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Rare DNA from Medieval Jewish cemetery in Germany sheds unprecedented light on origin of Ashkenazi Jews
And Hashem shall be king over all the earth; in that day there shall be one Hashem with one name.
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14:9
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NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Home » Rare DNA from Medieval Jewish cemetery in Germany sheds unprecedented light on origin of Ashkenazi Jews
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In 2013, the local authorities of the city of Erfurt, the capital of the German State of Thuringia, decided to grant permission to turn a building that had been built as a granary in 1454 into a parking lot. However, at the time, the granary was erected in an area that had previously been part of the Jewish cemetery. The rescue excavation conducted for the has project allowed scientists to shed unprecedented light on the origin of Ashkenazi Jews.

Jewish law prohibits disturbing the dead in the vast majority of cases, but in this instance, a group of researchers got permission to collect detached teeth from the remains. Of the 47 individuals they identified, the scientists were able to extract the DNA of 33 people.

The study was published in the journal Cell on Wednesday.

The term Ashkenazi Jews usually refers to a group of Jews who lived in Rhineland, Germany.

“Modern Ashkenazi Jews are genetically very similar to one another, sharing a lot of genetic material,” Professor Shai Carmi told Israel365 News. “This means that with limited exceptions, modern Ashkenazi Jews today are one single uniform population. In Erfurt in the 14th century, this was not the case.”

A geneticist from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Carmi co-authored the study together with over 25 researchers from several universities from all over the world.

“We identified two different groups buried in the cemetery,” Carmi said. “One group presents a Middle Eastern ancestry and it is closer to modern Ashkenazi Jews, while the other group’s ancestry seems to be more Eastern European, possibly because they mixed more with local populations.”

The researchers were able to determine that the “founder event” that gave origin to the Ashkenazi Jewish population must have occurred before the 14th century.

“The term ‘founder event’ means that a population was very small for many generations, marrying inside the community,” Carmi explained. If the population then grows even into the millions, they will still all descend from the same founders and share a lot of genetic mutations, he said. “We also refer to this phenomenon as ‘bottleneck’.”

Among the individuals analyzed in the study, at least eight carried disease-causing genetic mutations common in modern-day Ashkenazi Jews.

A thriving Jewish community lived in Erfurt between the 11th and the 15th century, with a brief interruption following a massacre in 1349, before Jews were expelled for good until modern times in 1454.

The local Jewish museum carries many unique artifacts from those centuries, including a treasure trove of 28 kilos of silver coins and other valuable objects that was probably buried during the pogrom. Several biblical manuscripts from the 13th and 14th centuries were also found in Erfurt.

All the remains analyzed by the scientists were dated with radiocarbon and lived in the 14th century.

For the future, Carmi hopes that they are going to be able to find and analyze DNA from other ancient Jewish populations to compare it with the results of this study.

“There are still so many questions that remain unanswered,” he said.

https://www.israel365news.com/362868/majority-of-israeli-support-shooting-neutralized-terrorists-survey/?
Majority of Israeli support shooting neutralized terrorists – survey 
For they cannot rest until they do evil; they are robbed of sleep till they make someone stumble.
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NOVEMBER 29, 2022
Home » Majority of Israeli support shooting neutralized terrorists – surve

IDF - ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCE TERRORISM WOMEN
The majority of Israelis support killing terrorists even after the threat emanating from them has been neutralized, according to a new survey by the Israel Democracy Institute.

Specifically, the survey, which polled Jewish Israelis on a series of issues relating to their relationship with the IDF and the country’s security challenges, found that 55% agreed in killing neutralized terrorists, up from 37% in 2018.

Additionally, 71% of Israelis said they support the death penalty for terrorists who have been convicted of murder and 45.5% of respondents said that support firing on civilian centers in Gaza to deter terrorists from firing rockets at the Israeli population.

The survey was rolled out ahead of the organization’s National Security and Democracy conference, which is taking place on Tuesday and Wednesday this week in Israel, in cooperation with the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung.

The survey was taken between September 15 and 19, 2022 – less than two months before the recent Israeli election, which saw striking success for far-right Jewish Power leader Itamar Ben-Gvir, who gained steam among IDF soldiers, who in some cases feel that the establishment has abandoned them in the field.

Moreover, it comes five years after Elor Azari was convicted in 2017 of shooting and killing Abdel Fattah al-Sharif in Hebron on March 24, 2016 when he was prostrated on the ground, having already been shot by Israeli soldiers. Azaria became known as the “Hebron shooter.” His conviction was seen as highly controversial and some argued that the decision would cause soldiers to fear that if they make a mistake in the field they would fall into the same trap.

Support for women in combat

The survey also showed that the majority (54%) of Jewish Israelis think that elite combat units should be open to women. 

However, only 36% of respondents gave the IDF a good or great grade on questions of gender equality, down from 50% in 2017.

When asked whether Israel should continue with its current mandatory draft model, nearly half (47%) said it should be discontinued and replaced with a voluntary professional military force. 

Moreover, 9% fewer Israelis gave the IDF a good or great grade on combat readiness (71% versus 80% in 2017). 

Finally, the survey asked respondents whether soldiers should be required to take part in mandatory religious education and visits.

While the majority (74%) of respondents said soldiers should be offered and allowed to participate in religious classes or activities, only 10% believe they should be mandatory and 11% said they should be forbidden. 

Less than half (47%) of Israelis said soldiers should be brought on tours of Jewish sites, such as the Western Wall or Tomb of the Patriarchs, if they want to be. A similar 45% said soldiers should be required to visit these sites and 3% said participation should be forbidden.

The survey was prepared by the Center for Security and Democracy and by the Viterbi Family Center for Public Opinion and Policy Research and conducted by phone and internet. More than 800 adults answered the survey, with a maximum sampling error of +/- 3.52%.
To view the full data file, click here.

Man Injured in Jerusalem Terror Bombings Succumbs to Injuries
Fifty-year-old Tadasa Tashume Ben Ma'ada, a father of two, made aliyah from Ethiopia more than two decades ago.
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Who are the Black Hebrews Who Marched in Brooklyn Chanting “We are the Real Jews”?
The movement encompasses a range of religious sub-groups that subscribe to the belief that African Americans are the descendants of Biblical Israelites.
READ MORE » https://www.israel365news.com/362661/who-are-the-black-hebrews-who-marched-through-brooklyn-chanting-we-are-the-real-jews/?


Heroes of Judea and Samaria: The Godfather of Judea’s Jewish Settlement
While many Israelis contributed to the settlement of Judea and Samaria, few have accomplished as much as Benny Katzover.
READ MORE » https://www.israel365news.com/362500/heroes-of-judea-and-samaria-the-godfather-of-judeas-jewish-settlement/


Finding Your Place
Did he have a point? In an age where virtually every inch of the planet is available online at every moment, is one place really different than another? Do I really need to travel around the world to see its wonders?
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[WATCH] Israel Police Holding Intensive Searches After Jerusalem Bus Bombing
The double terror attack killed two people and wounded over twenty.
WATCH » https://www.israel365news.com/362664/watch-israel-police-holding-intensive-searches-after-jerusalem-bus-bombing/?


Ye Takes Holocaust Denier Nick Fuentes to Mar-A-Lago to Meet Donald Trump
The rapper who has been engulfed in an antisemitism scandal claimed that the former president was “very impressed” with Fuentes.
READ MORE » https://www.israel365news.com/362534/ye-takes-holocaust-denier-nick-fuentes-to-mar-a-lago-to-meet-donald-trump/?


Iran Blames Israel for Fars News Agency Hack
Hacker group “Black Reward” has reportedly claimed responsibility for the attack, in which some 250 terabytes of data are said to have been deleted from the Fars servers.
READ MORE » https://www.israel365news.com/362499/iran-blames-israel-for-fars-news-agency-hack/?


Likud and Itamar Ben-Gvir’s Otzma Yehudit Agree to Roles in Governing Coalition
The two parties agreed early on Friday that Ben-Gvir will be appointed to a newly created position of national security minister, which will be an expanded public security minister role with oversight over the national police and border police in Judea and Samaria.
READ MORE » https://www.israel365news.com/362525/likud-and-itamar-ben-gvirs-otzma-yehudit-agree-to-roles-in-governing-coalition/?


The Face of the Palestinian War of Succession
by Caroline Glick
The more Jews the various terrorist factions, including the P.A., murder, the greater their chances of inheriting Mahmoud Abbas.
READ MORE » https://www.israel365news.com/362503/the-face-of-the-palestinian-war-of-succession-opinion/?

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Two Americans wounded in Jerusalem terror bombings
Comfort, oh comfort My people, Says your God.
ISAIAH
40:1
(THE ISRAEL BIBLE)
TERROR WATCH
NOVEMBER 25, 2022
< 1 MIN READ
Home » Two Americans wounded in Jerusalem terror bombings


BUS BOMBING JERUSALEM TERROR VICTIMS
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides confirmed Wednesday night that two American citizens were among those wounded in two explosions at busy bus stops located near entrances to Jerusalem earlier in the day.

“Sadly, I can now confirm that two U.S. citizens were among those injured in today’s terror attacks in Jerusalem,” tweeted Nides. “As we head into Thanksgiving, I am grateful that they will recover. I pray for a peaceful holiday in the U.S., Jerusalem, or wherever you may be celebrating.”

Aryeh Shechopek, a 16-year-old Israeli-Canadian on his way to his yeshiva in Beit Meir, nine miles west of Jerusalem, was slain in the first attack around 7 a.m. A total of 20 people have been wounded. The victims were evacuated to Jerusalem’s Shaare Tzedek and Hadassah Ein Kerem medical centers.

Authorities believe that the twin blasts, about 30 minutes apart, were caused by two remotely detonated bombs packed with nails to cause maximum damage.

Israel Police Commissioner Yaakov Shabtai visited one of the scenes and held a situation assessment together with Jerusalem Police District head Doron Turgeman.

“This is a type of attack that we haven’t seen for many years,” said Shabtai.

He called on the public to be alert for suspicious packages, adding that every bus in Jerusalem would be searched.

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Two terror attacks in Jerusalem leave one killed over 20 wounded
For they cannot rest until they do evil; they are robbed of sleep till they make someone stumble.
PROVERBS 4:16
(THE ISRAEL BIBLE)
Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz
ADAM ELIYAHU BERKOWITZ
TERROR WATCH
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
3 MIN READ
Home » Two terror attacks in Jerusalem leave one killed over 20 wounded
JERUSALEM TERROR TERRORISM
One person was killed and at least 18 more were wounded as explosives packed with nails exploded at two separate bus stops in Jerusalem. Police have classified the incidents as terrorist attacks.


“At 7:06 a.m., MDA’s Jerusalem district 101 call center received a report of multiple injuries as a result of an explosion next to a bus stop on Sha’arei Yerushalayim Street in Jerusalem,” MDA reported.
“MDA paramedics are on the scene providing medical treatment to seven injured people, including one in serious condition and one in critical condition.”


The person killed in the attack was reportedly a16-year-old yeshiva student from overseas.


Spokespersons of the Ihud Hatzala – Jerusalem District: The medical teams of the Ihud Hatzala provided first aid to a mortally wounded person and nine moderately to severely and lightly injured at the entrance to Jerusalem
Yosef Gabbai, a medic from Ihud Hatzala, who arrived first to give them first aid at the scene, said: “I was standing at a traffic light and heard the explosion at the bus stop. I arrived at the scene within a few seconds and encountered a young man who was mortally wounded. I began to give him first aid while I asked the Ihud Hatzala headquarters to call Clal to the scene The emergency forces. During the treatment, a number of other wounded people came to me who were conscious and suffered bruises and injuries in moderate to severe and light conditions.” Michael Groscott, another medic of the Rescue Union, said: “I arrived at the scene to help the victims. After the initial aid we gave them at the scene of the incident, they were referred to the Hadassah Ein Kerem and Shaare Zedek hospitals suffering from cuts, injuries, and lacerations. Also, the resilience unit of the Rescue Union gave Assistance to reduce the number of victims of anxiety”.




Scene of explosion (Photo courtesy United Hatzalah)
The attack at the entrance to Jerusalem was apparently carried out by a suspect who arrived on an electric bicycle, put down the bomb, and ran away.


Following the incident at the entrance to Jerusalem, a second explosion took place at 7:30 at a bus stop near the Ramot junction. Three people were wounded in the blast.




Scene of explosion (Photo courtesy United Hatzalah)
12 people were wounded in the blast with one soon succumbing to his wounds.


Police suspect that both explosions were left at the scene in bags and then remotely detonated


Hadassah Medical Center reported that from the incident in the Ramot neighborhood, three minor injury victims were evacuated to Hadassah Mount Scopus; 12 years old, 32 years old, and about 50 years old.


United Hatzalah EMTs Dani Shmueli and Yossi Eisenstein relayed: “While driving in the area on our emergency ‘ambucycles’ we heard the explosion which happened at a bus station. We arrived within mere seconds at the scene and provided assistance to three people who sustained light injuries from shrapnel. A United Hatzalah ambulance evacuated one of the injured to the hospital. United Hatzalah’s Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit has also been dispatched and is treating numerous eyewitnesses for emotional and psychological shock.”
At Ramot, the explosion was the result of a booby-trapped scooter left near the bus stop.
This is a developing story and will be updated as details are reported.

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Palestinian gunmen ‘seize body’ of Israeli teen from Jenin hospital
For they cannot rest until they do evil; they are robbed of sleep till they make someone stumble.
PROVERBS 4:16
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NOVEMBER 23, 2022
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Home » Palestinian gunmen ‘seize body’ of Israeli teen from Jenin hospital
DRUZE JENIN
Palestinian gunmen stormed a hospital in Jenin on Tuesday and seized the body of an Israeli teenager, the Israel Defense Forces said on Wednesday.

The twelfth-grader, a member of Israel’s Druze community, had entered Jenin from Israel via the Gilboa Crossing, together with a second civilian, the IDF said in a statement.

“The two were involved in a car accident and were evacuated to the local hospital for medical treatment. One of the civilians was confirmed dead. The body was taken from the hospital in Jenin and is expected to be returned to Israel shortly, as a required humanitarian act. The second injured civilian was severely injured and evacuated to receive further medical attention in Israel,” according to the statement.

However, Mowafaq Tarif, the spiritual head of the Druze Israeli community, contradicted the IDF’s version of events, stating that the youth had still been alive when he was taken.

Speaking with Kan Reshet Bet on Wednesday, Tarif said that according to the teen’s father, who was at the hospital in Jenin, “After the accident he saw that his son was breathing. He was disconnected from the equipment and kidnapped while still alive. They took him while firing shots in the air. It was a very difficult scene.”

Adi Faru, the teen’s uncle, told Kan Reshet Bet, “We saw them. They were armed. They came like [they did during] the intifada. They entered—20 to 30 of them—the hospital, they fired outside in the air. If we had not complied, they’d have kidnapped us too.”

The teen had entered Jenin to get his car repaired, said Faru. According to the uncle, the youth survived surgery at the Jenin hospital, but died soon afterwards from his injuries.

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Euphrates River drying up: Fulfilling Jeremiah’s prophecy?
A drought against its waters, that they be dried up! For it is a land of idols; They are besotted by their dread images.
JEREMIAH
50:38
(THE ISRAEL BIBLE)
Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz
ADAM ELIYAHU BERKOWITZ
BIBLICAL NEWS
NOVEMBER 18, 2022
Home » Euphrates River drying up: Fulfilling Jeremiah’s prophecy?
The region, once known as the Fertile Crescent, is on the verge of a food crisis as the main sources of water disappear. Officials struggle to cope as a prophetic scenario appears.

Iraqi officials are reporting that for three consecutive years, the rainy season has begun later and ended sooner than the historic norm. This has been coupled with less water flowing through its two main rivers, the Tigris and the Euphrates. The region has also been plagued by ongoing conflict. 

“Desertification now threatens almost 40% of the area of our country – a country that was once one of the most fertile and productive in the region,” Iraq’s President Abdul Latif Rashid told the climate summit in Egypt last week.

Nadhir Al-Ansari, professor at Sweden’s Lulea University of Technology, told Reuters that rainfall in Iraq had declined by 30% over the past three decades, with the lowest precipitation coming in the last two years.

“What was once known as the Fertile Crescent started to die about 35 years ago,” he said.

Officials accuse Turkey of cutting the river’s flow upstream over the last two years to half the level it committed to in a 1987 accord, a claim the Turkish government denies. In the year to September, rainfall in southeast Turkey where the rivers originate was 29% below the average of the previous three decades, according to Turkey’s meteorological agency. Dams and drought have reduced the waters of the two rivers to about 20% of previous levels. 

All these elements combined have led to a food crisis in the region. Almost 90% of rain-fed crops, mostly wheat and barley, failed this season, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Iraq.

The 1,700-mile-long Euphrates is the main source of drinking water as well as powering three hydroelectric plants that produce electricity for about three million people in Syria. Two dams in northern Syria face imminent closure which would leave about three million people without any access to electricity. The water level at the Tishrin Dam, the first into which the river falls inside Syria, has dropped five meters and is currently about ten centimeters above “dead level” when the turbines stop producing electricity.

The Euphrates figures prominently in the Bible with it being described as bordering the Garden of Eden.

“The name of the third river is Tigris, the one that flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates. “Genesis 2:14

It was also named as one of the borders of the land God granted to Abraham’s descendants.

“On that day Hashem made a covenant with Avram, saying, “To your offspring I assign this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:” Genesis 15:18

The prophet Jeremiah described how the waters of Babylon, the region currently including Syria and Iraq, would dry up as a punishment for their idolatrous practices, the devastation being so complete as to render the region, once part of the so-called ‘fertile crescent’, uninhabitable.

“A drought against its waters, that they be dried up! For it is a land of idols; They are besotted by their dread images. Assuredly, Wildcats and hyenas shall dwell [there], And ostriches shall dwell there; It shall never be settled again, Nor inhabited throughout the ages.” Jeremiah 50:38-39 

Both Christian and Muslim eschatology include prophecies of the drying up of the Euphrates signaling the end of days. In Islam, some of the hadiths suggest that the Euphrates will dry up, revealing unknown treasures that will be the cause of strife and war. In the Christian Book of Revelation, it is prophesied that in the ” near future the Potamos Euphrates or “breaking forth like water” of the middle east will dry up in preparation for the Battle of Armageddon.

https://www.israel365news.com/359524/breaking-news-three-israelis-seriously-wounded-in-palestinian-stabbing-attack/?
BREAKING NEWS: Three Israelis Killed and Three Seriously Wounded in Palestinian Stabbing Attack [WATCH]
Though I walk through a valley of deepest darkness, I fear no harm, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff—they comfort me.
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Home » BREAKING NEWS: Three Israelis Killed and Three Seriously Wounded in Palestinian Stabbing Attack [WATCH]
CITY OF ARIEL STABBING TERRORISM
Three Israelis were killed and three more seriously wounded by a Palestinian in a stabbing-ramming attack in the industrial park adjacent to the city of Ariel in Samaria on Tuesday morning at around 9:20.

A Palestinian terrorist stabbed a security guard near the entrance to the industrial park and then ran to a nearby gas station where he stabbed three more people, killing two and wounding the third. He fled in a stolen vehicle, driving west on the wrong side of Highway 5 where he crashed into eight vehicles., killing a man in his 50s . Route 5, which runs through Samaria from east to west, is heavily traveled by Israelis and Palestinians alike. The driver of a car stopped to help the wounded and the terrorist stole his car and continued his murder spree.

He exited the vehicle with a knife and stabbed another person. The terrorist exited the vehicle, fleeing on foot when he was shot and killed by civilians and security personnel.

Two men in their 40s who were stabbed at the gas station died from their wounds and another was seriously wounded. A man in his 50s was killed after being rammed by the terrorist, and another 35-year-old was stabbed and seriously hurt on the highway.

The Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva said it was treating three victims in serious condition, one of whom was unstable. It later said the condition of one of the victims had improved significantly.

The incident is currently under investigation. One disturbing element is that a second security guard was at the entrance to the industrial park. That guard fired in the air but did not engage or fire at the terrorist.
The 18-year-old terrorist was identified as a Palestinian who lived nearby and was employed in the industrial park. Palestinian media noted that his father is an activist for Fatah, the ruling party in the Palestinian Authority.
United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Daniel Cohen, who was one of the first responders at the scene relayed: “When I arrived at the scene I found that the incident had transpired in two different locations.

“Overall, there are four people who were injured, three of whom are in serious condition. Together with other EMS personnel, I provided emergency medical treatment to the injured at both scenes prior to their being transported to the hospital.”
A person initially reported by medics to have been a second attacker was one of the victims.
This is a developing story and will be updated as details emerge.

https://www.israel365news.com/276259/international-criticism-of-ben-gvir-ignores-concerns-of-average-israelis-his-spokesperson-says/?
INTERNATIONAL CRITICISM OF BEN GVIR IGNORES CONCERNS OF AVERAGE ISRAELIS, HIS SPOKESPERSON SAYS
BY ADAM ELIYAHU BERKOWITZ | NOV 4, 2022 | US-ISRAEL RELATIONS

Moshe chose capable men out of all Yisrael, and appointed them heads over the people—chiefs of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens; Exodus 18:25 (The Israel BibleTM)

Right-wing politician MK Itamar Ben Gvir seen after visiting the Temple Mount, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City on March 31, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90
The biggest story of the recent Israeli election was the rise of the Religious Zionist Party with the focus being on the controversial head of the Otzma Yehudit Party, Itamar Ben Gvir, and the Religious Zionist Party winning 14 seats in the elections. But this victory came with a shadow. For years he was considered too volatile for the Knesset and Ben Gvir’s reputation has risen concern among some international leaders (ahead of the elections two US Democrat politicians reportedly warned Netanyahu that forming a coalition with the religious zionist party could endanger US relations with Israel).

Yishai Fleisher, the International Spokesman for the Jewish Community and the English-language spokesman for Ben Gvir claims these concerns simply ignore the problems of average Israelis.

“The criticisms of Ben Gvir are character attacks that ignore the concerns of the average Israeli,” Fleisher told Israel365 News. “They claim that he is racist but Ben Gvir supports the anti-racist policy of having Jews pray on the Temple Mount. It is not racist to want stronger security for Israel. That helps all our citizens; Jew, Christian, and Muslim alike.”

Ben Gvir, a lawyer, until recently was considered a pariah and untouchable even by most of the Right because of racist statements he had made.

Currently, he states that he does not have a problem with the general Arab population but only with those who are “disloyal” to the State of Israel. For this reason, he wants to establish a new ministry for encouraging the immigration of “enemies” and people who are “disloyal” to the state.

In addition, he would like to introduce the death penalty for terrorists (Israeli law permits the death penalty though it has only been imposed twice in the history of the state.)

“Even the Palestinians in Judea and Samaria can benefit from his work,” Fleisher said. “Ben Gvir is labeled racist for calling out the corrupt Palestinian Authority which systematically represses Palestinian society while preaching Israel-hate as a matter of course.”

Fleisher said that one of the main reasons that there was such an overwhelming vote is because there is currently a security threat the average person feels.

“It is universal across the country. Whether they are religious people walking the streets in Jerusalem or if they have a business in the south or in the north,” he said. “Mixed cities used to be safe but now, in cities like Akko, Yaffo, and Ramlah, people feel threatened. Women especially feel threatened to walk around at night whether it is Beer or in French Hill in Jerusalem.”

He noted that the US lawmakers from the Democratic party had tried to influence Netanyahu to refrain from forming a government with Ben Gvir.

“The US politicians and media think the support for the center-right is based on racism and intolerance,” Fleisher said. He noted that the party and the man once considered extremist were now mainstream, attracting a wide voter base.

“It’s about defense for the average person. The Religious Zionist message is a call for law and order. In many ways, this is a law and order party.”

“Itamar Ben fear is a civil rights lawyer making sure that there’s order in the system,” he added. He wants to ensure that the police can do their job.”

Fleisher explained that this is another source of support for the party.

“That’s why so many police officers voted for the Religious Zionist Party,” Fleisher said. “Because they want a stronger hand against the real criminals”

Fleisher said that in Israel, violence is usually nationalistic in nature bordering on foreign policy.

“The motivator of violence is not rights or the lack of rights or lack of this or that,” he said. “It is ideological jihadism. The Palestinian Authority recently released an announcement, congratulating themselves for 7,200 acts of violence this year. Taking a strong stand against that is not racist.”

Fleisher pointed out that across the board, religious parties did well in the election.

“The Israeli public voted for Judaism as opposed to globalism,” he said. “Globalism wants to wants to undermine local national heritage. This was a vote for more Jewish as opposed to a more globalist country. It’s about coming in and helping change the country to do to act like it’s supposed to act, to promote a Jewish state to give minorities freedom from the abuses of the jihad and from the bullies. And it’s basically a law and order party.”

“This election was a step towards defending our country and letting people live in safety,” Fleisher said. “That is actually one of the things which makes us really unique in the Middle East. With the help of God, these elections were a step towards defending our country and allowing all Israelis to live in safety. Israel is a safe harbor from Jihadism and is a beacon of freedom for the peoples in the Abrahamic Region.”

https://www.israel365news.com/276207/can-the-new-israeli-government-embody-biblical-kingship/?
CAN THE NEW ISRAELI GOVERNMENT EMBODY BIBLICAL KINGSHIP?
BY ADAM ELIYAHU BERKOWITZ | NOV 2, 2022 | BIBLICAL NEWS
If, after you have entered the land that Hashem your God has assigned to you, and taken possession of it and settled in it, you decide, “I will set a king over me, as do all the nations about me." Deuteronomy 17:14 (The Israel BibleTM)
The Israeli Knesset building. (Photo: James Emery/ Wikimedia Commons)
Several religious parties achieved very positive results in Tuesday’s election, strengthening the identity of Israel’s government as that of a Jewish state. Some rabbis see this as an extension of the Biblical commandment to appoint a king over Israel, raising questions about the government’s responsibility to act in accordance with the Torah.
The Torah explicitly commands the Jews to appoint a king when they arrive in Israel
If, after you have entered the land that Hashem your God has assigned to you, and taken possession of it and settled in it, you decide, “I will set a king over me, as do all the nations about me,”you shall be free to set a king over yourself, one chosen by Hashem your God. Be sure to set as king over yourself one of your own people; you must not set a foreigner over you, one who is not your kinsman. Deuteronomy 17:14-15

Most scholars interpret this verse as permitting the Jews to appoint a king though the ideal is to look to God as the ultimate and only ruler. This was illustrated in Samuel’s reluctance to appoint a king, even rebuking the nation for requesting a king, because an evil monarchy could lead the nation away from serving God.

But Israel does not have a king. The modern Jewish state touts itself as the only true democracy in the Middle East. This is emphasized by the almost non-stop elections. Whether the head of the party, Benny Gantz, intended it or not, the name of the National Unity Party hints at monarchic aspirations. In Hebrew, the party is called HaMahane Hamamlachti; the kingdom’s camp.

Rabbi Menachem Makover of the Temple Institute noted that a democratically elected government is not a monarchy but it stands in the place of a true monarchy.

“There are those who interpret the Torah as meaning that the only acceptable form of government for Israel is a monarchy but that is not true. It is the only form described in the Bible but there were long periods of time when there were no kings. Judges served as a governing mechanism. Ideally, Israel should appoint a king. But if there is no king, alternatives are acceptable.”

“This is our situation today,” Rabbi Makover said.

The rabbi noted that even among those who accept a democratically elected government as an acceptable alternative, there is a dispute as to whether it should be viewed as having the same status as a monarchy.

“Jews in the diaspora are required by Jewish law to honor and obey the ruling government as long as it does not violate Jewish law, but the government certainly does not have the same standing as a monarchy ruling the Jews in Israel,” Rabbi Makover said. “But even the government of Israel does not have the same status as the Davidic dynasty.”

The rabbi explained that the Biblical commandment specifically takes effect when the Jews enter the land and could, therefore, apply to the Knesset.

“Jews in Israel should, of course, see electing a Torah-based government as a mitzvah (Torah commandment),” Rabbi Makover said. “Voting is not a mitzvah unto itself but, if done with the proper intent, it is an act that brings about mitzvoth for the public.”

Being a Biblical commandment differentiates Israeli democracy from democracy in other countries.

“It is forbidden that Israel should have a non-Jewish leader,” Rabbi Makover said.

He noted that according to Jewish tradition, there are certain Biblical commandments incumbent upon a king of Israel: wiping out Amalek and building the Temple in Jerusalem. As a government elected by Jews in Israel, the Israeli government has Biblical obligations.

“The Israeli government serves in place of the king and ideally they should relate to these obligations,” Rabbi Makover said. “This includes building the Temple in Jerusalem. They were obligated to do this in 1967. Unfortunately, they failed to do so. If the government does not build the Temple, that is their failure. But this does not exempt the nation of Israel from carrying out this obligation.”

Rabbi Dov Lior, the former Chief Rabbi of Hebron and a prominent figure in the religious Zionist movement agreed that the root source of a democratically elected government lies in the Biblically mandated monarchy.

“Democracy is choosing people to carry out specific functions for the public,” Rabbi Lior said. “In a democratic government, these functions are divided up among many people. One person takes care of defense, another organizes transportation, another deals with immigration. In a monarchy, the entire government is embodied in one person. The authority of the king is effectively divided up.”

The rabbi explained that the special nature of the nation imbues a divine element in the electoral process.

“This divine element used to lie in a king who was chosen through prophecy,” Rabbi Lior explained. “The king embodied the nation and acted as a conduit between God and His people. But since prophecy no longer exists, the nation must choose leaders since there are mitzvoth that an individual cannot perform alone so it is necessary to organize the public.”

Rabbi Lior explained that this divine element was not a privilege but an obligation.

“The authority to do these public functions ultimately comes from God,” Rabbi Lior said. “This is especially true of the army. No man has the authority to order Israel to go to war. But by appointing a government, this authority is given. This is only true of a war in Israel because God commanded us to conquer the land.”

https://www.israel365news.com/276066/the-worlds-oldest-known-star-map-discovered-in-egypt/?
THE WORLD’S OLDEST KNOWN STAR MAP DISCOVERED IN EGYPT
BY ADAM ELIYAHU BERKOWITZ | OCT 28, 2022 | BIBLICAL NEWS

He reckoned the number of the stars; to each He gave its name. Psalms 147:4 (The Israel BibleTM)

Hipparchus Star Catalog palimpsest (Screenshot)

A recent discovery in a monastery in the Sinai Desert proves that ancient Greeks were remarkably accomplished in astronomy, cataloging the stars despite lacking telescopes.

Researchers from the French National Centre for Scientific Research, Sorbonne University, and the Tyndale House affiliated with the University of Cambridge announced the discovery of fragments of the Hipparchus Star Catalog composed in the 2nd century BCE. The researchers published their findings earlier this month in the Journal for the History of Astronomy.

The catalog was written about the year 129 BCE on the Isle of Rhodes by the Greek astronomer Hipparchus, known as the “father of scientific astronomy.” Part of an effort by the astronomer to map the entire sky, the fragments represent the oldest known attempt to determine the precise position of fixed stars by associating them with numerical coordinates. He cataloged the positions of roughly 850 stars.

The existence of the catalog was known as it was described in the writings of Claudius Ptolemy, a Greek astronomer, who composed a similar catalog 400 years after Hipparchus. The researchers determined that Hipparchus’ catalog was more accurate than that of Ptolemies, created three centuries later.

The original writings were scraped from the parchment in the medieval era to make way for a collection of Christian Palestinian Aramaic texts telling stories from the Old and New Testaments. This was not uncommon as parchment was quite expensive and the result is referred to as a palimpsest. The writings were concealed beneath leaves, or folios, of the religious Codex Climaci Rescriptus at St. Catherine’s Monastery in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. The codex was written in Syriac.


The possibility that the manuscript was a palimpsest was first suggested in 2012. In 2019, the researchers took 42 photographs of nine pages from the codex across a broad range of wavelengths before scanning the photos with computer algorithms that picked out the text hidden underneath. The manuscript, written in Greek, describes the positions of the four stars of only one constellation – Corona Borealis, also known as the Northern Crown. Researchers believe that Hipparchus wrote a similar manuscript for each of the 850 stars he observed.

Using the positions of the stars described in the catalog, researchers determined that the catalog had been set down in the year 129 BCE, when it was believed that Hipparchus wrote his catalog. But studying the distinctive style of writing, a science called palaeography, they determined that the pages had been written in the 5th or 6th Century CE, showing that the catalog established by Hipparchus was still being used more than 700 years after being set down.

The fragments are the oldest known to date and refute a widespread belief that Claudius Ptolemy’s Star Catalogue is merely a “copy” of Hipparchus’ as the observations of the four constellations are different. The fragments are the oldest known to date and refute a widespread belief that Claudius Ptolemy’s Star Catalogue is merely a “copy” of Hipparchus’ as the observations of the four constellations are different.

Historians believe that Hipparchus’ document, predating the invention of the telescope, represents the first attempt to measure the precise positions of stars.

The researchers believe that more than 160 additional palimpsests in the monastery are hiding additional secrets from the past.

Though the new discovery seems to establish the roots of astronomy in ancient Greece, Josephus, a first-century Roman-Jewish historian, attributes the origins of studying the stars to Biblical Seth, the third son of Adam and Eve and brother of Cain and Abel, who preserved ancient astronomical knowledge in pillars of stone. Other Jewish sources attribute it to Enoch, another antediluvian Biblical figure, who recorded it in the astronomical section of the Book of Enoch, recorded about 72-80 BCE.

Talmudic sages focused on astronomy as it related to predicting the new moon in order to establish the calendar. Though it was not a Temple ritual, there was a priestly court in the Temple where testimonies of the sighting of the new moon were analyzed.

While the Torah explicitly forbids worshiping the stars (Deut. 4:19), in his book, Astrology in Ancient Judaism, Astronomy in Ancient Judaism, Prof. Meir Bar-Ilan, who teaches at Bar-Ilan University at both Talmud and Jewish History departments, suggested that the Biblical sages may have considered astronomy as practiced by Hipparchus and Ptolemies as a holy rite. Prof. Bar-Ilan noted that God Himself cataloged the stars, as stated in the Bible.

He reckoned the number of the stars; to each He gave its name. Psalms 147:4

Lift high your eyes and see: Who created these? He who sends out their host by count, Who calls them each by name: Because of His great might and vast power, Not one fails to appear. Isaiah 40:26

“When God is depicted as counting the stars and giving them names, it is apparent that any believer in God who practices astronomy works together with God while imitating Him, imitatio Dei, as the ultimate religious practice,” Prof. Bar-Ilan wrote.

https://www.israel365news.com/275697/graffiti-featuring-name-of-15th-century-christian-pilgrim-found-on-mount-zion-in-jerusalem/?
GRAFFITI FEATURING NAME OF 15TH-CENTURY CHRISTIAN PILGRIM FOUND ON MOUNT ZION IN JERUSALEM
BY ISRAEL365NEWS EDITOR | OCT 20, 2022 | BIBLICAL NEWS, CHRISTIAN ZIONISM, JERUSALEM

Blessed is Hashem from Tzion, He who dwells in Yerushalayim. Hallelujah. Psalms 135:21 (The Israel BibleTM)
Israel Antiquities Authority researchers Shai Halevi and Michael Cherchin documenting the pilgrims’ inscriptions on the walls of the Holy Complex on Mount Zion in Jerusalem. Photograph: Joshua Faudem
A graffiti featuring the name and family emblem of a 15th-century Christian pilgrim was uncovered on a wall in the “King David Tomb Complex” on Mount Zion in Jerusalem, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Thursday.

The IAA archaeologists have been carrying out a survey of the structure in order to document graffiti and inscriptions left over the centuries by pilgrims, both Christian and Muslim. The team, including Michael Chernin and Shai Halevi, uncovered dozens of hidden inscriptions in several languages, using multispectral photography and advanced technological methods developed by the IAA for the research of the Judean Desert scrolls.

The inscriptions include one featuring the name of Adrian von Bubenberg, one of Switzerland’s national heroes.

According to historical records, von Bubenberg visited Jerusalem and the Holy Land in 1466.

“In the Mamluk period, between 1332–1551, the building complex adjacent to the traditional Tomb of King David was owned by the Monks of the Franciscan Catholic Order,” Chernin and Halevi said.

Von Bubenberg is considered one of the central figures in the history of Switzerland. He was born to a noble family in 1424, and he served as a Mayor of Bern. However, he is mostly known for leading the Swiss Confederate army in the Battle of Murten against Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, in order to protect the independence of Switzerland. Thanks to von Bubenberg’s mighty victory against a powerful enemy, the Swiss military acquired its reputation as a formidable army, which helped deter attacks and maintain the country’s independence until modern times.

Buried in front of the Cathedral of Bern after his death in 1479, von Bubenberg is honored with a statue and many streets around the country.

Since both von Bubenberg and his son, also named Adrian, visited Jerusalem, the archaeologists say it is impossible to determine with certainty to whom the inscription they uncovered refers to.

The new discoveries were presented during a joint conference of the Israel Antiquities Authority, the Hebrew University and Tel Aviv University, on “New Archaeological Studies in Jerusalem and the Vicinity”.

“The research carried out in Jerusalem embraces religions and cultures worldwide,” said IAA Director Eli Escusido. “Believers, pilgrims and visitors seeking to make contact with sanctified Jerusalem, left traces that the Israel Antiquities Authority researchers reveal and record on a daily basis. All these remains contribute to the fascinating picture.”

Strange Temple Mount Sightings on Hoshanna Rabbah

An Israel365 News correspondent spotted an inexplicable white apparition hovering near the Dome of the Rock on Hoshanna Rabbah, the day that is prophesied to be the beginning of the pre-Messiah War of Gog and Magog.
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PARADE OF NATIONS RETURNS TO SHOW CHRISTIANS’ LOVE FOR JERUSALEM [PHOTO SPREAD]
BY ADAM ELIYAHU BERKOWITZ | OCT 14, 2022 | CHRISTIAN ZIONISM
“And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.” Zechariah 13:16 (The Israel BibleTM)
Thousands of Christian Evangelists and Israelis march at a parade in center of Jerusalem, marking the Jewish holiday of Sukkot or the Feast of the Tabernacles, October 13, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90
After a two-year hiatus, the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ) hosted its traditional Parade of Nations bringing together about 3,000 Christians from over 70 nations in a glorious show of love for Jerusalem.  The parade has been held during the Sukkoth holiday and Christian pilgrims first joined in on the annual celebration in 1980 in a show of solidarity with the State of Israel.
FOT22 Day 5 // Jerusalem March 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us0Q8rRftQc

The parade began at Gan Sacher Park in Jerusalem with live performances and musical acts. The participants then walked up Betzalel street, passing onto Hillel and King David streets, concluding near Liberty Bell Park at the Station Compound. Taking part in the march were representatives from Israel and around the world, marching bands, dance troupes, IDF soldiers, street artists, sports teams, and more. The parade was kicked off by Mayor of Jerusalem Moshe Lion and ICEJ President Dr. Jürgen Bühler.

https://www.israel365news.com/275443/reenactment-of-the-water-libation-held-to-prepare-for-the-third-temple/?
REENACTMENT OF THE WATER LIBATION HELD TO PREPARE FOR THE THIRD TEMPLE
BY ADAM ELIYAHU BERKOWITZ 
| OCT 12, 2022 | BIBLICAL NEWS
Joyfully shall you draw water From the fountains of triumph, Isaiah 12:3 (The Israel BibleTM)
Libation ceremony (Photo by Joshua Wander)
On Tuesday, a full-dress reenactment of the water libation as it was performed in the Temple was held in Jerusalem with several hundred participants led by Kohanim in priestly garb, accompanied by Levites playing musical instruments.
The event began at Shaar Hashpot (the dung gate) 
in Jerusalem’s Old City where participants joined Kohanim (priests) in Biblically mandated vestments and Levites with musical instruments, also wearing special vestments. The musically gifted Levites led the ceremony with joyous music on drums, violin, guitar, and clarinet, winding down ancient wlakways into the valley below the Temple Mount. The crowd sang and danced as they passed from the archaeological remains of the ancient City of David, through an Arab village, to the Shiloach (Siloam) Spring which was used in Temple times. The procession was punctuated by stops during which four-foot-long pure silver trumpets were sounded.
The event was overseen by Rabbi Yisrael Ariel (the founder of the Temple Institute), Rabbi Dov Lior, Rabbi Aryeh Shtern (the chief rabbi of Jerusalem), Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, Rabbi David Chai HaKohen, Rabbi Ra’am Hakohen, Rabbi Menachem Bornstein, Rabbi Uri Cherki, and other distinguished rabbis. 
Water Libation (Photo Joshua Wander)

At the head of the parade was the gold vessel, the water jug.
Golden Jug for libation (Photo by Joshua Wander)
At the Shiloach Pool, the jug was filled. The procession climbed back up to the top of the mountain. A model altar and its utensils had been set up in an open area adjacent to the Western Wall. The altar was decorated with large leafy willow branches as was done in the Temple.

The ceremony culminated in the priestly blessing after which the once-in-seven-years Hakhel ceremony was held.
Though not explicitly mandated in the Torah, the water libation is part of the oral tradition passed down from Moses. Sukkot is a joyous holiday and the water libation was the focal point of this joy. In the Temple, the ceremony would take fifteen hours with accompanying celebrations lasting all night until the Temple service began again the next morning. Nations came from around the world to take part in the Sukkoth celebrations making it international worship of  God.

In Temple times, a libation of water was made together with the pouring out of wine at the morning service on the last six days of the week-long Sukkot holiday. Kohanim descended from the Temple to the Shiloach Spring at the base of Mount Moriah, where they filled the flask with three log of spring water (approximately two pints) and returned to the Temple.

Two Kohanim then ascended the stone altar in the Temple’s inner courtyard, placing two silver cups on the southwestern corner. One Kohen poured the water from the silver flask while the second Kohen simultaneously poured wine from the second cup, both liquids flowing into holes in the altar specially prepared for this ceremony.
The Shiloach Pool (Siloam in English, Silwan in Arabic) has a huge Biblical import that will re-emerge when the Third Temple is built. The Pool of Siloam was the starting point for pilgrims who made the annual pilgrimage to Jerusalem for the Biblical feasts. They would use the pool to wash and ritually purify themselves before ascending by foot to the inner court of the Temple Mount to bring their sacrificial offerings. Located outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem to the southeast, the pool is fed by the waters of the Gihon Spring which are carried there by the Siloam Tunnel, also known as Hezekiah’s Tunnel. Sometimes referred to in the Bible as the Lower Pool, the pool was built during the reign of Hezekiah (715–687 BCE) to replace an older Canaanite tunnel, known Biblically as the Upper Pool, that was vulnerable to attackers. The new pool and tunnel left besieging armies without access to the spring’s waters.  Archeologists believe that during the Second Temple Era the waters continued to flow south and were collected in an additional, larger pool. This pool was discovered during the summer of 2004 and is continuing to be uncovered today.
It should be noted that the year after Shemitah is auspicious for the arrival of the Messiah. The Babylonian Talmud in the Tractate of Sanhedrin, 97a, brings the verse from Amos:

“On that day, will I raise up the fallen booth (Sukkah) of David.”Amos 9:11

This verse comes in the context of a prophecy about God bringing the nation of Israel back from exile among the nations. Amidst descriptions of the days preceding the Messiah, the Talmud says:

“As it is written, in that day I will raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen. Our Rabbis taught: in the seven-year cycle at the end of which the son of David will come in the first year, this verse will be fulfilled.”

On Rosh Hashanna, two weeks ago, the Shemittah (Sabbatical year) ended. The Talmud is stating explicitly that the Messiah will come in the first year after the Shemitah.  It should be noted that the Talmud describes the days before the Messiah in-depth, and they are especially difficult times.

https://www.israel365news.com/275215/biden-claims-to-go-to-synagogue-more-than-jews/?
BIDEN CLAIMS TO GO TO SYNAGOGUE MORE THAN JEWS
BY ADAM ELIYAHU BERKOWITZ | OCT 2, 2022 | US-ISRAEL RELATIONS

A stone has weight, sand is heavy, But a fool's vexation outweighs them both. Proverbs 27:3 Proverbs 27:3 (The Israel BibleTM)
On Friday, the White House hosted a reception for the Jewish high holidays. At the reception, President Joe Biden quipped “I probably went to shul more than many of you did.” 


Biden began his address with a cryptic statement that was an attempt at self-effacing humor, referring to Doug Emhoff, the second gentleman, i.e. the spouse of the vice president.

“You’re the first, but — Kamala often says — you won’t be the last,” Biden said. “Kamala won’t be the last woman to be Vice President — or President.”

Biden described his connection with Congregation Beth Shalom in Wilmington, Delaware where he used to live.

“I probably went to shul [synagogue] more than many of you did,” Biden said. “You all think I’m kidding.  [The rabbi] can tell you I’m not. I’m not.”

“That’s where I received my education. You all think I’m kidding.”

“And that’s the tradition I got raised,” Biden continued. “I spent a lot of time — I’m a practicing Catholic, but I — I’d go to services on Saturday and on Sunday.  (Laughter.)  You all think I’m kidding.  I’m not.”

This is not the first time Biden has claimed to frequent synagogues. One year ago, during the official White House High Holy Days online call, President Biden claimed to have visited the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh after the October 2018 mass murder of 11 people there. But the NY Post spoke to members of the synagogue and they all said, “Nope, never happened!”

Biden also attributed ti Jews an idiomatic expression favored by his Irish Catholic father.

“You know, the Jewish people know better than any what my father, who was not Jewish but would constantly use the phrase, ‘silence is complicity.’  ‘Silence is complicity.’” 

This expression does not have its roots in Jewish sources. It is an axiom in business claiming that corporations have moral obligations that reach beyond the negative realm of doing no harm. Biden has used this precise expression on multiple occasions, most recently when addressing Asian Americans last year.

Biden claimed he had built “an economy that works for everyone”, addressed climate issues, and rallied support for Ukraine. He also promised to enact gun control, support veterans, and will be “ending cancer as we know it”.

The president’s address was followed by Itzhak Perlman, the legendary Israeli-American violinist and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, playing Avinu Malkeinu.

https://www.israel365news.com/275013/uk-prime-minister-considering-moving-embassy-to-jerusalem/?
UK PRIME MINISTER CONSIDERING MOVING EMBASSY TO JERUSALEM
BY JNS | SEP 22, 2022 | US-ISRAEL RELATIONS

In those days, ten men from nations of every tongue will take hold—they will take hold of every Yehudi by a corner of his cloak and say, “Let us go with you, for we have heard that Hashem is with you.” Zechariah 8:23 (The Israel BibleTM)
Then-U.K. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss meets with then-Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, Nov. 29, 2021. Credit: Stuart Mitchell.
British Prime Minister Liz Truss told Israeli counterpart Yair Lapid on Wednesday that she is considering moving the British embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

A British government spokeswoman said Truss had told Lapid “about her review of the current location of the British Embassy in Israel.”

Truss, who was the foreign secretary until Sept. 6, pledged during the Conservative Party leadership contest in August to review moving the embassy, adding that she was aware of “the importance and sensitivity” that surrounded the legation’s location.

In May 2018, the United States opened its embassy in Jerusalem, a year after President Donald Trump announced that he would move it to the Israeli capital from Tel Aviv.

In a video address at the time, Trump stated, “Israel is a sovereign nation, with the right like every other sovereign nation, to determine its own capital. Yet for many years, we failed to acknowledge the obvious. The plain reality that Israel’s capital is Jerusalem. Today we follow through on this recognition and open our embassy in the historic and sacred land of Jerusalem.”

Record Number of Jews Visit the Temple Mount

“The Hebrew year 5782 will soon end, and very soon, we will cross the threshold of 50,000 people who ascended to the Temple Mount over the past year,” Nisani said.
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Christians Weigh in on the Relevance of the Red Heifer

Enarson acknowledged that some Christians view the arrival of the Red Heifers and the prophetic establishment of the Jewish Third Temple as a negative development.
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Internet Executives Unsure if Hate Speech Targeting Jews Should be Removed

Twitter exec Michele Austin added, "We take action against content and behavior that attempts to glorify, praise or deny acts of violence and genocide, including the Holocaust. Anti-Semitic abuse has absolutely no place on Twitter."
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How to Properly Repent

Being a father has taught me more about religion than any rabbi ever has. One time, I took my three-year-old boy to the park. He was playing with a friend when the other boy pushed him, toppling him into the dirt. My boy began to cry and the other child’s father brought him over, instructing him to apologize.
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[WATCH] Iranian President Thinks Holocaust Should be Investigated to Determine if it Happened

In response, Daily Wire editor Ben Shapiro tweeted: "Yeah somebody should get right on that, it's one of the great mysteries of history."
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Israel’s Impoverished Class Speaks Out About Their Struggle During the High Holidays

She heard about Meir Panim via social media. When she finally arrived at its center in Tiberias, she said: “we discovered an amazing place. A place with heart and soul.”
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First-Ever Certificate of Jewish Ancestry Launched

“The Certificate of Sephardic Ancestry is historic for so many around the world and especially in Latin and North America who yearn to connect with their past and up to now have had no way to accomplish this,” Milgrom said.
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America Must Put Fatah on its List of Terror Groups
by Stephen Flatow
Even the party’s own officials admit that the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades is its “military arm.”
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https://www.israel365news.com/273987/miracle-in-judea-no-injuries-after-full-bus-riddled-with-bullets-watch/?
MIRACLE IN JUDEA: NO INJURIES AFTER FULL BUS RIDDLED WITH BULLETS [WATCH]
BY DAVID SIDMAN | AUG 21, 2022 | UNCATEGORIZED
I’ll incense them with a no-folk, Vex them with a nation of fools. Deuteronomy 32:21 (The Israel BibleTM)
An Israeli Egged bus drives through the city. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons/JNS)
An Israeli bus was shot at in central Judea-Samaria on Saturday night, according to police. No injuries were reported in the incident.
The shots were fired from the Arab village of Silwad at a bus driving on Highway 60, Judea and Samaria’s main north-south throughway, near the Jewish town of Ofra, the IDF stated.

The Egged bus was full with passengers during the time of the attack. At least eight bullet holes were discovered in the vehicle’s windows and body, according to the Binyamin Regional Council.

The bus driver continued driving to the nearby Shiloh intersection where troops were dispatched to launch a manhunt for the gunman or gunmen. Medics also rushed to the intersection but were subsequently called off after discovering that all passengers miraculously emerged unscathed.

While searching for the perpetrators, the IDF blocked the entrance to Silwad, according to the ‘Palestinian’ press. Binyamin Regional Council chairman Yisrael Gantz said that the attack was the latest in an ongoing campaign of escalation by Palestinian terrorists adding that it demonstrated a “loss of deterrence” on the part of Israel’s government.

“We insist on immediate, decisive, and meaningful actions to eradicate terrorism and restore deterrence on the ground,” he said.

The Israeli Bus Drivers Union, called for an end to the “violence and terrorism” aimed against Israel’s buses.

“We can not ignore the blood of the drivers and their passengers,” a statement from the union read.

The attack comes on the heels of other incidents of violence in Judea and Samaria.
Earlier on Saturday, three Arab women from Shechem were caught by security forces with a makeshift submachine gun in their car. The trio was subsequently arrested near a checkpoint in Judea and Samaria.

https://www.israel365news.com/273624/new-details-emerge-in-jerusalem-shooting-that-wounded-eight/?
NEW DETAILS EMERGE IN JERUSALEM SHOOTING THAT WOUNDED EIGHT
BY JNS | AUG 15, 2022 | TERROR WATCH

Champion the orphan and the downtrodden, that men who are of the earth tyrannize no more. Psalms 10:18 (The Israel BibleTM)


Eight were wounded in the shooting attack on a bus near Jerusalem's Old City, Aug. 14, 2022. Credit: Israeli Spokesperson's Office

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The terrorist who wounded eight people near Jerusalem’s Old City on Sunday morning was a convicted criminal who had been released five years into an eight-year sentence due to good behavior, according to Israeli media reports.

Amir Sidawi chose the bus station on Ma’ale HaShalom to commit the attack because no security cameras were installed there, Channel 12 reported. After opening fire at a bus and passersby there, he fled to a cemetery in nearby Silwan, where he left his cellphone. He requested help from a family in the neighborhood but was refused, according to the report. He then hid in a crate aboard a truck on its way to Beit VeGan, a neighborhood in southwest Jerusalem, where he turned himself in, according to Channel 12.

He told police his motivation for the attack was “despair of life.”

During his interrogation, it emerged that Sidawi had been sentenced to eight years in jail for various violent offenses, including killing a man in an inter-clan conflict.


The weapon used in the shooting attack on a bus near Jerusalem’s Old City, Aug. 14, 2022. Credit: Israel Police Spokesperson’s Office.
However, Sidawi was released after only five years, for good behavior and for participating in an educational and treatment program at the prison, Channel 12 reported.

The Israel Police opposed his early release because of the severity of his crime and because of its assessment that the clan conflict in which he had been involved hadn’t ended.

A year after his release, Sidawi requested that certain limitations imposed on him at his release be lifted. Police again protested, however, the court granted his request. Three months ago, the limitations were removed, according to the report.

Of the eight victims in Sunday’s shooting, the emergency medical service Hatzalah reported on Monday that the condition of the two in serious condition had improved overnight and that their lives were no longer in danger.

The condition of a premature infant delivered via emergency C-section of a 35-year-old woman who suffered abdominal injuries during the attack had also stabilized and was improving, Hatzalah reported.

Iranian Charged in ‘Murder for Hire’ Plot on Ex-National Security Advisor John Bolton
Shahram Poursafi, 45, attempted to hire individuals in the United States to carry out the killing beginning in October 2021.
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The Top 5 Israeli Innovations Helping Women's Health and Menopause
Thanks to Israeli innovation, menopausal women are finding new relief from common problems.
BY STAFF WRITER | AUG 11, 2022 | MEDICAL/SCIENCE
And Sara laughed to herself, saying, “Now that I am withered, am I to have enjoyment—with my husband so old?” Genesis 18:12 (The Israel BibleTM)
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[WATCH]: Caroline Glick: Israel’s biggest problem is America’s appeasement of Iran
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"Mideast News Hour" with Caroline Glick and guest Michael Doran
BY JNS | AUG 11, 2022 | JERUSALEM
Was the IDF’s latest conflict with Palestinian Islamic Jihad part and parcel of Israel’s ongoing “war between wars” against Iran?
And how does this tie into the “ideological war” being waged over who controls the levers of power in America?
To dissect the recent fighting between the Jewish state and terrorists in the Gaza Strip, and what it reveals about the Israel-U.S. relationship, Caroline Glick on this week’s episode of “Mideast News Hour” hosts Michael Doran, a former senior member of the National Security Council under George W. Bush who is now at the Hudson Institute in Washington, D.C.
WATCH » Caroline Glick: Israel’s Biggest Problem is American Appeasement of Iran | Mideast News Hour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsJR-IBVues

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JEWS DEFIANTLY ASCEND TEMPLE MOUNT; PREPARE FOR TEMPLE BY SINGING FOR KING HEZEKIAH
BY ADAM ELIYAHU BERKOWITZ | MAY 29, 2022 | BIBLICAL NEWS, JERUSALEM

The Presence of Hashem entered the Temple by the gate that faced eastward. A spirit carried me into the inner court, and lo, the Presence of Hashem filled the Temple; Ezekiel 43:4 (The Israel BibleTM)
Jews bow on temple Mount (courtesy: Yosef Rabin/Facebook)

On Sunday, Jerusalem was filled with Jews celebrating our national reunification with our eternal capital. Nowhere was that joy more manifest than at the Temple Mount, the site bought by King David 3,000 years ago as the only site where the Jewish people could fully serve God. 

Yaakov Hayman, the chairman of the Temple Movements, arrived early to ascend the Temple Mount.

“It was incredible,” Hayman said. “The number of people was staggering. But people were waiting for hours because of the anti-Jewish policies. Groups were limited to 20 people, and only two groups were allowed up at a time, and only 25 minutes are allowed, with no stops. .”

“It is absurd that Arabs were allowed free access to the Temple Mount, but Jews were so restricted. Jews are barred from the Temple Mount on the slightest excuse of any Muslim holiday, but on the day we celebrate Jerusalem, the gates are shut in our faces while they don’t even go through gates.”

“The Jews that were allowed to go up demonstrated more courage than any I have seen before. They sang Hallel out loud, singing ‘Shema,’ prostrating themselves on the stones and even waving Israeli flags. The police were telling us to stop, but it was unstoppable.”

These courageous acts were met with Arab shouts of “Allahu Akhbar” (Allah is greater). A senior Islamic Jihad official issued a statement: “Follow the events in Jerusalem – surprises are expected in the coming hours.”

“The situation on the ground in the coming hours” would determine the Gaza faction’s reaction, the source indicated.

Israel Police stated: “During the last hours, the police have worked to allow freedom of worship for worshipers on the Temple Mount and at the same time to protect visitors. In the final hour, towards the end of the visits, and after more than 1,800 Jews visited the site, clashes began between Arab worshipers and a group of Jewish visitors. A violation of the public order ensued, including the dumping of bottles and chairs in the mountaintop compound. Following these disturbances, several suspects were arrested by the police.”

It should be noted that approximately 500 Jews were left waiting in line, denied the right to visit the Temple mount. The Temple Mount will reopen to Jews from 1:30-2:45. The Muslims continue to have unrestricted access to the Temple Mount.

All of these acts by the Jews are unprecedented and significant. The Torah (Lev.26:1) forbids Jews from prostrating themselves or even kneeling in prayer on bare stone. The only exception to this was kneeling on the floor in the Holy Temple, where Jews were commanded to prostrate themselves in service to Go; for 2,000 years, Jews have been unable to perform this mitzvah.

After the IDF conquered the Temple Mount in the 1967 Six-Day War, the soldiers hoisted an Israeli flag at the site. Still, Defense Minister Moshe Dayan ordered them to remove it almost immediately. No Israeli flag has flown at the site since then. However, Hamas and Palestinian flags were prominently displayed on the Temple Mount in the recent Palestinian riots.

The singing of Hallel was, perhaps, the most significant aspect of the day. Hallel is a recitation of Psalms 113–118 recited on Jewish holidays as an act of praise and thanksgiving. The Talmud (Sanhedrin 94a) states that God was ready to appoint King Hezekiah as the Messiah, which would have established the Assyrian King Sennacherib, the general of the Babylonian forces that put a siege around Jerusalem, as Gog and Magog. To accomplish this, God miraculously killed all of Sennacherib’s troops overnight, thereby saving Jerusalem. But god rescinded Hezekiah’s role as Messiah because he didn’t sing Hallel after Hashem performed this miracle for him.

Unfortunately, the police shut the gates to Jews at 10:40 AM, 20 minutes ahead of schedule. The Arabs, who had unrestricted access to the Temple Mount, harassed the Jews, and as tensions mounted, the police closed the site to Jews.

Many media mistakenly identify the day as “Flag Day,” and the festivities as a nationalistic event carried out by a fringe political element; this is Jerusalem Day, an Israeli national holiday commemorating the 55th reunion of the Jewish people with their holiest site, the Temple Mount. The IDF conquered the Temple Mount in the 1967 Six-Day War. It is celebrated annually on 28 Iyar on the Hebrew calendar and is marked officially throughout Israel with state ceremonies and memorial services.

The historical backdrop for the holiday began with the 1947 United Nations Partition Plan, which established Jerusalem as an international city. In the ensuing War of Independence, where the newly established Israel was attacked on all fronts by seven Arab nations, Jordan illegally occupied the eastern section of the city, including the Temple Mount. Jews were evicted from the city and prohibited from visiting their holy sites. Under Jordanian rule, half of the Old City’s 58 synagogues were demolished, and the Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives was plundered for its tombstones, which were used as paving stones and building materials.

In 1967, as the Arab nations, led by Egypt, began preparing to wage another all-fronts attempt to annihilate the Jewish state, Israel sent a message to King Hussein of Jordan, saying that Israel would not attack Jerusalem or Judea and Samaria as long as the Jordanian front remained quiet. Urged by Egyptian pressure and based on misleading intelligence reports, Jordan began shelling civilian locations in Israel, to which Israel responded on 6 June by opening the eastern front. The following day, 7 June 1967 (28 Iyar 5727), Israel captured the entirety of Jerusalem, including the Temple Mount.

It should be noted that the Temple Mount is described in the Bible as being the site of both Jewish Temples and is universally acknowledged by Jews as their holiest site. The Palestinians have perpetuated a known historical fallacy, identifying Mohammad’s “miraculous night journey” described in the Koran, claiming that the “Aqsa Mosque” (furthest mosque) described in the journey is located in Jerusalem. Most Islamic scholars refute this, identifying the Aqsa Mosque as located in Al-Ju’ranah in Saudi Arabia’s Makkah Province. Referring to Al Aqsa as being located in Jerusalem is, in fact, deeply insulting to all Sunni.

JEWS AND CHRISTIANS UNITE TO WIPE OUT MEDICAL DEBT FOR SHEMITTAH
BY ADAM ELIYAHU BERKOWITZ | MAY 27, 2022 | BIBLICAL NEWS
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This shall be the nature of the remission: every creditor shall remit the due that he claims from his fellow; he shall not dun his fellow or kinsman, for the remission proclaimed is of Hashem. Deuteronomy 15:2 (The Israel BibleTM)
Two Church of God in Christ (C.O.G.I.C.) churches on the south side of Chicago and an orthodox synagogue and community in Skokie came together in partnership with RIP Medical Debt to eliminate nearly 2 million dollars of medical debt. 

The North Side Bright Star Church, St. James Ministries Chicago COGIC, Skokie Valley Agudath Jacob, and Solu-Walder Foundation eliminated 1.9 million dollars of medical debt held by Illinois residents in need.

“We were inspired by our shared scriptures that call us to spend 1 year out of every 7 years working on eliminating harmful debt, Rabbi Ari Hart wrote on his Facebook page. “ In Hebrew, this is called the shemittah year – the year of release, and this campaign was conducted during this shemitta year, 5782 or September 2021-September 2022.”

Rabbi Hart partnered with  Pastor Chris Harris, Sr., CEO of Bright Star Community Outreach.



Though most people are aware of the agricultural aspect of the Shemittah, it also has a financial element, causing all outstanding debts between debtors and creditors to be waived.

Every seventh year you shall practice remission of debts. This shall be the nature of the remission: every creditor shall remit the due that he claims from his fellow; he shall not dun his fellow or kinsman, for the remission proclaimed is of Hashem. Deuteronomy 15:1-2

He emphasized that the program made Shemittah values “real” hile deepening and strengthening partnerships in the community.

The program eliminated debt for 2,327 individuals and families that qualify according to the following metrics:

Earn less than 2x the federal poverty level (varies by state, family size).
Debts are 5 percent or more of annual income.
Facing insolvency — debts are greater than assets.
“This is a big deal,” Rabbi Hart wrote, explaining that unpaid medical bills have become the largest source of debt that Americans owe collections agencies, with 66% of bankruptcy filings tied to unresolved medical expenses. 25% of credit card debt in the US is due to medical expenses.

“These debts are not the result of poor choices,” he explained. “They are the result of illness and suffering. Just the fact that an individual owes medical debt decreases the likelihood that they will seek health care treatment, furthering the cycle of illness and need for future treatments.”

“We are so excited for the households whose debts were released through your support,” he continued. “And we know that there is way, way more work to be done. We hope that this effort helps shine a light on our broken medical financial system and strengthens calls for reform. No one should go bankrupt because they or a family member got sick. No one should fear getting needed medical attention because of debts they owe. We support efforts to hold medical providers and debt collectors accountable for harmful practices; forgive medical debt of impoverished Americans, and strengthen consumers’ hand in negotiating debts with creditors.”

Rabbi Hart suggested that people who are interested in the initiative donate to RIP Medical Debt, a New York-based 501(c)(3) charity focused on the elimination of personal medical debt. Founded in 2014, the charity purchases medical debt on the debt collection market, and then forgives the debt. The charity states that they pay about $1 for every $100 of debt that they purchase. The organization claims to have relieved $6.7 billion in debt to date for 3.6 million families.

“May the Shmitta year be a source of release for millions of Americans trapped by medical debt,” Rabbi Hart said, in blessing. “And for all those suffering under heavy burdens – physical, emotional, financial, spiritual, may you find Shmitta year release and rest. Amen!”

WAR AGAINST AMERICA ON MAY 9
BY ADAM ELIYAHU BERKOWITZ | MAY 3, 2022 | UKRAINE-RUSSIA WAR
O mortal, turn your face toward Gog of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. Prophesy against him Ezekiel 38:2 (The Israel BibleTM)

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Russian army parade on Victory Day 2015 in Moscow. (Video screenshot)
An article in the Wall Street Journal on Sunday reported that Russia was “recasting” the war in Ukraine as a global conflict in the making.

“RUSSIA HAS ALL THE TOOLS FOR THIS; WE WILL USE THEM IF NECESSARY.”
“The forces that have always pursued a policy of containing Russia…they do not want such a huge and independent country that is too big for their ideas,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said last week, according to a report in the WSJ. “They believe it endangers them simply by the fact of its existence, although this is far from reality. It is they who endanger the world.”

“[Any country that] creates strategic threats for Russia that are unacceptable to us, they should know that our retaliatory strikes will be lightning-fast,” he said. [Russia has] all the tools for this, such that no one [else] can boast of,” he said. “We will use them if necessary.”

The article suggested that the Russian government could use Victory Day, celebrated on May 9, as a focal point to motivate their citizens. Victory day commemorates the victory over Nazi Germany in 1945. Russian President Vladimir Putin has justified his invasion of Ukraine with claims that his goal is to eradicate the Nazi influences. Such a claim would serve as a powerful motivation for Russians, as in the war against the Nazis in World War II, the losses of the Soviet Union from all related causes were about 27,000,000, both civilian and military. The German army occupied Ukraine in September 1941; however, Nationalists in western Ukraine were among the most enthusiastic Nazi collaborators.

Russian officials have gone on record stating that by providing weapons to Ukraine, Western nations, including the US, have essentially started a war with Russia.  

“NATO, in essence, is engaged in a war with Russia through a proxy and is arming that proxy,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview with Russian news agency Tass said last week. “War means war.”

BIDEN THROWING GASOLINE ON THE FIRE
This statement came after President Joe Biden requested $33 billion in military and economic aid for Ukraine. The president justified the expenditure as sending a clear message to Putin.

“You will never succeed in dominating Ukraine,” Biden said in remarks at the White House, emphasizing that the new policy was intended “to punish Russian aggression, to lessen the risk of future conflicts.”

The situation was exacerbated, and pathways to reconciliation were cut off at the end of March when, in an unscripted outburst, Biden stated, “For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power,” referring to Putin as a “butcher.” Despite attempts by staffers at damage control, in later statements, the president doubled down and refused to retract his statements.

WSJ reported that state-run media were warning the Russian public that “the West ultimately seeks to contain—or even destroy—Russia and have threatened retaliation, including the possibility of nuclear strikes.
 

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CALLS FOR INVESTIGATION OF JERUSALEM ARCHBISHOP FOR JOINING IRANIAN CONFERENCE
BY JNS | MAY 3, 2022 | TERROR WATCH

For the laws of the nations are delusions: For it is the work of a craftsman’s hands. He cuts down a tree in the forest with an ax, Jeremiah 10:3 (The Israel BibleTM)
Greek Orthodox archimandrite Theodosios (Atallah)Hanna (courtesy: Flash90)
The head of Israel’s Religious Zionist Party, Bezalel Smotrich, has called for a criminal investigation against former Jerusalem Mufti Ekrima Sabri and Greek Orthodox Archbishop Atallah Hanna over their participation last week in a virtual conference hosted by Iran.

The conference, called “Annual Global Jerusalem Day,” was also attended by the leaders of various terrorist organizations, such as Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Ziyad al-Nakhala, the leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Talal Naji, and the head of the Fatah coalition in Iraq, Hadi al-Amiri.

Knesset member Bezalel Smotrich at a conference in Lod on July 22, 2019. Photo by Flash90.

“Any sane person can understand the conduct of these two amounts to a number of criminal offenses, among them support for an armed struggle against the State of Israel,” said Smotrich.

He called on Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara to open an investigation “and hold them accountable in the appropriate manner.”

It was “unreasonable,” he added, for Israel to provide immunity “to enemies at home or abroad that seek and call for the State of Israel’s destruction.”

“It appears they are taking advantage of their proximity to power in Israel, to the Ra’am Party among other things, which as is known is an active partner in the current coalition, to win immunity from prosecution for their criminal acts,” said Smotrich.

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DEMOCRATS VISIT UKRAINE: NO TALK OF PEACE, ONLY TOTAL “VICTORY” OVER RUSSIA
BY ADAM ELIYAHU BERKOWITZ | MAY 3, 2022 | UKRAINE-RUSSIA WAR

O mortal, turn your face toward Gog of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. Prophesy against him Ezekiel 38:2 (The Israel BibleTM

Pelosi Becomes Highest-Ranking U.S. Official To Visit Ukraine After Meeting with Zelenskyy in Kyiv (screenshot)
On Saturday, a group of congressional Democrats led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif), the most senior American official to visit Ukraine since the war began, paid a surprise visit to Kyiv. Pelosi made the announcement from Poland on Sunday.

“Our discussion centered around the subjects at hand, as you would suspect: security, humanitarian assistance, economic assistance, and eventually rebuilding when victory is won,” said Pelosi, who is now the highest-ranking US official to visit the beleaguered nation. 

Her visit follows one by Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. They entered the country via train and met with Zelenskyy in a windowless underground bunker in Kyiv on April 24.

“We were proud to convey to him a message of unity from the Congress of the US. A message of appreciation from the American people for his leadership and admiration to the people of Ukraine for their courage,” she said. “America stands with Ukraine, we stand with Ukraine until victory is won, and we stand with NATO.”

She added later that the visit sent “an unmistakable message to the world: that America stands firmly with our NATO allies in our support for Ukraine.”

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UKRAINE’S ‘JEWISH’ PRESIDENT DECLARES HOLY WAR AGAINST RUSSIA: “CHRIST HAS RISEN!” [WATCH]
BY ADAM ELIYAHU BERKOWITZ | APR 26, 2022 | UKRAINE-RUSSIA WAR

Hashem is in its midst, it will not be toppled; by daybreak Hashem will come to its aid. Psalms 46:6 (The Israel BibleTM)
Zelensky invokes religious war, declaring, “Christ has risen!”
Ukraine’s embattled president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, sent out a video Easter message from the Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv to his people.
Zelensky congratulated Ukrainians on Easter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1G9tPmbKEU

“CHRIST IS RISEN”
He then urged his people to struggle towards victory. 

“Dear Ukrainians, last year we celebrated Easter at home because of the pandemic. This year we also celebrate the Resurrection of Christ, not as we used to. Because of another virus. Because of the plague called war. Both last year’s and the current threat are united by one thing – nothing can defeat Ukraine.”

“The great holiday today gives us great hope and unwavering faith that light will overcome darkness, good will overcome evil, life will overcome death, and therefore Ukraine will surely win! And on Easter, we ask God for great grace to make our great dream come true – this is another great day – the day when a great peace will come to Ukraine. And with it – eternal harmony and prosperity.”

“Take care of yourselves. Take care of your loved ones. Take care of Ukraine!”

Zelensky ended his address with a bizarre declaration that belied his Jewish roots:

“Christ is Risen!” he declared. “He is Risen Indeed.”

RELIGIOUS WAR
Zelensky’s final declaration is not only perplexing but is also deeply troubling, amplifying the war into a religious conflict. Of so, this would establish Ukraine and Russia as being opposed along religious lines. Many political analysts have suggested that Russian President Vladimir Putin is attempting to reestablish a tsarist empire patterned after Vladimir the Great as a Third Rome based on the Christian Eastern Orthodox Church. Despite millions of followers in Ukraine, the Church, led by Patriarch Kirill, has come out in support of the invasion of Ukraine. Patriarch Kirill has called Putin’s rule a “miracle of God.”