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Ever since the onset of Israel’s defensive war—530 days ago—love has beautifully interrupted the fighting with weddings taking place on and off the battlefield. Evil cannot stop love, marriages, or the births of Jewish children.

Just this week, minority civilian populations in Syria were targeted in another chaotic chapter of the civil unrest that’s been ongoing since 2011. Jihadist bulldozers have been carelessly scooping up dead people and filling mass graves with thousands of civilians, this time under new president Ahmad al-Sharaa, once known as Abu Mohammad al-Julani.

In an era of top-heavy propaganda funded by billions in dark money, we celebrated in a room packed with Christian media during a press conference at last week’s National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) convention.

Hamas and other terror groups in Gaza sank even deeper into the depths of their demonic deeds last Thursday by exhibiting the unthinkable on their stage of horror. Four coffins sat in front of a large backdrop picturing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a vampire salivating blood. A photo over his chest showed Oded Lifshitz, an 83-year-old man; Shiri Bibas, 32; and her two young sons, 4-year-old Ariel and 9-month-old Kfir.

Israel is one of the few countries in the world that requires women to serve in the military, as defined in its mandatory draft law. After Israel’s independence was declared on May 14, 1948, a Women’s Corps was quickly initiated. And today, the IDF reflects the stature of women who proudly serve their country. Within Israel’s culture of equality and its need for absolute security, decades of hard-fought acceptance have expanded IDF positions for women.

On February 19, 2025, Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Brian Schatz (D-HI) will reintroduce the Master Sergeant “Roddie” Edmonds Congressional Gold Medal Act on Capitol Hill. They first proclaimed their Gold Medal bill on January 27, 2025—International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Let’s take a look at why this honor is long overdue, the remarkable story behind it all, and how you can help make it happen.

As if the tortures that began on October 7, 2023, were not enough, Hamas has been staging another version of traumatizing evil. In the “ceasefire agreement,” the terror group is producing, directing, and filming hostage releases in a chaotic rampage of hate from thousands of Gazan “extras” seemingly overjoyed to be part of the Hamas and Islamic Jihad propaganda.

Most of the world calls Judea and Samaria the West Bank. The name is a modern fabrication, one that wrongly describes Israel west of the Jordan River. The name West Bank has no ancient history. Within Judea and Samaria, the Holy Land’s biblical heartland for more than 3,000 years, Israel is a now waging an eight-front war.

BRING THEM HOME came true last Sunday for three Israeli hostages. Red Cross vehicles drove out of Gaza carrying long-awaited female passengers back home to Israel. Doron, Emily, and Romi walked into the arms of their mothers, who greeted them with jubilant hugs and tears. These daughters instantly became the daughters of every Jewish parent and sisters of the entire nation.

For over a week, the intense blazes leveling California neighborhoods have been headline news. After months of near-zero rainfall, the area was vulnerable to the flames and fiery embers propelled by fierce Santa Ana winds. What perhaps hasn’t made the headlines is how Israel quickly came to their aid.