Persecution of believers in Yeshua as Lord and Messiah, the Son of God, is not a new thing in Israel.  Rather, it is a phenomenon that has returned to Israel, for opposition to the gospel and persecution against those who believe the good news began in Israel already from the days since Yeshua was born. 

“The Shoah wasn't a crime against humanity, but a crime against the Jews”.  (Eli Wiesel)

   Holocaust Remembrance Day, Monday, May 2nd. At 10:00 AM sirens wailed throughout Israel bringing life to a standstill for 2 minutes. Cars stopped, even in the middle of busy streets, their drivers exiting to stand in respectful silence. Pedestrians and shoppers stood motionless as statues, many with heads bowed, some weeping or mouthing a silent prayer, honoring the memory of the 6 million Jews slaughtered simply for being Jewish.  

Hamas officials: We'll honor unofficial truce with Israel; Zahar says Palestinian reconciliation deal is a direct result of Mubarak's ouster.

David Wilkerson, author of The Cross and the Switchblade and founder of World Challenge Ministries, died in a car crash today, Charisma and CBN are reporting. CBN reports that Wilkerson, 79, was driving and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Wilkerson was driving east on U.S. 175 in Texas Wednesday afternoon, and moved into the opposite lane where a tractor trailer was driving westbound. The truck driver saw the car and tried to move out of the way, but still collided with the pastor's car head on, according to Public Safety Trooper Eric Long.

There are many reasons that Netanyahu is incapable of stating the truth and ending the 18-year policy nightmare in which Israel is an active partner in its own demise.

Mohamed Basuny, Cairo’s envoy to Israel for 13 years, says deal has reaped untold benefits for both nations.

30-year-old killed, five injured as cars were attacked en route to Joseph's Tomb in the West Bank; driver of attacked car sped to nearest army base.

בדצמבר האחרון היא נפצעה בפיגוע דקירה בהרי ירושלים וחברתה קריסטין נרצחה, אתמול היא חזרה למקום כמדריכה וסיפרה את סיפורה

"כאן, ליד האבן, קריסטין מתה במקומי", מצביעה קיי וילסון על סלע הררי בחורשת "חרבת חנות" בהרי ירושלים, בפני מטיילים שהגיעו לסיור בהדרכתה.

Stabbing victim says she refuses to be overcome by fear, returns after four months to guide tourists once again.

"It happened not far from here," Kaye Wilson said this week on her first tour of the Jerusalem Forest since a brutal knife attack there that left her friend Kristine Luken dead and Wilson severely wounded.

Jerusalem Post By YAAKOV LAPPIN 04/18/2011 01:59
"We would have killed the two other children, but didn’t know they were there," one suspect tells Shin Bet interrogators.

Once again we found ourselves glued to the TV as Egyptians rose up against their Pharaoh, crying out for freedom and... JOBS!

Who could resist feeling compassion for these citizens who wanted a chance to pursue a better life?  To find an exit from virtual serfdom and destitution?

Out of this emotional and wrenching upheaval, Western politicians and the media began to hope and pray for a miracle, a western-type “instant democracy.”

Western columnists happily pointed out that few – very few – protesters were burning U.S. and Israeli flags. Indeed, most of the demonstrators were peaceful. All these were hopeful signs.