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Biblical Archaeology’s Top 10 Discoveries of 2017
Dec. 28, 2017 -
On an almost daily basis, archaeological discoveries help us better understand the Bible and affirm its details about people, events, and culture.
... top excavation findings reported in 2017 which have increased our knowledge of the biblical world and ... Christianity.
- Source: Christianity Today
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Report: US and Israel formulate a plan to stop Iran - Together
Dec. 28, 2017 - According to a Jerusalem television station (Channel 10), a meeting was held between top US and Israeli officials
two weeks ago to determine how to work together to counter Iranian activity in the Middle East,
Several working groups were set up, including one to deal with joint covert and diplomatic steps to prevent Tehran
from getting nuclear weapons and to monitor and verify that it is not violating the nuclear deal signed in 2015.
- Source: Jerusalem Post
Trump could kill Iran nuclear deal as early as next month - Newsweek
More countries catching 'Trump's Jerusalem Wave'
Dec. 26. 2015 - Following President Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, othe nations are
considering doing the same. Jerusalem may soon have an "embassy row."
Over the weekend, Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales revealed on his official Facebook account his country will move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
- Source:WND
Displeased with Palestinians, Arab states chart new Jerusalem policy - Fearing that PA-led moves in response to U.S.
Jerusalem declaration will undermine its special status in the city, Jordan teams up with Egypt, Saudi Arabia to devise new policy. - Israel Hayom
Netanyahu: Merry Christmas From Israel
Dec. 25, 2017 - In a video greeting, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that Israel is...
"... a country that says: ‘Merry Christmas’ – first to its Christian citizens
and to our Christian friends around the world.”
He also urged Christians to visit Israel.
- Source: NewsMax
US vetoes Security Council bid to reverse Jerusalem recognition
Dec. 19, 2017 - The UN Security Council considered a draft resolution condemning the US recognition of
Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The US ambassador to the UN voted against it.
The other 14 members of the council voted in favor of the text, but US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley’s “no” vote
ensured that it was rejected.
- Source: Times of Israel
Jerusalem: US vetoes UN resolution rejecting Trump's declaration - BBC
UN Security Council to vote Monday on rejecting US Jerusalem decision
Dec. 18, 2017 -
The United Nations Security Council will vote Monday on a draft resolution that would reject US President
Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, diplomats said.
If the resolution does go through, the U.S. can veto it.
- Source: Times of Israel
Nazareth to observe most Christmas festivities despite anger over Trump
Dec. 14, 2017 - Various news sources reported that Christmas was cancelled in Jesus' home town of Nazareth, but...
Nazareth Mayor Ali Salam decided Thursday to keep most Christmas festivities intact despite anger over US President
Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
- Source: Jerusalem Post
Update 12/16/17 -
Nazareth’s Muslim mayor reinstates Christmas - Times of Israel
Erdogan and Putin denounce Trump's Jerusalem decision
Dec. 12, 2017
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday warned that U.S. President
Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel risks escalating tension in an already tense region.
- Source: Israel National News
Key Middle East Publics See Russia, Turkey and U.S. All Playing Larger Roles in Region - Pew Research Center
Egypt: We have no interest in confronting US or Israel - Israel National News
Turkey switches to full defiance of US, continues Putin courtship - Asia Times
After Trump recognizes Jerusalem as Israel's capital, evangelicals work for peace between Jews and Arabs
Dec. 9,, 2017 - Joel Rosenberg and other evangelical scholars, pastors, authors and ministry leaders
have just launched an new organization called the “Alliance For The Peace of Jerusalem.” The group wants to be ambassadors of grace to both Jews and Arabs.
Now more than ever, the Church needs to be faithful to the Psalmist’s command to “pray for the peace of Jerusalem”
(Psalm 122:6) as well as to “seek peace and pursue it” (Psalm 34:14).
- Source: Fox
With President’s historic yet controversial decision on Jerusalem, Evangelical leaders call Christians around the world to pray for the peace of Jerusalem as never before.
[Here’s the statement we just released from the Alliance For The Peace of Jerusalem.] - Joel Rosenberg
Haley: Jerusalem announcement will 'move the ball forward for the peace process' - The Hill
No, Trump didn’t end the peace process by recognizing Jerusalem - Jerome M. Segal - Washington Post
Conservatives Laud Trump's Jerusalem Move: 'Long Overdue'
Dec. 7, 2017 - As expected, President Trump announced that the U.S. will accept Israel's claim to Jerusalem as its capital.
I have determined that it is time to officially recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. I am also directing the State Department
to begin preparation to move the American Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem...
The news brought extreme reactions worldwide, but Conservatives were very much in favor of the decision. Implementation of the move will take years.
- Source: NewsMax
Jerusalem status: World condemns Trump's announcement - BBC
Jerusalem: Recognizing Reality - Hal Lindsey
Text of Trump's Official Proclamation - Times of Israel
Israeli PM Netanyahu: "Forever Grateful" To Trump For Jerusalem Statement, "Step Towards Peace" - Real Clear Politics
'I See Us in the Middle of Prophecy!' Mike Evans Has 30M Evangelicals Praying for Jerusalem - CBN
Trump to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, forge ahead with moving US Embassy
Dec. 5, 2017 -
President Trump on Wednesday will order the State Department to begin moving the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv,
senior administration officials said... The U.S. would be the first country to move its embassy to Jerusalem.
- Source: Fox
White House Confirms: Trump to Recognize Jerusalem as Israel's Capital, but Embassy Move 'May Take Years' - Haaretz
US officiaos: Trump's Jerusalem endorsement may include two-state support - Jerusalem Post
Trump to recognize Jerusalem as capital, plan embassy move, White House confirms - Times of Israel
US to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital in world first - BBC
Hamas plans 'day of rage' in response to Trump's Jerusalem decision - Fox
Pope in Response to Trump Move: Respect 'Status Quo' of Jerusalem - NewsMax
Warnings Intensify as Trump Readies Jerusalem Declaration - NewsMax
Why Jerusalem matters - BBC
Palestinian days of rage against Trump's Jerusalem plan - Al Jazeera
PM, ahead of US Jerusalem move, hails ‘important expression’ of Israeli identity - Times of Israel
Erdogan: Recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital is ‘red line’ for Muslims
Dec. 5, 2017 - It is possible that President Trump will recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel this week.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned the Trump administration on Tuesday that recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital is a “red line” for Muslims...
He pledged to rally other Muslim countries to oppose any [such] move.
- Source: Fox
Reports: Israeli aircraft struck an Iranian base outside Damascus
Dec.2, 2017 -
Israeli aircraft attacked an Iranian base outside Damascus according to Sky News...
According to foreign media reports, the Israeli fire was carried out from Lebanese airspace.
The Iranian military base is about 50 kilometers north of Israel’s Golan Heights.
- Source: Jerusalem Post
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Israeli missiles hit army base near Damascus: Reports - Earlier this year, a senior Israeli official vowed that Israel would
bomb Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's palace in Damascus if Iran and Hezbollah continued to expand its sway over the war-torn country. - Al Jazeera
Trump poised to move U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and declare the ancient city the capital of Israel
Dec. 1, 2017 -
President Trump is preparing to formally declare Jerusalem the capital of Israel and order a review of the
best way to move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv, two officials said Thursday.
- Source: LA Times
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Moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem is what ‘we as Israelis want to see,’ former prime minister says - PBS
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What a US embassy in Jerusalem means to Palestinians - Al Jazeera
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American and Israeli officials downplay reports of imminent embassy move - Jerusalem Post
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