International Christian Embassy Jerusalem

An ICEJ-sponsored Aliyah flight from Ethiopia landed at Ben-Gurion Airport on Wednesday, 28 October, carrying 39 new Olim. The group stood together after landing, some in traditional dress, and are now all home, safe and sound, out of the war zone in Ethiopia. Carrying their backpacks, they walked down the long terminal corridor, eager to see family members they had not seen ...

The results of the Israeli elections on Tuesday are unclear and changing by the hour as the actual ballots are being counted. But I would like to offer some initial thoughts on the voting and how things might clear up by the time the final tally is announced on Friday. The polls once again were predictably off, both before election day and right after the voting booths closed...

It was still early on Friday morning, 16 October, when five of us from the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem left the capital city for Kibbutz Be’eri to participate in the first-ever Race of Hope. We knew it would be an emotional day, but none of us quite anticipated what awaited us. Around 3500 people had gathered to participate in four different distances.

I longed to return to Israel for the Feast of Tabernacles in September, to help with ICEJ’s annual Feast, and to meet Homecare people I had met on earlier visits. My journey went smoothly, and I felt welcomed as soon as I arrived at Ben Gurion Airport. The next day, I joined Homecare nurse, Corrie van Maanen, at a large supermarket to buy groceries for an elderly lady. Having...

If you live outside Israel and do not follow Israeli politics closely, there is a good chance you might only know about one Israeli politician: Benjamin Netanyahu. “Bibi” has been part of Israel’s political landscape for so long that it can sometimes seem as if Israeli politics and Netanyahu are almost the same thing. He first became prime minister in 1996 for three years and...