Scripture Reading for May 13, 2017
Torah: Leviticus 21:1 – 24:23, “Emor” (Say! … ) Haftorah: Ezekiel 44:15 – 31 New Testament: I Peter 2:4-10 Gospel: John 6:6 – 71, “Casher ha’davar” (A hard saying … )
‘US must recognize Israeli sovereignty on the Golan’
By Gary Willig, Arutz 7— Transportation and Intelligence Minister Yisrael Katz (Likud) called on President Donald Trump to recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights at the annual Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference in New York Sunday. “The developments in Syria, including the chemical attack, emphasize the threat posed by the Iranian axis in the region,”…
President Trump’s message to Israel
By David Rosenberg, Arutz 7— President Donald Trump is slated to visit Israel on May 22nd, part of a trip that includes scheduled stops in Saudi Arabia and the Vatican. Ahead of his trip, the president released a statement to Israel Hayom Monday morning that describes his plans for working with the Israeli government to…
New Nation-State Bill States Israel Is “National Home of Jewish People”, Revokes Arabic’s Official Language Status
By Abra Forman, Breaking Israel News— A new nation-state bill declaring Israel the “national home of the Jewish people” passed its first hurdle in the Knesset on Sunday, marking the first time that an attempt to entrench the Jewish character of the state of Israel into law has advanced to this stage. The bill, which…
UK government said to cancel Prince Charles’ visit to Israel
BY TAMAR PILEGGI AND RAOUL WOOTLIFF, Times of Israel— A potentially historic visit to Israel by a senior member of the British royal family scheduled for later this year has reportedly been canceled by the country’s Foreign Office over fears it would anger the UK’s Arab allies. The Sun tabloid reported Sunday that Prince Charles…
Watch: Netanyahu tosses Hamas policy paper on Israel into waste bin
By Reuters— Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday symbolically tossed into a bin a Hamas policy paper published last week that set out an apparent softening of the Palestinian Islamist group’s stance toward Israel. In a document issued last Monday, Hamas said it was dropping its longstanding call for Israel’s destruction, but said it still…
TRUMP IN ISRAEL: AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A MEANINGFUL SPEECH
By Eric Mandel, JPOST-— Now that US President Donald Trump has met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and said, “We’re going to start a process which hopefully will lead to peace,” while UNESCO has endorsed another resolution claiming Israel illegally occupies every part of Jerusalem, including west Jerusalem, Trump is being lobbied to make…
Trump’s tragic mistake
By Caroline Glick, JPost— By all accounts, US President Donald Trump is a friend of the Jewish state. It is due to Trump’s heartfelt support for Israel and the US-Israel alliance that his meeting Wednesday with PLO chief Mahmoud Abbas at the White House is most discouraging. By meeting with Abbas, and committing himself to…
New Hamas Policy Lays Claim to Holy Places in Jerusalem, “The Muslim Birthplace of Jesus”
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, Breaking Israel News— Hamas’ new policy paper, perceived by the world as softening of their position, calls for ethnically cleansing the region by force in order to create a Muslim state. Israel claims it is an attempt to fool the world, and fix Hamas’ image as a terror organization. The paper…
Fatah leader: Fatah and Hamas agree Israel has no right to exist
Fatah leader: “To this moment, Fatah does not recognize Israel” Hamas leader: “Our principles say that our land is all of Palestine, including the land that is under occupation (i.e., Israel)” Talk about establishing a state in the West Bank and Gaza “is a tactical step” Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik Fatah, which presents…