Speaking Truth to Power

As the world watched in great anticipation for the miraculous return of the hostages earlier this week on Hoshana Rabbah, the climax of the Sukkot holiday, a momentous gathering took place in the Israeli Knesset.

Standing before President Trump, Yair Lapid, of the centrist Yesh Atid party and the head of Israel's opposition parties in government, declared:

“Our neighbors must understand one thing: We are not going anywhere; we are here to stay. Our story didn't end in the Bible; it began there. Hamas, Iran, and the Houthis all read the wrong intelligence reports. The real intelligence report on Israel's intentions is found in the Book of Genesis: 'And I will give you and your descendants after you the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession' (Genesis 17:8).”