International journalists came to Israel for the sixth annual Christian Media Summit this week. It was the first time back in the Land since the COVID pandemic and they came back in full force, eager to engage with Israel.The annual gathering began as a forum to share values and concerns between Jewish people and Christians in the media.
![International Christian journalists tour a model of a Hamas "Terror Tunnel" where Israeli soldiers train to fight and defend Israel. Photo Credit: CBN News.](https://www1.cbn.com/sites/default/files/styles/image_xl_640x480/public/gazabordertour_si.jpg?itok=Oe-8sXZU "International Christian journalists tour a model of a Hamas "Terror Tunnel" where Israeli soldiers train to fight and defend Israel. Photo Credit: CBN News.")
Many world leaders insist Israel give up land so Arabs can form the state of Palestine. That is at the heart of the so-called “two-state solution.” However, Israel tried exchanging land for peace in 2005, when it forced some 9,000 Jewish residents out of communities in the Gaza Strip and Samaria. Since 2005, nothing even close to peace has resulted. This week, CBN News joined a group of more than 100 Christian journalists on a visit to the area along Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip to see what Israeli citizens and soldiers face there.
The Jewish Maccabean revolt against the Greek Seleucid Kingdom more than two thousand years ago is one of the most stirring events in Jewish history. The revolt and the miracle of the provision of oil in the Temple led to the Jewish celebration of Hanukkah, which is the festival celebrating the uprising against the Greek Seleucid kings and the restoration of the Jewish Temple. Last May, archaeologists discovered a wooden box containing 15 silver coins dating back 2,200 years to the time of the Hellenistic ruler Antiochus IV, who desecrated the Temple and persecuted the Jews.
The country of Jordan has unveiled new plans to draw one million Christians to the site that's believed to be the place Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist.
Israel's parliament, the Knesset, elected the Likud Party's Yariv Levin to be temporary speaker Tuesday, clearing a path for the Netanyahu coalition to pass legislation that could lead to the formation of a government.
The 2020 signing of the Abraham Accords marked an historic turning point in the Middle East. At a gathering in Rome last week, leaders from several nations began working to spread the principles of the accords to other nations.
Israel issued a warning to Lebanon Sunday that the Israeli military may bomb the Beirut airport if it's determined that weapons are being smuggled through the airport from Iran to the Hezbollah terrorist group. A London-based Arabic newspaper reported Saturday that Iran is sending weapons on civilian flights into Beirut.
Water and fish are powerful symbols throughout the Bible, often centering around life and sustenance. These days, both are important as ever, especially when it comes to the world’s food supply. Israel is stepping up to do its part, exploring aquaculture and desert agriculture as a potential solution to the growing need for food security.
While outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid was berating the "insane" government being formed by a "weak" Benjamin Netanyahu, two members of the departing coalition are reportedly creating a "total war" plan, designed to sow division in the new government and slow down or halt its planned legislation.
Danny Danon, Israel's former ambassador to the United Nations, said Saudi Arabia may be one of the next nations to normalize relations with Israel under the Abraham Accords. Danon, speaking in Rome at the first Abraham Accords Global Leadership Summit, said he's hopeful the normalization could take place in the next year under the new government headed by Benjamin Netanyahu.