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A Christian pastor, a Jewish leader, and an Israeli journalist walk into a room and start talking. This is no joke, and it's not an ordinary event, but this week, all three met in Jerusalem.
John Hagee is one of the most influential Christian pastors in the US, and possibly North America. He has played a founding role in the history of...
Four residents of East Jerusalem were indicted Friday over alleged ties to Hamas, with police prosecutors charging some to have planned attacks in the coming month after conducting weapons training and meetings with terror group officials in Turkey.
Following a lengthy joint investigation with the Shin Bet security agency, police said three of...
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Thursday announced that a “significant” budget was approved for the development and procurement of a high-power laser defense system to improve Israel’s ability to intercept rockets, mortars, and drones.
“Today we are advancing towards a dramatic change in the battlefield and enhancing Israel’s security...
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan on Tuesday asked the members of the United Nations Security Council to condemn Hezbollah’s recent attempts to launch drones into Israeli territory and turn Lebanon into a terrorist base.
In an urgent letter addressed to the Security Council ahead of a special discussion Wednesday on the...
Three Israeli rescue organizations joined forces to rescue Ukrainian Holocaust survivors and other civilians wounded amid Russia’s invasion and bring them to Israel for treatment.
Zaka, Hatzolah Air, and Magen David Adom raised some US$ 70,000 to charter a private jet with medical equipment to treat and evacuate the wounded waiting in Moldova,...
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid urged the United States not to delist Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terror organization in a joint statement on Friday, as Washington moves closer to reviving the nuclear agreement with Tehran.
“The Revolutionary Guards are a terrorist organization that has murdered...
WHEN HE was unanimously elected as president of the Great Synagogue last January, Malcolm Hoenlein said that one of the first things he wanted to do was to honor Pastor John Hagee, founder and chairman of Christians United for Israel (CUFI), and his wife Diana, for their unstinting and dedicated support for Israel in general, and Jerusalem in...
Three Palestinians were detained by Israel Defense Force soldiers after trying to infiltrate into southern Israel early Thursday morning, the military said.
The suspects were found to be carrying knives, bottles of gasoline and lighters when they were captured near the southern section of the border, according to the IDF.
The military did...
Iran has defied Western countries by carrying out work on near-weapons grade enriched uranium that will make it harder to implement the terms of any revived nuclear deal with world powers, Reuters reported Wednesday.
The work carried out earlier this month was to convert the uranium into a type that is less easily recovered and diluted so that...
Three women who were wounded in the Ukrainian war zone were treated Wednesday morning at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, after being airlifted to safety by Hatzolah Air.
According to Shaare Zedek, the injured included a 30-year-old whose leg was hurt when her home was hit directly by a missile; an 85-year-old Holocaust survivor in...
One of America’s most powerful Christian supporters of Israel sees clear similarities between Iran’s race towards nuclear weapons and a daring Israeli strike on an Iraqi nuclear reactor back in 1981.
In a wide-ranging interview, Pastor John Hagee, founder and chairman of Christians United for Israel (CUFI) and his own John Hagee Ministries,...
A British lawmaker said Wednesday that Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a UK charity worker who has been detained in Iran for nearly six years, was at Tehran’s airport and set to leave the country.
Zaghari-Ratcliffe,a dual national, was given back her British passport over the weekend, raising hopes that her long ordeal was coming to a close.
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Shots were fired towards IDF forces in clashes with Palestinian rioters near Joseph's Tomb on Tuesday night in Nablus, the West Bank, Walla reported, as over 2,000 Jewish worshipers reportedly had entered the tomb.
Stones and Molotov cocktails were also hurled towards the Israeli forces, according to KAN News.
The IDF is in Nablus providing...
Iran has more than 3,000 ballistic missiles, many of which can reach the State of Israel, commander of the United States Central Command Gen. Kenneth McKenzie said on Tuesday.
McKenzie, who is retiring from the military soon, was in Israel last week and held talks with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Defense Minister Benny Gantz and IDF Chief...
Hezbollah's efforts to obtain drones and precision-guided missiles heightens the threat along Israel's already sensitive northern border with Lebanon, Ambassador Gilad Erdan told United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
He wrote to Guterres in advance of a UN Security Council discussion Thursday on the Secretary-General's periodic...
We did a “Why Israel” event in Deming, NM. The pastor, his staff, and the congregation were most gracious and welcoming. Being that it also was their youth night they brought their youth to the event. Once again, Cherith Runyon hit the mark regarding her presentation of CUFI ON CAMPUS. So grateful she was able to attend and speak. We had a...
This Why Israel event on the Wednesday night of the church was extremely well received. The church is now considering making the Israel Course a part of their church curriculum. Several signed up to be new members, a few are considering attending the Summit in DC.
We held the second of two (2) Pastor’s Meetings in the evening of January 11th for the Tallapoosa Baptist Association. This meeting was open to the bi-vocational pastors in the area. This evening session had 15 in attendance, including our CLs for the District, Jim and Jane Ferguson. This second meeting of the day was equally well received as the...
Deputy military chief Herzi Halevi and other senior IDF commanders landed in the United States on Monday for an official visit amid rising tensions in the Middle East.
According to the Israel Defense Forces, Halevi is slated to hold meetings with US defense officials at the Pentagon, as well as participate in a “strategic defense forum” with...
A UAV attack in the middle of February reportedly caused major damage to Iran’s drone fleet, prompting Iran to fire missiles this week at a site in Iraq that it claims was an Israeli intelligence base.
Hundreds of drones are assessed to have been destroyed in the attack on an airbase near Kermanshah, in Western Iran, Haaretz reported Tuesday,...
