Basra Heat: Unrest in the City Reflects Underlying Instability in Iraq

Over the past week, violent protests have swept the southern Iraqi city of Basra. Twelve people have been killed in the protests and hundreds injured.
Spirituality in Early Life, Connected to Better Health Later On

Being religiously observant as a child and teenager can make you a healthier adult, according to a new study from Harvard University’s Chan School of Public Health. Ying Chen, the lead author, said that people who attended weekly religious services or practiced daily prayer or meditation in their youth reported greater life satisfaction and a more positive attitude in their 20s.
Seeing Jeremiah’s Prophecy Come to Life in Samarian Hills Vineyards

Christians come from all over the world harvesting grapes in the place that the world would call the “West Bank” in Israel.
South Korean Pastor: ‘Israel was Chosen for the Glory of God’

An interview with Pastor Young Hoon Lee, a South Korean lover of Israel who heads the largest mega-church in the world in Seoul.
There’s a War Going On out There

Three wars, at the very least, are raging in the Middle East, and Israel will get fallout from all of them.
The Trump Doctrine and the End of the ‘New World Order’

For years US hegemony didn’t provide security in the region, because the US was balancing too many interests to confront the multiplicity of threats.
The Immoral Foreign Policy of the “Resistance”

They are a power play. And given the disastrous failures of the “Resistance’s” foreign policies, it is clear that the outcome of this power struggle is something to which no one can be indifferent.
Syrian War: Uneasy Calm in US-protected Kurdish Enclave

The Syrian-Turkish border area in the early morning hours is calm and almost serene.
Reducing the Malevolent Impact of UNRWA

U.S. President Donald Trump gave the Jewish people a gift of historic proportions by taking the issue of Jerusalem off the table back in December.
The New Israel Fund is Actively Involved in Political Campaigning

Can the New Israel Fund be actively violating U.S. Tax Policy and getting away with it – so far? It certainly seems that way.