Scripture reading for June 23, 2012
Torah: Numbers 16:1 – 18:32 “Korach” (Korah … ) Haftorah: I Samuel 11:14 – 12:22 New Testament: Romans 13:1–7 Gospel: Luke 12:49 – 53; 13:1 – 5 “Esh bati” (I came to send fire …)
The Kremlin's Iran problem
BY ILAN BERMAN, MOSCOW TIMES— On Monday and Tuesday, all eyes will be on Russia as it hosts the third round in the troubled international negotiations now under way between Iran and the West over the former’s nuclear program. The stakes in the parlay are exceedingly high. Previous negotiations in Turkey and Baghdad failed to…
Is the Palestinian Authority losing control in the West Bank?
BY KHALED ABU TOAMEH, GATESTONE— The security crackdown in the West Bank has nothing to do with combating terrorism. The arrests and confiscations of weapons are part of an effort by the Palestinian Authority to fight crime and dissension within its own ranks. In recent weeks, the Palestinian Authority security forces have been launching a…
Paris School Under Fire for Blatantly Anti-Israel Exam Question
BY RACHEL HIRSHFELD. ARUTZ 7— An umbrella organization of French Jewry, CRIF, responded with “indignance” after an exam from the Bichat Hospital Faculty of Medicine at Paris’s Diderot University included a question on whether IDF strikes in Gaza can be classified as genocide, Agence France Presse reported. According to the CRIF and corroborated by a…
Take back the Holy Sites
BY MICHAEL FREUND, JPOST— Displaying their customary respect for Jewish holy sites, Palestinian vandals struck again last month, desecrating an ancient synagogue in Naaran near Jericho. In addition to damaging priceless relics, the perpetrators spray-painted swastikas, Palestinian flags and political slogans, adding insult to injury in their hate-filled assault. The defilement of the site was…
Wish I'd said that
“Jews rarely abandoned a sinking ship, but they have repeatedly been thrown overboard.”— Rabbi David Wolpe
Forget politics–Who has legal right to Jerusalem?
BY YONAH BOB, JPOST— Is there a simple answer to the question of who owns or has the legal right to Jerusalem? Dr. Jacques Gauthier, a Canadian lawyer who specializes in international law, answered that question on Wednesday with a resounding yes and suggested that if a theoretical court that was 100-percent objective were to…
Boycott in a Christian Cassock
BY GIULIO MEOTTI, ARUTZ 7— The Presbyterian Church (USA)’s biennial General Assembly at the end of June is expected to vote on a number of resolutions that would divest the Christian denomination from companies that conduct business with Israel, such as Caterpillar, Hewlett-Packard and Motorola. A number of Churches have already pushed for divestiture of…
Most Israelis think Romney would be 'friendlier'
BY HERB KEINON, JPOST— The fact that Israelis have conflicted attitudes toward US President Barack Obama came out loud and clear in a poll released on Thursday. The survey – commissioned by the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, the Bar-Ilan University Center for International Communication and the Anti-Defamation League – found that while 51 percent…