Two weeks ago we alerted readers to look for rising tensions surrounding Jewish access to the Temple Mount and to expect increasingly violent action on the part of Palestinian militants.Sadly that has proven to be the case.
Since the day God called Abram to leave his father’s household and go to a land He would show him, promising this land to him and his descendants as an everlasting possession, the Children of Israel have been a Chosen People inseparably tied to a Chosen Land.
It wasn’t until Theodor Herzl wrote a book called “the Jewish State” in 1896 that the history of Israel saw the birth of the modern movement known as Zionism. Herzl was a journalist who covered a famous trial that came to be known as the Dreyfus Affair.
Even as England struggled to balance the conflicting promises they had made to Jews and Arabs regarding the Holy Land, a new threat began looming across Europe. The anti-Semitism that had retreated to the shadows following the Dreyfus Affair returned with a vengeance during the Great Depression.
Israel declared its independence on May 14, 1948. That same night, the combined armies of Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon, along with troops from Saudi Arabia and Yemen, invaded Israel.
July 2015-- When the Arab nations invaded Israel in 1948, they instructed Palestinians living in the newly created Jewish state to flee their homes to neighboring countries. Most expected Israel to be quickly defeated. “You’ll be home in a week,” many were told.
July 20, 2015 The United Nations Security Council unanimously approved the Iran nuclear deal on Monday. The deal appears to grant Iran generous concessions without, as many believe, enough accountability, and it has garnered great concern both in Israel and among the United States Congress.
On March 3, 2015, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a rare joint session of the U.S. Congress. He sounded a solemn warning that day about the intentions of Iran that has, sadly, gone largely unheeded.
By Jack Kinsella Despite all the promises made by both sides regarding the sanctity of Jerusalem, it seems pretty much a foregone conclusion that the city will eventually be redivided between Arabs and Jews.
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL Since the dawn of what is known as the Arab Spring in 2011, the Middle East has gone through profound and historic changes, killing hundreds of thousands of people and forcing millions of others from their homes.