South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
An open letter from Dr Warren Goldstein, the chief rabbi of South Africa to President Cyril Ramaphosa that was published in the Sunday Times last Sunday Mr President, allow me the opportunity of responding to your public letter regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. We have debated these issues in private on […]
Originally published in CBN News Gazans cheered in the streets as the ceasefire came into effect. Senior Hamas official Khalil al-Hayya on Friday called it “a victory” to his movement. But like the three previous wars between Israel and Hamas, this one ended tentatively. Israel said it crippled Hamas’ terror […]
By Dr Susan Michael, USA director of ICEJ — Originally published in Charisma News A Zoom meeting this week of the global leadership of the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem was abruptly interrupted by the sounds of sirens as the international participants watched the Jerusalem-based participants run into their bomb shelters. […]
With tension mounting in Israel in a week of unprecedented Hamas missile attacks and the prospect of a full-scale war, Dawn Barkhuizen looks at what is different about the conflict and what lies behind it Conflict is not new in Israel but this week’s escalation of hostilities against the Jewish […]
By Jonathan Feldstein I have been hosting a variety of briefings and doing media interviews this week, putting into perspective many of the complicated, frustrating, and scary things that Israel is undergoing and enduring this week. Today I read a vile comment that Israel’s goal is “dead Palestinians and bombed […]
Londoner Brian Greenaway grew up in a loving family very much aware of his Jewish identity, but from a political Zionist, rather than a religious point of view. He was prejudiced against Arabs as he felt they were trying to destroy his people, and he hated Christians because of the […]
Originally published in CBN News On Monday Sudan abolished a decades-old law on boycotting Israel, part of efforts to establish normal ties with the Jewish state. A bill was approved at a joint meeting of Sudan’s ruling Sovereign Council and Cabinet that annuls the 1958 law. The law had forbidden […]
In the letter below to supporters International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ) president Dr Juergen Beuhler calls for action in response to an outrageous bid in the International Criminal Court to equate Israel’s defence of its homeland with Nazi crimes against Jewish people in the Holocaust Dear friends, Scholars call it […]
Originally published in CBN News A Christian’s five-year prison sentence for reposting a cartoon of the Islamic prophet Muhammad to his Facebook page three years ago has been upheld by an Algerian court. Morning Star News (MSN) reports Farid Khemisti, the man’s attorney, said his client received the stiff sentence because […]
By Julie Stahl — Originally published in CBN News The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced on Tuesday that it has recovered dozens of fragments of a biblical scroll for the first time in about 60 years in what was described as a “complex and challenging national archaeological operation.” The “new” […]