Category: Focus on Israel

Jewish community in shock over synagogue terror attack. by Charles Gardner. The terror attack at the Manchester synagogue that left several people dead is a further stab in the back for Britain’s beleaguered Jewish community. In expressing his sympathies, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s words will have rung hollow with those who have accused him […]

Arab and Jewish musicians join up for a worship tour of France and Belgium. by Charles Gardner. Along with denouncing recognition of a Palestinian state by key Western leaders, there is also a great need to re-state the abiding truth that there is still hope for peace in the Middle East. That Arab and Jew […]

By Yehuda Bachana. Vayelech | Deuteronomy 31:1-30 | Hosea 14:2(1)-10(9) ** | Matthew 6:5-18 *** The Torah and Haftarah chapter/verse numberings are according to the Hebrew Bible (English chapter/verse numberings are within parentheses). ** Shabbat Shuvah: the Shabbat between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur which is named after the first word of the Haftarah reading from Hosea, […]

The West betrays the very people who gave them the basis of their civilization. by Charles Gardner. Well, it finally came. Recognition of a Palestinian state by Britain and other leading Western nations. A complete betrayal of the Jewish people, as predicted by the prophets long ago. To suggest this was about working towards a […]

The battle between David and Goliath is being re-enacted in today’s Middle East conflict. by Charles Gardner. As dawn broke the other morning, I was drawn to a devotional, Wrestling with God, from Jonathan Cahn’s Book of Mysteries1. It seemed to sum up what I’d been experiencing in recent days. Jacob fought all night with […]

(Hodder & Stoughton, 2025) by Bear Grylls. A thrilling adventure with the man who changed the world. by Charles Gardner. Amid the turmoil of a Western world all at sea after losing its moral compass, a new book may well help turn the tide. And it is already evidently flying off the shelves as a […]

Evangelist teams up with Orthodox Jew to help reap the harvest. by Charles Gardner. Peace-loving representatives of two nations who have recently been at war with each other have teamed up in a remarkable way that bodes for future reconciliation. Marziyeh Amarizadeh, an Iranian evangelist now based in America, has joined Orthodox Jew Jonathan Feldstein […]

Israel’s battle is not against flesh and blood, but against the monstrous antisemitic spirit of Goliath. by Charles Gardner. As my friend Aaron Eime put it in a recent television interview, we are not fighting against flesh and blood. He was, of course, quoting from the well-known verse (Ephesians 6:12) describing the spiritual warfare in […]

‘Woe to those who call evil good and good evil…’ by Charles Gardner. The shocking massacre perpetrated against Israel nearly two years ago was, as we all know, quickly followed by worldwide denouncement of their legitimate right to defend themselves against a terrorist ‘state’ on their doorstep. Lies and propaganda have since been showered on […]

How the awesome influence of a latter-day Joseph changed the world. by Charles Gardner. Back in 1799, a man called Joseph Frey was baptised in a Lutheran church in northern Germany. Nothing too unusual about that, you say. But Joseph was from a devout Jewish family, and this was to prove a turning point in […]