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2018
January 27, 2018 - Need for emergency relief for Holocaust Survivors in Ukraine
We continue to provide seniors with food parcels, especially in the winter months. It is difficult but rewarding work, to be a comfort to His People in exile. But right now we have a serious problem: counting all the requests form the entire Ukraine (including the war zone in the east of the country) we will need six thousand food parcels to last through the end of April. At this point we still need the money for 5,450 of those.
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January 17, 2018 - Exodus from Ukraine – End of year hustle and bustle
We can look back with gratitude for the many thousands of olim who came home for good from Ukraine and other former Soviet Republics since the beginning of this year (2017). Every month more than 2,000 Jewish men and women make aliyah world wide and more than 25 percent of them come from Ukraine. In November alone from Ukraine 728 olim and in the month of December more than 1,000 Jewish men and women will have made this journey or plan to do so.
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January 16, 2018 - I should not be afraid... The story of Anna Borisovna
We met a long time ago at one of the events of Kiev Hesed. I do not know what was so special about her that I remembered her so well, but she always kept herself apart from the rest. Her history and background in a nutshell. Her grandmother and grandfather, Chana Iosifovna and Gersh Mordukhovich, were shot in Babi Yar along with other relatives. Anna Borisovna has an intelligent appearance, which betrays her nationality. At school, fellow students and teachers always made fun of her.
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January 9, 2018 - BIBLICAL REFLECTIONS - LAKE OF FIRE
“What do you want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have You come here to torture us before the appointed time?” (Matthew 8:28-32) “Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.” (Matthew 25:41) “And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.” (Revelation 20:10) “For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.” (Ephesians 6:12)
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January 4, 2018 - Winter wonderland for Hanukkah in Ukraine
Who would want to come to Ukraine in December, I wondered, as I was packing for another flight to Kiev just before Christmas. I was not entirely wrong with my weather concerns, but that didn’t keep seven Dutch and four German participants from heading to Ukraine for this year’s last working trip to help the Jewish people there, and to learn about what they have been through.
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2017
December 21, 2017 - Help needed in Ukraine: food parcels!
Every year Christians for Israel distributes food parcels in Ukraine amongst struggling Jewish families, many of them are Holocaust survivors or refugees. A large group of volunteers assists Koen Carlier (our aliyah fieldworker in Ukraine) with packing and distributing thousands of food parcels and deliver them to needy Jewish Ukrainians. With the harsh Ukrainian winter at hand, and the explosive rise in living costs due to the conflict in Eastern Ukraine, this is no luxury. And this is only the beginning.
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December 19, 2017 - Everyone is a small light, but together we are a strong light!
Everyone is a small light, but together we are a strong light! This is what we sing on Chanukah while lighting candles. Let's disperse the darkness together! Please look at the pictures from different regions of the First Home in the Homeland. For many families it's their first Jewish Holiday in the Holy Land. Thank you for standing with us and for making these celebrations possible!
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December 12, 2017 - Thank You For Not Forgetting Us! - Jewish communities in Ukraine
By Anemone Rüger.. A fresh breeze is blowing, carrying first the Ukrainian, then the Israeli national anthem, the Hatikva. The sound travels across a wheat field onto the horizon where horse stables used to be. They served as living quarters for the Jews from the village who were enslaved as forced labourers back then, when first the Germans, then the Romanians occupied this strip of land.
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December 7, 2017 - Return from India - A Dream Fulfilled
By Ruben Ridderhof.. The Bible tells us how the kingdom of Israel was divided in the time of King Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, and how the ten tribes of Israel were taken into exile by the Assyrians and dispersed. Yet the prophets Hosea and Ezekiel prophesied that the Lord would one day reunite the twelve tribes. Today it seems like these prophesies are being fulfilled. In North-Eastern India resides a unique group of people called the Bnei Menashe, ‘Sons of Manasseh.’ For centuries they have continued to tell each other about their roots.
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December 7, 2017 - Christian Media Summit 2017
By Mandy Worby.. A small delegation of Christians for Israel media specialists attended the inaugural Christian Media Summit in Israel, that was organised by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The summit can be summed up in two words: ‘Historic’ and ‘Unprecedented’. For the first time ever, the Israeli Government, along with the Government Press Office, hosted the Summit exclusively for Christian media groups from forty different nations.
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December 7, 2017 - From Abraham to Israel Today
By Marie-Louise Weissenböck.. Under the theme ‘From Abraham to Israel today’ a group of 23 participants from Austria, three from Germany and one from Switzerland, toured Israel for nine days, beginning 26 October. Marie-Louise Weissenböck (Regional Director Europe and Chairwoman in Austria) and Moshe Gabay (Keshet Tours Israel) led the tour. The main objective of the tour was to deepen our Biblical understanding of the role Israel and the Jewish nation play in God’s plan of redemption. We achieved this by gaining knowledge of the facts on the ground in Israel today and by meeting various people belonging to Israel’s diverse society.
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December 7, 2017 - Rev. Willem J.J. Glashouwer Visits Brazil
By Pr. Val Nogueria.. The Christians for Israel seminar held in Brazil, was once again blessed by a visit from Rev. Willem J.J. Glashouwer and his wife, Marianne. The tour started in the city of Olinda-PE, where 70 pastors from across the State of Pernambuco and various denominations gathered together to hear the message.
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December 7, 2017 - Mission Accomplished
By Keith Buxton.. Well, we have done what we came to Federal Parliament in Canberra to do - we have submitted for presentation in the Senate our petition with over 8,100 signatories requesting the Australian Parliament to take immediate action to move our embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, the eternal and indivisible capital of Israel.
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December 7, 2017 - Press release - Christians for Israel welcomes the decision of President Trump to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital
Christians for Israel welcomes President Trump’s long-awaited decision yesterday to recognize Jerusalem as capital of the State of Israel, and to move the US embassy to Jerusalem.
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December 7, 2017 - Jerusalem in the ‘End Times’
By Andrew Tucker.. There is a lot of talk about the end times, or ‘last days’, that have been prophesied in the Bible. The term ‘end days’ in the Bible does not mean the end of the earth or the end of the world. It means the end of a phase of world history (the Greek word is ‘aeon’ meaning ‘vital force’, ‘generation’ or ‘period of time’). In Matthew 24, the disciples ask Jesus “what will be the sign of your coming and the end of the age?”. Jesus answers by telling them about all the things that will happen before ‘the end’. He talks about ‘birth pains’ (verse 8), wars, famines, earthquakes and other signs of the ‘end’. In all of this, He speaks in the context of the prophecies of the Old Testament which are full of God’s promises to send the Messiah to usher in the kingdom.
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December 5, 2017 - The Battle for Jerusalem
By Rev. Willem J. J. Glashouwer.. On 31 October; yes, on the same date that Martin Luther in 1517 hammered his 95 theses on the doors of churches in Wittenberg-Germany and started the great work of the Reformation; the same day the ANZAC soldiers from Australia and New Zealand launched their attack in 1917 on Beersheba that ultimately led to the liberation of Jerusalem from the occupation by the Turkish Ottoman Empire that had occupied Jerusalem and the Holy Land for 400 years. “The events of 31 October 1917 laid the foundation for the Jewish people being able to return officially and legally to their land and to ultimately establish their own State on 14 May 1948”, we read in the article of Kelvin Crombie in the October edition 2017 of our newspaper ‘Israel & Christians Today’.
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December 4, 2017 - First-Ever South Pacific Forum
Recently a group of New Zealand and South Pacific associates assembled in Auckland, New Zealand, for the very first Christians for Israel South Pacific Training Forum. Christians for Israel representatives from Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Rarotonga/Cook Islands and Niue assembled at Willow Park Christian Camp in Eastern Beach, Auckland, for three days of training and strategising. Joined by several other Pacific Island supporters and the New Zealand staff and board members, the time together was very intense, but also a time of amazing learning, support, encouragement and celebration.
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November 30, 2017 - C4I Prayer Calendar December 2017 | January 2018
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November 28, 2017 - First Home in the homeland - Into the depth
"This is the inheritance of the tribe of Judah, according to its clans: The southernmost towns of the tribe of Judah in the Negev: ….Libnah, Ether, Ashan, 43 Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib, Keilah, Akzib and Mareshah—nine towns and their villages." (Joshua 15:44) And now for a question to the experienced tourists of Israel – do you know where the city of Mareshah is located and what happened to it through the ages?
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November 22, 2017 - Speakers at CFI UK Conference
By Andrew Tucker.. Christians for Israel International President Rev. Willem Glashouwer and Executive Director Andrew Tucker were invited as keynote speakers at the Annual Conference hosted by Christian Friends of Israel UK in Eastbourne on 22-23 September 2017, attended by about 200 people. This conference was a wonderful time of fellowship, praise and teaching. We are thankful to CFI UK Director Jacob Vince for allowing us to be part of this event.
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November 22, 2017 - ‘Whose Land?’ - Film Review
By Bryce Turner, Christians for Israel New Zealand.. Significant showings of British documentary/filmmaker Hugh Kitson’s newest release are set to coincide with the upcoming Centenary of the Balfour Declaration. Having had its world premiere in August 2017, showings in Australia will be closely followed by events in New Zealand and then around the world.
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November 14, 2017 - A Palestinian Culture War Through UNESCO
By Ruben Ridderhof, Christians for Israel Netherlands.. The Palestinian Authority has asked UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) to acknowledge the old city of Hebron, including the Cave of Machpelah, as Palestinian world heritage. By this, the Palestinians once again try to wipe out a piece of Jewish history and turn the world against Israel.
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November 14, 2017 - Zionism, Balfour and the Bible
By Andrew Tucker.. These months of August to November 2017 are historically significant months, as we recall key dates in the world history leading up to the creation of the State of Israel in 1948. 29 and 30 August was the 120th anniversary of the first Zionist Congress in Basel, at which what came to be known as the ‘Basel Programme’ was adopted, setting out the goals of the Zionist movement. It was adopted on the following terms:
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November 7, 2017 - First Home in the Homeland - ″Brought us and our parents…″
Dear Friends, today it's more a fellowship of mine than project newsletter. I'm sorry to bother you with my personal story but as you took an active part in the dreams of our family come true I feel happy to share this news with you.
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November 1, 2017 - New Israel Centre at Nijkerk - The Netherlands opened to the public
The Official Opening of the new Israel Centre at Nijkerk in The Netherlands took place on October 26 last. We hope and pray that this building, the people who work there and all activities that are being done in it will be a continuous blessing for Israel and the Jewish people. The following videos provide an impression of the events during the opening.
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October 24, 2017 - Joyful reunion with Yacov
In the past few days we took olim from Zhitomir, Tjerkacci, Vinnitsa, Kherson, Chmilnitksy, Kamenets-Podolsky, Chernovtsy, Trostjanets and Lvov to the different airports for their permanent departure. Yacov and his wife Sophia were among the many olim in my minibus from the former shtetl of Trostjanets!
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October 17, 2017 - Sukkot 2017 (Feast of Tabernacles)
September 2017 was a very busy month of taking many older and younger olim to different airports in Ukraine, on their way to live in Israel permanently. All of this took place without significant problems! There was a misunderstanding with one family because we thought that they were departing from the airport in Vinnitsa. Fortunately, this misunderstanding was discovered in time, and the family was able to leave from the airport in Kiev together with the other olim. We double check everything well in advance and again right before we leave, just to make sure that there are no changes.
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October 10, 2017 - Important Visitors
On Monday September 11th, the Israeli Minister of Integration, Sofa Landver, came to visit Christians for Israel in Ukraine. She was accompanied by a number of representatives of the Jewish Agency, the Israeli Chief Consul from Kiev, and four Russian speaking deputy mayors from the Israeli cities of Bat Yam, Hadera, Nahariya and Migdal Emelek. They made aliyah years ago from Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova!
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October 4, 2017 - March of life for Israel in Zürich
In the afternoon of September 11, 2017, the first "March of life for Israel" ever in Zürich, Switzerland took place, organised by amongst others Christians for Israels Switzerland, Ebenezer Operation Exodus and Gebet für die Schweiz. Initiated in Germany in 2007 and organised internationally since for the following purpose. Remembering: Working through the past, giving survivors of the Holocaust a voice. Reconciliation: healing and restoration between descendants of the victims and perpetrators. Taking a stand: for Israel and against modern anti-Semitism.
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October 3, 2017 - BIG THANK YOU from East Ukrainian Jewish community
A thank you letter after receiving help from Christians for Israel for supporting the soup kitchen and providing food parcels for the poor and elderly Jews in Donetsk (East-Ukraine)! A follow up of the article that was published on the Dutch and International website. Food parcels for the Jewish Major Holidays.
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October 3, 2017 - Christians for Israel speaks at CFI Annual Conference in Eastbourne, UK
C4I International President Rev. Willem J.J. Glashouwer and Executive Director Andrew Tucker were invited as key-note speakers at the Annual Conference hosted by Christian Friends of Israel UK in Eastbourne on 22-23 September 2017, attended by about 200 people. This conference was a wonderful time of fellowship, praise and teaching.
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September 26, 2017 - Food parcels for the Jewish Major Holidays
Soon it will be Jewish New Year (september 20, 2017), followed by Yom Kippur (September 30, 2017) and then the Feast of Tabernacles (October 5, 2017) and Simchat Torah (October 13, 2017)! In Ukraine they are also preparing to first celebrate Jewish New Year. After Yom Kippur, the most holy day of the year, they will begin building the booths from which to remember the exodus from Egypt, with great gratitude to the Almighty for His provision in the past and in the present day!
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September 21, 2017 - Samaria region settlement joins the First Home in the Homeland Program
How goodly are your tents, O Jacob, your dwelling places, O Israel! (Numbers 24:5). It finally happened! A new dot on the map of the First Home in the Homeland! Forty-four kibbutzim used to accept new Jewish immigrants in the frame of the "First Home" program. Now there are forty-five: forty-four kibbutzim and one settlement. For the first time a settlement in the northern West Bank joins the program. It is located just across the Green Line border. Hinanit is included into the First Home project only thanks to the decision of Christians for Israel to support the project!
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September 19, 2017 - First Home in the Homeland - update August 2017
Our hectic month of August continues! Over 100 families (most of them from the former Soviet Union) will arrive until September 2017 to the various kibbutzim all over the country. This week kibbutz Urim (17 km from the Gaza strip) welcomed two new olim families, one of them from Ukraine (Harkov) and the second from Russia (Kaliningrad). Our First Home in the Homeland volunteer in kibbutz Nikol Boiko had a busy week, preparing apartments for their arrival.
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September 13, 2017 - Christians for Israel International (C4I) Annual Report 2016
It is a pleasure to present our report on the Christians for Israel ministry in 2016. The Lord is bringing His people Israel home, and is preparing His body to be ready for the coming of Jesus Christ as Lord and Messiah. We are thankful that we are allowed to be involved in what God is doing in our generation.
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September 12, 2017 - Generation of survivors!
Some time ago we visited the family of Anatoly Melnik. They have one daughter, a son-in-law and a grandson. We learned many interesting details from this family’s history. Anatoly’s mother miraculously escaped the Babi Yar shooting, but his grandmother was shot on September 30, 1941. For many years Anatoly's mother wanted to go to Israel with her son's family. But they were not sure about their plans. Ultimately she decided to fly on her own and died a week before her flight to Israel.
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August 31, 2017 - “Israel Saved My Life” - update from Ukraine
We have known 67-year-old Michael for many years. His only son has attended many activities over the years organised by the Jewish Agency, including summer camps! Michael knew that he would go to Israel one day, however, as often happens, that ‘journey’ was often postponed.
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August 18, 2017 - Jerusalem Magazine | Collector’s Item
2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem, following the Six Day War of June 1967, after 19 years of division. This special magazine marks this unique milestone in the history of the eternal capital of Israel. Historically and politically, spiritually and culturally, the Holy City represents the heart and soul of the Jewish people. This limited edition, commemorative magazine, celebrates Jerusalem’s 50th anniversary since her reunification in 1967 and is beautifully illustrated, with in-depth articles, inspiring interviews, facts, time-lines and much more.
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August 15, 2017 - Israel & Christians Today - August edition
God is on Israel's side. He gave everlasting promises to them; He made everlasting Covenants with them, and everything He promised to Israel, He will fulfil for Israel. Just as all the promises He gave to the Church, He will fulfil for the Church. It never gets out of His hand. Israel has the guarantee of the Creator of heaven and earth for its existence. As long as heaven and earth are in existence, there will be Israel. Says God (Jeremiah 31: 35-37). Read the full article in the August edition of our bi-monthly newspaper Israel & Christians Today.
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August 14, 2017 - Experience Israel 2017
Twelve youngsters for twelve days in the land! Cooking together, touring together, studying Bible together, cleaning together and escaping the snores of one another together... what a way to Experience Israel! For most of the group, it was the first time in Israel. Highlights included hiking Masada, joining local youths at the Western Wall for the calling in of Shabbat, worshipping in Christ Church and receiving expert teaching on the legal, political and social complexities of the modern state from Calev Myers, Johannes Gerloff and Benjamin Philip among others.
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August 9, 2017 - Rabbi Jacobs in Ukraine (4) – Back from Kiev
‘We don’t hear gunshots in Kiev as we did in Mariupol. The war is far removed from here, yet awfully close at the same time. We meet the rabbi of Donetsk in his cultural centre in Kiev. He was born in Israel and moved to the East of Ukraine with his family twenty years ago to serve the Jewish community there. His community had three thousand families.
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August 8, 2017 - I'm Not Alone - Support for Holocaust survivors
More than 20,000 Holocaust survivors live in Jerusalem. Too many are plagued by their memories, alone, with no place to turn for acceptance and unconditional love. Café Europa is a simple answer to their prayers, a place where survivors meet with one another, share experiences, laugh, or cry.
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August 7, 2017 - Rabbi Jacobs in Ukraine (3) – Confusion
‘Tomorrow will be the last day. First we have another two meetings in Kiev, then off to the airport, then we’ll land at home, and then Shabbat: Rest! Rest? I don’t know. Right now there are so many things going through my head. I’m confused. The joy and the sadness are both wandering around my mind.
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August 5, 2017 - Rabbi Jacobs in Ukraine (2) – Yeka Girls
'Though I know that today is only my fourth day in Ukraine it seems like I’ve been here for weeks. I am not in the Ukraine by the way, but in Ukraine, without ‘the’. Though I don’t quite understand the logic of this, the experts have brought this to my attention. So now you know as well, dear reader of my journal.
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August 3, 2017 - Rabbi Jacobs in Ukraine (1) – Mariupol
Dutch Chief Rabbi Binyomin Jacobs travelled through Ukraine in the first week of July 2017 to help Jews in that area. He did this together with C4I Aliyah fieldworker Koen Carlier. Rabbi Jacobs kept a journal throughout his time in Ukraine.
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July 27, 2017 - Prayer Calendar August - September 2017
You may have noticed that 'Israel' is described differently in our Prayer Calendar compared to all sorts of secular publications. The reason for this is that the prayer points for Israel are Biblically based. They are for example not adapted to the current political ideas. As Christians we can be inspired by the Bible, follow Jesus and love the Jewish people.
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July 19, 2017 - First-ever Israel solidarity march in Fiji
The key focus of Christians for Israel (C4I) Fiji has been montly prayer meetings on the first Friday of every month. Our team in Fiji already sees God opening doors through the power of united prayer. Recently the team of C4I Fiji joined the first-ever Israel solidarity march.
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July 4, 2017 - Summer Camps Ukraine 2017 - Enjoying the summer in Ukraine
Vacationing in Ukraine is a little different than most of us are used to. We book a flight, a cabin, or pack up a tent and take our family to a sunny destination. We might even go to another country. In Ukraine you often spend your vacation at a camp. When the schools close their doors, the camps open their cabins and tents for a great children’s programme.
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June 30, 2017 - Aliyah from Paris - Yael (22) makes a dream come true
Sitting across from me in a bustling Parisian brasserie, young French Yael shares with me about her dream of making aliyah. Just 22-years-old, she decided to make her aliyah this year, along with her father and her brother. But what exactly is it that convinced her to emigrate, being a young French woman?
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June 27, 2017 - Questions and answers - Three Aliyah events in June 2017
"Now go, lead the people to the place I spoke of..." Exodus 32:34 Big question mark – summer is a time for many Jewish families that are still in diaspora to think about going back home. Families with children usually plan their aliyah (moving to Israel) on the end of August – because of the school year that starts on the 1st of September. Summer turns into a season of dreaming, planning and packing all over the widely spread Jewish community.
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June 27, 2017 - C4I Italy organizes “Shalom Jerusalem” conference in Rome
Christians for Israel’s Italian affiliate - “Cristiani per Israele” – organized an impressive conference in Rome on Saturday 24th June in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem in June 1967. The meeting was hosted by Communidade Evangelica Internacional Zona Sul church in Rome, led by Rev. Fernando de Franca. Attended by about 300 participants from all over Italy, this conference was the fruit of years of hard work raising interest in God’s prophetic word regarding Israel and the Jewish people.
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June 20, 2017 - Keep Jerusalem United
On 7 June 1967, the State of Israel took control of the old city of Jerusalem in the so- called ‘Six Day War’ (which lasted from 5-10 June 1967). Israeli Commander Mordechai (Motta) Gur, who led the brigade that captured the Old City on the third day of the war, expressed the significance of this event to the Jewish people when he spoke to his squad: “For some two thousand years the Temple Mount was forbidden to the Jews... The Western Wall, for which every heart beats, is ours once again.
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June 14, 2017 - A Gift For Jerusalem's Jubilee
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem, Christians for Israel asked if you would donate towards a gift to the city, one with future value. With your generous support, Aleh in Jerusalem was able to add a new High Dependency wing to their building. It is now home to people with multiple disabilities, including facilities for education and therapy.
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June 13, 2017 - City of the Great King
Part I: Jerusalem, the Eternal Dwelling Place When Israel reclaimed Jerusalem in 1967, it made the hearts of devout Jews skip a beat. Would this be the moment the Temple would be rebuilt? And if so, where would that be? Of course, many Jews said that Jerusalem should be the place, on top of Mount Zion, where the temples of Solomon and Zerubbabel had been. It would be built in the same location that the Temple was destroyed by the heathen nations, Babel and Rome. But why build it in Jerusalem? What is so special about Jerusalem and Mount Zion? What’s unique about this small mountain, 800 meters above sea level, at the edge of the desert?
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June 7, 2017 - Brazil Shares Message of Hope
By Pastor Val Nogueira, Christians for Israel Brazil.. We are so blessed and excited to be part of what God is doing through Christians For Israel in Brazil. For the past three years, we’ve been experiencing the Lord’s favour, as He opens doors of churches and communities for us, enabling us to bring the message “Why Israel?” Specifically, in the northeast of Brazil, we now have partners in more than ten ten cities and two states, who have embraced the work of Christians for Israel.
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June 1, 2017 - Prayer Calendar June - July 2017
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May 31, 2017 - 31 October – Destiny’s Date? (Part 2)
World War One & the German-Turkish alliance By Kelvin Crombie.. When War broke out in August 1914 Germany and Ottoman Turkey had already entered into a secret agreement. Britain was now reluctantly forced into conflict against the Turks. The area of greatest strategic and military importance was the Suez Canal. Everything needed to be done to preserve the link to the eastern empire. Indeed already at that stage strategists were looking to the post-War period, and what would be best for Britain and this link.
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May 30, 2017 - Short Distance Between Belief and Deeds
The Christians for Israel official delegation visited First Home in the Homeland project in kibbutz Revivim (Negev desert) on May 24, 2017. This particular day (28th of Iyar month) is a national holiday in Israel, Yom Yerushalayim – 50 years from the reunification of Jerusalem. Every newcomer and kibbutz member who shared his or her story received one more question: what is Jerusalem for you?
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May 24, 2017 - 31 October – Destiny’s Date? (Part 1)
By Kelvin Crombie.. Jewish people recognise the 9th day of Av as of great significance, the day on which both of the Jewish temples were destroyed, as well as other events in their history. But there is also another day on which a number of key historical events occurred which impacted the Jewish people – in the modern period. That day is 31 October.
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May 18, 2017 - Israel message reaches Cambodia
The Christians for Israel 4th Asia Pacific Training and Leadership Conference was held in Hotel Somnang Loar, Phnom Penh, Cambodia from 20th to 22nd April 2017. Cambodia is among the top 10 countries in the world with the fastest church growth rates. Christians make up 3% of the pre-dominantly Buddhist population of 15 million people. The Body of Christ in Cambodia, drawn from a wide spectrum of denominations meet every year for national prayer on 1st July and heads of denominations meet regularly for fellowship.
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May 17, 2017 - Reaching Christians in China, Vietnam and Thailand!
Rev. Willem Glashouwer spoke at the “Asia Missions and Revival Conference” in Bangkok (Thailand), which took place mid-April. Rev. Glashouwer did teachings on Israel and on Matthew 24:1-3. The conference was attended mainly by people from China and Vietnam and all messages were translated into Mandarin and Vietnamese. Many of the attendees of the conference came to listen to the Israel message which was new to many of them.
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May 17, 2017 - A Weekend in ‘Jewish Vienna’
From 29 - 30 April, our first ‘Isreality Austria’ weekend took place in Vienna. Young Christians between the age of 18 and 35 had been invited to come and learn more about Israel and the Jewish history of this city. On Saturday afternoon 17 young adults met at “Don Bosco House”, a Christian centre. We got to know each other having coffee and delicious Viennese cake. Later we moved to a seminar room and after a brief introduction of Isreality by Sandra, Marie- Louise Weissenböck (Regional director of Christians for Israel Europe) spoke to us about Israel from a biblical perspective.
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May 17, 2017 - Ukraine’s Jews walk narrow line between murderous past and uncertain future
By Sue Surkes.. As Ukrainian PM Volodymyr Groysman winds up a three-day visit to Israel, Jews back home try to cope with economic difficulties and the effects of war. ODESSA, Ukraine — At two years of age, Masha cannot walk yet, although she has learned to sit and stand. When she arrived at the Tikva foster home in Odessa six months ago, she could not even hold her head. Since then, she has had four epileptic fits.
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May 16, 2017 - A visit with a great outcome
When we, i.e. Christians for Israel, distribute food parcels, we always try to meet new families and tell them who we are and what we do and give them information about it. The other day we were in a small town to meet with the person responsible for the Jewish community and to visit a family.
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May 11, 2017 - Love for Israel at the Baltic Sea
At the beginning of April 2017 Rev. Willem J.J. Glashouwer traveled to Kaliningrad, a part of Russia at the Baltic Sea, situated between Poland and Lithuania. The program was organized by Boris Vasyukov, National Director in Russia of Ebenezer Operation Exodus. The visit included a round-table meeting with a number of Jewish leaders and pastors of local Christian congregations belonging to various denominations, an interchurch conference on Israel and the Church, as well as a speaking engagement at a Sunday service in the local Baptist church.
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May 10, 2017 - In a Ukraine forest, terrible events of 75 years ago given resonance by handful of survivors
By Sue Surkes.. Uman, Ukraine — As veterans across Europe turned out this week (May 5 - 9, 2017) for annual ceremonies to commemorate the end of World War ll, some 70 Christians and Jews gathered Monday (May 8, 201) in a forest clearing in central Ukraine to unveil a memorial to 1,000 Jewish children murdered by the Nazis in April 1942. The event – on the outskirts of the city of Uman — was an ode to reconciliation.
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May 9, 2017 - Teach them his decrees and instructions...
"Teach them his decrees and instructions, and show them the way they are to live and how they are to behave" (Exodus 18:20). Since the destruction of the Temple, religious Jews have been praying for their return to the Land of Israel. Olim are moving across the world, changing language and culture to become a part of the revived Israel. New waves of aliyah are extremely colourful. Some olim still remember their heritage and connect it with their future. But for many other new immigrants their religious and cultural Jewish background was wiped away by the totalitarian regime in the Soviet countries where they were born and brought up as totally unreligious.
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May 2, 2017 - March Of The Living
By Jos van Westing, Christians for Israel International Yom HaShoah - Holocaust Remembrance Day 24 April 2017 In April this year, Christians for Israel International participated in the Jewish event, “The March of the Living”, a memorial march from Auschwitz to Birkenau. Together with 10,000 students from 52 different nations, carrying thousands of Israeli flags, we made a clear statement to the world - “NEVER AGAIN!” Any Christians for Israel member around the world can join our 4-day Auschwitz Programme in Poland. They come back a different person due to the life-changing experience and understand the suffering the Jewish people endured.
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May 2, 2017 - Aliyah from Lille, Lyon and Marseille
By Rachel Poot.. The work that Ebenezer does in France, is not only limited to its capital as it may seem. Out of the 600,000 Jews that live in France, indeed, the largest community is to be found in Paris and its surroundings: 450,000 persons. However, the other 150,000 find themselves within other cities in France. "The work of Ebenezer in France is quite new", National Director of Ebenezer France, Xavier Darrieutort, explains.
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April 25, 2017 - Aliyah from Paris: Looking back on 2016
By Rachel Poot.. The calm has returned to Paris. Sitting in the train on my way home, the headline of a Metro News-like newspaper catches my eye. Demain Matin headlines: “Number of racist incidents substantially decreased!” I turn the page and read that the Ministry of Internal Affairs counts 1,125 racist incidents in 2016. Compared to 2015 in which there were 2,034 racist incidents, a decrease of more than 40 per cent.
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April 19, 2017 - Our printing office
For two years now we have been adding a leaflet to our food parcels. The leaflet explains about our work in Ukraine. If people have questions or need practical help with making aliyah (emigrate to Israel), they can contact us locally at Christians for Israel. After all, we cannot be everywhere, but a food parcel and a leaflet can ‘travel’ throughout Ukraine! Since we started with the leaflets, we have been getting many calls from Jews who want to know more about aliyah.
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April 19, 2017 - Passover Night – 70 Times Exodus Story
Passover – Time of our freedom, זמן חירותנו - Who would think that I would celebrate this Passover somewhere in far away Germany, in the Black Forest with seventy guests from different Christian communities? Natalia Krizhanovski - from Christians for Israel and working in Ukraine - and me representing the aliyah project "First Home in the Homeland" are right now in Germany within the framework of a speaking tour organized by the German branch of Christians for Israel.
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April 18, 2017 - Christians for Israel Uganda Assists in Bringing the Jews Home
The team of Christians for Uganda has raised funds to assist in the important Aliyah work. They were received by Shmulik Fried, Director of the Friends of Israel Division of Keren Hayesod in Jerusalem during their recent tour in Israel. Drake Kaanabo, National Leader of Christians for Israel Uganda, was delighted to be able to hand the funds over personally.
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April 5, 2017 - Pesach (Passover) 2017 in Ukraine - Updated version
The Jewish community in Mariupol in the East of the country near the war zone, is thanking Christians for Israel for the food parcels they receive on a regular basis! (See photographs below). In March we packaged 2,500 food parcels and 500 thereof we distributed in Mariupol. The local rabbi, rabbi Mendel, provides for their spiritual wellbeing. The many Jewish refugees, especially from Donetsk, are also staying in Mariupol until the war will end. Unless a family decides to make aliyah.
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April 5, 2017 - Preparing for Passover in Ukraine’s last shtetl
By Cnaan Liphshiz.. BERSHAD, Ukraine (JTA) — At first glance, this drab town 160 miles south of Kiev seems nearly identical to the settlements that dot the poverty-stricken district of Vinnitsa. Shrouded in a seemingly permanent cloud of smoke from wood fires — still the standard means of heating here — Bershad, population 13,000, features two rickety bridges over the polluted (and presently frozen) Dokhna River, roads traversed by Soviet-era clunkers and an utter absence of street lights. [Photo top right: Exterior of Bershad synagogue].
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April 4, 2017 - Jerusalem, Heart of the World
Leadership Forum 2017 - A time to meet friends, think and share together about how to reach more Christians around the world with our message about Israel. That was what our Forum in March in Jerusalem was all about. But this year’s Forum had an additional purpose, as the city of Jerusalem was reunited as Israel’s capital fifty years ago.
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April 4, 2017 - Christians for Israel Prayer Calendar April - May 2017
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March 23, 2017 - Training New Christians for Israel Leaders
Following the successful Christians for Israel International Leadership Forum in Jerusalem (March 8 - 10, 2017), thirty new Christians for Israel leaders from nations such as Albania, Australia, Brazil, Denmark, Ethiopia, Greece, Kenya, South Pacific, Tanzania, USA, Uganda, Vietnam and Zambia stayed on for an extra day of training.
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March 23, 2017 - First Home In The Homeland Celebrates 25th anniversary!
How good and pleasant it is when brothers sit together in unity! – words from Psalm 133, that describe so well the events of March 9, 2017. First Home in the Homeland celebrated its jubilee - 25 years! To share our happy day with friends we invited over 500 olim (participants of the program), our precious friends from Christians for Israel, the Israeli Minister of Aliyah and Integration Mrs. Sofa Landver, Chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel Mr. Natan Sharansky, Head of the Department of Aliyah, Absorption and Special Operations of the Jewish Agency Mr. Yehuda Sharf and other honored guests to spend this day in kibbutz Tzuba, located on one of the hills near Jerusalem.
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March 8, 2017 - President of Israel: Messiah will come in Jerusalem
'I believe that the Messiah will come in Jerusalem!' The President of Israel, Rubi Rivlin makes it very clear. Jerusalem is not just any city, for him it is the city that expects the Messiah. The President made his remarks during a meeting with thirty Christians for Israel International leaders at his residency in Jerusalem.
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February 22, 2017 - [Press Release] Australia and Israel – a story of deep friendship
The visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu reflects deep relationship between Australia and Israel. Over the last 100 years, Australia has played an instrumental role in the creation of the Jewish homeland, and has been blessed by the contributions of hundreds and thousands of its Jewish citizens. Today the two nations share deep cultural, business, and technological ties. The Australian government is to be commended for its positive relationship with the State of Israel, and its constructive approach towards the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. In the months and years ahead, we must continue to play an active and constructive role.
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February 21, 2017 - Thank you from the Jewish community in Ukraine
From the Akselrod familiy.. Dear Christians for Israel staff. My name is Igor Akselrod. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Christians for Israel, its director and all staff for their help with the food parcels. More than a year ago my wife and I left Donetsk and moved to Mariupol. Needless to explain how difficult the current situation in Donetsk is. After much deliberation we decided to leave everything behind.
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February 16, 2017 - Jerusalem - “An Immovable Rock for all Nations” (Zechariah 12:3)
By Andrew Tucker.. When speaking about the events leading to His return, Jesus taught that “Jerusalem will be trampled on by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled” (Luke 21:24). No doubt He was referring to many passages in the Hebrew Tenach, in which Jerusalem is described as the city to which the Messiah will come, and from which the word of the Lord will go forth into the nations, and peace will cover the whole earth (see eg. Isaiah 2). Are these words being fulfilled before our very eyes?
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February 14, 2017 - If one door is closed - He opens for us another one!
When Elena was telling me her story, her eyes were moist with tears. Memories about the events back in 2014, when the war in Ukraine broke out, are still extremely vivid for her. But the story of the Gerashenko family starts long before, 30 years ago in Donetsk (Eastern Ukraine) - with the marriage between Sergei and Elena. It was a beautiful young Jewish family – he was a teacher of history and she just finished her medical studies and was looking for a job as a physician. Then followed the birth of their first child, a cute curly-headed girl Ira.
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February 8, 2017 - Holocaust in Ukraine still very much alive
We are in Chernovtsy, a Ukrainian city close to the Moldavian border. A city where before the Second World War around 50,000 Jews used to live, half of the population. They had a vibrant Jewish life. Today, there are only 1,300 Jews left. Most of the others were killed during the Holocaust. The horrors of the Holocaust in Ukraine cannot be described in words. The story goes that the screaming and yelling of the Jews that were murdered and abused in Chernovtsy chilled the inhabitants to the bone, so that out of desperation they started ringing the church bells, to overrule the death screams.
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February 7, 2017 - Acts of war blaze up in East Ukraine
By Koen Carlier.. Good and bad news! Let’s start with the good news. The additional emergency aid action is now in full swing. During the past weeks we were able to pack and distribute hundreds of extra food parcels. Next Monday (February 6) we expect another truckload to pack another one thousand food parcels! Wednesday night we were able to bring two minibuses with olim to the airport for their departure to Israel. Their flight was scheduled to take off at 3 o’clock in the morning, but due to dense fog their flight was cancelled. Therefore we took all olim back to their villages. Last weekend we took them to our shelter in Kiev to spend the night. On Monday morning they finally left for real! Amongst the olim was an 82-year-old Holocaust survivor.
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February 6, 2017 - Urgent update from the First Home in the Homeland
On the first of March, 2017 a new group is supposed to come to the region of the Jordan Valley. We expect twelve families to arrive, but one of them just called and cancelled their aliyah. Fyodor and Maria Pastuh live in Slavyansk, in the East of Ukraine. With the escalation of the war which is happening now (started on the 29th of January) the Pastuh family is totally cut off from the other parts of Ukraine.
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February 2, 2017 - Partner with C4I in 2017!
As we launch into 2017, one senses that we are in a new season in God's plan for redemption of His creation. In recent months we have seen many nations using the UN Security Council and UNESCO to adopt resolutions that in effect deny the connection between the Jewish people and the old city of Jerusalem, including the Temple Mount. These distortions of historical realities are a direct attack on the legitimacy of the connection between the Jewish people and the city. They are also directly opposed to God's promises to establish Jerusalem when the Messiah of Israel comes.
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February 1, 2017 - Christians for Israel Prayer Calendar February - March 2017
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February 1, 2017 - Aliyah from Paris
It’s raining cats and dogs. Or as they say in French: il pleut comme une vache qui pisse. I won’t give you the literal translation, but it gives you a good picture of what I can see from my window in Paris. It is now the second of six weeks in which I’m joining the organisation Ebenezer Operation Exodus. This is the organisation you might know from the project ‘Bring the Jews Home’ in Ukraine. Christians for Israel and Ebenezer have a long-standing partnership and together they have assisted many Jewish families in their return to Israel (aliyah) from various parts of the world.
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January 25, 2017 - Hanukkah in The Hague: light overcomes darkness and cold
Last night (December 28, 2016) more than 1,000 people came together in The Hague to experience the fifth night of the Jewish Hanukkah feast together. Central to this event was the largest Menorah in the world, which was positioned in front of the Peace Palace. The Peace Palace, where the International Court of Justice is located among other institutions related to international law, only became visible halfway through the afternoon when the fog lifted. This resulted in beautiful pictures during the Hanukkah event.
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January 25, 2017 - Emergency Aid Ukraine
Shalom dear friends. Due to the extreme and prolonged cold in Ukraine, the poor Jewish families in particular are enduring difficult times. For this reason, Christians for Israel has decided to organize additional emergency aid in order to raise funds for extra food parcels. Because of the ongoing civil unrest and the violence of the last few years, life is very difficult for the Ukrainian people. The local currency (the hryvnia) has dramatically dropped in value due to the economic downturn. People living on benefits or a small pension can barely make ends meet because of this. The choices they have to make are heartbreaking. Wil I buy a meal or medicine?
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January 25, 2017 - Long And Thorny Path Home
The Goldman family escaped from Donetsk in 2014, two days after the railways were bombed and destroyed. The only way to get out of the military zone was to go through three check points. Vladimir and Ilana took their kids Ksenia and Oleg and went to Harkov (Eastern Ukraine). In Harkov they decided to go to Russia. Did you think of making Aliyah back then in 2014? “At that time we didn't have time for preparing all the documents, first we had to run from the danger so after some days we found ourselves in the city of Moscow.”
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January 24, 2017 - Update from Isreality
Isreality is growing into a fully fledged international organisation in its own right. Participants from the Experience Israel tour 2016 are sharing their experiences with local church communities around the world. As Isreality, we are here to: 1) Study the Bible. 2) Unite students in the Church. 3) Bless Jewish friends. These three points are basically the mission of Isreality.
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January 24, 2017 - Seventy nations
By Rev. Willem J.J. Glashouwer - About the division plans of the United Nations and of the seventy nations that assembled in Paris on Sunday January 15, 2017 to enforce a two-state solution and to dismantle the Jewish settlements so that Jews from this part of the Promised Land can be swept away – ethnic cleansing – the Most High has a very clear opinion.
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January 20, 2017 - Bring the Jews Home - Looking back on 2016
We may look back on our aliyah work of this past year (2016) with gratefulness! More than 5,500 Jews made aliyah from Ukraine thanks to more programmes that the Jewish Agency has made available. After following one of these programmes, the chance of finding work is almost 100%. The consul days organized by the Christian Aliyah Alliance that we are a part of have also helped.
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January 19, 2017 - Answer to prayer after Paris "Peace" Conference
By Christians for Israel International.. Seventy nations met in Paris (Sunday January 15, 2017) and signed a Joint Declaration in which they called on Israel and the Palestinians to re-commit themselves to the "two states" solution which they say is the "only way to achieve enduring peace". The declaration, which was perhaps less problematic for Israel than anticipated, has no binding force. But it does have a strong political significance because it supports Security Council resolution 2334 that declared ALL Israeli settlements (= Jews) "illegal", and will only strengthen the desire of many nations to ensure that a Palestinian state is created.
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January 19, 2017 - Spreading the message in Southern Russia
For many years already, Rev. Willem J. J. Glashouwer (President Christians for Israel International) travels to Russia once or twice per year to speak and teach about God’s purposes for Israel and the Church. These travels have taken Rev. Glashouwer across the country, often times including 24-hour trips by train, covering distances of 1,000 kilometers (about 650 miles).
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January 11, 2017 - Making aliyah easily attainable
A cold and icy fourth of December 2016 was marked by another important step toward making aliyah easily attainable. That day about 2,500 Jewish people came from different corners of Ukraine to consult various aliyah organizations. These organizations have enough expertise and willingness to answer each and every burning question potential repatriates may have. The Jewish Agency or “Sochnut” in Hebrew hosted this event as usual, providing booths for municipalities of different cities, educational institutions, student summer camps and tours as well as employers.
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January 10, 2017 - An urgent call to prayer on behalf of Israel
These are momentous times for Israel and the Jewish people. On 23rd December 2016, the UN Security Council condemned all Jews living in the old city of Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria as “illegal”. In a speech just a few days later, U.S. Secretary of State Kerry’s speech again condemned Jewish “settlements” and called on the international community to divide the land of Israel and ensure the creation of new State of Palestine with its capital in Jerusalem. This Palestinian State is apparently going to solve the Israel/Palestine conflict and usher in world peace and security.
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January 5, 2017 - In the darkest time of the winter – Hanukkah is coming!
In five regions of Israel First Home is preparing for the big celebration! For some olim it's the first Hanukkah in their life! Many of them only learn what this holiday means for us and why it's called Festival of Lights. The most important participants of every celebration are children. They prepare candles, receive Hanukkah Geld (symbolic money as a gift for kids in Hanukkah), learn songs and tradition of the feast.
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December 24, 2016 - Christians for Israel denounces UN Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlements
Yesterday, Friday 23 December 2016, the United Nations Security Council convening in New York passed a resolution condemning Israel's establishment of "settlements" in Jerusalem, Judea or Samaria since 1967 as "flagrant violation of international law". Fourteen of the fifteen Security Council members voted for the resolution. It is the first time the U.S., which abstained, has not used its veto right to block such a resolution.
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December 23, 2016 - In which God do you believe, granny?
"Don't tell anyone that you're Jewish" – Evgenia’s grandmother repeated over and over again. The old lady that went through pogroms and the Holocaust didn't want her grandchild to suffer so she chose the tactic of silence. "I remember my granny praying. She never told me anything about it, her lips were moving, her look was directed inwards. Once I asked her – in which G-d do you believe, granny? In the Jewish G-d, she answered quietly".
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December 22, 2016 - Half of Ukrainians have no money for heat and electricity
Winter has arrived in Ukraine. The situation is distressing. Half of the Ukrainians are unable to pay their heat and electricity bills. For this reason, our food packages are needed even more. We started getting snow by the end of October and since then, the winter weather has continued with temperatures dropping down to minus twelve degrees centigrade at night.
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December 14, 2016 - The Menorah of 5777
Is Chanukah the festival of religious freedom, as it’s often claimed to be? The answer is both a hesitant yes and a clear no! Of course I realise that I will gain popularity when I clearly and publicly state that the menorah announces a message of tolerance, religious freedom or even better: freedom of expression. However, this message would partly contradict the essence of Chanukah.
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December 12, 2016 - Christians for Israel organises ground-breaking meeting in synagogue in Turin
Our ministry Cristiani per Israele in Italy is growing steadily, thanks to the amazing effort of Chairwoman Edda Fogarollo and her team. Edda speaks regularly at conferences, and teaches holocaust studies at universities in Naples and Calabria. “Understanding the past in order to build a better Future” was the theme of the meeting held in the synagogue of Turin, Italy, on Sunday, 30th October 2016. A good number of members of the Jewish community gave a warm welcome to the organizers of Christians for Israel Italy, thanking C4I Italy for the significant support and work is doing in Italy for Israel and the Jewish communities.
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December 11, 2016 - Growing partnership with the Jewish community in Australia
Under the inspired leadership of Ian Worby, the C4I ministry in Australia is steadily growing. One of the special aspects of this work is our deepening friendship with the Australian Jewish community.
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December 10, 2016 - C4I Netherlands distributes tulips in Israel as encouragement
Christians for Israel Netherlands organized their annual Tulip Tour, as they have done for almost 20 years. With 5 members of the team they travelled through almost the whole of Israel in one week. In each place they visit, we left a few boxes with tulip bulbs, a typical Dutch present, as a token of friendship.
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December 7, 2016 - The Special Work of Aleh
Doron Almog is a war hero. He fought for the liberation of hostages at Entebbe airport in Uganda, and became Major General. But when I met Doron Almog, all those achievements don’t mean much to him. His son Eran, who passed away in 2007, is his main motivation. “I can be a great guy, a good General... But what kind of father have I been? That’s what matters.”
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December 7, 2016 - Dark clouds above the land of the north
You hardly hear anything about it, but the war in the east between the Ukrainian army and the separatist militants continues unabatedly. We could clearly hear that during our stay there. The fights in the vicinity of the large seaport and industrial city of Mariupol intensified. Ironically enough a new non-official border wall arose there manned by the army to enter and leave the war zone.
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December 6, 2016 - Eyewitness report from Haifa
By Simon Soesan.. At ten thirty I looked outside again. We already had heard that the arsonists tried to set fire to the main fire brigade’s station, so it was obvious that they intended more mischief. All of a sudden there was a flame on the hill opposite.
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December 5, 2016 - C4I International Auschwitz Program | 20-25 April 2017
Join thousands of people from all over the world for The March of the Living on April 24. With this 3.5 km march from Auschwitz I to the Selection Point of Auschwitz Birkenau we proclaim: Never again! The March of the Living is followed by a very impressive Ceremony to remember all those who died during the Holocaust. Christians for Israel International offers you the opportunity to make this impressive journey.
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December 1, 2016 - Christians for Israel Prayer Calendar December 2016 - January 2017
Download the latest bi-monthly Christians for Israel Prayer Calendar! In this prayer calendar you will mainly find verses from Isaiah. In 1947 the scrolls of Isaiah were discovered in the Qumran Caves. The State of Israel purchased them in 1954. Isaiah is a prophetic book: the return of the Jewish people and the restoration of Israel are foretold. But also the birth of the Messiah, Gods judgments over the earth and the position of the nations.
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November 30, 2016 - C4I International Annual Report 2015
Our ministry is rapidly developing day by day. One senses urgency in the need to get this message spread around the world. This Annual Report provides an overview of the activities of Christians for Israel International (C4I) from 1st January to 31st December 2015. Also included is the Annual Financial Report for calendar year 2015.
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November 28, 2016 - New Christians for Israel team established in Albania
Following a successful events in Tirana with Rev. Willem Glashouwer (President C4I International), Marie-Louise Weissenböck (C4I Regional Director Europe) and Edda Fogarollo (C4I Italy) in the past two years, Andrew Tucker (Executive Director C4I International) visited Albania from Wednesday 26th - Saturday 29th October 2016. He travelled with Anglican minister Rev. Grant Crowe (All Saints Church Amersfoort Netherlands). Edi Demo (Illyricum Movement) set up a wonderful program.
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November 25, 2016 - Breaking news - First Home between the fires
The 24th of November is the second day of Alina Gorlin in Israel, her second day as an Israeli and also her birthday. One day ago she made aliyah together with her husband Evgeni from Moscow, Russia and came to the kibbutz Ein Hashovet in the North of Israel via First Home in the Homeland.
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November 24, 2016 - Emergency Aid Israel Fires
Israel is struck by fires. Hundreds of acres already went up in flames, nature sanctuaries and houses. The magnitude of the damage is difficult to assess at the moment but it is clear that immediate action and help is much needed.
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November 24, 2016 - Comfort and blessings in Ukraine - Winter action Part 2
Recently the winter food parcel action in Ukraine started with a working trip organized by Christians for Israel. On the third day of this trip it was really working and slaving away. A total of two thousand food parcels had to be filled and each bag weighs well over ten kilograms. Each bag contains a great deal of nutritious products. It was great fun to observe the cultural differences while packing the food parcels with so many Dutch, German and local Ukrainian people and one person from Belgium trying to lead everything in the right direction.
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November 24, 2016 - Olim bothered by poor weather conditions in Ukraine
It started snowing heavily for hours on end on Sunday, November 13, 2016 resulting in a lot of traffic disruptions. All of this, of course, happened exactly during the period in which we from Christians for Israel had to take Jewish families to and from remote areas in the mountainous regions at the Romanian border for their flight to Israel and also for the Israeli embassy.
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November 21, 2016 - The state of Israel was conceived in Italy - not New York!
On Thursday 17th November, Andrew Tucker spoke at a conference in Rome entitled "Israel - the frontier of Europe". Organised by Il Foglio newspaper, speakers included Hassen Chalghoumi (Imam of the Drancy Mosque and President of the conference of Imams in France), Palestinian blogger Waleed Al-Husseini, author Bat Ye'or, and Israeli Member of Knesset and former Foreign Minister Tzipi Livny.
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November 17, 2016 - Winter action started!
Towards the end of October our winter food parcel action for Jews in Ukraine started and together with volunteers from The Netherlands, Germany, Italy and for the first time from Ireland we packed and handed out two thousand food parcels. This happened during a working trip where the participants learned about the “Holocaust by bullets”. For many people from Europe an unknown chapter from Ukraine’s Holocaust history when more than 1.7 million Jews were shot and buried in over 2,000 Jewish mass graves.
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November 10, 2016 - Story of Love
Sunset in Be'eri forest, less than one kilometre from the Gaza strip. Everything looks quiet and peaceful. It is the 8th of November, 2016. In a couple of months the entire woodland soil will be covered with red anemone flowers. Hard to imagine that two years ago the ground here was turned upside down by tanks, blood, shooting and war during military operation Tzuk Eitan (Protective Edge aftermath).
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November 9, 2016 - Support in scary days
Ukraine is often in the news. The country suffers from the ongoing conflict and tension. The living conditions that are already poor deteriorate further. As in any conflict minorities suffer the most. The Jewish minority in Ukraine lives in great uncertainty. Christians for Israel supports many lonely Jews, Holocaust survivors and Jewish refugees from Eastern Ukraine with food parcels. Our visit is a great encouragement for them. It gives us the opportunity to share with them about Gods love and faithfulness to His people. Will you help the Jewish community in Ukraine?
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November 8, 2016 - Working visits to Ukraine - Additional information
Each year Christians for Israel organizes working visits to Ukraine. These are one-week trips (from Saturday to Saturday). At the beginning of the week the participants spend one day packing food parcels, which are then brought by bus to poor Jewish families in various cities and villages. Christians for Israel organizes several working visits each year. They are especially important in the lead up to winter. In 2017, we plan to organise 6 working trips to Ukraine. See the dates below!
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November 8, 2016 - Turning darkness into light – a new holiday in Israel – Aliyah Day
On the 7th of Cheshvan we read a Torah portion in which Abraham is told to leave his home and to go to Israel. Starting 2016 this day (which is October or early November) is celebrated as Aliyah Day, a new National Holiyday. This year it is celebrated on the 8th of November. "The immigration to Israel is a symbol of Jewish history, during which the Jews lived in Israel, were expelled, but never abandoned it for a moment and returned to it—their historical home—as part of the Zionist national miracle,” – states the bill of the Israeli Knesset.
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November 2, 2016 - To Israel after all
In the early part of March 2016 we visited Alexander and Antonia Jacobson. Their only son made aliyah (emigration to Israel) years ago and he is doing splendidly. He would like his parents to come as well but they are doubtful because of their fairly advanced age, bureaucracy and other obstacles. They had a severe traffic accident with their old car and Alexander was in a bad way. There is no such thing as health insurance here, so hospitalization and operations are at one’s own expense.
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November 1, 2016 - Indifference in Kiev 75 years after Babi Yar massacre of Jews
By Alex Ryvchin, The Weekend Australian - There is something about long-haul travel conducted in solitude that infuses the mind with a strange kind of focus. As I returned to Kiev for the first time, having left that place as a boy of three, and now a man of 33, my mind returned again and again in abstract and discordant ways to family. Over the years whenever my thoughts have turned to Kiev, I could visualise nothing more than a grey blur, like a ragged woollen jumper.
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November 1, 2016 - Christians for Israel Supports Aleh
>> 24 May 2017 will be the 50th Anniversary of the Reunification of the City of Jerusalem To celebrate Jerusalem’s 50th anniversary, Christians for Israel has decided to raise funds for a very special project - a brand new 2-story High Dependency Wing at Aleh in Jerusalem which will accommodate 24 patients. The new wing will be opened on Jerusalem Day - 24th May 2017. An International Christians for Israel delegation is likely to be present for the opening and for the 50th anniversary celebrations in Jerusalem.
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October 26, 2016 - Editorial: “I will send for many hunters” (Jeremiah 16)
By Andrew Tucker.. On 27th September, together with my colleagues at the European Coalition for Israel (ECI), I attended a conference in the European Parliament entitled ”The future of the Jewish communities in Europe”, to which ECI was invited alongside Members of the European Parliament and European Jewish community organizations. Hundreds of Jewish community leaders from across Europe expressed their deep concerns about the rise of anti-Semitism in Europe. Many Jews are questioning whether there is a future for them and their children.
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October 25, 2016 - End-Times Geopolitics Revolving Around Turkey
Only weeks after an attempted coup threatened his rule, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is on the move both militarily and diplomatically. Turkish forces are continuing their offensive against American-backed Kurdish forces. And the West is reeling from Turkey’s sudden rapprochement with Russia. Now experts in prophecy warn the continued rise of Turkey and Erdogan has ominous eschatological implications.
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October 25, 2016 - In What Practical Ways Can You Support Israel?
One of the things we are asked most by our readers is what they can do to help Israel in a practical way in these difficult times. It is easy to perceive a hands-on approach as more effective, and many seem ready to settle for nothing less. But the truth is that not everyone (in fact, very few) can actually move to Israel, pick up a gun, pen, camera, etc and physically join the fight.
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October 25, 2016 - Israeli Settlements in the “Occupied Palestinian Territories”
>> We are losing the battle in the war of ideas for the simple reason that we are continuously on the defensive while those seeking our destruction actively and relentlessly demonise us. Ever since the Oslo Accords, successive Israeli governments have felt obliged to understate and even dismiss Palestinian terror and hatred in order to maintain domestic public support for policies that, alas with the benefit of hindsight, were doomed to fail. In the very early stages, Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat told his people that the ultimate goal was the end of Jewish sovereignty – and we dismissed such outbursts as empty words merely designed to placate his radical domestic opponents.
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October 20, 2016 - Ukraine suppresses the memory of the Holocaust
By Gerhard Wilts.. Plaintively sounds the Kaddish, the Jewish prayer for the deceased, over the desolate churchyard outside Mariupol. When rabbi Menachem Cohen falls silent only the muffled artillery of the Ukrainian fighters is audible in the distance. Peace seems far away still.
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October 19, 2016 - South Pacific is Developing Fast
By Robert Siakimotu - Christians for Israel South Pacific Development Co-ordinator.. The South Pacific containing four representatives and one affiliate is developing well. I am hoping to appoint a new representative in Tonga in the near future. Here are some brief comments about the four representatives with one to be appointed in Tonga and our affiliate in Fiji.
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October 19, 2016 - Israel: Covenants & Kingdom - Rev. J.J. Willem Glashouwer, President Christians for Israel International
Over the years I have struggled to come to a new understanding of the Jewish people; Israel, Jerusalem, the Covenants, the Biblical concept of the Kingdom, the past, present and future from a Biblical perspective. I have published a trilogy with the titles ‘Why Israel?’, ‘Why Jerusalem?’ and ‘Why End Times?’ My daily devotional on the Book of Revelation, day-to-day, verse-by-verse, grew into a small commentary on the Book of Revelation! Now I would like to present my new book, ‘Israel - Covenants & Kingdom’.
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October 14, 2016 - PRESS RELEASE - Friday 14th October 2016
Christians for Israel condemns the resolution adopted by UNESCO yesterday 13th October 2016 on "Occupied Palestine". The resolution, in which Israel is repeatedly called "the occupying Power", attacks Israel's activities in and around the Temple Mount, and calls on Israel to stop obstructing Jordanian and Palestinian "restoration" works on the Temple Mount. The resolution refers to the Temple Mount as "Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram Al-Sharif", thereby rejecting any historical or religious connection between the Jewish people and the Temple Mount.
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October 12, 2016 - Update from Ukraine - Events since the September 1st, 2016 charter flight
Bring the Jews Home The trips to the embassy and airport take priority and lately the Jewish Agency reserve a few seats for olim on the weekly flights between Vinnitsa and Tel Aviv! After a lot of trouble and a lot of fuss and bother with the official documentation, also Alexander (wheelchair bound due to an accident) and Antonina Jacobson too departed from Bela Cherkov for good on Thursday September 29!
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October 11, 2016 - Work visits to Ukraine
Each year Christians for Israel organizes a working visit to Ukraine. These are one-week trips (from Saturday to Saturday). At the beginning of the week the participants spend one day packing food parcels, which are then brought by bus to poor Jewish families in various cities and villages. Christians for Israel organizes several working visits each year. They are especially important in the lead up to winter. In 2016, trips are planned from 22-29 October (full) and 10-17 December (open).
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October 5, 2016 - The Mutating Virus: Understanding anti-Semitism
Below is a transcript of a speech by Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks at “The Future of the Jewish Communities in Europe” Conference at The European Parliament on 27th September 2016 in Brussels. The hate that begins with Jews never ends with Jews. That is what I want us to understand today. It wasn’t Jews alone who suffered under Hitler. It wasn’t Jews alone who suffered under Stalin. It isn’t Jews alone who suffer under ISIS or Al Qaeda or Islamic Jihad. We make a great mistake if we think antisemitism is a threat only to Jews. It is a threat, first and foremost, to Europe and to the freedoms it took centuries to achieve.
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October 5, 2016 - Aliya Fair in Kharkiv – about 1,200 visitors!
On the threshold of the new Jewish year 5777 a huge event took place in Kharkiv (Eastern Ukraine) on the 18th of September, 2016. The Aliyah Fair opened its doors for more than 1,200 Ukrainian Jews that consider moving to Israel sooner or later. The event was organized by the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI) and sponsored by Ofek Israeli, the foundation of aliya support. Some of the potential olim already passed a consular check and are completing their final paperwork before aliyah. Other potential olim just started to think about Israel as an option for their future life. A special group of the Fair’s visitors are Jews from Lugansk and Donetsk (war region). Many of them moved to Kharkiv since it is the biggest Ukrainian city nearby.
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October 5, 2016 - Religious education of olim in the "First Home in the Homeland" - Project
For many years in the USSR the government followed an unofficial policy of state atheism, aiming to gradually eliminate religious belief within its borders and to replace it with atheism. Jews living in Ukraine or Russia were not allowed to show their Jewishness and many of them changed their names and surnames. They even burnt all the documents with evidence of their Jewish origin. Parents stopped talking Yiddish with their children and left this language as a "secret code" between them.
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September 29, 2016 - Shana Tova!
On 29th September, Christians for Israel sent out this message to all our friends in Israel to comfort them in the loss of Shimon Peres, and wish them a blessed start to the new Jewish year 5777.
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September 29, 2016 - A blessed week in Thailand
By Kees Brouwer, Christians for Israel Representative in Thailand.. In September 2016 we hosted C4I International President Willem J.J. Glashouwer for a speaking tour in Thailand. It began on 9th September in Bangkok. On Friday evening 9th and the whole day Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th September in Praise Church Bangkok. I was wondering – will Willem manage such a punishing schedule? But Willem was full of energy., as always. He sees it as his calling to preach the gospel of the Kingdom to the church worldwide. His message is that God still loves his people Israel, his first-born son, and he is bringing them back to the land as he has promised (see e.g. Ezechiel 37), because he wants to bless the church and all nations too!
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September 29, 2016 - European Teacher Training Conference 2016
From 20th – 24th September, thirty-five Bible teachers came together in a Salvation Army centre in Ede, The Netherlands for a European “Training the teachers” conference organized by Christians for Israel International. Men and women actively involved in teaching in churches, they came from the Netherlands, UK, Germany, Denmark, Ukraine, Belgium, France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Greece, Cyprus, as well as USA, Singapore and Honduras. The common theme was the desire to know more of the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and to share experiences, in order to be more powerful witnesses to Him into their nations. Over four intensive days, they explored the theme “God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable” (Romans 11:29).
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September 27, 2016 - Babi Yar commemoration on Thursday September 29, 2016
A commemoration with high officials from all over the world will take place at Babi Yar (a huge ravine now close to the centre of Kiev, Ukraine) where the shootings of Jews started on September 29, 1941 (75 years ago) on the most Holy day for the Jewish people: Yom Kippur! The Israeli President Reuven Rivlin will also attend this commemoration at Babi Yar. Thousands of children and babies in this ravine were buried alive! In three days time more than 33,000 Jews were shot or buried alive at this ravine, but in fact Babi Yar is a mass grave of 150,000 mainly Jews, gipsies and physically ill!
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September 14, 2016 - The Rabbi of Mariupol
A pleasant breeze cools the blistering heat of this summery Ukrainian afternoon. While we overlook a picturesque hilly field filled with shrivelled up grass we hear every now and then gunfire from the front. It doesn’t seem to disrupt the quiet. “This is a holy place”, rabbi Menachem Mendel Cohen from Mariupol tells us.
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September 13, 2016 - Arrival in Israel
Today is the day, September 1, 2016. One hundred and fifty-four young people from Ukraine are travelling on two different flights to Israel where they will be officially welcomed at the Ben Gurion Airport. The group is mostly made up of young people who have come to Israel as part of an education program and who will spend the next few years at Israeli schools integrating in their new homeland. But there are also several families. They will integrate through the Kibbutz integration program ‘First Home in the Homeland’.
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September 9, 2016 - A special phone call
Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, called Chief Rabbi Binyomin Jacobs today, September 7, 2016. During the ten-minute conversation the Prime Minister thanked Chief Rabbi Jacobs for his huge commitment to the Dutch Jews in general, and for his cooperation with Christians for Israel in particular. PM Netanyahu encouraged Chief Rabbi Jacobs to continue his rabbinical work for years to come.
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September 8, 2016 - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called to say "thank you" to all the Christians for Israel colleagues around the world
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Roger van Oordt (Director Christians for Israel Netherlands) yesterday September 7, 2016 during his two-day visit to the Netherlands. The Prime Minister said: "I wanted to talk with you during our short visit to the Netherlands. I want you to express our deep appreciation, and let you know you are the best friends we have in the world. We have no better friends on earth than you. Please give our thanks and greetings to all your constituency and thank them for all the work you are doing. We are privileged to be part of this alliance, which is based on the deepest values, history and culture. I want all your people to know how absolutely delighted we are by this joint venture."
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September 6, 2016 - Refugees from the East of Ukraine need your help!
Today we will bring olim from Chernovtsky, Kamenets podolsky, Chmilnitsky, Bratslav, Vinnitsa and lvov to the shelter in Kiev to sleep the night. Together with olim from Kiev they will leave for good from Kiev to board their flight to Israel tomorrow morning. Chernovtsky, Kamenets podolsky, Chmilnitsky, Bratslav, Vinnitsa and lvo are towns that once contained large Jewish communities. Refugees are continuously coming from the area including Jews who want to prepare their aliyah in a more quiet area out of harm’s way.
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September 6, 2016 - Australian Speaking Tour 2016
By Orly Wolstein.. Exchanging the stifling heat of the forty degrees centigrade in the Israeli desert for the Australian winter by going from one part on the globe to the other for the speaking tour with Christians for Israel. I decided not to nourish many expectations. The director of the First Home in the Homeland, Elena Kovarsky, guided me through all the preparations; we collected video materials, PowerPoint slides and documentation about our First Home in the Homeland program to share with our Australian Christian and Jewish friends. We experienced in this tour so much acceptance and good will and hospitality! But let me tell the story step by step.
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August 31, 2016 - Hope for Lydmila
Lydmila Chernyavskaya from Luhansk walked almost all the way to Kharkiv right after her house suffered massive shelling. She is 74 years old and has no relatives left. Lydmila lived for some time in Kharkiv in the emergency center for refugees, but then headed for Rovno to find a job there, since her scanty pension made it difficult not only to live a life, but even to survive.
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August 2, 2016 - Big thank you from newly arrived olim couple!
This is our second day since we came to Israel and we want to express a big thank you to Christians for Israel for the support we received during our on-the-fly document preparation to make aliyah from Ukraine within the shortest possible time.
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July 28, 2016 - Important upcoming Australian events in August and September 2016
In August 2016 the Australian C4I team is very excited to welcome Rev Willem J.J. Glashouwer and Andrew Tucker who will be speaking on a number of key events in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. Other events are being organized presently. From Israel is expected Ms Orly Volstein, the 'First Home in the Homeland' Projectmanager of the Jewish Agency For Israel (JAFI).
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July 28, 2016 - Over 200 French Jews arrive in Israel aboard largest French aliyah flight of the 2016 summer
Days after the Nice attack (July 14, 2016), over 200 French Jews arrive in Israel aboard the largest French aliyah flight of the 2016 summer. Sharansky: “French Jewry has a future in Israel. Welcome home!” Tel Aviv, Israel – More than 200 French Jews arrived in Israel today (Wednesday, July 20) aboard a special aliyah (immigration) flight organized by The Jewish Agency for Israel in partnership with the Ministry of Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption.
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July 27, 2016 - Christians for Israel Prayer Calendar August - September 2016
“Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good; sing psalms to His name, for that is pleasant. For the Lord has chosen Jacob to be His own, Israel to be His treasured possession.” (Psalm 135:3-4). Continue to pray daily for Israel. The Lord remains faithful to His people, and we may remain faithful to Him (Psalm 125 and Isaiah 62:6-7). Download the bi-monthly Christians for Israel Prayer Calendar!
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July 27, 2016 - Being a subservient Church to Israel and the Jewish people.
Eduart Demo grew up in Albania, a communist country that proclaimed itself to be the first atheist country in the world. When the regime fell in 1991 he heard about the existence of God for the first time. He started reading the Bible, became a believer and learned about God’s love and the special position the Jewish people has in God’s plan with the nations.
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July 25, 2016 - Growth in Brazil
Since 2015 the work of Christians for Israel International in Brazil has grown considerably. Valerie Nogueira is very closely involved in this development. Together with a brand new and devoted team she is dedicated to spread the C4I message in Brazil and from there into the whole of South America.
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July 21, 2016 - Isreality International
Isreality, the youth organization of Christians for Israel, has by now developed international branches too. In different countries youth branches are active and in July 2016 the first international “Isreality Tour” took place in Israel. Over twenty participants from six different countries got together for two weeks guided by people from the C4I network. Except Bible study, other moments of deepening insights and recreation there was voluntary work done as well (amongst others at Hineni).
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July 20, 2016 - Over 200 new immigrants from North America arrive in Israel
This summer, Nefesh B’Nefesh plans to bring 2,000 olim to Israel, and Sunday’s flight (July 17, 2016) is the first of two charters set to help reach that goal. [Photo top right: Nefesh B’Nefesh Founders Rabbi Yehoshua Fass and Tony Gelbart, Sofa Landver and Danny Atar welcome an Aliyah charter flight of North American Olim to Israel. (photo credit:SHAHAR AZRAN)]
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July 7, 2016 - Christiani per Israele Italia - Tilling the soil in Italy
This year 2016 marks the 500th anniversary of the establishment of the ghetto of Venice, the oldest Jewish ghetto in Europe. Today the ghetto has been beautifully restored, and one can enjoy a delicious kosher meal at Ghimel Garden or Gam Gam restaurants, or stay in one of the beautifully-restored villa’s in the ghetto.
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June 29, 2016 - The Dovbnya family from Mezhygorie.
There are only two Jewish families living in the small village of Mezhygorie in the Zakarpattia Oblast region. One of the families has three children and is currently in the aliya process. This is the story of the second family - Dovbnya Viktor, Viktoriya and their kids - Lada (6) and Nikolay (8).
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June 29, 2016 - Chyshki village, Busk region. The Kolba family - Zenek, Galia and their children: Uliana (15) and Iryna (14).
The children are scheduled for the consular check to apply for the Na’aleh program. Almost 10 days ago, Zenek, the head of the family fell ill. There are no doctors in the village and the distance to the nearest regional centre is seventy kilometres. It was quite a shock when I discovered that the children didn’t go to school last year because the family had no money for the transport services.
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June 29, 2016 - The Berdnik family from the depth of Zakarpattia Oblast - Volodya, Evgeniya and their children - Anna (7), Lena (5) and Aleksandra (3)
In June 2016 our aliyahfieldworker Nataliya and driver Kolya went to western Ukraine and together with 2 local representatives of the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI) they visited especially in remote areas Jewish families to see what kind of help they needed. As most of the local JAFI representatives all over Ukraine don't have their own transport it was a good opportunity to have this cooperation! This is the story of one of the families they met. Other stories will follow soon. Most visits took place in the regions of Lvov, Rovno and in the Carpathians!
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June 29, 2016 - Hineni, a ray of hope for Hernias
Dear friends, The past year was very eventful. There was a great increase of visitors in our soup kitchen, and hundreds of people ask for our help on a daily basis. We moved to a new location where we can focus even more on helping the needy. We hope that we can present our soup kitchen as humanitarian restaurant. We will remain open during the evenings, on Shabbat and during the holidays.
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June 28, 2016 - Go! - The story of David, Olivia, Shalev, Eden and Uriel Serfaty going up for aliya from France
What drives a young family from Strasbourg to leave everything behind and move to Israel? David Serfaty is 32 years old and a psychiatrist from France, husband of Olivia Serfaty, father of Shalev (7 years old), Eden (4 years old) and Uriel (2 years old).
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June 28, 2016 - Aliyah fair in Kiev (Ukraine) – New wave of aliyah is expected soon!
In the Jewish tradition numerical representation of words reflect an inner sense. Many reflections of Tzaddikim (spiritual masters) are based on comparison of the numerical values. For example Egypt and USSR – Mitsra'im and SSSR – are both 380 in their value. Egypt of the past is a symbol of darkness, a starting point of the Exodus. What is going on in the former Soviet Union we can observe today with our very own eyes!
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June 23, 2016 - Israel Open 2016 Fair - Kiev
For many years already, Christians for Israel in Ukraine has had a close and fruitful cooperation with the Jewish Agency “Sochnut”. Day by day, the joint efforts bring forth more fruit. Each year the Jewish Agency organizes fairs and this year (2016) has broken all previous records in terms of attendance by the public during the day - around 2,000 people came to Kiev by bus from different regions.
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June 22, 2016 - The Story of Christians for Israel in East Africa
By Joe Nam, Media Specialist Christians for Israel Uganda.. Back in 2009, Evangelist Drake Kanaabo answered his ringing phone. It was his friend Pastor David Juma calling from Nairobi. After the usual exchange of courtesies, Juma asked Kanaabo if he would be able to welcome some visitors from the Christians for Israel International office in The Netherlands, and to organize a meeting for them with 200 Pastors, in Uganda.
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June 21, 2016 - 40 Years On - Entebbe Continues to Inspire
By Joe Nam, Media Specialist Christians for Israel Uganda.. It’s June 2016. I am entering a coffee café in Uganda’s capital city Kampala. I frequent this place during the evening social hour to catch up on news of the latest happenings in the city. Here, in between sips of coffee and tea, patrons get to discuss the hottest topics of the day. I am just in time to catch animated conversation going on about the Entebbe Rescue. So I sit to listen.
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June 20, 2016 - Now available: DVD Series + Study Guide Why End Times? by Rev. Willem J.J. Glashouwer
The series ‘Why End Times?’ explores God’s prophetic plans for Israel and the nations. This is not another end-time theory but a teaching scholarly grounded on God’s Holy Word. It provides an in-depth analysis concerning the prophetic significance of Israel and her relationship to the nations. This subject is greatly needed to enlighten the Body of Christ and all people to gain a new understanding about what to expect and what to prepare for as the Coming of Christ draws closer.
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June 17, 2016 - Isreality International: Update on our First Upcoming Experience Israel Trip for Young Adults
From 3 to 15 July 2016, around 20 participants aged between 18 and 35 years, coming from seven countries including Australia, Austria, Brazil, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and the USA, will take part in this special tour, organised by Christians for Israel International. Through this tour, we hope to empower young adults to be a voice for Israel and the Jewish people in their own nation and to inspire others to become part of the Isreality network.
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June 16, 2016 - Support Summer Camps for Children in Ukraine
With great expectation, people look forward to their holidays. It makes no difference whether they stay at home or travel to a holiday destination near or far. This, also, is true for children in Ukraine. But due to the continuing war in the south eastern part of the country, inflation, unemployment and rising food prices, many will have to simply stay home… or not? We would like to offer a holiday at sea to 300 children, partly from war zone Lugansk, for 21 days.
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June 15, 2016 - Special Africa Edition of Israel & Christians Today - 40th anniversary of the raid on Entebbe
A special edition of our newspaper, Israel & Christians Today will be printed in Uganda in the coming days. This special African edition edition was compiled for the upcoming visit of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu visit to Africa in July in which our regional office in Kampala, Uganda, place a role. In Uganda PM Netanyahu will attend events around the 40th anniversary of the raid on Entebbe. The newspaper contains some highly interesting articles on Africa-Israel relations, the work of Christians for Israel in Uganda, and the raid on Entebbe.
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June 2, 2016 - Many friends from Europe came to visit “First Home in The Homeland” in Israel
May is very hot in Israel! Not only because of Hamsin winds coming from the desert but also because of olim coming to the “First Home in the Homeland” project and Christians for Israel supporters coming from all over the world to support Jews in the Holy Land. Please follow this short report and maybe some of you will recognize him/herself on the pictures below and recall a day in the kibbutz. Or maybe if you are going to be in Israel soon it might give you the idea to visit the "First Home in the Homeland" project.
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June 1, 2016 - Christians for Israel Prayer Calendar June - July 2016
'The law will go out from Zion, the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.' (Isaiah 2:3). Continue to pray daily for Israel. The Lord remains faithful to His people, and we may remain faithful to Him (Psalm 125 and Isaiah 62:6-7). Download the bi-monthly Christians for Israel Prayer Calendar!
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May 31, 2016 - Jews fleeing from the East of Ukraine – An eye-witness account
Viktoria Sheikhtman is the Jewish Agency’s representative responsible for Lugansk in Eastern Ukraine. She visited the Israeli office of "First Home in the Homeland" in the Negev. The Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI) which is officially responsible for aliyah (returning of Jews to the Land of Israel) has its branches in all corners of the world where Jews are seeking for ways to make aliyah. In Ukraine there are representatives of JAFI in all the big cities, also in Lugansk. But everything changed after the war broke out in May 2014. Many refugees from Lugansk moved to Central Ukraine, among them Viktoria Sheikhtman, coordinator of JAFI Lugansk, who fled with her parents. They survived the Holocaust in Ukraine. Now Viktoria works in Kharkov and she is still helping Jews returning home by making aliyah.
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May 18, 2016 - 68th Independence Anniversary of the State of Israel hosted by C4I Uganda
Christians for Israel Uganda hosted the 68th anniversary of the State of Israel in Kampala. The event was attended 450 guests, the guest of honor being the First Lady of Uganda, Mrs. Museveni. Furthermore the celebration was attended by a delegation from the Israeli embassy in Nairobi, many ambassadors, government ministers, members of parliament, the Jewish community of Uganda, friends of Christians for Israel, and a media team.
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May 17, 2016 - “The leaves of the tree will be for the healing of the nations” - Editorial Israel & Christians Today
I don’t know about you, but I am only just starting to get a grip on God. Each time I think I have put Him in a box, He shows me how much greater He is than I can imagine.
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May 17, 2016 - The unknown history of Jewish Chernobyl - Based on the article of Diana Kopeikin
On April 26, 1986 in the city of Pripyat a catastrophic disaster took place – an explosion at the nuclear power plant. Twenty-eight highly exposed reactor staff and emergency workers died from radiation and thermal burns within four months of the accident. Officials believe the accident also was responsible for nearly 7,000 cases of thyroid cancer among individuals who were under 18 years of age at the time of the accident. As of 2005, 15 children had died of thyroid cancer.
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May 15, 2016 - Christians for Israel launched in Brazil!
Christians for Israel International has established an affiliate in Brazil. The office is based in Belo Horizonte (in Minas Gerais) under leadership of Val Nogueira. A governing board has been appointed, and a team of volunteers is being formed. The office in Brazil will serve as base for further development of the ministry in South America.
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May 4, 2016 - Heartbreaking farewell - Update from our Aliyah fieldworker Koen Carlier
Busy, busy, busy. This is how you can define the work of Aliyah fieldworker Koen Carlier. He barely sits still. Whether it is purchasing the food for food parcels and arranging their distribution throughout Ukraine; or driving thousands of kilometers to the east of Ukraine to bring refugees to temporary shelters; or answering dozens of requests for rides to the Israeli embassy or the airport. In recent years, the work of one individual became a full-fledged department in Ukraine with a wonderful and dedicated team.
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April 26, 2016 - Speaking Tour in Austria and the Netherlands – Impressions of an Israeli participant and friend
My grandmother always told me "that the last Jews going to Israel will fly standing in the plane, as there will be no space to sit". So it was always clear to me that one day I will move to Israel, but I could never imagine myself being involved in bringing home other Jews. Now I work in the Jewish Agency helping Jews who make aliyah to Israel.
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April 14, 2016 - Jewish Agency’s For Israel “First Home in the Homeland” project in Kibbutz Revivim visited by Christians for Israel International
A delegation from Christians for Israel International visited the Jewish Agency’s For Israel “First Home in the Homeland” project at Kibbutz Revivim in the Negev desert on March 1, 2016. Elena Kovarsky (director) and Svetta (Orly is her new Israeli name) Wolstein (assistant to Elena Kovarsky) accompanied the delegation and prepared a hearty welcome.
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April 13, 2016 - ECI calls upon the EU to issue anti-BDS resolution and take moral leadership in ending the demonization of Israel
Following the Brussels attacks of last month, the European Coalition for Israel (ECI) has called upon the European Parliament in Brussels to take the moral leadership in the international fight against the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement which demonizes Israel and legitimizes anti-Israel rhetoric from radical elements who advocate publicly for Israel’s elimination.
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April 7, 2016 - Sharansky visits The Netherlands: 'Thank you for your friendship'
On March 30th, Natan Sharansky visited The Netherlands. The well-known dissident and human rights activist from the Former Soviet Union and present-day Chairman of the Jewish Agency spoke at several meetings of Christians for Israel Netherlands.
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March 31, 2016 - Sign up now for the Isreality Tour 2016
From 3-15 July 2016 we offer a very special trip “EXPERIENCE ISRAEL” to young adults (18-35) around the globe! This is the first ISREALITY International trip organized by Christians for Israel International! The EXPERIENCE ISRAEL trip has 3 parts: 1) Bible study 2) meeting young Israeli, fun and action 3) voluntary work
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March 31, 2016 - Christians for Israel Prayer Calendar | April-May 2016
'I will rejoice over them to do them good and will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul' - Jeremiah 32:41. Download the new bi-monthly Christians for Israel Prayer Calendar and pray for Israel!
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March 30, 2016 - Christians for Israel leaders meet in Jerusalem
Seventeen Christians for Israel leaders met in Jerusalem from 26-29 February 2016. This was the third annual meeting of the “Global Executive Council”, which was established in 2014.These annual meetings are an opportunity to report on developments in the Christians for Israel ministry around the world, to encourage each other, and prayerfully to consider plans for the future.
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March 30, 2016 - Glaring contrasts
I am back in the Netherlands after a trip to Ukraine with Chief Rabbi Jacobs. How do you feel when you are back from the misery in Ukraine, where every minute of the day leaves an impression, that you cannot express in words.
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March 27, 2016 - International Chairman Harald Eckert hands on the baton to Leon Meijer
Harald Eckert, Chairman of Christians for Israel Germany, has been Chairman of the Christians for Israel International Board since 2012. Under Harald’s inspired leadership during this period, the ministry has experienced consolidation and significant growth.
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March 24, 2016 - The Historic End of Yemeni Aliyah: Final Group of Yemenite Jewish Immigrants Arrives in Israel
The final group of Yemenite Jewish immigrants landed in Israel on Sunday March 20, 2016, following a complex covert operation coordinated by The Jewish Agency for Israel, thus bringing the historic Yemeni Aliyah to a close. Some two hundred Jews have been secretly rescued from Yemen by The Jewish Agency in recent years, including several dozen in recent months, as attacks against the Jewish community have increased and the country has descended into civil war.
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March 24, 2016 - "Born to suffer" - Editorial Israel & Christians Today By Andrew Tucker
As I write this editorial it is the week before Good Friday and Easter, also known as Holy Week. I am reflecting on the holiness of Jesus, and His suffering in the days leading up to His death and crucifixion. In Luke 19 we read that when Jesus approached Jerusalem for the last time, He wept bitterly over the city. Although greeted by an exuberant crowd, He knew that just days later He would be rejected even by His friends, and die on the cross. I try to enter into His spirit of pain and loneliness. What was He thinking? What did He feel? What prayers did He offer up?
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March 23, 2016 - Five Chinese Jewish women make Aliyah
Recently five young Chinese Jewish women received permission to return to Israel from the Israeli government. Christians for Israel supported their return to their ancient homeland through Shavei Israel. The women finally arrived at Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv on the 29th of February.
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March 22, 2016 - Iby Knill - The Woman Without a Number
By Marie-Louise Weissenböck (Chair C4I Austria).. When my husband and I visited Iby Knill, a nearly 92-year-old woman, on 12 September 2015 in her home in Leeds, England, a long-cherished wish of mine was fulfilled. Her moving memories were disclosed for the first time in 2010, when she published the book : “The woman without a number”. It took her 60 years before Iby Knill could speak about her time in concentration camp Auschwitz, Buchenwald (Lippstadt) and the death march to Bergen-Belsen. When she was 75 years she decided to study theology at the University of Leeds, and when the subject of the Holocaust came up Iby Knill she expressed herself for the first time as a survivor. With the help of her professor and good friends, she found the courage to unfold her experiences and to write a book about it. In this article we have summarized a few incidents from her dramatic life story.
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March 16, 2016 - United in the Homeland: update from families that recently made aliyah
Three months passed since the remarkable day when the families Tsarenko and Pleshkov made their aliyah, i.e. ‘went up to Israel’. Leaving behind old lives, relatives and friends, they headed to the very South of Israel, the hot and dry Arava desert.
Maybe you remember their stories. They were published on this website in two parts in February 2016, namely: "From Soviet apartment to kibbutz" and "Following Aliyah-making Jewish families." (See the links in the article)
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March 15, 2016 - Difficult but not impossible: report from aliyah fieldworker Koen Carlier
During January and February 2016, we were accompanied by a number of aliyah field workers as we visited Eastern Ukraine on three different occasions in order to attend a variety of events and discussions. The results were very favourable! As always, it was not easy to drive the many thousands of kilometres on snow covered, icy roads. It is always risky! An appeal on radio and television even urged people to stay at home and not to set out.
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March 9, 2016 - A First Home in the Home Land
In 1989 the joint kibbutzim of Israel sent a letter pressing the Israeli government about the following issue. “The Soviet Union is staggering and is on the brink of collapse. Do you realize that when this happens it will trigger a mass-immigration of Soviet Jews into Israel? Prepare yourself. The Israeli kibbutzim would very much like to be of service in this matter. We want to help to receive Jews from the Soviet Union and give them a first home in the home land.”
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March 3, 2016 - C4I delegation comforts the family of Israeli soldier
On Sunday 28th February, a Christians for Israel delegation had the privilege of visiting the family of Eliav Gelman, a reserve officer in the IDF who was killed on 24th February. Gelman, a 30-year old father of two whose wife is expecting their third child, was killed by errant IDF gunfire after he was attacked by a Palestinian man while standing at a bus stop at Etzion Junction.
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February 18, 2016 - No easy decision
We are in a small cellar of an ugly, gray apartment in Zaporozhe, Eastern Ukraine. It is only a two-hour drive from where the fighting between the Ukrainian army and pro-Russian separatists, unabatedly, continues daily. About sixty people from the local Jewish population have gathered for their monthly meeting. I’m sitting next to a girl of about eight years old. I say to her: “My name is Sara, what is your name?”
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February 11, 2016 - Following Aliyah-making Jewish families
Text: Richard Donk | image: Henk Visscher Sourced with permission from Reformatorisch Dagblad. Photographer Henk Visscher and journalist Richard Donk (both from the Dutch newspaper Reformatorisch Dagblad) followed two Jewish families who emigrated from Eastern Ukraine to Israel. This (final) article and the two previous ones "Obedience to the Biblical Calling" and "From Soviet apartment to kibbutz" contain a visual report.
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February 9, 2016 - From Soviet apartment to kibbutz
Text: Richard Donk | image: Henk Visscher Sourced with permission from Reformatorisch Dagblad. The war in East Ukraine resulted in a flow of refugees. Many Jews take this opportunity to emigrate to Israel. This is a story about two Jewish families who exchange icy Eastern Europe for a kibbutz in the Negev Desert. A grey Soviet apartment in Zaporozhe in Ukraine. Alarmed pigeons flutter around. A runaway dog skulks around a refuse heap. There are no elevators. So we walk the staircases to the apartment of Olga (29) and Aleksandr Tzarenko (30) and their children Yevgenia and Anna. They are about to ‘make aliyah’ – to emigrate to the Promised Land. Away from the brutality of war that has battered the east of their homeland for so long. And the danger, most definitely, is not something of the past.
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February 4, 2016 - Obedience to the Biblical calling
Text: Richard Donk | image: Henk Visscher Sourced with permission from Reformatorisch Dagblad. Koen Carlier has lived in Ukraine for the past eighteen years. Due to the current civil war in the east, the country changed drastically. Koen Carlier, who has worked for Christians for Israel since 1996, assists Ukrainian Jews in emigrating to Israel. On the one hand he reminds them of God’s Biblical promise to return His people back to the Promised Land. And, on the other hand, Koen and his team assist them with practical matters that include visits to the consulate and transport to the airport.
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February 3, 2016 - Video update from our Aliyah Fieldworker in Ukraine Koen Carlier
An update from our Aliyah fieldworker Koen Carlier in Ukraine. Our team in Ukraine has assisted Jewish people for almost 20 years with food parcels and helps them to prepare for Aliyah (their return to Israel). The prophets of the Old Testament tell us that the Jews will return to the land from the four corners of the earth, in preparation for the coming of Messiah. We can see these prophecies being fulfilled before our eyes.
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February 3, 2016 - On the threshold - The story of the Didkovski Family – part 1
This is the beginning of the fellowship with an Olim family. We invite you to follow their story together with us! "And as for me, this is my covenant with them,” says the L-rd: “My Spirit that is upon you, and my words that I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, or out of the mouth of your offspring, or out of the mouth of your children’s offspring,” says the L-rd, “from this time forth and forevermore" Isaiah 59:21
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January 28, 2016 - Ugandan Defense Force prays and fasts for Israel!
In early January 2016, I was privileged to be part of an amazing event in Uganda. Drake Kanaabo, our Regional Director for East Africa, organized a five day prayer and fasting event in Uganda for one hundred and seventy officers of the Ugandan Defense Force. This is the first time in history that such an event has occurred, and it represents a break-through following the way Uganda mistreated Israel and the Jewish people under the rule of dictator Idi Amin.
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January 27, 2016 - Christians for Israel Prayer Calendar February-March 2016
Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem', is our calling from Psalm 122. Download the bi-monthly Christians for Israel Prayer Calendar and pray for Israel!
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January 25, 2016 - C4I International Young Adults program in Israel - July 2016
Isreality is Christians for Israel's international community for young Christians exploring questions such as, "Who are the Jewish people?", "What is the significance of Israel?", "What does this mean for our personal walk with Jesus?" We do this through hosting local events and annual visits to Israel. Journey with us into the richness of the Bible and discover the connection between Christians and the Jewish people as we deepen our understanding of God's purposes for our lives!
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January 23, 2016 - Six regional conferences in Germany
Christians for Israel Germany will host six regional conferences in the first half of 2016 in Munich, Stuttgart, Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg and Frankfurt. Theme of the conferences: 'He changes times and seasons' (Daniel 2:21).
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January 21, 2016 - Winter 2016 in Ukraine
Since the end of December 2015 the country has been in the grasp of winter, with temperatures of -22 degrees centigrade. And, when the cold abated somewhat, we were blanketed by mountains of snow causing parts of Ukraine to become inaccessible. Fortunately we distributed hundreds of food parcels in the eastern part of the country in the beginning of December and, until the end of the month, an additional 1,800 food parcels in the central and western parts of the country.
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January 21, 2016 - Never a dull moment - Tired but thankful! Bring the Jews Home Update January 2016
In December 2015, the weather was favourable with occasional snowfall and temperatures of maximum -8 degrees centigrade! We enjoyed the "warm winter weather"! However with the growing number of olim/immigrants leaving for Israel, our workload was greatly increased with trips to the airport in Dnepropetrovsk, to Kharkov in the east and to Borispol, near Kiev! On December 28th and 29th we used various mini-buses to transport Jewish families to our hiding place or directly to the airport!
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January 19, 2016 - Join our Auschwitz Program 3-7 May 2016
Join thousands of people from all over the world for The March of the Living on May 5. With this 3.5 km march from Auschwitz I to the Selection Point of Auschwitz Birkenau we proclaim: Never again! The March of the Living is followed by a very impressive Ceremony to remember all those who died during the Holocaust.
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January 12, 2016 - Symposium "Current situation in Israel and the Middle East" Brussels - Belgium
"The whole land of Canaan, where you now reside as a foreigner, I will give as an everlasting possession to you and your descendants after you; and I will be their God.” Gen 17:8. The Belgian Coalition for Israel organizes the symposium "Current situation in Israel and the Middle East" in Brussels - Belgium on January 30, 2016 from 10.00 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. Main speaker is Rev. Willem Glashouwer, president of Christians for Israel International. Language English, translation into French.
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January 7, 2016 - Celebration in Ukraine!
With the assistance of nine Dutch people and one Belgian, we packed 1,800 food parcels between December 12 and December 19, 2015! Shortly before this working trip, we handed out food parcels in Eastern Ukraine, assisted by two co-workers.
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December 23, 2015 - 'Experience Israel' Young Adults Tour 2016
Join Christians for Israel leaders and young adults from around the world! | 13 days in Israel that will change your life! | Dates: 3-15 July 2016 | Go to: www.isreality.org for more information.
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December 23, 2015 - Holiday miracle in New York: UN recognises Yom Kippur as official holiday!
In one of the last working days before Christmas, the United Nations has officially recognised the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur as an official UN holiday. For the first time in its 70-year history UN employees who observe Jewish faith will have the day off and there will be no official meetings on this day.
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December 22, 2015 - New building in kibbutz Yagoor - From the Northland to the Warm North of Israel
"As the Lord lives, Who brought up and Who brought the seed of the house of Israel from the northland and from all the lands where I have driven them, and they shall dwell on their land." (Jeremiah 23:7) Christians for Israel supports "First Home in the Homeland" since the beginning of 2014 and Elena Kovarsky is the Director of this program. The main purpose of this program is that olim learn/study Hebrew during the first five months five days a week and five hours a day, while the children of the olim are in kindergarten. Over 42 kibbutzim all over Israel participate in this program! Most of the olim participating in this program come from Ukraine, Russia and other former Sovjet countries.
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December 10, 2015 - Israel & Christians Today Int. Version, December 2015 Published
The international version of the Israel & Christians Today newspaper of December 2015 has been released. The main purpose of Israel & Christians Today is to explore the relationship between the Church, the nations and Israel (the Jewish people) from a Biblical perspective. The newspaper takes the position that God is faithful to His promises and that the restoration of the nation of Israel in our generation is a sign of Hope for the Church of the Coming of the Lord. Our message is intended for believers in the Lord Jesus Christ to discover God's promises for the Jewish people and the Church and the fulfillment of Biblical prophecy of which we are called to be part.
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December 10, 2015 - The message about Israel goes into Asia in many languages
Christians for Israel (C4I) organized its Third Asia Pacific Training and Leadership Conference in Yangon, Myanmar from 26th – 28th November. Forty Myanmarese pastors came to this conference - including many youth leaders. Several had travelled two days or more to attend the conference. They were joined by 35 delegates from Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, India and Pakistan.
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December 8, 2015 - World's largest Menorah in Maastricht - Netherlands
More than 300 people attended the lightning of the world's largest Menorah in Maastricht, Netherlands on the 7th of December (the 2nd night of Hanukkah). The Menorah was erected in front of the City Hall. The Mayor of the town, Annemarie Penn, welcomed everyone and stated that she was proud that such an event could take place in Maastricht, despite all the turmoil in the world.
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December 5, 2015 - Blessed speaking tour in Thailand
On the 20th of November we fly to Bangkok to meet Rev. Willem Glashouwer. We have scheduled teachings, conferences and church services from 20-29 November. We start on Friday evening the 20th of November with a seminar attended by 250 people. The next day we continue the seminar. More and more people come to listen.
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December 3, 2015 - Food parcels Ukraine: Jewish Roza has to survive on 23 euro cents
We received a phone call from Roza, whom we’ve known for a while, late one evening this week. An acquaintance informed her that we were handing out food parcels, and she wanted to know if we could give her one. I said to myself: ‘Why?"...Rosa does not need that!’ But we always have extra food parcels in our buses and so we drove to Rosa and she told us her story.
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December 1, 2015 - Christians for Israel Prayer Calendar December 2015 - January 2016
'Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem', is our calling from Psalm 122. Download the bi-monthly Christians for Israel Prayer Calendar and pray for Israel!
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December 1, 2015 - Bring the Jews Home - An emotional farewell, also for us!
We have known Liliya Presler for many years. She was the right hand of Holocaust survivor Rita Schweibes, who is responsible for the small Jewish community in Tulchin. Liliya always accompanied us whenever we visited the mass grave in a forest close to a small village in Ukraine, to listen to Rita’s horrific story! Liliya knew what Rita was talking about because her mother too had survived the Holocaust.
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November 30, 2015 - 2015 'Why Israel?' Conference in USA - Huge Success
Christians for Israel USA conducted a 'Why Israel?' conference at East Bay Foursquare Church, Danville, CA on Saturday on October 24, 2015. The conference was a huge success! The seminar’s teacher was President Rev. Willem J.J. Glashouwer who taught all day from his trilogy of books.
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November 18, 2015 - Trip to Gaisin - A Ukrainian Shtetl
Rita Trachenberg, the leader of the Vinnitsa Jewish Agency, Igor, our driver, and I (Koen Carlier) drove to Gaisin on Friday November 6, 2015. Gaisin is a little town about 90 kilometers from Vinnitsa. Before the Revolution of 1917 Gaisin was a Jewish town, a shtetl with a forty-five to fifty percent Jewish population. By the end of 1945 there were about 2,000 Jews in Gaisin, in 1990 there were only 200 left.
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November 17, 2015 - Bless Israel Cultural Festival - Sydney, Australia
In August 2015, Rev Willem J.J. Glashouwer - President of Christians for Israel International – visited Australia for a ten day speaking tour on the themes “Why Israel?, Why Jerusalem? and Why End Times?” Together with Derek Prince Ministries and Shalom Israel Melbourne, Ebenezer Operation Exodus co-hosted two one-day conferences and arranged visits to several church services and meetings in both Sydney and Melbourne. Rev Glashouwer was also invited to lecture at NSW Parliament House, hosted by Rev the Hon Fred Nile MLC. His further speaking engagements included a Korean prayer group and two Korean-church evening meetings.
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November 13, 2015 - First food parcels packed and handed out!
Every year Christians for Israel distributes food parcels in Ukraine amongst struggling Jewish families, many of them are Holocaust survivors or refugees. A large group of volunteers assists Koen Carlier (our aliyah fieldworker in Ukraine) with packing and distributing thousands of food parcels and deliver them to needy Jewish Ukrainians. With the harsh Ukrainian winter at hand, and the explosive rise in living costs due to the conflict in Eastern Ukraine, this is no luxury. And this is only the beginning.
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November 10, 2015 - Ukrainian working tour October 2015 - A report
The group participating in the working tour to the Ukraine consisted of fourteen participants from the Netherlands, one from Belgium and five from Germany! Jan and Gré van Dijk, who arrived on Friday evening October 16, addressed twelve of our colleagues (not all were able to attend) in the "hiding place". Then they prayed together and shared a meal! On Saturday morning we visited a refugee family from Luhansk who had left their home town permanently last Wednesday! The tour was scheduled to end on Saturday October 24.
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November 5, 2015 - Another Tikva Miracle
Since 1996, Tikva has engaged in a constant search mission for Jewish children in need from the southern regions of the former Soviet Union, specifically Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus and Russia. Tikva employs thirty full time staff in order to seek out, document and rescue these destitute Jewish children. Last year alone, Tikva found over a hundred indigent and imperiled Jewish children.
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October 29, 2015 - Mazal Tov! from Odessa
Since 1996, Tikva has engaged in a constant search mission for Jewish children in need from the southern regions of the former Soviet Union, specifically Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus and Russia. Tikva employs thirty full time staff in order to seek out, document and rescue these destitute Jewish children. Last year alone, Tikva found over a hundred indigent and imperiled Jewish children. Christians for Israel supports Tikva, that is being led by Rabbi Michael Brodman, a grandson of the well known Rabbi David Brodman.
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October 29, 2015 - Longing to come home
The Roitman family lives in the hamlet of Nova Bistra in West Ukraine close to the Slovakian border. They are the only Jewish family in the hamlet. Nataliya and I (Koen Carlier) visited them three years ago and we spent the whole day with them in fellowship and talking about Aliyah. Ivan and his wife Miryam have a big family with many children. Ivan found out that his father was imprisoned in a concentration camp and that after the Second World War his family name was changed. This all made Ivan curious and he started searching for his Jewish roots.
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October 22, 2015 - Always begin with a prayer - Interview with Christians for Israel Aliyah fieldworker, Koen Carlier
By Marijke Terlouw.. On a warm summer's day in the Netherlands, I sit at a table with Koen Carlier as he talks about his work during the past year. “The work expanded tremendously during the past year.” Koen speaks with great engagement. “Our team now consists of fifteen people. One year ago there were only eight. We had three minibuses and now there are seven. And don’t forget, we have a shelter for refugees where Nataliya takes care of people shortly before they leave for Israel.”
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October 21, 2015 - Letter from Zhitomir
Rabbi Shlomo Wilhelm, the Chief Rabbi of Zhitomir & West Ukraine expressed his sincere gratitude for the Christians for Israel's donations in favor of his Community in a letter that was sent to Koen Carlier, the Aliyah field worker of Christians for Israel in the Ukraine.
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October 20, 2015 - Israel & Christians Today Int. Version, October 2015 Published
The international version of the Israel & Christians Today newspaper of October 2015 has been released.The main purpose of Israel & Christians Today is to explore the relationship between the Church, the nations and Israel (the Jewish people) from a Biblical perspective. The newspaper takes the position that God is faithful to His promises and that the restoration of the nation of Israel in our generation is a sign of Hope for the Church of the Coming of the Lord. Our message is intended for believers in the Lord Jesus Christ to discover God's promises for the Jewish people and the Church and the fulfillment of Biblical prophecy of which we are called to be part.
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October 14, 2015 - Extreme need amongst the Jews in Ukraine
The people of Ukraine have been severely impacted by the ongoing social unrest and violence in the region in the last two years. Christians for Israel hopes to distribute 30,000 food parcels this year amongst the struggling Jewish families, via our local contacts, especially in the east of Ukraine. These parcels are handed out monthly to Holocaust survivors, needy families, Jewish refugees, children and the sick. Are you prepared to donate one or more food parcels? We need your help urgently!
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October 13, 2015 - “Your help is like manna” - Report from East Ukraine
By Marijke Terlouw.. We arrive at a dingy Soviet apartment building in East Ukraine. In the cellar a group of Jews is waiting for us. They are given a food parcel donated by you. They receive this small token of encouragement just before the Jewish New Year 5776 (14 and 15 September, 2015). What will the New Year hold? There is good reason for concern about the situation of the Jews in Ukraine. I was in Ukraine for just a few days, in September 2015, but they were very intense days. Of all the stories that I heard, one was even more poignant than the other. I spoke with Jews who were preparing to leave for Israel. Jews who didn’t even consider leaving the Ukraine until a few months ago. The situation in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions became too much for them, for different reasons. You see the same thing happening in the regions bordering the war zone – for example, Mariupol – because there too, the war has left its scars.
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October 9, 2015 - The world is silent, but we will not keep silent!
Following the recent unrest in Israel we will publish an open letter in the top three newspapers in Israel this weekend as a sign of friendship. We do this on behalf of more than 200.000 Christians for Israel supporters. Today a group of 250 singers of the Holland Choir left for Israel to sing praises to the Almighty, in support of Israel and the Jewish people. The world is silent, but we will not keep silent! Am Israel Chai!
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October 7, 2015 - The story of Sofiya Otovchits
Sofiya Otovchitz' story reminds me of the general trend to make Aliyah in the 1990s, when people were not just leaving the country due to economic decline but due to spiritual matters as well. We already knew that mixed marriages cause problems when people want to make Aliyah. Relatives from the non-Jewish husband/wife were usually the main obstacle on the way to Israel.
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October 6, 2015 - 29,500 New immigrants
Surprising numbers, concerning immigration, were presented by the Israeli ministry of Immigrant Absorption. Jewish immigration increased with thirteen percent to 29,500 in the past Jewish year. Minister Ze’ev said: “These numbers confirm the overall picture that 2015 is going to be a record year in this decade.”
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October 1, 2015 - A happy homecoming
This summer we published the story of the Ukrainian-Jewish girl Nastia on our website. In April 2015 her grandmother and her uncle left for Israel. The farewell was heartbreaking. Perhaps you remember this farewell story which we published earlier. The girl’s health – suffering from a muscular disease – deteriorated. Nastia’s condition became so serious that the Ukrainian doctors were at a loss.
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September 28, 2015 - Why Israel now available in Telugu language
Pastor Ravi Sundar (our coordinator in India) informed us that thanks to your prayers and support the book Why Israel (by Rev. Willem Glashouwer) is now printed in Telugu! Telugu ranks third by the number of native speakers in India (74 million), and thirteenth in the Ethnologue list of most-spoken languages worldwide.
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September 24, 2015 - Yom Kippur - a time for Christians to repent
Christians for Israel in The Netherlands organized two services for confession and repentance on Monday evening 21st September. “We have treated the Jewish people very badly. We have mistreated and misused the words which were entrusted to Israel”, said Rev. Kees van Velzen who led the service in Woerden (Netherlands).
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September 24, 2015 - ECI co-hosts first ever Tashlich ceremony at the UN - Time to honour the Jewish people and their culture
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, together with other top UN officials and senior diplomats from some 50 nations, have gathered on September 22, 2015 at the UN Rose garden in New York to celebrate the Jewish New Year Rosh Hashana and prepare for the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur. The unique event was hosted by the Israeli Mission to the UN and the Forum for Cultural Diplomacy, which is a European Coalition for Israel initiative to the UN.
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September 22, 2015 - Christians for Israel International Report 2014-2015
Christians for Israel seeks to bring a Biblical witness to the churches about the coming of God’s Kingdom; to warn the nations; to comfort Israel; and to help the Church to prepare for the Coming of the Lord. We are a network of national ministries, active in over 40 countries worldwide. This Report provides an overview of the activities of C4I International from 1st January 2014 to 30th June 2015.
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September 22, 2015 - “If any nation does not listen, I will completely uproot and destroy it” – Editorial Israel & Christians Today
Since the so-called “Arab Spring” broke out in 2010, the Middle East has been thrown in utter chaos, and with it, the rest of the world. Recent months have witnessed a growing flood of refugees fleeing violence, war and terror in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Eritrea and many other countries. Europe is now confronted with what some describe as the greatest demographic upheaval since WWII.
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September 17, 2015 - Aliyah update from Ukraine - The Zolotarev family
Quite recently (at the end of August, 2015), we helped one Jewish family Korobka, five people in total, to make Aliyah.They fled from Luhansk in the East of Ukraine and lived for two and a half months in our 'shelter' in Kiev before all their paperwork was done! On the day of their departure, the Korobka family told us they would love the other part of their big family to join them in Israel.
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September 15, 2015 - Australian speaking tour Rev Willem J.J. Glashouwer
Last August (2015) we were blessed with a visit from Rev Willem Glashouwer, President of Christians for Israel International and a renowned Bible teacher. During the ten day speaking tour Rev Glashouwer taught on the themes “Why Israel? Why Jerusalem? Why End Times?”. Together with Derek Prince Ministries and Shalom Israel Melbourne, Ebenezer Operation Exodus co-hosted two one-day conferences and arranged visits to several church services and meetings in both Sydney and Melbourne. Rev Glashouwer was also invited to give a lunchtime lecture at NSW Parliament House, hosted by Rev the Hon Fred Nile MLC. His further speaking engagements included a Korean prayer group and two Korean-church evening meetings.
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September 10, 2015 - Aliyah update from Ukraine - Masha Tolkacheva and Na'ale-Aliyah story
Masha and her husband Sergei were peacefully living in Luhansk and had excellent jobs. Sergei is a military veteran and quite recently they were making very good money, however, once perestroika happened in the beginning of the nineties of the last century their lives were completely turned upside down. They bought the usual inexpensive car “Lada” and were very happy about it!
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September 9, 2015 - Aliyah update from Ukraine - Olesya Bogolei and the Prokopovich family
Olesya Bogolei has just stepped on the path to make her dream a reality! Today in the morning I (Nataliya Krizhanovski) met a very interesting passenger – an on-coming olim. Right now she makes the first step – flies to Israel as part of the Na'ale-program. It’s an incredible opportunity for teenagers to enter a school in Israel for 2 years. Some call it: "First children Aliyah, then parents".
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September 8, 2015 - Krimki village - Aliyah Update from Ukraine
Quite recently we began taking care of Jewish refugees from the East now living in a school in Krimki village, which is located in the Cherkasy region, see map below. The village is 200 kilometers to the south east from Kiev. It’s difficult for Jewish refugees to get to the capital of Cherkasy, located on the right bank of Dnieper River, to process necessary papers and pass consular checks – there are a lot of children and elderly people amongst them.
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September 8, 2015 - Mission of C4I Italy among Holocaust survivors in Jerusalem
Christians for Israel Italy went on a mission trip to Israel to help Holocaust survivors in Jerusalem, from 20-28 of August 2015. The team from Italy comprised of 13 people from various cities in Italy. They went to Israel to give their support and love to the Holocaust survivors through their hearts and hands.
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September 8, 2015 - Open Letter to State President of Austria, Dr. Heinz Fischer
Christians for Israel in Austria wrote an open letter to the State President, Dr. Heinz Fischer, who, together with the minister of Exterior and other members of government and a huge delegation from the economic sector, visited the Iranian regime from 7-9 September 2015.
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September 2, 2015 - A difficult departure
This is the family that is making aliyah in ten days, in the early days of September. Oleg (37), Elena (37), Kostya (4), and Sofiya (1) Cherednichenko. They go with the Hamlet Aliyah Program for specialists. This program will take a year and a half. The family will settle in Nazareth Illit. Almost nine months ago they fled from Donetsk and since then could not go back.
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September 2, 2015 - The Slobodyanyuk family from Berdychiv
Aleksandr and Inna are a couple from Berdychiv - the city, known for its big Jewish population, from which a lot of Jews have already made Aliyah. Aleksandr is a construction worker, he’s a jack-of-all-trades. His wife Inna is a disabled person of group I, so she hasn't had a job for a very long time.
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September 1, 2015 - Israel & Christians Today Int. Version, August 2015 Published
The international version of the Israel & Christians Today newspaper of August 2015 has been released. The main purpose of Israel & Christians Today is to explore the relationship between the Church, the nations and Israel (the Jewish people) from a Biblical perspective. The newspaper takes the position that God is faithful to His promises and that the restoration of the nation of Israel in our generation is a sign of Hope for the Church of the Coming of the Lord. Our message is intended for believers in the Lord Jesus Christ to discover God's promises for the Jewish people and the Church and the fulfillment of Biblical prophecy of which we are called to be part.
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August 7, 2015 - Update: Nastia arrived in Israel!
Our urgent call for help to Nastia from Ukraine (a very sick 4 year old Jewish girl) to Israel received great response. Nastia was able to travel to Israel a few days after our appeal! A special plane from Israel came to transport Nastia and her parents. In Israel the girl will receive better medical attention, whereas in Ukraine no further treatment was possible.
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August 4, 2015 - URGENT CALL FOR HELP: Bring Nastia to Israel
Nastia is affected by muscular dystrophy. Her condition deteriorated rapidly in the last months. She is very sick and is in the hospital at this moment. The doctors in Ukraine cannot do anything for her, but in Israel there is chance that she recovers. Time is running out, please help this little girl fly to Israel!
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July 27, 2015 - Emotional working trip in Ukraine - Report by Koen Carlier
The emotionally laden, second international working trip to Ukraine included a Swiss national, eleven Germans and an Italian. The main reason thereof is the limited knowledge, in Western Europe, about the Ukrainian Holocaust.
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July 23, 2015 - Christians for Israel Ghana - press release
Claims have been made against the Chairman of Christians for Israel Ghana, Rev. Dr. Paul Mavil Anane, concerning misuse of funds. Christians for Israel Ghana and/or Christians for Israel International are also mentioned in relation to these alleged actions. Christians for Israel International is shocked by these allegations, and denies any liability for these matters.
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July 8, 2015 - Aliyah from India - update Bnei Menashe
With G-d’s help – and the support of Christians for Israel! – we were blessed to bring another 240 Bnei Menashe on Aliyah from India to Israel between June 18 and June 25, 2015. This brings to 900 the total number of Bnei Menashe that we have brought home to Zion in the past 18 months, the most ever!!
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July 2, 2015 - New Israeli ambassador to Ukraine met with the heads of Evangelical Churches and Unions
The Ambassador of the State of Israel to Ukraine met with the heads of Evangelical Churches and Unions on Wednesday, June 24, 2015. The event was a joint initiative of Dmitriy Mishkur (the speaker, coordinator of Church Relations “Christians for Israel Ukraine” and coordinator of the dialogue and cooperation between Ukrainian Evangelical Christianity and the Israeli Embassy to Ukraine) and the Israeli ambassador to Ukraine Eliav Belotserkovskiy.
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July 1, 2015 - Christians for Israel makes its voice heard in Geneva
The investigation report of the United Nations Human Rights Council on the Gaza War and the alleged human rights violations by the Israeli army was presented on the 29th of June in Geneva, Switzerland. Together with members and supporters of more than 80 Jewish and Christian NGOs, Christians for Israel affiliates travelled to the Swiss city and expressed their support for the Jewish state and to urge the UN to treat Israel fairly.
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June 22, 2015 - An urgent call to demonstrate in support of Israel - Geneva, 29th of June
In light of the current wave of unrelenting attacks against Israel's legitimacy, Christians for Israel, together with the European Coalition for Israel and other organizations have joined together to hold a rally in support of Israel. To all who hold dear the value of human rights and democracy we call you to join us in Geneva at 'Place des Nations' on June 29th between 12:00 and 15:00
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June 15, 2015 - Israel & Christians Today Int. Version, June 2015 Published
The international version of the Israel & Christians Today newspaper of June 2015 has been released. This special edition includes many interesting articles and reports from the Christians for Israel Leadership Forum and the Global Prayer Call Conference.
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June 9, 2015 - Unrest in Ukraine: interview with aliyah worker Koen Carlier
Unrest in eastern Ukraine is increasing, says fellow worker Koen Carlier in the Eastern European country. But despite the difficulties, he and his team continue unabatedly with their mission aimed at helping the Jews to emigrate to their homeland, Israel.
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June 6, 2015 - Rev. Glashouwer visits Papua and Maluku Indonesia
Rev. Willem J.J. Glashouwer visited the Indonesian cities of Manokwari and Sorong at the Province of West Papua and Ambon City, the capital of the Province Maluku from April 20th until April 27th, 2015. Compared to the other provinces in Indonesia, Papua and West Papua are quite different regarding the political situation there. This is why the flag of Israel, the Star of David can be raised. Even before Rev. Glashouwer arrived, there were already posters and a billboard on the main road at the city of Manokwari.
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May 29, 2015 - Christians for Israel International Leadership Forum 2015 – Celebrating God’s faithfulness
Sixty Christians for Israel leaders from Europe, Africa, USA, South America, Asia and Oceania/Pacific attended the sixth bi-annual leadership Forum at Ramat Rachel in Jerusalem. In the course of four intensive days, they shared experiences, heard testimonies, visited several projects supported by Christians for Israel, prayed together, and made plans for the further development of the Christians for Israel ministry.
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May 28, 2015 - Update Global Prayer Call– looking back with gratefulness!
From May 10 to 12 up to 400 participants from about 35 nations of all continents came together in Jerusalem in order to look back to the 100 days of prayer and (partial) fasting, bring this period to a close and ask the Lord for how to keep up the prayer momentum for the nations in their relationship to Israel in the future.
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May 27, 2015 - In memoriam - Lance Lambert
Renowned Bible teacher Lance Lambert died in his home in Jerusalem on 10th May, 2015. He was 84 years old. Lance grew up in Richmond, England. He met the Lord as a young teenager. After school he studied African and Oriental Studies at the University of London with the intention of working in China, but the revolution blocked this path. Lance lost his father and most of his family in the Second World War. In the 1970’s Lance discovered his Jewish background, and made aliyah. He lived in Jerusalem from 1980 until his death. Over the succeeding decades Lance travelled widely and spoke at many conferences and meetings in many nations. Four times per year he sent out his Middle East Updates in which he discussed the current affairs in the Middle East from a Biblical and prophetic perspective. He was known and loved by many Christians worldwide.
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May 27, 2015 - Holiday, at long last… or maybe not - Help children in the Eastern Ukraine
With great expectation, people look forward to the holidays. It makes no difference whether they stay at home or travel to a holiday destination near or far. This, also, is true for children and parents in the Ukraine. But this year differs from previous years. Due to the continuing war in the south eastern part of the country, inflation, unemployment and rising food prices, many will have to simply stay home… or not?
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May 27, 2015 - The words of my grandparents
In a virtually abandoned and derelict little town in the eastern part of the Ukraine, another shelter, that can house a maximum of 50 Jewish refugees, was opened recently. It is a plain but well maintained space. After accompanying a large group of Jewish refugees in Zaporozhe (an industrial city with 900,000 inhabitants) to the consulate in Dnepropetrovsk, we had ample time to visit this second shelter.
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May 26, 2015 - Raising a new generation of advocates for Israel, the Jewish people and Arab Palestinians
From 13th – 18th May 2015, the European Coalition for Israel (ECI), in partnership with Christians for Israel International and Keshet Educational Travel, organized its inaugural geo-political visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories. The program was led by Perrine Dufoix (ECI Director – Europe) and Andrew Tucker (ECI Legal Counsel), in close cooperation with Marnix van Ede (Keshet) as program coordinator and Moshe Gabay (Keshet) who acted as guide.
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May 26, 2015 - Let’s Go Up To Jerusalem
By Willem J.J. Glashouwer.. It is always an amazing privilege to be in Jerusalem – The Bible says that in the coming days Jerusalem will be the world centre. We will say together “Let us go up to the mountain of the Lord. Let us go up to His Holy Temple!”
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May 20, 2015 - Why Jerusalem by Rev. Glashouwer now available!
In May 2015 Why Jerusalem was launched at the Christians for Israel Leadership Forum. This book, written bij Rev. Willem Glashouwer, explores the significance of the city of Jerusalem. Jerusalem is a unique city - a holy place for many religions and the focus of world history. Ezekiel 38:12 even describes Jerusalem as ‘the center of the earth’. This book is part two of the trilogy Why Israel?, Why Jerusalem?, Why End Times?
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May 19, 2015 - C4I Leadership Forum in Israel and update aliyah work in the Ukraine
By Koen Carlier.. We had our brief bi-annual C4I Leadership Forum in Jerusalem from May 6 through May 9, 2015. With Christians for Israel representatives from different countries. The aim was to give an update of what is taking place in the countries, Bible teaching and prayer. While in Jerusalem we traveled throughout the country to visit different projects. It was special when ‘Why Jerusalem?’ written by Willem Glashouwer and recently printed in English, was presented to all the participants after his impassioned Bible study about the Covenants with Israel.
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May 4, 2015 - Heartrending - Aliyah Story
On 14 April and 15 April, 76 olim (Jewish immigrants to Israel) departed from the airport in Kiev. With four minibuses we worked hard to transport many of them from five locations that lie a distance of up to 600 kilometres from the airport, to our hiding place in Kiev one day prior to departure. The parents of young children were especially happy not having to spend a whole night in the minibus!
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April 30, 2015 - Help Jewish refugees from the East of Ukraine return 'HOME' to Israel
By Koen Carlier.. Early Monday morning, April 20, we departed on a 12 hour trip along poor roads, to the eastern city of Zaporozhe where 90 Jewish refugees presently reside after fleeing the fighting in Donetsk and Lugansk. After our previous visit and many discussions with Jewish organizations - in which we shared our vision about Aliyah - the time came that, between April 21 and the beginning of May, a large number of these people had, or will have, an interview at the consulate in Dnepropetrovsk, to assess the specific requirements for them to return to/make Aliyah to Israel.
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April 30, 2015 - Packing and distributing 1,600 food parcels in the Ukraine
By Koen Carlier.. With the sun shining brightly on Monday (March 23, 2015) we packed 1,600 food parcels with the help of 30 youngsters and seniors. A day later the parcels were delivered to small Jewish communities in the provinces of Vinnitsa, Cherkasy and Kiev with three minibuses.
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April 9, 2015 - Israel & Christians Today Int. Version, April 2015 Published
The international version of the Israel & Christians Today newspaper of April 2015 has been released. The main purpose of Israel & Christians Today is to explore the relationship between the Church, the nations and Israel (the Jewish people) from a Biblical perspective. The newspaper takes the position that God is faithful to His promises and that the restoration of the nation of Israel in our generation is a sign of Hope for the Church of the Coming of the Lord. Our message is intended for believers in the Lord Jesus Christ to discover God's promises for the Jewish people and the Church and the fulfillment of Biblical prophecy of which we are called to be part.
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March 24, 2015 - Bring the Jews home - Update Ukraine March 2015
The situation in Eastern Ukraine is worsening by the day, and most people do not know which way to go! You need a special pass, often only valid for a single day, to leave the war area and enter the area under control of the Ukrainian army. Once life became impossible, the young couple Igor and Iryna decided to leave their beloved city Donetsk (see photo below). They collected a few belongings and some documents, closed their flat door and left, with a few Jewish refugees who had a day pass for the shelter in Dnepropetrovsk, 230 kilometers away.
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March 24, 2015 - Increasingly dangerous situation in the Eastern Ukraine
‘Our city has become unrecognizable’ When the war in Eastern Ukraine reached Lugansk, Jewish Katia and Dennis Yerilchenko hoped that things would not be too bad. But, when the explosions moved closer, the young family fled from the city with their young son Daniel.
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March 18, 2015 - Rev Willem J.J. Glashouwer visits Denmark at invitation of Ebenezer Exodus Emergency Fund
At the invitation of Ebenezer Exodus Emergency Fund and accompanied by his wife Marianne, Rev Willem J.J. Glashouwer visited Denmark from March 6 through 15, 2015 to deliver lectures, seminars and conferences on Israel. With the result that in June 2015 the book “Why Israel?” will be published in Danish by one of the biggest Christian publishers, called “Scandinavia”, titled: “Hvorfor Israel?” The lectures took place in Horsen’s Frikirke, Rander’s Pentecostal Church, Aalborg Menigheds Center, Herning Frikirke and Copenhagen’s Freechurch Bethel.
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March 18, 2015 - “Such a time as this” - Editorial Israel & Christians Today
By Andrew Tucker.. Editorial April edition (*) of the International Version of the Israel & Christians Today Newspaper. In May 2015, hundreds of Christians will go up to Jerusalem to participate in the Global Prayer Call (GPC) conference. This conference closes the 100 days of prayer, which commenced with the GPC conference in Krakau in late January. This prayer initiative marks the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and the end of the Second World War.
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March 12, 2015 - Christians for Israel Austria supports protest against anti-Semitic BDS cover-up
By Marie-Louise Weissenboeck.. Christians for Israel Austria supported the protest that was organized on March 4, 2015, against the anti-Semitic BDS cover-up called “Israeli Apartheid Week”. A broad impartial and civilian alliance called for the protest that took place in the centre of Vienna and was called: “Boycott anti-Semitism!”
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March 5, 2015 - Jewish National Fund honours Harald Eckert with the “Golden Olive Branch” “Bridge-builder” between Christians and Jews, Germany and Israel
For his outstanding commitment to German-Israeli and Christian-Jewish dialog, Harald Eckert, Chairman of “Christen an der Seite Israels e.V.” (CSI – German branch of “Christians for Israel International”), has now been awarded the “Golden Olive Branch”. The 54-year-old from Munich received the award from the Jewish National Fund – Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael (JNF-KKL) e.V. – at the “Natürlich für Israel Kongress” (Naturally for Israel Congress) in Stuttgart.
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March 4, 2015 - Bring the Jews home - A few frequently asked questions
What is the money, required for a Jew from the Ukraine, precisely used for? The organizing of documentation, necessary for their departure to Israel requires much preliminary work. The Jews have to prove that they are eligible to return, according to the Law of Return, and they require a passport and exit visa.
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February 26, 2015 - Jewish Agency Pays Tribute to Christian Partners
Christians for Israel and other Christian organizations were thanked by the Jewish Agency for their essential role in helping to both fund and physically assist Aliyah operations in war-torn Ukraine. Pim van der Hoff (C4I International Board member), Koen Carlier (C4I aliyah fieldworker Ukraine) and Dmytro Mishkur (C4I Ukraine) were present at this special meeting.
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February 24, 2015 - Global Prayer Call 2015 - GPC Prayer Items Week 1 through 5
The GPC Conference in Krakow, Poland (January 25-28, 2015) marked the beginning of the 100 days of prayer (and partial fasting). The key objective of the Global Prayer Call initiative is to pray for your own nations with regard to their relationship towards the Jewish people and towards Israel. On May 8, 2015 it will be 70 years that World War II (in Europe) came to an end.
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February 19, 2015 - A Refugee's Story
Nataliya, our fieldworker in the Ukraine with whom I am in Kiev now, asked me to email the following to you. "We called for prayer for our work and the situation in the Ukraine - we know of the many Christians in many other countries that are praying for the Aliyah work and the Jewish refugees in the Ukraine. We see your prayers being answered and, in some instances, we see true wonders happening.”
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February 18, 2015 - Global Prayer Call - Sydney, January 24-25, 2015
The Global Prayer Call (GPC) initiative kicked off the International effort of 100 days of prayer for the people of Israel beginning at the commemoration of the liberation of Auschwitz/Birkenau Nazi death camp, and which will finish on the commemoration of the end of World War II. The co-ordination of the GPC in Australia was undertaken by Operation Exodus (a ministry of Ebenezer Emergency Fund International) based in Sydney and also with representatives of Christians For Israel Australia and a number of other independent individuals whose hearts are committed to Israel and the Jewish people. It was very pleasing to see a wide representation of many denominations who are committed to praying for Israel and the Jewish people.
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February 12, 2015 - “Je suis juif” - Editorial Israel & Christians Today
The past two months (December 2014 and January 2015) have witnessed a number of very different yet significant events affecting Israel and the Jewish people. All of them should deeply concern Christians, as each in some way threatens the freedom Jews and Christians currently enjoy in Western society.
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February 12, 2015 - Israel & Christians Today Int. Version, February 2015 Published
The international version of the Israel & Christians Today newspaper of February 2015 has been released. The main purpose of Israel & Christians Today is to explore the relationship between the Church, the nations and Israel (the Jewish people) from a Biblical perspective. The newspaper takes the position that God is faithful to His promises and that the restoration of the nation of Israel in our generation is a sign of Hope for the Church of the Coming of the Lord. Our message is intended for believers in the Lord Jesus Christ to discover God's promises for the Jewish people and the Church and the fulfillment of Biblical prophecy of which we are called to be part.
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February 12, 2015 - The Jewish Agency for Israel expresses gratitude to their Christian friends for supporting Aliyah
The Jewish Agency for Israel wrote the following statement and inserted it via an advertisement in The Jerusalem Post of February 5, 2015. "CVI (Christians for Israel - Christenen voor Israel), ICEJ (International Christian Embassy Jerusalem), Ebenezer Emergency Fund International, Ebenezer Hilfsfonds Deutschland, and Ezra International have been involved in Aliyah activities for many years and we cherish and honor their essential contribution to these efforts.
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February 12, 2015 - Standing With Israel For Such A Time As This Conference - Kalinga, Philippines
Rev. Willem J.J. Glashouwer, President of Christians For Israel (C4I) International, and Rev. Conrado Lumahan, National Director of C4I Philippines, were the guest speakers and lecturers for “Standing With Israel For Such A Time As This” Conference that was held from January 29-30, 2015. The Conference was held at BCF Convention Center, Tabuk City, Kalinga, Philippines.
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February 11, 2015 - Bnei Menashe visit Western Wall for first time (More in-depth and with video)
By Gabi Newmann.. Some 100 new immigrants from Manipur, India, who claim descent from one of Lost Tribes of Israel, arrive at holy site in Jerusalem with tears in their eyes. 'It's like entering my dream,' one of them says excitedly. If you've ever wanted to see a person fulfilling his dream, you should have visited the Western Wall recently as 100 members of the Bnei Menashe arrived at the holy site for the very first time in their lives, two months after making aliyah from Manipur, India.
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February 5, 2015 - Bnei Menashe immigrants' first visit to the Western Wall in Jerusalem
I want to share with you a very moving experience that I had earlier this week (January 30, 2015), when we brought the group of 250 Bnei Menashe which had made Aliyah back in November for their first visit to the Western Wall in Jerusalem (there is a great video about their arrival in Israel, see below). It was an incredibly special event.The entire group gathered in the plaza before the Wall and proceeded to sing various Hebrew songs as throngs of tourists, worshippers and other onlookers came over and joined in the festive singing.
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February 3, 2015 - Bring the Jews Home Update from Ukraine
The exodus continues! The past year 2014 was a turbulent year in the Ukraine. The revolution in Kiev and other cities came first, and thereafter the annexation of the Crimea, by Russia. That was followed by what men thought impossible: war broke out in the eastern provinces of Donetsk and Lugansk. It resulted in the death of more than five thousand civilians, and caused a flow of refugees, amongst them hundreds of Jews!
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January 29, 2015 - Global Prayer Call Conference in Krakow - 70 years after the liberation of Auschwitz Concentration Camp
Approximately 300 participants from over 20 different nations on 4 continents gathered from January 25-29 in Krakow, Poland to commemorate the Holocaust and to launch 100 days of prayer for Israel, the nations and the church. Under the leadership of Harald Eckert (Germany) and Henryk Wieja (Poland), the first half of the conference was focused on the history of 1,800 years of Christian anti-Semitism in Europe.
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January 28, 2015 - C4I Holland submits petition against anti-Semitism
On January 27th, Christians for Israel Holland submitted a petition against anti-Semitism to the Dutch House of Representatives in The Hague during the commemoration of the liberation of concentration camp Auschwitz. The petition raised more than 18,000 signatures.
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January 27, 2015 - Global Prayer Call 2015 (GPC); 6+6+3 Guide Lines for Prayer for Israel, Our Nation and the Church in Our Nation
70 years ago the greatest tragedy of 4,000 years of Jewish history reached its climax and then – finally – its end. On January 27, 1945 the infamous concentration camp of Auschwitz was liberated. 100 days later, in May 8/9, 1945 World War II came to an end in Europe – and with it the genocide of European Jewry.
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January 23, 2015 - Rev Willem J.J. Glashouwer and Harald Eckert visit South Korea
At the invitation of the Korea Israel Bible Institute (KIBI) and other prayer and/or Israel-ministries Rev Willem J.J. Glashouwer (president of Christians for Israel International) and Harald Eckert (chairman of Christians for Israel International and initiator of the Global Prayer Call) have been in Seoul, South Korea for a prayer conference for leaders (January 14-16, 2015).
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January 21, 2015 - Emergency Fund: Helping Jewish Refugees "We Survive Because of the Food Parcels" "A Second Escape"
We have received the following report from Koen Carlier, who recently travelled throughout the Eastern Ukraine! Our most important task now is to assist, bring and shelter Jewish refugees from the Eastern Ukraine, on their way to Israel. 78 year old widow Margarita and her son, Michael, recently left for Israel, for good, from the airport in the east of Dnepropetrovsk. We interviewed her shortly before her departure. (See Photograph below: Margarita and fieldworker Alina at the airport).
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January 20, 2015 - Global Prayer Call Study Tour 10 – 18 May 2015
Christians for Israel International organizes the Global Prayer Call Study Tour in Israel from 10 – 18 May, 2015. The tour includes the three day Global Prayer Call Conference. “For Zions sake, I will not keep silent!” (Isaiah 62:1) is the Biblical motto of this conference, which takes place in Jerusalem from May 10-12, 2015. Praying Christians from around the world are invited to join in this strategic and prophetic conference.
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January 13, 2015 - C4I Austria co-funded a Lifeshield Room Shelter
Christians for Israel Austria co-funded a "MaMad" Lifeshield Room Shelter for the Eden Center at Kibbutz Karmia. The final approval from the Regional Municipality building committee is due any moment. Watch the video to get an impression.
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January 8, 2015 - Interview Rev Willem J.J. Glashouwer by Hizki Laluyan
What brought you to join Christians for Israel (C4I)? The founding father of Christians for Israel Netherlands asked me to step into his shoes as Chairman of the Board of Christenen voor Israel – Nederland. In the years that followed I wrote a book WAAROM ISRAEL that was translated spontaneously by people around the world. After the first translation “WHY ISRAEL’ over 30 other translations followed so that Christenen voor Israel developed into an International ministry: Christians for Israel International.
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2014
December 23, 2014 - Home before Hanukkah
During these dark days before Christmas, a sparkling event takes place in the Ukraine. On a single day, more than 225 olim (Jewish emigrants) leave for Israel on a special flight from Boryspil airport.
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December 20, 2014 - Update from Ukraine: December 22nd, 2014 - A Memorable Date
A memorable date, never to be forgotten, on which 220 emigrants/olim - amongst them many Jewish refugees from the east, who stayed in Odessa, Kiev, Dnepropetrovsk and Kharkov for quite a while - leave for Israel, permanently, from the airport in Kiev! Between Friday and Monday morning the entire ‘move’ will take place, when many of the emigrants will be transported to a location outside Kiev, where they will commemorate the wonder of Chanukah, celebrate Shabbat and have the opportunity to rest before leaving for the Promised Land.
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December 17, 2014 - Special Prayer Alert - Hanukkah 2014
Today (17th December 2014) is the first day of Hanukkah, the festival of light, which is celebrated to remember the rededication of the second temple (164 B.C) after the Greeks had defiled it, among other ways, by raising a statue of Zeus in the temple. The battle between the Sons of Zion and the Sons of Greece continues to this day. (Zech 9:13). Today there are four major developments which are threatening the survival of Israel as a homeland of the Jewish people.
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December 16, 2014 - The Stars Of Bethlehem
By Rev Willem J.J. Glashouwer.. What do the stars tell us? What message do we read in the firmament? Astrology was developed by Nimrod in Babel/Babylon - idolatry with the assistance of the firmament. But is there also another meaning to be derived from the firmament? What does that impressive universe, with its billions of stars and galaxies, tell us? Is there a positive way to ‘read’ the heavens? A way that glorifies the Creator instead of the occult way in which astrology interprets the stars and the planets?
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December 8, 2014 - Aliyah from the Ukraine continues
Winter, with its snow and icy cold northern wind, has been with us for quite a while now. At night the temperature drops to -17 degrees Celsius! It will be ‘somewhat warmer’ during the coming days, but more snow is on the way! There is continuous movement at our hiding place in Kiev, due to the coming and going of individual Jewish people, and families, who are either on their way to the embassy or staying overnight before their departure to Israel. And there are the refugees who stay for up to a month, until their departure.
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December 8, 2014 - First C4I South Pacific Conference in Fiji
The first Christians for Israel Regional Conference in Fiji was a special time in God and a success organisationally. The Conference was the subject of much prayer and planning for a year by Christians for Israel - New Zealand. The October 22nd - 24th period was selected to allow International Board Chairman Harald Eckert to attend.
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December 4, 2014 - Chairwoman C4I Austria receives leadership award
Marie-Louise Weissenböck, Chairwoman of "Christians for Israel in Austria" was awarded the "Prisca Award 2014" at a conference in Upper Austria on the 11th of October. “Prisca” is the “Forum for women in leadership” of the Evangelical Alliance.
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December 3, 2014 - Israel & Christians Today Int. Version, December 2014 Published
The international version of the Israel & Christians Today newspaper of December 2014 has been released. The main purpose of Israel & Christians Today is to explore the relationship between the Church, the nations and Israel (the Jewish people) from a Biblical perspective. The newspaper takes the position that God is faithful to His promises and that the restoration of the nation of Israel in our generation is a sign of Hope for the Church of the Coming of the Lord. Our message is intended for believers in the Lord Jesus Christ to discover God's promises for the Jewish people and the Church and the fulfillment of Biblical prophecy of which we are called to be part.
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December 3, 2014 - World’s largest Menorah in the Netherlands
World Jewry will celebrate Hannukah this year from the 17th till the 24th of December. During this holiday they commemorate the miracle of the oil and the rededication of the temple in Jerusalem 164 BCE. Hannukah is celebrated by lighting the Menorah.
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November 25, 2014 - ECI Conference Calls for Immediate EU Action for Persecuted Religious Minorities in the Middle East and a Stop to Anti-Semitism in Europe
The European Coalition for Israel has issued a joint statement to the incoming President of the European Council and the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, calling for immediate action in support of the persecuted religious minorities in Syria and Iraq and for a coherent strategy against the surge of anti-Semitism in Europe.
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November 21, 2014 - Visit Rev. Glashouwer to Paraguay
Rev. Willem Glashouwer visited Paraguay from August 11 - 25, 2014 for strengthening the work of Ebenezer Operation Exodus in the churches and to teach (in German) to the Mennonite communities proper understanding of the Scriptures who were struggling with Replacement Theology. This came in a very strategic time that The Lord prepared since Paraguay is the only nation in South America in favor with Israel denying to sign an embargo in Mercosur due to the Gaza events!
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November 19, 2014 - ECI condemns the massacre in Jerusalem – and calls upon the EU to review its funding to the PA
By European Coalition for Israel (ECI).. As the European Coalition for Israel is preparing for its 11th Annual Policy Conference in Brussels, which will address the volatile situation in the Middle East, it has issued a statement condemning the massacre of the four Jewish rabbis who were brutally murdered in Jerusalem on Tuesday morning, while they were praying in their local synagogue.
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November 19, 2014 - Home before the first snowfall
Igor, Yulija and their three young children Maksim, Elizabeta and Oleksandr (photo) left on Monday, October 20th from Chernovtsy (near the Romanian border) to Kiev. We brought them and an elderly couple to Kiev, where our Alijah co-worker Nataliya welcomed them with a hearty meal and the necessary time to do some catching up.
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November 13, 2014 - Biblical Reflections on Israel
Teachings by Rev Willem J.J. Glashouwer from Saturday November 22 through Monday November 24, 2014. The teachings take place at the Christian Center and the Continental Theological Seminary in Brussels.
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October 30, 2014 - Israel Prayer Letter October/November 2014
My summons to continuing prayer for Israel can be summarized in one Bible verse, which at the same time shows the seriousness of the situation: “Let the priests, who minister before the Lord, weep between the portico and the altar. Let them say, “Spare your people, Lord. Do not make your inheritance an object of scorn, a byword among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’” (Joel 2:17) The nations scorn Israel and mock God. So we have the more reason to humble ourselves and continue to stand with Israel. This intercessory letter focuses on humbling ourselves.
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October 20, 2014 - Knesset delegation visits Ugandan office C4I International
The Director General of the Israeli Knesset - Mr. Ronan Plot - and a delegation of Knesset members visited the Ugandan office of C4I International. The Director General was impressed by the achievements of C4I International in blessing the Jewish state. Mr. Plot is very much in favour of having an Israeli Embassy in Uganda.
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October 17, 2014 - First time visit to the Ukraine
In the summer of 2014, I, Pieter van der Jagt (22) from The Netherlands, met Matthew Thorn (19). Matthew is from Australia and after he graduated from high school he decided to take a year’s leave to see the world and to learn all about God’s plan for the world. Together we visited a summer camp in Germany and after that he came to The Netherlands and lived with us for a while. He met Koen Carlier in Israel and Koen invited him to come to the Ukraine. A while ago he asked me if I would like to accompany him. I liked that idea a lot, so I said “yes”. I had no idea that he really intended to go. Only by the time we got the tickets I suddenly realized that we were actually going.
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October 15, 2014 - Travelreport Albania October 2014
Rev Willem J. J. Glashouwer visited Albania from October 10 through 13, 2014 for building and strengthening the Christians for Israel network in Albania and teach about the Biblical significance of Israel and the Jewish people for Christians today. At the invitation of Eduart Demo from the ministry of Illyricum Movement in Tirana, Albania, who organized the visit. He took care of the Albanian translation of the book WHY ISRAEL, and 500 copies were printed just before arrival of the President of Christians for Israel International!
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October 14, 2014 - Israel & Christians Today Int. Version, October 2014 Published
The international version of the Israel & Christians Today newspaper of October 2014 has been released. The main purpose of Israel & Christians Today is to explore the relationship between the Church, the nations and Israel (the Jewish people) from a Biblical perspective. The newspaper takes the position that God is faithful to His promises and that the restoration of the nation of Israel in our generation is a sign of Hope for the Church of the Coming of the Lord. Our message is intended for believers in the Lord Jesus Christ to discover God's promises for the Jewish people and the Church and the fulfillment of Biblical prophecy of which we are called to be part.
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October 12, 2014 - C4I International Office in Zambia Officially Opened
From our East African Coordinator, Drake Kanaabo, we received a message that since mid October 2104 a C4I International Office in Zambia is officially opened, simultaneously with the Rwandese office.
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October 11, 2014 - C4I International Office in Rwanda Officially Opened
From our Regional Coordinator in East Africa, Drake Kanaabo, we received a message that since mid October 2104 our C4I International Office Rwanda in Kigali is officially opened. The office is located on Main Street near the renowned ISIMBI hotel in city centre of Kigali.
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October 9, 2014 - ECI Monthly Report October 2014
ECI Monthly Report October 2014 This month's report is a mixed bag of good news and bad news. One does not need to look very far to find some bad news concerning the situation regarding Israel in the Middle East or for the Jewish people in Europe. The recent example of the new Swedish Government and its intention to recognise a Palestinian state, without a negotiated peace agreement with the Israeli Government, is obviously bad news.
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September 23, 2014 - GPC-Conference in Krakow, Poland
On January 27, 2015, we, a representation of the praying and repentant church in Europe, invite praying Christians around the world to join us in crying out to the Lord, the God of Israel, in the spirit of Daniel chapter 9. May we together confess and repent of the sins of our fathers! May we turn from our evil ways, past and present! May we learn from history and nurture a warm, loving and compassionate heart toward the Jewish people in light of what they have had to suffer!
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September 18, 2014 - Paraguay Report August 2014
Rev. Willem Glashouwer visited Paraguay from August 11 - 25, 2014 for strengthening the work of EEF foundations with Churches and to teach in German to the Mennonite communities proper understanding of the Scriptures who were struggling with Replacement Theology. This came in a very strategic time that The Lord prepared since Paraguay is the only nation in South America in favor with Israel denying to sign an embargo in Mercosur due to the Gaza events!
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September 17, 2014 - European Coalition for Israel Monthly Report - September 2014
ECI on solidarity mission to Israel As members of the European Parliament returned to a new five year term in Brussels in the first week of September, the Board of the European Coalition for Israel travelled to Israel to show solidarity with the people of Israel.
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September 12, 2014 - Pastors’ Seminar Philippines themed: “Standing With Israel For Such A Time As This.”
At the All Gospel Church, San Fernando City, Philippines, about 180 participants (bishops, District Superintendents and executives, presbyters, pastors and church leaders) from the Provinces of Zambales, Tarlac, Pangasinan, Benguet, La Union, Ilocos Sur, Abra and ILocos Norte attended a one-day Pastors’ Seminar themed: “Standing With Israel For Such A Time As This.”
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September 5, 2014 - Update situation in the Ukraine and the Jewish refugees
This week we brought again a number of Jewish refugees to Kiev Airport, who are leaving for good to Israel. They stayed with us in Kiev for a period of two weeks to a month. Saying goodbye is very emotional. Often they tell us: “You have saved us!”.
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September 4, 2014 - Live Stream Haim Divon - Israeli Ambassador to the Netherlands
By C4I International.. Starting Thursday, September 4, 2014 at 17:00 hours (local time) you can use the livestream (via the player in this article) for today's speech with His Excellency Haim Divon. This speech marks the start of the Israel Course, Fall 2014, organized bij Christians for Israel in the Netherlands.
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September 2, 2014 - Global Prayer Call 2015 - Newsletters
Calling the body of Christ worldwide to prayer (and fasting) for your nation and Israel. The Global Prayer Call initiative was announced in our news item from March 19, 2014. The key objective is for you to pray for your own nations with regard to their relationship towards the Jewish people and towards Israel.
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August 29, 2014 - Encouraging report from Nigeria
Bishop Elemi Samson from Nigeria sent us the following report about GPC in Nigeria. For the GPC and the meetings in Nigeria, we have made tremendous progress. Many people are aware of the GPC and are continuously praying for Israel. Church leaders want to know if after the GPC meetings in Poland and Israel, if there would be a continuity for the following years. Pastor Rex is doing a good job in Lagos as more church leaders are itching to know more about the GPC and C4I within Lagos.
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August 28, 2014 - Christians for Israel International Annual Report 2013
Dear friends, We are living in momentous days. The Jewish people are coming home to the land. Collapse of the Israel/Palestinian peace talks. The nations of the world in conflict. Rise of extreme Islam. Demise of the US and rise of other global superpowers. Financial, environmental and energy crises, confusion in Europe. Rise of humanist secularism, and collapse of institutional churches. The Gospel of the Kingdom being preached in many nations and languages. Jesus said – learn the lesson of the fig tree. Heed the signs of His coming. Keep watch and pray. The core mission of Christians for Israel is to raise awareness in the Church about God’s purposes with Israel and the Jewish people, and the implications of this for Israel, the Church and the nations. We seek to do this primarily by training and equipping speakers and communicators, and through the media.
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August 27, 2014 - New group of Bnei Menashe visits Western Wall in Jerusalem
Yesterday, we brought the 250 Bnei Menashe immigrants who made Aliyah in June 2014 with your help to the Western Wall in Jerusalem for the first time. It was an incredibly powerful and moving experience and I cannot begin to describe their reaction as they approached the sacred stones in silent contemplation, tears running down many cheeks as they closed their eyes and offered prayers to G-d.
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August 21, 2014 - Israel & Christians Today Int. Version, August 2014 Published
The international version of the Israel & Christians Today newspaper of August 2014 has been released. The main purpose of Israel & Christians Today is to explore the relationship between the Church, the nations and Israel (the Jewish people) from a Biblical perspective. The newspaper takes the position that God is faithful to His promises and that the restoration of the nation of Israel in our generation is a sign of Hope for the Church of the Coming of the Lord. Our message is intended for believers in the Lord Jesus Christ to discover God's promises for the Jewish people and the Church and the fulfillment of Biblical prophecy of which we are called to be part.
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July 23, 2014 - Prayer Letter Summer 2014
Hundreds of rockets have been fired in recent weeks from the Gaza strip into Israel. Since the start of Operation Protective Edge more than 1500 rockets have been. Hamas is claiming responsibility for all of these attacks. The residents of southern Israel are being forced to stay close to the bomb shelters. Summer camps for children in southern Israel have been closed by the Israeli army. Thousands of children are being evacuated to other parts of the country. The current IDF ground operation is intended inter alia to uncover and destroy tunnels coming into Israel from the Gaza strip. Hamas has on a number of occasions attempted to penetrate Israel through underground tunnels using them to instigate terror attacks; this is a major factor threatening Israel’s security. Hamas is also using houses, schools, mosques, and hospitals to store and launch rockets into Israeli civilian areas. The IDF is making every effort to cause as little harm as possible to Palestinian civilians, but there are many casualties. This personal email received on Friday 18th July from Michael Freund, Chairman of Shavei Israel, gives an insight into the tensions caused by the current conflict.
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July 23, 2014 - The Global Prayer Call 2015 (GPC) and Christians for Israel International
By Harald Eckert.. Christians for Israel International (C4II), together with Ebenezer / Operation Exodus International (an Aliyah ministry) and the European Coalition for Israel have launched a unique global prayer initiative for the 100 days between January 27th and May 8th, 2015. January 27th, 2015 marks the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz Concentration Camp in 1945 (today: UN-Holocaust memorial day) and May 8th, 2015 marks the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe which also brought the Holocaust to an end. Today, Israel as a nation is being threatened not only by hostile Islamic neighbors, but also by powerful anti-Semitic forces among the nations in a way that is alarmingly similar to the way Jews in Europe were threatened 70 and more ago years by Nazi-Germany and her allies. 70 years ago most of the church was asleep. What about today…?
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July 23, 2014 - Christians for Israel Regional Conference 2014. (West/Central Africa)
By Bishop Brother Elemi Samson.. The international president of Christians for Israel Rev. Willem J. J. Glashouwer has been with us in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire for a Christians for Israel meeting from June 18 through 24, 2014. Rev. Willem arrived Accra airport June 18, slept over in Accra and flew to Takoradi the next day for the meeting there. The meeting began in Takoradi on June 19 at 11.30 am with about 70 pastors and church workers participating.
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July 22, 2014 - Pro-Israel manifestation in Amsterdam
On Thursday 17th July, Christians for Israel organised a manifestation on the Dam square in Amsterdam, in support of Israel. About 1,200 people attended the event, which attracted significant media attention. It was organised together with the Centre for Israel Documentation and Information (CIDI) and other Jewish organisations. Speakers included former EU Commissioner Frits Bolkestein.
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July 22, 2014 - Helping the Jews come home – and helping them at home
In mid-July 2014 a delegation of Christians for Israel International (Willem Glashouwer, Andrew Tucker, Koen Carlier and Marnix van Ede) met in Jerusalem with Nathan Sharansky, Chairman of the Executive of the Jewish Agency For Israel, and senior JAFI staff. The fascinating and lengthy meeting was another important step in Christians for Israel’s growing partnership with the Jewish Agency.
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July 22, 2014 - Editorial Israel & Christians Today, August edition 2014
“Choose life, that both you and your descendants may live” (Deuteronomy 30:19) By Andrew Tucker.. “We can forgive the Arabs for killing our children. We cannot forgive them for forcing us to kill their children. We will only have peace with the Arabs when they love their children more than they hate us.” This statement by Golda Meir kept returning to my mind as we travelled and met with many people in Israel this last week. There is a conflict going on in the Middle East, and it has to do with the way we value life and death.
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July 22, 2014 - Help the children of Southern Israel!
Hundreds of rockets have been fired in recent days from the Gaza strip into Israel. Since the start of Operation Protective Edge more than 1500 rockets have been launched from the Gaza strip into Israel. Hamas is claiming responsibility for all of these attacks. The residents of southern Israel are being forced to stay close to the bomb shelters. Summer camps for children in southern Israel have been closed by the Israeli army. Thousands of children are being evacuated to other parts of the country.
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July 10, 2014 - ECI expresses full solidarity with Israel as the nation faces Hamas’ escalating rocket fire from Gaza
By Thomas Sandell.. New York, July 9th, 2014 – In meetings at the UN in New York, the European Coalition for Israel has condemned the intensifying rocket fire into Israel. In a statement issued in New York on Wednesday, ECI Director Tomas Sandell “strongly condemned the continuing rocket fire into Israel and the deliberate targeting of civilians by Hamas terrorists in Gaza.
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July 10, 2014 - Christians for Israel International - East Africa Tour
By Harald Eckert (Chairman Christians for Israel international) and Drake Kanaabo (Chairman Christians for Israel Uganda, Regional Coordinator - East Africa) Within 10 days, from June 21 to June 29 2014, we visited six different countries in the eastern half of Africa: Zambia, South Africa, Swaziland, Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia. The main purposes of this tour were - a) To strengthen the Christians for Israel network in this part of the world. b) To present the vision of prayer for Israel in general and of the Global Prayer Call 2015 in particular.
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July 8, 2014 - The International School for Holocaust Studies
By Yad Vashem.. The 9th International Conference on Holocaust Education: Through Our Own Lens: Reflecting on the Holocaust from Generation to Generation, will be broadcast live on Yad Vashem's website between the 8-10th of July, 2014.
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July 3, 2014 - Israel & Christians Today Int. Version, June 2014 Published
The international version of the Israel & Christians Today newspaper of June 2014 has been released. The main purpose of Israel & Christians Today is to explore the relationship between the Church, the nations and Israel (the Jewish people) from a Biblical perspective. The newspaper takes the position that God is faithful to His promises and that the restoration of the nation of Israel in our generation is a sign of Hope for the Church of the Coming of the Lord. Our message is intended for believers in the Lord Jesus Christ to discover God's promises for the Jewish people and the Church and the fulfillment of Biblical prophecy of which we are called to be part.
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July 2, 2014 - European Coalition for Israel – Monthly Report
This monthly report: ECI mourns death of kidnapped Israeli teenagers; Europe elects new leadership – and turns against Israel; Israeli Government officials express concern over rise of anti-Semitism in meetings with ECI; ECI trains young professionals to become better advocates for Israel; Harald Eckert tours Africa to encourage support for Israel.
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June 26, 2014 - Global Prayer Call 2015, Newsletter nr.2
Below you will find the GPC Newsletter nr. 2 - June 2014. It contains the update about the three major events that are already history.
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June 26, 2014 - Australia takes lead in international law
The Australian government recently announced that it will not refer to East Jerusalem as "occupied territory". This statement comes soon after the Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop questioned the generally-repeated assertion that all Israeli settlements are "illegal". The Palestinians and the Arab world have reacted strongly to this by threatening Australia with sanctions.
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June 26, 2014 - Rev. Willem Glashouwer spoke in New York & Washington DC at ‘The Shalom Yerushalaym Festival 2014’ organized by KCSJ (Korean Christian Shalom Jerusalem)
‘The Shalom Jerusalaim Festival 2014’ was held for the Jewish community in New York & Washington D.C in the USA between 9th June and 13th June 2014. This festival was firstly initiated by KCSJ (Korean Christians Shalom Jerusalem) in 2013 and it was the second time this event was held in the USA.
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June 25, 2014 - Christians for Israel in East Africa
Dear friends! The tour with Drake continues on the level it kicked off in Zambia. We now have expanded teams in South Africa and in Swaziland. In the photo below you see the expanded team from Swaziland. Two of the brothers started of in 2013. The rest was added as we have been together with them yesterday (June 24, 2014).
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June 25, 2014 - European leadership meeting in The Netherlands
The leadership of Christians for Israel in Europe met for four days in Ede, Netherlands from 22 – 25 May 2014. 45 participants attended from Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, UK, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Greece, Romania, Ukraine.
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June 25, 2014 - ECI Young Adults Conference
From 19-20 June, 2014, the ECI Young Adults Conference took place in The Hague. The main subject was "The State of Israel in International Politics". The (35) participants had a really worthwhile time in the mini-conference and visited the International Court of Justice in The Hague and the Dutch parliament, in The Hague too, talking to some of the Dutch politicians.
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June 24, 2014 - Israel - a message of hope and reconciliation for Africa!
In 2001 over 1500 NGOs came together in Durban, South Africa to condemn Israel for being an apartheid state. This was the start of the BDS (boycott, divestment and sanctions) movement that has isolated Israel within the UN, and seeks to delegitimise and discredit Israel and the Jewish people. Today, the BDS movement is becoming popular in the West.
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June 20, 2014 - Update#1 from the Ukraine by Koen Carlier
Shalom! In the attachment you see a group of Jewish refugees brought by local Christian drivers to Kiev from the East of the Ukraine from the cities Kramatorck and Slavjanck. We look after them until the moment they can make Aliyah. We will look after them for a maximum of one month but more and more Jewish refugees are expected to flee from the East and coming to Kiev.
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June 19, 2014 - Kidnap of three Israeli teens
On Thursday June 12, 2014 three Israeli teens were kidnapped. Ya’akov Naftali ben Rachel Devorah, Eyal ben Iris T’shura and Gil’ad Micha’el ben Bat-Galim.
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June 18, 2014 - Update#2 from the Ukraine by Koen Carlier
Our worst fears in the Eastern Ukraine have gradually come true! The situation deteriorates as daily battles rage between the Ukrainian army and the separatists. There are, probably, more than 20,000 heavily armed rebels in the East. Heavy weapons are used and there are air strikes on the separatists. The battles, in an area three times the size of the Netherlands and four times that of Belgium, keep moving between different towns although it remains concentrated around the four towns of Donetsk, Kramatorsk, Slavyansk and Luhansk and the many small border posts between Russia and the Ukraine.
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June 16, 2014 - Nataliya Krishanovsky: My heart breaks
Moving account of an Aliyah field worker about her homeland Ukraine The army that liberated us from the concentration camps in 1945 now came to attack us! According to one of the war veterans, a female holocaust survivor. Terrorists, separatists, shelling, buildings burning, executing families… recently, that was the news we read about from foreign countries, but today there is trouble in our own house – Ukraine.
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June 10, 2014 - Israel and international law
The position of Jerusalem and the “ West Bank” under international law is a hot issue. On 4th June 2014, Christians for Israel Netherlands organized a conference on the topic “Israel, BDS and international law”, in cooperation with the European Coalition for Israel. The conference was attended by over 120 people.
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June 4, 2014 - The Global Prayer Call and the C4II meetings in Cebu, Philippines and Hyderabad, India
The Global Prayer Call and the C4II meetings in Cebu, Philippines and Hyderabad, India In May 2014 I was travelling to the Philippines and to India on behalf of Christians for Israel International (C4II) and on behalf of the “Global Prayer Call” (GPC). The following report gives you an impression on both the main activities and the main results of these two trips.
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June 3, 2014 - European Coalition for Israel
European Coalition for Israel Young Adults Conference 19th-20th June, 2014, The Hague, Netherlands The State of Israel in international law & politics
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May 26, 2014 - To the Jewish people in Belgium and worldwide
We are deeply shocked and saddened by the tragic attack in Brussels last Saturday. As Christians from many nations around the world, we are deeply grieved and ashamed that such an attack on the Jewish people can happen today in Europe. We call on all leaders in Europe to stand in solidarity with Israel and the Jewish people, and fight anti-Semitism in all its forms and guises. The EU should face its responsibility to protect the Jewish people in Europe in order ensure peace and true democracy on this continent. In the context of rising anti-Semitism, we commit ourselves to doing all we can to strengthen, comfort and defend the Jewish people and the nation of Israel.
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May 21, 2014 - Bringing the gospel of the kingdom to Asia
Christians for Israel International organized its second Bi-annual Asian Teaching and Training Conference in Cebu, Philippines on 8th and 9th May 2014.Fifty-three Christian leaders from Philippines, Taiwan, Singapore, Korea, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Australia, Germany and Netherlands gathered at Hotel Bellavista in Cebu, the second-largest city in Philippines, for two intensive days of teaching, fellowship and prayer.
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May 20, 2014 - Christians for Israel Seminars in Indonesia
Christians for Israel International, together with the team of Christians for Israel in Indonesia, succeeded in conducting several seminars in Indonesia from 30th April – 6th May 2014. Two seminars were held in Jakarta and the other seminars took place in Jayapura and Biak, two cities in the province of Papua, Indonesia. The seminars in Jayapura were the very first C4I seminars in Papua.
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May 12, 2014 - March of the Living, Yom Hashoah
Christians for Israel International was able to participate in this year’s (April 24-29, 2014) Jewish event “The March of the Living”, a memorial march from Auschwitz to Birkenau, as in previous years. About 10,000 students from 40 different nations, with thousands of Israeli flags, surrounded us to make a clear statement together: NEVER AGAIN!!!
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May 9, 2014 - Food parcels are now very important in the Ukraine
The continuing unrest in Ukraine seems to spread now to other parts of the country. Koen Carlier, our Aliyah field worker, is in close contact with Tanya, who works as Aliyah fieldworker in the east of the Ukraine. She reported the following by email about the situation in that region: “On May 3, an anti-terrorist operation took place in the city Krematorsk (between Donetsk and Kaharkov).
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April 17, 2014 - Update from the Ukraine from our Aliyah fieldworker Koen Carlier
After a series of lectures in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, which included 3 special family days, we safely passed the border on Tuesday, April 1st, and after 9 more hours of driving, I was home with my wife and children. While we met many acquaintances and were encouraged by you, time was limited and we could not meet with all of you! However, the Ukrainians and Israeli’s were overcome by the overwhelming warmth and friendship they experienced!
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April 17, 2014 - The Bible Open - Video update from Rev. Willem Glashouwer
There are all kinds of speculations about the Blood Moons in 2014/2015 and people wonder what will happen to Israel and the world. We should be careful. We know that there will be signs, but we should stick to the Bible. God holds the universe in His hands. He leads all things - the history of mankind, of His Church and of His People Israel - towards His goal, which is the Coming of the Kingdom and the Coming of the King of the Kingdom.
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April 17, 2014 - Planned Christians for Israel Regional Conferences May-June 2014
There is much happening in the C4I network around the globe. There is much to be thankful for, as the ministry grows worldwide under God's grace. As we seek to train new leaders in the nations, major conferences will be held in Asia, Europe and Africa in May and June.
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April 17, 2014 - China´s ‘lost Jews’ discover their faith
By Michael Freund - Passover is upon us, the holiday that celebrates the festival of freedom and connects Jews around the world to their roots and to each other. Israel Returns is celebrating the holidays in our centers around the world. In Kaifeng, China, a Jewish community of almost 1,000 people live and thrive. The Kaifeng community is one with a rich and ancient heritage, much of it unfamiliar to most of the outside world, but it has somehow managed to survive throughout the centuries.
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April 9, 2014 - Ethiopia: In the Footsteps of Philip
By Rev. Glashouwer - In Acts 8:26-40 we read how the Lord told Philip to go south to the road – the desert road – that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza: to meet with a man from Ethiopia, an important official in charge of all the treasury of Candace, Queen of the Ethiopians. Philip joins the chariot of this Ethiopian Jew, and while driving explains to him at his request what chapter 53 in the precious scroll of the prophet Isaiah means. The scroll that this man from Ethiopia probably had bought in Jerusalem, where he had been to worship. After Philip’s explanation and having told him the good news about Jesus, this eunuch continues his way rejoicing, back to Ethiopia!
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April 2, 2014 - Help brother Samson to spread the message about Israel in Central/West Africa!
Bishop Elemi Samson is Christians for Israel's Regional Coordinator for Central/West Africa. He lives in Nigeria. He develops contacts with church and political leaders in this region. He visits churches, theological seminars and schools to teach pastors and students about Israel. Brother Samson is also actively involved in developing teams of Christians for Israel in Ghana, Sierra Leone and Cameroon.
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March 25, 2014 - Great open doors in Thailand
We look back with great thankfulness after having spent 12 intensive days with Rev. Willem Glashouwer in Bangkok and Chiang Mai at the beginning of March 2014. This was his second visit to Thailand, where more churches open their doors for the important message about Israel and the End Times.
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March 20, 2014 - Update from the Ukraine from our Aliyah fieldworker Koen Carlier
We are doing well here, despite the circumstances. You are well informed about the situation in the Crimean peninsula and, thus, not in need of any more information from us. But, we in the Ukraine obviously hear of and see the details, and there is even more happening than we think: mines are laid in Crimea, and a large pit was dug and mined at the Crimean main gas valve, in case of a Ukrainian army invasion…
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March 19, 2014 - Global Prayer Call 2015
- Calling the body of Christ worldwide to prayer (and fasting) for your nation and Israel - On May 8, 2015 it will be 70 years that World War II (in Europe) came to an end. With this the Holocaust, the greatest atrocity and tragedy of mankind, came to a halt. On January 27, 2015, Holocaust Memorial day, it will be seventy years that the infamous concentration camp of Auschwitz will be delivered. These are highly important commemoration days – for the Jewish world and especially for the Jewish nation Israel which until today is threatened by a second Holocaust. And because this is so significant for Israel it should be significant for the Body of Christ as well as for those nations who want to be a blessing for Israel.
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March 18, 2014 - New staff member Christians for Israel International
Rita Quartel (50, Netherlands) joined the team of Christians for Israel International on a structural basis last January (2 days per week). She is responsible for all Resources & Media of Christians for Israel.
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March 4, 2014 - Israel Prayer Letter March/April 2014
For Zion’s sake we can no longer afford to be silent. Just a pious remark? No, on the contrary, check this is Isaiah chapter 62. Salvation and redemption for both Israel and the nations: isn’t that enough reason to leave your house and go to the streets?
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February 19, 2014 - Urgent prayer call and request to help the Jewish people in the Ukraine - by Koen Carlier
As you know, the situation in the Ukraine is deteriorating. More than 20 dead and 1000 wounded in Kiev alone. Violence has also broken out in other parts of the Ukraine. A few days ago, the synagogue in Ivano Frankovsk was desecrated with the words “Jews, blacks and Russians - get out!”. The Jewish people in the Ukraine are now listening more than ever to the call to return to Israel - the land of their forefathers.
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February 18, 2014 - Breaking the veil of silence – powerful seminar organized by C4I Austria in cooperation with TOS ministries, Germany.
Christians for Israel Austria, in cooperation with TOS ministries, organized a powerful seminar in Linz, Lower Austria, on Saturday 15 February, on the theme ‘breaking the veil of silence.’ About 300 people from nearly all the Austrian provinces were present and attended the excellent and touching teachings. Key speaker was Jobst Bittner, Head Pastor of TOS ministries Tübingen, who has written a book on this topic.
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February 16, 2014 - Speaking tour Rev. Glashouwer in Thailand 28 February - 13 March
At the end of this month Rev. Willem Glashouwer will travel to Thailand to teach on the subjects Why Israel? and Why End Times. His books with these titles will be available in Thai. Rev. Glashouwer will speak in Bangkok, Chiang Mai and surrounding areas. For more information, please contact us at info@c4israel.org
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February 13, 2014 - New editorial team newspaper Israel & Christians Today
As of 1 January 2014, the English-language edition of our newspaper, Israel & Christians Today, is now being coordinated by a new editorial team in New Zealand under the experienced leadership of Graeme Lee, working with an international editorial team.
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February 12, 2014 - Abrahamov and Valentina’s return to the land of their ancestors. Report by Koen Carlier
During my trips to the airport in Kiev I have a lot of time to think. I was thinking of exactly 20 years ago, when I had just arrived in the Ukraine. I was able to be involved in the project ‘Exobus’. Together with Polish driver Victor, I could pick up a large coach with olim (immigrants to Israel) in Vinnitsa, Berdidjev and Zhitomir. I was full of excitement during that trip. Since that time, numerous drivers have helped to assist Jews in returning to Israel.
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February 11, 2014 - C4I-Italy Exhibition: Sport, Athletes and Olympic Games in Europe during World War II (1936-1948)
On January 7th, Christians for Israel Italy (Cristiani per Israele) organised a major event in partnership with other organisations to open the exhibition about Sports, Athletes and the Olympic Games in Europe during the Second World War. Through iconography and historical accuracy, the exhibition aims to attract a wide audience to the theme of sport as a focal lens to read and interpret the history of the rise of Nazism in Europe and the Second World War. Particular attention was paid to how sport during Fascism and Nazism has been used by regimes as a propaganda tool to spread racist ideologies and to frame the population, as well as an instrument of opposition and resistance by some athletes who challenged the dictatorships in the name of freedom of conscience.
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February 5, 2014 - International Auschwitz tour 24-29 April 2014
Christians for Israel International offers you the opportunity to make this impressive journey. Join thousands of people from all over the world for The March of the Living on April 28, 2014. With this 3.5 km march from Auschwitz I to the Selection Point of Auschwitz Birkenau we proclaim: Never again! The March of the Living is followed by a very impressive Ceremony to remember all those who died during the Holocaust.
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February 1, 2014 - 12th Annual European Prayer Summit - March 21st – 23rd, 2014
For more than ten years the European Coalition for Israel has called together annual prayer summits in Brussels in order to pray for Israel, our own governments and the European institutions. Please would you join us as we gather for the 12th Annual European Prayer Summit from 21-23 March in Brussels.
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January 30, 2014 - Video update from Rev. Willem Glashouwer
Rev. Willem Glashouwer shares about church history and repentance. He also briefly mentions his recent and planned speaking tours.
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January 30, 2014 - 2014 - a new season for Israel, the church and the nations?
At the start of a new year, we want to thank all our friends, partners and supporters worldwide. Without you, the ministry of Christians for Israel would not be possible. It is such a blessing to work and walk closely with so many friends around the globe. 2014 promises to be an exciting year for Israel, the church and the nations. And therefore for Christians for Israel. Many have a sense that we are on the verge of some major events.
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January 28, 2014 - Crisis in the Ukraine - urgent call for prayer and support
The Ukraine is in a state of crisis. There has been growing unrest in the Ukraine since December 2013, mainly in the capital city Kiev which is spreading now to all other major cities. Millions of people have been expressing their anger against the government, in a pro-European demonstration. A large part of the opposition is supporter of the Swoboda party - an openly anti-Semitic, nationalistic movement. There is great fear in the Jewish community. In the last week alone, several orthodox Jews have been attacked.
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January 27, 2014 - The first „March of Life” in Austria – raising a voice for Commemoration, Reconciliation and against Anti-Semitism
Christians for Israel - Austria is organizing a first “March of Life” in Austria, in cooperation with other organization, on April 6th 2014. Contemporary witnesses, Holocaust survivors and their descendants will also be participating in the “March of Life”, which is intended not only to be an act of commemoration and reconciliation, but also to voice a loud and clear “Never Again!” against the rising modern Anti- Semitism of our time and to express solidarity with Israel.
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January 23, 2014 - Urgent Message from our Ukraine representative Koen Carlier
Please pray for all of those who work in Aliyah, like the 'fishermen' of Christians for Israel, Ebenezer and Ezra. Also pray for the Jewish people in the Ukraine. We have encouraged them for almost 25 years to leave the land of the north and go to the Promised Land!
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January 16, 2014 - On the way to Israel
We drive for hours through the snow covered landscape of the Ukrainian province of Khmelnitsky. Koen Carlier, of Christians for Israel in the Ukraine, tells me about the origin of the region’s name. Bagdan Khmelnitsky, leader of the national movement responsible for the atrocious murder of more than 600,000 Jews in 1654, is honoured as a local hero. This is just one example of the many dark sides of the Ukraine’s history.
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January 15, 2014 - PRESS RELEASE: Large demonstration at head office PGGM, Netherlands
About 300 people gathered on Monday morning, January 13th, at the head office of the PGGM pension fund in Zeist, the Netherlands. They showed their anger about PGGM’s decision to stop their investments in five of the largest banks in Israel. The workers of the pension fund were confronted with a large crowd of people with Israeli flags and banners on which PGGM was asked to stop the boycott against Israel. They all received the open letter that Christians for Israel Netherlands wrote to the board of PGGM.
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January 8, 2014 - The last food parcels of 2013 - report from C4I Ukraine
On Friday, December 27th, we succeeded in delivering the last food parcels for 2013 to all areas as planned. Here and there we heard people saying: ‘we thought you’d forgotten us!’ In this place you can plan all you want, but putting it into practice is another story. When we arrive at a new location with one or more food parcels, and receive an invite to have a ‘quick’ cup of tea, we might as well add another 1 to 2 hours to our time, and more if there is much interest or are many questions about Israel and their return! But this is, in fact, why we are here!
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January 6, 2014 - Israel Prayer Letter December/January 2014
Is the present quiet the lull before the storm for Israel? Let’s realize that not only in politics many things are happening behind the screens. Most of all is happening in the heavenlies. Isn’t that the thing we ought to do, setting our hearts on the things that are above? So do intercede for Israel on the basis of God’s word and promises for His land and people.
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December 24, 2013 - Christmas Message by Rev. Willem J.J. Glashouwer
In the sixth month God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, we can read this in Luke 1:26-38. These are words that are very well known in the whole Christian world. Whenever we approach Christmas in the Sundays of advent before the feast of Christmas, all these messages are read from the Bible and in many churches many pastors are teaching about this.
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December 19, 2013 - Consider Christians for Israel in your end-of-year giving
We look back with great joy on an extremely busy and productive year as Christians for Israel International. Thank you for partnering with us in 2013, and we look forward to working together in 2014. I urge consider us in your prayers and your end-of-year giving. We need your financial and prayer support in order to be able to continue this important end-time ministry to the church and Israel.
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December 19, 2013 - A word from the Chairman - Harald Eckert
As the year draws to an end, it is my joy and privilege to send you a word of greeting. For Israel the year 2013 was not an easy year. The situations in the neighboring countries have gotten even more unstable. The Iranian threat – with the Geneva agreement – has become greater and not lesser. The financial and social challenges of the nation are tense. The isolation of Israel amongst the nations and the media has grown. But still, there has been a comparably good level of quietness and absence of terror. And God is continuing to fulfil his promises towards the Jewish people and the relationship between us and the people of Israel – at many different levels – has never been as strong as today.
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December 18, 2013 - The distribution of food parcels in the Ukraine; heartrending but essential
A group of volunteers from The Netherlands is visiting the Ukraine to learn more about the Jewish community. I am part of a film crew that is working on a documentary about the work of Christians for Israel in the Ukraine. In the past couple of days, the volunteers packed 1,350 food parcels that will be distributed in a single large operation amongst the Jews in the provinces of Vinnitsa and Khmelnitsky.
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December 17, 2013 - Blessed Study Tour To Israel by C4I SE Asia (29 November - 9 December 2013)
It is not easy for Malaysians to travel to Israel. They require a special visa which is meant for Israel but does not mention Israel by name. But a group of 24 Malaysians responded to Wilson Ng’s (C4I South East Asia Representative) and took the opportunity to visit Israel, to explore more deeply the Jewish roots of their faith and to tour the Land of the Bible. The group was accompanied by Rev. Willem Glashouwer (President C4I International) and his wife Marianne.
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December 16, 2013 - Update C4I Project - Hineni Soup Kitchen
As from Thursday 12 December Jerusalem was hit by a snow storm, described by Jerusalem’s Mayor Nir Barkat as a "tsunami", reaching up to 60 cm of snow. As a result the roads in and out of Jerusalem were closed, leaving thousands of people stranded in the snow. The IDF (Israeli Defence Force), Police and volunteers had to launch rescue operations throughout Thursday-Friday night until deep into the morning, this in order to reach over 2,000 travelers trapped in cars, buses, and on roads.
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December 13, 2013 - A busy season - Report by our Aliyah fieldworker Koen Carlier
Many Jews traditionally leave the ‘Northern Countries’ during the last two months of the year. The many official documents, required by both the Israeli embassy and the local authorities, take approximately 1 to 2 years to assemble. By leaving now, people will avoid the possible interference of new rules that might be introduced in 2014. Winter has not yet put in an appearance, but that can change in an instant.
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December 10, 2013 - Food parcels open new doors - report from C4I Ukraine
The food parcel action is in full swing now. Food parcels were distributed to quite a number of small villages by Nataliya Krizhanovski, our Christians for Israel co-worker in the Ukraine, for the first time. This is done in alliance with the leaders of the small Jewish communities who know the exact amount of food parcels required by individuals. The food parcels are a sign of comfort, and the people are brought to a momentary standstill when we tell them that this operation is made possible by individuals mostly from the Netherlands and Belgium.
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November 29, 2013 - C4I Netherlands lights largest Hanukkiah in the world
On Wednesday 27th November 2013, the largest Hanukkiah in the world was lit by Chief Rabbi of the Netherlands, Binyomin Jacobs, together with the Ambassador of Israel to the Netherlands Haim Divon. Present where several members of the Dutch Parliament, the Mayor of Nijkerk, and 1500 supporters of Israel and the Jewish people.
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November 22, 2013 - Fiera is all alone. Are you going to help her? - report from C4I Ukraine
On Wednesday 13 November we have started with our yearly food parcel project in the Ukraine. We will distribute the food parcels in about 80 villages at set times to poor Jewish families. With these parcels we tell 'the good news' as described in the prophets: God will bring His people back to Israel from exile.
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November 21, 2013 - C4I Netherlands builds largest Hanukkiah in the world
This year, the Jewish community celebrates Hanukkah (the holiday of light) from 27th November to 5th December. During this holiday the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem is commemorated. Each evening one extra candle of the Hanukkiah is lit. Christians for Israel has built the largest Hanukkiah in the world: an impressive construction of almost 12 meters high. This Hanukkiah will be lit on Wednesday 27th November at 7.30 pm by Chief Rabbi Binyomin Jacobs, in presence of the Ambassador of Israel to the Netherlands Haim Divon, the Mayor of Nijkerk, several members of the Dutch Parliament, and many hundreds of supporters of Israel and the Jewish people.
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November 18, 2013 - Christians for Israel growing in Asia! Interview with Wilson Ng – C4I Regional Coordinator, South East Asia
There is undoubtedly a tremendous work of the Holy Spirit in Asia at the moment. Thousands if not millions are coming to Christ each year across the region. As part of this, God is raising people who want to know more about Israel. We believe God is hovering over Asia, looking for people who understand this message about Israel as part of His plan to prepare the body of Christ for Jesus’ coming.
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November 15, 2013 - European Coalition marks 10th Anniversary in support of Israel
In the aftermath of the 75th Anniversary of the Night of Broken Glass, a more recent anniversary was marked in the European Parliament in Brussels on Wednesday 13th November, when the European Coalition for Israel celebrated its 10th Anniversary in the EU capital. The conference “EU-Israel - Which way forward?” reviewed EU-Israeli relations since the Yom Kippur War of 1973, in the light of the proposed EU guidelines for the disputed territories. The new guidelines forbid EU grants, prizes and loans from going not just to Israeli entities located beyond the Green Line, but also to Israeli entities that have any activities beyond the post-1967 lines.
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November 14, 2013 - Igor refused to leave the Ukraine until... Report by our Aliyah fieldworker Koen Carlier
After the Day of Atonement we had the opportunity to transport six young people from Vinnitsa, and two other small villages, to the airport in Kiev. A total of 33 youth left on a special program for young people who wish to emigrate – or make aliyah – to Israel. All the youth were accompanied by either one or two parents. We started the journey after checking that everybody had their passports and all the other required official documentation. The rain was pelting down, and we had to take extra care to avoid the deceitful, water-filled potholes. But all went well, and we arrived at Kiev airport at ten thirty in the morning.
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November 11, 2013 - Commemoration in Berlin - 75 years after the Kristallnacht
On 9th November, an impressive commemoration of the Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass) took place in Berlin. During this night, now 75 years ago, a pogrom took place against Jews throughout Nazi Germany and parts of Austria. At least 91 Jews were killed in the attacks, and 30,000 were arrested and put in concentration camps. Many synagogues were burned and Jewish businesses destroyed or damaged.
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November 4, 2013 - European Coalition for Israel Annual Policy Conference
Christians for Israel is one of the founding partners of the European Coalition for Israel (ECI), which was established in 2004. From the start, we recognized the importance of founder Tomas Sandell's vision for a dedicated non-Jewish organisation to "lobby" on behalf of Israel in Brussels and the capital cities of Europe. There is still a close connection between ECI and Christians for Israel (C4I).
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October 24, 2013 - Rev. Willem Glashouwer in Linz, Austria
On Saturday the 19th of October 2013 Willem Glashouwer was invited to hold a Seminar on the theme “Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all nations?” (Zecharia 12, 3) The seminar was hosted by the Elaia Christengemeinden and took place in the Gemeindezentrum of the Rhema Gemeinde in Linz in Upper Austria.
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October 22, 2013 - Philippine Churches Pray for Israel’s Return
This year’s celebration of the Biblical Feast of Tabernacles saw an unusual convergence of thousands of Christians joining what is usually an exclusively Jewish holiday. In advance of Sukkot, more than one thousand Christians worldwide have downloaded a prayer guide known as the ‘Four Corners Prayer Journey’ for the 8 day festival prepared by the Jerusalem based organization, 'Shavei Israel.' The Four Corner Prayer Guide has helped us pray knowledgeably and biblically for Israel’s return,” said Reverend Dr. Conrado Lumahan of the All Gospel Church in San Fernando City, Philippines.
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October 14, 2013 - 900 Bnei Menashe allowed to return to Israel
On Sunday morning (14 October 2013), the Government of Israel unanimously passed the resolution allowing another 900 members of the Lost Tribe of Bnei Menashe home from India to Zion. Michael Freund (Chairman Shavei Israel): 'Under the terms of the decision we will bring the first 200 people to Israel before the end of December, followed by 400 people next year and 300 in 2015. In order to do so, we need your help. After 2,700 years, the return to Zion of a Lost Tribe of Israel continues. May we merit to witness their complete deliverance soon…'
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October 10, 2013 - C4I Global Executive Council kicks off!
The Global Executive Council has been established to provide a platform for the leaders of the Christians for Israel (C4I) movement around the world to gather together for fellowship, vision-building, strategising and prayer. As the C4I movement is growing rapidly in so many different countries, it is extremely important that we are united, support each other and make optimum use of our limited resources.
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October 9, 2013 - Visit of International President of Christians for Israel International to NZ
Rev. Willem Glashouwer’s visit to NZ is co-sponsored by Ebenezer NZ. We are very pleased to have the partnership and support of Ebenezer which is a major organizer of the Aliyah programme. Rev Willem Glashouwer works closely with Ebenezer International and is a regular speaker at their conferences. It was also a pleasure for Board members to meet the International President of Ebenezer when we attended the Forum in Jerusalem. Rev Willem Glashouwer is recognized and respected as a world authority on matters to do with Israel & the Church. He is busy travelling in all parts of the world. Recent visits included Moscow and China.
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October 8, 2013 - Andrew Tucker's visit to Australia, New Zealand and Singapore
In August 2013, I travelled "down-under" for meetings with some of our teams in Asia and Oceania. First stop over was a meeting at Hong Kong airport with our friend Tony Tam, businessman in Hong Kong. Following our meeting last November in Kuala Lumpur, Tony has been preparing the way for us to connect with churches and theological seminaries in mainland China. Tony has just completed a short visit together with Willem Glashouwer to Zhong Nan Theological Seminary in Wuhan. We believe the Lord is opening the doors to China to strengthen and support the many Christians whom the Lord is already preparing for His work in the days to come.
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October 7, 2013 - C4I Development in the South Pacific
Christians for Israel NZ has accepted responsibility for the development of the ministry throughout the Pacific Islands. This includes nations like Fiji, Cook Islands, Samoa, Tonga, New Caledonia and Niue. Presently the Israel and Christians Today paper is being sent to strategic contacts. Most of these contacts are either pastors or elders of Churches. Several are national leaders of denominations.
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October 1, 2013 - Israel Prayer Letter October/November 2013
Israel finds itself in the eye of the storm, in the surrounding countries there is chaos. Just follow the news media and you will know. With this prayer letter we would like to inspire you to continue to pray faithfully for God’s people in the coming months. For each of the subjects you will find seven prayers, like the seven arms of the Menorah. They are pointed upwards, to our heavenly Father. That is the only right direction: “Set your hearts on things above.”
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October 1, 2013 - Why End Times Kindle edition
The Kindle edition of Why End Times by Rev. Willem Glashouwer is now available on Amazon! Why End Times? explores God’s prophetic plans for Israel and the nations. This is just not another end-time theory but a teaching firmly grounded on God’s Holy Word, providing an in-depth analysis concerning the prophetic significance of Israel and her relationship to the nations.
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September 30, 2013 - Leah (Wiesje) de Lange passed away in Jerusalem
Last night (September 29, 2013) Leah (Wiesje) de Lange passed away in Jerusalem 75 years old. We remember Wiesje as a strong defender of Israel and a faithful friend of the organization Christians for Israel. Wiesje de Lange was born in the Netherlands in 1938 as Wiesje Samuel Prins (later Leah de Lange-Samuel Prins). During World War II she was hidden, as a small child, at different addresses. This period and the years after the war - both her education in the Netherlands as well as her life in Israel since 1964 - marked her life.
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September 30, 2013 - Far East Russia speaking tour Rev. Glashouwer
Rev. Willem Glashouwer recently travelled to Far East Russia, and reports the following about this speaking tour: "Again a great and blessed tour in the framework of our partner Ebenezer! Many books and teaching materials were spread. The LORD really is moving forward. More and more churches and pastors open up for the message about Israel – in FAR EAST RUSSIA and in the whole world. It is a privilege to be involved."
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August 30, 2013 - Final Aliyah flights from Ethiopia - last 450 olim have arrived in Israel
On Wednesday 28 August 2013 the Aliyah (immigration) from Ethiopia came to an end. Operation Dove's Wings concluded a 3-year effort led by the Jewish Agency, supported by Keren Hayesod, to bring the remnants of the Jewish community of Ethiopia to Israel. Christians for Israel actively supported this project for many years as part of our project Bring the Jews Home. In total 90,000 immigrants were brought from Ethiopia to Israel.
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August 29, 2013 - Speaking tour Rev. Glashouwer in the UK (3-8 September 2013)
At the invitation of our partner, Ebenezer Operation Exodus, Rev. Willem Glashouwer will speak in Scotland, Kent and London. Theme: Israel: Why should the church care? Aberdeen - Edinburgh -Glasgow - London - Ashford - Gillingham
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July 26, 2013 - Rev. Willem Glashouwer - recent and planned speaking tours
Rev. Willem recently went on speaking tours in Nigeria, Korea, Argentina, and Uruguay. He is currently travelling in South East Asia. Please pray for Rev. Willem as he undertakes these demanding but very important speaking tours. Pray that the Lord will open hearts and minds for all those who will hear the message about God's purposes for Israel, and that new leaders will arise who can carry this message into their nations. Click more for a full overview of the speaking tours.
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July 21, 2013 - Michael Freund: '7,000 Bnei Menashe still in India waiting to come to Israel'
Last June, Michael Freund (Founder and Chairman of Shavei Israel) travelled to Italy at the invitation of Christians for Israel Italy. It was the first time that an orthodox Jew has spoken in Italian Christian churches about the lost tribes of Israel, particularly Bnei Menashe (the tribe of Menashe). During his trip Chiara Canciani (Christians for Israel Italy) interviewed him and wrote an article for an Italian Christian newspaper.
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July 17, 2013 - Seeking hidden Jews — report by our Aliyah fieldworker Koen Carlier
People often ask how we contact, or find, the Jewish families in the Ukraine. When it comes to free transportation to the embassy and airport the contact is made through the Jewish Agency. They know when people are due to depart and the details of their destination in Israel is.
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July 4, 2013 - Days of Israel in the Ukraine
Christians for Israel Ukraine celebrated the 65th anniversary of the independence of the modern State of Israel from 12-19 May 2013, together with the Evangelical churches of Ukraine. These ‘Days of Israel’ took place in four key regional cities of Ukraine: Donetsk, Kiev (the capital of Ukraine), Odessa, and Simferopol. This event was initiated and organized by Christians for Israel Ukraine together with the Evangelical (Gospel) churches of Ukraine in these cities, and with participation of the Ambassador of the State of Israel to the Ukraine: Reuven Din El.
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July 2, 2013 - Misunderstandings - report by our Aliyah fieldworker Koen Carlier
You have days when everything appears to go wrong. We experienced this quite recently, when we had to take some families to Kiev for their departure to Israel
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June 26, 2013 - Powerful conference in Austria: Holocaust Remembrance, Responsibility and the Future
On May 11th, C4I Austria organised a conference in Linz, Austria, which had the theme ‘Remembrance, Responsibility and the future from a biblical, historical and artistic perspective.’ The event turned out to be a very blessed and greatly moving conference. It was attended by over 200 people from eight countries, including Israel! We had four speakers from Austria (Heribert Binder, a Protestant reverend, Helmuth Eiwen, a pastor leading a big free church and Rafaela Stankevich, an Austrian-Israeli historian as well as Angelika Schlackl, a historian), one speaker from Hungary (Georgy Frisch, the leader of the Union of victims of Nazi persecution in Hungary) and Rick Wienecke (sculptor from Israel).
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June 20, 2013 - Harald Eckert honored for support of Holocaust survivors
Harald Eckert, C4I International’s Chairman took part in a large gala event in the Jerusalem Convention Centre, where he was honored together with other Christian leaders for his work in support of Holocaust survivors in Israel. Harald has been a steadfast supporter of Holocaust survivors and has been instrumental in taking German youth to meet and serve Holocaust survivors in Israel. The encounters of young Germans with aged Israeli Holocaust survivors have a clear redemptive purpose. For some of them, this is their first encounter with a young German since the Holocaust.
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June 14, 2013 - Christians for Israel Holland launches exhibition ‘Heroes of Zion’ - President Peres expresses grattitude for meanigful initiative
Christians for Israel Holland launched the Exhibition ‘Heroes of Zion’ on June 3, 2013. Around 250 persons attended at the opening and premiere in Nijkerk, the Netherlands. A special guest was one of the interviewees from the documentary, who came from Israel to the Netherlands with her entire family. Shulamit Tsur was born 88 years ago in the old city of Jerusalem. She remembers the 1948 declaration of the state of Israel as if it was yesterday.
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June 11, 2013 - Return of the Bnei Menashe
After years of prayer, discussions and negotiations, the Israeli-based organisation Shavei Israel, under the leadership of Chairman Michael Freund, was recently given approval to arrange for the return of another 900 Jews from the tribe of Menashe in India. Shavei Israel is responsible for the logistics and financing of this very important work.
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June 10, 2013 - Christians for Israel Germany appoints new executive director
My name is Tobias Krämer and I am the new executive director of C4I Germany. As family we live in Southern Germany near Stuttgart, well-known for some big companies like Daimler, Porsche or Bosch. I have been married with my wife Christina for 18 years. We have 2 sons: Kontantin (14 years old) and Konrad (9 years old).
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June 3, 2013 - Israel Prayer Letter June-July 2013
Download our latest Prayer Letter and intercede for Israel and the Jewish people.
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May 31, 2013 - Israeli Knesset Honors Life of Karel van Oordt
This letter was sent by the Speaker of the Knesset, Yuli-Yoel Edelstein, on behalf of the Knesset and the People of Israel. The letter acknowledges the life and work of Karel van Oordt, founder of Christians for Israel.
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May 31, 2013 - Karel van Oordt — A word of appreciation
We are encouraged by the many signs of love, comfort and friendship which we are receiving in this sad period after the passing of our loving and inspiring father, grandfather and greatgrandfather Karel van Oordt. We are thankful and also full of hope, because we know he is in the presence of Jesus Messiah and he is longing with us for that great day of His coming again, when His feet shall stand upon the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem (Zechariah 14:4).
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May 29, 2013 - News from C4I Italy
Last April I was asked to go to Sicily, in Palermo, in one of the biggest church in Italy, to teach about the History of the Jews in Sicily. There were hundreds of pastors and church leaders who came from all over Italy: all were very touched hearing (many of them for the first time) the secular story of anti-Semitism in Italy.
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May 28, 2013 - Conference 'Israel and the nations' with Harald Eckert in Timisoara, Romania
Alfa Omega, a Christians TV ministry with outreach to Romania, the Balkans and beyond, organized a conference in Timisoara, Romania from May 17-18. One of the speakers was Harald Eckert, chairman of Christians for Israel International and leader of Christians for Israel Germany.
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May 23, 2013 - New book by Rev. Willem Glashouwer now available!
'Why End Times?' explores God's prophetic plans for Israel and the nations. This is not another end-time theory but a teaching scholarly grounded on God's Holy Word. It provides an in-depth analysis concerning the prophetic significance of Israel and her relationship to the nations. This subject is greatly needed to enlighten the Body of Christ and all people to gain a new understanding about what to expect and what to prepare for as the coming of Christ draws closer.
May 1, 2013 - March of the Living - 2013
There is still a lot of snow in Auschwitz, Poland on April 8, 2013. Along the rusty railway from Auschwitz to Birkenau thousands of handwritten wooden signs in all sorts of languages, to commemorate the mass destruction that took place here. Moving, heart-rending texts, written by the youngest offspring of Holocaust survivors from all over the world, but especially from thousands of young Israeli people.
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April 10, 2013 - Karel van Oordt
With sadness, we wish to inform you that Karel van Oordt, the founder of Christians for Israel, passed away on Tuesday 9th April 2013, in his hometown Amersfoort. He was 84 years old. Karel remained actively involved in the work of Christians for Israel and the Israel Products Center (IPC), until shortly before his death. He was an inspiration and example to so many of us
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April 1, 2013 - C4I International Leadership Forum in Israel 2013 – Amazed by God's Grace!
From 4-9 March 2013, over 80 Christians for Israel leaders from 18 nations gathered in kibbutz hotel Ramat Rachel in Jerusalem for prayer, teaching, training, fellowship and meetings with Jewish leaders. This was the fourth bi-annual C4I leadership Forum. We experienced incredible unity and great blessing in these five intense and fulfilling days. We thank God for showing us so much about His love and purposes with Israel and the church, and we praise Him for His faithfulness and mercy!
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March 27, 2013 - Exodus in the Year 2013 — report by our Aliyah fieldworker Koen Carlier
We undertook a few successful trips with olim families from Khmelnitsky and Irpen before the Jewish Easter. David and Ben Vandeputten joined us for a short work visit, to learn more about the work of Tikva in Odessa, and Alumim in Zhitomir with Jewish orphans. Both David and Ben previously worked as volunteer bus drivers for ‘Help the Jews come Home’, and are well acquainted with the situation.
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March 7, 2013 - "A call to repentance, a word of hope"
This week we - eighty Christian leaders from twenty countries – are meeting in Jerusalem for 5 days. We are leaders of the Christians for Israel movement. We are here to meet with Jewish and Christian leaders in the land, to learn more about the situation in the Middle East, and to pray for the Jewish people and their neighbours and the peace of Jerusalem. We wish to state publicly that we reject the recent proclamations of many Christian church denominations condemning Israel. We believe that the gifts and callings of God are without repentance. God is faithful to His promises. He has not terminated His everlasting covenants with the Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and their descendants, and the Church has definitely not replaced Israel as God’s covenant people. The return of the Jewish people to the land is a wonderful sign of hope – it proves that God is faithful to His word, and that He is preparing all things for the coming of Messiah and the establishment of God’s kingdom on earth.
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February 28, 2013 - Christians for Israel Leadership ForumChristians for Israel Leadership Forum
Next week 80 Christians for Israel leaders from 20 nations will meet for 5 days in Jerusalem for the fourth Bi-annual Christians for Israel Leadership Forum. Christians for Israel now has affiliates, partners and representatives in 40 countries worldwide. The network is growing rapidly. The message about Israel, the church and the nations is gaining ground.
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February 26, 2013 - PRESS RELEASE: International Christian leaders meet in Jerusalem to repent of the past and express solidarity with the Jewish people
From 4th -9th March 2013, 80 leaders of the Christians for Israel (C4I) movement will gather in Israel for the fourth bi-annual C4I Leadership Forum. These Christian leaders from Europe, Africa, South East Asia, Australasia, and North America will receive briefings by Israeli experts, meet with leaders of a number of leading Jewish organizations, and plan their strategic priorities for the coming year.
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February 25, 2013 - Rev. Glashouwer in Brussels 22-24 March 2013
Rev. Glashouwer will speak in Brussels about: The Mystery of Israel, Old and New Covenant, Christian anti-Semitism, The Kingdom and the Coming of the Lord.
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February 20, 2013 - 5,000 extra food parcels needed in the Ukraine
We are now busy preparing for a third food parcel packaging and distribution action from the 15th to the 22nd of February. Four Dutch citizens, of whom two will be in the Ukraine for the first time, will assist us in this. We will personally pack, and distribute, 1,500 food parcels in eighteen villages and towns in the province of Vinnitsa. The storage had been cleared (see photo) and is ready for the wholesaler to deliver the goods at the end of next week.
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February 20, 2013 - New doors opened in Thailand for the message about Israel
My wife and I have been living and working as missionaries in Thailand for over 30 years. We know Willem Glashouwer from our days as young Christians in Holland, and have kept contact over the years. Last year, we arranged to have Rev. Glashouwer’s book “Why Israel?” translated into Thai. The book was printed in time for his visit to Thailand last month.
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February 15, 2013 - Blessed at work - a report from our Aliyah fieldworker Koen Carlier
We look back on a blessed 2012, and are grateful for all we could do to console and encourage the Ukrainian Jewish People on their way to the Promised Land. 2012 ended on a hectic note. We had a couple of short trips with Jewish families to the airport in Kiev, and some long journeys from the Hungarian, Romanian and Moldavian borders. Driving on these roads in Winter is no fun. We planned two extra food parcel packaging and -distribution actions and were informed that the Evangelische Omroep (Evangelical Broadcasting) wished to visit the Ukraine with a film crew.
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January 28, 2013 - Holocaust Remembrance day - Drawings before Words
This is the story of a child, Tomas Geve, who was deported to Auschwitz in June 1943 with his mother who perished in the camp. He stayed in Auschwitz till its evacuation in January 1945, after which he still survived the death march, Gross-Rosen concentration camp and Buchenwald concentration camp before the latter was self-liberated by the inmates in April 1945. Upon liberation he was too weak to leave the camp and proceeded to record camp life in 79 different drawings.
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January 10, 2013 - Waiting for a food parcel in the freezing cold
A report from Koen Carlier, our Aliyah fieldworker in the Ukraine On Friday, December 21st, we transported food parcels from Vinnitsa to the small city of Berschad; a round trip of 340 kilometres. Although the snow had been cleared (not all of it) a thin layer of ice now covers the road. It is difficult to decide which of the two is preferable…
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January 10, 2013 - Rev. Glashouwer in Thailand
Rev. Willem Glashouwer will travel to Thailand from 17-28 January. He will visit churches, seminaries, pastors and church leaders in Bangkok, Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai. His book ‘Why Israel?’ is now available in Thai. Please contact us at info@c4israel.org if you would like to receive more information.
2012
December 21, 2012 - A Blessed Christmas & a Great Year 2013!
When the angels announce the birth of Christ to the shepherds near Bethlehem, they praise God and shout and sing: “Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom His favor rests.” (Luke 2:14) When the crowd welcomes Jesus to Jerusalem, they joyfully praise God and shout: “Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!” (Luke19:38)
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December 21, 2012 - Please consider C4I International in your end-of-year giving
As the C4I ministry grows around the world, our highest priority is to disciple, teach, encourage and equip a new generation of C4I leaders to take on more responsibility for teaching and training in the regions – ie. Train-the-trainers! We praise God for the talented leaders He is raising in the nations. Our task at C4I International is to channel and equip that talent, so that the national C4I leaders can make a huge impact in their countries.
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December 20, 2012 - Join Rev. Willem Glashouwer on a unique Bible study tour to Greece
Christians for Israel Greece invites you to join a unique study trip to Greece I May 2013. Rev. Willem Glashouwer will lead this 9-day journey to follow the footsteps of the Apostle Paul.Contrary to the understanding of many Christians, the Jewish Rabbi Paul (Saul) did not turn his back on his Jewish identity. As Apostle to the Gentiles, he connected the Gentile world with the God’s special relationship with Israel. The first Christians were mainly Jews, and they gathered in and around the synagogue. They studied the Jewish scriptures, and observed Jewish traditions.
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December 20, 2012 - Ploughing through the snow
A report from Koen Carlier, our Aliyah fieldworker in the Ukraine Times are tough for the drivers who have to travel to the Israeli embassy or the airport in Kiev at this time of the year. And yet there are so many planned trips with olim, who hope to make aliyah to Israel before the end of the year. Several small villages and towns in the Ukraine have been isolated from the outside world by very heavy snowfall in the course of the past week.
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December 19, 2012 - C4I Asia Pacific – 2012 Regional Training and Leadership Conference
We thank God for the amazing C4I training and leadership conference which was held in Kuala Lumpur from 21-24 November 2012. 45 leaders from Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, India, South Korea, Hong Kong, Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam, Myanmar and Nepal joined the C4I International leadership team which flew in from Holland and Germany. All of these were experienced Christian leaders who are developing the C4I ministry in their nations.
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December 19, 2012 - C4I appoints new International Chairman
The Board of Christians for Israel International is delighted to announce the appointment of Harald Eckert as its new Chairman. Following the retirement of Rev. Dr. John Tweedie as Chairman on 31st December 2011, the Board has been reviewing the structure of the Board and the C4I international network of affiliates, and the development of international C4I leadership teams. In September 2012, the Board decided to appoint Harald Eckert as Chairman of the C4I International Board, for the period to 30th June 2014.
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December 6, 2012 - PRESS RELEASE: UN General Assembly vote on Palestine promotes hatred, not peace
The UN General Assembly’s vote last week to grant non-member observer status to Palestine may look like a vote in favour of human rights, but it in fact rewards hatred and violence. In our view it will only deepen the conflict and lead to more suffering.
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November 28, 2012 - Palestine in the UN
The legal consequences of the Palestinians’ UN application are perhaps debatable. But its adoption by the UN General Assembly on Friday will definitely constitute a significant step towards the establishment of a new fundamentalist Islamic state under international law on Israel’s doorstep. Countries which are planning to vote for the resolution (eg. France) or abstain (eg. Australia), are making a big mistake..
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November 26, 2012 - Growing C4I network in Asia Pacific
We thank God for an amazing C4I training and leadership conference in Kuala Lumpur from 21-24 November. 45 leaders attended from Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, India, Korea, Hong Kong, Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam, Myanmar and Nepal. All of these were experienced Christian leaders who are developing the C4I ministry in their nations.
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November 21, 2012 - Aliyah news from the Ukraine: Three Israel Expositions & Aliyah continues
An Israel Exposition took place in Kiev, capital of the Ukraine, during the past weekend. A second and third Exposition will follow during the week in Kharkov and Dnepropetrovsk. The Israel Expositions are aimed at introducing potential olim to miscellaneous aliyah programmes, including living- and working opportunities in Israel.
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November 19, 2012 - Special meeting in the Ukraine between Christian leaders and Israeli ambassador
On the 13th of November there was a meeting between the ambassador of Israel and the key leaders of the Evangelical Christianity in Ukraine. This meeting was initiated and organized by Christians for Israel Ukraine and held at the Embassy of Israel in Ukraine. Koen Carlier and Dmitriy Mishkur were present on behalf of Christians for Israel. It was a very open, friendly and constructive meeting.
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November 15, 2012 - Pray for the situation in southern Israel
This morning we spoke with Liesbeth Luurs, pediatrician in Ashkelon in southern Israel. She lives in a village near the Gaza Strip. She described the situation in her village: "Rockets from Gaza are coming down since 7.45 this morning. Every few minutes, the air raid sounds and dozens of rockets come down. Life has completely stopped here; schools are closed, nobody dares to drive their car and I see mothers running with their children trying to bring them into safety. It's a mess.”
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November 3, 2012 - Speaking Tour in Italy
Christians for Israel Italy organized a speaking tour for Rev. Glashouwer in Italy. Please pray for these meetings: 2-3 November: speaking at Uomini Nuovi conference in Milan 4 November: speaking in Milan in Brasilian church 5 November: speaking in Vicenza 6 November: speaking in Florence 7-8 November: speaking in Rome
November 1, 2012 - C4I gathers momentum in West and Central Africa
Willem Glashouwer, Jos van Westing and I returned last Monday from a wonderful and exhausting week in Nigeria, where we participated in the inaugural C4I West/Central Africa Regional Training and Leadership Conference. We praise God that He is raising a new generation of Christian leaders in Western/Central Africa, who are called and committed to stand in the gap for Israel and the Jewish people.
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October 31, 2012 - C4I conference in Jakarta, Indonesia
Following the Regional conference , Willem Glashouwer will travel on to Indonesia, where a three-day conference has been organized in Jakarta on 26, 27 and 28 November 2012 by the local C4I branch (Yayasan Christian Empati Indonesia). At this conference, the participants will receive a copy of the Bahasa version of the book Why Israel? Please pray for Stenli, Robson and the rest of the C4I team in Indonesia as they prepare for this important event.
October 31, 2012 - Welcome to new C4I team in New Zealand!
We are delighted to introduce the new leadership team in C4I New Zealand, which is carrying on the legacy left by our late brother Henk Kamsteeg. This team is committed to further build the wonderful work started by Henk Kamsteeg about 10 years ago. C4I New Zealand is well placed to take a leading role in the development of the C4I ministry in Australia and further afield in Asia. We thank God for these committed and talented leaders.
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October 31, 2012 - Asia Pacific Training and Leadership conference in Malaysia
From 21-23 November, Willem Glashouwer, Harald Eckert and Andrew Tucker will be in Malaysia to lead the first C4I Asia Pacific - Training and Leadership conference. The purpose of this conference is to train and equip Christians who are called to serve the Christians for Israel ministry in the region. The sessions will focus on the C4I mission and vision, the message we are trying to bring in the nations, our values and our organization and structure. Invitations have been extended to the leaders of Christians for Israel and other key Christian leaders in the region.
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October 31, 2012 - Bring the Jews Home: Support the aliyah of the Bnei Menashe!
The Israeli cabinet has finally decided to give the green light to the return of the Bnei Menashe Jews. The Bnei Menashe (sons of Manasseh) claim descent from one of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel, who were sent into exile by the Assyrian Empire more than 27 centuries ago. Their ancestors wandered through Central Asia and the Far East for centuries, before settling in what is now northeastern India, along the border with Burma and Bangladesh. Throughout their sojourn in exile, the Bnei Menashe continued to practice Judaism just as their ancestors did, including observing the Sabbath, keeping kosher, celebrating the festivals and following the laws of family purity. And they continued to nourish the dream of one day returning to the land of their ancestors, the Land of Israel.
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October 22, 2012 - Opening Holocaust Memorial in the Ukraine
On Friday September 28, we officially openend a Holocaust Memorial at a Jewish massgrave that was discovered in 2010. On this site approximately 1,000 Romanian Jews were killed near a small Oekrainian village in the proximity of the Moldovan border. During the opening of the memorial six Holocaust survivors, Rabbi Shaul, the mayor of the city Mogolov-Podolsky, schoolchildren, and we as representatives of C4I Ukraine were present.
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October 19, 2012 - Astonishingly open doors in East Africa
I have just returned from four extraordinary days in Uganda, East Africa, in which we experienced great favour and a level of dynamic that I previously had only seldom known. We, that is Willem Glashouwer (President of Christians for Israel International – C4II), Andrew Tucker (Executive Director, C4II) and myself, (Chairman of C4II since 16.09.2012).
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October 10, 2012 - C4I International - Annual Report 2011
The 2011 Annual Report of Christians for Israel International is now available on-line.
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September 28, 2012 - Thousands in South America reached with Biblical message about Israel
Rev. Willem J. J. Glashouwer traveled through Bolivia and Argentina from 17 August to 8 September 2012. During this three-week trip organized by Ebenezer Operation Exodus, he spoke in numerous churches, at conferences, at Bible schools and on the radio. Hundreds of pastors and thousands of Christians were reached with the biblical message about Israel. In addition, many copies of the book "Por Que Israel?" (Why Israel?) were distributed.
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September 27, 2012 - Christians for Israel establishes three new C4I affiliates in East Africa!
Christians for Israel is delighted to announce the establishment and appointment of three new C4I teams in Africa: South Sudan, Rwanda and Zambia. Christians for Israel has been established as a non-profit organisation in each of these nations, and each national affiliate has executed an Affiliation Agreement with C4I International. The Lord is raising and equipping men and women of great calibre to lead Christians for Israel in each of these countries.
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September 24, 2012 - C4I delegation meets with Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda
In a miraculous way, the C4I International delegation to Uganda (Willem Glashouwer, Harald Eckert, Andrew Tucker and Drake Kanaabo) were blessed to meet last Wednesday morning with Her Excellency the Honourable Rebecca Kadaga, Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda.
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September 24, 2012 - C4I East Africa Training and Leadership Conference
Last week we had a wonderful 2 day leadership conference in Kampala - 50 Christian leaders came together, representing the C4I teams in Uganda, South Sudan, Rwanda, Kenya and Zambia. There were extensive teachings and lively workshops led by Willem J.J. Glashouwer, Harald Eckert, Andrew Tucker and Drake Kanaabo. The participants are all actively involved in the C4I ministry. We were deeply impressed by their Bible knowledge, experience and commitment to the C4I mission. All the participants received extensive teaching materials including powerpoint presentations, the books Why Israel? (updated and expanded edition) and Why End Times? by Willem J.J. Glashouwer and the book Times of Restoration by Harald Eckert.
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August 29, 2012 - Montefiore Windmill officially opened
"We think that you have helped establish a powerful memorial to our friendship and our common ideals." This was said by PM Benjamin Natanyahu on Tuesday night during the opening of the Montefiore Windmill. Netanyahu stated that this is the only windmill in Jerusalem and in the whole Middle-East that started working again after more than 100 years. Present were mayor of Jerusalem, Nir Barkat, and the chairman of Christians for Israel Holland, the organization that took the initiative to restore the windmill.
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August 28, 2012 - Speaking tour in Bolivia and Argentina
At the invitation of Ebenezer Operation Exodus Rev. Glashouwer travels through Bolivia and Argentina from August 17 till September 6. In Santa Cruz (Bolivia) he spoke at churches, on the radio, at conferences and at seminaries. Many people came to listen, especially young people.
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August 22, 2012 - C4I Uganda facilitates visit of Israeli Minister in Uganda
Israeli deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon was in Uganda in August for a two-day official visit to strengthen ties between the countries, and commemorate the Israeli-led raid on Entebbe Airport in 1976, in which 100 Israeli hostages were rescued from terrorists.
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July 15, 2012 - 2012 C4I International European Training and Leadership Conference
The 2012 C4I International European Training and Leadership Conference took place in Vienna, from 5 through 8 July 2012. Organized by Andrew Tucker, Marloes van Westing and Marie-Louise Weissenböck, the purposes of the conference were: deepening our Biblical understanding of the times we are living in, leadership training, and development of teaching skills. The conference was attended by 45 participants representing the C4I Affiliates and partners in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Switzerland, and Ukraine.
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June 13, 2012 - To Russia with Love
From the 19th of April until the 9th of May 2012 the leader of the work of EBENEZER in RUSSIA Boris Vasyukov and I travelled through Siberia – Ural – Caucasus, and from 30th of May until the 6th of June we were in St. Petersburg. Conferences, pastors-meetings, church-services, speaking-engagements, preaching and teaching about ISRAEL, WHY END TIMES, the Coming of the Lord, replacement theology, Gods everlasting covenants with Israel, anti-Semitism, Islam, prayer, Israel - Europe & the United Nations from a Biblical perspective, repentance, the Kingdom and many more subjects. In all kinds of different churches.
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June 12, 2012 - ”…For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain…”
Our dear friend and brother, Henk Kamsteeg, went home to be with the Lord on Monday June 11th. Henk was the managing editor of our newspaper Israel & Christians Today, regional director South East Asia, and director of C4I New Zealand and Australia for many years.
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