Scripture Reading for June 4, 2016
Torah: Leviticus 26:3 – 27:34, “Bechutai” (In my statutes … ) Haftorah: Jeremiah 16:19 -17:14 New Testament: James 5:14-16 Gospel: Matthew 21:23 – 32, “Al ha’micdash” (In the Temple … )
Palestinian Christians target Western Evangelicals
By Shira Sorko-Ram, Maoz— There is a minority of Palestinian Christians who love Israel and believe what the Bible says about God’s purposes for His chosen people. These Christians risk their lives when they share this truth with the other 98% of Palestinians who are Muslims. Their belief that the Word of God foretold the rebirth of…
Video: Rabbi Sacks explains the new anti-Semitism
By Ari Soffer, Israel National News— At the height of the UK Labour Party’s anti-Semitism crisis in April, former British Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks penned a blistering critique of anti-Zionism, which he branded “the new anti-Semitism.” In an interview with the BBC on Wednesday, Rabbi Sacks elaborated on why today’s anti-Israel movement is the…
Why Bernie Sanders hates Israel
By Michael Laitman, JPOST— We did not need Bernie Sanders’ pick of BDS backer and Israel basher, Cornel West, to partake in writing the Democratic platform, to know how he feels about Israel. Back in May of 1985, when Sanders was still mayor of Burlington, VT, he invited fellow (Jewish) Israel critic, Noam Chomsky, to…
Or le Goyim?
By Jan Willem van der Hoeven, Director ICZC— It has been said that it only takes one day to fly a Jewish person out of the diaspora but it will take many more than one day to fly the diaspora out of the Jews. This is especially true today when we see how Tel-Aviv, proudly in…
Third of American students say BDS justified–survey
By Globes— One-third of American students believes that a boycott of Israeli is justified and represents a legitimate means of bringing pressure to bear, according to a survey carried out in the US in advance of a United Nations conference tomorrow, Channel 2 News Online reports. Channel 2 originally reported that the survey covered the…
Why I am speaking out about the BDS movement and standing for Israel at the UN
By Jay Sekulow, Fox News— For decades, the State of Israel has been battling bullets and bombs. Now, a new weapon is being used against our most cherished ally – a weapon that poses grave danger. The rise of anti-Israel sentiments is apparent in this country and worldwide. A product of that hatred is the…
‘Jerusalem was ours and will remain ours,’ PM says
By Marissa Newman, Times of Israel— “Our roots are deeper than any other nation’s, including to the Temple Mount. Jerusalem was ours and will remain ours,” he said, speaking in a special Knesset session marking Jerusalem Day. Israel doesn’t need to “make excuses for presence in Jerusalem,” he added, but he did not definitively rule…
Truth Report: Who does the land of Israel belong to?
“‘The land must not be sold permanently, because the land is mine and you reside in my land as foreigners and strangers.” (Leviticus 25:23)
