Some people know Jerusalem as the City of Fire, some know it as the Holy City; however, you want to call it, Israel’s capital is turning into the world’s hottest travel destination for 2018.
Author: Staff Writer
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) will vote today (Thursday) on a U.S.-drafted resolution condemning egregious violations undertaken by the Palestinian Hamas movement.
A delegation of high level officials and civilians from Brazil recently landed in Israel. As part of their activities, they took part in a special tree-planting in Ofra – part of Israel’s biblical heartland. The delegation arrived amid a sea-change in Brazil’s stance toward the Jewish state.
In further evidence that Israel’s charm offensive with Gulf States and majority-Muslim African states may be bearing fruit, Chad’s President Idriss Deby is currently visiting the country – the first such visit since the establishment of the state. It comes against the backdrop of intense Israeli efforts led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in recent years. (Relations between the two countries were severed in 1972).
As the delicate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and other militant Islamists in the Gaza Strip appeared to be holding, an unprovoked stabbing attack at a police station in a southern Jerusalem neighborhood took place.
Israeli Arab/Muslim bus driver is brought into trauma center after his bus received a direct hit from anti-tank missile from Gaza. He says “God loves the Jews, minutes before before my bus was hit 50 Israeli soldiers de-boarded, they all would have died, its a miracle.”
Who is Brenda Snipes? It seems to be the question of the day, as the recent Florida gubernatorial race descends into acrimony over the actions of Broward County Supervisor of Elections.
Brazil’s president-elect Jair Bolsonaro has announced that in a package of initial moves related to Israel and the Middle East, he plans to shut down the Palestinian embassy in Brasilia.
The president of the pro-marriage and pro-life Family Research Council (FRC) based in Washington DC has encouraged the United States’ leaders to call the nation together for a focused day of prayer and reconciliation.
Federal prosecutors are apparently seeking the approval of US Attorney General to pursue the death penalty for an anti-Semitic gunman, who murdered 11 worshipers at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue on Saturday morning.
The visit represents the first time in 18 years that such a high-ranking Chinese official has come to Israel. Vice President Qishan arrived in Israel with a delegation of ministers and deputy ministers from approximately 13 ministries.
As parshat Noach was drawing to a close, Avraham, on his own, set out for the land of Canaan. That being the case, it’s puzzling why at the beginning of this week’s parsha he needed to be told, “Lech lecha, go … to the land that I will show you.” Wasn’t Avraham already on his way?
Many Jewish sources interpret this scene as the revival of the Jewish People and the return to the Land of Israel. Like the dry bones that no-one believed could show signs of life, so too the Ten Tribes of the Jewish People would be revived, and come back to reignite life in Israel. We have seen this prophecy come true in our lifetime. Against all odds, the words of God came true, and the Jewish people have returned home and revived the land of Israel. There is no other land in the world that waited for their people to come back, and we did it after 2000 years, just as God promised, ink on parchment in the Bible.
The United States National Hurricane Center has issued an advisory warning that an extremely dangerous category 4 Hurricane Michael is nearing the cost of the Florida panhandle. It is considered a life-threatening event for the northeastern portion of the Gulf Coast.
More than 25,000 Evangelical Christians came to “The Galilee Boat” exhibit at Kibbutz Ginosar during the intermediary days of the recent Sukkot holiday. They came to learn about the Jewish holiday and walk in the path of Jesus.
