Arab Christian Pastor Thankful to be an Israeli

We were blessed with so many fantastic speakers at the ICEJ/ACLI Conference earlier this week, and I want to share about one of the most interesting speakers of the event, Pastor Saleem Shalash.  Pastor Shalash is an Arab Christian living in Nazareth (Jesus' boyhood hometown), shepherding Home of Jesus the King congregation. His gratitude for …

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Would You Allow Your Kids to Watch This?

In the Gaza Strip (and elsewhere), kids are brainwashed by Hamas from a very early age.  Take a look at a their idea of a cartoon: https://www.facebook.com/idfonline/videos/1786114241411438/   Would you allow (and even encourage) your children to watch and emulate this? Indeed, school age children are taught to hate and kill before they are even …

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Tamimi Family: Portrait of Angry Palestinians

Perhaps you have heard accounts of a teenage Palestinian girl recently arrested for assaulting IDF soldiers.  The now 16-year-old has been at it since she was 12, and was taken into custody in mid-December for her part in the confrontation and assault on soldiers near her home in Nebi Saleh, a small village in the West …

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This is Not Okay!

Day-in-and-day-out Israel lives with discrimination.  They are accused of apartheid and many nations of the world engage in the BDS (Boycott, Divest, Sanction) Movement against Israel. But at times that discrimination becomes absurd.  Hatred of the Jews has become hatred of Israel, and extends even to Arab-Israelis!  Here is a great example: https://www.facebook.com/nasdaily/videos/905387152946771/ Only a …

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