PM Wants to Determine if Terrorists Targeted Israelis in Istanbul Attack
It is still not clear whether Saturday's suicide attack in Istanbul specifically targeted Israelis, and Israel's intelligence agencies were looking into the matter, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday. (Read More...)
Erasmus and the Greek Text
Five hundred years ago this year, in February and March of 1516, a Swiss-German printer in Basel named Johann Froben published a volume of some 1,000 pages titled Novum Instrumentum Omne, “the whole New Testament.” This was the first officially published edition of the Greek New Testament, and it was the work of Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam. Next year, the scholarly world will commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, with much attention devoted to M
Oxford Students Laugh at Parisian Attacks
Members of a prominent Oxford University student group affiliated with the Labour Party laughed at Jewish victims of terrorism and made fun of the Holocaust, the Sunday Times reported. According to the British weekly, club members called Jewish students “Zios” (a term for Jews usually confined to Ku Klux Klan websites), dubbed the Auschwitz death camp “a cash cow,” sang about rockets being fired at Tel Aviv and expressed approval for both attacks on Parisian synagogues in 201
PM Chastises MKs over Terror Support
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lashed out Monday at Arab MKs who condemned Gulf Arab states for blacklisting the Lebanese Shiite organization Hezbollah as a terror group. “Countries from the Arab world decided to recognize Hezbollah as a terror group. This is an important development. Even amazing,” Netanyahu said in the Knesset on Monday evening. (Read More...)
PA Propaganda Spread at CATC
By now, most people have come to expect that officials from the Palestinian Authority will speak words of peace when addressing foreigners and words of hate when they speak to their own people. And most people realize that PA officials will level outrageous charges at Israel every chance they get. This is what the PA does. Governing through the use of misinformation and demonizing propaganda comes with the territory if you're in charge of the Palestinian Authority. But even t
Anti-Israel Forces Gather At CATC
Many leading Christian anti-Zionists are gathering this week in Bethlehem at the Christ at the Checkpoint conference, the movement’s biennial flagship event. Evangelical Christians have traditionally been strong supporters of Israel and the Jewish people. That their support can no longer be taken for granted is evidenced by Christ at the Checkpoint and its profile around the world. (Read More...)
Israel: Apartheid State or Safe for Arabs?
It’s that time of year again—Israel Apartheid Week. This “week” starts in Europe in February and spreads to North America in March. It’s an arm of the BDS (boycott, divestment, and sanctions against Israel) movement, which is in turn an arm of the Palestinian Authority, Hamas, and the Muslim Brotherhood. (Read More...)
Christianity's Anti-Semitic Virus
Dear fellow Christians, Over the past few months there has been a dramatic increase in anti-Semitism around the world. It has been stimulated by Israel's recent operation against Hamas. And by a global recession that could easily turn into another Great Depression. People are afraid, especially in wealthy Western nations. The Middle East could go nuclear. Energy supplies could dry up. We might lose our houses. Hungry, homeless indigents might coalesce. (Read More...)
Jews and Arabs Running for Peace
Despite the fact Jerusalem is in the midst of one of the more turbulent and difficult periods in recent years, there are residents from its western and eastern parts - Jews and Arabs alike - have decided to run together for peace. (Read More...)
Nazi Guard Convicted in Germany
LÜNEBURG, Germany — In what is likely to be among the last chances to bring justice for the Holocaust, a German court convicted a 94-year-old former SS soldier of colluding in mass murder, and delivered an unstinting depiction both of the horrors of Auschwitz and the depths of German guilt. (Read More...)
