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Pastor Munther Isaac publicly lauded the Oct. 7 massacre one day after it occurred, waxing poetic about ‘the strength of the Palestinian man who challenged his besiegement.’...For one, this Lutheran pastor doesn’t even live in Israel. That’s right. Instead of speaking to one of the 180,000 Christian Israelis, Tucker chose to interview someone who lives under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian Authority in Area A of the West Bank, a place where priests live in fear and toe the party line about Israel’s “occupation” in order to protect their churches.

When I first heard news of airstrikes in Gaza, I remember thinking, Good. I recoiled at the thought and was even more alarmed at my lack of ability to sympathize with the Palestinian people’s suffering. I was taken aback because even though my family is Jewish and we love Israel, I was raised to have compassion and empathy for Palestinians. My mom is a Middle Eastern history scholar and passionate about advocating for Palestinians. When we’d travel to Israel, we’d make it a point to also visit Arabs in Israel as well as in the West Bank. In college one...

(Photo by Krakenimages.com on Shutterstock) TEL AVIV — As the Middle East grapples with ongoing conflict even amid the ceasefire, Arab citizens of Israel are showing increasing support for political integration and normalization with neighboring states. A new survey reveals that over 70% now favor Arab party participation in government coalitions, while more than half view potential Israeli-Saudi diplomatic relations positively—findings that suggest a significant shift in community attitudes. The survey, conducted by the Konrad Adenauer Program for Jewish-Arab Cooperation at Tel Aviv University’s Moshe Dayan Center, comes at a pivotal moment in Israeli history. “The war between Israel and...

Ice and Fire and Another Bad Moon RisingMatthew 24:37 Again Yeshua said to his disciples: As in the days of Noah so will it be in the days of the Son of Man.…Ice and FireThe Generation of the FloodNoah warned the people of his generation, but they did not heed him until the Creator brought the punishment of Gehenom upon them. What is the punishment of Gehenom? It is ice and fire. The first is cold, the other boiling. And all of that generation were sentenced to punishment in Gehenom and were lost from the world.Sefer ZoharIf you’ve tuned in...

Ann Arbor, Michigan, Sep 28, 2024 / 06:00 am For centuries Christians have attributed a first-century date to the Shroud of Turin. Nuclear engineer Robert Rucker says that his latest research on the shroud verifies that. “The Shroud of Turin is the second-most valuable possession of the human race next to the Bible itself,” Rucker told CNA. The shroud is currently preserved in the Chapel of the Holy Shroud adjacent to St. John the Baptist Cathedral in Turin (Torino), Italy. For more than 10 years, Rucker has studied the physics of the disappearance of the body of Jesus and its...

The Voice of the Turtledove: "There are no Palisades""As I'm coming down the middle of the night -- no lights. I didn't know where it was on PCH, because all of the landmarks are gone.You don't know what street you've crossed; you don't know which house you've passed.It's -- it's just done. It's all done.You don't -- even --- yeah, you feel a little guilty if your house is still standing, kind of. But, you know so happy.And it's not the house. It's just stuff in your house. And it's the house.But -- I don't, I don't know. I mean,...

Jewish History Torah translated into Greek (246 BCE) In a second attempt to translate the Torah into Greek (after an unsuccessful attempt 61 years earlier), the ruling Greek-Egyptian emperor Ptolemy gathered 72 Torah sages, had them sequestered in 72 separate rooms, and ordered them to each produce a translation. On the 8th of Tevet of the year 3515 from creation (246 BCE) they produced 72 corresponding translations, including identical changes in 13 places (where they each felt that a literal translation would constitute a corruption of the Torah's true meaning). This Greek rendition became known as the Septuagint, "of the...

Amir Tsarfati joins Mati Shoshani to unpack a major end times war against Israel mentioned in Ezekiel 38. Plus, Erick Stakelbeck and David Rubin discuss the biblical values of faith and family that the Jewish people embody that is increasingly becoming absent in today's culture. Don't miss this powerful insight from TBN!

Who exactly was the Biblical Esau, and how did he become “Edom”? What are the true origins of Amalek, the “eternal enemy” of Israel? Why is Edom associated with Rome and the Western world? And what is the role of Edom in the End of Days and the Messianic Age? Find out in this thrilling class as we begin a new series on the complex and controversial world of Esau and Edom. Also discussed: Baphomet and pagan symbolism in Hollywood and the music industry, a possible hidden Scriptural reference to Elon Musk, and Biblical blueprints for today’s conflict in the...

Liberal pastors have taken to “blessing” abortion clinics to signal support for women who choose to abort their babies according to a Friday report from The New York Times. At an abortion clinic in Maryland, a Presbyterian pastor, Baptist minister and Jewish cantor burned incense as part of a “ritual blessing” in order “to show that religion could be a source of support for abortion rights,” according to the New York Times. The women wanted to counter religious opposition to the procedure. “For decades the Left has been downright hostile to expressions of religious faith — except apparently when it...

New York Times Highlights Christian and Jewish ‘Blessings’ for Abortion ClinicsThe New York Times has published a glowing article in praise of Christian and Jewish ministers who conduct “blessings” of abortion clinics in America.A Baptist minister, a Presbyterian pastor, and a Jewish cantor walked quietly through an abortion clinic where they “blessed the exam tables and their stirrups, the boxes of disposable gowns and the cushioned chairs in the recovery room,” the Times notes approvingly in Friday’s article.“Through a ritual blessing of the year-old clinic,” the piece states, the faith leaders “wanted to show that religion could be a source...

Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli wrote to the Pope to demand an explanation of the Pope's support for the Palestinian narrative. "It is a well-known fact that Jesus was born to a Jewish mother, lived as a Jew, and died as a Jew. It is also a well-known fact that the term “Jew” originates from Judah, the fourth son of Leah, from whom the Tribe of Judah descended.

Pope Francis unveiled the annual nativity scene at the Vatican over the weekend - raising some eyebrows in the process. A noticeable addition this year saw the seminal scene's baby Jesus draped in a keffiyeh - a traditional scarf used by Palestinians as a national symbol. Jesus was born into a Jewish family in Bethlehem some 2,000 years ago - and his death triggered the birth of Christianity. A statement from the wheelchair-bound pontiff, moreover, saw him humbly ask onlookers for peace in the Middle East, weeks after he called for an investigation into what he said may be a...

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The reason the world refuses to acknowledge the rights of the Jewish people to the Land of Israel is because they have no vocabulary for a people returning to its land after 2000 years according to divine prophecy. They’ve been bamboozled into believing there is no God and the Hebrew Bible is man-made. And that is partly our fault because, beginning a few centuries ago, we cooperated with the West’s agenda to wish away God and our obligations to Him, as the Scientific and Industrial Revolutions appeared to supplant faith in explaining human origins and providing felicity. (They haven’t! Do...

Will the Jews keep the Torah and follow it in the Messianic era if Christians say the Law is dead?

For years, Israel and Turkey’s relations have been dwindling, but now, those relations seem to be non-existent at all. Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that Turkey has officially ended relations with Israel, according to various media reports in Turkey. Erdogan was quoted to have said, “We, as the State and Government of the Republic of Turkey, have cute off relations with Israel. We do not have any relationship with Israel at this point. Period.” With Turkey being a NATO nation, how will this move be seen by the other members of NATO and their stance with Israel? Plus, the...

The Shroud of TurinPsalm 45 A song of praise for King MessiahTehillim 45:1 For the conductor, on the shoshannim, by the sons of Korah, a Maskil, a song of endearment.2 My heart is astir with a good theme, I say, “My works are for a king, my tongue is like the pen of a skillful scribe.” 3 You are beautiful beyond other men, charm is poured upon your lips, therefor ELoHIM has blessed you for eternity. 4 Gird your sword upon thigh, O mighty one, your majesty and splendor. 5 And with your splendor, overcome and ride for the sake...

Trump won the largest Jewish county in the country, the only entirely Jewish town and village, and some of the densest, fastest growing and most Jewish neighborhoods in America.Borough Park, Brooklyn is the densest Jewish neighborhood in the country. Its two square miles contain nearly 100,000 Jewish people in 23,000 households. 83% are married and only 2% are divorced. 96% are members of synagogues. This was where large crowds protested pandemic lockdowns, tearing down playground fences and burning masks.Trump won over 90% of the vote in most Borough Park districts. On 14th Avenue and Rabbi Weissmandl Way, Trump won 96%...

Former President Donald Trump recently reissued his loyalty test to religious Americans, declaring that he can best protect their freedoms while preemptively blaming members of certain faiths should he lose the presidential election in November. Jews and Catholics can vote for him and ace the test, but those who don’t, he says, “need their head examined.” If he loses, Trump added, "Jewish people would have a lot to do with the loss.” Among the Jewish leaders appalled at Trump’s remarks was Rabbi Rick Jacobs. “Your words preemptively blaming Jews for your potential election loss is of a piece with millennia...