Originally published in Faithwire One of the leaders of an organisation working to spread the Gospel to Iranians reports that claims of Middle Easterners encountering Jesus in dreams are “quite common”, with the Lord using these interactions to draw individuals closer to Him. “God is using [dreams] to speak to […]
Middle East
Israel blocks attempt to oust it from African Union
Originally published in allisrael news A few weeks ago, Israel learned that South Africa and Algeria have been working to revoke Israel’s observer status in the African Union. On the Reshet Bet morning show with Aryeh Golan on Tuesday, it was reported that during the African Union convention on Tuesday, […]
SA goes to ICJ again in bid to block Israeli assault on Rafah
South Africa returned to the International Court of Justice on Tuesday with an urgent request that the court consider whether Israel’s plan to extend its military operations in Gaza to the southernmost city of Rafah requires additional emergency measures to protect Palestinians. Last month, in a case in which SA […]
10 000 Christians gather in first-of-its kind worship event in Lebanon
Originally published in CBN News Deep in the capital of Lebanon, thousands of Christians recently gathered together to praise Jesus in a first-of-its-kind, one-night worship experience that organisers say became “a beacon of hope and joy” for the Middle East. “Beirut 2024” was an ecumenical musical event that brought together […]
Former aide to Arafat sees revival breaking out in Gaza
Originally published in God Reports A former sharpshooter Muslim and aide to Yassar Arafat, Taysir “Tass” Abu Saada strongly believes a revival will break out after the Israel Hamas war. “We are looking at a good revival going on already in the Gaza Strip due to what has happened,” Tass told CBN. […]
Lebanese anti-Israeli judge elected new president of International Court of Justice
Originally published in allisraelnews The International Court of Justice in The Hague elected a new president with a worrying past of anti-Israeli comments, the court announced on Tuesday. Lebanese Judge Nawaf Salam was elected by his 14 peers to preside over the “World Court” for the next three years. Salam became a […]
SA doesn’t get it’s way at ICJ but ‘insulting’ ruling poses ‘dangerous’ public image problem for Israel
Last Friday the International Court of Justice rejected the South African government’s request to explicitly order a ceasefire in the Gaza war on the grounds of genocide — although the SA government apparently interprets the ruling as effectively ordering Israel to suspend its war. The ICJ did accept the possibility […]
Archaeologists uncover rare 2 550-year-old silver coin in Judean Hills
Originally published in AllIsraelNews Israeli archaeologists recently found an extremely rare silver coin dating from the period of Persian rule in the land (6th–5th centuries BC) at an excavation site in the Judean Hills, Israel’s Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced on Wednesday. The importance of this find lies in the way […]
Netanyahu’s office says it’s ‘preposterous’ to say his invoking Amalek was a genocide call
Originally published in The Times of Israel The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office on Tuesday hit out at South Africa’s allegation that comments by Benjamin Netanyahu referencing the Amalekites, the biblical enemy of the ancient Israelites, in relation to Hamas were incitement to genocide. Netanyahu’s references to the Amalekites were part […]
Thousands of Israelis at funeral of Christian IDF soldier killed in Gaza
Originally published in All Israel News The funeral of Urija Bayer, 20, a German Christian believer who died on Sunday after being critically wounded while fighting for Israel in the Gaza Strip, drew a crowd of thousands of mourners on Tuesday. The report of his death and the story of the Bayer […]