Israel and Christians Today

Israel’s leaders are engaged in two great tasks at the same time. In Jerusalem, Gadi Eisenkot has been given the mandate to build a new government. On the borders, and far beyond them, Israel’s watchmen are keeping guard against an Iranian regime that is more defiant, and more openly nuclear in its rhetoric, than at any time since the latest phase in the war began in February. Listen to the Weekly Update:

It has been a week of political earthquakes. One week after Israelis went to the polls and failed to produce a clear winner, Americans have voted decisively to hand both houses of Congress to the Democrats. On the eve of that vote, President Trump announced that U.S. military aid to Israel will end this year. Meanwhile, the war against Iran and its proxies is far from over, and Israel’s prime minister is pressing Washington to resume strikes on Tehran. Listen to the Weekly Update:

The Bible tells us that the Lord will bring His people home to the land. They will become one, and God’s holiness will be revealed through them to the nations. Listen to the Weekly Update:

Maxim went to the Nova Music Festival expecting to stay for just a few hours. He returned home 738 days later. In this deeply personal interview, he recounts surviving the October 7, 2023 attack, being taken hostage by Hamas, and enduring more than two years in captivity in Gaza. He shares what life was like in the houses and underground tunnels where he was held, how faith and prayer sustained him, and how seeing people campaign for the hostages gave him strength.

Three years ago, on October 7th, Hamas terrorists murdered 64 people in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, where Hanita Baram and Alon Tal lived, and abducted 19 residents. Hanita lost her eldest son, and Alon lost several friends. Both survived the attack. They share their experiences of that day.

“You shall yet plant vines on the mountains of Samaria,” the Lord promised through Jeremiah (Jeremiah 31:5). The prophets foresaw a day when the scattered people of Israel would return to the hills of Judea and Samaria, and those mountains would “yield your fruit to My people Israel” (Ezekiel 36:8). This week’s update shows how fiercely that promise is contested. Listen to the Weekly Update:

Three years ago today – 7th October 2023 – thousands of terrorists led by Hamas, joined by Palestinian Islamic Jihad and other factions from Gaza, broke through Israel’s border and carried out the deadliest attack on the Jewish people since the Holocaust. Listen to the Weekly Update:

Corrie ten Boom, whose family hid Jews in Haarlem and paid for it with their lives, explained this by using the metaphor of a tapestry. Listen to the Weekly Update:

When the people of Israel gathered in Jerusalem in the days of Nehemiah, hearing the words of the Law brought them to tears. Listen to the Weekly Update:

The Jewish people have always been the subject of false accusations and slander. Listen to the Weekly Update: