Trump or Netanyahu? American Evangelicals Support Israel, Yet Signs of Change
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“In the public spat between Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu, who would American evangelicals support? A new survey suggests it might be the Israeli.” - CToday
As Jews pray on Temple Mount, status quo in Jerusalem’s holiest site begins to shift
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“A group that advocates for Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount reported that more than 10,000 Jewish worshippers had visited it between September and November in violation of an agreement between Israel and Jordan — an increase of 80% compared with recent years.” - RNS
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When progressives betray their Jewish allies
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On “the recent announcement from the Washington, D.C., branch of Sunrise, a national climate action group, that they would be pulling out of a voting rights rally because ‘a number of Zionist organizations’ will be participating.” - RNS
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Jewish group condemns United Church of Christ resolution on Israel, Palestinians
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“The American Jewish Committee denounced the UCC resolution, a ‘Declaration for a Just Peace Between Palestine and Israel,’ saying the measure ‘demonizes Israel, fails to offer a credible path to Israeli-Palestinian peace, and undermines advances in Christian-Jewish relations.’” - RNS
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Nation’s Largest Teachers’ Union Rejects Anti-Israel Resolution
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The rejected resolution “used language that legitimized Palestinian terrorism as a ‘heroic struggle’ in the fight to combat alleged Israeli ‘military repression’ and ‘ethnic cleansing.’ It also urged the NEA to ‘publicize its support for the Palestinian struggle for justice and call on the United States government to stop arming and supporting Israel.’” - National Review
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Pew: U.S. Jews have widely differing views on Israel
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“Caring about Israel is ‘essential’ to what being Jewish means to 45% of U.S. Jewish adults, and an additional 37% say it is ‘important, but not essential,’ according to a new Pew Research Center survey … . However, the survey found that Jewish Americans – much like the U.S. public overall – also hold widely differing views on Israel and its political leadership.” - Pew
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Black Lives Matter calls for Palestinian liberation, stands in ‘solidarity’ amid Hamas attacks
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“Black Lives Matter expressed its ‘solidarity’ for Palestinians, advocating for ‘ending settler colonialism’ and Palestinian liberation in a tweet that implicitly undercut Israel after days of attacks in the region.” - C.Post
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What does Hamas really want?
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“Hamas does not care about how Jews behave. If Jews behave badly, Hamas does not care. If Jews behave nobly, it does not care. There is a reason. Hamas is an organization of Jew-haters.” - Jeffrey Salkin
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Undercover Christian Family in Jerusalem Outed for ‘Covert Missionary’ Work
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“A Christian family who reportedly integrated into an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in Jerusalem is being outed for conducting missionary work in Israel and thereby breaking the country’s anti-proselytizing law.” - C.Leaders
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Short Review of ‘Three Views on Israel and the Church’
A Review of Three Views on Israel and the Church: Perspectives on Romans 9-11, Jared Compton & Andrew David Naselli, Editors, Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2018, 266 pages, pbk.
It might be thought that a debate book on just three chapters in one of Paul’s epistles would only be of interest to a marginal group of specialists. However, the chapters in question are central to the vital theological and hermeneutical issue of the relationship between the nation of Israel and the Christian Church.
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