By Michael J. Koplow, Israel Policy Forums— Those who bemoan the United States constantly trying to jumpstart the peace process and force the two parties to the table finally have some cause for celebration. There are plans in the works for the Israelis and Palestinians to sit down across from each other at a peace…
By Jpost— The isolationist policies of US President Barack Obama are likely to continue after he leaves office in January, Deputy Minister Michael Oren (Kulanu) reportedly said this week. According to Channel 10, Oren said in a talk to the Harvard Alumni Club in Israel on Tuesday that “Obama may be going home, but ‘Obamaism’…
By Michael Danby, JWire— The Reverend Tim Costello is the very image of the muscular, “socially concerned” Church Man. My view is that many Christian aid organisations like World Vision have long suffered from a lack of imagination as to good and evil in the Middle East. It should surprise no one that World Vision’s…
By Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone— It seems as though the international community has forgotten that Palestinians can be found far beyond the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. These “other” Palestinians live in Arab countries such as Syria, Jordan and Lebanon, and their many serious grievances are evidently of no interest to the international community.…
By Ben Sales, Times of Israel— Rebecca Raab was shopping recently in a South Florida Costco, wearing the trademark Orthodox outfit of a long skirt and baseball cap, when an employee waved to her and said “Shalom! We’re voting for Trump because we can’t have Hillary in the White House. She’s not good for us!”…
One of the most amazing prophesies in Scripture is found in Ezekiel 44:1-2. It says the east side of the Temple gate will be shut…The Ottoman Turks (Muslims) knew the prophesies that the Jewish Messiah would enter by the east gate (Ezekiel 43:1-9) when he comes (returns!). Therefore, they put graves in front of the…
Malachi 3:16 Then those who feared the LORD talked with each other, and the LORD listened and heard. A scroll of remembrance was written in his presence concerning those who feared the LORD and honored his name.
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, BIN— A significant step was recently taken towards reinstating the Temple service when the nascent Sanhedrin selected Rabbi Baruch Kahane as the next Kohen Gadol (high priest). The selection was made as a precaution for Yom Kippur. If the political conditions should change, allowing the Jews access to the Temple Mount,…
By Rivkah Lambert, Breaking Israel News— Donald Trump will be a factor in the End of Days in America by reflecting the rehabilitation of Biblical Esau, said a New Jersey rabbi earlier this month, calling the Republican presidential candidate “a Messiah-like figure”. The rabbi’s lecture, which took place in Lakewood, New Jersey, begins with Esav…