Scripture Reading for July 9, 2916
Torah: Numbers 16:1 – 18:32, “Korach” ( Korah … ) Haftorah: I Samuel 11:14 – 12:22 New Testament: Romans 13:1 – 7 Gospel: Matthew 23:1 – 12, “Hasofrim ve’haprusim” (Scribes and Pharisees … )
Moral equivalence has become a moral atrocity
By Caroline Glick— We have reached the point where moral equivalence has become a moral atrocity. The smart set in the West has insisted for over a generation that Israel and the Palestinians are morally equal. There are extremists, on both sides, they say. Both sides are responsible for the absence of peace. The first…
‘Annex the communities of greater Jerusalem’
By Yoni Kempinski, Israel National News— Transportation and Intelligence Minister Yisrael Katz on Wednesday evening called at a meeting of the Likud convention to promote an initiative to apply Israeli law to “the communities of greater Jerusalem”. He listed Maale Adumim, Givat Ze’ev, Beitar Illit and Gush Etzion as communities that should be annexed, and…
Republicans possibly ready to reject two-state solution, Trump advisor says
By JTA— A policy adviser to Donald Trump told CNN that the Republican party might be due to assert more support for Israeli settlements, and possibly reject all together the idea of a two-state solution, which has long been a pillar of both Democratic and Republican policy in the region. David Friedman, a real estate…
On first anniversary of Iran nuclear deal, American credibility in Middle East destroyed
By the Algemeiner— America’s credibility in the Middle East has been destroyed since the signing of the Iran nuclear deal a year ago, a former US ambassador to Iraq and Turkey asserted on Tuesday. In his analysis, titled, “The JCPOA’s Regional Impact: Sinking Confidence in the U.S. Balancing Role,” James F. Jeffrey — the Philip…
The biblical basis for the Israel-Turkey reconciliation and its prophetic future
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, Breaking Israel News— Israel recently signed a controversial reconciliation deal with Turkey after six years of disharmony between the nations. While the recent deal can be attributed to a number of modern political considerations, an alliance between Israel and Turkey can clearly be understood to be bolstered by its Biblical roots.…
Terror and Torah: The Hebron Connection
By Inna Rogatchi, Israel National News— The first Shabbat of July 2016 which was Sivan 25th, 5776 according to the Jewish calendar, was a very difficult one for many people in Israel and Diaspora. For those who cares. We had two funerals to attend, just before and just after the Shabbat; of a 13-year old…
Quote of the week
“It isn’t enough to believe in something; you have to have the stamina to meet obstacles and overcome them, to struggle.” -Golda Meir, 1975
Scripture Reading for July 1, 2016
Torah: Number 13:1 – 14:41, “Shelach lekha” (Send for yourself …) Haftorah: Joshua 2:1 – 24 New Testament: Hebrews 13:7 – 4:1 Gospel: Mark 5:25 – 34, “Etrahpeh” (I will be healed …)
Morning in Kiryat Arba and Night in the World
By INNA ROGATCHI, Israel National News They love to murder our children in summer. They love to murder the most vulnerable of us. They would not mind to murder any of us, but our children seem to be an easy prey for those vile beasts. Their summer murders are becoming so painfully symbolic for us,…