelis brothers from the town of Umm el-Fahm on suspicion of involvement with the Islamic State last month, the Shin Bet made public on Friday. The security forces raided the home of Mahmoud ‘Abd al-Karim Qassem Jabarin, 25-years-old, and Na’im…
DetailsBy Yonah Jeremy Bob, Jpost— While most of the focus in the ongoing war of words between the Trump administration and North Korea is on whether it will lead to war between the US and Pyongyang, how might it impact Israel? Might it bring nuclear conflict or war closer to Israel’s borders? First, it is…
DetailsTorah: Deuteronomy 7:12 – 11:25, “Eikev” (on the heel of ‘because… ) Haftorah: Isaiah 49:14 – 51:3 New Testament: Romans 8:31 – 39 Gospel: Matthew 16:16 – 20, “Ben Elohim chayeem” (Son of the living God … )
DetailsBy Dalit Halevi, Arutz 7— Tayeb Abdel Rahim, a senior aide to Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas, warned on Wednesday of “the occupation’s plans to Judaize Al-Quds and to build a synagogue in preparation for the construction of the imaginary Temple.” “We must be careful…because Netanyahu is wounded and will try to get revenge…
DetailsBy Tuly Weisz, Breaking Israel News— Israelis sat on the floor earlier this week and fasted on the saddest day of the Jewish calendar, known as “Tisha B’av” (the 9th day of the Hebrew month of Av). On this day, we commemorate the destruction of the ancient Temples in Jerusalem, among other tragedies of Jewish…
DetailsBy Pinhas Inbari, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs— Yet again, Palestinian leaders are claiming that the Palestinians are descended from the Canaanite people who lived in the land of Canaan before the Israelite tribes settled in it. No less than the Chairman of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, made that claim in Germany; no one…
DetailsBy JNS— Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif hosted a delegation of members from the Palestinian terror group Hamas Monday in Tehran. The Hamas delegation also attended the swearing-in ceremony of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, who was re-elected in May, the day before the official meeting with Zarif. During the meeting, the Iranian foreign minister…
DetailsBy Abra Forman, Breaking Israel News— America’s largest socialist organization overwhelmingly voted to support the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement at its biannual convention in Chicago on Saturday. The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) conveniently held its convention on the Jewish Sabbath, when no observant Jews would be able to appear or protest.…
DetailsJeremiah 32:40-41 I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never stop doing good to them, and I will inspire them to fear me, so that they will never turn away from me. I will rejoice in doing them good and will assuredly plant them in this land with all my heart and…
DetailsBy Caroline Glick, JPost— The Israel angle on McMaster’s purge of Trump loyalists from the National Security Council is that all of these people are pro-Israel and oppose the Iran nuclear deal, positions that Trump holds. McMaster in contrast is deeply hostile to Israel and to Trump. According to senior officials aware of his behavior,…
DetailsBy WND— A pro-Israel American evangelical activist has some harsh words for Christian leaders who sided with Islamists in the ongoing dispute over security concerns on the Temple Mount – claiming they “promote heresy.” “These so-called ‘Heads of Churches in Jerusalem’ are false prophets,” Laurie Cardoza-Moore, a filmmaker and founder of Proclaiming Justice to the…
DetailsBy Bassam Tawil, Gatestone— The Palestinian “victory” celebrations that took place after Israel removed metal detectors and surveillance cameras from the entrances to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem bode badly for the future of stability and peace in the Middle East. To the Palestinians and many Arabs and Muslims, the Israeli move is viewed as…
DetailsThink on this: “On that day I will make the leaders of Judah like a firepot in a woodpile, like a flaming torch among sheaves. They will consume right and left all the surrounding peoples, but Jerusalem will remain intact in her place.” (Zechariah 12:6) Pray like this: Father, give your people discernment and courage…
DetailsBy Ron Jager, www.ronjager.com In the United States, the two groups that most ardently support Israel are Jews and evangelical and fundamentalist Christians. Jewish support is easy to explain, but why should certain Christians, most of them politically quite conservative, be so devoted to Israel? There is a second puzzle: despite their support for a Jewish…
DetailsBy Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, Breaking Israel News— For the first time in 2,000 years, a group of Kohanim (men of the Jewish priestly caste) living close to Jerusalem’s Old City are studying the relevant Jewish laws to be able to ascend the Temple Mount and enter the Holy of Holies, where God’s presence is said…
DetailsBy JNS— Researchers have found a drop in support for a two-state solution among both the Israeli and Palestinian populations. Lead researchers Dr. Dahlia Scheindlin and Dr. Khalil Shikaki Tuesday revealed the results of a survey, conducted in June and early July, which included interviews with 1,200 Palestinians and 900 Israelis. According to the poll,…
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