Scripture Reading for August 3, 2019
Torah: Number 30:1-32:42, “Mattot” (Journeys of Tribes …) Haftorah: Jeremiah 2:4-28, 3:4 New Testament: James 4:1-12 Gospel: Matthew 5:17-20, “Al taheshvu” (Do not think… )
Trump to launch peace conference with Arab leaders in Camp David
By Nahum Barnea, Ynetnews— The peace conference is to take place in Camp David, the U.S. President’s country retreat, and U.S. President Donald Trump is set to present his Mideast Peace Plan during the conference. According to an unnamed source in Washington, the conference is set to take place before the September 17 elections in…
Rabbi and Messianic Jew Debate: Is the New Testament Anti-Semitic?
By David Lazarus, Israel Today— Chosen People Ministries is sponsoring a debate between Dr. Michael Brown and Orthodox Rabbi Shmuley Boteach in New York City on August 8. The debate will take place from 7:30-9:30 PM (NY time) and will be streamed live on YouTube. According to Chosen People Ministries, a 125-year-old mission to the…
Don’t Entrust Jerusalem to the Muslims or the Jews (or the French)
By Douglas Feith, Mosaic Magazine— In his essay in Mosaic on diplomacy, law, and Jerusalem, the estimable Michel Gurfinkiel asks, “What is international law?” and comments, “It’s easy enough to doubt, if not to mock, the idea that there is such a thing.” It sure is. The last century of U.S. policy on Jerusalem is…
Reasons Why Peaceful Resolutions for the Arab-Israeli Conflict Always Fail
By Tawfik Hamid, Gatestone Institute— We must salute Jared Kushner’s attempt to bring a peaceful solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict. That said, the Palestinians’ unsurprising rejection of the peace offer requires some scrutiny, especially the true causes of the perennial failure to achieve lasting peace. Without understanding them, every attempt to solve this conflict, every…
Aliyah Numbers Surge, Fueled by Wave of Russian Immigration to Israel
By Haaretz— Immigration to Israel rose by more than a quarter in the first half of 2019, fueled almost entirely by a continued surge in aliyah from Russia, according to internal Jewish Agency figures. In all of 2018, immigration showed a modest gain of 5 percent. A 73 percent increase in the number of individuals…
US planning to roll out peace plan at meeting with Arab leaders – report
By Times of Israel— The United States is reportedly planning a conference with Arab leaders at Camp David, during which US President Donald Trump will roll out his plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace. Invitations to the conference will be extended by Jared Kushner, Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law, as he visits Israel and the Middle East…
Netanyahu Pledges to Secure U.S. Support Not to Evacuate Settlements
By Tovah Lazaroff, JPost— Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged to secure US support not to evacuate settlements in any potential peace deal with the Palestinians. “No settlement or settler will ever be uprooted from here,” Netanyahu said, as he made a campaign stop in the Efrat settlement located in the Gush Etzion region just outside…
Liberman: ‘No problem with Shaked, just with the messianics’
By Israel National News— YIsrael Beytenu Chairman MK Avigdor Liberman on Saturday emphasized that he is willing to sit with the New Right, but not with the “messianics.” At a Shabbatarbut (political and cultural forums that take place on the Sabbath) event in Hadera, Liberman said: “ Ayelet Shaked was an excellent Justice Minister and…
Palestinians Have ‘Halted’ All Agreements with Israel, Says Abbas
By Khaled Abu Toameh, JPost— Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced on Thursday that the Palestinian leadership has decided to “halt” all agreements signed with Israel. Abbas reached out to Hamas, offering to end the dispute between the movement and his ruling Fatah faction. “We announce the leadership’s decision to stop dealing with agreements signed…