ISRAEL UPDATES
 
Notifications
Clear all

ISRAEL UPDATES

1,480 Posts
19 Users
4627 Reactions
197.1 K Views
Patricia N.
Posts: 7412
Registered
(@patrician)
Illustrious Member
Joined: 7 years ago

Israeli Ministers Call For Rebuilding Temple On Jerusalem Day

  • Israeli ministers and lawmakers marked Jerusalem Day by publicly asserting Jewish sovereignty on the Temple Mount, with MK Yitzhak Kroizer calling for the construction of the Temple.
  • The Temple Mount remains governed by the disputed status quo, under which Jews may visit but are not officially permitted to pray, though enforcement has weakened under Ben Gvir’s ministry.
  • Police arrested 13 people amid violent incidents surrounding the Jerusalem Day Flag March through Jerusalem’s Old City.

Earlier Thursday, Kroizer visited the Temple Mount with his children and father, a prominent Kahanist rabbi, to mark Jerusalem Day. He was photographed prostrating himself on the ground facing the Dome of the Rock — an act of Jewish prayer that remains officially prohibited under the long-standing status quo arrangement governing the site.

“The time has come to get rid of all the mosques and work to construct the Temple!” Kroizer later wrote on Facebook, according to Israeli media.

The events on Jerusalem Day underscored a growing divide inside Israel’s governing coalition over the future of the Temple Mount. Netanyahu has sought to reassure Jordan, the United States, and other regional partners that Israel’s official policy remains unchanged. Ben Gvir, however, has repeatedly signaled that the facts on the ground are changing.

Prophetically, Jerusalem remains what the prophet Zechariah called “a burdensome stone” for all nations — a city that cannot be divided, dismissed, or removed from the center of God’s redemptive plan. The growing calls for the Temple to be rebuilt carry significance far beyond Israeli politics, especially in light of Paul’s warning in [2 Thessalonians 2] that the “man of sin” will sit in “the temple of God,” exalting himself above all that is called God, while operating with signs, lying wonders, and every unrighteous deception. For students of Bible prophecy, the renewed focus on the Temple Mount is not merely a diplomatic flashpoint — it is a prophetic signpost, reminding the world that the ancient words of Scripture are still alive, still unfolding, and still pointing toward the final confrontation before the King returns to make Jerusalem a praise in all the earth.

https://www.worthynews.com/114346-israeli-ministers-call-for-rebuilding-temple-on-jerusalem-day   


Reply
Patricia N.
Posts: 7412
Registered
(@patrician)
Illustrious Member
Joined: 7 years ago

Israel Warns: The Middle East Is Far From Peace | Bible Prophecy Q&A:

[One hour, four minutes]

  


Reply
Patricia N.
Posts: 7412
Registered
(@patrician)
Illustrious Member
Joined: 7 years ago

Nearly 80% of Gazans open to emigrating from Strip, COGAT survey finds - exclusive:

Nearly 80% of Gazans are interested in emigrating from the Gaza Strip, according to a recent survey the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) shared with senior Israeli officials.

The findings, seen by The Jerusalem Post, underscore growing frustration among Gaza’s civilian population as Hamas continues to refuse to disarm - a key condition in the plan presented by US President Donald Trump and a central element in efforts toward postwar reconstruction.

Nearly 80% said they were interested in receiving information about mechanisms for relocating to a third country through the Rafah and Kerem Shalom crossings. 

Israeli officials viewed the findings as evidence that a substantial portion of Gaza’s population is focused primarily on opportunities to leave the territory, as prospects for reconstruction and long-term change remain remote.

Some Israeli officials believe the true number of Gazans interested in leaving may be significantly higher.

“It is possible that some respondents did not fully understand the question or may have been reluctant to express their views openly,” an Israeli security official said during the discussion.

https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-896602   


Reply
Patricia N.
Posts: 7412
Registered
(@patrician)
Illustrious Member
Joined: 7 years ago

The sky is closing: American Airlines cancels all flights to Israel until 2027:

The commercial aviation landscape in the Middle East has suffered another major disruption following the announcement that American Airlines has suspended all flight operations to and from Israel.

The suspension is set to last until January 6, 2027, making it one of the longest continuous route cancellations by a major international carrier since the regional war escalated.

The airline cited ongoing security concerns and the volatile nature of the airspace as the primary factors behind the decision, derailing travel plans for thousands of passengers worldwide.

Representatives for the company emphasized that customer and crew safety remains their absolute priority, and they will not resume flights until conditions on the ground stabilize.

The financial fallout for Israel’s tourism and business sectors is expected to be substantial.

https://worldisraelnews.com/the-sky-is-closing-american-airlines-cancels-all-flights-to-israel-until-2027/   


Reply
Patricia N.
Posts: 7412
Registered
(@patrician)
Illustrious Member
Joined: 7 years ago

The Copper Scroll’s Hidden Secret: Was it Bar Kochba’s War Chest?  

In 1952, archaeologists working in a cave 1.8 kilometers north of Qumran, overlooking the Dead Sea, pulled from the rock wall something unlike anything discovered before or since. Considered one of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Copper Scrolls, as their name implies, are unique as they are not made from parchment. The Copper Scrolls were two rolls of nearly pure copper, originally a single scroll 2.3 meters long, riveted together from three separate plates. One of the seams had corroded over two millennia and snapped apart. The text engraved on its surface was perfectly legible. The meaning was not.

The scroll, cataloged as 3Q15 and found in Cave 3 at Qumran alongside the Dead Sea Scrolls, is a list. Just a list. Sixty-four entries, each one describing a location and a cache of valuables. Gold. Silver. Priestly vestments. Vases. The first entry, translated by Dead Sea Scrolls scholar Józef Tadeusz Milik, reads: “At Khorrebeh, situated in the valley of Achor below the steps leading to the east, [dig] forty cubits: a coffer [full] of money, the sum of which is the weight of seventeen talents.” The second reads: “In the funerary monument of Ben Rabbah, of Beit Shalisha: 100 ingots of gold.”

And so it goes for all sixty-four entries — specific yet impenetrable, detailed yet useless.  Nobody knows who Ben Rabbah was. In the 1960s, John Allegro of the University of Manchester mounted an actual expedition to find the treasures and came home empty-handed. In the decades since, not one item from the Copper Scroll’s list has ever been located.

The scroll was sealed shut by its own material nature. As Gibson puts it, “This was a record that was intentionally engraved some 2,000 years ago and then kept firmly shut.”

A document that cannot be read. A list of treasures that cannot be found. Directions that lead nowhere.

Gibson’s new theory, published in Volume 36 of Eretz-Israel: Archaeological, Historical and Geographical Studies by the Israel Exploration Society, proposes something else entirely. The Copper Scroll, he argues, was not a treasure map. It was a financial ledger — a record of donations and pledges collected to fund the Bar Kokhba revolt.

Whether Gibson’s theory ultimately proves correct, it restores to the Copper Scroll something that decades of treasure-hunting had stripped away: the possibility that it is not a puzzle to be decoded, but a testament to a people who refused to surrender.

https://israel365news.com/418175/the-copper-scrolls-hidden-secret-was-it-bar-kochbas-war-chest/


Reply
Page 269 / 270
Share: