It’s one thing to be an Eric Cantor and make vague murmurings about Obama’s Israel policy being insufficiently supportive of Israel. That at least presents a vaguely legitimate political argument.

But Huckabee is off in wingnut land. He’ll probably be holding hands with Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein and John Hagee and praying for the End Times over the fields of Armageddon. Scary stuff folks. Republicans, if there are any of you out there, do something to avoid making your Party the laughingstock of the democratic world.

Richard Silverman writes about Huckabee's visit to Israel

The largest Protestant denomination in Canada is putting on hold their proposal to boycot Israel. This denomination was established in 1925 as a result of a unity between Methodist, Congregational, and Presbyterian streams. Now some of its active members are considering economic and academic punitive measures against Israel.

By Brian Hutchinson, National Post, August 14, 2009

For the second year in a row, a delegation from NBS participated in the 59th annual meeting for Nobel prize winners that was held in Lindau in Germany in late June 2009.

Special For "Come and See", August 3, 2009

The word "nigger" features prominently in the videos taken by Eddie Beckford and his wife Lura, a Messianic Christian couple living in the desert town of Arad.

The videos, going back to 2005, show anywhere from a handful to a mob of local Gur Hassidim harassing them and other Messianics in town. Eddie Beckford, 61, is a black American, hence the racial slur.

By Larry Derfner, The Jerusalem Post, July 2, 2009

For thirty years Bethlehem Bible College (BBC), an Evangelical interdenominational Bible college in the West Bank, has been a living testimony that God is alive among Palestinians and a witness to the blessings of God in the Middle East.

Now the College will host an International Conference, which will be held March 13 - 17, 2010 in Bethlehem.

The theme of the conference is "Christ at the Checkpoint: Theology in Service of Peace and Justice."

By Michael Ireland, ASSIST News Service, July 10, 2009

Every month evangelical pastors and ministers in Israel meet to have a breakfast meal together in a different church every time. These ministers come from Baptist, Pentecostal, Nazarene and Brethren churches. They eat, sing, and discuss important issues that are relevant to their ministries. They represent 5000 people in Israel. This month’s meeting was held on the 11th of July in a small Brethren church in Ibillin, a small town in Galilee. Twenty three representatives from different evangelical churches and parachurch organizations met. Pastors, Evangelists, Professors, Administrators and other ministers met to pray together.

Special For "Come and See", July 11, 2009

On July 3, 2009 at 5 PM Bishop Elias Chachour, Bishop Botrus Mualem, Peter Wigglesworth – the director of the Bible Society in Europe and the Middle East - and several other priests, pastors, and leaders who come from Catholic, Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Evangelical backgrounds met to celebrate the inauguration of the Bible Society for Arabs in Israel.

Special For Come and See, July 3, 2009

On June 12, 2009, 1000 people came from all around Bethlehem and the area to the Intercontinental Hotel in Bethlehem to celebrate the graduation of Bethlehem Bible College (BBC) marking 30 years since it was established in 1979. Faculty, Students, parents and many of their friends had a great occasion and were reminded of what has been achieved so far and need to look to the future.

Another interesting development of this college is the launching of the M.A program in ministry this coming year. This very exciting program is designed locally in order to meet the needs in Palestine and Israel

Special For "Come and See", July 1, 2009

Naim Ateek, a Palestinian Anglican priest and an Arab citizen of Israel, is the founder, president and director of Sabeel, an ecumenical theological center in Jerusalem dedicated to working for the liberation of Palestinians. In this book he presents a vision for nonviolent Christian engagement in what is perhaps the most central conflict bottlenecking the cause of peace in the Middle East.

Reviewed by R. Dean Hudgens, Englewood Review of books, May 15, 2009