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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 565

Evangelical Christians

Pastor Sam Rodriguez (L) and Bishop Robert Stearns (R) in Jerusalem, February 2025 (Courtesy Eagles' Wings)
February 20, 2025, 8:52 pm
Leading Hispanic pastor seeks to build firewall against declining Israel support
In partnership with Eagles’ Wings, Sam Rodriguez – adviser to Bush, Obama, and Trump – sees young clergy as key to countering pro-Palestinian trends in Latino community
By Lazar Berman
Then-Republican US presidential nominee Donald Trump (R) and former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee during a roundtable at the Drexelbrook Catering & Event Center, October 29, 2024, in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania. (AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
November 15, 2024, 10:41 am
Is Trump’s pick of Huckabee as envoy to Israel a harbinger of West Bank annexation?
While proponents and opponents of move agree next US administration will seriously weigh it, some note president-elect’s unpredictability
By Ron Kampeas
Republican presidential nominee and former US president Donald Trump wraps up a campaign rally at J.S. Dorton Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina, November 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
November 5, 2024, 1:30 am
Why Trump is being compared to the obscure biblical king Jehu on the Christian right
Some pastors are urging their followers to think of the Republican candidate as a present-day manifestation of the monarch who violently killed the evil Jezebel
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Illustrative: A partial solar eclipse is seen behind a cross on the steeple of the St. George church, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, June 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
April 5, 2024, 6:10 pm
For some Christians, upcoming solar eclipse heralds the second coming of Christ
Total solar eclipse on April 8 that will be visible in North America sparks speculation among some US Evangelical Christians that it could be a portent of the End of Days
By Eric Vanden Eykel
Dutch volunteers Anja van der Stok, left, and Jannie Slim, right, pick lemons on a farm in southern Israel, as part of a post-October 7 solidarity tour, March 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
March 13, 2024, 5:25 pm
Showing support for Israel, American Christians volunteer for war effort
In the US, standing for the Jewish state has become a top priority for evangelicals during a presidential election year
By AP and ToI Staff
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
Donors and alumni of Passages tour Netiv Ha'asara on January 21, 2024. (Cade Chudy)
January 25, 2024, 1:49 am
Visiting Christian group donates $500,000 to Oct. 7 survivors’ post-trauma therapy
Passages had brought some 11,000 visitors to communities Kfar Aza and Netiv Ha’asara in the years leading up to the attack
By Canaan Lidor
Pastor John Hagee, Christians United For Israel (CUFI) founder and chairman, speaks during a CUFI event on July 17, 2023, in Arlington, Virginia. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
January 23, 2024, 5:10 am
In veiled jab at Trump, pro-Israel evangelical leader slams racism, antisemitism in GOP
John Hagee publishes op-ed taking implied shots at former US president, denounces Texas state party for rejecting ban on associating with Nazi sympathizers and Holocaust deniers
By Ron Kampeas
People walk by photographs of civilians held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, posted in Tel Aviv, December 21, 2023. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
December 22, 2023, 11:55 am
Daily Briefing Dec. 22: Day 77 – How does IDF determine hostages’ deaths without bodies?
Health reporter Renee Ghert-Zand on an unprecedented committee of MDs who attempt to bring closure to families; political reporter Sam Sokol on a US evangelical mission to the south
By ToI Staff
Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee (C) and Likud MK Danny Danon (R) tour the ruins of Kibbutz Kfar Aza near the Gaza border on December 20, 2023. (Sam Sokol/Times of Israel)
December 21, 2023, 9:40 am
Devastation of Gaza border towns a ‘gut punch,’ says Huckabee during evangelical tour
Touring Kfar Aza, where Hamas killed dozens on October 7, prominent evangelicals call to eradicate terror group, say American Christians need to be better informed on war
By Sam Sokol
Sgt. First Class Urija Bayer, 20, was wounded fighting Hamas terrorists in Gaza on December 14 and succumbed to his wounds on December 17 (Facebook)
December 18, 2023, 2:07 pm
Sgt. First Class Urija Bayer, 20: Messianic Jew died fighting Hamas
Injured while fighting in Gaza on December 14 and died of his wounds December 17, after volunteering to serve in the IDF
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Holding US and Israeli flags, a crowd of largely Evangelical Christians pray during the Christians United For Israel (CUFI) 'Night to Honor Israel' during the CUFI Summit 2023, in Arlington, Virginia, at the Crystal Gateway Marriott, July 17, 2023. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
November 12, 2023, 4:28 pm
A sizeable US demographic, many Evangelicals are sending money and manpower to Israel
A month into the Israel-Hamas war, Evangelicals aren’t just helping fight antisemitism at home – they’re hosting fundraisers and sending volunteers and supplies to the Jewish state
By Cathryn J. Prince
Republican US presidential candidates, from left, former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, former vice president Mike Pence, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, Senator Tim Scott and North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum stand on stage before a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by Fox News Channel, August 23, 2023, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
October 25, 2023, 11:33 am
Support for Israel becomes top issue for Iowa evangelicals key to first GOP caucuses
Pro-Israel Christian voters and activists in Republican party pay increased attention to candidates’ remarks on ongoing Israel-Hamas war
By Thomas Beaumont
An Israeli archaeologist points at a nearly 1,800-year-old decorated floor from an early Christian prayer hall that Israeli archaeologists discovered adjacent to Megiddo prison, on November 6, 2005. (Ariel Schalit/AP)
August 15, 2023, 5:04 pm
Israel may uproot ancient Christian mosaic, send it to US Evangelical museum
Megiddo Mosaic could be loaned to Museum of the Bible in Washington; some worry it will be used in ideological, rather than archaeological, context
By Ilan Ben Zion
File: US President Donald Trump at the Faith and Freedom Coalition conference in Washington, DC, June 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
June 23, 2023, 3:20 pm
2024 GOP hopefuls urged to push anti-abortion message at evangelical confab
Former US president Trump, a favorite among evangelicals for abortion record and US embassy move to Jerusalem, to give keynote address at annual event
By Will Weissert and Michelle L. Price
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