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# Israel My Beloved

International Christian Zionist Center

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- [WHAT UTTER DECEPTION!  THE PLO REJECTS ALL PEACE DEALS.](https://israelmybeloved.com/what-utter-deception/) - The Palestinians from the very start, themselves have rejected all solutions up to this very day. Israel is for peace; but when Israel speaks, they are for war!
- [Biblical Sites](https://israelmybeloved.com/biblical-sites-2/) - Special thanks to Dr. Randall Smith and Christian Travel Study Programs, Ltd. for the Biblical Sites Scripture Index and short articles on selected biblical sites listed below. Neither the index nor list of selected sites are exhaustive, but are merely a starting point for your journey. Biblical Sites Scripture Index Ashdod Ashkelon Banias (Caesarea Philippi)
- [The New Testament Basis for the Restoration of Israel](https://israelmybeloved.com/the-new-testament-basis-for-the-restoration-of-israel-3/) - They asked Him, "Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?" Many passages clearly refer to an eternal purpose of God for His ancient people.
- [What is the hope for the Middle East?](https://israelmybeloved.com/what-is-the-hope-for-the-middle-east/) - In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian will come into Egypt and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians will serve with the Assyrians. In that day Israel will be one of three with Egypt and Assyria--a blessing in the midst of the land, whom the Lord of hosts
- [Mobilization for war](https://israelmybeloved.com/mobilization-for-war/) - For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him. (2 Chronicles 16:9) Fight the good fight of faith. (1 Timothy 6:12) We were troubled on every side. Outside were conflicts, inside were fears. (2 Corinthians 7:5)
- [ATTACK IS THE BEST FORM OF DEFENSE](https://israelmybeloved.com/attack-is-the-best-form-of-defense/) - "I think that anyone who is going to establish a Palestinian state today and evacuate lands is giving attack grounds to radical Islam against the state of Israel." - Benjamin Netanyahu' actual, documented pre-election statement that has been blatantly misreported by the media as the prime minister's rejection of a two state solution, a falsification
- [The Fundamental Characteristics of the New Covenant!](https://israelmybeloved.com/the-fundamental-characteristics-of-the-new-covenant/) - Yes, it is true Jesus elevated the law and the prophets when He during the Sermon on the Mount spoke these words: "Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass
- [“Rak lo Bibi” will bring us to Tibi](https://israelmybeloved.com/rak-lo-bibi-will-bring-us-to-tibi/) - With people now in Herzog and Livni’s party like MK Merav Michaeli who once said Israeli mothers should not send their sons to the IDF, and MK Stav Shaffir who according to a book on the 2011 social protests called ‘Hatikva’ a racist song, whereas Prof. Yossi Yona said he does not connect to the
- [Misunderstanding about the New Covenant](https://israelmybeloved.com/misunderstanding-about-the-new-covenant/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven There seems to be widespread misunderstanding concerning the nature and character of the New Covenant which God promised through His prophet Jeremiah to one day impart to His people Israel. These are the words of this promise: Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make
- [Ms. Rice, God is watching YOU](https://israelmybeloved.com/ms-rice-god-is-watching-you/) - By Stan Goodenough Dear Secretary Rice As I write this, you are making your way back home after spending two days throwing your weight around in Israel, my adopted homeland. Yes, I know it’s your job as Secretary of State; you have a president to please. You speak for the world’s number one superpower. And
- [A strange phenomenon!](https://israelmybeloved.com/a-strange-phenomenon/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the captives of the righteous be delivered? But thus says the Lord: "Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible be delivered; for I will contend with him who contends with you,
- [Report: Christian Zionist Feast of Tabernacles 2006](https://israelmybeloved.com/report-christian-zionist-feast-of-tabernacles-2006/) - By Retha Hanekom "Awesome!" was the way at least one of the participants described the Christian Zionist Feast of Tabernacles 2006. And we all agree to that! How do you convey and condense a myriad divine impressions and responses into a few paragraphs? During this Feast the Holy Spirit was hovering over us daily and
- [Will Obama Become the Appointed Leader of this World?](https://israelmybeloved.com/will-obama-become-the-appointed-leader-of-this-world/) - Will the Republican Party win back the White House only to see their nation come progressively under the sway and influence of the emergent world government? Does the aspiration of their present president, Barak Hussein Obama, to become the next secretary-general of the United Nations portend the ominous danger of him using that position to
- [In Defense for Israel](https://israelmybeloved.com/in-defense-for-israel/) - Israel has been surrounded for years since her inception with fierce hatred by the nations surrounding her and by many of the Palestinians as well. The Hamas charter even officially calls for the destruction of the Jewish State in her Covenant: "Israel will exist and will continue to exist until Islam will obliterate it, just
- [Churchill or Chamberlain?](https://israelmybeloved.com/churchill-or-chamberlain/) - When Shimon Peres lost to Benjamin Netanyahu with a very slight margin in the 1996 election for Prime Minister, he, Shimon Peres, was interviewed the day following by Daniel Ben Simon from the Haaretz. These are the words with which Shimon Peres explained his defeat by Netanyahu: [Excerpt from an interview with Haaretz journalist
- [Is this what we need?](https://israelmybeloved.com/is-this-what-we-need/) - How in the world can the Israeli public trust her? She, Tzipi Livni, betrayed her former party, the Likud, and while Prime Minister Sharon betrayed some of the finest of his people in Gush Katif when he surrendered it to Israel’s enemies, she chose to be with him in this betrayal. When in the
- [What do we really expect?](https://israelmybeloved.com/what-do-we-really-expect/) - On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, "If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water." (John 7:37-38) When I say that for years in
- [How important is God’s Temple Mount?](https://israelmybeloved.com/how-important-is-gods-temple-mount/) - As the prophet Ezekiel already shows, it was always in the purpose and heart of God when He said that He would one day bring His people back from all the countries where they had been scattered – that they would come back to His and their land “to serve Him on His holy mountain”
- [Is this a Muslim President?](https://israelmybeloved.com/is-this-a-muslim-president/) - Is it not incredibly ironic that President Barack Obama who was voted into office by - among others - a large majority of women voters, many of them feminists, may become a threat to the very liberties they have fought for because of his love for the world of ISLAM. Nowhere in this sad
- [ISLAM a peaceful religion?](https://israelmybeloved.com/islam-a-peaceful-religion/) - How can people continue to insist - in the face of the recent wave of awful massacres, inhumane terrorist attacks etc that have without exception been perpetrated in the name of Allah and ISLAM - that the religion of ISLAM is itself peaceful and that it is only ‘radical’ or ‘jihadist’ ISLAM that is the
- [L’histoire se répète](https://israelmybeloved.com/lhistoire-se-repete/) - Will Obama’s bad deal with Iran lead us to a 3rd World War, in same way as Chamberlain’s bad deal with Hitler led to the 2nd World War? There is a parallel to be drawn with what has happened in the past and what has unfolded during these last decennia relating both to
- [The fall of the nations?](https://israelmybeloved.com/the-fall-of-the-nations/) - As an introduction I would warn any person who would be inclined to belittle or even reject the warnings from God that he or she should realize this is exactly what the people of Israel – God’s own chosen ones – did with the warnings of God in their day and age. So we have
- [‘No weapon formed against you, Israel, shall prosper’](https://israelmybeloved.com/no-weapon-formed-against-you-israel-shall-prosper/) - I feel to write a brief but direct letter in the face of resistance that will almost certainly come from some quarters to the 'Australia Initiative' that has now gone out to raise up Christians – beginning in Australia and going around the world, to stand strongly and unequivocally with Israel’s right to her land.
- [ONLY TOGETHER WE WILL WIN!](https://israelmybeloved.com/only-together-we-will-win/) - Against one another or against our real and deadly enemies? Only together we will win – is the chosen slogan of the just joined political parties of Isaac Herzog (Chairman of Labor) and Tzipi Livni (chairwoman of Tnua). But win over whom? Israel’s sworn enemies or fellow Israelis? The opposite will be the
- [True prevailing prayer](https://israelmybeloved.com/true-prevailing-prayer/) - May the Lord help us by His Spirit to see the breakthrough over those things that are on His heart for us as Paul writes in his epistle to the Romans: Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the
- [A MAGNIFICENT DEFENSE OF ISRAEL](https://israelmybeloved.com/a-magnificent-defense-of-israel/) - This defense of Israel by the United States Republican Senator Marco Rubio is so magnificent that I believe we all should do our best to spread it as much as possible. Here is the link: [youtube id="CdMWbqZsyuM" width="600" height="350"] Jan Willem van der Hoeven, Director International Christian Zionist Center
- [VIDEOS: ICZC Feast of Tabernacles 2014](https://israelmybeloved.com/videos-iczc-feast-of-tabernacles-2013/) - FEAST OF TABERNACLES 2014 - HIGHLIGHTS [youtube id="kV9mjAqRCGA" width="600" height="350"]
- [The fall of the United States](https://israelmybeloved.com/the-fall-of-the-united-states/) - While many today are discussing whether to put boots on the ground in Syria or Iraq, America's enemy laughs, for he is preparing right now to put many boots on America's soil. And the result will be unimaginable evil! There they come hundreds, thousands of them willing to die or commit suicide as they enter
- [Archeological Digs](https://israelmybeloved.com/archeological-digs/) - Israel is one of the premier spots in the world for anyone interested in archeology. The amount of history buried beneath the land is awesome, and the thrill of uncovering these treasures from the past is a treat like no other. At any given time, top Israeli professionals can be found conducting archeological expeditions and
- [TWO EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT MEMBERS SPEAK OUT!](https://israelmybeloved.com/two-european-parliament-members-speak-out/) - On September 3, 2011, two passionate speeches were delivered at a gathering in Berlin. They came from Geert Wilders - a Dutch parliamentarian and leader of the Party for Freedom (PVV), the third-largest political party in the Netherlands - and from Oskar Freysinger - a Swiss parliamentarian and member of the Swiss People's Party (SVP).
- [Say 'No!' to a Palestinian state](https://israelmybeloved.com/say-no-to-a-palestinian-state/) - Yasser Arafat received the Nobel Prize for Peace from the Norwegians, in spite of his multiple murders and crimes, both against individuals of many nations, and against humanity[i]. Will the Israeli government truly now give to Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and Arafat’s other heirs, a state of their own on Israel’s ancient land? ********
- [Is it already too late for the United States?](https://israelmybeloved.com/is-it-already-too-late-for-the-united-states/) - Let the saints be joyful in glory; let them sing aloud on their beds. Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand, to execute vengeance on the nations, and punishments on the peoples; to bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;
- [Another 9-11?](https://israelmybeloved.com/another-9-11/) - Beginning September 9, the United States Senate and Congress, in response to the request of President Barack Obama, will deliberate and vote on whether or not to punish Syria's Bashar Assad for using chemical weapons on his people. Israelis will await the outcome with bated breath... ******** Israelis will await the outcome with bated
- [Will it help or hinder?](https://israelmybeloved.com/will-it-help-or-hinder/) - The crucial and essential question that needs to be put to believers who have “been led” to become part of the Roman Catholic Church is this: Will the Catholic Church, in her doctrines and practices, become more distinctly the bride of the Lord through their witness and testimony, or will the opposite result in these
- [All inclusive Babylonian unity!](https://israelmybeloved.com/all-inclusive-babylonian-unity/) - He is the perfect matchmaker, Pope Francis, to see Christians from East and West unite – possibly even with true Allah-fearing Muslims joining in – but certainly the majority of Christians from nearly all existing denominations. This is to say, Christians from the Roman Catholic and Orthodox traditions, but eventually also those from the mainline
- [The curse of the traditions of men](https://israelmybeloved.com/the-curse-of-the-traditions-of-men/) - He answered and said to them, “Why do you also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition? For God commanded, saying, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.’ But you say, ‘Whoever says to his father or mother, “Whatever profit you
- [The coming Third World War](https://israelmybeloved.com/the-coming-third-world-war/) - The following is a transcript of a message delivered by Jan Willem van der Hoeven in Norway on July 20, 2014. And I hope also that the Lord Jesus, by His Spirit, will show you what to do with the information - because we are living in unbelievably prophetic times. And I have a feeling that
- [Peace will come through victory](https://israelmybeloved.com/peace-will-come-through-victory/) - Elisha had become sick with the illness of which he would die. Then Joash the king of Israel came down to him, and wept over his face, and said, "O my father, my father, the chariots of Israel and their horsemen!" And Elisha said to him, "Take a bow and some arrows." So he took
- [Sharon is dead; God's enemies?](https://israelmybeloved.com/sharon-is-dead-but-gods-enemies-are-alive/) - Amidst all the accolades concerning the life of Ariel Sharon in the "Sharon edition" of The Jerusalem Post, we find in that same paper the most ominous threats - probably buried away to most Israelis who are occupied more with the just-passing away of their 11th prime minister, who by the more leftist Israeli politicians and journalists
- [In defense of Israel](https://israelmybeloved.com/in-defense-of-israel/) - It is not true that Israel will lose its Jewish character by annexing Judea and Samaria!Where is the famed intellect, I wonder - amazed - when I read the often spouted utter nonsense of some leftist Israeli politicians and educators, as they "reason" that the only way to solve the Israel-Palestinian conflict is to divide
- [Wrong and devious terminology](https://israelmybeloved.com/wrong-and-devious-terminology/) - Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil. (Isaiah 5:20) The vile person shall no more be called: liberal. (Isaiah 32:5) As someone once said, an undue mixture of ethics and statistics prevails in our day - and more often the statistics influence ethical standards rather than the other way around. What it
- [The Ezekiel Temple](https://israelmybeloved.com/the-ezekiel-temple/) - Fully eight chapters in the book of Ezekiel have been dedicated to a beautiful structure, to a temple which has yet to be built in Jerusalem. Surely this is a measure of the tremendous importance the Scriptures attach to it? Apart from these final chapters in Ezekiel, we find the temple mentioned elsewhere in the
- [Armageddon: In the Valley of Jezreel, or Jehoshaphat?](https://israelmybeloved.com/armageddon-in-the-valley-of-jezreel-or-jehoshaphat/) - "Let the nations be wakened, and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; for there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations. Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, go down; for the winepress is full, the vats overflow-- for their wickedness is great." Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of
- [Israel - Be Ready for John Kerry](https://israelmybeloved.com/israel-be-ready-for-john-kerry/) - As US Secretary of State John Kerry boards his plane for yet another flight to the Middle East, here are a few requests Israel's government could have ready to make to its American guest. 1. Please convey to President Barack Obama, with all due respect, that unless Jonathan Pollard - who has not murdered even
- [What Is Your Focus Point Now?](https://israelmybeloved.com/what-is-your-focus-point-now/) - If the New Testament clearly teaches that there is still a wonderful and spiritual future for God's people Israel, how can any Christian believer not be in support of Israel? Where is at this moment the focus of your attention and prayer in your life and ministry when you read the following verses? I tell
- [Who'll Follow In Their Footsteps?](https://israelmybeloved.com/who-will-follow-in-their-footsteps/) - In December 2013, a group of more than 20 Christian leaders from Norway presented in Israel's Parliament 'the Knesset' to Deputy Knesset speaker Gila Gamliel the following statement "Forgive us, Israel" with copies for all the 120 Knesset members. I was privileged to speak to the entire group the evening before and felt the anointing and
- [Valerie Jarrett and the President](https://israelmybeloved.com/valerie-jarrett-and-the-president/) - They call her "the spine of Obama", 'his mentor', the world's most influential woman. She is without question the most influential power behind Barack Obama's presidency. As Richard Miniter writes, in "Leading from behind:" [H]e can confide in almost no one, because opening up would break the spell that he has managed to cast over
- [Bethlehem](https://israelmybeloved.com/bethlehem/) - By Dr. Randall Smith Courtesy of Christian Travel Study Programs, Ltd. Situated in the mountains just south of Jerusalem, Bethlehem has played a pivotal role in history. Nearby, the matriarch Rachel is buried and her tomb is a pilgrimage site to this day. To Bethlehem, Ruth the Moabitess comforted her mother-in-law Naomi with the words,
- [Volunteering for a dig in Israel](https://israelmybeloved.com/volunteering-for-a-dig-in-israel/) - By Ryan Jones Volunteering to participate in an Israeli archeological dig can change your life. To participate in uncovering the past, especially as so much of it dates from the biblical era, is an opportunity few experience. And yet, it is easier to do than many realise. Archeological expeditions in Israel often enlist the help
- [Has the Left no intellect at all?](https://israelmybeloved.com/has-the-left-no-intellect-at-all/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven How in the world is it possible that people who claim to possess above average intelligence can be so destructive and so lacking in understanding? Is it their pride and arrogance that keeps them from seeing what should be clear to all: That once, years ago, they articulated the
- [Capernaum](https://israelmybeloved.com/capernaum/) - By Dr. Randall Smith Courtesy of Christian Travel Study Programs, Ltd. Though Jesus grew up in Nazareth, he chose to move His teaching and healing ministry to the shores of the Sea of Galilee. At that time that Jesus stayed primarily in the village of Capernaum on the shores of the Sea. In this village,
- [Bethsaida](https://israelmybeloved.com/bethsaida/) - By Dr. Randall Smith Courtesy of Christian Travel Study Programs, Ltd. Bethsaida derives its name from the plentiful wildlife and fish that provided sustenance for the Biblical village that existed here. Peter, Phillip and Andrew grew up in the village, which is located near the mouth of the Jordan River. Jesus performed many miracles in
- [Dan (Tel Dan)](https://israelmybeloved.com/dan-tel-dan/) - By Dr. Randall Smith Courtesy of Christian Travel Study Programs, Ltd. Located at the foot of Mt Hermon and the Golan Heights, in the northeastern corner of the Huleh Valley, the Tel Dan Nature Reserve encompasses both a fabulous landscape and the ruins (and partially restored remains) of an ancient Israelite city. Both the city
- [Sea of Galilee](https://israelmybeloved.com/sea-of-galilee/) - By Dr. Randall Smith Courtesy of Christian Travel Study Programs, Ltd. Since the beginning of time, the Sea of Galilee has provided its fishermen with a plentiful source of sustenance. Some of the apostles were fishermen: "As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother
- [Hebron](https://israelmybeloved.com/hebron/) - By Dr. Randall Smith Courtesy of Christian Travel Study Programs, Ltd. The Bible tells us that Abraham buried his late wife Sarah in the Cave of Machpelah. He insisted on paying for the cave, so that his descendants would have the right of burial there for eternity. And, indeed, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob were laid
- [Hazor](https://israelmybeloved.com/hazor/) - By Dr. Randall Smith Courtesy of Christian Travel Study Programs, Ltd. Canaanite Hazor, a metropolis comparable in size to the biggest cities in the ancient Near East, was a force to be reckoned with. Not only was it well fortified, but it towered above the main thoroughfare between Syria and Egypt. Nevertheless, the rulers of
- [Jaffa](https://israelmybeloved.com/jaffa/) - By Dr. Randall Smith Courtesy of Christian Travel Study Programs, Ltd. Jaffa is the oldest and perhaps most famous of the ports along the Israel?s coast. From Jaffa port, the Bible records that the prophet Jonah set sail for Tarshish, running away when the Lord commanded him to preach in the wicked city of Nineveh.
- [Jezreel Valley](https://israelmybeloved.com/jezreel-valley/) - By Dr. Randall Smith Courtesy of Christian Travel Study Programs, Ltd. Known, in Hebrew, as "The Valley of God?s Saving" (Ha-Emek), the Jezreel Valley is located between the mountains of Samaria in the south and the Galilee heights in the north. Israel?s largest valley is also transversed by the ancient byway called the Via Maris,
- [Jericho](https://israelmybeloved.com/jericho/) - By Dr. Randall Smith Courtesy of Christian Travel Study Programs, Ltd. Thought by archeologists to be over 10,000 years old, Jericho is the oldest known walled city in the world. When Joshua and the Children of Israel entered the Promised Land for the first time, those walls came "tumbling down". "When the trumpets sounded, the
- [Mt. of Beatitudes](https://israelmybeloved.com/mt-of-beatitudes/) - By Dr. Randall Smith Courtesy of Christian Travel Study Program, Ltd. Towering above the Sea of Galilee and offering the country?s most magnificent view of that shimmering blue lake, the Mount of Beatitudes is a favorite site for today?s Christian pilgrim. In an area overlooking the Sea, Jesus preached the Sermon on the Mount. "Now
- [Mt. Tabor](https://israelmybeloved.com/mt-tabor/) - By Dr. Randall Smith Courtesy of Christian Travel Study Programs, Ltd. Travelers passing through the lower Galilee can?t help but be impressed by the splendor of a dome-shaped mountain that towers above the road. Great stories of the Bible are restored here, like the battle with the king of Hazor recorded in Judges 4 &5.
- [Mt. Hermon](https://israelmybeloved.com/mt-hermon/) - By Dr. Randall Smith Courtesy of Christian Travel Study Programs, Ltd. "Over there are the hills of the Golan, stretch out your hands and touch them. In their stalwart stillness they give the command to halt in splendid isolation Grandfather Hermon slumbers. A cool wind blows from the peak of whiteness" These haunting lines were
- [Nazareth](https://israelmybeloved.com/nazareth/) - By Dr. Randall Smith Courtesy of Christian Travel Study Programs In the hill country of the tribe of Zebulun, a small village existed for almost two thousand years before the birth of Jesus and yet was virtually unknown in ancient texts and references. This village was unwalled and unprotected, built into a small chalk ridge
- [Shiloh](https://israelmybeloved.com/shiloh/) - By Dr. Randall Smith Courtesy of Christian Travel Study Programs, Ltd. After Joshua conquered the Land of Israel, the Ark of the Covenant was placed in the village of Shiloh. Located in the area settled by the tribes of Benjamin and Ephraim, Shiloh became known as the "place of the Lord?s Tabernacle." It was to
- [Sodom](https://israelmybeloved.com/sodom/) - By Dr. Randall Smith Courtesy of Christian Travel Study Programs, Ltd. While Abraham had discovered that God desired man to live according to a set of moral precepts, most of the ancient world continued to worship idols and practice abominations. The best known of these wicked cities are Sodom and Gomorrah. God decided to destroy
- [Tabgha](https://israelmybeloved.com/tabgha/) - By Dr. Randall Smith Courtesy of Christian Travel Study Programs, Ltd. At the time of Jesus, scholars believe Tabgha was an uninhabited farming area. The Greeks called the region "Heptapegon", or Seven Springs, and in Arabic the name changed form and became Tabgha. Some Christian historians have surmised that Jesus may come here when looking
- [Tiberias](https://israelmybeloved.com/tiberias/) - By Dr. Randall Smith Courtesy of Christian Travel Study Programs, Ltd. Tiberias is 2,000 years old, constructed by Herod Antipas around the year 20. The city was dedicated to the Roman Caesar Tiberius, and is mentioned only in passing in the Gospels: "Then some boats from Tiberias landed near the place where the people had
- [Ein Gedi](https://israelmybeloved.com/ein-gedi/) - By Dr. Randall Smith Courtesy of Christian Travel Study Programs, Ltd. Ein Gedi is a tropical oasis rich in flora and fauna whose Hebrew name means, "spring of the young goat". David fled to the caves of Ein Gedi when hiding from Saul: "And David went up from there and lived in the strongholds of
- [Jeep tours](https://israelmybeloved.com/jeep-tours/) - By Ryan Jones Perhaps the most sought after of all adventure sports in Israel are its jeep tours. Whether up in the mountains and hills of the Galilee and Golan, or down in the Judean and Negev wadis and ravines, these four-wheel drive tours rarely disappoint. A number of different jeep tours are available, from
- [Water skiing](https://israelmybeloved.com/water-skiing/) - By Ryan Jones Israel is a favorite summer vacation spot for many from around the world because of its long summer months and numerous beaches and water sports. Whether it be on the Sea of Galilee, the Mediterranean coast or the Red Sea, you'll find an abundance of water sports providers for water skiing, jet-skiing,
- [Snow skiing](https://israelmybeloved.com/snow-skiing/) - By Ryan Jones Yes, Israel even offers snow skiing! Though it is not the Alps, the experience of actually snow skiing in the Middle East, generally known as a desert region, is pretty surreal. Mt. Hermon in the northern Golan Heights is the one place in Israel to snow ski. Its modern ski resort offers
- [Skydiving](https://israelmybeloved.com/skydiving/) - By Ryan Jones While the skydiving options in Israel are few, for the truly brave taking advantage of one of them is an experience second-to-none. And you'd better believe that there are few comparable views of the Holy Land's beautiful landscapes to be found. Aerodium Location: Eilat Tel: 972-8-637-2745 Fax: 972-8-633-1676 Paradive Location: HaBonim Beach
- [Scuba diving](https://israelmybeloved.com/scuba-diving/) - By Ryan Jones Going down! Israel's seas have some of the most spectacular diving spots anywhere. From underwater archeological sites in the Mediterranean, where you can drift lazily down ancient Roman streets, to stunning coral castles populated with rainbows of tropical sea life in the Red Sea, Israel is world renowned as a top diving
- [Rafting / Kayaking](https://israelmybeloved.com/rafting-kayaking/) - By Ryan Jones The world-famous Jordan River, scene of the Israelites entry into the Promised Land and Jesus' baptism, may not be a particularly large watercourse, but Israelis have nonetheless turned it into a white-water rafting and kayaking playground. From its tributaries in the foothills of Mount Hermon to where it flows into the Galilee,
- [Horseback riding](https://israelmybeloved.com/horseback-riding/) - By Ryan Jones Horseback riding opportunites in Israel are numerous, and we have only included some of our favorites here. Again, Israel's variety of landscapes afford wonderful riding experiences. The most popular riding spots for visitors are the Golan Heights and the Upper Galilee, which offer rolling green hills, ferny forests and water-washed wadis. B'Rosh
- [Hang-gliding & paragliding](https://israelmybeloved.com/hang-gliding-paragliding/) - By Ryan Jones The number of people taking to the air for the thrill of hang-gliding and paragliding has increased notably over the years, as men and women are enticed to launch themselves off of Israel's numerous mountains and cliffs. On any given day one can see a number of paragliders drifting up and down
- [Camel tours](https://israelmybeloved.com/camel-tours/) - By Ryan Jones Israel's desert camel tours are actually some of the best in the Middle East. The Negev desert region provides a more than perfect setting for such adventures, and the level of professionalism associated with camel tours and desert hospitality in Israel is second to none. This is a true, authentic Middle East
- [Boating](https://israelmybeloved.com/boating/) - By Ryan Jones Though Israel has only three main water venues, the nation is aqua-loving and on weekends takes to the Galilee, Mediterranean and Red seas in yachts, motor-launches and water-scooters. The favorite amongst Israelis is wind-sailing on the Red Sea, a sport that has gained huge popularity over the past decade. Acco Princess Location:
- [Biking](https://israelmybeloved.com/biking/) - By Ryan Jones Israel's variety of landscapes seems tailor-made for great on- or off-road biking. From the picturesque Golan Heights to the rugged Negev, the country's mountain biking scene is both challenging and diverse. A large number of biking trails have been established throughout the country, and numerous biking clubs, professionals and equipment providers are
- [Rappelling / Climbing](https://israelmybeloved.com/rappelling-climbing/) - By Ryan Jones Israel's mutliple mountain ranges, dramatic cliff faces and rocky ravines provide plentiful opportunities for rappelling and rock climbing. The varying geologival strata, from desert wadis to basalt cliffs provide a wide range of rappelling and climbing experiences and atmospheres. Experience a cool weather climb on the slopes of Mt. Hermon on one
- [Adventure Tours](https://israelmybeloved.com/adventure-tours/) - For adventure sportsman and sportswoman, Israel is a wonderland. Despite its small size, the land's variety of geographical zones provides terrain for activities ranging from snow skiing to desert camel safaris. In fact, Israel is a leading provider and location for numerous types of adventure tours and sports, including authentic wilderness treks, magnificent Red Sea
- [Tzippori (Sepphoris)](https://israelmybeloved.com/tzippori-sepphoris/) - By Ryan Jones Tzippori, or Sepphoris, is located in the central Galilee and is one of the richest and most fascinating archeological discoveries in Israel. After the death of King Herod in 4 AD, Tzippori participated in a revolt against Roman rule known as the Verus War. The city was eventually captured and destroyed by
- [Timnah](https://israelmybeloved.com/timnah/) - By Dr. Randall Smith Courtesy of Christian Travel Study Programs, Ltd. Dating back at least three millennia, the copper mines of Timnah at one time prepared metal for the ancient Egyptians, Kings of Judah and perhaps for King Solomon himself. Perhaps that's why one of Israel's most astonishing natural wonders, formations made of Nubian sandstone
- [Qumran](https://israelmybeloved.com/qumran/) - By Dr. Randall Smith Courtesy of Christian Travel Study Programs, Ltd. There had been small settlements in the desert regions of Qumran during the Israelite period, until the Babylonian conquest. But in the second century BC a Jewish sect called the Essenes moved to the area according to many historians. They led communal lives, and
- [Qazrin](https://israelmybeloved.com/qazrin/) - By Dr. Randall Smith Courtesy of Christian Travel Study Programs, Ltd. After the 2nd century Bar Kochva rebellion against the Romans, Jews were banned from Jerusalem. Many of them headed north to the Galilee and settled in the Golan Heights. By the time 200 years had passed, there were nearly three dozen thriving, prosperous settlements
- [Nimrod's Fortress](https://israelmybeloved.com/nimrods-fortress/) - By Ryan Jones Mistakenly linked to the biblical figure Nimrod (Genesis 10:8-9), the fortress was built in the 13th century AD by Al-Aziz 'Othman high in the foothills of Mt. Hermon. 'Othman hastily built the fortress as a defensive position against the Crusader army of Fredrick II, whose troops were advancing from Acco to Damascus,
- [Migdal David (Tower of David)](https://israelmybeloved.com/migdal-david-tower-of-david/) - By Ryan Jones Migdal David, Jerusalem's citadel, was first built by Herod the Great more than 2,000 years ago. The fortress has served throughout the centuries as Jerusalem's primary defense against any attack from the north and the west, the city's defensive weak points. Successive conquerors have destroyed, rebuilt and renovated the structure numerous times
- [Masada](https://israelmybeloved.com/masada/) - By Dr. Randall Smith Courtesy of Christian Travel Study Programs, Ltd. Surrounded on all sides by deep ravines, overlooking the Dead Sea and cut off from civilization by the Judean desert, the fortress of Masada was built for the personal needs of King Herod. Having usurped the throne with Roman support, Herod was worried that
- [Yehiam Fortress](https://israelmybeloved.com/yehiam-fortress/) - By Ryan Jones No one is quite sure when Yehiam Fortress was built, but it was part of a major defensive settlement in the Western Galilee, along with nearby Montfort Castle, during the Crusader period. The fortress was later captured and destroyed by the royal sultan Baybars. When the original settlers of Kibbutz Yehiam settled
- [Kochav HaYarden (Belvoir)](https://israelmybeloved.com/kochav-hayarden-belvoir/) - By Ryan Jones Kochav HaYarden is located in the southern Galilee on the crest of a steep ridge overlooking the Jordan Valley. The castle's original Crusader builders named the fortress Belvoir (beautiful view) because of the spectacular view of the valley below and the mountains of Jordan in the distance. The fortress was originally built
- [Herodion Quarter](https://israelmybeloved.com/herodion-quarter/) - By Ryan Jones Following Israel's War of Independence in 1948, Jordan retained control of Jerusalem's Old City and expelled its Jewish inhabitants. During the 19 years between the War of Independence and the 1967 reunification of Jerusalem following the Six Day War, the Jordanians systematically destroyed the ancient Jewish Quarter of the Old City. The
- [Herodion](https://israelmybeloved.com/herodion/) - By Dr. Randall Smith Courtesy of Christian Travel Study Programs, Ltd. After the Hasmonean (Maccabean) Dynasty collapsed into civil war, Herod - with Roman support - became absolute ruler of Judea. Josephus Flavius, 1st century historian, recorded that Herod decided to ensure his rule and personal safety by building himself a luxurious private palace. The
- [Hamat Tiberias](https://israelmybeloved.com/hamat-tiberias/) - By Ryan Jones Hamat Tiberias was originally built as a hot bath resort by the Romans, and was therefore a gentile city, off limits to Jews. Ironically, Tiberias, and Hamat Tiberias, later became the seat of the Sanhedrin (Jewish religious council) and the hot baths healing properties were recognized by the Jewish leadership as an
- [Hamat Gader](https://israelmybeloved.com/hamat-gader/) - By Ryan Jones Situated at the southern tip of the Golan Heights region, Hamat Gader, along with Tiberias, was a premier hot bath resort in Roman times. The Romans built an extensive network of buildings at the site, incorporating both hot and cold mineral pools for their patrons' pleasure. Most of the Roman buildings have
- [Gamla](https://israelmybeloved.com/gamla/) - By Dr. Randall Smith Courtesy of Christian Travel Study Programs, Ltd. Named for its characteristic hump ("gamal" in Hebrew means "camel"), Gamla is often called the "Massada of the North." Like their compatriots at the famous desert fortress to the south, Gamla's residents tried heroically to resist Roman conquest. In 67 AD, Gamla's defenders fought
- [Beth She'arim](https://israelmybeloved.com/beth-shearim/) - By Ryan Jones Bet She'arim was a flourishing, wealthy Jewish town from the 2nd-4th centuries AD. At one point the town became the seat of the Sanhedrin (Jewish religious council), after Rabbi Yehudah HaNasi moved his study center there. The Sanhedrin later moved, with Rabbi Yehudah, to Tzippori. Bet She'arim's former wealth is evident by
- [Beth Guvrin](https://israelmybeloved.com/beth-guvrin/) - By Dr. Randall Smith Courtesy of Christian Travel Study Programs, Ltd. "The City of Liberty" - ("Eleutheropolis") that's what Roman Emperor Septimius Severus called Bet Guvrin. Archeologists have uncovered impressive findings in this ancient Roman city. Among them an amphitheater, perhaps the most obvious example of Roman "culture". Located along the main route connecting such
- [Beth Alpha](https://israelmybeloved.com/beth-alpha/) - By Ryan Jones During the 5th century AD, the town of Bet Alpha built a beautiful synagogue which is home to one of the most important and stunning mosaic floors discovered in Israel. The floor is made up of three mosaic panels, each depicting a different scene - the Ark of the Covenant, the zodiac
- [Historical Attractions](https://israelmybeloved.com/historical-attractions/) - Israel is the land of the Bible and most of its historical sites do date back to that time. However, the land is also an ancient one filled with millennia of extra-biblical history. Israel has experienced countless wars, been the birthplace of world altering ideas, and seen the passing of numerous civilizations in its long
- [Avdat](https://israelmybeloved.com/avdat/) - By Dr. Randall Smith Courtesy of Christian Travel Study Programs, Ltd. Perhaps the most impressive period of Negev history was during the time of Nabatean rule. An ingenious people, the Nabateans controlled the caravan routes stretching from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean. They exported spices, the most desired commodity in the Roman world. By
- [Acco](https://israelmybeloved.com/acco/) - By Dr. Randall Smith Courtesy of Christian Travel Study Programs, Ltd. Located almost halfway between the modern Lebanese border and the city of Haifa, the coastal city of Acco served as one of the key ports of the land of Israel over much of its long history. The Canaanites and Phoenicians utilized Acco's port, and
- [Bethpage](https://israelmybeloved.com/bethpage/) - By Dr. Randall Smith Courtesy of Christian Travel Study Programs, Ltd. There is an ancient prophecy in the Book of Zechariah. "Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and having salvation, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey"
- [Megiddo](https://israelmybeloved.com/megiddo/) - By Dr. Randall Smith Courtesy of Christian Travel Study Programs, Ltd. Perhaps the Holy Land?s best-known Biblical city is Megiddo ? better known in its Latin form "Armageddon". Located at the foot of the Carmel mountain range, Megiddo commands one of the most strategic points in the land of Israel. Archeologists believe that Megiddo has
- [Bethel](https://israelmybeloved.com/bethel/) - By Dr. Randall Smith Courtesy of Christian Travel Study Programs, Ltd. "Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran. When he reached a certain place, he stopped for the night because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones there, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep. He had a
- [Bethany](https://israelmybeloved.com/bethany/) - By Dr. Randall Smith Courtesy of Christian Travel Study Programs, Ltd. "On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem, and many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them in the loss of their brother. ?Lord,? Martha
- [Beth Shemesh](https://israelmybeloved.com/beth-shemesh/) - By Dr. Randall Smith Courtesy of Christian Travel Study Programs, Ltd. Called, in Hebrew, "House of the Sun", Beth Shemesh bordered the region controlled by the Philistines. It thus became an important frontier town of the tribe of Judah and is mentioned nearly two dozen times in the Scriptures. Perhaps the most famous referral was
- [Beth Shean](https://israelmybeloved.com/beth-shean/) - By Dr. Randall Smith Courtesy of Christian Travel Study Programs, Ltd. Since ancient times, the valley of Beth Shean been a crossroads connecting the vast east to west valley of Jezreel and the Via Maris to the Rift Valley Road to Jericho. Villagers who settled the valley, which gets its name from the ancient city
- [Beersheba](https://israelmybeloved.com/beersheba/) - By Dr. Randall Smith Courtesy of Christian Travel Study Programs, Ltd. The first "summit conference" in the history of this land took place in the Negev. Abraham and Abimelech, two leaders of the ancient world, met over seven lambs and a well, which became known as the 'Well of the Oath' (in Hebrew, Beersheva). "Then
- [Banias (Caesarea Philippi)](https://israelmybeloved.com/banias-caesarea-philippi/) - By Dr. Randall Smith Courtesy of Christian Travel Study Programs, Ltd. Banias?s first inhabitants were probably the Greek Seleucids who conquered the region in 198 B.C. With its constant flowing waters, caves and cliffs below the majestic Hermon Mountain, Banias was so impressive that the Seleucids apparently endowed the Banias with supernatural powers. It is
- [Ashdod](https://israelmybeloved.com/ashdod/) - By Dr. Randall Smith Courtesy of Christian Travel Study Programs, Ltd. As the most important of the five cities of the Philistines - Ekron, Gaza, Ashkelon and Gath - Ashdod housed the Temple of the Philistines dedicated to the idol, Dagan. It was to Ashdod that the Philistines transported the Ark of the Covenant in
- [Ashkelon](https://israelmybeloved.com/ashkelon/) - By Dr. Randall Smith Courtesy of Christian Travel Study Programs, Ltd. Having served as a southern seaport of the Holy Land for centuries, Ashkelon is truly a city of history. Indeed, excavations of Ashkelon have unearthed some remarkable findings. Perhaps the most striking was the discovery of a bronze and silver calf the scholars have
- [Biblical Sites Scripture Index](https://israelmybeloved.com/biblical-sites/) - Biblical Sites Scripture Index By Dr. Randall Smith Courtesy of Christian Travel Study Programs, Ltd. A B C D E G H I J K L M N Q R S T W Z Jerusalem A Abel 2 Samuel 20:18 Abel-Beth-Maacah 2 Samuel 20:14-18; 1 Kings 15:20; 2 Kings 15:29 Abel-Meholah Judges 7:22; 1 Kings
- [Bed & Breakfast directory](https://israelmybeloved.com/bed-breakfast-directory/) - By Ryan Jones Carmel & Coastal Plain Dead Sea Galilee Golan Heights Jerusalem Area Tel Aviv Area Carmel & Coastal Plain Zimmerits Tel: 972-4-639-6475 Visit B&B website Kfar Glikson Guest Houses Tel: 972-4-630-7253 Fax: 972-4-630-7259 Back to top Dead Sea Almog Holiday Village Tel: 972-2-994-5201 Fax: 972-2-994-2447 Visit B&B website Back to top
- [Kibbutz hotel directory](https://israelmybeloved.com/kibbutz-hotel-directory/) - Kibbutz hotel directory By Ryan Jones Coastal Plain Dead Sea Eilat Area Galilee Jerusalem Area Coastal Plain Nir Etzion # of rooms: 74 Tel: 972-4-984-2541 Fax: 972-4-984-3344 Email: hotel@nir-ezion.co.il Visit hotel website Nahsholim # of rooms: 86 Tel: 972-4-639-9533 Fax: 972-4-639-7614 Email: nahsholim@kibbutz.co.il Visit hotel website Shefayim # of rooms: 166 Tel: 972-9-959-5595 Fax: 972-9-959-5555
- [Hotel directory](https://israelmybeloved.com/hotel-directory/) - By Ryan Jones Dead Sea Eilat Jerusalem Netanya Tel Aviv Tiberias Dead Sea Caesar Premier Dead Sea Class: 5 star deluxe # of rooms: 300 Tel: 972-8-668-9666 Fax: 972-8-652-0303 Email: caesar_p@netvision.net.il Visit hotel website Crowne Plaza Dead Sea Class: 5 stars # of rooms: 302 Tel: 972-8-659-1919 Fax: 972-8-659-1911 Email: dd@netvision.net.il Visit hotel website Golden
- [Car rental directory](https://israelmybeloved.com/car-rental-directory/) - By Ryan Jones Avis Israel (Ben Gurion Airport branch - open 24 hours a day) Tel: 972-3-977-3200 Fax: 972-3-971-2315 Email: danrent@bellatlantic.net (in the US) Website: avis.co.il Best Rent A Car (Tel Aviv reservation center) Tel: 972-3-524-4122 Fax: 972-3-524-4122 Email: best-car@zahav.net.il Website: www.best-car.co.il Budget Israel (Ben Gurion Airport branch - open 24 hours a day) Tel:
- [Travel Services](https://israelmybeloved.com/travel-services/) - Tourism is one of Israel's top and most important industries. A comprehensive infrastructure has been built around the tourism and hospitality industry. Israel offers a very wide range of accomodations, transportation and attractions for visitors. In this feature we will provide you with easy-to-navigate directories to put you in touch with the many services offered
- [The Ten Commandments for travelers](https://israelmybeloved.com/the-ten-commandments-for-travelers/) - By Bridges for Peace Thou shalt not expect to find things precisely as they are at home - for thou hast left home to find different things. Thou shalt not take things too seriously - for a carefree mind is the basis for a good vacation. Thou shalt not let other tour members get on
- [Basic Hebrew words & phrases](https://israelmybeloved.com/basic-hebrew-words-phrases/) - By Stan Goodenough English Hebrew Hello sha-lom Good-bye sha-lom Good morning bo-kehr tov Good night lie-lah tov I, me ah-nee Mine shel-ee You (masc) ah-tah You (fem) aht He hoo She hee We ahn-ach-noo What mah Where aiy-fo Why la-mah How aych When mah-tie Please beh-va-kah-sha Thank you to-dah Excuse me slee-cha Yes ken No
- [Basic information & Resources](https://israelmybeloved.com/basicinfo/) - By Ryan Jones What you need What you don't need Keeping in touch Weather in Israel Getting around Security procedures in Israel Dress codes Electrical appliances Shabbat in Israel Kosher food Insurance Shopping Ideas for your free time What you need First and foremost, of course, make sure you bring along a Bible, preferably
- [Travel Resources](https://israelmybeloved.com/travel-resources/) - Yes, Israel is a foreign land, and many aspects of life here will be different from what you are used to in your home country. But you really don't need to be concerned. Just alert yourself to the fact that you are travelling to a country with different ways of doing things, and with some
- [Tour Israel](https://israelmybeloved.com/tour-israel/) - A lot of knowledge about Israel can be acquired by reading the Bible, browsing through books and conducting Internet research. A meaningful understanding and feel for Israel, both ancient and modern, however, can only be had through first-hand experience. Israel is a rich and complex nation, whose full spirit and impact can never be adequately
- [Overview of Israel's Ethnic Minorities](https://israelmybeloved.com/overview-of-israels-ethnic-minorities/) - By Jewish Virtual Library More than one million people, comprising 18.8 percent of Israel's population, are non-Jews. Although defined collectively as Arab citizens of Israel, they include a number of different, primarily Arabic-speaking, groups, each with distinct characteristics. Muslim Arabs, numbering some 780,000, most of whom are Sunni, constitute 76 percent of the non-Jewish population.
- [The Forgotten - Christian Communities in the Holy Land](https://israelmybeloved.com/the-forgotten-christian-communities-in-the-holy-land/) - By Jewish Virtual Library The Christian communities in the Holy Land can be divided into two main groups, those living in the State of Israel, and those living under the control of the Palestinian Authority. United by a common history and religion, the conditions under which these two groups currently live is vastly different. Christians
- [Ethnic Minorities](https://israelmybeloved.com/ethnic-minorities/) - Israel is the Jewish homeland, and its identity as such is both a biblical mandate (Genesis 48:3-4) and a present-day reality which must not and, we believe will not, be changed. At the same time, the country is home to a number of groups of non-Jews. As a state, Israel has laws and structures in
- [Farming & Agriculture](https://israelmybeloved.com/farming-agriculture/) - Farming and agricultural production in Israel, which is an industrial country, accounts for about 2 to 3 percent of the GNP. Major produce includes vegetables, cotton, beef, poultry and dairy products, and citrus and other fruits. Citrus fruits are the country's main export crops. Israel's soil and climate give the fruit an appearance and flavor
- [Commerce & Industry](https://israelmybeloved.com/commerce-industry/) - Israel has managed, in a mere 50 years, to build a robust, prosperous economy full of future potential. Israel's industrial sector is diverse and full of talent. Israeli industries have grown at a steady pace for over 50 years and in many areas have become market leaders. The primary branches of industry in Israel are:
- [Branches of the IDF](https://israelmybeloved.com/branches-of-the-idf/) - By Ryan Jones The Israel Defense Forces are made up of the following branches: Homefront Command Air Force Navy Infantry Golani Brigade Paratroopers Brigade Givati Brigade Nahal Brigade Armored Corps Medical Corps Women's Corps Ordinance Corps Education & Youth Corps Chaplainry Corps (Military Rabbinate) Spokesperson's Unit Liaison Unit National Defense College Homefront Command The
- [Higher education in Israel](https://israelmybeloved.com/higher-education-in-israel/) - By Jewish Virtual Library Higher education plays a pivotal role in the economic and social development of the country. Almost a quarter of a century before the state came into being, the Technion ? Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa was opened (1924) to train engineers and architects needed for the rebuilding of the country,
- [Preschool, primary & secondary education](https://israelmybeloved.com/preschool-primary-secondary-education/) - By Jewish Virtual Library Preschool Education in Israel begins at a very young age in order to provide children with an augmented 'head start,' particularly in terms of socialization and language development. Many two?year?olds and almost all three and four?year?olds attend some kind of preschool framework. Most programs are sponsored by local authorities, some within
- [Education in Israel - An Introduction](https://israelmybeloved.com/education-in-israel-an-introduction/) - By Jewish Virtual Library The very world rests on the breath of a child in the schoolhouse. (Babylonian Talmud: Shabbat, 119b) Education in Israel is a precious legacy. Following the tradition of past generations, education continues to be a fundamental value in Israel's society and is recognized as the key to its future. The educational
- [Schools & Universities](https://israelmybeloved.com/schools-universities/) - Israel has a wide variety to offer in the field of education through its numerous universities, colleges and schools. This is largely due to the country's highly-educated immigrant population, which has "come up" to Israel from all areas of the world, and out of all spheres of learning. The other contributing factor in this equation
- [SAR-EL - Volunteers for Israel's Defense](https://israelmybeloved.com/sar-el-volunteers-for-israels-defense/) - By Stan Goodenough Christian - You, too can work in the I.D.F.! As Israel is forced unwillingly towards a violent, history-making war with its Arab enemies, many Christians who care are wondering what they can do to stand by the Jewish state against its foes. Some talk about praying, some talk about giving. Others talk
- [The I.D.F.](https://israelmybeloved.com/the-i-d-f/) - Mission: To defend the existence, territorial integrity and sovereignty of the State of Israel. To protect the inhabitants of Israel and to combat all forms of terrorism which threaten daily life. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are today one of the most highly trained, sophisticated fighting forces in the world. The IDF operates by a
- [The Government](https://israelmybeloved.com/the-government/) - The structure and working of Israel's government is often difficult to understand, not only for Western observers, but even for Israelis. The complexity and near chaos however, actually stems from the great amount of political freedom enjoyed in Israel. Israel's democracy is in many ways actually more free than that of the United States. Almost
- [Jewish Calendar](https://israelmybeloved.com/jewish-calendar/) - Believers who have developed an interest in, and desire to study about, the biblical holy days laid out in Leviticus 23 will have noticed that the dates of these feasts appears to shift from year to year. Well they do, if you are marking these events on the Gregorian calendar - the solar calendar system
- [Yom Ha'Atzma'ut - Israeli Independence Day](https://israelmybeloved.com/yom-haatzmaut-israeli-independence-day/) - By Stan Goodenough Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things? Shall the earth be made to give birth in one day? Or shall a nation be born at once? For as soon as Zion was in labor, she gave birth to her children. (Isaiah 66:8) The State of Israel was reborn
- [Moshavim - co-operative settlements](https://israelmybeloved.com/moshavim-co-operative-settlements/) - By Stan Goodenough Moshav is the Hebrew word for a co-operative, semi-collective settlement whose members work together to develop the land, increase the economy of the state and defend the nation. The concept of the moshav, along with that of the kibbutz, was born out of a time when Israel was facing a severe crisis
- [Kibbutzim - communal settlements](https://israelmybeloved.com/kibbutzim-communal-settlements/) - By Jewish Virtual Library The kibbutz (Hebrew word for "communal settlement") is a unique rural community; a society dedicated to mutual aid and social justice; a socioeconomic system based on the principle of joint ownership of property, equality and cooperation of production, consumption and education; the fulfillment of the idea "from each according to his
- [Rural Israel](https://israelmybeloved.com/rural-israel/) - "The desolate land shall be tilled instead of lying desolate in the sight of all who pass by. So they will say, 'This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden; and the wasted, desolate, and ruined cities are now fortified and inhabited.' Then the nations which are left all around you
- [Cities & Towns](https://israelmybeloved.com/cities-towns/) - Despite its small size, Israel boasts many vibrant cities and towns. The large number of urban communities reflects both the strong national desire to settle the entire Land of Israel, and the need to house the high number of Jewish immigrants who have arrived here over the last 100 years. This reality is, as with
- [Population Figures](https://israelmybeloved.com/population-figures/) - On Independence Day, May 7, 2003, Israel's population stood at 6.7 million according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics. The Jewish population is approximately 5.4 million (counting for 38% of the world's Jews); the non-Jewish population is approximately 1.3 million (82% of these are Muslims, 9% are Christians and 9% are Druze). Israel's population has
- [Israel Today](https://israelmybeloved.com/israel-today/) - While Israel is universally known or thought of as the ancient land and people of the Bible, it is today a dynamic, living, breathing nation. As we take a closer look at Israel, with its modern, first-world accommodations and services, we should not forget that it remains God's specially chosen nation, and is every bit
- [Oslo Accords Q&A](https://israelmybeloved.com/oslo-accords-qa/) - By Yahoodi Staff Courtesy of Yahoodi Question: Why did the Oslo Accords fail to stop violence and create the desired peace? Answer: "There is no better illustration of the comical one-sidedness of the peace process: Israel's demand for Palestinian compliance with its own written obligations is deemed a form of sabotage." - Commentator Charles
- [Withdrawal after withdrawal; only terror in return](https://israelmybeloved.com/withdrawal-after-withdrawal-only-terror-in-return/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven Sunday's terrifying terrorist attack in Jerusalem which left eight dead and scores more wounded, just one day before the International Court of Justice began discussing the legality or otherwise of Israel's right to build a protective fence against precisely such inhuman acts of terror, seems an astounding confirmation that
- [War & "Peace"](https://israelmybeloved.com/war-peace/) - "They have also healed the hurt of My people slightly, saying, 'Peace, peace!' When there is no peace." (Jeremiah 6:14) My soul has dwelt too long with one who hates peace. I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war. (Ps 120:6-7) Israel was born in battle. And from 1948 until today,
- [Aliyah - The Second Return](https://israelmybeloved.com/aliyah-the-second-return/) - It shall come to pass in that day that the LORD shall set His hand again the second time to recover the remnant of His people who are left, from Assyria and Egypt, from Pathros and Cush, from Elam and Shinar, from Hamath and the islands of the sea. He will set up a banner
- [Are the Palestinians native to the land where Israel now exists?](https://israelmybeloved.com/are-the-palestinians-native-to-the-land-where-israel-now-exists/) - By Yahoodi Staff Courtesy of Yahoodi Question: Are the Palestinians native to the land where Israel now exists? Answer: "The fact is that today's Palestinians are immigrants from the surrounding nations! I grew up well knowing the history and origins of today's Palestinians as being from Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Christians from Greece, Muslim Sherkas
- [Was there ever a state of Palestine?](https://israelmybeloved.com/was-there-ever-a-state-of-palestine/) - By Yahoodi Staff Courtesy of Yahoodi Question: Was there ever a state of Palestine? Did Israel conquer Palestine and replace it with a Jewish state? Answer: "In the Six-Day War, Israel captured Judea, Samaria and East Jerusalem. But they didn't capture these territories from Yasser Arafat. They captured them from Jordan's King Hussein. I can't
- [Imagine if pastors spewed venom?](https://israelmybeloved.com/imagine-if-pastors-spewed-venom/) - By Stan Goodenough Every week, the US Foreign Broadcast Information Services (FBIS) intercepts and documents sermons delivered in mosques across the Muslim world. A great number of these sermons and prayers foment hatred of the Judeo-Christian world, and encourage violence against Jews and Christians. Click here for examples of these sermons. Just imagine the international
- [Islam & the Arabs](https://israelmybeloved.com/islam-the-arabs/) - The Arab world covers about 5 million square miles (13 million square kilometers) and extends over three main regions, the Arabian Peninsula, northern Africa and part of an area called the Fertile Crescent, which includes Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria. Approximately 200 million Arabs live in the Arab world which, politically, includes 18 countries ?
- [Are the Old and New Testaments anti-Semitic?](https://israelmybeloved.com/are-the-old-and-new-testaments-anti-semitic/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven Just as there is no need to change or rewrite the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) in those places where it is not exactly complimentary to the Jewish people because of their constant failure to respond to their God lest people would take these negative verses about the Jews as
- [Antisemitism](https://israelmybeloved.com/antisemitism/) - The history of the Jewish people dramatically demonstrates that, from the moment God told Abraham that He would bless the world through his offspring, Satan earmarked his descendants for destruction. Indeed, hatred of Abraham's children through Isaac and Jacob dates back to the very calling out of this special nation. Long -- from the Jewish
- [Times of the Gentiles](https://israelmybeloved.com/times-of-the-gentiles/) - "And they will fall by the edge of the sword, and be led away captive into all nations. And Jerusalem will be trampled by Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled..." (Luke 21:24) Shortly after His triumphant entry on colt-back into Jerusalem, and after He had overturned the moneychangers' tables and lashed out
- [Diaspora II - The Scattering](https://israelmybeloved.com/diaspora-ii-the-scattering/) - "Then the LORD will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you shall serve other gods, which neither you nor your fathers have known -- wood and stone. And among those nations you shall find no rest, nor shall the sole of your foot have
- [The fall of the southern kingdom and the first exile](https://israelmybeloved.com/the-fall-of-the-southern-kingdom-and-the-first-exile/) - By Stan Goodenough In 701 BC, 19 years after vanquishing and forever wiping out the northern kingdom of Israel, Assyria, under Sennacherib, moved against the southern kingdom of Judah and laid siege to Jerusalem. God delivered Judah at that time by sending a plague against the Assyrians which killed many and caused Sennacherib to withdraw.
- [The final fall of the northern kingdom](https://israelmybeloved.com/the-final-fall-of-the-northern-kingdom/) - By Stan Goodenough Mindful of the dire curses Moses said would come upon the Israelites if they forsook the God of their fathers, a prophet by the name of Hosea arose among the ten northern tribes, who had completely turned their backs on the Lord. Hosea put them on notice that their time had
- [The First Return](https://israelmybeloved.com/the-first-return/) - "And this whole land shall be a desolation and an astonishment, and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years..." ... For thus says the LORD: "After seventy years are completed at Babylon, I will visit you and perform My good word toward you, and cause you to return to this place..." (Jeremiah
- [What Moses foretold](https://israelmybeloved.com/what-moses-foretold/) - By Stan Goodenough And the LORD said to Moses: "Behold, you will rest with your fathers; and this people will rise and play the harlot with the gods of the foreigners of the land, where they go to be among them, and they will forsake Me and break My covenant which I have made with
- [Diaspora I](https://israelmybeloved.com/diaspora-i/) - In the year 605 BC, Babylonian soldiers entered the land of Israel to crush an attempted rebellion against foreign occupation by Jehoiachin king of Judah. Jerusalem was besieged and Jehoiachin, together with 10,000 men from the leading familes of Judah, were taken captive to Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar permitted Jehoiachin's uncle, who renamed himself Zedekiah, to reign
- [Israel's kings - a summary](https://israelmybeloved.com/israels-kings-a-summary/) - By Bridges for Peace Staff Courtesy of Bridges for Peace United Monarchy Saul "Asked" (pre-1004 BCE) A handsome and humble Benjamite whom the prophet Samuel anointed as Israel's first king. Saul came into his own when he rallied the nation to defend Jabesh. He united the tribes for the first time since Joshua and scored
- [Judges, Prophets, Priests, Kings](https://israelmybeloved.com/judges-prophets-priests-kings/) - In their ancient history, the people of Israel looked for political leadership to divinely-empowered individuals, judges, prophets and kings. (In the era "between the testaments," Israel's priests also fulfilled a more political role, whereas earlier they had led in the more religious sense - in worship, sacrifices and so on.) The different types of
- [Abraham](https://israelmybeloved.com/abraham/) - By Stan Goodenough Abram, whose name meant "high father" in Hebrew (and was later changed by God to Abraham, "father of a multitude"), was born in ca. 1800 in the city of Ur, in the southern region of Mesopotamia. Ur was a leading metropolitan center at the time, and Jewish tradition holds that Abram's father
- [The Patriarchs](https://israelmybeloved.com/the-patriarchs/) - Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Who were these grand old men, the patriarchs of Israel? Though we all know the biblical stories in which they star, the Bible does not provide a whole lot of information about their backgrounds. As a result, these men remain almost mythical characters whose faith is nearly beyond comprehension. Who were
- [From Abraham to Intifada](https://israelmybeloved.com/from-abraham-to-intifada/) - By Jim Gerrish BC (BCE) EVENT 3150-2200 Early Bronze Age Civilizations in Egypt & Mesopotamia 2200-1550 Middle Bronze Age circa 2000 Abram called 1550-1200 Late Bronze Age - Israel conquers Canaan 1125 Victory of Deborah and Barak 1100 Gideon defeats Midian 1050 Fall of Shiloh 1020 Saul becomes king 1004 Saul killed on Mt.
- [Timelines](https://israelmybeloved.com/timelines/) - As year replaces year, and century telescopes into century, trying to disentangle the landmark events that have both driven and shaped the course of history can be challenging. This is evidently the case with Israel's history. Where and how the nation was called into being on the world stage, what it experienced and achieved, succumbed
- [The fall of George W. Bush?](https://israelmybeloved.com/the-fall-of-george-w-bush/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven April 9, 2002 Mr. President, You began so well, praying in the Washington DC Cathedral with all your people, seeking the favour God - the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob - in your Nation?s fight against the terrifying scourge of terror. You set out with courage and great
- [An open letter to President Bush](https://israelmybeloved.com/an-open-letter-to-president-bush/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven February 15, 2003 Dear President Bush, I am writing as a European who stands flabbergasted at the despicable attitude many of my fellow Europeans have expressed towards you and the United States of America. Jesus says that the Devil is the prince of this present world. And while Satan.s
- [The Jerusalem Cup](https://israelmybeloved.com/the-jerusalem-cup/) - By Bill McKay November 16, 2001 Dear President Bush, Having spent 25 years doing business in the Mideast and involved in an intense journalism project for the BBC on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, I have earned a responsible understanding of the extraordinary complexities of this region. Today, I am not writing to you as one involved
- [No to a ceasefire!](https://israelmybeloved.com/no-to-a-ceasefire/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven December 30, 2001 Dear Prime Minister, This letter is written in great, great concern for the future of your people Israel. As it stands now, with the willingness you and your foreign minister, Mr Peres, have expressed to permit the creation of a Palestinian state - and now that
- [Letters to World Leaders](https://israelmybeloved.com/letters-to-world-leaders/) - According to the Bible, it is the God of Israel who places leaders in positions of power, and it is the God of Israel who removes them. He changes the times and the seasons; he removes kings and raises up kings... (Daniel 2:21) Those leaders whom the Lord raises up are exhorted to practise
- [Dear Mr. President](https://israelmybeloved.com/dear-mr-president/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven January 24, 2002 Dear President Bush, I am a Christian believer who has lived for many years with my family in the land of our Master and Lord. We have prayed much for you. First for you to come to power as President of that great nation of yours:
- [Peace in the Middle East](https://israelmybeloved.com/peace-in-the-middle-east/) - By United States Senator Jim Inhofe (R-Oklahoma) March 4, 2002 Mr. President, I was interested the other day when I heard that the de facto ruler, Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Abdullah, made a statement which was received by many in this country as if it were a statement of fact, as if it were something
- [Scan fellow feeling in Zion](https://israelmybeloved.com/scan-fellow-feeling-in-zion/) - By Stan Goodenough Courtesy of The Jerusalem Post Originally published in The Jerusalem Post on September 22, 1995. A woman I know well passed me in the street the other day. She was weeping in great gulps as she hurried home. From where she came, I could hear the sound of pots and pans being
- [The day I was banished](https://israelmybeloved.com/the-day-i-was-banished/) - By Stan Goodenough Courtesy of The Jerusalem Post Originally published in The Jerusalem Post in 1994. Something strange happened to me on the Temple Mount a few weeks ago. There, for the first time in all the years I have been in Israel, I was physically accosted while praying and forced to leave the area
- [Stark reality of Jerusalem](https://israelmybeloved.com/stark-reality-of-jerusalem/) - By Stan Goodenough Courtesy of The Jerusalem Post Originally published in The Jerusalem Post on June 24, 1994. I'm writing as a concerned Gentile observer of your Jewish nation's currently unfolding history. The PLO's pledge to leave negotiations over Jerusalem out of the peace process until September 1996 has gone the way of all that
- [So, what has changed for you, Israel?](https://israelmybeloved.com/so-what-has-changed-for-you-israel/) - By Stan Goodenough Dear Israel Those of you who didn't like to believe that Gentile blood is more valuable than Jewish blood may now be having to reconsider your position. According to the messages being conveyed to your leadership by the US State Department this past week, 'Israeli blood is incomparable to American blood, the
- [This is not God's way, Israel!](https://israelmybeloved.com/this-is-not-gods-way-israel/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven Why, why does Israel always feel that it needs to run to the United States to get that government's approval for nearly every decision it wants to make? Well did the prophet of old address this issue when he prophesied: "Woe to the rebellious children*," says the Lord, "Who
- [Dear Israel...](https://israelmybeloved.com/dear-israel/) - Over the years I have been privileged to live in Israel, I have frequently wrestled with questions about the way this nation's leaders relate to what they call "the Christian world" (by which, and it is important that we understand this, they mean all of the Gentile nations). Curious, too, is the ordinary Israeli citizen's
- [The New Testament basis for the restoration of Israel](https://israelmybeloved.com/the-new-testament-basis-for-the-restoration-of-israel-2/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven Jesus was asked by His disciples whether He would restore the kingdom to Israel at that time, to which He replied: "It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit
- [The UN Resolution: What price will America pay?](https://israelmybeloved.com/the-un-resolution-what-price-will-america-pay/) - By Stan Goodenough The LORD has made bare His holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our [Israel's] God. (Isaiah 52:10) News item: UN passes US-drafted resolution recognizing the creation of a Palestinian state in the biblical heartland of Israel. Question:
- [Knowledge puffeth up, love edifies](https://israelmybeloved.com/knowledge-puffeth-up-love-edifies/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven A great divide exists today among Christians concerning Israel and her biblical importance. There are a variety of reasons for this, but I want to first and foremost seek – and here present – a clear Biblical basis for the importance of this nation. It is my hope that
- [The Harlot or the Bride](https://israelmybeloved.com/the-harlot-or-the-bride/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven The Harlot – Revelation 17:1-6 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked with me, saying to me, “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters, with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication,
- [God's strategy for saving Israel](https://israelmybeloved.com/gods-strategy-for-saving-israel/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven If what the Apostle Paul writes concerning his people in his letter to the Romans is true, that "if their fall [has been] riches for the world and their failure riches for the Gentiles, how much more their fullness! ? For if their being cast away is the reconciling
- [Who said "Rapture"?](https://israelmybeloved.com/who-said-rapture/) - By David Ebaugh He did not!! He said "I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil." (John 17:15) CHANGE YOUR MIND A great churchman, Dr. OSWALD J. SMITH (TORONTO) said, "now, after years of study and prayer I am absolutely convinced that
- [Prophecy in our Day](https://israelmybeloved.com/prophecy-in-our-day/) - We live in days of almost unprecedented coming to pass of biblical prophecy. For the past five plus decades, Israel has been the focal point of prophetic fulfillment as most of the events foretold in the bulk of Scripture have been set to take place here. But end-time events are poised to impact the whole
- [History & Prophecy](https://israelmybeloved.com/history-prophecy/) - The Bible, revered by true Christians as the inerrant Word of God, is really "just" the history of the land and people of Israel. Of course, I am not here dismissing the sacredness of the Scriptures. My purpose is simply to emphasize a basic truth that has all but evaporated during 2000 years of Christian
- [This is Jerusalem](https://israelmybeloved.com/this-is-jerusalem/) - By Lance Lambert Courtesy of Kingsway Publications Some cities have an outward beauty, plastic and cosmetic. It is real but superficial and consists of those tangible things, which make an immediate impact upon our senses. Jerusalem's beauty is not of that order. It is true that she has her own physical beauty. That kind of
- [Jerusalem: A separate covenant](https://israelmybeloved.com/jerusalem-a-separate-covenant/) - By Lee Underwood Courtesy of shamar.org On November 29, 1947 the General Assembly of the United Nations passed a resolution that forever changed the status of Jerusalem in relation to its position in the world. Resolution 181 [II] was passed with hardly any notice. The full effect of this resolution is staggering! This resolution established
- [Jerusalem](https://israelmybeloved.com/jerusalem/) - If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill! If I do not remember you, let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth-- if I do not exalt Jerusalem above my chief joy. (Psalm 137:5-6) A little over 3000 years ago, a young Middle Eastern king sent his crack
- [Natural Resources](https://israelmybeloved.com/natural-resources/) - Israel is a small country with somewhat limited natural resources, though those that are available have been put to very good use. Israel has for decades effectively exploited the wealth of mineral products harvested from the Dead Sea, establishing a mineral health / skin care industry that is famous around the world. Recent years have
- [Flora & Fauna](https://israelmybeloved.com/flora-fauna/) - For a country of such small size, Israel boasts an unexpectedly rich variety of animal, bird and plant life. Sitting as it does at the south-western edge of Asia, the south-eastern edge of Europe and he north-eastern end of the African continent, species of flora and fauna from all three continents can be found in
- [Water](https://israelmybeloved.com/water/) - Water! It has often been said that the next Middle East war will be fought over water and not oil. The truth is that the precious, life-giving and sustaining liquid we all need is at an absolute premium in the Middle East. Poor rainfall over the past five years has left Israel's reservoirs badly depleted,
- [Changing Borders](https://israelmybeloved.com/changing-borders/) - If the land is a central component of the calling out and establishing of Israel, where, precisely, do its boundaries lie? Where does the land start and where does it end? Are today's borders identical or different from those understood to be the boundaries in the time of the great kings David and Solomon? What
- [Climate](https://israelmybeloved.com/climate/) - The climate of Israel ranges from tropical during the long summer months to temperate during the few months of winter. Summer and winter are the predominate seasons in Israel. The winter season Winter is Israel's rainy season, making it crucial to the nation's water supply, with no rainfall occurring during the summer months. A typical
- [Geography](https://israelmybeloved.com/geography/) - Ah, the Promised Land; land flowing with milk and honey; paradise on earth, with snow-crested mountains, verdant valleys, sweetwater lake, fast-flowing river and long, unspoiled coastline. Well, not quite. While it may certainly have been more like that in ancient history, the last 2000 years have seen the land of Israel denuded, with malarial swampland
- [A Covenanted Land](https://israelmybeloved.com/a-covenanted-land/) - What does it mean - to call Israel God's covenanted land? How did it become "covenanted" and how do we know that this arrangement still stands all these millennia later? First of all, by covenanted we mean the land was deeded in a contractual agreement. Contracts involve the participation of two or more parties, and
- [His Land](https://israelmybeloved.com/his-land/) - In the same breath with which the LORD God instituted a special relationship between Himself and the physical descendants of Abraham, He designated a geographical area on the face of the earth to be their exclusive national homeland, forever: Genesis 17:8 Those with no fear of God would question whether He has the "right" to
- [The Alef - Bet](https://israelmybeloved.com/the-alef-bet/) - By Stan Goodenough The Hebrew alphabet is easy to learn. And if you wish to read, write and/or speak in Hebrew, this is obviously the place to start. Here's how to teach yourself the basic building blocks of this fascinating ancient yet modern language, in just a few minutes a day. Print out and fold
- [Untying Israel's tongue](https://israelmybeloved.com/untying-israels-tongue/) - By Jim Gerrish and Olivia Wheatley-Stachorek Courtesy of Bridges for Peace Today the Hebrew language is experiencing a great upsurge in poetry, prose and play writing. This upsurge has even been compared, by some, to the renaissance of the English language during the Elizabethan period. In addition, Hebrew is the everyday language of over five
- [2009 Feast of Tabernacles report](https://israelmybeloved.com/2009-feast-of-tabernacles-report/) - By Stan Goodenough And the LORD said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him: “Lift your eyes now and look from the place where you are—northward, southward, eastward, and westward; for all the land which you see I give to you and your descendants forever. And I will make your descendants as the dust
- [Shavuot - Pentecost](https://israelmybeloved.com/shavuot-pentecost/) - By Stan Goodenough "You shall count seven weeks for yourself; begin to count the seven weeks from the time you begin to put the sickle to the grain. Then you shall keep the Feast of Weeks to the LORD your God with the tribute of a freewill offering from your hand, which you shall give
- [Bikurim - First Fruits](https://israelmybeloved.com/bikurim-first-fruits/) - By Stan Goodenough "Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: 'When you come into the land which I give to you, and reap its harvest, then you shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest. He shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted on
- [Chag HaMatzot - Unleavened Bread](https://israelmybeloved.com/chag-hamatzot-unleavened-bread/) - By Stan Goodenough "And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD; seven days you must eat unleavened bread." (Leviticus 23:6) Sometimes confused with Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread, while directly linked to the Passover is actually a feast on its own. As they prepared
- [Pesach - Passover](https://israelmybeloved.com/pesach-passover/) - By Ron Cantrell Courtesy of Bridges for Peace There will be loud wailing throughout Egypt worse than there has ever been or ever will be again. But among the Israelites not a dog will bark at any man or animal. Then you will know that the Lord makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel. (Exodus
- [Shabbat - The Sabbath](https://israelmybeloved.com/shabbat-the-sabbath/) - By Stan Goodenough Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made. (Genesis 2:3) As we read above, the Bible tells us that, after the six days in which He created the world, the LORD God rested, declaring the seventh
- [Rosh Hashanah - The Feast of Trumpets](https://israelmybeloved.com/rosh-hashanah-the-feast-of-trumpets/) - By Stan Goodenough "Speak to the children of Israel, saying: 'In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a sabbathrest, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation. 'You shall do no customary work on it; and you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD.'"
- [Did the prophets see you?](https://israelmybeloved.com/did-the-prophets-see-you/) - By Stan Goodenough And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. (Zechariah 14:16) Thousands of years ago, Israel's prophets peered through time,
- [Yom Kippur - Day of Atonement](https://israelmybeloved.com/yom-kippur-day-of-atonement/) - By Stan Goodenough "This shall be a statute forever for you: In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether a native of your own country or a stranger who dwells among you. For on that day the priest shall make
- [Why we celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles](https://israelmybeloved.com/why-we-celebrate-the-feast-of-tabernacles/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven While serving as custodian of the Garden Tomb in Jerusalem, the Lord laid it upon my heart to call Christian believers to gather in the city during the Feast of Tabernacles, there to praise and worship our God, and to stand in comfort and solidarity with the people of
- [Jewish Holiday Schedule](https://israelmybeloved.com/jewish-holiday-schedule/) - By Stan Goodenough This list contains the Gregorian calendar dates for the holidays of Rosh Hashanah/Yom Teruah (New Year/Feast of Trumpets), Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement), Sukkot (Tabernacles), Hanukkah (Feast of Dedication), Purim, Pesach (Passover), Shavu'ot (Pentecost) and Tisha B'Av (Ninth of Av). Year Rosh Hashanah Yom Kippur Sukkot Hanukkah Purim Pesach Shavu'ot Tisha
- [Tisha b'Av](https://israelmybeloved.com/tisha-bav/) - By Stan Goodenough Tisha B'Av, the ninth day of the month of Av, is a day of mourning on which the Jewish people commemorate the many tragedies that have befallen them, some of the worst which have "coincidentally" occurred on this specific date. The Ninth of Av usually falls in August. It is a date
- [Purim](https://israelmybeloved.com/purim/) - By Stan Goodenough One of the most popular Jewish holidays is Purim, (the word means "lots"), the annual, fun-filled commemmoration of the deliverance of the Jews of Persia from the genocidal designs of Haman. On this holiday, which most years falls in March, the Jews read through the book of Esther, known as the Megillah
- [Hanukkah - Festival of Lights](https://israelmybeloved.com/hanukkah-festival-of-lights/) - By Stan Goodenough Around 2300 years ago, the Jews of Israel found themselves facing a dilemma that would confront them throughout their history, up to today: The battle for Israel's soul. Back then, Greek civilization was taking the known world by storm. Greece was the new light, shining a new world order into what had
- [Birth](https://israelmybeloved.com/birth/) - By Stan Goodenough Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth... (Genesis 1:28) This was the first thing God said to newly created mankind, His first commandment to them. The Bible beautifully describes the conception by a woman who has His blessing as a visitation from the
- [Death and mourning](https://israelmybeloved.com/death-and-mourning/) - By Stan Goodenough Jewish thinking does not regard death itself as tragic (though there are of course tragic deaths, as when lives are cut of prematurely.) If a person dies after living a a full and meaningful life the death, however, his death is not seen as a tragedy. Jews do believe in a world
- [The Jewish wedding](https://israelmybeloved.com/the-jewish-wedding/) - By Stan Goodenough The Jewish wedding is divided into two parts - the betrothal or sanctification, and the marriage, which is the consumation of the betrothal. For the betrothal, the groom places a ring on the finger of the bride and says to her: "Be sanctified to me with this ring in accordance with
- [Bar Mitzvah](https://israelmybeloved.com/bar-mitzvah/) - By Stan Goodenough Ask any under 13-year-old Jewish boy which date he anticipates with the most excitement and he'll undoubtedly say "my Bar Mitzvah". (Under 12-year-old Jewish girls would say "Bat Mitzvah") The boy's Bar Mitzvah is the date on which he reaches his religious majority - on his 13th birthday. The words Bar Mitzvah
- [Redemption of the first-born](https://israelmybeloved.com/redemption-of-the-first-born/) - By Stan Goodenough "Everything that first opens the womb of all flesh, which they bring to the LORD, whether man or beast, shall be yours; nevertheless the firstborn of man you shall surely redeem, and the firstborn of unclean animals you shall redeem. And those redeemed of the devoted things you shall redeem when one
- [Circumcision](https://israelmybeloved.com/circumcision/) - By Stan Goodenough "This is My covenant which you shall keep, between Me and you and your descendants after you: Every male child among you shall be circumcised; and you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskins, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between Me and you. He who is
- [Adam to Noah](https://israelmybeloved.com/adam-to-noah/) - By Stan Goodenough Just ten generations spanned the 1656 years between the day God made Adam and the day Noah entered the ark to ride out the great flood. Because of their longevity - excluding Enoch, the pre-flood members in the Adam to Noah line lived an average of 912 years each - the careless
- [Terror in the yeshiva](https://israelmybeloved.com/terror-in-the-yeshiva/) - By Simcha Shumacher Speech by Simcha Shumacher at a recent fundraiser for Israel Emergency Solidarity Fund/One Family. Honoured Speakers, dear friends and supporters of Israel, My name is Simcha Shumacher. I am-nineteen years old, born in Israel and now study at the Atzmona Jewish studies Program for Students who have graduated High school, and choose
- [My Rachel, my love](https://israelmybeloved.com/my-rachel-my-love/) - By Ginette Lando (Thaler) February 27, 2002 - Rachel Thaler, 16, of Ginot Shomron died of wounds suffered on February 16 when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a pizzeria in the shopping mall in Karnei Shomron in Samaria, bringing the death toll in the attack to three. Her mother writes: To One and
- [A family cut in half](https://israelmybeloved.com/a-family-cut-in-half/) - By BenZion Schijveschuurder Speech given by BenZion Schijveschuurder at recent gathering of Jewish Leaders in N.Y.C Good Evening I am here today to tell you a very personal story. My name is BenZion. I am 22 years old. Seven months ago, on August 9th, in the early afternoon, my life was radically changed forever, when
- [Malka Chana Roth Z"L](https://israelmybeloved.com/malka-chana-roth-zl/) - By Arnold Roth Arnold Roth, whose 15-year-old daughter Malka Chana was killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber in Jerusalem on August 9, 2001, wrote the following letter to be read out at a solidarity rally for Israel in Sydney, Australia, on April 21, 2002. Dear friends, In January 2001, my daughter Malki and I took
- [Seven days in hell](https://israelmybeloved.com/seven-days-in-hell/) - By Naomi Ragen Translated from an article that appeared in Yediot Ahronot on June 4, 2002 A week has passed since the murderous terrorist attack in Petah Tivka, ending the Shiva (seven days of mourning) of the Peled family for grandmother Ruthie and granddaughter Sinai, who were murdered next their table outside a bakeshop in
- [Lamentations - Tisha b'Av 2002](https://israelmybeloved.com/lamentations-tisha-bav-2002/) - By Naomi Ragen Friends Tonight we will gather fasting in the synagogue, sit on the floor, tear our clothes, put ashes on our heads and read the scroll of Lamentations. We do this every year on the anniversary of the Temple?s destruction, on the most terrible day in the Jewish calendar: The ninth day of
- [The Hebrew Language](https://israelmybeloved.com/the-hebrew-language/) - "For then I will restore to the peoples a pure language, that they all may call on the name of the LORD, to serve Him with one accord." (Zephaniah 3:9) Hebrew is one of the oldest languages in the world. It is also one of the newest. Or to be more accurate, it lived for
- [The Biblical Feasts](https://israelmybeloved.com/the-biblical-feasts/) - "These are the designated times of the LORD, the holy convocations you are to proclaim at their designated times." (Leviticus 23:4). Thousands of years ago, as He moved to bring about His wonderful plan for the redemption of mankind, the LORD God of Israel sanctified particular days and periods - setting them apart as holy
- [Special Occasions](https://israelmybeloved.com/special-occasions/) - The Jewish calendar includes many special occasions which are not sanctifed as holy convocations as are the biblical feasts, but which nonetheless point to God's involvement in and on behalf of the people of Israel. Here we will take a closer look at some of these special days, and the events that weaved them into
- [Customs & Traditions](https://israelmybeloved.com/customs-traditions/) - Custom: a particular established way of behaving. Tradition: a custom, opinion or belief handed down to posterity especially orally or by practice. (The Oxford English Dictionary) Apart from their special calling, and the biblically ordained feasts and festivals they observe, the customs which have become traditions are what help to make Jews Jews. Naturally these
- [Genealogies](https://israelmybeloved.com/genealogies/) - Have you ever wondered why the Bible contains so many long lists - called genealogies - tracing lines of descent continuously from the earliest known ancestors? For many years, when reading through the Word, I was inclined to skip over these family history lists, which certainly do not comprise the most invigorating and uplifting sections
- [How They Suffer](https://israelmybeloved.com/how-they-suffer/) - Come, my people, enter your chambers, and shut your doors behind you; hide yourself, as it were, for a little moment, until the indignation is past. For behold, the LORD comes out of His place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; the earth will also disclose her blood, and will no
- [Christianity is Jewish](https://israelmybeloved.com/christianity-is-jewish/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven "Christianity is Jewish." The title Edith Shaeffer gave to her book may be offensive to some, but it is historically true. For in the beginning, the faith we call Christianity started as a purely Jewish phenomenon. No gentiles were involved. During His life on earth, the notion never entered
- [Concerning the Jews](https://israelmybeloved.com/concerning-the-jews/) - By Mark Twain If the statistics are right, the Jews constitute but one percent of the human race. It suggests a nebulous dim puff of star dust lost in the blaze of the Milky Way. Properly the Jew ought hardly to be heard of, but he is heard of, has always been heard of. He
- [A Covenanted People](https://israelmybeloved.com/a-covenanted-people/) - "And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you." (Genesis 17:7) "And who is like Your people, like Israel, the one nation on the earth whom God went to redeem for Himself
- [Taking God at His Word](https://israelmybeloved.com/taking-god-at-his-word/) - By Susan Jones Genesis 15:17-18: When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking firepot with a blazing torch appeared and passed between the pieces (of the sacrifice). On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram and said, To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to
- [His People](https://israelmybeloved.com/his-people/) - The Jews, "the children of the promise" (Romans 9:7-9) are the physical descendants of Abraham through Isaac and Jacob, and are the people God calls His chosen: Deuteronomy 14:2; 2 Samuel 7:24; Psalm 33:12; Psalm 135:4 The Jews are not God's chosen people through any merit of their own, but because He loves them as
- [A serious word of prophecy!](https://israelmybeloved.com/a-serious-word-of-prophecy/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven Do not despise prophecies. Test all things; hold fast what is good.(1 Thessalonians 5:20, 21) This is such an awesome word in its specificity and seriousness from a loving and tenderhearted man, Maurice Sklar, also a magnificent violist, whom I love and respect as a true brother and servant
- [Will this man be Israel's new Prime Minister?](https://israelmybeloved.com/will-this-man-be-israels-new-prime-minister/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven The Likud primary elections yesterday resulted in a clear win for Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu, who received 44% of the votes in his contest against three other candidates for the leadership of what recently was the largest party and the governing one. With this win, Mr. Netanyahu now finds himself
- [Syria (again) willing to hide weapons of mass destruction?](https://israelmybeloved.com/syria-again-willing-to-hide-weapons-of-mass-destruction/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven Arutz Sheva reports: Syria and Iran Sign Pact to Resist Int?l Pressure, Hide Weapons Syria has agreed to store Iran's nuclear material, and Iran will grant asylum to Syrian officials implicated in the murder of former Lebanese PM Rafik Harriri, according to Jane's Defence Weekly. According to the London-based
- [May the Lord bless you during this Year 2006!](https://israelmybeloved.com/may-the-lord-bless-you-during-this-year-2006/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven The Bible says that in the end times the fourth and final beast ?will speak out against the Most High AND WEAR DOWN THE SAINTS of the Highest One.? (Daniel 7:25) This is a very serious verse for it describes a reality many preachers do not like to refer
- [It is God Who ultimately rules the affairs of men](https://israelmybeloved.com/it-is-god-who-ultimately-rules-the-affairs-of-men/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven ?Seven times shall pass over you, till you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever He chooses.? (Daniel 4:25b) If one thing is clear in Daniel?s account of God?s holy dealings with Nebuchadnezzar, it is that ultimately, and in the
- [Is the battle for the Land of Israel not so important?](https://israelmybeloved.com/is-the-battle-for-the-land-of-israel-not-so-important/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven Sadly there are today in some Christian Zionist circles which started out on the right course influences at work which seem to be critical of their former biblical dedication to God?s prophetic truth concerning the care for His land and His people, a vision that was based entirely on
- [When will we finally learn?](https://israelmybeloved.com/when-will-we-finally-learn/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven O my soul, my soul! I am pained in my very heart! My heart makes a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because you have heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war. (Jeremiah 4:19) No words can adequately describe the things
- [When the enemy comes in like a flood](https://israelmybeloved.com/when-the-enemy-comes-in-like-a-flood/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven When the enemy comes in like a flood, The Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him. (Isaiah 59:19) All over the planet a new reality is dawning. ISLAM has vowed to conquer the whole world. Here are some of the words of Hamas Leader Khaled
- [What awaits us all](https://israelmybeloved.com/what-awaits-us-all/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven All over the planet a new reality is dawning. ISLAM has vowed to conquer the whole world. Here are some of the words of Hamas Leader Khaled Masha?al which he delivered in a Damascus mosque, spelling out what myriads of others daily are saying in their mosques and through
- [A very deceitful and dangerous proposition](https://israelmybeloved.com/a-very-deceitful-and-dangerous-proposition/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven It sounds so convincing when I hear the top Kadima spokesmen say they, to preserve a truly Jewish Democratic State, will sooner or later draw the line and establish Israel?s new borders for the good of Israel?s future, so as not to be out-populated by Arab inhabitants and thus
- [Sometimes things are not that easy!](https://israelmybeloved.com/sometimes-things-are-not-that-easy/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven Thinking about things today, I felt reminded of the terrible battle it was before ? as it seemed ? the Lord was victorious in His plan and promise to lead His people out of Egypt with a strong hand, on their way to His promised land. It took 10
- [You have been warned](https://israelmybeloved.com/you-have-been-warned/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven You have been warned by many ? by military experts, by political strategists, by deeply, deeply concerned leaders, both Jews and Christians ? NOT to allow a Palestinian (Muslim) state to be created between Israel and the Jordan; NOT to divide this land. Your G-d Himself has warned you
- [No equality in Israel before the law](https://israelmybeloved.com/no-equality-in-israel-before-the-law/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven Arabs can build illegally. Bedouins can add illegally to their property and lands. Muslims can throw stones at Jewish worshipers who wish to come up and pray at the Jews? holiest site. All of them get away with these crimes. But woe to Jews if they are suspected of
- [Former IDF Chief of Staff speaks out!](https://israelmybeloved.com/former-idf-chief-of-staff-speaks-out/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven Former Chief of Staff of Israel?s Defense Forces Moshe Ya?alon spoke forcefully and clearly during a recent meeting in New York?s Lincoln Square synagogue, hosted by the Zionist Organization of America. The General, a former kibbutznik from the Labor movement, mesmerized the crowd during his hour-long lecture explaining the
- [Outcry over Lebanon](https://israelmybeloved.com/outcry-over-lebanon/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven Shock, anger and disappointment were felt by many inside and outside Israel ? by Israel-loving Jews and Israel-loving Christians ? at the unsatisfactory and premature outcome of Israel?s latest war. The nation has been severely shaken, and a process has already begun that could well lead to a new
- [This war is far from over](https://israelmybeloved.com/this-war-is-far-from-over/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven ?Out of the north calamity shall break forth? ? Jeremiah 1:14 O my soul, my soul! I am pained in my very heart! My heart makes a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, Because you have heard, O my soul, The sound of the trumpet, The alarm
- [Special Feast experience: 'Opening' the Eastern Gate](https://israelmybeloved.com/special-feast-experience-opening-the-eastern-gate/) - By Stan Goodenough Courtesy of Jerusalem Watchman Then He brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary which faces toward the east, but it was shut. And the LORD said to me, "This gate shall be shut; it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter by it, because the LORD God
- [Are we Christians blind to the battle that is raging?](https://israelmybeloved.com/are-we-christians-blind-to-the-battle-that-is-raging/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven Isn't it amazing, that whereas the Evil One, the prince of this world, is slowly but surely getting all the nations on his side in his bitter fight against God's Chosen People, comparatively so few Gentile believers seem to even understand what his fight is all about? As I
- [The Messiah - The Lamb and the Lion](https://israelmybeloved.com/the-messiah-the-lamb-and-the-lion/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven He was born in the city of David, Bethlehem, as the Tanach prophesied He would be: "But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are little among the thousands of Judah, Yet out of you shall come forth to Me the One to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth are
- [No peace with Amalek](https://israelmybeloved.com/no-peace-with-amalek/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven The Bible (Tanach) states that God battles with Amalek from generation to generation. "Because the Lord has sworn: the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation." (Exodus 17:16) Most Israelis believe that in some way they must in the end be for peace with their enemies.
- [A clever people, yet so self-destructive!](https://israelmybeloved.com/a-clever-people-yet-so-self-destructive/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven How can Israeli leaders, after the explosion of what amounts to a internal civil war among the Palestinian population in Gaza and elsewhere, still believe there is any hope of a moderate Palestinian leadership arising – be it Abu Mazen or another – that will be able to rein
- [A nation dwelling alone](https://israelmybeloved.com/a-nation-dwelling-alone/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven "How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? And how shall I denounce whom the Lord has not denounced? For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him; there! A people dwelling alone, not reckoning itself among the nations. …
- [The Jews can be gassed again](https://israelmybeloved.com/the-jews-can-be-gassed-again/) - By Stan Goodenough Today, six short decades after a third of the world's Jews disappeared into the maelstrom of Hitler's 'Final Solution,' fully one third of Israel's young people believe that the world will allow a second Holocaust to occur. And indeed, agonizing death by nerve-gas-induced asphyxiation waits for hundreds of thousands of Israelis just minutes away from
- [US Tour Report](https://israelmybeloved.com/us-tour-report/) - By Stan Goodenough On June 7 this year, International Christian Zionist Center Director Jan Willem van der Hoeven and I returned to Jerusalem from three weeks in the United States, where we traveled together, sharing with Americans many of the things that God has burned on our hearts concerning Israel and the US. Although we
- [Strengthening Abbas is strengthening Hamas](https://israelmybeloved.com/strengthening-abbas-is-strengthening-hamas/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven The following very important and incisive letter, sent by us to a former presidential candidate, should – we believe – set alarm bells ringing everywhere. The second item attached, written by Jerry Golden, powerfully addresses the same issue. Jan Willem van der Hoeven, Director International Christian Zionist Center
- [There is another way!](https://israelmybeloved.com/there-is-another-way/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven Then leader of Israel's opposition, Yossi Sarid said (in an interview with The Jerusalem Post, 10.08.01): "Every dispute around the world in history was solved through negotiations". This mantra repeatedly verbalized across Israel's political spectrum, that a solution with the Palestinians can only be found through negotiations is, however, entirely
- [Israel bowed at Annapolis](https://israelmybeloved.com/israel-bowed-at-annapolis/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven In his recent speech in Annapolis the Prime Minister of Israel, Mr Ehud Olmert made the following statement: "I believe that there is no path other than peace. I believe there is no just solution other than the solution of two national states for two peoples. I believe that
- [PUBLIC STATEMENT OF ALARM](https://israelmybeloved.com/public-statement-of-alarm/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven & Stan Goodenough In the light of God's warning to the nations through His prophet Joel that He will one day bring them to judgment for dividing the land He repeatedly vowed to give to just one nation - His own beloved and Chosen People - it is appalling
- [The opposite of what he wanted to achieve](https://israelmybeloved.com/the-opposite-of-what-he-wanted-to-achieve/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven Will the man who started the all out fight against terror after September the 11th and has championed democracy on a largely unwilling Muslim world now hand the terrorists via Abu Mazen a state of their own - called Palestine - and through it mortally endanger Israel, the only
- [Are we going to lose?](https://israelmybeloved.com/are-we-going-to-lose/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven “And you will be hated by all nations” (Matthew 24:9) Yesterday I watched a documentary about Vladimir Putin. It was made with the help of a few courageous Russians who were willing to risk their lives by speaking their mind, on camera, about this ruthless ex-KGB man who has
- [No American would accept 'a Palestinian state solution' on his own soil!](https://israelmybeloved.com/no-american-would-accept-a-palestinian-state-solution-on-his-own-soil/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven "With the yardstick we measure we ourselves will also be measured" said a great Rabbi. This will the nations learn which, out of cowardice and in fear of losing their oil and economic interests, are pressuring Israel into accepting on its own historic soil - small as Israel already
- [FALL OF AMERICA. FALL OF THE WEST](https://israelmybeloved.com/fall-of-america-fall-of-the-west/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for so did their fathers to the false prophets. (Luke 6:26) Despite the overwhelming and unbelievable euphoria accompanying the election of America's new president, the sad truth is that the very opposite of what the enthralled millions of Obama
- [J'ACCUSE](https://israelmybeloved.com/jaccuse/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven What a great pity and shame that the vast majority of my African-American brothers and sisters voted for Barak Obama! It makes me think of my late wife, a serious Christian Arab woman who because of her faith in a Jewish Messiah, Jesus of Nazareth, had come to love
- [Is this really the way to go?](https://israelmybeloved.com/is-this-really-the-way-to-go/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven I am shocked that after the initial, brilliantly-conducted military operations in Gaza Israel - under the leadership of Tzipi Livni, Ehud Barak and Ehud Olmert - is about to lose most of what it set out to accomplish. It appears now that there will be NO freeing of Gilad
- [May this never happen!](https://israelmybeloved.com/may-this-never-happen/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven Mr. Meir Sheetrit, according to words quoted in The Jerusalem Post (February 13), has stated that Kadima will not sit together with the Likud unless the Likud agrees to the mortal danger of an independent - but beholden to the WHOLE MUSLIM WORLD -Palestinian state: an idea rejected by
- [No more 'risks for peace!'](https://israelmybeloved.com/no-more-risks-for-peace/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." (Albert Einstein) Well did the Psalmist express the anguish being felt by many Israeli men and women today: "In my distress I cried to the Lord, and He heard me. Deliver my
- [Christian Arrogance](https://israelmybeloved.com/christian-arrogance/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven In her article: "Beware the new axis of evangelicals and Islamists" Melanie Phillips writes: "Last weekend the Revd Stephen Sizer, vicar of Christ Church , Virginia Water appeared at an anti-Israel meeting with an Islamist called Ismail Patel. Patel has not only accused Israel of 'genocide' and 'war crimes'
- [Three circles of power controlling Israel's destiny?](https://israelmybeloved.com/three-circles-of-power-controlling-israels-destiny/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven A former top official once confided to me that the nation of Israel at this moment is basically ruled by the "elite" in three interconnected circles of power: the judiciary, the police and the media. Interestingly, these were the very groups berated by Mr. Moshe Katsav, Israel's former President,
- [How pathetic!](https://israelmybeloved.com/how-pathetic/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven We have just read the report quoting Muhammed Dahlan - the suspected perpetrator of the murderous November 2000 attack on an Israeli schoolbus - as saying: "[Hamas says] that Fatah has asked them to recognize Israel's right to exist and this is a big deception. For the one thousandth
- [Attack is Israel's best defense](https://israelmybeloved.com/attack-is-israels-best-defense/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven When Secretary of State Hillary Clinton deceitfully declared before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relation committee that eight years of isolation of Iran by the United States has not brought us an inch closer to a resolution - she cleverly misled her audience. What she could - and should -
- ['The Emperor has no clothes!'](https://israelmybeloved.com/the-emperor-has-no-clothes/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven They dress the wound of my people as though it were not serious. "Peace, peace," they say, when there is no peace. (Jeremiah 8:11) Apart from all the other horrendous costs involved, the forceful evacuation of the nearly 300 000 Israelis living today in their own, God-given Judea and
- [How self-destructive Israel can be](https://israelmybeloved.com/how-self-destructive-israel-can-be/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven By freeing Marwan Barghouti with all the other Hamas and Fatah prisoners, Israel will cause the only man charismatic enough to be able to do so to unite the Palestinian people – Fatah and Hamas into one. Hamas will become the controlling factor in all upcoming negotiations with Israel,
- [Another Holocaust?](https://israelmybeloved.com/another-holocaust/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven Would anyone have believed it - when people all over the world were shocked to hear, and see the first pictures, of the horrifying crime of mass-destruction perpetrated with Nazi precision against innocent Jewish men, women and children; that this horror - which nearly everyone foreswore - would be
- [Welcome to the Land of Truth](https://israelmybeloved.com/welcome-to-the-land-of-truth/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven 1. Not to the land of political expediency 2. Not to the land of what will be good for me 3. Not to the land of what is of economic and financial benefit to us 4. Not to the land of political correctness 5. Not to the land of
- [Syria and Egypt – more dangerous for Israel than Iran?](https://israelmybeloved.com/syria-and-egypt-more-dangerous-for-israel-than-iran/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven Peace, real peace comes through victory, not through endless negotiations. Had England or the Allied Forces taken seriously Adolf Hitler’s peace initiative when he sent his deputy, Rudolf Hess to Britain – no peace would have come to the European continent. To attain a true peace you have to
- [The greatest revival yet to come!](https://israelmybeloved.com/the-greatest-revival-yet-to-come/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven 120 men and women had the privilege to be THERE in the Upper Room on Mount Zion when during Pentecost the Holy Spirit fell upon them as promised by the Lord! Who from us will be THERE this time when the former and the latter rain, God’s double portion,
- [No, Mr. Mazen, this is not the way to peace!](https://israelmybeloved.com/no-mr-mazen-this-is-not-the-way-to-peace/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven How in the world can you be so foolish and self defeating, dear Mr. Abbas (Mr. Abu Mazen), to go on record stating that, once you succeed - as you are ceaselessly striving to do - to have the land you are after turned into a Muslim dominated Palestinian
- [How did it all come about?](https://israelmybeloved.com/how-did-it-all-come-about/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven Probably everyone in the developed world - and a good many in other lands - are well aware that there is an ongoing conflict in the Middle East involving the Arabs and the Jews. For decades, news organizations have been blanketing the globe with reports from our part of
- [What about Egypt?](https://israelmybeloved.com/what-about-egypt/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven The Lord also will roar from Zion, and utter His voice from Jerusalem; the heavens and earth will shake; but the Lord will be a shelter for His people, and the strength of the children of Israel. "So you shall know that I am the Lord your God, dwelling
- [The New Testament basis for the restoration of Israel](https://israelmybeloved.com/the-new-testament-basis-for-the-restoration-of-israel/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven Jesus was asked by His disciples whether He would restore the kingdom to Israel at that time, to which He replied: Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, "Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?" And He said to them, "It is
- [Bold and Courageous](https://israelmybeloved.com/bold-and-courageous/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven Most people shy away from confronting evil and the fierce resistance the Enemy brings against them and the biblical positions they hold. This is not the biblical way. God said to Joshua BEFORE he went in to conquer the land He had sworn to give to the people of
- [Five traps before the prime minister](https://israelmybeloved.com/five-traps-before-the-prime-minister/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem. Isaiah 62:6 May we all beseech the Lord - after the wonderful way He anointed and used Bibi's speaking in Washington DC - that he will not now fall into the five following traps: That he will NOT take the
- [Turkey and Egypt](https://israelmybeloved.com/turkey-and-egypt/) - By Jan Willem van der Hoeven The history of ISLAM makes it clear that non-Muslims cannot make real peace with the adherents of that religion. The most that may be agreed to is a hudna (truce); like the one Mohammed made with the Kuraish tribe, and which lasted only until he was strong enough to
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## FAQ's

- [Why is a child's Jewishness determined by his mother?](https://israelmybeloved.com/faq-items/why-is-a-childs-jewishness-determined-by-his-mother/) - According to Jewish law, a child is considered a Jew if his mother is a Jew, whether his father is Jewish or not. If the mother is not Jewish, the child is not Jewish even though the father may be Jewish.
- [Why are Jews married under a chupa (wedding canopy)?](https://israelmybeloved.com/faq-items/jewish-qas/) - Since the Middle Ages, Jewish marriages have taken place under a canopy made of a large piece of material held by four poles - the chupa. A number of reasons are given for this tradition. Some hold that the fabric canopy is a reminder of the tents in which the Israelites lived during their wilderness
- [What is the history of Palestine, where did it get it’s name?](https://israelmybeloved.com/faq-items/what-is-the-history-of-palestine-where-did-it-get-its-name/) - “The first time the name was used was in 70 CE when the Romans committed genocide against the Jews, smashed the Temple and declared the land of Israel would be no more. From then on, the Romans promised, it would be known as Palestine. The name was derived from the Philistines, a Goliathian people conquered
- [Who does Palestine rightly belong to? Why do the Arabs, a nation which occupies 22 countries, also insist on occupying Palestine?](https://israelmybeloved.com/faq-items/who-does-palestine-rightly-belong-to-why-do-the-arabs-a-nation-which-occupies-22-countries-also-insist-on-occupying-palestine/) - History and backgroundIn 1920 the world organization of nations [League of Nations] proclaimed that Palestine was to be a homeland for the Jews. Around the same time, Lebanon was made a place for Arab Christians, and Syria, and Iraq were to be homelands for Arab Moslems. In 1922 England [the occupying power in Palestine] gave
- [In what percent of Palestine does Israel exist?](https://israelmybeloved.com/faq-items/in-what-percent-of-palestine-does-israel-exist/) - “Arab critics of Israel speak of Jewish migration to Palestine after World War I, neglecting to mention that there has been a substantial and continuous Jewish presence in the land for over three thousand years, and a steady Jewish majority in Jerusalem. “Nor do they care to remember that when, after World War II, the
- [Was there ever a state of Palestine? Did Israel conquer Palestine and replace it with a Jewish state?](https://israelmybeloved.com/faq-items/was-there-ever-a-state-of-palestine-did-israel-conquer-palestine-and-replace-it-with-a-jewish-state/) - “In the Six-Day War, Israel captured Judea, Samaria and East Jerusalem. But they didn’t capture these territories from Yasser Arafat. They captured them from Jordan’s King Hussein. I can’t help but wonder why all these Palestinians suddenly discovered their national identity after Israel won the war.”The truth is that Palestine is no more real than
- [Why is the Jewish Bible called the Tanach?](https://israelmybeloved.com/faq-items/why-is-the-jewish-bible-called-the-tanach/) - The Jewish Bible is divided into three parts: Torah (Five Books of Moses), Neviim, (Prophets), and Ketuvim (Holy Writings). Tanach is an acronym for the three.
- [Why are Jews averse to using the term "New Testament"?](https://israelmybeloved.com/faq-items/why-are-jews-averse-to-using-the-term-new-testament/) - The very term "New Testament" implies that the Jewish Bible is "Old" and has been superceded by the "Christian Bible". Just referring to a "New" Testament also gives credence to that Christian belief that it fulfills the promises and teachings of the Jewish Bible.
- [Why do Jews use BCE and CE rather than BC and AD?](https://israelmybeloved.com/faq-items/why-do-jews-use-bce-and-ce-rather-than-bc-and-ad/) - The BC (Before Christ) and AD (Anno Domini, Year of our Lord) method of dating is clearly a Christian system. Jews, not recognizing Jesus as Messiah but cogniscent of the need to have a dating method that is in synch with the rest of the world's identify the period we call AD as the "Common
- [Why does the Jewish bridegroom break a glass?](https://israelmybeloved.com/faq-items/why-does-the-jewish-bridegroom-break-a-glass/) - Again, a number of explanations exist for this ritual. The most popular is that the breaking glass reminds the Jews of the destruction of their Temple, ensuring that at the hour of their greatest joy they will not forget this terrible tragedy and all it meant for the Jewish people. Another reason is that the
- [Why are Jewish boys circumcised?](https://israelmybeloved.com/faq-items/why-are-jewish-boys-circumcised/) - When God entered into a covenant with Abram, He swore to make Abram exceedingly fruitful, that His special relationship with him and his descendants would endure forever, and that he would give him and his descendants (through Isaac, it is later confirmed) "all the land of Canaan as an everlasting possession." (Genesis 17: 6-8) The
- [Where is Palestine? What are its borders? Is it only between the Mediteranean and the river Jordan?](https://israelmybeloved.com/faq-items/where-is-palestine-what-are-its-borders-is-it-only-between-the-mediteranean-and-the-river-jordan/) - Decapolis:league of 10 ancient Greek cities in easter Palestine that was formed after the Roman conquest of Palestine in 63 BC. The name Decapolis also denotes the roughly contiguous territory formed by these cities, all but one of which lay east of the Jordan River. The 10 cities of the league were Scythopolis (modern Bet
- [Is the Arab opposition to Israel’s existence an opposition to imperialism, or a fight over limited land?](https://israelmybeloved.com/faq-items/is-the-arab-opposition-to-israels-existence-an-opposition-to-imperialism-or-a-fight-over-limited-land/) - “We Arabs, especially the educated among us, look with deepest sympathy on the Zionist movement… We will wish the Jews a hearty welcome home… We are working together for a reformed and revised Near East, and our two movements complement one another. The movement is national and not imperialistic. There is room in Syria for
- [Did the Jewish influx improve the job opportunities, health care, standard of living, infrastructure, which made Palestine an attractive place for Arabs, who would later immigrate to Palestine?](https://israelmybeloved.com/faq-items/did-the-jewish-influx-improve-the-job-opportunities-health-care-standard-of-living-infrastructure-which-made-palestine-an-attractive-place-for-arabs-who-would-later-immigrate-to-palestine/) - “In the last decade Palestine has been lifted to a new economic level, and the standard of life has risen not only among the Jews, but among the Arabs too.”- Dr. Arthur Ruppin, in “The Picture in 1907″, February 27, 1908 “Those good Jews brought civilization and peace to the Arab Muslims, and they dispersed
- [Did the rich European Jews take advantage of the poor Arabs and trick them into selling their best land at low cost?](https://israelmybeloved.com/faq-items/did-the-rich-european-jews-take-advantage-of-the-poor-arabs-and-trick-them-into-selling-their-best-land-at-low-cost/) - “At the end of World War I, some of Palestine’s land was owned by absentee landlords who lived in Cairo, Damascus and Beirut. About 80% of the Palestinian Arabs were debt-ridden peasants, semi-nomads and Bedouins. Analyses of land purchases from 1880 to 1948 show that 73% of Jewish plots were purchases from large landowners, not
- [Did the Arabs invade the region by force?](https://israelmybeloved.com/faq-items/did-the-arabs-invade-the-region-by-force/) - “Mohammed had prepared an army to invade the borders of Syria. When Mohammed died Abu Bakr sent an army headed by Usama Ibn Zayd and ‘Umar Ibn al-Khattab. The army marched towards southern Palestine and invaded some parts of the land, frightened the people and captured some booty. …By the end of the year 12,
- [Why did the Jews insist on returning to Palestine? They were doing quite well in other peoples’ countries…](https://israelmybeloved.com/faq-items/why-did-the-jews-insist-on-returning-to-palestine-they-were-doing-quite-well-in-other-peoples-countries/) - Perhaps because this is not quite true, and that in the long run those “other peoples’ countries” may be fine for other peoples, but not for the people without a country, who only had to organize their scattered members and to return to their land from which they were unjustly expelled in the first place.
- [Weren’t the Arabs living in Palestine for hundreds of years or millenea before the Jews came?](https://israelmybeloved.com/faq-items/werent-the-arabs-living-in-palestine-for-hundreds-of-years-or-millenea-before-the-jews-came/) - “As I lived in Palestine, everyone I knew could trace their heritage back to the original country their great grandparents came from. Everyone knew their origin was not from the Canaanites, but ironically, this is the kind of stuff our education in the Middle East included.”…The fact is that today’s Palestinians are immigrants from the
- [Jews were mostly living outside of Palestine for a long time, doesn’t that reduce their claim to the land?](https://israelmybeloved.com/faq-items/jews-were-mostly-living-outside-of-palestine-for-a-long-time-doesnt-that-reduce-their-claim-to-the-land/) - “No, it increases their claim – in proportion to the time spent wandering without a home, at the mercy of other people in foreign lands and their tyrants…”- The Society for Rational Peace “Not because we were here two thousand years ago are we entitled to be here today, but because it has taken us
- [If the Land of Israel was so important to the Jews, why did they leave?](https://israelmybeloved.com/faq-items/if-the-land-of-israel-was-so-important-to-the-jews-why-did-they-leave/) - A common misperception is that the Jews were forced into the diaspora by the Romans after the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem in the year 70 A.D. and then, 1,800 years later, suddenly returned to Palestine demanding their country back. In reality, the Jewish people have maintained ties to their historic homeland for
- [Did the Jews expel the Arabs from Palestine? Are there no more Arabs in Israel?](https://israelmybeloved.com/faq-items/did-the-jews-expel-the-arabs-from-palestine-are-there-no-more-arabs-in-israel/) - “If this piece of propaganda were true, one should indeed not find Arabs in Israel. That some 15% of the population of Israel is Arab (Muslims and Christians, although the Christians are not technically Arabs) with full voting and civil rights with members in parliament – certainly disproves that propaganda. There were, of course, Arab
- [Was Palestine full of Arabs before the mass return of Jews?](https://israelmybeloved.com/faq-items/was-palestine-full-of-arabs-before-the-mass-return-of-jews/) - “[The Holy Land was] desolate country whose soil is rich enough, but is given over wholly to weeds – a silent mournful expanse…A desolation is here that not even imagination can grace with the pomp of life and action…We never saw a human being on the whole route…There was hardly a tree or a shrub
- [Who are the Palestinians? Where did the Arabs of Palestine come from? Are they a separate people, historically different from other Arabs?](https://israelmybeloved.com/faq-items/who-are-the-palestinians-where-did-the-arabs-of-palestine-come-from-are-they-a-separate-people-historically-different-from-other-arabs/) - “Palestine has always constituted a single geographical, political and demographic unit with Greater Syria and Egypt. On its soil the civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt intermingled. Palestine also witnessed, as a land bridge linking Asia, Africa, and Europe, several movements and waves of conquerors who dominated it for different periods of time and left behind

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