Kushner: Trump Peace Plan Entails ‘Tough Compromises’ for Both Israel and Palestinians

by Barney Breen-Portnoy     Senior White House adviser Jared Kushner attends a plenary session at the Middle East summit in Warsaw, Poland, Feb. 14, 2019. Photo: Agencja Gazeta / Slawomir Kaminski via Reuters. The Trump administration’s yet-to-be unveiled Israeli-Palestinian peace plan entails “tough compromises” for both sides, senior White House adviser Jared Kushner said […]

Jordan’s crucible: How the kingdom comes through crises relatively unscathed

After weathering the storm of the last years of crises in the region, Jordan sees record tourism revenues while it navigates the ongoing need to host Syrian refugees. By Seth J. Frantzman April 6, 2019 17:25    AMMAN – The streets in Amman’s Jebel al-Weibdeh are crowded in the early evening with sounds of young […]

Made in Israel: Intel launches most powerful processor yet

The 9th Gen Intel Core mobile H-series processors are aimed at gamers and video graphics creators, boasting up to 33% better overall performance compared with a three-year old PC. Eytan Halon April 23, 2019 19:26 American technology giant Intel Corp launched its “most powerful generation” of laptop processors to date on Tuesday, designed by its […]

US severs Iran’s oil export lifeline. A hawkish new Revolutionary Guards chief prepares payback

The US placed its Middle East forces on high alert on Monday, April 22, before announcing the cancellation of waivers that allowed 8 countries to buy embargoed Iranian oil. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in an unprecedentedly tough statement. “We are going to zero across the board. We’ll continue to enforce sanctions and […]

Rapture – Critical Considerations

Gary M. Fisher A great feature about Bible prophecy is it has a built-in element of hope. It is the only reliable source for good news about the future. With this in mind, it seems a good time to review the great, positive future we have in the Lord. In addressing the need for hope, one of the greatest hope-building promises the Lord ever gave during His ministry is the one in which He said that He would come and take us to the Father’s House where He is preparing a place for us (John 14:6). The disciples were confused …

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Jordan’s king warns Israel: ‘Jerusalem is a red line’

“To me, Jerusalem is a red line, and all my people are with me,” King Abdullah II of Jordan said on Wednesday. By David Isaac, World Israel News  In the wake of recent tensions on the Temple Mount, King Abdullah II of Jordan said, “To me, Jerusalem is a red line, and all my people […]

Iran to increase naval ties with China

Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi met with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing. By Anna Ahronheim April 23, 2019 17:20 Iran will increase naval ties with China in the Northern Indian Ocean, Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi told his Chinese counterpart, saying it would accelerate the withdrawal of other countries from the […]

On erasing Jews

A recent discovery in a Paris flea market should awaken the world to a frightening possibility Aaron David Fruh April 21, 2019 23:52 As antisemitism ascended in pre-Holocaust Austria, a Jewish writer in Vienna – Hugo Bettauer – wrote a futuristic allegorical novel entitled The City Without Jews. The year was 1922, and the book […]

US deploys two carrier strike groups in Mediterranean – first time since 2016

The John C. Stennis and Abraham Lincoln carrier strike groups have joined the US Mediterranean 6th Fleet for the first time in more than two years. This was announced on Monday, April 22, by the 6th Fleet commander, Vice Adm Lisa Franchetti.  DEBKAfile’s military sources add that this unusual concentration of US naval and air might in the region is intended […]

Why Trump’s Iran Terror Designation is a Game Changer

U.S. President Donald Trump’s designation of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization is the first move in extending the concept of “terrorism” to a state actor — an actor that owns a remarkable share not only in Iranian foreign and security policy but also in its economy.This move could have severe […]

Netanyahu: ‘I will name a Golan town after Trump’

Netanyahu said there “is a need to express our appreciation by calling a community or neighborhood on the Golan Heights after Donald Trump.” Herb Keinon April 23, 2019 20:18 If Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has his way, alongside Katzrin, Ramot and Ramat Magshimim on the Golan Heights, there may someday soon be a community named […]

Living The Impossible – by Hal Lindsey

Someone recently reminded me of something I said in a sermon many years ago. “The Christian life is not a difficult life to live. The Christian life is an impossible life to live.” At first, those words are disturbing. We’re like the disciples. After the rich, young ruler turned away from Christ, the Lord said something that disturbed and astonished them. “Truly I say to you, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. And again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for …

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Egypt referendum extends Sisi rule to 2030

Amendments were approved, with 88.83% voting in favor.   Mordechai Sones, 23/04/19 22:52   Egyptian police officer stands guard outside polling station Reuters Egypt’s election commission says voters have approved a series of proposals to amend the Egyptian constitution, allowing incumbent President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to continue to rule Egypt until 2030 and significantly expanding […]

Watch: Netanyahu pledges to name Golan town after Trump

PM Netanyahu: ‘I intend to bring a resolution calling for a new community on the Golan named after President Donald J. Trump.’ Arutz Sheva Staff, 23/04/19 Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu pledge to build a new community named after US President Donald Trump on the Golan Heights in gratitude for the president’s recognition of Israel’s sovereignty […]