Scripture reading for October 24, 2014
Torah: Genesis 6:9 – 11:32, “Noach” (Noah … ) Haftorah: Isaiah 66:1 – 24 New Testament: I Peter 3:13 – 22 Gospel: Matthew 24: 36 – 46, Ha’yom ha’hu (That day … )
Israeli Jews, Christians Call for Action vs. Persecuted Believers in Middle East
By NICOLE SCHIAVI JANSEZIAN, TRAVELUJAH— While Christians and other ethnic minorities face brutal persecution and even death across the Middle East at the hands of Islamic terrorists, Israel is the safest country in the region for followers of Jesus. And despite a war that ravaged Israel all summer, a record number of Christian tourists came to…
Mahmoud Abbas, enemy of Israel
By MICHAEL FREUND, JPOST— For the past decade, ever since Mahmoud Abbas took the reins of the Palestinian Authority in January 2005, the international community has gone out of its way to portray him as a moderate. Ignoring his long record of anti-Israel incitement and Holocaust denial, American presidents, European prime ministers and even various…
Rejoicing in children, rejoicing in life
By DAVID RUBIN, ARUTZ 7— After today’s horrific terrorist attack in Jerusalem, Hamas spokesman Hossam Badran announced on official Hamas television: “This is a natural response to the crimes of the occupation and invasion of our land by the Jews…” Such an obscene statement by a sick Islamic extremist, with absolutely no basis in historical…
Obama the virtuoso manager
By CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— Since he assumed office nearly six years ago, US President Barack Obama has been dogged by allegations of managerial incompetence. Obama, his critics allege, had no managerial experience before he was elected. His lack of such experience, they claim, is reflected in what they see as his incompetent handling of the…
Sharansky predicts further growth in Ukrainian aliyah
By SAM SOKOL, JPOST— Jewish Agency chairman Natan Sharansky forecasts a 400 percent increase in immigration from Ukraine for the coming year, citing worsening economic conditions and the ongoing civil war in the country’s east as contributing factors. Speaking with The Jerusalem Post by phone from Dnipropetrovsk on Sunday, Sharansky said despite the avowed intent…
Wish I’d said that
“The crucial element determining the success or failure of American policy is the fate of Israel.”—-Ronald Reagan
Swastikas deface Temple Mount
Swastikas alongside the Star of David, the ancient Jewish symbol, greeted visitors to the Temple Mount – Judaism’s holiest site – on Sunday morning, following incitement on Friday by Palestinian Authority Chair Mahmoud Abbas, who stated that Jews should be prohibited from visiting the compound. Abbas called on Palestinians living in east Jerusalem to maintain…
PA Confident on UN Vote Forcing Israeli Withdrawal by Year’s End
By ARI YASHAR, ARUTZ SHEVA— Palestinian Authority (PA) foreign minister Riyad al-Malki on Monday appraised that the PA will succeed in garnering enough UN Security Council votes to demand Israel withdraw from Judea and Samaria by a certain deadline. “I will inform the Israelis of their diplomatic downfall in the Security Council before the start…
