Today’s news briefs include Christian palace in Bahrain; LeBron James at Olympics; Netanyahu and Congress; Biden 1-minute warning. First Christian building discovered in Bahrain Archaeologists have discovered the earliest Christian structure in ...
Read More »Benjamin Netanyahu will address Congress for record fourth time
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address a joint session of Congress July 24. This will mark the fourth time that he will speak to a joint gat hearing of the legislative ...
Read More »Israel: Almost 1 in 4 of remaining hostages is dead
Thirty-two of the 136 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza are dead, according to reporting by the New York Times. The grim news comes after relatives of the families were notified by ...
Read More »Elon Musk visits Israeli Kibbutz attacked by Hamas
Elon Musk on Monday saw firsthand the devastation from the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre of civilians in Israel. The tech billionaire was briefed by the head of the local council and saw ...
Read More »Here’s Jon Voight’s viral video supporting Israel
Award-winning actor Jon Voight quoted from the Old Testament in a video supporting Israel following the attacks by Hamas. “Let me read something for you,” he said. “Israel, I love you. Israel ...
Read More »Command ship to join carrier groups in Eastern Mediterranean
In a surprise move, the United States is sending an amphibious command ship to the Eastern Mediterranean. It joins two carrier battleship groups already positioned. The announcement comes as U.S. bases in ...
Read More »Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu doing well after receiving pacemaker
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received a pacemaker during emergency heart surgery Sunday. “He was admitted urgently to Sheba Medical Center,” said Dr. Eyal Nof, the head of invasive electrophysiology service at the Sheba Medical ...
Read More »Plan to burn Bible, Torah in Sweden fizzles but criticism continues
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized the Swedish government after a decision by Stockholm police to allow the Bible and Torah to be burned during a protest outside the Israeli Embassy. “The ...
Read More »Netanyahu, Saudi Crown Prince talk peace
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has spoken by phone with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to discuss normalization between the two countries, officials said Monday. The talks come amid an intensive ...
Read More »Israel bill against evangelizing sparks widespread opposition
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is rejecting a proposed law that would criminalize sharing the Gospel in Israel. The bill, supported by members of the ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism party, would punish ...
Read More »Netanyahu returning to power for one reason – to stop Iran, TV interviewer says
Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister-designate of Israel, is returning to power for a reason – to stop Iran. Erick Stakelbeck, host of the TBN news program “The Watchman,” recently interviewed Netanyahu. “I ...
Read More »Israeli officials question FBI probe into U.S. journalist’s death
The FBI is investigating the Israel Defense Forces following the shooting death of Arab-American journalist Abu Akleh in a firefight last May. The decision comes after President Joe Biden waited a week ...
Read More »Netanyahu holds lead in Israeli election
Benjamin Netanyahu is poised to make history as exit polls from Tuesday’s election show his party has won Israel’s election. Votes continue to be tallied and Netanyahu says he will not declare ...
Read More »Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu shares his insights in new book “Bibi: My Story”
Benjamin Netanyahu, the longest-serving prime minister in Israeli history, has had a significant impact not only on his own nation but the world. The new book “Bibi: My Story” recounts his remarkable ...
Read More »Israel dissolves Knesset, calls for new elections Nov. 1
Israel’s legislature, the Knesset, on Thursday voted to immediately dissolve itself triggering new elections on November 1. It will be a record fifth election in three-and-a-half years. A strange coalition, including an ...
Read More »Israel could see new elections returning Netanyahu to power
Former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is hoping for a historic comeback after the ruling coalition in Israel disintegrated on Monday. The announcement of the split between ruling parties, and possible new elections, ...
Read More »South Korea accepts Israeli vaccine doses that Palestinians turned down
Palestinian leaders have lost the opportunity to immediately vaccinate residents after refusing Israel’s offer of a vaccine swap. Now South Korea says it will take the 700,000 doses from Israel. Under the ...
Read More »Netanyahu challenges new leader to stand up to Biden
Although Benjamin Netanyahu no longer is prime minister of Israel, he will keep a wary eye on the policies of the Biden administration. Netanyahu’s term as prime minister ended Sunday after Israel’s ...
Read More »Netanyahu ends 12 years of service as Bennett becomes prime minister
A record twelve years straight of Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister came to an end Sunday night as Naftali Bennett was sworn in. The new government, which at least temporarily, ends a roadblock ...
Read More »Israel may replace Netanyahu with more conservative Naftali Bennett
Israel may soon have a new leader as an opposition leaders moved closer to unseating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday. It comes after several parties agreed on terms that may lead ...
Read More »Palestinians want Jews banned from the Temple Mount
Jews will be banned from the Temple Mount, the holiest site in Judaism, if Palestinian ceasefire demands are met. Jordanian and Egyptian foreign ministers Tuesday were given the demands by Palestinian Authority ...
Read More »Israel lifts mask mandate, leads world in vaccinations
In the latest sign of Israel’s recovery from the pandemic, the government this week lifted its nationwide mask mandate. The news comes as the tiny nation continues to lead the world in ...
Read More »Why an attempted coup in Jordan is ‘bad news’ for neighbor Israel
The arrest in Jordan of nearly 20 people, including former Crown Prince Hamza bin Hussein, in a coup attempt has led to fears over the stability of the strategic Arab state. Jordan, ...
Read More »Israel goes to the polls, will Netanyahu survive?
Israel is at the polls for a historic fourth time in just two years today capping what many hope is the end to a tumultuous political era. The Middle East’s only democracy ...
Read More »How CUFI has awakened the ‘sleeping giant’ of Christian Zionism
This year, Christians United for Israel (CUFI), one of the most powerful voices for Israel in the United States, marked its 15th anniversary. “We could never have imagined CUFI would achieve so ...
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