“Gaza has become a killing field,” according to a delegation of 23 American Christians, pastors and laypeople just returned from a fact-finding mission to the region. “Israel’s response against the Palestinian people is disproportionate by orders of magnitude. The atrocities…
Why did the Tennessee Congressman shout, “Goodbye to Palestine”?
What possessed Republican U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann to shout he would support Israel forever and “Goodbye to Palestine”? In a video shared widely on social media, Rep. Fleischmann is shown shouting, “Goodbye to Palestine,” amid an array of stridently pro-Israel declarations….
Let them eat ice cream
On Monday evening, Feb. 26, President Joe Biden was interviewed in an ice cream parlor. With a cone crowned with a copious three-scoop serving in his hand and a smirk on his face, he fabricated an announcement about an impending cease-fire…
Due to war in Gaza, Israel has a labor shortage, and Africans are being recruited
One peculiar side effect of Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza is a shortage of agricultural workers in Israel. Now, the African country of Malawi seeks to help fill that gap. Three months after the Israeli government began recruiting laborers…
As 20,000 lay dead in Gaza, U.S.-based nonprofits raise millions to support Israeli soldiers with warm coats and gloves
As Israel Defense Forces have killed more than 20,000 people in Gaza and wounded another 50,000, a U.S.-based nonprofit seeks to “raise $50 million to address the severe humanitarian needs and the well-being crises that will inevitably ensue for IDF…
Are young voters switching to Trump over Israel’s war?
Young voters supporting Donald Trump over Joe Biden makes me catch my breath. How is it possible that an indicted insurrectionist who lies routinely has such support among young people? Have our young people lost their collective minds? But yet…
Advent, Gaza and the coming of Christ
As the cold winter months are upon us and we are now approaching the third Sunday of Advent, we want to stop and reflect upon the coming of Christ into a broken and destructive world. This Sunday’s Advent worship carries…
It is not antisemitic to oppose the nation of Israel’s atrocities
Reminiscent of the Vietnam War, we stand today on the brink of throwing out the American ideal of free speech in favor of political correctness. Yes, I know it normally is conservatives who cry foul over the dangers of political…
Even as Biden supports their interest in Israel, white evangelicals disapprove of his job performance
White evangelical Christians — the core supporters of Donald Trump — overwhelmingly disapprove of the job President Joe Biden is doing, but also strongly disapprove of his handling of the war between Israel and Hamas, which many Democrats complain has…