Monday, 5 November 2018 | President-elect Jair Bolsonaro has reaffirmed a plan to move Brazil’s embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, following the path of the United States and Guatemala, the Jerusalem Post reported Thursday. “As previously stated during our campaign, we intend to transfer the Brazilian Embassy from Tel-Aviv to Jerusalem. Israel
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Monday, 5 November 2018 | The United States on Monday is resuming sanctions on key Iranian industries—including the oil and financial sectors—and their impact was already being felt before the sanctions’ effective date as global businesses anticipated the sanctions “snapback.” US secretary of state Mike Pompeo last Friday said that ahead of the sanctions’ return
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Friday, 2 November 2018 | The deadly rampage perpetrated by an alleged white supremacist who killed 11 Jews at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue on October 27 is being described as the worst anti-Semitic attack in US history. Even though Jews make up only about 2 percent of the US population, the Anti-Defamation League identified
Continue Reading »Friday, 2 November 2018 | We’ve been told for a long time that the ceasefire is on the way. It had many names in the past, such as tahdiah, hudna, and most recently—”an arrangement.” Last Friday, once again, reports started emerging that an agreement has been reached. Several hours later, southern Israel was hit with
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Friday, 2 November 2018 | At a conference to promote business ventures between Israelis and Palestinians, David Friedman, the United States ambassador to Israel, said he promised to speak with Israeli officials to help Palestinian businessman if “any obstacles” impeded their progress, the Times of Israel reported Wednesday. The closed-door meeting was sponsored by the
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Friday, 2 November 2018 | “Why didn’t you leave Poland for Israel with Dr. Shor’s family in 1946, and stay in a displaced persons’ camp instead?” I ask Sala Goldhar. “I stayed so I could wait for my parents, I believed that my mother was looking for me,” she answers with a wry smile. Sala
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Thursday, 1 November 2018 | In another sign the recent visit of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the Arab nation of Oman could be a turning point in regional affairs, Omani leader Sultan Qaboos bin Said [al Said] sent a letter addressing Netanyahu’s visit to Palestinian [Authority] president Mahmoud Abbas. The letter was delivered
Continue Reading »Thursday, 1 November 2018 | An Instagram account started by eight 16-year-old girls who live in communities near the Gaza border has become quite popular as they post images that show life under the threat of rockets and incendiary balloons. The social media page, called Otef Gaza, managed to get more than 50,000 followers within
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Thursday, 1 November 2018 | A leading Israeli defense company, state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), has won a [US] $777 million contract with India for the supply of Barak-8 long-range surface-to-air defense missiles and missile defense systems for the Indian Navy, the Times of Israel reported Wednesday. The contract is with India’s state-owned Bharat Electronics
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Wednesday, 31 October 2018 | The massacre at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, the worst hate crime against Jews in US history, has also produced moments of hope in the past two days, as US media reported that Muslim organizations have launched a mass-funding campaign to raise money for the victims and their
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REBECCA J. BRIMMER
& BRIDGES FOR PEACE LEADERS
Full color, revised edition introduces the Hebraic roots of Christianity and tells the story of God’s covenant relationship with Israel. Study questions, excellent for small group or personal study.
(288 pages)
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