Prayer Alert: Obama and Netanyahu to Meet Tomorrow in Washington

Christian friends, I encourage you to pray for our president and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.  They are scheduled to meet tomorrow (Wednesday, 10/1/14) to discuss many important foreign policy matters.  Though America has stood as Israel's closest ally since the birth of Israel in 1948, we have seen a definite shift in American policy …

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Obama Administration Halts Missile Transfer to Israel

While President Obama continues to say publicly that Israel has the right to defend herself, his administration has tightened arms transfers to Israel as tension grows between the two nations.  The US cites IDF tactics in Operation Protective Edge and the number of civilian casualties as reasons to oppose the arms transfer.  The Wall Street Journal …

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A Brief History of Palestine

Yesterday we discovered a bit about Palestinians and the relatively recent advent of Palestinianism.  Today we’ll take a closer look at the Israeli-Palestinian issue before moving on to discuss terrorism and its threat to Israel. Many scholars seem to believe that “Palestine” originated from Plesheth, the same root word as our English word “Philistine.”  The ancient …

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