Category: Standing With Israel

Why has President Barack Obama come to Israel this week for his first foreign trip of his second term? White … Read More

A small Islamist group claimed responsibility for firing rockets on Thursday at an Israeli border town from the Gaza Strip … Read More

President Barack Obama voiced opposition on Thursday to Israeli settlement building but pressed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to drop his … Read More

While my usual focus is to write about the Reconnection between the Church and Israel, there is no better way … Read More

U.S. President Barack Obama touched down in Israel at midday on Wednesday in a visit that U.S. officials said was … Read More

President Barack Obama arrived in Israel on Wednesday without any new peace initiative to offer disillusioned Palestinians and facing deep … Read More

The Bible instructs us to pray for the peace of Jerusalem (Ps. 122:6). For tens of millions of Christians in America, this admonition means standing for the modern state of Israel and its right to exist in accordance with God’s will and plan. 

Yet on a practical level, some Christians find themselves unprepared when confronted by those who cite Israel as an occupying oppressor of the Palestinians or an obstacle to peace due to its failure to return to pre-1967 borders. I often hear believers respond by saying that God gave the land to Abraham’s descendants, not to the Palestinians, and leave it at that.

While this response is certainly accurate, it’s also incomplete. It fails to refute the frequently heard charge that Israel cares more about land than peace, making war inevitable. As Christian leaders, we have the biblical responsibility to respond in full, and the best way to do that is to intentionally educate ourselves on the story of the modern state of Israel. Below, I’ve provided a broad timeline to help us better understand that story.

Palestinian demonstrations against U.S. President Barack Obama’s upcoming regional visit intensified on Monday, with activists in Bethlehem spray painting swastikas … Read More

On a quiet Shabbat evening in Israel, Feb. 15, an asteroid came closer to colliding with the earth than any … Read More

President Barack Obama’s trip to Israel this week will shine the spotlight on U.S.-Israel relations, as well as several regional … Read More

As U.S. President Barack Obama makes the first visit of his presidency to Israel this week, a worldwide army of … Read More

Israeli leaders intend to ask U.S. President Barack Obama to act militarily to stop Syrian arm shipments to Hezbollah, the … Read More

Is it finally over? Is it safe to finally blog about? Every time I sat down to write a finale … Read More

Pope Francis reached out on Thursday to Rome’s Jewish community, saying he hoped he would be able to contribute to … Read More

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday he hoped peace talks with Israel would restart this year, although the chances … Read More

After nearly four years of often testy relations with Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. President Barack Obama is about to try a … Read More

Israel Defense Forces Military Intelligence chief Major General Aviv Kochavi on Thursday presented a grim picture of Israel’s strategic surroundings, … Read More

Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz addressed the 13th annual Herzilya Conference Monday, covering a wide range of … Read More

It’s easy to romanticize the idea of Jews returning to Israel—planeloads arriving from the “four corners of the earth.” It … Read More

Israeli troops shot a Palestinian man to death in a refugee camp near Hebron, Palestinian sources reported on Tuesday. Medical … Read More

I was not always a Zionist. I was a 56-year-old disconnected Jew who never fully recovered from the bullying I … Read More