📢 Forum Update - Hello everyone! I've made an improvement to the forum that should make following active discussions much easier. Beginning today, forum topics will display the most recent replies first (while keeping the original topic post at the top), so you no longer have to navigate through multiple pages to find the latest conversation. This change also helps improve the browsing experience in long-running discussions with many pages of replies. If you notice anything that doesn't seem to be working correctly or have any feedback, please let me know. — Richard G. In First, Israel Sends 2,000 Helmets, 500 Flak Jackets to Ukraine: In a further sign of its shifting stance on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Israel on Wednesday, May 18, sent Ukraine helmets and flak jackets that the Defense Ministry said will be given to rescue forces and civilian organizations. Since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, Jerusalem has tried to preserve its ties with Moscow and has until recently refused to send defensive equipment to Ukraine — instead, sending over some 100 tons of humanitarian aid as well as setting up a field hospital in western Ukraine for six weeks. However, the attempt to maintain a neutral stance has appeared to shift somewhat in recent weeks. Jerusalem agreed last month to send the helmets and flak jackets to emergency workers in Ukraine and explicitly accused Russia of war crimes as scenes of atrocities have emerged in towns and cities across the country. https://www.touchpointisrael.com/2022/05/23/in-first-israel-sends-2000-helmets-500-flak-jackets/ -Fair Use- Israel Signs Historic Free Trade Agreement with UAE: Israel signed a “groundbreaking” free trade agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Tuesday, its first with an Arab country. The deal comes as trade between the two countries has reached a staggering $2.5 billion in only twenty months since the Trump administration brokered the so-called Abraham Accords normalizing ties between Israel and several Arab states. https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/05/31/israel-signs-historic-free-trade-agreement-with-uae/ Jews Defiantly Ascend Temple Mount: On Sunday, Jerusalem was filled with Jews celebrating our national reunification with our eternal capital. Nowhere was that joy more manifest than at the Temple Mount, the site bought by King David 3,000 years ago as the only site where the Jewish people could fully serve God. Yaakov Hayman, the chairman of the Temple Movements, arrived early to ascend the Temple Mount. “It was incredible,” Hayman said. “The number of people was staggering. But people were waiting for hours because of the anti-Jewish policies. Groups were limited to 20 people, and only two groups were allowed up at a time, and only 25 minutes are allowed, with no stops.” “It is absurd that Arabs were allowed free access to the Temple Mount, but Jews were so restricted. Jews are barred from the Temple Mount on the slightest excuse of any Muslim holiday, but on the day we celebrate Jerusalem, the gates are shut in our faces while they don’t even go through gates.” “The Jews that were allowed to go up demonstrated more courage than any I have seen before. They sang Hallel out loud, singing ‘Shema,’ prostrating themselves on the stones and even waving Israeli flags. The police were telling us to stop, but it was unstoppable.” All of these acts by the Jews are unprecedented and significant. From Amir Tsarfati: Israelis vacationing in Turkey received a phone call from security officials in Israel: "Warning of an Iranian attack" Tangible and immediate threat: The warning issued by the National Security Headquarters of the trip to Turkey came following the identification of an Iranian infrastructure that intends to harm Israelis in the immediate term. In an unusual move: more than 100 Israelis were individually warned of the danger after it was understood that they had been marked - and they were asked to return to Israel. The NSC warning emphasizes that the danger still exists. There are now 40,000 Israelis in Turkey, 100 of whom have been warned in a special way. https://t.me/s/beholdisraelchannel 
