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An Israeli flag flies at the entrance to the headquarters of the Christians for Israel group in the Dutch town of Nijkerk, June 5, 2024. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)
April 4, 2026, 2:05 pm
Explosion hits Christian pro-Israel center in the Netherlands
No one was hurt in the blast as a wave of explosions targeting Jewish and Israel-related institutions has hit Europe in recent weeks
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Dutch tulips brighten up the Sdot Negev Regional Authority compound. (Tekuma Directorate)
January 11, 2026, 2:09 pm
Over 50,000 Dutch tulips brighten Gaza border communities
Bulbs supplied by Christians for Israel, a Netherlands-based organization, which says flowers symbolize roots of Jewish people in the Land of Israel that cannot be pulled up
By Sue Surkes
Francesca Albanese, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Palestinians, gives a statement in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on July 10, 2025 (Jure Makovec / AFP)
September 9, 2025, 10:05 am
US pro-Israel Christian groups sue UN’s Albanese over ‘malicious lies’
Federal court lawsuit alleging defamation says UN rapporteur for the Palestinians falsely accused nonprofits of complicity in war crimes, crimes against humanity, apartheid
By Luke Tress
A liquor store decorated for Christmas in the Christian Quarter of the Jerusalem Old City, December 24, 2024 (Gianluca Pacchiani/Times of Israel)
December 24, 2024, 10:42 pm
Jerusalem’s Christmas dimmed by war, but some Christians see a glimmer of hope
As conflict persists and tourist influx remains limited, public celebrations in the Old City are canceled for the second year in a row, but some refuse to give in to despair
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Anti-Israel protesters vandalize the offices of the Christians for Israel organization in Nijkerk, the Netherlands, November 26, 2024. (Alexander Blom)
November 26, 2024, 2:45 pm
Protesters vandalize Netherlands office of pro-Israel Christian group
Activists at demonstration led by Extinction Rebellion and other groups daub slogans on premises of Christians for Israel, intimidate staff arriving for work with ‘genocide’ claims
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
Huib Kriekaard and Ina Straatsma-Elzes work at the Israel Product Center in the headquarters of the Christians for Israel group in the Dutch town of Nijkerk, June 5, 2024. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)
August 20, 2024, 4:47 am
In Holland’s Bible belt, a Christian family’s pro-Israel empire shifts into overdrive
Since the October 7 Hamas massacre, the 45-year-old Christians for Israel’s product sales, public engagement – and risk exposure – have vastly increased
By Canaan Lidor
Members of a delegation of International Christian Embassy Jerusalem pastors tour what's left of Kibbutz Nir Oz in January 2024. (ICEJ)
February 19, 2024, 6:59 am
Turning the other cheek on extremist Jews’ incitement, Christians flock to Israel
Delegations and solidarity trips of hundreds of supporters from churches around the world are touring the sites of carnage wrought by Hamas while bolstering the survivors
By Canaan Lidor
A plane trails a banner congratulating Israel on her 75th independence day in the Netherlands on April 26, 2023. (Courtesy of Christians for Israel)
April 26, 2023, 1:57 pm
In the Netherlands, Christians stage a solidarity-with-Israel flyover
Christians for Israel hires four planes to trail giant banners congratulating the Jewish state on its 75th birthday
By Canaan Lidor
Yanna Chernega and Leonid, 4, at the reception center in Otaci, Moldova, run by Christians for Israel, March 15, 2022. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
March 16, 2022, 10:40 am
On Moldovan border, Christian groups help Ukrainians flee to Israel
Two evangelical organizations, Christians for Israel and Ezra International, are providing transportation and accommodation for refugees bound for the Jewish state
By Sue Surkes
Vika and Ksiusha Korotkova in Mariupol, Ukraine in September 2021, on the day Ksiusha left for Israel. (Courtesy: Alina Gryadchenko)
March 8, 2022, 10:02 pm
Mariupol family risks all just to tell teen daughter in Israel: ‘We are alive’
Vika Korotkova drives out to location with phone reception, reports that city subjected to heavy Russian bombardment and without heat, food, water, or communications, ‘is dead’
By Sue Surkes
Viktoria Smyrnova and son Mark. (Courtesy)
February 14, 2022, 4:25 pm
‘My bag’s packed’: Jewish lawyer who fled 2014 Ukraine fight readies for the worst
Viktoria Smyrnova of the Jewish community in Mariupol feels she’s ‘sitting on a bomb,’ as Jewish organizations plan for crisis amid fears of Russian invasion
By Sue Surkes
People gather around the giant Christmas tree outside the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation in Israel's northern city of Nazareth on December 18, 2021. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
December 22, 2021, 8:30 pm
Israel’s Christian community is growing, 84% satisfied with life here – report
Pre-Christmas study finds high education levels, contrasts with warnings from Church leaders that ‘radical’ Israeli groups are driving Christians from Holy Land
By ToI Staff
A priest checks the damage after a man poured out flammable liquid inside the Church of All Nations at the Garden of Gethsemane, in East Jerusalem, on December 4, 2020. (Ahmad Gharabli/ AFP)
December 19, 2021, 11:33 pm
Jerusalem church leaders: ‘Radical’ Israeli groups driving Christians from Holy Land
Guardian of Christian holy places laments ‘unchecked, unpunished’ attacks, as archbishops blame Israeli settlers and security barrier; accusations draw protest from British Jews
By Stuart Winer
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Christian Media Summit in Jerusalem, October 14, 2018. (Haim Tzach/GPO)
November 11, 2021, 5:43 am
Bennett, Netanyahu to address Christian Media Summit in Jerusalem
Top Israeli officials will speak at Thursday’s 5th annual gathering of leading Christian media figures; PM: ‘Israel stands united with Christians’
By ToI Staff
A Ukrainian Jewish couple with food parcels provided by Christians for Israel. (Christians for Israel)
March 28, 2020, 1:24 am
In Ukraine, Christian group steps in to feed needy Jews confined by COVID-19
Dutch-based Christians for Israel planning to deliver more than 300,000 meals on wheels over next two months as country with poor medical infrastructure scrambles to contain virus
By Sue Surkes
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