Amid the massive support Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has nationwide (don’t believe the exaggerated reports by the agenda-driven news media about opposition to him) is an overlooked segment of the population: Israel’s Arab citizens. Scores of them, also Druze and Bedouins, were among the victims of Hamas, not only Jews. Many Arabs are torn […]
Weeks ago, I was invited to a dinner hosting a delegation of nine British lords and a dozen European parliamentarians who were visiting Israel. They had come to express solidarity with the Jewish state after last year’s Hamas massacre. They had visited the ravaged communities in the south, as well as families whose relatives were […]
It is certain that, through government taxes, most of our readers have contributed to the Hamas regime in Gaza and the Palestinian Authority in the “West Bank” (Judea and Samaria). The Palestinians have received billions of dollars of aid to build communities and infrastructure and develop agriculture. But you must start at the bottom…and that’s […]
It is an ancient truth that the first casualty of war is truth itself. Propaganda and disinformation are rampant. For decades, and particularly since last October 7, Israel has been accused of committing genocide in Gaza. But here’s the catch: The occupants of Gaza are the only supposed victims of extermination in history whose population […]
On the way to the morning service on Saturday, October 7, my brother Gabriel told me dozens of rockets were being fired into Israel again from Gaza. It was not terribly unusual. There would be anger along the Gazan border for the Jewish residents of two dozen villages and towns, but we had to live […]
USA President Joe Biden and others are claiming Hamas does not represent the Palestinians, but that is dangerously false. The reality is that, if an election were held in Gaza or the Palestinian Authority, 58 percent of voters would elect Hamas. Further, 71 percent of Palestinians favor forming armed groups to murder Israelis according to […]
Diplomatic events of political, social or even religious nature often receive scant attention and are promptly forgotten. I want to share with you three that particularly impressed me by their significance. Sports friendship In June 2017, I was invited by ELNET (European Leadership Network) to watch a friendly soccer match in Jerusalem. I’m no longer […]
Among the 1,400 Jews murdered on October 7 were forty Arabs who sacrificed their lives while protecting or saving Jews. Following are stories and voices of Arab Israelis. –Ed. Awad Darawshe, 23, a paramedic working for Yossi Ambulances, was from the Arab village Iksal near Nazareth. He was on duty at the Supernova Festival in […]
What should a Christian supporter of Israel do at this difficult time for the Jewish nation? Besides prayer and financial support, Christians need to stand up and be heard now. Tomorrow may be too late. And their message must be aligned with God’s principles. Bible believers should know why they have an obligation to stand […]
The international news media are having a field day describing the current protests in Israel as a foundational crisis threatening democracy. Internal strife that could lead to tyranny or even fascism, they say. The fact that Israelis are marching either on behalf of, or in opposition to, judicial reform, is quite unique. In contrast, demonstrations […]