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Originally published in The Christian Examiner In its latest insult to the nation of Israel, the United Nations’ educational and cultural body (UNESCO) has adopted a resolution by a slim margin which denies the Jews’ ancient claims to the Temple Mount. In fact, the resolution makes no reference to the […]
Originally published in World Watch Monitor. Three Iranian Christian converts are appealing after they were sentenced to 80 lashes each for drinking alcohol during Holy Communion. (Non-Muslims are permitted to drink alcohol in Iran, but leaving Islam is forbidden, so any such conversions are not recognised.) Yasser Mossayebzadeh, Saheb Fadaie […]
Originally published in Charisma News Former Israeli president and elder statesman Shimon Peres, a joint winner of the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize and an influential figure in Israeli politics for 70 years, died in hospital on Wednesday aged 93, two weeks after suffering a massive stroke. A convinced campaigner for Middle East […]
Originally published in Christian Today The anti-persecution charity Open Doors is urging Christians to pray for Mosul as forced gather to begin the fight to take the Iraqi territory back from Islamic State. Christian refugees from the Nineveh Plains are calling for a Christian region or province to be set […]
Originally published in Fox News In a significant archaeological achievement, an ancient Hebrew scroll that was burned in a fire in the distant past and was seemingly impenetrable has finally become readable— and scientists have discovered that it contains verses from the book of Leviticus. The breakthrough was made through […]
Originally published in God Reports Due to the trauma of World War I, Israel Kristal missed the opportunity for his bar mitzvah at 13-years-old. Now as the world’s oldest man, he will finally celebrate the Jewish rite of passage. Kristal was born into a religious Jewish family in Poland, then […]
Originally published in Israel today After 12 years of painstaking work, Israeli archeologists were able to reconstruct seven complete tiles from the 600 pieces of tile found in the debris resulting from the Palestinians’ reckless and illegal diggings on the Temple Mount. The Muslims are clearing out Jewish history in […]
Originally published in Breaking Israel News Biblical archaeology was revolutionised several years ago when evidence of the existence of the alleged kingdom of David was brought to light in the form of a fortified Iron Age town excavated in the Elah Valley by Hebrew University Professor Yosef Garfinkel and Israeli […]
Originally published in God Reports She was born into a strict Muslim family in the Middle East. Because she was born in the Muslim month of Ramzan, her parents named her Ramza. “I was a religious girl from my childhood,” she told Bibles for Mideast. “I was always in front […]
Originally published in God Reports The chilly waters of the Aegean Sea reached the chest of Eshan* as he and a few other men attempted to launch an inflatable boat off the shores of western Turkey. At 3:30 in the morning Eshan was hauled aboard the boat with 45 others […]