A two-month truce that began April 2 is holding so far and giving rare hope to Yemenis who have suffered through a now six-year war.
“I am encouraged”, said US Special Envoy for Yemen, Tim Lenderking, in an exclusive interview with Al-Monitor. The “parties have taken some significant steps he…
Winds of Change in Yemen Read More »
Israel celebrated 74 years of independence on 5 May this year. The passage of time and the solemn black-and-white photos of the period lend a feeling that the historic events and the nascent country’s first footsteps were orderly, well thought-out affairs.
But in reality, things couldn’t be mor…
Eight Fascinating Facts Surrounding Israel’s Founding Read More »
These extracts are taken from Dr Jonathan Sarfati’s book: By Design – Evidence of Nature’s Intelligent Designer – the God of the Bible.
Spiders
Antonia Kesel at the Institute for Technical Zoology and Bionics in Bremen, and colleagues at the University of Zurich analysed the feet of a ju…
The Jezreel Valley is a large valley in northern Israel which divides the hilly areas of Galilee and the open hills of Samaria in the centre of the land. It is sometimes called the Plain of Esdraelon, which is the Greek derivation of the Hebrew, Yizreʿel, meaning ‘God will sow’.
The plain is a…
These two herbs were mentioned together in Luke 11:42—“But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone”.
The Greek word for “mint” is heduosmos,…
During the recent Direct Line, when I was asked about Russian-Ukrainian relations, I said that Russians and Ukrainians were one people—a single whole. These words were not driven by some short-term considerations or prompted by the current political context. It is what I have said on numerous occa…
Article by Vladimir Putin “On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians” Read More »
You will consume about two litres of oxygen in the time it takes you to read this article. In fact, humans need up to 2000 litres of oxygen every day. You probably know that all this oxygen in the world is produced by organisms, such as plants and algae that perform photosynthesis. They take carbon …
The Hebrew term for hyena is tzavua meaning “coloured” or patterned”, which is a good description of both the striped and spotted varieties of the hyena. The hyena has a large head, a mane running down its back, and its front legs are longer than its back legs, giving it a peculiar loping gait…
606BC
First captives of Judah by Nebuchadnezzar
597BC
Jehoiachin taken captive to Babylon
586BC
Final invasion by Nebuchadnezzar
Temple destroyed
Seraiah put to death
560BC
Jehoiachin released from prison
566BC?
Zerubbabel born?
0 yrs
536BC
…
Zerubbabel (1) – Sown in Babylon Read More »
The other day, walking down a tree-lined street, a couple of scientists were startled by a sudden crash and scramble at their feet. A squirrel had fallen from a tree! It quickly recovered and dashed away, back up the same tree trunk from which it had come. That never—or, almost never—happens. Wh…
