Erdogan Threatens Unilateral Action in Idlib if Russia-Brokered Ceasefire Goes Awry

Turkey Launches ‘Operation Peace Spring’ in Northern Syria (81) Russia brokered a ceasefire between Turkey and Syria on Thursday, which wrapped up weeks of fighting in Syria’s last rebel-held province that caused dozens of casualties on both sides. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to take unilateral action in Syria’s Idlib if the Russia-brokered […]

Benny Gantz’s gamble – analysis

The basis for the next coalition could be the desire of 62 MKs to see Netanyahu politically quarantined. GIL HOFFMAN MARCH 8, 2020 15:24 After a third election that appeared to hit a new low in political mudslinging, now comes the even more dreaded stage of a third coalition-building process that will be filled with […]

Netanyahu, Pence agree to collaborate to fight coronavirus spread

The Health Ministry is expected to announce a final decision regarding American travelers by end of day Sunday. By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Vice President Mike Pence spoke Sunday about collaborating to fight the spread of the coronavirus, according to the Prime Minister’s Office. White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Deborah Birx […]

Min. Hanegbi: ‘Netanyahu here to stay’

Likud MK says the left needs to forget about replacing the Prime Minister, unity gov’t only alternative to partnership with Joint List. Hezki Baruch, 08/03/20 Minister of Agriculture Tzachi Hanegbi (Likud) addressed the political deadlock at the weekly government meeting today (Sunday) and called on the left to cease their efforts to get the Likud […]

Gantz accepts Liberman’s coalition demands

Yisrael Beytenu chair refuses to back down from election promises regarding state-religion affairs, significantly diminishing chances of negotiation talks with religious parties Moran Azulay, Yuval Karni | Published: 03.08.20 , 14:16 Blue & White Chairman Benny Gantz agreed on Sunday to a set of prerequisites published by Yisrael Beytenu Chairman Avigdor Liberman for joining a […]

Democrats and anti-democrats

In America, voting is the only game in town and voters are the source of power. In Israel, the courts are in charge. by  Caroline B. Glick  Published on  03-06-2020 11:59 The day after Israel’s latest Knesset elections, Democrats in fourteen states in the US voted in Super Tuesday. This year’s Democratic presidential primaries pit the party […]

Israel seizes $4 million transferred from Iran to Hamas

Mar 6, 2020 Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett ordered on Thursday to seize about four million US dollars said to have been transferred from Iran to the Hamas terror organisation that runs the Gaza strip. Bennett signed an order to confiscate the funds which were “intended to develop terror infrastructure belonging to Hamas in the […]

Power vacuum in Iraq leads to threats from pro-Iran faction

Hassan Ali Ahmed March 5, 2020   p Article Summary Pro-Iran factions in Iraq worry that they could lose their political sway, having failed to keep one prime minister in power, then failing in their attempt to replace him, as they recognize the next candidate could be selected from outside their political circle with the […]

Mideast stock markets sharply drop on oil, coronavirus fears

Published: 03.08.20 , 10:04 Stocks markets in the Mideast suffered sharp drops in early trading Sunday over fears about the new coronavirus and falling demand for crude oil amid a failure by OPEC and allied nations to cut production.The Dubai Financial Market saw stocks drop by over 8% in a steep selloff. Boursa Kuwait stopped […]

“What does it mean that the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak?”

Answer: Just before His arrest, Jesus was in the Garden of Gethsemane, and He said to His disciples, “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak” (Matthew 26:41). The command came after Jesus had been praying to the Father and had found the disciples sleeping instead of praying (verses 38–40). He had admonished them to stay awake and pray with Him, but “their eyes were heavy” (verse 43), and they kept falling asleep. They slept right up until the time the armed mob came to take Jesus away …

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