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Corrie ten Boom, whose family hid Jews in Haarlem and paid for it with their lives, explained this by using the metaphor of a tapestry. Listen to the Weekly Update:

When the people of Israel gathered in Jerusalem in the days of Nehemiah, hearing the words of the Law brought them to tears. Listen to the Weekly Update:

The Jewish people have always been the subject of false accusations and slander. Listen to the Weekly Update:

A large number of Western states are rallying to impose sanctions on trade in products from “illegal Israeli settlements”. Listen to the Weekly Update

The Scriptures are full of promises that in the last days the Lord will in His mercy bring His people, who will have been scattered among the nations, home to the mountains of Israel. Listen to the Weekly Update:

Three separate international deals moved forward this week, on three separate fronts, and in each case Israel was either excluded from the room or overruled inside it. Listen to the Weekly Update:

Events this past week underline yet again how public perception of the conflict between Israel and its neighbors is largely shaped by media framing. Listen to the Weekly Update:

On Monday the Knesset passed, 63-52, a new Basic Law declaring Torah study a "foundational value" of the Jewish people and the State of Israel — the first time any value beyond human dignity and liberty has been given this quasi-constitutional status. A companion bill passed 58-54 temporarily bars the arrest or prosecution of Haredi men evading conscription, converting years of de facto mass non-enlistment into something close to statutory protection.

Israel and Lebanon yesterday completed a third day of US-mediated negotiations in Washington without an agreement on a partial Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon. Talks will continue today in Washington.

Last Sunday, representatives of the United States and Iran signed “The Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding”.

The West Bank — or Judea and Samaria, depending on who you ask — is one of the most contested regions in the world. But beyond the politics and headlines, real people live there. Jews and Palestinians, side by side, yet worlds apart. Leon Meijer, executive director of Christians for Israel International spoke with residents on the ground to understand what daily life actually looks like, what motivates Jewish settlers to live there, and whether coexistence is truly possible — or simply an idealistic dream.

The war with the revolutionary Islamist regime in Iran – and its proxies – is at a crossroads. Listen to this weeks Weekly Update:

Shavuot is one of the three Jewish pilgrimage festivals that the Jewish people were called by God to celebrate in Jerusalem. Shavuot marked the wheat harvest in the land of Israel (Exodus 34:22). Listen to the Weekly Update:

Israel and the Jewish people are at the epicenter of a global war against the truth. Increasingly, historical facts are distorted and manipulated. Listen to the Weekly Update:

The revolutionary regime in Tehran continues to hold power. Its proxies and allies in the region such as Hamas (Gaza), Hezbollah (Lebanon) and the Shi'a paramilitary groups and militias operating in Iraq under the umbrella of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) such as the Badr Organization, Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq, and Hezbollah Brigades, are far from defeated. Listen to the Weekly Update: