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

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

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

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

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,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Published on: 12.2.2026 By Laurina Driesse (with contributions by Naomi Ammon) Amid rumblings of renewed war with Iran, over 70 pastors and ministry leaders from 20 nations gathered in Jerusalem in early February for the ICEJ’s Envision 2026 conference. The four-day teaching conference, held under the theme “Israel and Your Church,” offered fresh revelation and biblical understanding on Israel amid the chilling surge in global antisemitism and even denunciations of Christian

Published on: 23.1.2026 by: David R. Parsons, ICEJ Senior Vice President & Spokesman This has been an intense week here in Jerusalem. It started out with the Iranian regime seemingly on the brink of being toppled by mass street protests and perhaps US military intervention. Meanwhile, certain Patriarchs of the historic churches in Jerusalem issued a statement last Saturday denouncing Christian Zionism, setting off a firestorm of debate within the Christian world about the bib

Published on: 20.1.2026 Press Statement The International Christian Embassy Jerusalem takes issue with the recent Statement from the Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem on Unity and Representation of the Christian Communities in the Holy Land (January 17, 2026) concerning its charge that Christian Zionism is among the “damaging ideologies” being advanced by unnamed local individuals to “mislead the public, sow confusion, and harm the unity of our flock.” As Christia

Published on: 25.6.2021 By: David R. Parsons, ICEJ Vice President and Senior Spokesman One of the sad outcomes of history is that antisemitism has not just survived in the post-Holocaust era, it has thrived. One would have thought that when the depravities of the Nazi genocide against the Jews of Europe were exposed after World War II, such vile hatred would have disappeared. Alas, it has come back in waves and without any shame. It also is tragic Theodor Herzl’s hope that t