Your news from Israel - 14 December 2016 - The Jerusalem Journal Brian Schrauger

IN SPITE OF RUSSIA AND THE USA, ISIS IS ON THE OFFENSE With ISIS under attack by the Russian coalition in Syria and the US coalition in Iraq, it should be on the run. Instead it is on the offense, launching a terror attack in Cairo yesterday. That attack could be the first strike in Islamic State's promised holiday terror campaign throughout the Middle East - and beyond. READ MORE... ✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡ 'FREE ZION' COIN FROM YEAR 67 DISCOVERED IN JERUSALEM Were there Jews in Israel 2000 years ago? Did Jewish zealots lead a revolt against Rome that led to the destruction of the Solomon's Second Temple in 70 CE? Is the biblical record about Israel and Jerusalem accurate? Once again, according to the archaeology, including its written record in Hebrew, it is. READ MORE... ✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡ NETANYAHU ON 60 MINUTES: RUSSIA, THE USA, IRAN, ARAB STATES, PALESTINIANS As Israel looks around the world today, what does it see? How does it regard Russia, Iran, the USA, neighboring Arab states and its stalled peace process with the Palestinians? In a wide-ranging interview broadcast two days in the United States, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed all of these issues and more. READ MORE... ✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡ ETHIOPIAN JUDAISM NEARLY IDENTICAL TO SECOND TEMPLE PERIOD - IN JESUS' DAY A researcher at Bar-Ilan University in Tel Aviv has been studying Judaism as it is practiced today by Ethiopian Jews in Africa. The way they honor Shabbat, practice purity laws and sex, he says, is almost identical to the way Judaism was expressed 2,000 years ago. READ MORE... ✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡ D O N A T E !        E N D O W ! Around the world, news agencies are finding it increasingly difficult to fund their operations. As a result, the quality of news, especially written news, is suffering. If you do not want to see this happen to news about Israel, from Israel, we need your help.  If you have a passion for the news, especially news about Israel and from Israeli perspectives, help us. Donate a monthly amount, endow us for the present and coming crucial years. CLICK HERE Our primary financial need is to pay those who write for us. Many do so at no charge. Even so, every laborer deserves to be paid. Inasmuch as we pay our reporters, we facilitate their lives in Israel, encourage them and insure more and better stories in the future. There is also a need to go on location where stories are happening stories. Because we are already in the Middle East, we do not have to go far. Still, there is a cost in sending reporters to places "on the ground" where stories are happening. Partner with us in this work through your monthly donation.

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