The Israeli Arab Bedouin community was described as the “pride of Israel” during a ceremony held Monday to honor 13 civilian Bedouin who risked their lives to save an untold number of Israelis during the Oct. 7 genocidal attack by Hamas, the Jerusalem Post reports. The ceremony took place at the Friends of Zion Museum in Jerusalem and was attended by numerous Israeli public figures, including government ministers.
An influential British military think-tank warns that tensions around the world signal “what is likely to be a more dangerous decade.”
A newly published survey shows that support for Israel dropped by a dramatic 50% among young American Evangelicals in just three years between 2018-2021, the Jerusalem Post reports. The data is consistent with the outpouring of anti-Israel sentiment that was unleashed worldwide, including in the US, following the Oct. 7 attack on the Jewish state by the Hamas Palestinian terror group.
Muslim extremists in eastern Uganda beat a Christian man unconscious, and then torched his house, after seeing him setting up for a Gospel event near their village last month, Morning Star News reports. Christianity is legal in Uganda but believers have come under increasing violent persecution from radicalized Muslims, with those who left Islam for Christ being particularly vulnerable to attacks.
The U.S. Senate passed a $95 billion national security package early Tuesday to aid Israel, Ukraine, and other U.S. allies early Tuesday after a months-long debate.
An investigation was underway Monday after a pro-Palestine person clad in a trench coat and accompanied by a child opened fire in a crowded Texas megachurch before she was gunned down by security, officials said.
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has canceled a trip to NATO military alliance headquarters after being rushed to hospital as he is facing an “emergent bladder issue,” US officials said.
As Israel continues to battle Hamas in Gaza, a Dutch court of appeals has ruled that the Netherlands should cease exporting F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel on the grounds they might be used to violate international law, i24 News reports.
An estimated 10,000 Christians from different faith traditions gathered in Lebanon’s capital city Beirut last month for a groundbreaking ecumenical worship event intended to encourage unity and hope in the Body of Christ, CBN News reports. Titled “Beirut 2024,” the event was held on Jan. 20 as part of celebrations for the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity and the 50th anniversary of the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC), CBN News reports.
European leaders rushed Monday to call for a new defense strategy after ex-U.S. President Donald J. Trump encouraged Russia to attack member states of the NATO military alliance who do not meet their financial obligations.
Municipal officials in Bryan, Ohio have decided to drop the criminal charges they brought against Chris Avell, a local pastor who opened his church to the homeless 24/7 in alleged breach of local zoning laws, the Christian Post reports.
Hamas warned Thursday that Israeli hostages were killed after Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the Jewish nation’s security service Shin Bet rescued two hostages deep in Gaza territory.
The Texas legislature has allocated more than $11.6 billion to border security efforts over a four-year period, the most in state history.
Former President Donald Trump said Friday he’d never limit gun rights for Americans amid surging crime, border insecurity and global instability – all side effects of a Democratic administration he deems corrupt and immoral.
Egypt has warned Hamas that it must agree on a ceasefire and hostage release agreement with Israel within about two weeks, or the Israeli military will launch a ground offensive in Gaza’s southern city of Rafah, several sources said Sunday.
Ukraine on Sunday came to grips with more casualties after a massive Russian airstrike impacted the war-torn nation. Outgunned and exhausted, Ukrainian forces faced an uphill battle Sunday while Catholics here and around the world observed the World Day of the Sick.
Europeans woke up Sunday with a headache after the presumed U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump encouraged Russia to attack member states of the NATO military alliance who haven’t met their financial obligations.
Israel’s military says it has discovered a massive Hamas tunnel network under the headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in Gaza.
Hungary’s conservative president has resigned after massive protests over a pardon she granted to a man convicted as an accomplice in a child sexual abuse case.
Ukrainian authorities say seven people, including three children, have been killed in a Russian drone attack on a petrol station in the city of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine. The attack came after the Ukrainian president made changes in the military.