Video: The history of the Middle East conflict
The history of the Middle East in 11 minutes. Watch this educational video telling you the whole story in an historic perspective starting with the 1917 Balfour Declaration untill the present day.
Wish I’d said that
“What was achieved last night in Geneva is not a historic agreement; it is a historic mistake. Today the world has become a much more dangerous place because the most dangerous regime in the world has taken a significant step toward attaining the most dangerous weapon in the world. Israel is not bound by this…
Israel in the Philippines
By JPOST— Facing devastation and destruction compounded by mind-numbing humidity and heat, a delegation of some 150 members of the IDF’s Home Front Command have “set up shop” in Bogo, a poor agricultural town on Cebu Island in the Philippines. In the wake of Typhoon Haiyan, thought to be the most powerful storm ever to…
This week’s prayer points
#1. IRAN The P5+1, made up of the US, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany met in Geneva to negotiate a settlement with Iran regarding that nation’s nuclear development. Blessedly, no agreement was signed during this round of talks. This international committee continued to march toward appeasing Iran, through lessening sanctions, which would return tens…
Abbas: Regardless of what happens, peace talks to continue
By AFP— Peace talks with Israel will continue for the full nine months as agreed with Washington “regardless of what happens on the ground”, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told AFP on Sunday. In an exclusive interview at his Muqataa headquarters in Ramallah, the Palestinian leader also called for an international inquiry to determine who was…
White House Could Help Birth Nuclear Iran
By ILAN BERMAN, USA TODAY— Commenting on the gullibility of the credulous American consumer nearly a century ago, the famous showman PT Barnum is said to have remarked that “there’s a sucker born every minute.” To see what this looks like in practice, you need only look at the deal that the Obama administration was…
Scripture Reading for November 23, 2013
Torah: Genesis 37:1 – 40:23, “Vayashev” (And he settled …) Haftorah: Amos 2:6 – 3:8 New Testament: Romans 11:11 – 24 Gospel: Matthew 1:1 – 6, 16 – 25, “Huledet Yeshah” (The birth of Jesus …)
Kerry and Biden Ask for Room to Reach a Nuclear Deal With Iran
By JONATHAN WEISMAN and MICHAEL GORDON, NY TIMES— Secretary of State John Kerry and Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. pressed senators on Wednesday to give the Obama administration some breathing room to reach an accord with Iran to freeze its nuclear programs, warning that a new round of sanctions could mean war instead of…
Senators unmoved by Kerry’s plea to delay further Iran sanctions
By ISRAEL HAYOM— Top U.S. government officials on Wednesday continued to try to soften congressional opposition to the emerging interim deal between world powers and Iran, but ran into great skepticism on Capitol Hill. Both Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State John Kerry met with Senate officials on Wednesday in an effort to…