Middle East

God reaching Iranian Muslims through dreams ‘all the time’, says ministry leader’

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]