By Caroline Glick, Jpost— The Christian communities of Iraq, Syria, Egypt and Lebanon are well on the way to joining their Jewish cousins. The Jewish communities of these states predated Islam by a millennium, and were vibrant until the 20th century. But the Arab world’s war on the Jewish state, and more generally on Jews,…
By Brian Hennessy, Israel Today— If someone started watching the Christmas classic, It’s a Wonderful Life, in the middle of the film, would they ever figure out the point of the story? Or appreciate the challenges Jimmy Stewart had to overcome? I doubt it. They would learn how the story ended, but remain largely ignorant…
By Samuel Smith, Christian Post— Christianity is being “wiped out” of its region of birth, said Cato Institute foreign policy expert Doug Bandow Tuesday during a Family Research Council discussion on the increase in Christian persecution in the Middle East and Africa, and he offered reasons why the international community has done little to save those…
By Giulio Meotti, Arutz 7— The dramatic situation has been perfectly described by Rabbi Haïm Korsia, Chief Rabbi of France, who called for a reaction of fraternal solidarity in the face of hatred against Christians, and established a comparison with the destruction of Eastern Jewry: “Where are the Jewish communities which once lived in Aleppo,…
By ARIEL COHEN, JPOST— Just as he does every December, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, along with other PA officials, made the Christmastime claim that Jesus Christ was a Palestinian, rather than a Judean. “We celebrate the birth of Jesus, a Palestinian messenger of love, justice and peace, which has guided millions from the moment…
Think on this: “This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are heirs together with Israel, members together of one body, and sharers together in the promise in Christ Jesus.” ( Ephesians 3: 6) Pray on this: Father, we know you are making “one new man” of Jewish and Gentile believers. Help us to…
By RAYMOND IBRAHIM, GATESTONE— While the world fixates on the conflict between Israel and Hamas—and while most mainstream media demonize Israel for trying to survive amid a sea of Arab-Islamic hostility—similar or worse tragedies continue to go virtually ignored. One of the most ancient Christian communities in the world, that of Iraq—which already had been…
By ISRAEL TODAY— Christy Anastas, a young Palestinian Christian woman from Bethlehem, has bravely released a compilation video in which she, in several different venues, confronts the joint lies that Israel is responsible for the suffering of the Palestinians and for the flight of fellow Christians from the city of Jesus’ birth. The Anastas family…
By DR. ASHRAF RAMELAH, ISRAEL TODAY— While Jews around the world celebrate Passover, Christians from Egypt visit the Holy Land for their week of Holy Pascha (the Passion of Christ). For this pilgrimage, Egyptian Christians (Orthodox, Catholic and Evangelical) leave Cairo by the thousands on daily flights to Israel. Egypt’s airlines have increased departures to…
Think on this: “You will see it with your own eyes and say, ‘Great is the LORD–even beyond the borders of Israel!’” Malachi 1:5 Pray on this: Heavenly Father, Please continue to give the Christians living in Israel strength. Protect them from their enemies who seek to silence their pro-Israel voices. Amen.