October/November 1998

Israel at 50

Features

The Shrinking State Of Israel

The Jewish people had traveled a tortuous road for the better part of two millennia before Baron Lord Rothschild received, on behalf of the Jewish people, the official letter sanctioning a national home for Jewish people in Palestine. For 400 years...

Israel at 50: The Battle For Soil And Soul

To the casual observer of life in the Middle East, the real struggle there appears to be about the issue of soil. Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs are arguing over “land rights.” At times, this struggle has erupted into violence over how...

Israel at 50: Obstacles To Peace

The American College Dictionary defines the word obstacle as “something that stands in the way of or obstructs progress.” In order to understand the Middle East Peace Process, we must investigate the facts surrounding the...

Israel At 50: Its Chaotic Political System

Israel is a thriving democracy in the heart of the mainly Muslim Middle East. The Jewish state is the only full and stable democracy in the region, although a few other countries are attempting to move in that direction. However, Israel’s rambunctious...

Israel At 50: Celebrating the Year of Jubilee

The year 1998 is the Year of Jubilee—the 50th birthday of the State of Israel! What is going through the minds of Israelis on the state’s 50th birthday? What are the expectations of its citizens? Since Israel is a nation of immigrants...


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Nine Minutes Until Midnight

Following the detonation of nuclear devices by India and Pakistan, a collective chill seemed to run down the spines of thinking people across the face of the Western world. So much so, that there was a flurry of activity among the folk who...

Rightly Dividing

The Millennial Kingdom

Revelation 20:1–10: Mr. U Thant, former Secretary General of the United Nations, addressed 67 scholars and statesmen on the requirements for world peace. He asked these questions: “What element is lacking so that with all our skill and all our knowledge...

The Call of the Shofar

Have you ever been driving along the highway when, seemingly out of nowhere, you hear the shrill sound of sirens? At first you are startled as the high-pitched sound seems to engulf you from almost every direction. Instinctively you try to...

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Eye on the Middle East Oct/Nov 1998

It is often difficult to feel certain you are getting the straight story when listening to spokesmen for the Palestinian Authority and their cohorts in the Middle East. The new Mufti of Jerusalem, Sheik Ekrima Sabri, recently appointed by Yasser Arafat...

Jewish World Update - News

Israel in the News Oct/Nov 1998

Israel’s high-profile rescue team in Nairobi continued to search for survivors in the rubble of the bombing of the us embassy in Kenya…,after having succeeded in rescuing a man, a woman, and her son. The army home front command rescue teams...

Apples of Gold

Zvi Oct/Nov 1998

This year we are celebrating 50 years since our Declaration of Independence in 1948, which created the modern State of Israel. It seems like only yesterday. But, with the Declaration of Independence came a declaration of...

Daily News from Israel

News Digest — 11/12/25

Syria is currently engaged in direct negotiations with Israel as the two countries seek a new security agreement, Syria’s president said...

Why Hezbollah Still Holds Lebanon Hostage

Iran has funneled roughly $1 billion to Hezbollah this year despite crippling Western sanctions...

Israel at War: Week 109

Two hundred Hamas terrorists were trapped in a terror tunnel in Rafah about a week ago. Turkey calls the trapped individuals "citizens," and...

News Digest — 11/11/25

Eleven years after he was killed and abducted in Rafah during Operation Protective Edge in 2014, IDF Lt. Hadar Goldin was laid to rest...

News Digest — 11/10/25

After 11 years since Lieutenant Hadar Goldin was killed and kidnapped during Operation Protective Edge in the Gaza Strip...

News Digest — 11/7/25

IDF Chief of Staff LTG. Eyal Zamir told the Security Cabinet Thursday night (6th) that there is “no deal” for about 200 Hamas terrorists...

News Digest — 11/6/25

Israel’s Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon laid out Israel’s cautious support for the resolution put forth by the US regarding...

News Digest — 11/5/25

The remains of Gaza hostage IDF St.-Sgt Itay Chen was identified at the National Institute for Forensic Medicine in Abu Kabir...

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