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Israel's Arab Minority
At the close of 2023, statistics showed one-fifth of Israel's population (approximately 21%) is Arab. This is approximately 2 million Arabs who enjoy full equal civil rights . Most are considered permanent residents.
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Where is the Best Place to be a Christian in the Middle East?
Like all minorities in Israel, Christians enjoy equal rights and freedoms More than 100,000 Christians have been murdered each year for the past 10 years in the Middle East. That’s five Christians every five minutes.
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A History of Christian Zionism
Zionism is as old as the Bible itself and can be described simply as a love and longing for the land God gave to the Jewish people.
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Is Israel A Racist State?
In a speech at the United Nations, former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad described Israel as a “paragon of racism.” Similar charges are leveled against the Jewish State in the global media and across college campuses, where Israel is likened to Apartheid South Africa.…
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Taking Israel Out of the Bible
New Christians struggling to study their Bible are often taught to read the Scriptures as though they were written personally to them, even reciting the Scriptures using one’s own name in place of the verse’s subject.
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10 Reasons Christians Should Support Israel
Beyond the foundational verse of Genesis 12:3, Christians should articulate a broad spectrum of compelling personal, practical, political, historical, and moral reasons to support Israel and stand in solidarity with the Jewish people.
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Why have some groups tried to portray Christian Zionism as a heresy?
Those behind the public campaign to demonize and delegitimize the State of Israel have opened up a new front in the Christian world.
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Jerusalem under Israeli Control
At the end of the Israeli War of Independence in 1949, Jerusalem was a divided city. The western half of the city was under Israeli control and the eastern half, including the Old City and the Temple Mount, was under Jordanian…
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What is Israel and Why is it Important?
There is perhaps no place on Earth more controversial and more important than Israel – a tiny state – the size of New Jersey— in the heart of the Middle East. But for all the controversy, what is Israel?
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Was Jesus a Palestinian?
The Bible states clearly that Jesus and His family were of Jewish descent and lived according to Jewish law.
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Justice Can Only Be Based on Truth
Tackling the trend of ignoring the Bible and history. A small but growing circle of Christian leaders is seeking to lead evangelicals in America away from support for Israel and are doing so under the banner of “social justice” and “just peacemaking.”
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An Open Letter to America’s Christian Zionists: ICEJ Response
A Response by the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem On September 19, 2011 Dr. David P. Gushee and Dr. Glen H. Stassen released An Open Letter to America’s Christian Zionists.
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