Scripture reading for July 5, 2014
Torah: Numbers 22:2 – 25:9, “Barak” (Devastator …) Haftorah: Micah 5:6 – 6:8 New Testament: Romans 11:25 – 32 Gospel: John 4: 21 –24, “Hayeshua me’ete hayehudeem” (Salvation is of the Jews …)
Netanyahu calls the families of three murdered boys
By TIMES OF ISRAEL— Israeli searchers on Monday discovered the bodies of three Israeli teenagers, who were abducted on June 12, north of Hebron in the West Bank. The bodies were found near Halhul on Monday afternoon. Israeli security forces, which had been conducting extensive searches in the area, sealed off the area and declared…
Netanyahu: Hamas will pay for deaths of three kidnapped boys
By HERB KEINON, JPOST— Hamas is responsible for the murder of the Naftali Fraenkel, Eyal Yifrah and Gil-Ad Shaer, and Hamas will pay, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Monday evening at the start of an emergency security cabinet meeting called to determine how to respond to the murders. Netanyahu said that the three teens were…
Bodies of 3 Kidnapped Israelis found by IDF
By LEA SPEYER, BREAKING ISRAEL NEWS— It is with a heavy heart that we report Israeli security forces discovered the bodies of three kidnapped Israeli teenagers, Naftali Frenkel, 19, Gilad Shaar, 16, and Eyal Yifrach. The bodies of the boys, who were kidnapped in Judea by Hamas terrorists on June 12, were found north of…
The names of the victims
By CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— Three families in Israel are in agony. On June 12, when their sons Naftali Fraenkel, Eyal Yifrah and Gil-Ad Shaer were kidnapped by Islamic savages, the Fraenkels, Yifrahs and Shaers entered a new world where every breath they take is filled with devastating guilt – that they breathe free while their…
Approaching a critical mass of global Anti-Semitism
By RON JAGER— Global ant-Semitism is rapidly approaching a critical mass, creating not only a strategic threat on the Jewish people but on the very fabric of Jewish life in Europe and elsewhere in the world. The idea of a Critical Mass has its origins in nuclear terminology. In a nuclear reactor, critical mass is…
Majority of Palestinians now oppose two-state solution, new poll finds
By MICHAEL WILNER, JPOST— A clear majority of Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip oppose a two-state solution to end their struggle with Israel, according to a poll released on Wednesday. Sixty percent of those polled, including 55% in the West Bank and 68% in Gaza, reject permanently accepting Israel’s existence and…
Rachel Fraenkel tells UNHRC that kidnapping of her son is ‘every mother’s nightmare’
Rachel Frankel, accompanied by the mothers of the two other teenaged Israeli kidnap victims, appealed for international support for the boys’ safe return.
Scripture Reading for June 28, 2014
Torah: Numbers 19:1 – 22:1, “Chukat” (Decree of …) Haftorah: Isaiah 66:1 – 24 New Testament: Hebrews 9:11 – 28 Gospel: John 3:10 – 21, “Ata moreh?” (You are a teacher?…)
Hamas Leader: We Can Bomb Any City in Israel
By ELAD BENARI, ARUTZ 7— Senior Hamas leader Mahmoud Al-Zahar on Tuesday issued a direct threat against Israel. Al-Zahar, who spoke at a memorial ceremony for terrorists who died in a “work accident”, declared that Hamas has rockets that can hit any city in Israel. He further said that during Operation Pillar of Defense in…