Scripture Reading for August 24, 2013
Torah: Deuteronomy 26:1 – 29:8, “Ki Tavo” (When you go in …) Haftorah: Isaiah 60:1 – 22 New Testament: Revelation 21:10 – 27 Gospel: Matthew 24:24 – 31, “Ki Yakumu Meshiki” ( For false Messiahs …)
Gentiles in Isaiah 11:10-12
10 In that day the root of Jesse, who shall stand as a signal for the peoples— of him shall the nations inquire, and his resting place shall be glorious. 11 In that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that remains of his people, from Assyria,…
Palestinian lecturer denies Temple ever existed
During the negotiations at Camp David in 2000, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat famously denied that a Jewish Temple in Jerusalem ever existed, much to President Bill Clinton’s amazement. Temple Denial has since metastasized in Palestinian popular belief. Under Arafat’s leadership, Palestinian historians were forbidden to refer to a historical Jewish Temple. Such historical reconstruction is…
Netanyahu encourages Israeli Arab Christians to join IDF
By RYAN JONES, ISRAEL TODAY— Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has officially put his weight behind growing efforts to encourage young Israeli Arab Christians to join the Israeli army and fully integrate with Israeli society. The government has tried to initiate such programs in the past, only to create rifts in the Christian community and more…
Iran’s next nuke-talk ploy
By AMIR TAHERI, NEW YORK POST— Iran’s new president, Hassan Rouhani, has declared the lifting of sanctions on the country as his top priority — even as he also insists that he won’t budge an inch from the Islamic Republic’s positions on key issues, including the controversial nuclear program “We call on everyone to approach…
When synagogues burned in the Land of Israel
By MICHAEL FREUND, JPOST— This week marks the eighth anniversary on the Hebrew calendar of one of the darkest chapters in Israel’s recent past. It was on the 8th of Elul, 5765, (September 12, 2005), that Israel stood by and watched as Palestinian mobs ransacked synagogues abandoned by the Jewish state after the withdrawal from…
Israel approves 900 additional homes in East Jerusalem
By ADIV STERMAN, TIMES OF ISRAEL— Two days before the scheduled resumption of peace talks with the Palestinians, a diplomatic source said Monday that Israel secretly authorized construction of 900 new housing units in East Jerusalem. The Housing Ministry later confirmed that additional permits for housing construction had indeed been issued. The new units will…
Paying the ultimate price, again
By YOSSI TZUR, ISRAEL HAYOM— Today (Monday) we bereaved families will once again hold a “ceremony” at the Supreme Court. Every few years, under one pretext or another, the government decides to release murderous terrorists. Perhaps in exchange for a captive soldier, perhaps to recover soldiers’ bodies, or merely as a precondition for talks. Talks,…
Destruction of Israel guaranteed, ayatollah says
By REZA KAHLILI, WND— Iran’s supreme leader promises in a newly released audiotape the destruction of Israel and Palestinians’ return to that land. Fars News Agency, an outlet run by the Revolutionary Guards, last week posted an audiotape of excerpts of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s speeches to Palestinian officials and others with a title “Palestine will…