Currently, there is a fleet of seventy-two American military planes taking up parking spaces for civilian aircraft at Ben Gurion Airport. These refueling tankers have been stationed in the Middle East because of US military build-up in the region due to the war with Iran this past spring. With the…

Israeli officials fear that Iran intends to prolong the negotiation process and delay reaching any final agreements with the US. During the sixty-day ceasefire, Israeli intelligence assessments indicate that Iran’s Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, does not want to reach a final agreement. Iran’s hopes are for continued control of the…

Large food distributors and retailers in Israel have generated millions of shekels in sales in Gaza—though they prefer to keep their business out of the public eye for concerns of public boycott, fear of aiding Hamas’s rebuilding, or being swept into threats of smuggling.

Systems are now in place to…

Recently, the team of Chosen People Ministries in Tel Aviv, along with our partners in Australia with Celebrate Messiah, hosted a fabulous reunion of travel friends and backpackers. During the evening, memories were shared, which reignited the special bonds that are created while traveling. Our staff and our Aussie hosts…