How we write these pages
- Verified facts first, with sources you can check.
- Where Christians, Jews, Palestinians or lawyers disagree, we show the positions fairly.
- Biblical reflection is clearly marked and never presented as news.
- We reject replacement theology and every form of antisemitism, and we honour our Arab and Palestinian brothers and sisters in Christ.
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God's covenant with Israel
What the Bible says about God's covenant with Abraham and his descendants, and why most Christians today believe it has not been revoked.
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Romans 9–11 and the olive tree
Paul's most detailed teaching on Israel and the nations: the olive tree, the grafted-in branches and the promise that 'all Israel will be saved'.
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What is replacement theology?
The teaching that the church has replaced Israel in God's plan — where it came from, what it caused, and why GOD News rejects it.
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Judea and Samaria / the West Bank
One territory, two names: the biblical heartland, its modern history since 1948 and 1967, and the legal and political positions around it.
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Jerusalem in the Bible and history
From David's city to today's capital dispute: why Jerusalem matters to Jews, Christians and Muslims.
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Palestinian Christians
One of the oldest Christian communities in the world: who they are, where they live, and the pressures they face.
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Messianic Jews in Israel
Jews who believe Jesus (Yeshua) is the Messiah: their history, congregations and legal position in Israel.
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Aliyah: Jewish return to the land
What aliyah means, the history of Jewish immigration to Israel, and how Christians relate it to the prophets.
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Antisemitism and the church
A painful history — from the 'Christ-killer' charge to the Holocaust — and the church's responsibility today.
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The Israeli-Palestinian conflict: a timeline
Key dates from 1917 to today, described as neutrally as possible, so readers can understand the news.
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