Netanyahu: “How can you make peace with someone who rejects your very existence?”

Israel's Prime Minister asks a logical question: "How can you make peace with someone who rejects your very existence?" In response to US Secretary of State John Kerry's Israel-Palestinian peace plan, Benjamin Netanyahu lays out point-by-point objections to it.  See the full 13-minute speech here: Pray for the Prime Minister and other Israeli leaders as …

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Reflections on 2016

What a year!  Despite so much chaos in our world, there is so much for which to be thankful.  Tomorrow we'll look toward 2017, but today let's reflect on 2016. January: We began the year asking questions such as: Are we sleeping? and Is there Hope for America?  While I believe many churches are asleep at …

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Reaction to John Kerry’s Speech

Despite traveling today, I have remained abreast of the news, and join many others who are appalled. After 8 years of diplomatic failure, the Obama administration, through Secretary of State John Kerry, has laid out a final peace plan for Israel and the Palestinians. What they could not accomplish in 8 years, they now attempt …

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Netanyahu’s Response to the UN Resolution Opposing Jewish Settlements

As we discussed yesterday, the UN Security Council passed a resolution, in essence, making Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria (Israeli territory) illegal.  Throughout Israel's history, the US has supported Israel by vetoing anti-Israel resolutions.  A US veto would have shot this resolution down, though President Obama instructed the US ambassador to abstain.  The resolution …

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