Jerusalem: The Struggle

An interesting multi-media resource looking at the issues surrounding Jerusalem:

Challenges in Defining an Israeli-Palestinian Border

Global Financial Crisis

An entire system of global trade is at risk: Sir Mervyn King, the Governor of the Bank of England, this week called the current financial crisis “the most serious… since the 1930s, if ever”, in justification for a further £75 billion of “quantitative easing”. Since Sir Mervyn cited the chaos of the inter-war years, it seems appropriate to quote Winston Churchill: “Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of clear thinking, confusions of counsel, until the emergency comes, until self-preservation strikes its jarring gong – these are the features that constitute the endless repetition of history.” Read more>>

Echoes of 2008: Here we go again: The Europeans are pushing the global banking system to the edge. European bankers have been saying things are fine for weeks now, even as their exposure to indebted euro-zone countries strangles their access to funding. Read more>>

Solving the euro-zone crisis: The plan to have a plan: Policymakers are a long way from forming a coherent strategy. Banks’ woes have stolen the headlines this week. But the real reason to worry about Europe is that policymakers are still flailing in their efforts to come up with a big plan, fast, to get to grips with the region’s debt crisis. Read more>>

Syria's Threats

Report: Assad threatens to attack Tel Aviv in case of NATO strike: In meeting with Turkish FM, Syrian president discusses possibility of NATO strike, says 'I won't need more than six hours to transfer hundreds of rockets to Golan to fire at Tel Aviv'. Read more>>

Putin's Eurasian Union

Russia's Putin says wants to build "Eurasian Union": Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said he wants to bring ex-Soviet states into a "Eurasian Union" in an article which outlined his first foreign policy initiative as he prepares to return to the Kremlin as the country's next president. Read more>>

Dead Sea Scrolls Online

The dead sea scrolls can be viewed online at the following link: http://dss.collections.imj.org.il/

Importance of the Old Testament

Luke 24v44-45

"And he (Jesus) said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.  Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,..." 

2 Timothy 3v16-17
"All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works." 

Israeli Alliances in Middle East Wavering

Israel watches its old alliances crumble:  The overthrow of President Mubarak in Egypt, the estrangement of Turkey and a UN vote on Palestinian statehood combine to make an intractable set of problems. Read more>>

Beyond Cairo, Israel Sensing a Wider Siege:  With its Cairo embassy ransacked, its ambassador to Turkey expelled and the Palestinians seeking statehood recognition at the United Nations, Israel found itself on Saturday increasingly isolated and grappling with a radically transformed Middle East where it believes its options are limited and poor. Read More>>

U.S. seeks to calm Middle East tensions: In the wake of last Friday's ransacking by protesters of the Israeli Embassy in Cairo, U.S. officials have engaged in a flurry of diplomatic activity intended to calm tensions in the Middle East. Read more>>

US nervous as ties fray between Israel, neighbors:  The Obama administration is watching warily as relations among its allies Israel, Egypt and Turkey deteriorate, threatening Mideast stability and U.S. goals for the region. The simultaneous trouble between the Jewish state and two Muslim nations that have been a security and diplomatic bulwark for Israel comes as the Palestinians prepare to seek statehood recognition at the United Nations this month. The U.N. action, which the U.S. has fought without success, is likely to further complicate peace efforts, leave Israel even more isolated and force the Obama administration into the uncomfortable position of appearing to side with Israel over other allies and partners. Read more>>