Israel News
Tragedy to Resilience to Remembrance to Victory: Israel Reaches Out
by Dr. Michael D. Evans
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: Sunday, December 7, 2025, marked the conclusion of the Ambassador Summit, a weeklong conference in Jerusalem, bringing together more than 1,000 pastors, ministry leaders, Christian educators, bloggers, and social media influencers, from across the United States. This historic event is the largest Christian delegation to visit the Holy Land since Israel’s modern birth
Over 1,000 evangelical Christian pastors and influencers make historic trip to Israel
by Dr. Michael D. Evans
Over 1,000 evangelical pastors and influencers have made a historic trip to Israel – the largest group of American Christian leaders to visit the Jewish state since its founding. The delegation, which was brought together by the Friends of Zion initiative in collaboration with the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, touched down in Israel on
‘Pro-Bible is pro-Israel,’ Huckabee tells 1,000 US pastors in Jerusalem
by Dr. Michael D. Evans
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee on Wednesday urged more than a thousand visiting American pastors and Christian leaders to “light the pulpits of America” with the truth about Israel, and to quash criticism of the Jewish state from both the left and the right with the facts and the Bible. “We need the pulpits
Freed Gaza hostage Edan Alexander vows to ‘give hell’ to Hamas at Nova massacre site
by Dr. Michael D. Evans
Wearing an IDF uniform, freed hostage Edan Alexander told attendees of the Ambassador Summit 2025 at the site of the Nova Music Festival massacre on Wednesday that, having rejoined the IDF, he will give “hell” to the terrorists that tormented him during his captivity. “I wanted [Hamas] to see I’ll never break, and that I’ll
‘You gave me hell, I’ll give you hell back,’ Edan Alexander warns Hamas in speech on Gaza border
by Dr. Michael D. Evans
Released hostage Edan Alexander speaks in IDF uniform to a group of 1,000 Christian pastors and influencers at the site of the October 7, 2023, Nova music festival massacre. The American-Israeli former captive tells the group about fighting the Hamas-led October 7 attack, and his determination to offer the knowledge about Hamas that he gained
Largest-ever US Christian delegation arrives in Israel: ‘The pulpit must be louder than the propaganda’
by Dr. Michael D. Evans
Largest-ever US Christian delegation arrives in Israel: ‘The pulpit must be louder than the propaganda’ Yesterday approximately a thousand Christian pastors, leaders, and influencers arrived in Israel – the largest Evangelical group ever to visit from the U.S. The huge delegation has come for the “Ambassador Summit” to extend support and offer solidarity at a
Israel hosts largest public diplomacy delegation in history
by Dr. Michael D. Evans
The ministry aims to bolster pro-Israel sentiment among sympathetic American audiences. Officials acknowledged that some evangelical support has eroded in recent years, making direct engagement increasingly important. Each participant is considered a leading figure in their community and on social media or in other media platforms. The ministry hopes that the thousand visitors will share
Evangelical leader Mike Evans says Israel is losing the media war, calls for new strategy
by Dr. Michael D. Evans
Israel still has the support of American Evangelical Christians, but the Jewish state has lost the information war and needs to seriously invest its focus on the matter, longtime President Donald Trump ally Dr. Mike Evans told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday. Israel had lost what Evans called the “ideological war,” which Hamas understood how
Israelis are hailing Trump as Cyrus returned – but who was Cyrus the Great, anyway?
by Dr. Michael D. Evans
With both parties agreeing to terms, the first stages of a peace plan in Gaza are in motion. US President Donald Trump is credited (especially in Israel and the US) with having played a vital role in this development. But why have banners appeared in Israel depicting Trump with the caption “Cyrus the Great is
Israelis are comparing Trump to Cyrus the Great — again
by Dr. Michael D. Evans
(JTA) — As their last living hostages returned home from Gaza after two years of war, Israelis gave visiting President Donald Trump a hero’s welcome — and threw out some lofty comparisons. “Mr. President, you stand before the people of Israel not as another American president, but as a giant of Jewish history — one