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Praying on national TV

By any measure, it was an astonishing sight: The Israeli attacks on Iran had just begun on June 13 and the six Israeli Channel 12 co-anchors interrupted their non-stop TV news reportage…for prayer. One of them, a black kippah on his head, spoke a prayer for the safety of Israel–its leaders, soldiers and all its […]

No to antisemitism

“No intifada in our city! – Stop hating on our street!” Christians supporting Israel in Sweden _ Letters have reached us in recent months from Christian friends telling about their participation in peaceful demonstrations supporting Israel, each in their own community. While others condemn Israel and the Jews, these Christians, as a matter of faith, […]

Genocide and fantasy

“Woe to those who call evil good and good evil; who present darkness for light and light for darkness; bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!” (Isai. 5:20). “He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous, both are an abomination to the LORD” (Prov. 17:15). For almost 50 years, neighboring countries have […]

“Newspapers lie”

Hamas steals food supplies in Gaza _ “Newspapers lie.” Those were my grandfather Shaul Nissan Goldberg’s words. The Nazis murdered him 86 years ago, but he would have been even more right today, for his words apply not only to newspapers. · Pictures of emaciated children suffering from genetic diseases are mislabeled as “starving Gazan […]

The Wars of Israel

Rockets are launched from the Gaza Strip towards Israel on October 7, 2023 _ In my parents’ house, I grew up hearing of the miraculous events that occurred in fulfillment of biblical prophecy: The rebirth of the State of Israel; the regathering of Jews from all over the globe; the flowering of an inhospitable desert […]

Extraordinary need

Damage caused by an Iranian missile in Bat Yam, Israel, on June 15, 2025 _ For the last two years, LEMA’AN ZION has aided the needy beyond our normal level of assistance. Rocket attacks by Iran, Hamas, Hizbullah and the Houthis, and the general wartime situation, have created a new category of people in need. […]

A consistent testimony of support for Israel

Defending Israel unashamedly has been Rev. John Hagee’s main theme for four decades. His 45 books, podcasts and weekly TV programs reflect this. In 1992, he founded Christians United for Israel, an influential pro-Israel organization with 11 million members today. At age 85, he is also the senior pastor of Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, […]

Arabs who risk their lives for Jews

On October 7, 2023, 120 lives were saved by their neighbors, Eyad and Nasreen Yousef, an Arab Druze couple living in the predominantly Jewish farming village Yated near the Gaza border. Eyad, a sergeant major and 20-year Israeli army veteran, joined the security team of Yated that morning and, despite his leg being in a […]

An unforgettable conversation in the hospital

Ammunition lies on a road following a mass infiltration by Hamas gunmen in the Sderot area of southern Israel October 7, 2023. _ _ This morning, I took my father-in-law to a hospital in Jerusalem for a routine checkup. While he was being examined, I sat in the waiting room, as always, but this time […]

Baptist pastor becomes US ambassador to Israel

Mike Huckabee, 69, the American ambassador to Israel, was sworn in to office on April 10. Arriving in Israel days later, he headed directly to the Kotel, the Temple Prayer Wall in Jerusalem. There he prayed, then placed a handwritten prayer from US President Donald Trump, for peace in Israel and the return of the […]