Day: June 27, 2019

“Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.” 1 Corinthians 7:20

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Some persons have the foolish notion that the only way in which they can live for God is by becoming ministers, missionaries, or Bible women. Alas! how many would be shut out from any opportunity of magnifying the Most High if this were the case. Beloved, it is not office, it is earnestness; it is not position, it is grace which will enable us to glorify God. God is most surely glorified in that cobbler’s stall, where the godly worker, as he plies the awl, sings of the Saviour’s love, aye, glorified far more than in many a prebendal stall …

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SpaceIL cancels Beresheet 2 for more “significant challenge”

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Following Israel’s failure to land on the Moon, SpaceIL announces it will not conduct the same mission; SpaceIL: A similar voyage to the Moon would not set the required threshold for a breakthrough mission, and therefore it has been decided to seek a more significant challenge. Israel’s SpaceIL, which recently attempted to land a spacecraft […]

Palestinians hang Trump in effigy in protests against Bahrain summit – report

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There was also a poster in the picture that said, “Despicable Trump, your talk is like your urine. Shut up,” the report discovered. By JERUSALEM POST STAFF June 27, 2019 10:52   2 minute read. Palestinians part of Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah Movement published pictures on Facebook of their protest in Bethlehem against the Bahrain summit […]

Fears Return Over German Chancellor Merkel’s Well-Being as She Appears Shaking Again

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Speculation about Angela Merkel’s health issues began flying around after she was seen trembling at a welcoming ceremony for Ukraine’s newly-minted president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in Berlin last week. German Chancellor Angela Merkel appeared shaky again as she attended an official ceremony to appoint a new justice minister in Berlin on Thursday. Standing alongside President Frank-Walter […]

Iran warns U.S. of stronger reaction if its borders violated again

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Published:  06.27.19 ,   Iran warned the United States on Thursday against violation of its borders, with parliament speaker Ali Larijani threatening a stronger reaction, a week after Tehran shot down an American drone that spiked tension between the countries.   “The downing of their drone was a good experience for them to avoid any […]

Fatah deputy: Some Arab countries stabbed us in the back in Bahrain

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Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s deputy in Fatah responded, Thursday morning, to the just-concluded economic workshop in Bahrain by saying “Some Arab countries stabbed us in the back,” according to the Israel Public Broadcasting Corporation. The deputy added, “We do not understand this being dragged as a herd after the Americans.”

Hezbollah sees U.S. war on Iran as unlikely-report

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Published:  06.27.19   The Iran-backed Lebanese Shi’ite group Hezbollah believes a U.S. war on Iran is unlikely for reasons including Iran’s strong defensive capabilities, Hezbollah’s deputy leader said in an interview published on Thursday.   Sheikh Naim Qassem told Lebanon’s al-Joumhouria newspaper U.S. President Donald Trump “does not need war”.   “He does not benefit […]

Greenblatt on Israel: I haven’t found anything to criticize that goes over the line

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“We cannot create a comprehensive peace deal unless we have a Palestinian voice that represents all Palestinians,” the US Special Envoy told i24 News Ilanit Chernick June 27, 2019 09:43 US Special Envoy Jason Greenblatt has not found anything to When asked about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s comments on annexing the West Bank he said […]

Russia dismisses report on GPS problem at Ben-Gurion

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Reuters reports a Russian source has responded to a Galei Tzahal report of its being responsible for GPS problems at Ben-Gurion Airport by saying, “This report is a “red herring” (literally mouse on mushrooms). We don’t comment on every [piece of] nonsense.” Former military intelligence chief Amos Yadlin had theorized that the problem could be […]

Moscow blamed for disruption of GPS systems at Ben Gurion Airport

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Israeli officials say interference caused by Russian military in Syria; Russian embassy dismisses accusation as ‘fake news’ By JUDAH ARI GROSS Today, 9:49 am   An airplane drives along the runwar at Ben Gurion International Airport, on May 8, 2018. (Flash90) Israeli officials on Thursday accused Russia of responsibility for the ongoing disruptions to the satellite navigation […]