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Canada and Palestinian Authority Feud Over ICC

January 26, 2015 Canada’s Foreign Minister John Baird criticized the Palestinian Authority last week for filing a petition to the International Criminal Court in The Hague against Israel. In a display of continued brotherly love for Israel, Baird said, “First and foremost, Israel—every time it comes under attack—seems to have to have one hand tied behind its back. And what this seems to do is tie the other hand behind its back.” (JPost)

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UN General Assembly Holds First Conference on the Global Rise of Anti-Semitism

January 26, 2015 On Thursday, in response to growing global anti-Semitism, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) held its first conference on the rising global tide of anti-Semitism. Included among the speakers was French philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy who traced the history of anti-Semitism back to its roots, including the blood libels against the Jews, and the claim of responsibility for the killing of the Messiah (Yeshua–Jesus). He also spoke of the present attacks on Israel in the form of boycotts and how such vindictiveness can affect an entire society.

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The 70th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz‏: Time to Find a Wise Vision of the Future

January 26, 2015 Tomorrow is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, and even now Holocaust survivors and heads of state are gathering in Poland to remember this important day. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the infamous concentration and extermination camp where more than a million Jews, Gypsies, Soviets and Poles were murdered. In fact, in 2010, the Federal Security Service of Russia declassified information that revealed more than four million inmates were killed here. (CNN)

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Parasha Bo (Come): Plagues, Freedom, and Redemption from Slavery

January 23, 2015 This week, in Parasha Bo, God sends the final three: locust, darkness and death of the firstborn. After the last plague, Pharaoh finally gives up, triggering the Exodus of the Hebrews. But what were the purposes of the Ten Plagues? To pressure Pharaoh to let the Israelites go free? Perhaps, but God is fully capable of setting His people free without a king’s permission.

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English Poll Reveals Half of Britons Hold Anti-Semitic Views

January 21, 2015 A poll of 2,230 British Jews by the Campaign Against Anti-Semitism (CAA) found that more than half believe that current anti-Semitism echoes that of the 1930s with 45% feeling personally threatened by extreme Islamism, and 58% seeing no future for Jews in Europe.

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Iranian-Backed Hezbollah Threatens to Invade Israel

January 20, 2015 Israel’s army went on high alert Monday and Iron Dome batteries have been deployed along the northern border in anticipation of retaliation from the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah for an alleged Israeli airstrike that killed six Hezbollah operatives, including a senior commander. Outgoing IDF intelligence head Brig. Gen. Itai Brun considers the threat of Hezbollah real. “Unlike in the Second Lebanon War, I believe that next time we will see Hezbollah sources on Israel soil,” he said. (Israel HaYom)

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10,000 Pilgrims Celebrate the Epiphany at Jordan River

January 20, 2015 On Sunday, the Russian Orthodox Church and Orthodox believers from around the world celebrated Epiphany, the traditional day on which Yeshua’s mikvah (Jesus’ baptism) is believed to have occurred at the Jordan River.

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UN Human Rights Commission Probes Israeli War Crimes

January 20, 2015 The mother of Daniel Tregerman appeared before the United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC), which is investigating the possible war crimes committed during Operation Protective Edge in last summer's war with Gaza.

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Jewish Prosecutor Found Dead

January 20, 2015 The body of Alberto Nisman, Argentina’s special prosecutor in the July 1994 bombing of the Buenos Aires Jewish Community Center building case was found in a pool of blood late Sunday. Last week, he had charged President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (serving her 2nd term in office) of obstructing the investigation and attempting to cover up Iranian involvement in the attack.

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The Wannsee Conference: When Mass Murder Turned to Systematic Genocide

January 19, 2015 Tuesday marks the 73rd anniversary of Germany’s infamous Wannsee Conference. January 20, 1942, signaled a turning point from the mass murder of Jews to a systematic genocide of European Jews in the gas chambers of Auschwitz and other death camps. On this day, a group of Germany's political elite met at the Villa Minous, the Nazi SS guest house on the Greater Wannsee lake located in a Berlin suburb, to decide on "the Final Solution to the Jewish question."

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