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Hostages released in the past week

Last week a number of hostages were released and returned to Israel. Here is the list of the released hostages in the past week: Friday 24 November Doron Katz-Asher (34) Raz Asher (4) Aviv Asher (2) Danielle Aloni (45) Emilia Aloni (5) Ruth Munder (78) …

Weekly Update: Pray for the safety and release of the hostages

Financed by Iran and Qatar, Hamas-led terrorists took about 240 hostages during the October 7 shock assault in which they …

If you are afraid say the prayer ‘Shema Israel’

Benjamin is a long time friend of Christians for Israel. We’ve been supporting his organization Hineni, a humanitarian restaurant in …

C4I Prayer Calendar Dec ’23 – Jan ’24

The past few months have been very sad. In this prayer calendar we want to frequently pray from the Psalms …

Why Israel in Prophetic Perspective – Islam, Christians and Israel (Part 1 of 2)

Allah. The key question to answer when one talks about Jews, Christians and Muslims is: are Muslims worshipping the same …

The suffering is beyond words – Interview with Johan van der Ham

The suffering is beyond words

Since 24 November, there’s a temporary ceasefire between Hamas and Israel. Part of the deal is the release of 50 …

Israel’s dilemma – how to secure release of the hostages?

After weeks of speculation and behind-the-scenes negotiations, this week Israel reached a deal with Hamas, brokered by US and Qatar. …

Israel at War: A Multi-Dimensional Conflict

Of all the many challenges we face as our ‘world is on fire,’ nothing has our attention more than the …

The whole world said “never again”. And yet here we are.

Evidently, flying into a war zone suggests one is either dodgy or crazy. At least the interrogations we received at …

We stand with Israel

As Christians, we need to stand with Israel. C4I affiliates around the world have joined rallies and meetings to express …

Weekly Update: Antisemitism

There has been an alarming explosion of anti-Israel and anti-Jewish sentiment since 7th October. In rallies across Europe and the …

Do Not Silence Their Voices

More than 200 people have been held hostage by Hamas in Gaza since October 7th. Children, women, men and the …

Darkness Can Never Extinguish Our Light

With everything that is going on these days there are unfortunately a lot of negative things to write about. But …

Liveblog (2): Israel under attack

Stay informed about the current developments in Israel through this liveblog. We urge you to pray for Israel. Click here …

Journey of Encouragement Leon & Janine Meijer

This week, C4I International chairman Leon Meijer and his wife Janine are in Israel to visit C4I projects and encourage …

Israel-Hamas war continues amidst growing Islamist antisemitism in the West

The war between Israel and Hamas is entering its second month, following the 7th October massacre in which over 3000 …

Weekly Update: Praying for Peace

As the Israel/Hamas war progresses, we are increasingly confronted with many challenging questions. Is Israel’s aim of eliminating Hamas realistic? …

Young people from Ukraine on their way to Israel – despite the war

Just in September, an international C4I team accompanied 26 Jewish teenagers from all over Ukraine on their way to Warsaw …

Taken captive: Noa is held hostage in Gaza

We all remember the video of Noa Argamani, seated on the back of a motorcycle behind her Hamas captor, begging …

‘Did we ever have talks with the Nazis?’

It has been almost four weeks since the war started. A war that began on Simchat Torah, after the Palestinian …