Mysterious photographs from the 1970s are to be brought as evidence to prove that the so-called ossuary of James, the brother of Jesus, is authentic. They are to be presented by attorneys for Oded Golan, the antiquities dealer charged with forging the item, which when it was made public, was dubbed "the most important archaeological discovery from the beginnings of Christianity."

The photographs, copies of which have reached Haaretz, have already been examined by an American expert and are to be submitted as evidence in court. But they do not remove doubts about the item, which touched off a storm in the archaeological world.

Amiram Barakat, Haaretz, Feb 8, 2007

Ethiopian rabbis and spiritual leaders (keisim) called on the government Monday to halt the Ethiopian Falashmura aliyah to Israel, citing concerns that many of the Falashmura are engaged in Christian missionary activity.

The leaders made the call during a Rehovot conference titled "Defeating the [Christian] mission manifestation in the community," in which hundreds of Ethiopian Jews took part.

Ayanawo Farada Sanbatu, Haaretz, Feb 6, 2007

A major Christian TV network offered on Israeli cable and satellite television is broadcasting missionary advertisements directed at Jews.

The Dallas-based Daystar TV network, which is part of the basic cable program on both YES and HOT, broadcasts a medley of teachings from the New Testament, and includes 15-minute infomercials from the Jewish Voice Ministries International that targets a Jewish audience with the message of Jesus.

By ETGAR LEFKOVITS, Jan 22, 2007, The Jerusalem Post

A Christian Arab researcher originally from Nazareth who is a leading chemical engineer at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology has won the largest grant ever given by the European Union to an Israeli scientist - ?1.75 million - to develop an "electronic nose" to sniff out cancer.

The Jerusalem Post, Oct 31, 2006

The Israeli Ministry of Education recently announced the results of the Bagrut (Matriculation) Exams for the graduating classes of 2005 of schools all over Israel.

According to these results, 3 Christian schools from Nazareth and a Christian school in Haifa were among the top schools with the highest percentages of their students receiving excellence awards.

The Nazareth Baptist School ? the only Evangelical school in Israel - achieved second place nationwide among the medium-sized schools (with 50-100 graduates annually), having 30% of its 2005 graduating class receive excellence awards. First place was achieved by a specialized education school in Jerusalem called ?The Sciences and Arts School? which selects 10th grade students with an aptitude for science or the arts.

Special For "Come and See", Nov 6, 2006

Evangelical Christians dug deep into their pockets to provide humanitarian relief to Israel during the war in Lebanon this summer, donating nearly $20 million dollars to help rebuild the north, according to estimates. Though largely overshadowed by the massive generosity of their American Jewish counterparts, the pro-Israel Christian community also rallied significantly in support of the north - though giving, perhaps, at lower levels and certainly, with less fanfare.

Daphna Berman, Haaretz, Nov 6, 2006

Starting from this school year, high school students will be able to take matriculation exam in 'Christian religion.' Program currently open for Arab students only, but Education Ministry says will consider allowing Jewish pupils to take it as well

The new curriculum is fruit of work of a committee including Catholics, Greek Orthodox, Maronites and Anglicans ? with a Moslem representative as well. Evangelicals in Israel were excluded from this new work.

Moran Zelikovich, Ynet, Oct 7, 2006

The missiles have been hitting the Arab villages too," Dr. Hani Shehadeh told The Jerusalem Post Christian Edition from his home just four miles south of the Lebanese border. "As Bibi [former PM Binyamin] Netanyahu told the Knesset the other day, a Katyusha doesn't have eyes to see whether it's a Jew or an Arab."

Shehadeh, who pastors an Evangelical congregation, just sent an open letter to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, calling him "a man of peace" and assuring that Arab Christians in the Galilee are praying for Israel's leaders in this crisis.

International Christian Embassy Web site, July 20, 2006

A hotel in Israel owned by the Church of Scotland has been forced to close during the crisis.

The Scots Hotel is in the resort of Tiberias, where Hizbollah rockets landed on Saturday. It was closed after guests fled the area, many to Jerusalem, after a second attack hit the city in the evening.

STEWART PATERSON, The Herald, July 17, 2006

The events of the last few days could bring about the collapse of the tourism industry, in what had looked like a record year for tourism up to now.

The hotels and guesthouses in the north emptied out on Friday and Saturday, and travel agencies began to receive cancellations from abroad.

Irit Rosenblum, Haaretz, July 17, 2006