‘Giving all in return for war’

By AVITAL LAHAV, YNET— “We must make every effort in order to reach an agreement since the current state jeopardizes the future of the State of Israel.” Against the backdrop of increasing tensions between Jerusalem and Washington on the matter of the faltering negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, Finance Minister Yair Lapid warned Sunday…

Forgive us, Israel!

About 40 Norwegian Christian leaders and clerics held a special ceremony in the Knesset Wednesday to formally apologize on Norway’s behalf for their role during the Holocaust and the 1993 Oslo Accords. The delegation featured representatives from 21 different organizations, who were greeted by Knesset Christian Caucus members MKs Rabbi Dov Lipman (Yesh Atid) and…

This week’s prayer points

1.   IRAN The P-6 (United States, France, Germany, China, Russia and Britain) plus Iran made an announcement to the world on November 24th, that an agreement had been struck regarding Iran’s nuclear activities.  The interim agreement, which was announced, is terrible for Israel (and for the Middle East), but is a blessing for Iran.  Basically,…

Geneva: A Historic and Dangerous Agreement

By RAFAEL L. BARDAJI, GATESTONE— The agreement reached by the group of countries known as P-5+1½ (that is, the five permanent U.N. Security Council powers plus Germany and the European Union representative) with Iran regarding its nuclear program has been rated by its proponents—President Obama’s followers—as a “historic agreement,” while opponents—primarily Israel and the Gulf…