Rocky Start to Israel-PA Peace Talks
This is a week that saw 26 Palestinian prisoners released from Israeli jails as a precondition for ongoing peace talks, yet the fragile negotiations are continuing under constant threat.  While speculation regarding settlement expansion in Judea and Samaria drew criticism from PA Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, both Israel’s right and left wing put forth conflicting […]
I’m Glad My Son’s Murderers Have Not Been Found
Please, Israeli government, I beg you: Don’t go looking for my son’s killers. The ones who cruelly beat Koby and Yosef to death with rocks, the barbarians who attacked two eighth grade boys —  my son and his friend — who were on a hike near our home in Israel. Please don’t find them. Don’t […]
The Jordan Valley is Suddenly on Everyone’s Radar Screen – Is it Part of Israel or Isn’t it?
On Sunday, the Ministerial Committee for Legislation voted in favor of a bill that would annex the Jordan Valley and place it under full Israeli sovereignty. Israel National News noted that this bill comes weeks after US Secretary of State John Kerry presented a plan to withdraw from Judea and Samaria altogether, and to temporarily […]
Speaking from the Heart: An American Turned Israeli Knesset Member
In nine short years, an American immigrant to Israel rose up to become a member of the Israeli Knesset. Meet MK Dov Lipman who speaks in this video to new immigrants who have just arrived at Ben Gurion Airport. He instills a tremendous sense of pride and gratefulness that after more than 2,000 years of […]
Arab Member of Knesset Claims ‘There is No Temple Mount’
Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem… (Daniel 5:3) Tempers flared during a meeting of the Knesset Committee for the Interior on Monday, over a discussion regarding Jewish visitation rights to the Temple Mount, according to the Jerusalem Post. Committee […]
French President Banned From Knesset After Speech Snub
Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. (Ecclesiastes 5:4) After canceling a scheduled speech at the Knesset, French president Francois Hollande has been banned from the Israeli parliament by Knesset speaker Yuli Edelstein, according to The Times of Israel. Edelstein told French authorities that he would […]
Netanyahu Makes Case For Preemptive Strike On Iran
And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it. (Deuteronomy 20:12) At a commemoration for the 40th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War at the Knesset on Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a fairly transparent speech that would appear to be a […]
Where is the Israeli parliament?
This video will help you learn important Hebrew words related to the Knesset, Israel’s parliament. You’ll also learn all about the foundation of the Knesset, such as how many members it has and where it is located. Enjoy!
Big Decisions Loom As Knesset Begins Winter Session
And the LORD said unto Moses: ‘Gather unto Me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tent of meeting, that they may stand there with thee (Numbers 11:16) The new Knesset session kicked off Monday with […]
Israeli Cabinet Unanimously Passes Resolution To Bring Bnei Menashe To Israel
Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together; a great company shall they return hither. They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I […]