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Secret US-Iran Deal Cause for Concern

November 20, 2013 Nuclear talks designed to place restrictions on Iran’s nuclear program will resume today between Iran and the P5+1 in Geneva. It is the third round of negotiations in a month, and they are taking place nearly two weeks after an accord that would Iran's nuclear activity in exchange for the easing of sanctions was almost reached. Of the six P5+1 world powers at the last meeting—the US, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, China and Germany—France alone objected when the US brought forward the deal, claiming that the terms were "too soft" on Tehran.

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Israel Hair Drive Beats Guinness World Record

November 20, 2013 Last week, Israel broke the Guinness world record for donating the most hair to cancer victims in a single drive. About 250 women donated their hair so that children with cancer can wear natural hair wigs. The record-breaking five-hour event resulted in an astonishing 117 pounds of hair, beating the previous record by 10 pounds.

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Palestinian Teen Slays Israeli Private

November 20, 2013 Last Wednesday, a newly enlisted 18-year-old Israeli soldier was stabbed repeatedly in the throat as he napped on a bus. The bus had just made a stopover at the Afula station in Israel. Most of the passengers had left the bus to stretch their legs when Eden Atias was murdered by a Palestinian youth. Passengers on the bus managed to stop the 16-year-old terrorist, but Atias died of his wounds not long afterward.

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PA Negotiators Quit Peace Talks

November 20, 2013 Last week, Saeb Erekat, the chief Palestinian negotiator for the peace talks, along with his fellow negotiator, Muhammad Shtayyeh, the minister in charge of the Palestinian Economic Council for Development and Reconstruction, resigned from peace negotiations with Israel. In response, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas rejected the resignations, asking them to continue the negotiations and re-asserted the PA commitment to the peace process. "The delegation to the talks handed in its resignation, which we have still not accepted," Abbas said. (Israel HaYom)

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Parasha Vayishlach (And He Sent): Taking Hold of the Blessings

November 15, 2013 Jacob returns to his ancestral home in the Holy Land with his wives, children and possessions after serving his conniving uncle for 20 years. Over 20 years have passed since the brothers last saw one another. Jacob is worried that Esau is still angry about losing his blessing.

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1,700-Year-Old Curse Tablet Discovered

November 13, 2013 A rolled up sheet of lead inscribed in Greek with a curse was recently uncovered in excavations at the City of David, south of the Old City wall in Jerusalem. The curse is apparently linked to a legal action against the opponent of a woman named Kyrilla. The curse tablet is thought to be 1,700 years old.

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Syrian Mother Chooses to Deliver Baby in Israel

November 13, 2013 A 20-year-old Syrian woman who fled to Israel to give birth to her first child in an Israeli hospital said that both she and her baby were being treated well by Israel. (CBN) “I don’t feel like I am in an enemy country. The staff are all helping me and worrying about me,” she said, adding that her baby “is getting wonderful, devoted care.” (JPost)

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New Textbooks in Gaza Misinform Students About Israel

November 13, 2013 The Hamas authorities in the Gaza Strip recently introduced textbooks for grades eight through 10 designed to “infuse the next generation with its militant ideology” toward Israel. (Commentary) The textbooks fail to recognize modern Israel and do not mention the Oslo Accords, agreements signed by Israel and the Palestinian Authority in 1993. (NYT)

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Arab MKs Disrupt Temple Mount Committee Session

November 13, 2013 A recent debate on a bill that would guarantee Jews access to the Temple Mount, Judaism’s holiest site, as well as equal prayer rights there, sparked an angry response from Arab-Israeli MKs (members of parliament). During the debate MK Miri Regev stressed that no attempt is being made to bar Muslims from praying at the Al Aqsa Mosque, Islam's third holiest site.

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Parasha Vayetze (And He Left): Finding Comfort in Jacob’s Ladder

November 8, 2013 In Parasha Vayetze, Jacob (Yaacov) leaves his parents’ home in Beersheba. But he does not just leave; he runs for his life from his enraged brother, Esau, who is threatening to kill him after his father, Isaac, dies. Similar to his grandfather, Abraham, who was called to leave his family and familiar surroundings in order to fulfill his destiny, Jacob leaves behind all the comforts of a warm and loving home—the security of all that is familiar to him—in order to fulfill his destiny as the father of the 12 Tribes of Israel.

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