Critical moves have been made over the past few days in the European Union and the UN Security Council, both involving the Palestinians, and both having potentially significant impact on Israel. First, the European Union (EU) voted very strongly in favor of backing Palestinian statehood. They claimed that the resolution "should go hand in hand …
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According to Canon Andrew White, known as the "Vicar of Baghdad," four Iraqi Christian children under the age of 15 were beheaded by ISIS when they refused to renounce Jesus and convert to Islam. The story and a recorded interview with Canon Andrew White was reported by the New York Post, though I have found …
Intifada is an Arabic word, typically translated as “uprising, resistance, or rebellion,” and we tend to see intifada-type actions being taken by Palestinians in Jerusalem these days. But are we seeing the birth of a true intifada? In 1987, and again in 2000, Palestinians launched what are known today as the First and Second Intifadas …
For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes in various places; there will also be famines. These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs. ~ Mark 13:8 Nation against nation, kingdom against kingdom. In Greek, “ethnos against ethnos” (ethnic group against ethnic group). On the Mount of Olives about 2000 years …
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