Netanyahu Stands Firm Against Assad After Rebel Aid Charge
Of Damascus. Hamath is ashamed, and Arpad; for they have heard evil tidings, they are melted away; there is trouble in the sea; it cannot be quiet. (Jeremiah 49:23) Syrian President Bashar Assad gave an new interview to Russian newspaper Izvestia on Sunday, his first public appearance since his reported chemical weapons attack against his […]
Israel Watches Cautiously as Obama Moves Warships Closer to Syria
Damascus is waxed feeble, she turneth herself to flee, and trembling hath seized on her; anguish and pangs have taken hold of her, as of a woman in travail. (Jeremiah 49:24) According to unnamed military sources Israel believes the United States will respond militarily to the chemical weapons attacks of the Bashar Assad regime in […]
Israel ‘Disturbed’ By UN Chief’s Retraction of Bias Confession
Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons; neither shalt thou take a gift; for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous. Justice, justice shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. (Deuteronomy 16:19-20) […]
Israel Fearful of Syrian Use of Chemical Weapons of Mass Destruction
The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus; and the remnant of Aram shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts. (Isaiah 17:3) Two Israeli Ministers, Minister of Defense Moshe Ya’alon and Minister for Intelligence and Strategic Affairs Yuval Steinitz, confirmed on Thursday, the […]
Hundreds Dead in Apparent Pro-Assad Chemical Attack in Damascus
The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap. (Isaiah 17:1) Pro-Assad forces reportedly unleashed a deadly poison gas attack in Damascus early Wednesday, leaving hundreds dead, although the exact number of casualties is up for debate, reports The Times of Israel. Syrian activists […]
UN Honors Israel for its Record on Disability Rights
You shall not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God: I am the Lord (Leviticus 19:14) Israel was recognized by the UN as a world leader in serving the needs of its disabled citizens at a recent UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with […]
Israel Releases First Prisoners as Peace Talks Resume
Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemy whom the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things; and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee (Deuteronomy 28:48) On Tuesday morning, the Israeli High Court of Justice rejected […]
Why Israel Should Serve
For the first time in its history, Israel may qualify for a seat on the UN’s security council, a body that has passed more motions against it than against any other country.  Its chances are being jeopardized, however, by Germany, one of its close allies in recent years. Until recently, voting rules in the UN […]