Is the US Embassy Finally On Its Way To Jerusalem?
Jerusalem is the capital of the State of Israel and has been the capital of the Jewish people since King David conquered the city in the book of Samuel. King Solomon built the first of two temples in Jerusalem during the beginning chapters of the book of Kings. Jerusalem is mentioned over 600 times in […]
Both Sides Express Pessimism For Peace As Israel Vows No Settlement Upheaval
And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them: ‘If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, my heart shall be knit unto you; but if ye be come to betray me to mine adversaries, seeing there is no wrong in my hands, the God of our fathers look […]
Egypt Detains Stork In Latest Israeli Animal Spy Accusation
“Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times…” (Jeremiah 8:7) Arabic-language news site Al-Ahram reported that Egyptian police placed a bird under arrest on Friday on suspicion the animal was spying for Israel. Originally, the bird was reported to be a duck, as was picked up by most English-language news sources, but the […]
Emergency Situation Declared As Palestinians Breach Ben Gurion Airport
As through a wide breach they come; in the midst of the ruin they roll themselves upon me. Terrors are turned upon me, they chase mine honor as the wind; and my welfare is passed away as a cloud. (Job 30:14-15) Two Palestinians in a speeding truck penetrated the first security barrier at Ben Gurion […]
Peace Negotiations Resume As PA Eyes Next Prisoner Release
Because, even because they have led My people astray, saying: Peace, and there is no peace; and when it buildeth up a slight wall, behold, they daub it with whited plaster; say unto them that daub it with whited plaster, that it shall fall; there shall be an overflowing shower, and ye, O great hailstones, […]
Police Thwart Terror Attack Planned for Popular Jerusalem Mall
Our feet are standing within thy gates, O Jerusalem; (Psalms 122:2) Two Arab-Israeli men in their twenties, after being apprehended by Israeli police, admitted to plotting a terror attack at the popular tourist and native shopping mall next to the Jaffa Gate of the Old City of Jerusalem, Mamilla Mall, police sources revealed on Sunday. […]
Peace Talks on the Rocks After Palestinian Riots Leaves Three Dead
Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evil-doers, children that deal corruptly; they have forsaken the LORD, they have contemned the Holy One of Israel, they are turned away backward. (Isaiah 1:4) On Monday, the Palestinian Authority announced that it was canceling a peace negotiation meeting with Israel following a violent […]
Freund: Synagogues Ablaze in the Holy Land
Last week marked the eighth anniversary on the Hebrew calendar of one of the darkest chapters in Israel’s recent past. It was on the 8th of Elul, 5765, (September 12, 2005), that Israel stood by and watched as Palestinian mobs ransacked synagogues abandoned by the Jewish state after the withdrawal from Gaza and the expulsion […]
Hamas Rejects Any Outcome of Current Peace Talks
“ Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.” (Psalms 34:15) Hamas official Mahmoud Al-Zahar has announced that the terrorist organization, Hamas, will not be bound by any peace negotiations with Israel. Furthermore, he accused Fatah of perpetuating the rift between the two organizations and of rejecting Palestinian ideals. “The PA has […]
Flying the PA Flag in the Knesset: A Banner of Disrespect
Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, the 20th century pioneer of Religious Zionism, once shared his very unique view of the meaning of flags and what they represent. Flags, whether physically or not, according to Rabbi Kook, bear an insignia indicating the mission of those who carry it. He likens it to a uniform, military or otherwise, […]