Wish I’d said that
“Christmas is based on an exchange of gifts, the gift of God to man – His unspeakable gift of His Son, and the gift of man to God – when we present our bodies a living sacrifice.” ~Vance Havner
PLO Official: We Supported the Nazis in WWII
By ELAD BENARI, ARUTZ 7— If anyone has had doubts about the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) support for the Nazis, recent remarks by one of its leaders should make things clearer. In an interview with Russia Today TV on December 7, Farouq Qaddoumi, the former political bureau head of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), said that…
Jordanian Anger over Israel’s Temple Mount Security
By MAAYANA MISKIN, ARUTZ 7— Jordan, the custodian of Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem, demanded on Tuesday that Israel remove surveillance cameras at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the Temple Mount, the AFP news agency reports. “Jordan rejects Israel’s installation of surveillance cameras on December 8 to monitor waqf officials and worshippers, particularly women,” Information…
Video: Jerusalem snow scenes
Jerusalem’s landmark sites have been covered by a white blanket as Israel endures its worst snowstorm in two decades. Many schools and business are closed, meaning that like President Shimon Peres, many people had more time to build snowmen.
Iran nuke deal quietly collapses
By AMIR TAHERI, NEW YORK POST — Less than a month after it was hailed as “a great diplomatic coup,” the so-called Geneva accord to halt Iran’s nuclear ambitions seems to have come unstuck. The official narrative in Tehran is that Iran signed nothing. “There is no treaty and no pact,” says Foreign Ministry spokeswoman…
The legal case for Judea and Samaria
By NADAV SHREGAI, ISRAEL HAYOM — For years, the world has regarded Judea and Samaria as Palestinian territory illegally occupied by Israel • But now a group of hundreds of jurists from Israel and abroad is fighting back in the battle for the historical and legal truth. If international legitimacy for the settlement enterprise were…
Kerry forces Israel’s moment of decision
bY CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— There was a ghoulish creepiness to US Secretary of State John Kerry’s visit to Israel last week. Here we were, beset by the greatest winter storm in a hundred years. All roads to Jerusalem were sealed off. Tens of thousands of Jerusalemites and residents of surrounding areas were locked down in…
This week’s prayer points
1. THE THREAT OF A UNITY GOVERNMENT BETWEEN HAMAS AND THE PA: Lord, cause their footing to be as slippery as their lies, so that this agreement cannot gain traction. Lord, Your word says that no two can walk together unless they agree, so cause Hamas and Fatah to disagree as You send a spirit…
The alarming rise of campus anti-Semitism
By JOSEPH KLEIN, FRONTPAGEMAG— Anti-Semitism on U.S. college campuses is growing at an alarming rate. It has escalated to the point that Jewish students on campuses have been physically attacked or threatened for peacefully demonstrating their support of Israel. Events demonizing Jews and even glorifying the murderers of Jews, in the guise of anti-Israel rhetoric,…
U.S. plan gives Jerusalem holy sites to Vatican
By AARON KLEIN, WND— Secretary of State John Kerry quietly presented a U.S. plan for eastern Jerusalem that calls for an international administrative mandate to control holy sites in the area, according to informed Palestinian and Israeli diplomatic sources. The exact composition of the international mandate is up for discussion, the sources said, but Kerry’s…