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Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Book of Psalms Psalm 119 Psalm 119 ‎מ Mem 97 Oh, how I love your law!     I meditate on it all day long. 98 Your commands are always with me     and make me wiser than my enemies. 99 I have more insight than all my teachers,     for I meditate on your statutes. 100 I have more understanding than the elders,     for I obey your precepts. 101 I have kept my feet from every evil path     so that I might obey your word. 102 I have not departed from your laws,     for you yourself have taught me. 103 How sweet...

Since the second Lebanese war the Lebanese army has rearmed itself, strengthening its ability in the air as well as on the ground and sea, with the help of the United States, France and Saudi Arabia. In the past two years, a new challenge has risen on the northern front. Should Israel go to war with Hezbollah, the Lebanese army would fight on the Shi’ite terrorist organization’s side, Maariv, the sister publication of The Jerusalem Post, quoted Israeli security officials as saying on Friday. According to the officials, unlike Israel’s 2006 war with Hezbollah in Lebanon, a future war would...

Gaza Media Production Company Incites West Bank Policemen to Carry Out Terror Attacks against Israelis A video posted on Twitter by Gaza's Shehab Media Company on February 21 shows a Palestinian policeman reaching a decision to carry out a terror attack after seeing posters of "heroic martyr" Amjad Al-Sakri, a Palestinian Authority security officer who carried out a shooting attack against Israeli soldiers. In the video, the policeman cocks his gun and revs up his car in preparation for his own act of "martyrdom," after seeing posters of Al-Sakri and witnessing Israeli soldiers mistreating an elderly disabled Palestinian.

In that day, saith the Lord, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness. And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the Lord of hosts their God. In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about,...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Book of Psalms Psalm 119 Psalm 119 ‎ל Lamedh 89 Your word, Lord, is eternal;     it stands firm in the heavens. 90 Your faithfulness continues through all generations;     you established the earth, and it endures. 91 Your laws endure to this day,     for all things serve you. 92 If your law had not been my delight,     I would have perished in my affliction. 93 I will never forget your precepts,     for by them you have preserved my life. 94 Save me, for I am yours;     I have sought out your precepts. 95 The wicked are waiting to destroy me,...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Israeli government voted on Sunday in favor of decriminalizing recreational marijuana use, joining some U.S. states and European countries who have adopted a similar approach. "On the one hand we are opening ourselves up to the future. On the other hand, we understand the dangers and will try to balance the two," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his cabinet in broadcast remarks. According to the new policy, which must still be ratified by parliament, people caught smoking marijuana would be fined rather than arrested and prosecuted. Criminal procedures would be launched only against those caught repeatedly...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Book of Psalms Psalm 119 Psalm 119 ‎כ Kaph 81 My soul faints with longing for your salvation,
    but I have put my hope in your word. 82 My eyes fail, looking for your promise;
    I say, “When will you comfort me?” 83 Though I am like a wineskin in the smoke,
    I do not forget your decrees. 84 How long must your servant wait?
    When will you punish my persecutors? 85 The arrogant dig pits to trap me,
    contrary to your law. 86 All your commands are trustworthy;
    help me, for I am being persecuted without cause. 87 They almost wiped me from the...

[Full title: "Organization Tied To David Brock Used Taxpayer Money From Illicit Israeli Political Intervention To Fund Clinton Campaign"]A case of US governmental meddling in the political affairs of a foreign ally previously investigated by Congress appears to have also been part of a scheme to launder taxpayer money and use it to fund the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton, a crowdsourced investigation online has revealed. The effort has revealed that organizations tied to high ranking members of Shareblue and its holding company conspired with John Kerry’s Department of State to use taxpayer funds in an effort to unseat Benjamin...

Boris Berezovsky, the Russian oligarch found lying on his bathroom floor with a ligature around his neck, was in good spirits the night before his died and was looking forward to a holiday to Israel, according to his girlfriend. Katerina Sabirova, 23, said she did not believe he had killed himself and said that he sounded “better than usual” when she spoke to him. She said they were due to go to the Dead Sea three days later. A post-mortem conducted last month found that Mr Berezovsky's death was "consistent with hanging" and that there were no signs of violence...

The State Department paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayers grants to an Israeli group that used the money to build a campaign to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in last year’s Israeli parliamentary elections, a congressional investigation concluded Tuesday. Some $350,000 was sent to OneVoice, ostensibly to support the group’s efforts to back Israeli-Palestinian peace settlement negotiations. But OneVoice used the money to build a voter database, train activists and hire a political consulting firm with ties to President Obama’s campaign — all of which set the stage for an anti-Netanyahu campaign, the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Book of Psalms Psalm 119 Psalm 119 ‎י Yodh 73 Your hands made me and formed me;     give me understanding to learn your commands. 
74 May those who fear you rejoice when they see me,     for I have put my hope in your word. 75 I know, Lord, that your laws are righteous,     and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me. 76 May your unfailing love be my comfort,     according to your promise to your servant. 77 Let your compassion come to me that I may live,     for your law is my delight. 78 May the arrogant be...

In the past two years a new challenge has risen on the northern front. Should Israel go to war with Hezbollah, the Lebanese Army would fight on the Shi'ite terror organization's side, Maariv, the sister publication of The Jerusalem Post quoted Israeli security officials as saying on Friday. According to the officials, unlike Israel's 2006 war with Hezbollah in Lebanon, a future war would feature the Lebanese Armed Forces on Hezbollah's side. Since the second Lebanese war, the Lebanese army has rearmed itself, strengthening its ability in the air as well as on the ground and sea, with the help...

A disgraced former reporter was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation Friday for several bomb threats to Jewish Community Centers, Jewish schools and Jewish museums around the country. Juan Thompson, 31, was arrested in St. Louis by the FBI for making at least eight bomb threats and the cyberstalking of an ex-girlfriend. Thompson was a former reporter for The Intercept, and was fired after it was discovered that he made up sources and stories, including one about Charleston shooter Dylann Roof. The criminal complaint states that threats made to the Jewish establishments across the country by Thompson were under...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Book of Psalms Psalm 119 Psalm 119 ‎ט Teth 65 Do good to your servant     according to your word, Lord. 66 Teach me knowledge and good judgment,     for I trust your commands. 67 Before I was afflicted I went astray,     but now I obey your word. 68 You are good, and what you do is good;     teach me your decrees. 69 Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies,     I keep your precepts with all my heart. 70 Their hearts are callous and unfeeling,     but I delight in your law. 71 It was good for me to be afflicted...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Book of Psalms Psalm 119 Psalm 119 ‎ח Heth 57 You are my portion, Lord;     I have promised to obey your words. 58 I have sought your face with all my heart;     be gracious to me according to your promise. 59 I have considered my ways     and have turned my steps to your statutes. 60 I will hasten and not delay     to obey your commands. 61 Though the wicked bind me with ropes,     I will not forget your law. 62 At midnight I rise to give you thanks     for your righteous laws. 63 I am a friend to all...

Father of 5, who converted to Islam while in the IDF, stopped at airport en route to Turkey with $1,000 A Belarusian-Israeli man was arrested as he attempted to join the Islamic State terrorist group in Syria, after expressing support for the group over the past year and a half, according to an indictment filed against him on Wednesday. The suspect, Valentin Vladmir Mazlevski, was arrested in a joint operation by police and the Shin Bet security service earlier this month, though details of the case were kept under a court-issued gag order until the charges were filed. As he...

Is it possible that the Book of Nehemiah is playing out prophetically in 2017?  I was reading through this book the other day and I discovered some striking parallels. For starters, it is in Nehemiah 2:1-9 that we discover the decree spoken of in Daniel 9:25 where Artaxerxes I allows Nehemiah to lead an effort in Judah to rebuild and restore Jerusalem.  The king sends with Nehemiah letters or "decrees" granting him permission to undertake the rebuilding.  Nehemiah 2 is the terminus a quo for the counting of Daniel's 70 "weeks" of years.  There were 69 "weeks" of years from...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Book of Psalms Psalm 119 Psalm 119 ‎ז Zayin 49 Remember your word to your servant,     for you have given me hope. 50 My comfort in my suffering is this:     Your promise preserves my life. 51 The arrogant mock me unmercifully,     but I do not turn from your law. 52 I remember, Lord, your ancient laws,     and I find comfort in them. 53 Indignation grips me because of the wicked,     who have forsaken your law. 54 Your decrees are the theme of my song     wherever I lodge. 55 In the night, Lord, I remember your name,     that I may...

Video The evacuation of nine houses in the Givat Tzvi neighborhood of Ofra commenced just after 9:00 a.m. Tuesday morning, after Border Police officers sealed off access to the homes slated for demolition. Hundreds of demonstrators faced off against security forces deployed to the town, with some protesters barricading themselves inside houses facing demolition. Prior to the evacuation, more than 100 Border Police officers deployed around the nine homes slated for demolition in Ofra. Officers blocked off access to the Givat Tzvi neighborhood, isolating the area ahead of the evacuation. In addition, security forces surrounded each of the nine homes...

Former Palestinian Foreign Minister and chief negotiator Nabil Shaath said that in 2000, Saudi King Abdullah, then the Crown Prince, had given the Palestinians half a billion dollars and had collected another half a billion from the Arab League in order to keep the Intifada going. "That was the money that enabled us to survive in the three years of the Intifada," said Shaath in the ON TV interview, which aired on February 7.   Nabil Shaath: When [the second] Intifada broke out in Jerusalem, on September 28, 2000, after [Israeli MP Ariel] Sharon and his forces stormed the Al-Aqsa...