September/October 2006

Contemporary Israel

A look at modern Israel and the threats to its existence


This issue explores Israel’s current housing controversy, the threats of Hamas and Hezbollah, and the significance of the Yom Kippur scapegoat. Also, Randall Price discusses Palestinian revisionist history and reveals why Muslims are opposed to archaeological excavations in Israel.

Features

The Christian Thing to Do

Today’s Christian Zionists love the Jewish people as Corrie ten Boom once did. And the World Council of Churches does not speak for us!

Dancing with the Devil

Like it or not, Hamas now controls the Palestinian Authority. Does this mean Israel must negotiate with terrorists? This lawyer says no.

To Build or Not to Build: Jerusalem’s Housing Controversy

Concrete jungle or luxury high-rise? The million-dollar digs going up in Jerusalem mean different things to different people.

China & Israel: Inscrutable Relations

Which way does China swing when it comes to Israel? In the past, China has fully supported the Arabs. But it may be moving in another direction.

The Politics of Sacred Space

Speaking from firsthand experience, Dr. Price explains why archaeology and the Temple Mount will always take center stage in the Arab-Israeli conflict.


More In This Issue

From Bill Sutter’s Desk Sep/Oct 2006

They came from across the United States and Canada, South America, Europe, and Asia. The occasion was The Friends of Israel’s 2006 field-staff conference, a gathering held every three years. For some...

Map of the Middle East.

Eye on the Middle East Sep/Oct 2006

Over a year ago, in a good-faith attempt at conciliation to Palestinian and international demands, Israel left the Gaza Strip. Eight thousand to 10,000 Israeli citizens were expelled from their homes...

Silhouette of man speaking.

Rediscovering Evil

The TV news anchors were discussing an unspeakably vicious murder that had been committed without provocation. The report was shocking but, unfortunately, the fare we have come to expect on the evening...

They Cry in Silence Sep/Oct 2006

Two years ago, attending high school in Zaria city, Kaduna, Nigeria, went from tension to tragedy when Muslims attacked their Christian classmates. This was not a scuffle. The assault was brutal, and its effects...

Siding With Israel’s Enemies Is a Crime Against Humanity

What is often swept under the proverbial rug by those attacking Zionism—Christian or otherwise—is the fact that more than 5 million Jewish people live in the State of Israel. They approximate in numbers...

Schoolyard Fights and the Status Quo

When a young student, I sometimes stood in the circle of after-school observers as disputes between aggrieved adversaries were settled with flaying fisticuffs. In most cases, there was little or no real damage...

How China Shifted Toward the PLO

Almost as soon as Jerusalem’s foreign policy apparatus was up and running after the 1948 War of Independence, Israel sought diplomatic relations with China. Since Washington didn’t establish formal ties with Beijing...

Israel in the News: Special Report

Brigitte Gabriel is a survivor of Islam’s jihad against Lebanese Christians. Her story will astound you. Reared in an Arab country that taught her to hate Israel, her love for the Jewish state...

The Yom Kippur Scapegoat

The ancient Israelites must have stood in awe when they observed the first ever, God-ordained celebration of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. This ritual was different from all others the Lord had given...

The Lowdown on Hezbollah

Hezbollah makes no secret of its objective, namely, the destruction of Israel. It committed an act of war by crossing the international border and attacking soldiers in Israel and kidnapping two...

Messiah’s Glorious Return

Zechariah 14:1–7: Zechariah closed his prophetic predictions with a sweeping consummation of Israel’s future. The prophet described three major events that will take place: (1) a future invasion of Jerusalem during the Great...

God Is Moral Part Seven

Previously we examined five ways in which God revealed that murder violates and perverts His moral absolutes and fixed order of moral law. The fifth way was through God giving Israel the following...

Chai, Chai, V’Kayam Part One

Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s a superhero who was killed and came back to life then was killed again and came back to life then killed someone else...

Zvi Sep/Oct 2006

As we approach the great High Holiday of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, I like to go to the ultra-Orthodox section of Jerusalem to speak to the people there. As one who believes...

Daily News from Israel

Senate To Give $26 Billion to Israel’s Defense

The U.S. Senate is sending $26 billion in wartime assistance to Israel as part of a $95 billion foreign aid package on Tuesday...

Israel at War: Week 28

In the United States, college campuses are boiling over with protests, demonstrations, and physical confrontations with Jewish students...

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Two top Hezbollah operatives were killed in Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon on Tuesday (23rd),  as explosive-laden...

News Digest — 4/23/24

The Jewish holiday of Passover began in Israel on Monday evening (22nd), with families around the country gathering for the festive...

News Digest — 4/22/24

Three pedestrians were wounded in a ramming attack in Jerusalem on...

News Digest — 4/19/24

According to reports Israel’s retaliatory attack on...

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The IDF killed a senior Hamas intelligence officer in an overnight strike on a terrorist cell in the central...

Israel Alone Will Choose Its Iran Response

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Israel will decide for itself how to respond to Iran’s unprecedented attack...

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