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Originally published by the Jerusalem Post. A new Syria is emerging. And with it, a new Middle East and world are presenting themselves. Our new world is not a peaceful or stable one. It is a harsh place. The new Syria is being born in the rubble of Aleppo. The eastern side of the city, which has been under the control of US-supported rebel groups since 2012, is being bombed into the Stone Age by Russian and Syrian aircraft. All avenues of escape have been blocked. A UN aid convoy was bombed in violation of a fantasy cease-fire. Medical facilities...

Israeli archaeologists have unearthed a 2,900-year-old gate-shrine they say confirms the biblical story of King Hezekiah, who mandated the worship of God and the rejection of all other deities. The gate-shrine in Tel Lachish National Park was uncovered decades ago, but a new excavation has completely exposed the gate, which is the largest one known from the First Temple period. "The size of the gate is consistent with the historical and archaeological knowledge we possess, whereby Lachish was a major city and the most important one after Jerusalem," said excavation director Sa'ar Ganor. According to the Book of Kings, he...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Book of Proverbs (Proverbs 22) 22 A good name is more desirable than great riches;     to be esteemed is better than silver or gold. 2 Rich and poor have this in common:     The Lord is the Maker of them all. 3 The prudent see danger and take refuge,     but the simple keep going and pay the penalty. 4 Humility is the fear of the Lord;     its wages are riches and honor and life. 5 In the paths of the wicked are snares and pitfalls,     but those who would preserve their life stay far from them. 6 Start children...

There is grumbling in progressive circles over polls showing that Orthodox Jews will vote for Trump. Among non-Orthodox Jews, Hillary beats Trump by 66 to 23 percent. Among the Orthodox, Trump beats her 66 to 22 percent. In New York, Hillary scores 61 to 19 percent among Jews, but among Orthodox Jews, Trump wins 50% of the vote while Hillary lags at 21%. It’s no wonder then that Jewish Democrats for Trump is largely targeting Orthodox Jewish voters. Why Orthodox Jews? It might be tempting to attribute this support to Trump’s daughter having converted to Orthodox Judaism, but these same...

(AFP) – Hamas welcomed the death of former Israeli president Shimon Peres Wednesday, calling him a “criminal”, while the Palestinian Authority made no official comment after the death of the Nobel Peace Prize winner. In the Gaza Strip, a spokesman for the Islamist Hamas movement which runs the enclave said: “The Palestinian people are happy at the death of this criminal. “Shimon Peres was one of the last Israeli founders of occupation. His death marks the end of an era in the history of the Israeli occupation,” spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri told AFP. Tributes to the 93-year-old poured in from...

President Obama last night issued a name-dropping, self-referential statement about Israeli President Shimon Peres, who died Tuesday at 93, noting three times that he and Shimon were “friends.” “My friend Shimon” “Our dear friend Shimon Peres” “I will always be grateful that I was able to call Shimon my friend.” Like, what kind of friends? As in, Hey Shimon, I’m calling because you’ll never guess what happened to me today!” They weren’t friends. I doubt if Peres, whose personality was seared in the struggle for the birth and preservation of Israel, had much respect for this man who rose to...

Archaeologists have unearthed a city-gate and shrine dating to the First Temple Era. An Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) team headed by Sa'ar Ganor discovered the ruins in the Tel Lachish National Park. "Tel Lachish was the most important city in Judea, after Jerusalem," Ganor told Tazpit Press Service (TPS). "This is the biggest city-gate we have found in the Land of Israel." "The size of the gate is consistent our historical and archaeological data that indicates Lachish was a major city and the most important one after Jerusalem," Ganor said. The city gate is approximately 24 by 24 meters in...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Book of Proverbs (Proverbs 21) 21 In the Lord’s hand the king’s heart is a stream of water     that he channels toward all who please him. 2 A person may think their own ways are right,     but the Lord weighs the heart. 3 To do what is right and just     is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. 4 Haughty eyes and a proud heart—     the unplowed field of the wicked—produce sin. 5 The plans of the diligent lead to profit     as surely as haste leads to poverty. 6 A fortune made by a lying tongue     is a...

Condolences Page Created For Shimon PeresBy Israel News Agency StaffJerusalem, Israel — September 28, 2016 … With tears we confirm the passing of former President, Prime Minister Shimon Peres. Israel has lost a founding father, a light for peace. A Condolence Page has been created at Shimon Peres CondolencesThe Shimon Peres condolences page was established on Facebook and will be maintained for several years on both Facebook and on a private Website. Shimon Peres was one of the founders of the State of Israel, and was instrumental in building and developing Israel’s defense and security industry, establishing the IDF, developing...

From a charred Hebrew scroll, researchers resurrected one of the earliest known versions of the Old Testament using a new digital reconstruction technique that may prove invaluable in revealing words from other previously unreadable finds, said scientists who plan to make the imaging software freely available. In research published in Science Advances Wednesday, computer analysts at the University of Kentucky in Lexington detailed the technology they used to reveal text within a roll of parchment reduced to charcoal in a burning synagogue 1,500 years ago, “virtually unwrapping” the scroll without ever actually touching the artifact. While important to archaeologists, the...

Shimon Peres, one of Israel’s defining political figures and a Nobel peace prize laureate, has died at the age of 93, two weeks after having a stroke, the official Israel News Agency has confirmed. Peres had twice served as prime minister of Israel and later as the country’s ninth president. He had been seriously ill on a respirator in an Israeli hospital near Tel Aviv and died after his condition deteriorated sharply.

My subject matter(DNA) is Life Everlasting but where in your life is this a "matter of "Evidence" for in your daily endeavors even in your prayer life I should be the main ingredient of your prayer for others and this is, their salvation first for without me no life truly exists it is just matter(dust). Now I AM the breath ~ ~ ~ of your beginning through salvation and the end of the means for you to OVERCOME as I did for you but now is your time of destiny for I AM The Fulcrum of Balance( Plumb Line )...

Hillary Clinton has a lifetime of anti-Israel positions. She said she was a big supporter of Israel when she was in the U.S. Senate, when she needed campaign contributions from American Jews and New York's Jewish voting bloc. She has not been pro-Israel since her resignation from the Senate to become Secretary of State in January 2009. When Hillary Clinton was the Secretary of State, she helped Barack Obama craft his anti-Israel positions. Like other presidents, Obama made his own policy; he fundamentally transformed America's foreign policy. He reoriented America's Middle East policy in favor of the ayatollahs, to make...

Yossi Tzur, who lost his son, Assaf, in a terror bus bombing, has unpleasant memories from his meeting with Hillary Clinton. He shared them with his Facebook friends Tuesday morning. "On 2003 My son, Assaf, almost 17-years old, was killed in a terror attack in Haifa, Israel, attack orchestrated by Hamas," he wrote. "On 2004, I went with a delegation of families of terror victims to the US, we talked to decision makers, in Congress, Senate and others, the time was when the debate over Israel right for a security fence was at its peak. Israel was taken to the...

Intelligence officer, allegedly speaking with PA chief’s ousted rival Dahlan, laments state of Palestinian leadership, says Abbas ‘has nothing to offer’ A top Egyptian intelligence official is heard mocking Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in a newly leaked phone call with a chief rival of the PA leader, characterizing him as old and stupid and saying the Fatah party is “screwed” under his leadership. According to the Middle East Eye, the comments were made by Major General Wael el-Safty, an officer in Egypt’s General Intelligence Directorate in charge of Palestinian affairs, during a conversation with Fatah’s Mohammad Dahlan. In excerpts...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Book of Proverbs (Proverbs 20) 20 Wine is a mocker and beer a brawler;     whoever is led astray by them is not wise. 2 A king’s wrath strikes terror like the roar of a lion;     those who anger him forfeit their lives. 3 It is to one’s honor to avoid strife,     but every fool is quick to quarrel. 4 Sluggards do not plow in season;     so at harvest time they look but find nothing. 5 The purposes of a person’s heart are deep waters,     but one who has insight draws them out. 6 Many claim to have unfailing...

These holidays are the culmination of a period in which religion, faith in Allah, stringent observance of the commandments and the avoidance of sin, in addition to the vilification of infidels, are paramount. The new wave of knife stabbing terror in Israel this past week, almost in sync with the terror attacks in the USA, raises the question: "Why now?" The most facile answer is pointing to the Muslim "Id al Adha" - "holiday of offering" - that also took place last week. The holiday has great significance for Muslims because their entire calendar has only two holidays, both of...

The average, reasoning person needs to be added to the "endangered species" list. The world continues to go mad. And who are the most delusional, with few exceptions? The Geopolitical Leaders of the World. This week's update, entitled "Geopolitical Delusions" looks at some of the life-altering decisions that are occurring behind closed doors in the smoke-filled rooms of the United Nations. From condemning Israel for so called "Human Rights Violations" to the revival of the Oslo Accords and a demand that Israel return to her borders established in 1949, we are rushing to a flash point that could see Biblical...

Pastor J.D. shares the three main reasons Isaiah 17 and Ezekiel 38 are about to be fulfilled and why it’s important to understand their significance.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Sunday told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that if elected, the United States would recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, the campaign said, marking a potential dramatic shift in U.S. policy on the issue. During the meeting that lasted more than an hour at Trump Tower in New York, Trump told Netanyahu that under his administration, the United States would "recognize Jerusalem as the undivided capital of the State of Israel." While Israel calls Jerusalem its capital, few other countries accept that, including the United States. Most nations maintain embassies...

READOUT OF DONALD J. TRUMP'S MEETING WITH ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU NEW YORK, NY - Donald J. Trump met privately today with Prime Minister Netanyahu for over an hour at Mr. Trump's residence in Trump Tower. The two have known each other for many years and had the opportunity to discuss many topics important to both countries. Mr. Trump and the Prime Minister discussed the special relationship between America and Israel and the unbreakable bond between the two countries. The topics of military assistance, security and regional stability were addressed. Mr. Trump agreed that the military assistance provided to...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Book of Proverbs (Proverbs 19) 19 Better the poor whose walk is blameless     than a fool whose lips are perverse. 2 Desire without knowledge is not good—     how much more will hasty feet miss the way! 3 A person’s own folly leads to their ruin,     yet their heart rages against the Lord. 4 Wealth attracts many friends,     but even the closest friend of the poor person deserts them. 5 A false witness will not go unpunished,     and whoever pours out lies will not go free. 6 Many curry favor with a ruler,     and everyone is the friend of...

US Secretary of State John Kerry said that in his opinion, it is possible for Israel and the PA to come to political agreements in the coming months, before US President Obama leaves his office. Kerry began his meeting with Netanyahu by saying that the US is concerned about security and stability in the Middle East, and feels obligated to protect the two-state solution (as he put it). "We hope to find a way to take advantage of our friendship and advance what we believe to be the top priority in ensuring Israel's security and creating new relationships in the...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Book of Proverbs (Proverbs 18) 18 An unfriendly person pursues selfish ends     and against all sound judgment starts quarrels. 2 Fools find no pleasure in understanding     but delight in airing their own opinions. 3 When wickedness comes, so does contempt,     and with shame comes reproach. 4 The words of the mouth are deep waters,     but the fountain of wisdom is a rushing stream. 5 It is not good to be partial to the wicked     and so deprive the innocent of justice. 6 The lips of fools bring them strife,     and their mouths invite a beating. 7 The mouths of...

Riots broke out along the border fence in northern and central Gaza on Friday, with IDF soldiers driving back the participants using both non-lethal dispersal means and live fire against “instigators,” the army said. Sources in the Gaza Strip said three Palestinians were wounded in the clashes. The television station run by the Hamas terror group, which controls Gaza, said that two of the wounded were in serious condition, Israel Radio reported. “Several violent riots took place in the northern and central Gaza Strip. In order to prevent the threat of infiltration, forces responded with riot-dispersal means,” the army said....

The regular (permanent) service cadre of IDF is currently undergoing one of the most severe crises in its history. At the same time, the IDF conducts a training exercise and issues a massive technological tender. It is one of the most troubling issues as far as the Israeli defense establishment is concerned, but no one will speak about it publicly: the regular (permanent) service cadre of IDF is currently undergoing one of the most severe crises in its history. Some of the indications of this crisis: IDF seem unable to staff numerous positions normally staffed by officers at captain's rank,...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Book of Proverbs (Proverbs 17) 17 Better a dry crust with peace and quiet     than a house full of feasting, with strife. 2 A prudent servant will rule over a disgraceful son     and will share the inheritance as one of the family. 3 The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold,     but the Lord tests the heart. 4 A wicked person listens to deceitful lips;     a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue. 5 Whoever mocks the poor shows contempt for their Maker;     whoever gloats over disaster will not go unpunished. 6 Children’s children are a crown...

Britain should apologize for its 1917 declaration endorsing the founding of a Jewish homeland in Palestine, and should recognize Palestine as a state, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday. Abbas said that the Palestinian people had suffered greatly because of the Balfour Declaration, in which Britain said it favoured the establishment of a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine but that this should not undermine the rights of others living there. “We ask Great Britain, as we approach 100 years since this infamous declaration, to draw the necessary lessons and to bear...

Deputy Homeland Security Secretary paints grim picture of Jewish communities' vulnerability to terrorism, says leaders not doing enough. JTA - Painting a grim picture of Jewish vulnerability in the United States, a top U.S. security official said that the vast majority of funds earmarked to secure non-profits goes to Jewish institutions because their need is most acute. Alejandro Mayorkas, the Deputy Homeland Security Secretary, speaking Wednesday to the Orthodox Union's annual leadership mission to Washington, said rising extremism in the United States and its threat to the Jewish community keeps him awake at night. He said the threat had shifted...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Book of Proverbs (Proverbs 16) 16 To humans belong the plans of the heart,     but from the Lord comes the proper answer of the tongue. 2 All a person’s ways seem pure to them,     but motives are weighed by the Lord. 3 Commit to the Lord whatever you do,     and he will establish your plans. 4 The Lord works out everything to its proper end—     even the wicked for a day of disaster. 5 The Lord detests all the proud of heart.     Be sure of this: They will not go unpunished. 6 Through love and faithfulness sin is...

The international community headed by President Obama and Ban Ki Moon may be in denial, but Israelis, having to deal real politics and gruesome facts on the ground, are not I am gravely concerned that the Obama-Clinton team is involved in an ongoing subversion policy not only on a national scale but on a global one. Certainly, as far as Israel is concerned there is a grand deception going on. In his UN General Assembly speech, President Obama spoke about “deep fault lines in the existing international order.” He’s right. He’s responsible for a lot of the mess.

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Book of Proverbs (Proverbs 15) 15 A gentle answer turns away wrath,     but a harsh word stirs up anger. 2 The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge,     but the mouth of the fool gushes folly. 3 The eyes of the Lord are everywhere,     keeping watch on the wicked and the good. 4 The soothing tongue is a tree of life,     but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit. 5 A fool spurns a parent’s discipline,     but whoever heeds correction shows prudence. 6 The house of the righteous contains great treasure,     but the income of the wicked brings ruin. 7 The...

A controversial “anti-Zionism” class at the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) was reinstated on Monday without any substantial changes to the course material, The Algemeiner has learned. Despite claims by UC Berkeley officials that the syllabus of “Palestine: A Settler Colonial Analysis” underwent revision, a close examination of the new syllabus by The Algemeiner reveals only minor changes and that the same anti-Israel literature will be studied as previously listed. In addition, the language of the course description was modified to remove the admission that the course would be “exploring the possibility of decolonization,” as originally stated. It now...

An appearance by an acclaimed Palestinian teacher, whose husband served time for terrorism, at a Clinton Global Initiative event "disqualifies" Hillary Clinton from the presidency, according to Donald Trump's campaign. "Today's report that the Clinton Foundation is feting the wife of a Palestinian man convicted of helping bomb innocent Israeli citizens is deeply disturbing, especially in the wake of this weekend's attacks," Jason Miller, a Trump campaign spokesman, said in a statement. "The decision to honor the wife of a terrorist by Hillary Clinton's foundation shows a complete lack of judgment and a callousness that should disqualify her from holding...

This one came from Afghanistan. He is a naturalized American citizen, naturally. This would not be a good day to slander the flag as an act against the police. It was the police who came to the rescue after a series of bombings that shook New York City and New Jersey over the weekend. This would be a good day to honor all members of Law Enforcement. Within 24 hours they caught and arrested suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami. *snip* Back to New York, after setting off bombs in Seaside Park, NJ and later in and around Manhattan's Chelsea district, the...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Book of Proverbs (Proverbs 14) 14 The wise woman builds her house,     but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down. 2 Whoever fears the Lord walks uprightly,     but those who despise him are devious in their ways. 3 A fool’s mouth lashes out with pride,     but the lips of the wise protect them. 4 Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty,     but from the strength of an ox come abundant harvests. 5 An honest witness does not deceive,     but a false witness pours out lies. 6 The mocker seeks wisdom and finds none,...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Book of Proverbs (Proverbs 13) 13 A wise son heeds his father’s instruction,     but a mocker does not respond to rebukes. 2 From the fruit of their lips people enjoy good things,     but the unfaithful have an appetite for violence. 3 Those who guard their lips preserve their lives,     but those who speak rashly will come to ruin. 4 A sluggard’s appetite is never filled,     but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied. 5 The righteous hate what is false,     but the wicked make themselves a stench     and bring shame on themselves. 6 Righteousness guards the person...

Last week’s announcement of a record-breaking US aid package for Israel underscores how dangerously foolish and out-of-touch is our interventionist foreign policy. Over the next ten years, the US taxpayer will be forced to give Israel some $38 billion dollars in military aid. It is money we cannot afford going to a country that needs no assistance to maintain its status as the most powerful military in the Middle East. All US foreign aid is immoral and counterproductive. As I have often said, it is money taken from poor people in the US and sent to rich people overseas. That...

The United States will not be limited by the new $38 billion 10-year "memorandum of understanding" (MOU) in determining whether and how to increase security aid to Israel, Donald Trump's Israel advisor told the Jewish Insider website on Thursday. "Under a Trump administration, the level of strategic and tactical cooperation between the two countries will be of an unprecedented high level," Attorney David Friedman, who advises the Republican presidential nominee on U.S.-Israel affairs, told the website. "The U.S. will not be limited in its support for Israel by the terms of the MOU," he stressed. Friedman's comments come a day...

Pastor J.D. discusses seven recent developments of profound prophetic significance all of which have the common denominator of increasing wars and threats of war, with Israel as the ultimate target.

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who oversees the U.S. foreign aid budget, opined on Friday that Israel made a mistake by signing a new $38 billion security agreement with the Obama administration, The Associated Press reported. Graham said Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu could have gotten a better deal if he had waited until President Barack Obama left office. He stated that there is ample support in Congress among Republicans and Democrats for providing Israel with more military aid. And a new U.S. president, either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump, would be more generous too, he said on a conference...

After Israel attacked the Assad regime's military positions in response to projectiles fired from Syria that exploded inside Israel, Russia called on Israel to show restraint and has allegedly given Syria permission to shoot down Israeli planes that cross into its territory. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has called on Israel to "show restraint" and to "avoid any provocations" in the Syrian Golan Heights. "There is the need to show restraint and not to allow any provocations in the Golan Heights," Lavrov said commenting on an airstrike carried out by the Israeli jets in Syria's Golan Heights on Tuesday, according...

From exploding dumpsters to stabbings in "gun-free" malls in Minnesota, from the mess in Syria, to Obama's aspirations to head up the UN, John's breaking news update this week is packed with information that will enlighten, and outrage, thinking individuals everywhere. Want a baby without an egg? Might be possible. Who needs God anyway? Besides, wasn't the earth born with life already present? Want a mess in Syria? Already set. Want to pressure Israel into a false peace? America is working on that too. Gird up your loins, because while you were asleep, the world continued to race without wild...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Book of Proverbs (Proverbs 12) 12 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,     but whoever hates correction is stupid. 2 Good people obtain favor from the Lord,     but he condemns those who devise wicked schemes. 3 No one can be established through wickedness,     but the righteous cannot be uprooted. 4 A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown,     but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones. 5 The plans of the righteous are just,     but the advice of the wicked is deceitful. 6 The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood,     but the speech of...

A veteran confidant of Hillary Clinton has waded into a bitter argument over the explosive topic of Israel, defending his son’s intensely anti-Israel book from a liberal critic. Sidney Blumenthal, a former New Yorker writer turned Clinton adviser from the White House to the 2008 campaign, has been waging an online campaign against Nation columnist Eric Alterman for negatively reviewing his son Max Blumenthal’s book, Goliath. The book was described by Alterman, himself a frequent critic of Israel, as “awful” and something that “could have been published by the Hamas Book-of-the-Month Club (if it existed).” Clinton Foundation officials refused to...

State Department purged emails about $300,000 grant to anti-Netanyahu groupCongress on Friday launched a wide-ranging probe into a secret Obama administration-funded campaign to unseat Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to information exclusively obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.The probe comes on the heels of an internal government report determining that the State Department provided hundreds of thousands to an organization that plotted to unseat Netanyahu in the country’s 2015 election.Obama administration officials were found to have deleted emails from State Department accounts containing information about its relationship with OneVoice, the non-profit group that led the effort.OneVoice, which was awarded...

CNSNews.com) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday joined a chorus of criticism directed at Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s provocative assertion that the Palestinian Authority insistence that no Jews be allowed to live in a future Palestinian state is tantamount to “ethnic cleansing.” “I am disturbed by a recent statement by Israel’s prime minister portraying those who oppose settlement expansion as supporters of ethnic cleansing,” Ban told the U.N. Security Council. “This is unacceptable and outrageous.” “Let me be absolutely clear,” he continued. “Settlements are illegal under international law. The occupation, stifling and oppressive, must end.” Netanyahu’s comments, in...

JERUSALEM (AP) — In his landmark speech to the Arab world seven years ago, President Barack Obama warned that Israeli settlements on occupied territories were undermining hopes for peace. “It is time for these settlements to stop,” he declared. As Obama heads into the home stretch of his presidency, he leaves behind an unfulfilled vision. Not only did he fail to stop it, but he watched Israeli construction in the West Bank and east Jerusalem thrive — despite repeated White House condemnations. According to Israeli government data obtained by The Associated Press, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushed a wave...

'How to pick up Jewish chicks': Vile anti-Semitic picture shows human remains on a shovel - but Facebook refused to remove it

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem The Book of Proverbs (Proverbs 11) 11 The Lord detests dishonest scales,     but accurate weights find favor with him. 2 When pride comes, then comes disgrace,     but with humility comes wisdom. 3 The integrity of the upright guides them,     but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity. 4 Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath,     but righteousness delivers from death. 5 The righteousness of the blameless makes their paths straight,     but the wicked are brought down by their own wickedness. 6 The righteousness of the upright delivers them,     but the unfaithful are trapped by evil desires. 7 Hopes placed...