Today (sundown Friday to sundown Saturday) was Shabbat, so everything in Israel is pretty much shut down. Thus, we took the opportunity to make the two hour drive down to Galilee. "Down" has a different connotation in Israel because, though the Galilee area lies to the north of Jerusalem, one always goes "up" to Jerusalem, …
Tag: Palestinians
Sailing into Week 9: Heading for Home!
Welcome back shipmates! What a journey we are on! Though we will head toward home this week, we still have lots of sea to sail and treasures to find, so don't stow away your treasure boxes just yet! Today, let's go to the stern (the back of the boat) and stand on deck. Off the …
Kerry Meets with Abbas, King Abdullah
US Secretary of State John Kerry was in Amman Jordan yesterday to meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Jordan's King Abdullah to discuss ongoing violence in and around Jerusalem. Over the past several weeks dozens of terrorist attacks have been carried out by Palestinians as tensions have mounted. Conflicts have become commonplace at holy …
10 Things You Should Know….
Hi friends! I just read an interesting article I want to share with you. From a Biblical standpoint, we know that God lives in covenant promise with His people forever. Israelis seem to know that instinctively, if not "religiously." An Israeli journalist wrote 10 Things You Should Know about the Latest Wave of Jihad. I …
