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This is the 27th year in which the International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem has been organizing its march of support for Israel. The ICEJ's annual Feast of Tabernacles series of events is slated to open on Thursday, but this year is different from all preceding years. This year the increasingly haredi-oriented Chief Rabbinate has seen fit to issue a ban forbidding Jews from joining the street celebrations in Jerusalem due to suspicions of "missionary activity" by the participating evangelicals. The ICEJ will be bringing more than 7,000 Christian pilgrims from some 100 countries this holiday. This has grown into Israel's...

Jerusalem-based evangelical organization says the recent comments of U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice demonstrate that America has a mixed record when it comes to protecting God's covenant land and people. Secretary Rice created a stir when she hosted a state Ramadan dinner and praised Islam as a religion of "peace and love." She has also joined others in criticism of Israel for efforts to secure its borders against Palestinian terrorist attacks. David Parsons is a spokesman for the International Christian Embassy, Jerusalem (ICEJ), an organization created to give Christians worldwide a focal point in the State of Israel and...

Chris McGreal, writing in the London-based The Guardian this past Thursday, reports, "The Post, a widely respected paper until it fell into former owner Conrad Black's clutches, is seeking to bolster its North American circulation by building on the blossoming relationship between the Israeli right and Christian fundamentalists." "The content is going to be jointly put together by the Jerusalem Post and the International Christian Embassy [of Jerusalem, the ICEJ]," Post editor David Horowitz is quoted as telling the Guardian. "It'll be things like archaeology and tourism and ideological arguments and dilemmas and so on. Obviously, when your predominant mindset...

Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) - Not all Christians are upset by the fact that Israel is barring Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat from celebrating Christmas in Bethlehem this year, the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem indicated on Thursday. A top Roman Catholic clergyman here, Latin Patriarch Michel Sabbah, on Wednesday blasted Israel's decision to prohibit Arafat from attending the annual Christmas Eve mass, calling it an "inappropriate measure." Michael Utterback, International Director of the ICEJ, charged that Arafat's request was a "political ploy" designed to make Israel look bad to the rest of the world. "It is disappointing that Arafat, a Muslim, would...