The student-run Harvard Ichthus Christian blog website apologized for an anonymous post saying that Jews deserve to be persecuted for killing Jesus. The apology was issued on Friday. The post, which has been removed from the site, was published on Nov. 20. “We sincerely apologize for breaching the confidence of civil dialogue,” editor-in-chief Aaron Gyde […]
The deal is done. The Iranian leaders are claiming victory. The White House is claiming victory. Most European governments, as well as Russia, are claiming victory. The Israeli government, meanwhile, is horrified. They, and many of their citizens, feel more isolated than ever. As I reported from Jerusalem, this was true before the deal was struck. It is even more
Hanukkah is the last feast in the Jewish calendar and tells a remarkable story of the deliverance of Israel from the control of the Syrians in 164 B.C. The Syrians had assumed rule of the area through a political and military struggle after Alexander the Great had died. In their wake, they sought to assimilate
Over the summer, the Israeli media highlighted a phenomenon that is both intriguing and encouraging: a movement among Israel’s Christian Arabs advocating that their community be drafted, along with the country’s Jewish and Druze citizens, into the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Historically, Israel’s Arab citizens have been exempted from mandatory conscription. There have been exceptions—many
Sometimes when friends call or write from overseas to ask what Israelis think about a certain current event, it gives me pause to step back and consider what things we are seeing, feeling or taking for granted in Israel. This has been happening increasingly with the issue of Iran sanctions and the threat of war
In the aftermath of the 75th anniversary of the night of broken glass, Kristallnacht, a more recent anniversary was marked in the European parliament in Brussels on Nov. 13 when the Christian initiative European Coalition for Israel (ECI) celebrated its 10th anniversary in the EU capital. The connection between the two anniversaries are clear, says
The world’s most prestigious newspaper, The New York Times, recently produced an article predicting Israel’s soon-coming demise. Written by an illustrious University of Pennsylvania professor, Ian S. Lustick, it carefully outlined the reasons Lustick believes Israel will disappear. Lustick’s logic is impeccable. From man’s perspective, there is no way Israel will be able to forever fight
With more than 1.6 million members, pastor John Hagee’s Christians United for Israel (CUFI) has become a powerful force in pro-Israel advocacy in American politics. Additionally, his humanitarian work—including the donation of more than $80 million to Israeli charities—has earned him growing praise from the Jewish community. But despite the efforts of Hagee, who is
John Hagee Ministries recently donated $50,000 to Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) at the ministry’s annual Night to Honor Israel, which took place at Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas. For more than 30 years, the Night to Honor Israel event has served as an expression of Christian solidarity with the state of
There is a difference between blatant anti-Semitism and generational anti-Semitism, which we need to get a clearer understanding on. Generational anti-Semitism is perhaps one of the subtlest deceptions of the enemy because it can so easily go undetected. You can actually love Israel and still be affected by it through the bloodline if it has
With increasing reports of breakdowns in Israeli-Palestinian conflict negotiations and attempts to jumpstart them by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, the parties involved in trying to create a framework for a negotiated peace deal are growing more distrustful of one another—and neither party particularly trusts the role of the U.S. Kerry last week warned
Top American Jewish leaders, in interviews published Sunday by the Algemeiner, blasted U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry for his comments last week on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Kerry had said that failed Israeli-Palestinian conflict negotiations could lead to a third Palestinian intifada and that the U.S. agrees with the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) position that Israeli construction beyond the 1967 lines
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