Category: Focus on Israel

It’s time to turn the tide of this worldwide spiritual battle. by Charles Gardner. As we approach the 80th anniversary of D-Day – a military invasion that saved the free world – we are reminded how the Jewish state is currently performing a similar task on our behalf. The Nazi spirit is still alive, not […]

Isn’t it time politicians sought wisdom from above? by Charles Gardner. As I awoke this morning, bleary-eyed, to an alarming end-time scenario, I once more found myself exclaiming with rising exasperation: “The world’s gone mad!” The news that Spain has recognised a Palestinian state looked like a signal for re-igniting the Spanish Inquisition that brought […]

Ancient weapon wielded as raging protests continue. by Charles Gardner. As raging anti-Israel protests continue to be tolerated on London’s streets, there are growing signs that God is breaking through. Reports tell of smoke bombs and calls for “intifada revolution” by pro-Palestinian marchers at the weekend, and I notice that Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron has […]

Enemy of Israel turns friend through Yeshua. by Charles Gardner. Photograph: Charles Gardner Where terrified Israelis had only weeks earlier come under a hail of rockets from Iran, a young Iranian man brought a message of love, hope and reconciliation to the streets of Tel Aviv. Unashamed and unabashed, Rami declared how his life had […]

Pro-Israel Christians outraged by calls for Palestinian state recognition. by Charles Gardner. With the Australian government reported to be on the verge of rewarding Middle East terror with recognition of a Palestinian state, pro-Israel Christian leaders have responded with fury. “Are we now going to turn our backs on Israel and the Jewish people and […]

What You Need for Passover at Home. by Yehuda Bachana Netivyah wishes you a happy and meaningful Pesach! The Passover Seder opens the biblical new year and includes reading from the Hagada, wine (or grapejuice), eating special foods, singing, and other Passover traditions. The Seder is held after nightfall on the first night of Passover […]

Pray for Muslims to see that Jesus is the true Messiah – IDF soldier. by Charles Gardner. The Middle East conflict is not about land or nationality. It’s theological. Some of us know this, but the world at large – including the Church – is for the most part ignorant of this truth. It’s so […]

By Yehuda Bachana. Parashat Sh’mini Leviticus 9:1-11:47, Ezekiel 45:16-46:18*, Luke 2:41-52 (* Shabbat HaChodesh: the Shabbat before (or starting) Rosh Chodesh Nissan. This Shabbat, the following reading is added: Exodus 12:1-20. The reading speaks about the Passover sacrifice, and reminds us that Nissan is the first month of the year.). Food as Remembrance and Culture […]

Greetings from Jerusalem, Today there are around 160,000 Holocaust survivors living in Israel, their average age is 86. About 31,500 survivors have passed the age of 90, and at least 1,000 are centenarians. While the number of survivors is decreasing, the cost of treating them is not. The survivors need individual care at home to […]