Tag: Charles Gardner

Something good from Nazareth

Arab family links up with Jews to spread Gospel in region When the Israeli town of Nazareth is mentioned, most people immediately think of Jesus. It’s where he came from. But when Nathanael, one of Christ’s first disciples, heard that the Messiah was from Nazareth, he responded rather sceptically with […]

Britain says sorry to Jews — Charles Gardner

By United Kingdom correspondent, Charles Gardner Foreign Secretary regrets Britain’s turning back refugees from Nazi-occupied Europe British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt’s apology over the country’s treatment of Jews during the Mandate of Palestine is an encouraging development to be greatly applauded. But it has been a long time in coming. […]

Israel’s Arab Christian ambassador to Muslim nation praises Holocaust-survivor musician — Charles Gardner

The appointment of Israel’s first ever Christian Arab ambassador is partly thanks to a Jewish musician who, alone among his family, survived the Holocaust. In a recorded speech following his installation as the Jewish state’s top envoy to Muslim-majority Azerbaijan, George Deek paid tribute to the man he named only […]