Scripture Reading for July 30, 2016
Torah: Numbers 25:10 – 30:1, “Pinchas” (Phineas … ) Haftorah: I Kings 18:46 – 19:21 New Testament: Romans 11:1 – 32 Gospel: Matthew 23:1 – 12, “Kiseh Moshe” (Seat of Moses … )
Democrats have an ugly anti-Israel obsession
By Post Editorial Board, New York Post— Delegates to this year’s Democratic convention haven’t booed the mention of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, as they did in 2012 — not yet anyway. But there’s no mistaking the hostility to Israel both inside and outside the Wells Fargo Center in Philadephia. On Monday night, Bernie Sanders delegates…
Americans Burning Israeli Flags
By Ryan Jones, Israel Today— Folks over here are used to seeing Palestinians and Iranians burning the Israeli flag. But it was a bit of a shocker to see Americans doing the same on Tuesday. Especially at the national convention of the Democratic Party, which so often and so adamantly asserts that it is a…
RUSSIAN ARMS FOR HIZBALLAH CROSS ISRAEL’S RED LINE
By Unity Coalition for Israel— Russian Forpost UAV on Israel’s Searcher drone President Vladimir Putin turns aside all Israel’s complaints about Russian arms supplies to Iran’s Lebanese proxy, Hizballah, whenever he talks to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu – roughly every week-to-ten days. The issue is also raised without results by Israeli officials on trips to…
Palestinians gear up to sue the UK – over 1917 Balfour Declaration
By Times of Israel Staff— The Palestinian Authority is preparing a lawsuit against the British government over the issuing of the 1917 Balfour Declaration that paved the way for the creation of the State of Israel. The PA’s Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki told Arab League leaders gathered in Mauritania Monday that London is responsible for…
Failed coup in Turkey an end times marker?
By WND.com— The failed coup in Turkey doesn’t just represent a challenge to American policymakers. It’s nothing less than a milestone in geopolitics. And according to one of the world’s leading experts in Middle Eastern politics and biblical prophecy, it could be a marker for the end times. That’s the analysis of Joel Richardson, the…
Steve King: Trump lacks ‘long-term,’ ‘sustainable’ Israel policy
By Eric Cortellessa, Times of Israel— CLEVELAND — Republican Rep. Steve King of Iowa has a tendency to ignite controversy. He once advocated building a wall along the US-Mexico border with an electrical wire, saying it would “be a discouragement” for illegal immigrants to cross over, and added, “We do that with livestock all the time.”…
Top Trump advisor to ‘Post’: Settlement annexation legitimate if PA continues to avoid real peace
By Danielle Ziri, JPOST— CLEVELAND – Israeli annexation of settlements in the West Bank could be viewed by a Trump administration as a legitimate way for Israel to move forward if the Palestinians continue to avoid a real and genuine peace deal, David Friedman, a senior advisor to Donald Trump, told The Jerusalem Post on…
Largest French aliya flight of summer lands in Israel
By TAMARA ZIEVE, JPOST— Netanyahu to olim: This journey is not just of personal importance, but of national importance. The largest French aliya flight so far this summer landed Wednesday at Ben-Gurion Airport, where the newcomers were greeted with calls of “bienvenue en Israel” at a festive reception in their honor. Some 200 French Jews…