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ICEJ hosting urgent high-level Christian gathering on Israel
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

ICEJ MK
Jun 173 min read


Israel’s President Isaac Herzog extends a special greeting to Jerusalem Summit delegates
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

ICEJ MK
Jun 172 min read


Jerusalem Summit closes at Israel’s Foreign Ministry with Amb Huckabee
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

ICEJ MK
Jun 172 min read


Healing Hearts in Israel — One “Ollie Hug” at a Time
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

ICEJ MK
Jun 174 min read


Shavuot Festival: Tongues of Fire
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

ICEJ MK
May 253 min read


ICEJ Steps Up Again With Urgent War Relief Aid in Israel
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

ICEJ MK
May 256 min read


Israel at 78: Is the Jewish State a ‘Western Colonial Implant’?
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

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May 255 min read


The Church in a Bubble
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

ICEJ MK
May 38 min read


ANTI-SEMITISM AND ANTI-ZIONISM
Some time ago, in another country, something was written on a shop window that made me think: "Jews are not the problem, Christians are not the problem, Zionism is the problem" This tells us, as long as you're not a Zionist, almost anything else is acceptable. I would say that's a good example of anti-Zionism. We wrote about anti-Semitism some time ago. We cited the example of Abel, whose envy and then hatred turned him into a fratricide. But, at least at first glance, the s

ICEJ MK
May 34 min read


The Controversy of Zion
Published on: 24.2.2026 By David Parsons, ICEJ Senior Vice President & Spokesman Many Christians today are reluctant to stand with Israel and risk being a target of scorn. Indeed, after October 7 there is a clear dividing line on “Zionism”, even within the Church. Amazingly, the prophet Isaiah foresaw this day, proclaiming: “For it is the day of the Lord’s vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.” (Isaiah 34:8/KJV) Surely, it is time to decide whi

ICEJ MK
May 33 min read


ICEJ condemns scandalous "Burning of Judas" ceremony in Spain
Published on: 12.4.2026 Press Statement by: Dr. Jürgen Bühler, ICEJ President The International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ) strongly condemns the recent Easter ceremony in the town of El Burgo, in southern Spain, in which a seven‑meter effigy depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was publicly burned as a supposed embodiment of evil. ICEJ President Dr. Jürgen Bühler noted that this outrageous act of the “Burning of Judas” follows a centuries‑old tradition

ICEJ MK
May 33 min read


The Cyrus Anointing
Published on: 13.3.2026 By Dr. Jürgen Bühler, ICEJ President In the book of Isaiah, one of the most remarkable prophecies of the Bible is found. Isaiah speaks about a coming Gentile ruler named Cyrus, who would become a central instrument in the redemption of Israel. God calls him by name long before his birth and appoints him to fulfil His purposes concerning Israel and their restoration. It took 150 years for this prophecy to be fulfilled when Cyrus the Great rose to power,

ICEJ MK
May 36 min read


Haifa Home residents remember Holocaust amid war
Published on: 14.4.2026 By Yudit Setz On this day of Yom HaShoah, we remember the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust, and the many brave Jews who rose up to resist the evil Nazi regime. We also honour the legacy and courage of those who survived. Across Israel today, tens of thousands of Holocaust survivors live quietly, many in loneliness and poverty, carrying memories too heavy to bear alone. Most are 85 and older, and are fragile in body but steadfast in spirit

ICEJ MK
May 32 min read


statement - MAcedonian branch of icej
The Macedonian Branch of the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem unreservedly condemns the attempted arson attack on the EZRM facility in Skopje. We believe that this is a deliberate provocation to incite hatred towards the Jewish people and Israel. Those behind this agenda hope to draw more souls into the darkness of anti-Semitism, which has never been characteristic of the Macedonian people. Moreover, the time at which this is happening is right on the greatest Christ

ICEJ MK
Apr 131 min read


The Self-Evident Truths Behind this War
Published on: 20.3.2026 By David R. Parsons, ICEJ Senior Vice President & Spokesman The current war pitting Israel and the United States against the Iranian regime is actually a continuation of Jerusalem’s 12-day conflict with Tehran last June, which Washington joined for one day to carry out Operation Midnight Hammer. Together, these military campaigns mark several notable firsts that are of great significance for the region and the entire world. A Long-Overdue Response For

ICEJ MK
Mar 236 min read


Jerusalem's Holy Sites Exposed to Iranian Attacks
On March 16, the Iranian regime again fired rockets at Jerusalem's Old City, apparently targeting places reserved for worship and pilgrimage, including the holy sites of the three major religions. This time, fragments of the rockets fell within the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Temple Mount, and the Western Wall. The Basilica (Church) of the Holy Sepulchre This place is the most important pilgrimage point for many Christian believers. This place comme

ICEJ MK
Mar 232 min read


ICEJ Video Message Of The Ambassador Of The State Of Israel To North Macedonia H.E. Mrs. Vivian Eisen for the commemoration of the deportation of the Macedonian Jews (transcript)
Dear friends, dear friends of Israel, It is always moving to me to see friends of Israel from diverse backgrounds come together to remember the Jewish people and stand by the State of Israel. Please accept my sincere apologies for not being able to join you in person tonight. First and foremost, I would like to express my deep gratitude to the International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem for organizing this important event and for your long-standing commitment to preserving t

ICEJ MK
Mar 233 min read


ICEJMK Marks 83 Years Since the Deportation of Macedonian Jews
On March 12, 2026, IcejMk organized a solemn event in memory of the deportation of Macedonian Jews. Although the event this year was part of a three-day wider gathering, we will write about that on another occasion. As we are by nature an association that reflects Christian support for Israel - with a Biblical basis - for us, in Macedonia, it is of the utmost importance to preserve the memory of our fellow Jews, who were forcibly taken away from us. And taken to Treblinka, fr

ICEJ MK
Mar 232 min read


ANTI-SEMITISM IN THE CHURCH
Anti-Semitism in the church is a painful and deeply troubling contradiction. The church should be a place of moral guidance, conscience, and spiritual purity. When prejudice against the Jewish people emerges in such a place—whether through sermons, teachings, symbols, or silence—it undermines the integrity and human dignity of the faith. This is contrary to the Christian faith and overstates the gospel message. The church is called to bear witness to God in love, truth, and j

ICEJ MK
Feb 238 min read


ICEJ sponsors ISAIAH 19 conference in Cyprus
For the third year in a row, the International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem helped sponsor the annual Isaiah 19 Conference in Cyprus in November, which drew dozens of Arab, Jewish, and Gentile believers from Israel, Egypt, Lebanon, and even one from Iran. Having hosted these International Middle East Network conferences in Cyprus for almost 25 years, it was a great joy for me to once again gather with so many believers from the Isaiah 19 path. This year we had about 60 peop

ICEJ MK
Feb 232 min read
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