Published on: 13.8.2026 By Naomi Ammon “The last time we were here there was nothing, just dirt. And now we’re walking past a helipad, crew quarters, and a bomb shelter” ICEJ Aid assistant Jannie Tolhoek laughingly remarked. Hatzolah Air’s helicopter and the freshly painted tarmac, with helipad markings at their new base in Jerusalem We set foot on the freshly painted tarmac of Hatzolah Air’s new base in Jerusalem—the city’s first civilian medevac helipad—to dedicate a bomb s

Published on: 10.7.2026 By: Ryan Tsuen A special Aliyah flight touched down at Ben-Gurion Airport on Monday (6 July), carrying 128 new Jewish immigrants from France who arrived with full suitcases and their hearts even fuller. The flight, sponsored by the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem, represents the latest milestone in a remarkable, long-standing partnership with the Jewish Agency for Israel that over the past 16 years has helped thousands of French Jews turn the

ICEJ USA Unprecedented campaign Israel is currently facing an unprecedented campaign of delegitimization. The Boycott, Sanctions and Divestment (BDS) movement is spearheading a concerted effort by Western pro-Palestinian activists, radical unionists, neo-Marxist groups, and major Christian denominations to combat perceived U.S. political bias toward Israel. IsraelAnswers.com is a project of the American branch of the International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem dedicated to

by Dr. Jürgen Bühler, President of ICEJ Biblical significance of the month of Elul (5786) The month of Elul is a special season in the Jewish calendar, a time when the Jewish people begin to prepare their hearts for the great biblical holidays that lie ahead. It is a month associated with drawing closer to God, repentance, forgiveness, and preparation to meet Him. Elul is also associated in Jewish tradition with the words of Song of Solomon 6:3, “I am my beloved’s, and my b

By Karen Engle, Editor-in-Chief of ICEJ USA Then God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years; and let them be for lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth”; and it was so. (Genesis 1:14–15) As December approaches, many people eagerly await the start of the new year, and with it, they reflect on their hopes and dreams for the future. However, many

By Dr. Susan Michael, President of ICEJ USA For the first time in centuries, Jewish-Christian relations have experienced a remarkable healing—fueled by access to the Scriptures, the impact of the Holocaust, and the miracle of Israel’s rebirth. Yet this progress is now under pressure. Anti-Semitism, long described as a mutating virus, has resurfaced in new forms across politics, the media, and even the church. These new expressions are rooted in old patterns that have continua

Published on: 6.7.2026 By: Jannie Tolhoek These past few months have marked a painful milestone in the long journey of recovery for Kibbutz Be’eri, as its western neighbourhoods were finally levelled. All but one house has been torn down, with the lone remaining structure preserved as a lasting testimony to the horrors of the October 7 terror invasion from nearby Gaza. These were not merely buildings. They were homes filled with family memories, childhood adventures, friendsh

Published on: 7.7.2026 The Return of the True Prophetic Voice By: Dr. Jürgen Bühler, ICEJ President Joel was one of the first Hebrew prophets to proclaim “The Day of the Lord”. The exact time of his prophecy remains unclear, as he never tied his message to the reign of a certain king. The book of Joel focuses on the coming “Day of the Lord”. The Apostle Paul wrote that the Day of the Lord will come as a “thief in the night” (1 Thessalonians 5:2); totally unpredictable, like t

Published on: 2.7.2026 By David R. Parsons, ICEJ Senior Vice President & Spokesman As the United States marks 250 years since its founding in 1776, the Fourth of July celebrations are being clouded by a prolonged war in the Middle East which lacks the support of many Americans. This conflict also has stoked an unprecedented wave of antisemitism on American soil which is infecting both ends of the political spectrum – on the Left and Right. Indeed, the nation seems to be wrest

Published on: 18.6.2026 By Dr. Jürgen Bühler, ICEJ President Last week, the ICEJ’s Jerusalem Summit included a track that looked back at Church History and especially the Council of Nicaea of 325 AD. This church council issued the Nicene Creed to unify the expanding Christian world around the divinity of Jesus, but also steered the Church away from its Jewish roots. Here are excerpts from the presentation on Nicaea by ICEJ President Dr. Jürgen Bühler at the Jerusalem Summit.

Published on: 1.7.2026 An Introduction on the New Perspective of Paul Dr. Samuel Tedder [Excerpts from his teaching at the Jerusalem Summit] The Theology track at the Jerusalem Summit focused primarily on new forms of Replacement theology and how to respond to them. One of the most discussed theological movements of the past fifty years is the so-called “New Perspective on Paul” (NPP), which tends towards Replacement thinking. Dr. Samuel Tedder provided a concise and balanc

Published on: 23.6.2026 By: Nativia Bühler As the morning light breaks over central Israel, the large metal doors of our charitable partner Pitchon Lev’s new 2,000-square-meter logistics center roll open. Forklifts hum across the floor, volunteers move swiftly between stacked pallets of food, and the smell of fresh produce fills the air. At the heart of this operation are the ICEJ-funded refrigerated food truck and a second emergency “War Truck,” made possible through the su

Published on: 9.6.2026 Jerusalem Summit to address Antisemitism, Replacement theology By: David Parsons, ICEJ Senior Vice President and Spokesman This week, the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem will host the Jerusalem Summit, an emergency gathering to address the global rise in antisemitism since October 7 and the deafening silence of so many Church leaders in response. With contributions from leading theologians and scholars, the three-day conference (9-11 June) als

Published on: 11.6.2026 Transcript of President Isaac Herzog’s video greeting Educators, theologians, pastors, ministry leaders, distinguished guests, from the president’s residence in Jerusalem, the holy city. It’s such a pleasure for me to welcome all of you to this emergency in-gathering of the Christian Embassy in Israel. You’re going to deal with the most complicated of topics, one on Church, Israel and antisemitism. And I want to thank you especially for your ongoing wo

Published on: 11.6.2026 ‘We Stand with Israel Not for Politics, But God’s Promises to Abraham’ By David Parsons, ICEJ Senior Vice President & Spokesman The Jerusalem Summit, an emergency gathering of Christian leaders and scholars convened by the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem to fight antisemitism, ended on Thursday evening (11/06) with a special program and dinner at Israel’s Foreign Ministry highlighted by an inspiring address by US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huc

Published on: 5.6.2026 By: Staff Writers In recent years, children across Israel have faced a reality no child should ever have to endure. Children in Israel’s southern cities, such as Ashkelon and Sderot, have lived through years of rocket sirens, nights in bomb shelters, and constant anxiety. Many watched parents leave for military service. Some saw fathers return home wounded, while others experienced unimaginable loss. Even after the initial attacks of October 7, the trau

Published on: 21.5.2026 The Festival of Shavuot By: Dr. Juergen Buehler, President. For the Jewish people, Shavuot (Hebrew for “weeks”) marks the events described in Exodus 19, when God came down in flames of fire on Mount Sinai and gave the Ten Commandments to the Israelites seven weeks after their Exodus from Egypt. This is considered the moment Israel was born as a nation, called to be a “light to the nations.” (Isaiah 49:6) For Christians, the same festival is known as P

Published on: 7.5.2026 By ICEJ Staff Writers Over the recent six weeks of war with Iran, the people of Israel were rushing to bomb shelters over and over again to withstand the daily onslaught of Iranian ballistic missiles cruelly targeting the civilian heartland of this nation. With a fragile ceasefire in place as of this writing, things are a bit quieter, although the northern half of Israel is still being targeted by rockets and drones fired by Hizbullah in Lebanon. Despi

Published on: 24.4.2026 By David R. Parsons, ICEJ Senior Vice President & Spokesman The Kremlin in Moscow (Wikipedia) The uneasy ceasefires with Iran and Hizbullah allowed Israelis to relax a bit this week to mark 78 years since their national rebirth in 1948. Looking back at those momentous days nearly eight decades ago, it is strange how many still believe the lie that Israel is a “Western colonialist implant” in the Middle East. This is a total fabrication made up after-th

Published on: 30.4.2026 By Dr. Jürgen Bühler, ICEJ President Just days before Jews in Israel were to celebrate the festival of Purim, the current war with the radical Iranian regime ignited. Many Purim celebrations wound up taking place in bomb shelters, even as Israel hoped that the modern-day Haman—the militant Ayatollahs in Iran—would be brought down. Purim is described in the Book of Esther as one of the greatest times of deliverance in the Bible. Around 470 BC, the ent