At a time when peace and hope seem impossible, Christians from the Holy Land bring us words of comfort – perhaps the most honest, authentic, and hopeful message of its time – and a call to all people to work for justice.
On Christmas Eve, latest headlines from Gaza, the West Bank/East Jerusalem, Israel, and beyond.
Jewish Insider describes how Norman Podhoretz made Commentary magazine into a pro-Israel force that shaped American foreign policy in the Middle East; helped steer the GOP, previously hostile to Israel, to an “embrace of the Jewish state as a key ally;” while also forging and defending the rise of evangelicals who supported Israel.
Israeli settler groups have begun bulldozing Palestinian lands in the town of Beit Sahour (Shepherds Fields) to make way for a new settler outpost. The settlement threatens the existence of the largest remaining Christian community in the West Bank
Israeli military backed colonizers are annexing historical Christian communities in Bethlehem, and starving them of their rightful and legally owned land.
The man spent the night in custody and was released the next morning to two days of house arrest in exchange for a 3,000-shekel ($913) bond. The assailants were released under restrictive conditions on the day of the attack.
In a dramatic escalation of its public diplomacy efforts in the United States, the Israeli government has quietly inked at least $10 million in new contracts with three American firms to reshape public opinion around its ongoing military campaign in Gaza.
The community’s leaders have convened for a US conference to push back on Christian Zionism
Israel exploits the religious beliefs of millions of American Christians, fostering a certain flavor of fanaticism to empower a doomsday cult in a twisted effort to serve the interests of this increasingly genocidal apartheid state.
The Church at the Crossroads event aims to showcase a counterweight to traditionally pro-Zionist Christian churches.