Scripture Reading for November 30, 2013
Torah: Genesis 41:1 – 44:17, “Miketz” (at the end of the day…) Haftorah: I Kings 3:15 – 4:1 New Testament: Romans 10:1 – 13 Matthew 3:1 – 16, “Shuvu betshuvah” (REPENT!… )
‘Israelis don’t believe in two-state solution’
By MARK LANGFAN, ARUTZ 7— Middle East expert Dr. Mordechai Kedar, of Bar-Ilan University’s BESA Center (Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies), dismissed calls for the establishment of a Palestinian Authority state in Judea and Samaria, saying that the number of Israelis who still believe in the “Two-State Solution” can “fit in two telephone booths”. “And…
A vastly changed Middle East
By CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— A week and a half ago, Syria’s Kurds announced they are setting up an autonomous region in northeastern Syria. The announcement came after the Kurds wrested control over a chain of towns from al Qaida in the ever metastasizing Syrian civil war. The Kurds’ announcement enraged their nominal Sunni allies —…
Obama’s Iran moves could start World War III
By NOAH BECK, ISRAEL TODAY— According to a recent news report, President Barack Obama has for over a year secretly conducted negotiations with Iran (through his adviser Valerie Jarrett) and the Geneva talks on Iranian nukes now appear to be just a facade providing international legitimacy for Obama’s secret deal with Iran. Secretary of State…
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…