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Israeli security forces are once again gearing up for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which coincides with the Jewish holiday of Passover this year, with tension already high across the West Bank and in Jerusalem.
Police anticipate hundreds of thousands of visitors — mainly Palestinians — will come to Jerusalem during Ramadan, a month of...
The Israeli government has published its regular travel warning ahead of the spring holidays, with Iran remaining a top threat to Israeli tourists.
“Iran is still the main generator of global terrorism and continues its activities to promote harm to Israeli citizens around the world directly and through affiliates and proxy elements it...
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist group has accused Israel of killing one of its operatives in Syria on Sunday morning.
Ali Ramzi al-Assad, 31, known in PIJ as “the engineer commander,” was killed in a northern Damascus suburb, according to Channel 12.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
An Israeli man was shot and badly wounded in a terror attack while driving through the northern West Bank town of Huwara on Sunday, the military and medics said.
According to the Magen David Adom ambulance service, the man, in his 40s, was seriously hurt after sustaining gunshot wounds to his head and shoulder in the attack on the Route 60...
Eshkar died at Ichilov Hospital after a week and a half of being hospitalized and fighting for his life
Or Eshkar, one of the Israeli men seriously wounded in the Tel Aviv terrorist shooting attack 11 days ago, has died from his wounds.
His death was announced on Monday afternoon by the Ichilov Tel Aviv Medical Center.
"Or came to us after...
The Shin Bet and Israel Defense Forces suspect that the Palestinian terrorist Israeli forces shot and killed earlier this week after he planted a roadside bomb, which seriously wounded a man from the Israeli Arab village of Salem, was working for Hezbollah.
Days later, it is known that the attacker infiltrated northern Israel from Lebanon,...
For the first time, a poll by Gallup found that Democrats are likelier to sympathize with Palestinians than with Israelis, though a majority of Democrats have a favorable view of Israel.
Asked, “In the Middle East situation, are your sympathies more with the Israelis or more with the Palestinians?” 49% of Democrats sympathized more with the...
The German government in March funneled €5 million ($5.27 million) into a school project in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, even as a report by Israeli NGOs shows Palestinian teaching materials “glorify terrorism, encourage martyrdom, demonize Israelis and incite antisemitism.”
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
The meeting was attended by Indonesian pastors in the Philadelphia area. Indonesia is the largest Muslim nation in the world. Many of the Indonesian pastors in America have seen religious persecution from radical Muslims in their country. The pastors told me that Indonesian Christians pray for Israel but don’t know the importance of standing with...
The event was hosted by an Indonesian church, the pastor of whom has visited Israel in the past. He is familiar with Pastor Hagee but not of CUFI. He wants his church, especially the younger generation, to be engaged about supporting Israel and the Jewish people. After the presentation, I invited him and the members of his congregation to attend...
We had a good Pastor’s meeting in Homer, Ak. Our host reached out to 21 different ministries in the area. But after significant snowfall in all of South-central Alaska, we still were able to meet with 6 of those folks from three different ministries in the area for lunch. Included were the Pastors of Sarah Vance, our lead State Legislator for our...
Over one hundred and seventy people braved horrendous rain storms to attend the Night To Honor Israel Solidarity Banquet in Sacramento CA. The event was held at Mosaic Law synagogue’s event center and included messages from the synagogue’s Rabbi, Ben Herman, and Rabbi Emeritus Reuven Taff. Sandy Hagee Parker gave the evening’s keynote address,...
The Why Israel presentation that was unplanned was at pastor Dawa’s church. Immediately after finishing our presentation at Pastor Balkuty’s church, another pastor found out we were in town and he literally changed his service plans right before service to accommodate me. The weather was terrible, and we were almost late to this unplanned event,...
The Why Israel presentation went very well considering I used an interpreter for the first time in a very long time. The message was forced to be reduced to a bare bones scripture message because of the time needed for interpretation but I would say that the message was impactful and that the families that heard it were moved by it.
I must note...
The pastor lunch that was put togther by pastor Titus Balkutuy was a great success. Even in the middle of a very harsh winter storm, five different pastors showed up, as well as Michigan’s State Director Mary Hunter. The meeting was a blessed CUFI informational brief and I was able to field questions for these pastors. There is an interest in...
This event was an event was hosted by CUFI Israel trip Alumni pastor: James Smith who is the senior pastor of Happy Trails Christian Fellowship, a church in a retirement community. Most of the members and the attendants were already pro-Israel and they like how the Why Presentation gave them a clear emphasis on the importance of fighting...
Over seventy attended our CUFI Sunday at Spokane Faith Center on November 13. In the year and half since the church’s last CUFI event they went through our Israel Course as a Bible Study and the appreciation for the message and CUFI was evident. Several members expressed plans or desire to join their pastors at the 2023 DC Summit.
Pastors Luis and Yaneth Suárez are the Senior Pastors of Iglesia Nueva Generación Cristiana in North Providence, Rhode Island. They are originally from Colombia, moved to Miami and now live in RI. The moment you walk in to their church building (a former masonic lodge) you are greeted by joyful voices and the warm handshakes of young adult leaders...
“PARADOS EN LA BRECHA” is the name given to the yearly 2-day celebration of Israel, at Iglesia Vida Abundante led by CUFI Israel Trip alumnus, Rev. Dr. Santos N. Escobar from Providence, RI. This year I had the privilege of being the keynote speaker for both evening services. The genuine love and enthusiasm the congregation showed for Israel was...
This event was held at a small church in Virginia Beach where the pastor is a CUFI Israel trip Alumni from many years ago. The participants were very interactive, and they asked questions after the presentations. There were also two people who were part of the city’s taskforce that fight antisemitism and they really like the message of CUFI and...
