by Herb Keinon, Jerusalem Post Israeli officials continued to express optimism on Sunday that direct talks with the Palestinians were imminent, even as Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit said that more needed to be done to bridge the gaps between the two sides. Aboul Gheit’s comments followed a meeting in Cairo between Prime Minister…
By Yoram Ettinger, The Ettinger Report 1. Faith, Morality, Commemoration and Optimism Underlining National Jewish Fasts: * Jewish fasts commemorate critical historical and value-driven junctions, highlighting moral clarity, which constitutes a prerequisite to operational and existential clarity. Memory is Deliverance; forgetfulness is oblivion. * Fasts highlight the difference between Oblivion (exile) and Deliverance (ingathering of…
THINK ON THIS: “Yahweh does nothing without revealing His plans to His servants the prophets.” PRAY ON THIS: Grant us grace to understand and discern the signs of the times — In Jesus Name, AMEN!
Does the Bible Support Replacement Theology? One text often used by supersessionists to support the idea of the permanent rejection of national Israel is Matt 21:43. In this verse, which Frederick Dale Bruner calls “one of the most important verses in Matthew,” Jesus addressed the unbelief of the leaders of the nation Israel and announced…
By Michael Freund Each week for the past nine months, a small band of noisy left-wing protesters has been gathering in the heart of Jerusalem. Though claiming to be motivated by the highest of ideals, these would-be campaigners for human rights appear to have trouble respecting even the most basic of society’s ground rules. The demonstrators…
by ICEJ News For the second time this week, a senior Hizbullah leader has warned that the Lebanese terror militia has a detailed list of Israeli targets it would attack in the event of renewed conflict between the neighboring countries. Hizbullah has a “large and precise bank of Israeli targets” to strike if a third…
The film, produced by the Eiland Team of Experts, breaks down the events of the flotilla using a timeline that alternates between 3D models and footage captured throughout the incident. The events leading up to and throughout the flotilla incident are recounted in the video, as presented by the team of experts led by Maj.…
by JTA.org According to the Gallup Poll, 63 percent of Americans say their sympathies in the Middle East conflict are with Israel, while 15 percent side with the Palestinians. The rest favor both sides, neither side or have no opinion. Support for Israel was higher only in 1991, shortly after Israel was hit with Scud…