International Christian Embassy Jerusalem

“The last time we were here there was nothing, just dirt. And now we’re walking past a helipad, crew quarters, and a bomb shelter” ICEJ Aid assistant Jannie Tolhoek laughingly remarked. We set foot on the freshly painted tarmac of Hatzolah Air’s new base in Jerusalem—the city’s first civilian medevac helipad—to dedicate a bomb shelter which will now allow it to operate in tim...

As the ICEJ Arise young adults summer tour group was assembling for our flight to Tel Aviv, those of us in the check-in line in the Frankfurt airport were in for a pleasant surprise. “What hotel are you staying at?” an Israeli man curiously asked our tour group leader. “Somewhere in Tel Aviv”, he replied “Where exactly?” he persisted. When we gave the name…

On Monday (3 August), a group of 139 French Jewish immigrants were joyously welcomed by close relatives and well-wishers as they landed in Israel on an Aliyah flight chartered by the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem. Israel’s Ministry of Aliyah and Integration and The Jewish Agency For Israel, using funds donated by ICEJ supporters in the USA and Switzerland…

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For the past few years, Israelis have needed all the effort, sacrifice and resilience of the whole country to endure an unexpectedly prolonged war. It is difficult to explain the lasting psychological toll of waking every few hours through the night to seek shelter as explosions from intercepted missiles rattle nearby windowpanes. Everyone is in need of some level of trauma c...

By Nativia Bühler The time after a woman gives birth is one of the most vulnerable seasons in their life. Research has told us for decades that the postnatal period is a critical window for maternal health and infant development. Yet for many Israeli mothers, that window has felt more like a chasm during this nation’s prolonged war, especially as many have faced this difficul...