“A very dangerous situation is developing in neighbouring Mozambique, yet our government has said and done very little to bring peace to the area, or to prepare for a possible influx of refugees should the situation worsen,” said ACDP president Rev Kenneth Meshoe in Parliament yesterday. Speaking in the budget […]
Tag: Middle East conflict
Hamas attacks on Israel ‘were long-planned’
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 […]
Abraham Accord: what does it really mean? — Vivienne Myburgh
On August 13, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) agreed to sign a normalisation agreement with Israel (Not theoretically a peace accord, as they have never formally been at war). This was followed by Bahrain on September 11. The formal agreements were signed on the White House lawns on September 15, […]
SA going ahead with downgrade of Israel embassy, says Ramaphosa
‘Won’t further peace efforts’ — SA Jewish Board of Deputies Originally published in Jerusalem Post President Cyril Ramaphosa has confirmed that South Africa is going full steam ahead with its process of downgrading its embassy in Israel to a liaisons office. A year ago, the country’s ruling party, the African […]
Israeli Christians call for Esther-Like fast after US decision to pull out of Syria
Originally published in Charisma News President Donald Trump’s decision to pull US troops out of Syria has sparked a movement of urgent prayer and fasting. The fast was initiated by Succat Hallel, a 24/7 house of prayer overlooking the Temple Mount. “There are some urgent developments in the Middle East […]
Call to sign petition opposing recall of SA ambassador to Israel
PHOTO: Newstribune.com Missionary, author, historian and member of Nkosi Sikelel Afrika – Israel, the provisional name of a group of advocacy groups and churches in the Western Cape who work together on issues relating to Israel, urges Christians in South Africa to sign a petition that will send a message […]
Netanyahu: “I completely agree with the leaders of Hamas”
Originally published in Breaking Israeli News Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu makes a shocking statement regarding the recent Hamas-led riots that threatened Israel’s southern border: Netanyahu stated that he agrees with the declarations made by Hamas leaders. PM NETANYAHU ON HAMAS Prime Minister Netanyahu: "Ready for a real shocker"? Gepostet […]
British group repent in Israel as war clouds hang over anniversary celebrations
A dark shadow of imminent war hangs over Israel’s 70th anniversary celebrations, just as it had done at the nation’s re-birth in 1948. President Trump’s withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran hastened the prospect of the rogue state taking out its frustration on Israel for striking its military […]
Egypt’s President Sissi holds historic meeting with US Evangelical Christians
Originally published in Haaretz Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi met on Wednesday with a group of leading evangelical Christian activists from the United States at his office in Cairo, where they discussed the fight against ISIS, the prospects for peace between Israel and the Arab world and the situation of […]
Religion and morality drive Israeli-Palestinian conflict, say media experts
IMAGE: Shutterstock via BCN. CHRISTIAN MEDIA SUMMIT, JERUSALEM Originally published in Breaking Israeli News The Palestinian-Israeli conflict is a “religious, spiritual and moral conflict,” said David Parsons, vice president and senior international spokesman for the International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem (ICEJ), on Tuesday. “If you ignore that, then you ignore […]