BY RYAN JONES, TRAVELUJAH— Jesus spent a good deal of his earthly ministry comforting and healing the disabled, both as a sign of his power and calling and out of a deep compassion for those whose handicaps had kept them from fully enjoying life. It is, therefore, proper that Christians who love and support Israel…
BY JAN WILLEM VAN DER HOEVEN, ICZC— This year 2012 may become one of the most pivotal years in Israel’s short history yet. I. There may be a short and decisive battle with Syria and the Hizbollah in the near future. As a result of the coming attack by Syria and the Hizbollah there will…
BY JONATHAN S. TOBIN, COMMENTARY— One would have thought the Palestinians might have learned their lesson when they devoted all of their efforts last year to an attempt to get the United Nations to issue a unilateral recognition of their independence. Many predicted the showdown over the initiative would produce a “diplomatic tsunami” that would…
Torah: Numbers 13:1 – 15:43, “Shelach Lekha” (Send for yourself …) Haftorah: Joshua 2:1 – 24 New Testament: Hebrews 3:7 – 4:1 Gospel: John 6:25 – 40, “Matzu oto” (They found him …)
BY EARL COX, JPOST— The war drums between Iran and Israel have been beating louder and louder, but both countries face tremendous hurdles that appear to be preventing the obvious. Iran, for example, may well have the warheads, but their missile technology is not yet advanced enough to deliver an accurate strike on Israel. Israel…
BY CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— Saul Alinsky, the godfather of subversive radical political action, had a very clear strategy for undermining and destroying his enemies: Infiltrate, divide and destroy. Since his disciple Barack Obama was elected US president in 2008, Alinsky’s impact on Obama has received a fair amount of attention. Less noticed has been the…
BY RACHEL HIRSHFELD, ARUTZ 7— If Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Mursi were to become president, Egypt’s capital would no longer be Cairo, but would be Jerusalem, a prominent Egyptian cleric said at a presidential campaign rally, which was aired by an Egyptian private television channel. “Our capital shall not be Cairo, Mecca or Medina.…
BY DAVID M WEINBERG, ISRAEL HAYOM— There is a dangerous groundswell of “elite” (read: leftist) opinion building in favor of “unilateral” Israeli action in the West Bank. To “make peace without (Palestinian) partners;” to tear down settlements in the distant reaches of the West Bank in order to “signal” to the Palestinians that the Netanyahu…
BY REV. MALCOLM HEDDING, ICEJ— Tens of thousands of churches have a committed belief in the importance of standing with Israel and blessing the Jewish people. The verse most often referred to as their biblical mandate is Genesis 12:3 in which God tells Abraham “I will bless those who bless you and I will curse…
BY REV. MALCOLM HEDDING, ICEJ— Tens of thousands of churches have a committed belief in the importance of standing with Israel and blessing the Jewish people. The verse most often referred to as their biblical mandate is Genesis 12:3 in which God tells Abraham “I will bless those who bless you and I will curse…