By DEBKAFILE— Tehran did its utmost to conceal the mystery blast which last week struck the heavy water reactor under construction at Arak in western Iran. It is revealed here for the first time by debkafile’s intelligence and Iranian sources. The explosion, whether accidental or not, will delay for a second time the reactor’s first…
By EARL COX, ISRAEL ALWAYS— Most of the world continues to level accusations against Israel as forever being the antagonist in the Middle East. The rewriting of history to eradicate any of Israel’s right to exist has long been a goal of the Palestinian Authority. A cursory look at history reveals that the term Palestine…
By ISRAEL HAYOM— Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei described arch-foe Israel as an “illegitimate and bastard” regime on Sunday, as he hit out at its alliance with the United States. “The Zionist regime is an illegitimate and bastard regime,” Khamenei said in remarks carried by his website. “The Americans have the highest indulgence towards…
By RYAN JONES, ISRAEL TODAY— Earlier this month a group of prominent Israeli rabbis issued a call for earnest prayers against the division of the Land of Israel, as currently being negotiated by Israeli, American and Palestinian officials. “For the past several months there have been ongoing diplomatic negotiations centering on the demand to give…
Torah: Genesis 28:10 – 32:3, “Vayetzel” (and he went out …) Haftorah: Hosea 12:13 – 14:10 New Testament: Romans 9:6 – 15 Gospel: John 1:19 – 51, “Adut shel Yochanan” (The testimony of John…)
By ARIEL BEN SOLOMON, JPOST— Israel conducted air raids against a Syrian missile base near the port city of Latakia early on Thursday, according to an anonymous US administration official. The official, speaking to CNN, said Israel targeted missiles and related equipment out of concern that they would be transferred to Hezbollah. It is unclear…
By LEE SMITH, TABLET— This past weekend the White House clarified yet again what’s been apparent to everyone in the Middle East for quite a while now: The United States wants out, for real. “There’s a whole world out there,” National Security Adviser Susan Rice told the New York Times, “and we’ve got interests and…
“Israel’s population may be just over 7 million. But when you confront terror and evil, you are 307 million strong, because America stands with you.”—George W. Bush, Speech to the Knesset, Jerusalem, May 15, 2008
By ISRAEL TODAY— An interview with an American Christian commentator published by Israeli media this week reveals just how far the Evangelical Church has moved into the “Palestinian camp” when it comes to the Middle East conflict. For decades, Israel’s most stalwart supporters were to be found among Evangelical Christians, the bulk of whom saw…
