Wish I'd said that…
“The Arab states do not want to solve the refugee problem. They want to keep it an open sore, as an affront to the UN and as a weapon against Israel.” –Ralph Galloway, former Director of UNRWA, August 1958
Sunni-Shiite divide in Syria may spark wider Middle East war
By RICK MORAN, AMERICAN THINKER— Lebanon’s mulch-religious society has become a tinderbox since Hezbollah, who dominates the government, announced their military assistance to President Assad in Syria. But the Sunni-Shiite divide in Lebanon is only a microcosm of what is occurring elsewhere in the Middle East. The two major sects of Islam, never at peace…
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood hold ‘March to J'lem’
By ARIEL BEN SOLOMON, JPOST— The march began after Friday prayers at the Rabaa Al-Adawiya mosque led by Salah Sultan, secretary-general of Al-Azhar’s Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs. Culture Minister Alaa Abdel-Aziz took part in the rally and Prime Minister Hesham Kandil was to attend, according to Sultan. Marches were planned for the Palestinian territories,…
Israel's existence disproves christian replacement theology
By RYAN JONES, ISRAEL TODAY— In an article published in a local Israeli newspaper around the time of Israel’s 65th Independence Day, Rabbi Moshe Chaim Har-Noy puzzled over the fact that there are still so many Bible-believing Jews who refuse to celebrate the Jewish state’s modern rebirth. “Perhaps these dear Jews missed the words of…
Scripture Reading for June 15, 2013
Torah: Numbers 19:1 – 22:1 “Chukat” (Decree of …) Haftorah: Judges11:1 – 33 New Testament: Hebrews 9:11 – 28 Gospel: John 3:10 – 21, “Ana Yeshua” (Jesus answered …)
"Settlements" are on solid ground
By DANI DAYAN, THE GUARDIAN— Catherine Ashton, the EU’s high representative for foreign affairs, is a vocal critic of the Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria. Referring to them as “settlements”, she claimed last week that they “threaten to make a two-state solution impossible” and called on Israel “to immediately end all settlement activities beyond…
New Palestinian PM signals return to days of Arafat
By RYAN JONES, ISRAEL TODAY— Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas this week appointed a new Palestinian Authority prime minister to take the place of the ousted Salam Fayyad, a respected, US-educated economist that the international community fought long and hard to keep in the position. The new Palestinian prime minister is Rami Hamdallah, a mild-mannered academic…
Wounded…and dangerous
By CAROLINE B. GLICK, JPOST — “Israel cannot be lured into complacency by Kerry’s buffoonery or Obama’s apparent political weakness.” US Secretary of State John Kerry looks like a bit of an idiot these days. On Monday he announced that he will be returning to Israel and the Palestinian Authority and Jordan for the fifth…
Abbas: No peace without J'lem as Palestinian capital
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH, JPOST— Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas declared Wednesday that there would be no peace or a Palestinian state without Jerusalem as the capital of that state. “We won’t accept any city other than Jerusalem as our capital,” Abbas said during a speech at a conference on Jerusalem in Ramallah. “The responsibility…