Yom HaAliyah (Day of Aliyah) is a soon-to-be official holiday in Israel, celebrating aliyah (Jewish immigration to Israel). Yesterday we saw the Biblical significance of the new holiday and today we'll direct our focus to the prophetic implications of Yom HaAliyah. Roughly 3 million Jews returned from captivity in Egypt, the very first mass aliyah. …
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US to Purchase Heavy Water from Iran
Heavy water: water in which the hydrogen in the molecules is partly or wholly replaced by the isotope deuterium, used especially as a moderator in nuclear reactors. Ok, if you are like me, you just read that and went, "Huh!?!?" Suffice it to say that "heavy water" is used in the production of nuclear energy...whether "safe" …
Palestinian Official: “Jews Should Return to Their Country of Origin”
The Palestinian Authority envoy to the UN Human Rights Council, Ibrahim Khreisheh, recently stated that "Jews should return to their country of origin." He believes Jews came to the land of "Palestine," colonized it, and made it their own. Furthermore, he picks up on a recent statement by Russian President Vladimir Putin that Russia is …
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Iranian and Israeli Reactions to “Implementation Day;” More Natural Gas Found off Israeli Coast
As expected, reactions to the lifting of international sanctions against Iran are vastly different. Per the Iranian Nuclear Deal struck in July 2015, the IAEA has declared on Saturday that Iran has fulfilled all requirements (removing nuclear materials, disassembling some of their centrifuges, and dismantling a heavy-water nuclear reactor in Arak, for example). Thus, sanctions …
Looking for the Blessed Hope 