ISSUES

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US-Israel Relationship

Tillerson: UN Human Rights Council must reform or US will leave

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is vowing that the U.S. will leave the United Nations’ Human Rights Council if the organization does not undertake "considerable reform."

“While it may be the only such organization devoted to human rights, the Human Rights Council requires considerable reform in order for us to continue to participate,” he wrote...

Christian Persecution Issues

Pray for Christians Imprisoned in Libya

Not stand by while the Christians of the Middle East are being attacked.
Pray the protection of Psalm 91 over my brothers and sisters facing dangerous circumstances around the world.
Open Doors International released a report in May 2016 describing Libya as one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a Christian. The civil war in 2011...

Israeli Society Issues

Israeli government dresses up for Purim

Getting in the spirit of Purim, government ministers and Knesset members dress up and show their humorous side.

Shedding their business attire, Israeli ministers and MKs take part in Purim festivities, showing off their more lighthearted side.

Without looking too much into the meanings behind their chosen costumes, here are some...

Iran
Iran Issues

Iran sets up underground rocket factories in Lebanon — report

Hezbollah overseeing production, with help of advisers from Iranian Revolutionary Guards, Kuwaiti newspaper says

Iran has established rocket factories in Lebanon that are under the full control of the Hezbollah terror group, a top Iranian general told a Kuwaiti newspaper.
Citing one of the deputy heads of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps,...

Israeli Technology

Intel to buy Mobileye for $15 billion in largest purchase of Israeli tech

US giant Intel Corp. said Monday that it has agreed to buy Mobileye, a Jerusalem-based developer of advanced vision and driver assistance systems, for $15.3 billion in a move the American chipmaker hopes will position it as a leading technology player in the fast-growing self-driving car market.

Mobileye develops the sensors and artificial...

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Israeli Society Issues

Underdog Israel crushes Cuba as Cinderella squad stuns baseball tourney again

Israel’s national baseball team defeated Cuba 4-1 in the first game of the second round of the World Baseball Classic on Sunday, the latest shock upset for the Jewish state’s underdog sports team.

Israel’s batters overcame an early 1-0 deficit, and the team’s pitchers kept the heavily favored Cuban team to just five hits, continuing the squad’s...

Jerusalem

Inside Secret Hideouts of Jewish Rebels During Bar Kochba Revolt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmBh97j-iMs

Jerusalem

Roman Emperor Hadrian Builds Pagan Shrine on Temple Mount, Sparks Bar Kochba Revolt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHU7E79Jlbc

Iran Issues

President Trump’s Response to Iran’s Ballistic Missile Tests

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkohYtPQfNU

Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) Issues

Pastor Matthew Hagee On Boycott Israel Movement And Reaching Millennial Christians for Israel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKRsagur43U

Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) Issues

Wave of Bomb Threats Against U.S. Jewish Centers + Jewish Cemeteries Vandalized

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_C9NpRLe-Q

Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) Issues

Israeli Consul General to NY Dani Dayan Talks Iran, BDS Threats

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM67sySw9yg

Issues

A Call to Christians to be Modern-Day Cornelius

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LKOFNaGtu4

Issues

Pastor Matthew Hagee on Increasing Threats to Israel and Christians’ Duty to Speak Out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHi429jH0Kw

Issues

California Pastor’s Incredible Journey from the Jailhouse to Jerusalem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd-wLmQjSa4

Issues

Israel: The Apple of God’s Eye

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pE2yUL0Spw

Issues US-Israel Relationship

Part 2: Pastor John Hagee on Palestinian Authority Support for Terror + Iran Threat to America

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhG191UuKRY

Issues US-Israel Relationship

Part 1: Pastor John Hagee on President Trump’s Support for Israel + Need to Keep Jerusalem Unified

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq74JO-dTZc

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Iran Issues

Iran arrests two Catholics in new wave of brutality against Christians

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) arrested two Christians – a mother and her son – in late February as part of a brutal crackdown on Catholicism in the country’s West Azerbaijan Province.

The family’s bibles and literature on Christian theology were also seized during the draconian raid, according to a March 5 report on the website...

Christian Persecution Issues

Stark Difference: Life for Christians in Israel and in Palestinian Territories

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM9UiiiTwwM