Month: May 2019

The Test of Time

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Exodus 16:1–36 Bread from Heaven 16 They set out from Elim, and all the congregation of the people of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had departed from the land of Egypt. 2 And the whole congregation of the people of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness, 3 and the people of Israel said to them, “Would that we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the meat pots and …

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The Apostasy of the Church Part II

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At the heart of theological liberalism is an attack on the authority of the Bible. A central attack is to question the traditional authorship and historicity of the Pentateuch and other parts of Scripture. The result is to question or openly deny Old Testament prophecy and the dating of the writing of Old Testament books. Two examples of this are: Julius A. Bewer, Union Theological Seminary Professor: “The dates and figures found in the first five books of the Bible turn out to be altogether unreliable” (Bewer, The Literature of the Old Testament, 1940) A more recent illustration of liberalism …

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Iran Sets Deadline for Remaining JCPOA Parties

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TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) issued a statement on Wednesday, saying the country is no longer fulfilling some of its obligations under the 2015 nuclear, and setting a two-month deadline for the remaining parties to fulfill their undertakings. May, 08, 2019 – 10:32 – Politics news – From Wednesday on, Iran […]

700 rockets, 240 intercepts, 4 dead: Is Iron Dome getting worse?

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After latest round of attacks from Gaza leave 4 Israelis dead, 100 injured, questions mounting regarding Israel’s Iron Dome defense system. Sam Sokol, JTA, 08/05/19  Iron Dome fires interceptor missile at rockets launched from Gaza Reuters After the weekend’s fighting between Hamas and the Israeli army, some Israelis have raised questions about the strength of […]

Israel Responds To Cyber Attack With Air Strike On Cyber Attackers In World First

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Zak Doffman Getty The escalating global threat of cyber attacks against nation-states took a turn yesterday when Israel’s military announced that they had “thwarted an attempted Hamas cyber offensive against Israeli targets. Following our successful cyber defensive operation, we targeted a building where the Hamas cyber operatives work.” The tweet included the highlighted image of the […]

Palestinians: EU, Russia and UN should counter US peace plan

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UNITED NATIONS – The Palestinian U.N. ambassador said Tuesday that the European Union, Russia and the United Nations should take action to save a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict if the long-awaited U.S. peace plan doesn’t lead to two independent nations. Riyad Mansour told a group of journalists that these key parties that support […]

Pompeo makes unannounced trip to Iraq

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US secretary’s visit to Baghdad is show of support for Iraqi government as Washington squeezes Iran By MATTHEW LEEToday, 1:23 am   US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to reporters in flight after a previously unannounced trip to Baghdad, May 8, 2019. (Mandel Ngan/Pool Photo via AP) BAGHDAD (AP) — US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo […]

IDF posts video for Hamas, asking why attacking Israelis outweighs helping Gazans

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It begins with the message that children should not be targeted, then points out that Hamas and the PIJ fire rockets at Israeli schools and kindergartens while using civilians as human shields. Aaron Bandler Israeli security forces take cover after hearing warning sirens on a road near the Gaza border on May 5, 2019. Photo […]

German Jews slam Social Democrats for event with Iran’s ‘criminal regime’

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“There is enough evidence to break all relations with Iran. Why are you giving this criminal regime a podium?” Benjamin Weinthal May 7, 2019 20:28 Iranian men look at a cartoon exhibit during the ” in Tehran August 14, 2006. (photo credit: RAHEB HOMAVANDI/REUTERS) Sigmount Königsberg, the commissioner on antisemitism for Germany’s largest Jewish community […]

Iran says it is halting curbs on enrichment in partial nuke deal pullout

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Rouhani says Tehran will stop selling excess uranium and heavy water and will step up enrichment activity in 60 days if no new deal, in speech on year anniversary of US withdrawal By AGENCIES and TOI STAFFToday, 8:35 am  2 43shares Iranian President’s Office, President Hassan Rouhani visits the Bushehr nuclear power plant just outside of Bushehr, Iran, January […]

The US is sending a ton of firepower to take on Iran — here’s everything headed their way

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Ryan Pickrell An F/A-18E Super Hornet from the “Fist of the Fleet” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 25 launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jeff Sherman Two angles facing left, which often indicate, “return to the beginning.” […]

Palestinians hurt their own chances for a state

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You can’t blame Israel for this sorry state of affairs, and you can’t blame U.S. President Donald Trump for it. (May 7, 2019 / Flame) The Palestinians have believed for decades that time was on their side—that they would eventually defeat the State of Israel and drive the Jews out of the Holy Land. Yet […]

Israel commemorates 23,741 fallen soldiers, 3,150 terror victims

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Siren blares around country at 8 p.m., marking somber Memorial Day events, amid tensions in Gaza and controversy over a ceremony dedicated to both Israelis and Palestinians By MICHAEL BACHNER7 May 2019, 6:38 pm  0 4,237shares An Israeli soldier at a Memorial Day ceremony at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem on Memorial Day, which commemorates […]

Egypt and Iran Vie for Influence in Gaza

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By Yaakov Lappin May 7, 2019 Watchtower, Rafah, Gaza Strip border with Egypt, image via Wikipedia   BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,166, May 7, 2019 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: While Cairo is exerting its influence in Gaza to avoid a new conflict and mediate a period of calm, Iran sees Gaza as one more base from […]