Posts Tagged ‘israel’
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Jews, Christians in Israel remember cardinal who championed interfaith dialogue
The Galilee Center for Studies in Jewish-Christian Relations hosted hundreds of Jews and Christians from Italy and Israel who came together on June 16 to honor the memory of Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini.
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Pope Accepts Peres’ Invitation to Israel
— Israeli President Shimon Peres invited Pope Francis on Tuesday to visit Israel, at his first meeting with the new pontiff who has appealed for peace in the Middle East.The pope accepted the invitation "with willingness and jo...
Causes
Bomber of Messianic Jewish family in Israel imprisoned
After five years of waiting for justice, a Messianic Jewish pastor in Israel says he is satisfied with the sentence given to an ultra-Orthodox, Jewish nationalist who bombed his home and almost killed his son. U.S.
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Just in time for Passover, Israel braces for locust invasion
With Passover just three weeks away, the timing of a massive infestation of locusts in Egypt is striking many Israelis as downright biblical.
Arts & Culture
Pastor asks, ‘Are you ready to meet your God?’
Life was pretty good in eighth century Israel. Trade was up. The economy flourished. The people worshiped God. There was peace throughout the land.
Although everything seemed alright in the Northern Kingdom, it was far from ...
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Syrian troops target rebels in Damascus, Aleppo suburbs
Syrian opposition activists say government warplanes have attacked rebel districts in Damascus and Aleppo, while rebels captured a suspected former nuclear site destroyed by Israeli warplanes in 2007.
Christian Living
God’s Intenerary
A Change in the Itinerary Only 2 days ago I was sure I was about to be in DC to support the people of Israel. I was in the airport at 8 am – awaiting my 9:30 flight. I’d been packed for 2 weeks, and had been waiting...
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Israel evicts Palestinian protesters from planned settlement site
JERUSALEM — Israel has moved against a Palestinian protest encampment at a planned settlement site in the occupied West Bank. Israeli police and soldiers moved into a Palestinian tent camp just outside Jerusalem early Sunday a...
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Sudan Blames Israel for blast at arms factory
The Sudanese government is blaming Israel for what it says was the bombing of an arms factory in the capital. Sudan Information Minister Ahmed Balal Osman says he believes Israeli warplanes caused explosions and a huge fire at...
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Jewish and Christian groups at impasse over U.S. aid to Israel
An established interfaith group is in danger of disintegrating as major American Jewish groups and prominent mainline Protestant churches differ over U.S. aid for Israel -- a long-standing argument that the group was establish...