Quote of the week
Former Israeli Ambassador to the US Michael Oren said: “Were Jesus to come today to Bethlehem (or any number of other places He ministered, like the Temple Mount) He’d be labeled a “Jewish settler.”
Huckabee: Why I attacked Obama
Former Arkansas governor and current Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee says today is no time for a Neville Chamberlain.
Blaming failure of a rotten deal on Israel?!
By Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post— As we learn more about the Iran deal — the side agreements, the lifting of the arms and missile embargoes, the loophole-ridden inspections regime — the more apparent it is that only people so enamored of their own work, so gullible to embrace the Iranians’ soothing words and so desperate…
Iraqi politician calls for peace with Israel, blasts Iran and Islamic State
By JNS.org— Sunni Muslim Iraqi politician Mithal Al-Alusi, who leads the Ummah Party, told the Kuwaiti daily newspaper Al-Rai that Iraq should make peace with Israel. He also called Iran “insane” and said the Muslim world has created the Islamic State terror group by fostering a “mentality of vengeance and nullification of the other.” “Yes.…
3 Models of Israel’s Theological Significance
By Dr. Michael J. Vlach, Bible Prophecy Blog— How do you view national Israel’s significance in the plan of God? The following are three models of Israel’s significance from a Christian perspective. 1. Replacement Model—The nation Israel no longer has theological significance in God’s plans, being permanently replaced as the people of God by the…
Turkish Prime Minister Vows To Revive The Muslim Ottoman Empire
By Walid Shoebat Turkish PM says that Obama is “The black man we needed in the White House” and vows to revive the Muslim Ottoman Empire. “Ahmet Hoca , bring us to Ottoman ” a group of Turkish AKP party members cried out while Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu was giving a speech in Istanbul…
Why So Many People Think Pope Francis Is the Antichrist
By Jennifer LeClaire, Charisma News— If you type “is Pope Francis antichrist” into Google, you’ll get about 425,000 results in .37 seconds. By way of comparison, if you ask Google the same question about Pope Benedict you only get 137,000 and it takes a little longer—.47 seconds. So why do so many people think—or at…
Where in the world is the worst place to be a Christian?
Country Total population Christian population Christian % Country Total population Christian population Christian % North Korea 25.2m 300,000 1.20% Like everyone else, Christians in North Korea must worship the nation’s leader, and belonging to another religion makes you an enemy of the state. Thousands of Christians are imprisoned, and many have reportedly been tortured and…
Palestinian Authority: “Jerusalem never had a Jewish Temple”
By Rachel Avraham, Jerusalem Online— As Jews around the world mourned the destruction of the First and Second Temples on Tisha B’Av, Palestinian Media Watch has exposed that the Palestinian Authority has systematically denied that such a temple ever existed. PA Deputy Minister for Jerusalem Affairs Salwa Hadib proclaimed: “Jerusalem is not only a religious…
Jews stood up to the U.S. government 40 years ago, and should again on Iran
By Natan Sharansky, Washington Post— These days, like many Israelis and American Jews, I find myself in a precarious and painful situation. Those of us who believe that the nuclear agreement just signed between world powers and Iran is dangerously misguided are now compelled to criticize Israel’s best friend and ally, the government of the…