Israel became the first country to formally recognize Somaliland, a self-declared sovereign state in the Horn of Africa, in a decision that was immediately condemned by Somalia and other nations.
1,000 pastors gather at Zionist summit in Israel
The fervor of pro-Israel American zealots came into sharp focus during a recent Holy Land visit by more than 1,000 evangelical pastors and with U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee proclaiming himself a representative of the kingdom of God. The Dec. 3-7…
The church should be more like Ms. Rachel
The recent anniversary of the adoption of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child on Nov. 20 begs the question: How can the church faithfully live out the calls of World Children’s Day while the war in Gaza…
Trump’s new envoy wants to wage ‘pro-Semitism’ campaign
Donald Trump’s new antisemitism envoy said he plans to wage a “pro-Semitism” campaign that will aggressively challenge false narratives about Jews and Israel. “Our goal is to lower the rhetoric around the globe immediately,” Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun, U.S. Ambassador-designate to…
Holy Land, hollow promises: When religion betrays justice
The first time I watched a house fall in Bethlehem, I felt as if Advent itself had been interrupted. A brand-new bulldozer pressed calmly through the stone walls while the winter sun rested low over the Judean hills. It felt…
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee Spoke at a Conference Designed to Convert Jews and Hasten End Times
Last week, US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee spoke at a Christian Zionist church in Jerusalem, whose unambiguous purpose is to convert Israeli Jews to belief in Jesus in order to bring about the End Times.
Pope Leo XIV doubles down on insistence for 2-state solution to resolve Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Pope Leo XIV doubled down Sunday on the Holy See’s insistence on a two-state solution to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying in his first airborne news conference that it was the “only solution” that could guarantee justice for both sides.
Investigating the PR Campaigns Following the Israel-Hamas War
In late September, the Israeli government hired a San Diego–based firm to launch a marketing campaign aimed at US evangelicals.
A rabbi’s call for balance, moral clarity and reconciliation
A foundational belief in Judaism teaches, “Seek peace and pursue it” (Psalm 34:15). We dream with Isaiah’s vision found in Isaiah 2:4: “Nation shall not take up sword against nation; they shall never again know war.” This rabbi’s favorite verse…
‘You can’t fully appreciate how little he knew,’ Bolton says of Trump
President Donald Trump is a danger to the world because he doesn’t listen and doesn’t know what he thinks he knows, John Bolton told the Texas Tribune Festival Nov. 13. Bolton, former U.S. national security advisor and former U.S. ambassador…
Israel’s president says ‘shocking’ settler violence against Palestinians must end
Israel’s president and high-ranking military officials on Wednesday condemned attacks a day earlier by Jewish settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank, calling for an end to a growing wave of settler violence in the occupied territory.
US teen deported, Israeli rabbi wounded as tensions mount for Jewish activists in the West Bank
Having spent the night in an immigrant detention center in Ramle, Israel, Leila Stillman-Utterback, still handcuffed, began to daven shacharit, the morning prayers, as dawn broke.