Immediate Release Statement From Assistant to the Secretary of Defense Jonathan Hoffman

Dec. 29, 2019 In response to repeated Kata’ib Hizbollah (KH) attacks on Iraqi bases that host Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) coalition forces, U.S. forces have conducted precision defensive strikes against five KH facilities in Iraq and Syria that will degrade KH’s ability to conduct future attacks against OIR coalition forces. The five targets include three […]

Statement From Assistant to the Secretary of Defense Jonathan Hoffman

Dec. 29, 2019 In response to repeated Kata’ib Hizbollah (KH) attacks on Iraqi bases that host Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) coalition forces, U.S. forces have conducted precision defensive strikes against five KH facilities in Iraq and Syria that will degrade KH’s ability to conduct future attacks against OIR coalition forces. The five targets include three […]

US forces launch attack on Kataib Hezbollah base in Iraq – report

Sky News Arabia reported just before 8 in evening Iraqi time that a bomb struck near the city of Al-Qaim in Iraq near the Syrian border. SETH J. FRANTZMAN THE BORDER between the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and Iran. On Sunday evening in Iraq US forces bombed the headquarters of Kataib Hezbollah, an Iraqi-based Shi’ite […]

Hamas faces backlash over ‘ceasefire deal’ with Israel

Hamas spokesman Abdel Latif Qanou on Sunday denied the report, saying the talk was only about “confirming previous understandings related to ending the blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip.” KHALED ABU TOAMEH DECEMBER 29, 2019 18:07 The Palestinian Authority and several Palestinian factions have criticized Hamas for its reported readiness to reach a long-term ceasefire […]

In Iran, It Is a Crime to Be a Christian

Majid RafizadehDecember 29, 2019 at 5:00 am Three of the Islamist judges known to preside over the trials of Christians are Mashallah Ahmadzadeh, Mohammed Moghiseh, and Ahmad Zargar. The international community needs to consider imposing sanctions on them. Converts to Christianity from Islam, according the Iran’s Islamic law, can face the death penalty. The Iranian […]

Leave the latkes, take the cannoli in honor of this Hanukkah heroine

Centuries before Judah Maccabi led his uprising, biblical prophetess Judith headed off (literally) Israel’s enemies, which is why some eat dairy during the weeklong holiday Steph BlackToday, 2:39 pm Alma via JTA — Hanukkah season means latkes, menorahs and the retelling of the classic story about Judah and the Maccabees. But there’s a woman from […]

U.S. monitoring North Korea closely, finds situation concerning

Published: 12.29.19 , 16:38 The United States is monitoring North Korea’s actions closely and finds the situation there concerning but there are open lines of communications between the two countries, White House national security adviser Robert O’Brien said on Sunday. Washington wants to hold North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to his commitment to denuclearize […]

The Time Came

Charles E. McCracken   Most people of faith who read the Bible would agree that the Nativity was an event planned in the foreknowledge of God. Examining world conditions on the night of our Lord’s birth forcefully underscores that reality. LUKE 2:6-7 (NIV) “While they were there [registering in Bethlehem], the time came for the […]

That We Might Receive the Adoption as Sons

Israel History: ModernCharles E. McCracken God has an incomparable appointment calendar that spans the course of human history.  Before the earth was brought into existence, He scheduled an event and notified man (Gen. 3:15). For millennia, God consistently reiterated the redemptive purpose of His long held appointment. He even sent prophets to establish the predetermined […]

Hamas Has Lost Its Mojo in Gaza

by Dexter Van ZileOpinion Talk about being obtuse. The folks at The Palestine Chronicle, a pro-Hamas propaganda outfit operating as a non-profit organization here in the US, is trying to put the best possible spin on the collapse of the “Great March of Return” protests that have petered out after almost two years of failure. “It’s […]

Israel to advance plans for over 2,000 new settlement homes

Majority of those to be green-lit through various planning stages are outside the generally accepted ‘blocs’; number lower than 3,000 promised by PM last week By Jacob Magid Today, 12:51 pm 0 Edit The Defense Ministry body responsible for authorizing settlement construction is slated to green-light plans for over 2,000 Israeli homes in the West […]

Netanyahu: Israel to sign major gas pipeline deal in Athens on Thursday

The deal will be signed in Athens at a summit meeting between Netanyahu, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades. TOVAH LAZAROFF DECEMBER 29, 2019 12:51 Israel will sign a historic deal that will allow for the construction of a sub sea pipeline to send Israeli gas from the Eastern Mediterranean to […]

Abbas’ spokesman: ‘Not letting east Jerusalem vote is crossing a red line’

Published: 12.29.19 , 13:14 Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesman for Mahmoud Abbas, the President of the Palestinian Authority, commented on Sunday on Israel’s decision to not respond to the plead to let Palestinian residents of eastern Jerusalem vote in the upcoming Palestinian elections. “This is crossing a red line, we cannot have an election without Jerusalem,” […]

With a knife ‘the size of a broomstick,’ a Hanukkah lighting becomes a bloodbath

‘Many dozens’ were gathered at home of Monsey rabbi on 7th night of holiday when attacker entered; stabber later made beeline for nearby synagogue but was locked out TOI staffAgencies The rabbi in upstate New York had just concluded the Hanukkah candle-lighting in his home where dozens of Hasidim had gathered, when a masked man […]