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Number of Christian woman prisoners is growing in Iran

ALTHOUGH women's participation rate in Iranian society is highly limited due to traditional Islamic beliefs, there are also women who grasp every opportunity to take social, financial and political roles in an endeavor to revive their fundamental rights.

Israel strikes Hamas sites to retaliate rocket fire attack

Defense Minister Benny Gantz warned that Hamas was walking a thin line, and should rocket fire continue there are many military options.

Why is Israel retreating from Gaza now?

The 16 million Jews in the world represent less than 1 percent of the world’s population.  Yet 30 percent of the billionaires in the world are Jewish.  Saudi Arabia next door is the world’s 18th largest economy, relying heavily on oil. 
Unleavened bread

Arabs to be sensitive to Jews with pitas over Pessah

ARAB bakers from the Galilee region and Israel’s northern Mediterranean coast will respect Jews’ religious feelings and not sell leavened bread over Passover.

Israeli missile has struck Iran, US officials say

An explosion was heard north-west of the Iranian city of Isfahan early Friday morning, according to the country’s semi-official Fars news agency.
Benjamin Netanyahu

Israel’s Christian population registers growth

A report released by Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) in December said the Christian population increased by 2% in 2021. Israel’s population is 9.6 million.

Former model Karin Bauman dies of anorexia at 35

Bauman was admitted to the intensive care unit at Tel Aviv’s Ichilov Hospital at the beginning of the week after her condition deteriorated due to a pneumonia infection.
Palestinian Christians

More Christians leaving middle east region

NATIVE Christians feel that the Holy Land may soon become a 'Christian Disney Land' where believers visit but never stay, CBN News reported.

Muslim turned Christian pastor shares his story

“My neighborhood was mixed, Christians and Muslims,” he said. “My grandpa rented out to Christians, mainly Greek Orthodox, and that neighborhood was cosmopolitan.”

Israel hits Hezbollah targets in Lebanon

The IDF said that the sites targeted were used by Hezbollah to direct terrorism. The strikes came in response to attacks by Hezbollah against the IDF on Monday.
The suffering of Christ

The happiness of suffering

Suffering for our own mistakes tends to be a source of shame. But to suffer for the sake of righteousness (because we are followers of Jesus) is a cause for joy in the Lord.
Smith Wigglesworth

Have faith in God: Smith Wigglesworth

It is grand to see people believe God. God knew all about this leg and that it was broken in two places. I said to the woman, "When I pray, something will happen." Her husband was sitting there; he had been in his chair for four years and could not walk a step.

Churches petition Murmu to save Christians in Manipur

An estimated 35,000 Meitei Christians face “total cleansing and obliteration" in all the valley districts of the hilly state, according to their memorandum submitted to Murmu on June 26.