Yesterday marked Israel's Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah). It is a somber day, marked by the blare of sirens across the land at 10am. Everything literally grinds to a halt for 2 minutes. Work and school activities cease, pedestrians stop in their tracks, and traffic stops on the streets and highways of Israel as Jews …
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Welcome back, friends! We began the week considering an Israeli's perspective on superpowers and new global alliances. Today's post follows up on that perspective because the Israeli author mentioned "direct connection[s] between the United States, the European Union, and China – and jihadists in the Middle East." What about those Middle East jihadists? What is …
Much has been reported about Israel's failures on October 7, 2023. In the darkest day in Israeli history since the Holocaust, thousands of Hamas terrorists and Gaza citizens flooded across the Israeli border to attack and brutally torture, maim, and murder thousands of innocent citizens. Known for their world-renowned intelligence capabilities and a strong military, …
Ok, let's be more specific...Can Gazans be trusted with a ceasefire as long as Hamas is still around? Perhaps that's an entirely different question. Perhaps not. Is Gaza Hamas and Hamas is Gaza? Is there a distinction between the two? It is very difficult to discern that. Currently, there are crowds of Gazans taking to …
Looking for the Blessed Hope 