Radio Programmes

Each week we load a new programme for you to listen to! Each programme asks the simple question, 'What is God doing in Israel and the Palestinian Areas today?' and the answers are provided by believers living in the Holy Land today, both Jews and Arabs, as well as from others who know the situation well.

Below you will find a list of programmes that have already been broadcast; to listen or download please click on the programme of your choice.

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Week 92 - Dan Alon (Part 2 of 2)

Last week we heard the story of Dan Alon, a Jewish believer living in the Negev in southern Israel with his wife Dalia. Whilst on a visit to America they met a lady who happened to have the same camera as Dalia and who happened to be a Jewish believer. A conversation followed and a friendship was started which led, some months later, to Dan and Dalia finding faith in Jesus … by this time they were in their 40s. On returning to Israel they eventually met other believers and joined a congregation in Tiberias where they stayed for many years. As they grew older they realised the Lord wanted them to move and now they live in the Negev where they have started a small congregation.

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Week 91 - Dan Alon (Part 1 of 2)

My guest today is Dan Alon who today is a Messianic Jewish pastor in the Negev in southern Israel. He was born into a secular Jewish family. His father was an officer in the Israeli army. Dan, after finishing his army service, studied Industrial Engineering at university and worked in that field for 16 years. During that time he married Dalia and they had three children. It was during this time that Dan had the opportunity to work in America for one year. Little did he and Dalia realise that during that year their lives would change for ever.

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Week 90 - Bishara Deeb (student at NETS)

My guest today, Bishara Deeb,  was born and went to school in Nazareth and, several years later, he still lives there with his wife and family.  Bishara gave up a successful business to study the Bible at the Nazareth Evangelical Theological Seminary, or NETS for short. Why? Because he wants to share his faith in the Arab villages surrounding Nazareth.

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Week 89 - Azar Ajaz and students at NETS

Today I’m taking you to Nazareth which lies to the West of the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel. Nazareth today is an Arab town and we’re going to visit Dr Azar Ajar, an Arab Christian who is Dean of Students and a lecturer at the Nazareth Evangelical Theological Seminary, or NETS for short. We will also be hearing from some of the students. This college is the realisation of a dream that Azar had some time ago to train young Arab Christians and prepare them for church leadership in Israel in the future.

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Week 88 - Patrick (at Beit Nitzachon)

My guest today is Patrick … he was born in Holland into a Jewish family. He has lived in Israel for many years as you will hear, and for most of those years he has been addicted to heroin. When I first met Patrick he looked very ill … he had just arrived at Beit Nitzachon or the House of Victory – a faith based drug rehab centre in Haifa, northern Israel where the director, Eric Benson is a Christian. The philosophy of Beit Nitzachon is very simple – prayer. And it works … because when I saw Patrick recently, just 16 months after coming to Beit Nitzachon I didn’t recognise him. He had transformed from somebody at death’s door, to a man who looked fit, bright and happy.

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Week 87 - Rita Tsukahira

Rita is a Messianic Jew who came to Israel from America many years ago now. She and her husband Peter are leaders amongst the Messianic movement and in 2003 Rita felt she should do something to help women who found themselves homeless due to violence or abuse. She set about converting some old buildings on Mount Carmel in northern Israel where there is a Messianic congregation. She could never have imagined then that a short time later she would be caring for scores of Sudanese women and children – refugees from the war that has ravaged that area of Africa.

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Week 86 - Igor (Beit Nitzachon)

My guest today is Igor. Born in Russia, he didn’t discover he was Jewish until he was 16 years old. I met him in Haifa recently, at a drug rehab centre called Beit Nitzachon. He had been there for six months and in that time not only had he recovered from his addiction, but he had also come to know his Messiah, Yeshua.

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Week 85 - Botrus Mansour

My guest today is Botrus Mansour. He is an Israeli Arab and was born in Nazareth. A qualified lawyer,  he has chosen to stay in Nazareth where he is the General Director of the Nazareth Baptist School – one of the most highly regarded schools in Israel and a school where today both Christians and Muslims are educated.

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Week 84 - Yoyakim Figueras (part 3 of 3)

Today we continue with the story of Yoyakim Figueras, the pastor of a congregation in Arad, in southern Israel, that has experienced much opposition from the orthodox Jews there. In this programme, Yoyakim describes how he has faced these challenges and explains what he believes God is doing in Israel at this time.

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Week 83 - Yoyakim Figueras (part 2 of 3)

Today we continue with the story of Yoyakim Figueras. Last week we heard how he was born in Israel to a Dutch mother and Spanish father and, along with his four brothers, grew up as an Israeli. After completing his national service in the Israeli army, Yoyakim qualified as a social worker and together with his wife Debbie moved to Beersheva, a city in the Negev desert in the south of Israel, where he worked in a boarding school for disadvantaged children.

In this programme, the second of three that feature Yoyakim’s story, we hear about what happened when he moved to Arad and started a congregation there.

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Week 82 - Yoyakim Figueras (part 1 of 3)

My guest today was brought up as an Israeli although he is not Jewish. His name is Yoyakim Figueras and today he lives in Arad, a town in the Negev in southern Israel, with his wife and their six children where Yoyakim is the pastor of a Messianic congregation.

In this programme, the first of three that feature Yoyakim’s story, we hear about his unusual family background.

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Week 81 - Bassem Adranly

Today we hear from Bassem Adranly, a Palestinian Christian living in Jerusalem who believes it is important for Arab Christians to understand their role in sharing God’s heart for Israel and the Jewish people, and at the same time share the gospel with Muslim people.

I met Bassem in Jerusalem recently … and he began by giving a Christian Arab perspective on the recent upheaval in the Arab world.

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Week 80 - Ofer Amitai (part 3)

Today we hear once more from Ofer Amitai. An Israeli believer, he is also a Bible teacher and pastor of a congregation in Jerusalem and a leader of the Israel Prayer Centre where they pray to see the Kingdom of God come to Israel and the surrounding Arab nations.

Today he explains why it is so important for the church to seek God’s passion and agenda for Israel – he begins by outlining what that is.

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Week 79 - Ofer Amitai (part 2)

My guest today is Ofer Amitai, an Israeli believer. He is also the pastor of a congregation in Jerusalem and one of the leaders of the Israel Prayer Centre where they pray to see the Kingdom of God come to Israel and the surrounding Arab nations.

On last week’s programme Ofer shared his own story of coming to faith and his understanding of Israel’s place in God’s plan in bringing salvation to the nations as described in the Bible.

Today, he reports on the growth he has seen in the Body of believers living in Israel … he also describes why it is important for Christians to take note of what is happening.

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Week 78 - Ofer Amitai

For the next three weeks, my guest is Ofer Amitai. An Israeli believer, he is also the pastor of a congregation in Jerusalem and one of the leaders of the Israel Prayer Centre where they pray to see the Kingdom of God come to Israel and the surrounding Arab nations. Today Ofer tells his story.

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Week 77 - Zvi Randelmen

The Olive Tree – the programme that introduces you to some of the believers living in Israel today – both Jews and Palestinians. We hear so much about trouble in the region, but despite this, there are many wonderful stories of reconciliation – man with God and man with man, that deserve to be told, and that’s the purpose of this programme.

My guest today is Zvi Randelman. He lives in Jerusalem with his wife and family. He is the pastor of a Messianic congregation and he runs a drug rehab centre called Beit HaYeshua. I met Zvi recently in Jerusalem and he told me his story.

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Week 76 - Marianna

It’s well known that Israeli Jews come from many different backgrounds. One of the largest groups to emigrate to Israel have come from the former Soviet Union and my guest today is one such person. Originally from St Petersburg, Marianna came to Israel almost 15 years ago. Her father is a poet and writer. Her mother is a theatre director. The family is Jewish but not religious so Marianna grew up in a communist country in a secular environment. At the age of 18 something happened to Marianna and she started to believe that God exists. When we met recently in Netanya, a town in Israel, she told me what happened.

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Week 75 - Zev Porat (part 3)

Today Zev Porat continues telling his story. Born into an ultra religious Jewish family – he was expected to become a rabbi. But he didn’t. Instead he shocked his family by becoming a believer in Jesus, or Yeshua which resulted in his losing his job, his home and his family cut him off. So what is Zvi doing today? He is preaching the gospel from morning to evening as he now explains.

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Week 74 - Zev Porat (part 2)

Today we hear more from Zev Porat. Born into an ultra religious Jewish family – he was expected to become a rabbi. But he didn’t. Instead he shocked his family by becoming a believer in Jesus, or Yeshua. As a result his family cut him off, he lost his job and he and his wife ended up living on the beach in Tel Aviv.

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Week 73 - Zev Porat

Today my guest is Zev Porat. What you are about to hear is one of the most amazing stories I have ever heard. Zev was born into an ultra religious Jewish family - descended from a long line of distinguished rabbis. As you will hear, it was expected that Zev would become a rabbi too. However, that wasn’t to be as Zev told me when we met in Tel Aviv.

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Week 72 - Katerina

This week we’re back in Jerusalem where my guest is Katerina, a Swiss German Christian living in a community that works amongst Palestinian Muslim people. Here Katerina describes her experience of getting to know and like people from another culture, who speak a different language. I asked her what drew her to Israel.

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Week 71 - Hans

This week I’m in Jerusalem with Hans … we’ve changed his name to protect his identity … who is Swiss German. You might wonder whether it’s possible for a Palestinian Muslim living in Jerusalem to become a Christian and develop a love for Israel and the Jewish people. Well Hans can answer that question because he is living and working amongst Palestinian Muslims in the Old City of Jerusalem. I asked him what drew him to Israel.

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Week 70 - Lisa Loden

My guest today is Lisa Loden. Married to David, they have lived in Israel for over 30 years. Both from Jewish families, they used to be hippies in America searching for truth and meaning to life. When somebody told them that Jesus was the Messiah they were amazed … and eventually, they came to faith and when they arrived in Israel in 1974, they were amongst some of the earliest Messianic Jewish believers living in the land. Today those numbers have grown and there are approximately 12,000 Jewish believers in Israel today.

Lisa has always been interested in reconciliation between her own Jewish people and the Palestinian people with whom they share  the land. Thirty years on, her work in this area is taking her to other troubled areas in the world. We met in Netanya recently and Lisa explains her passion for and belief in reconciliation in its deepest sense.

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Week 69 - David Loden

Today my guest is David Loden who with his wife Lisa moved to Israel from the United States in 1974 after becoming believers. By 1976 they had started a Messianic Jewish congregation called Beit Asaph - one of the earliest congregations in Israel.

David is also a professional musician and for years it was his passion to see Handel’s Messiah performed to an Israeli audience in Hebrew – something that had never been done before. As you are about to hear, this year saw the realisation of his dream….

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Week 68 - Brian Slater

Today I’m talking to a Jewish believer called Brian Slater. I met him recently in Netanya, a city just north of Tel Aviv. He was born into a secular Jewish family in Los Angeles and today he’s running soup kitchens in Israel to help the poor and needy. Where did it all begin?

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Week 67 - Donna & Michelle, volunteers with Shevet Achim

Last week we heard from Jonathan Miles, the founder of Shevet Achim – an organisation that brings desperately sick children from Arab nations surrounding Israel, into Israel for life saving surgery by Israeli doctors. Today my guests are Donna and Michelle, two volunteers from the United States who are working with Shevet Achim based in Jerusalem.

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Week 66 - Jonathan Miles

My guest today is Jonathan Miles. By profession he’s a journalist and 15 or so years ago, he was working in Jerusalem in that capacity. But one day his life changed for ever when he was asked to help a mother with a desperately sick child. That encounter resulted in him starting an organisation called Shevet Achim. I met Jonathan at their offices in Jerusalem recently and he shared his story.

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Week 65 - Zvi Randelman and Alex

The Olive Tree programme is recorded in Israel and the Palestinian Areas bringing you news and interviews direct from the Jewish and Arab believers who live there to give you a picture of what God is doing in the Holy Land today so that we can pray with understanding and support the believers there in practical ways. If you are a regular listener, you will remember that two weeks ago we heard from Zvi Randelman. A Messianic Jewish believer who is the pastor of a congregation in Jerusalem, he is also the founder and director of a drug and alcohol rehab centre called Beit HaYeshua. Here he welcomes both Jews and Arabs. Zvi makes it clear from the start that the rehab programme he offers is based entirely on faith, namely faith in Jesus or Yeshua, as He is known in Israel, and His power to break the bondage of addiction.
When I visited Beit HaYeshua recently, I met a number of men currently in the programme including Alex, a Jew originally from the former Soviet Republic..

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Week 64 - Marcel Rebiai

On this programme we ask one simple question, what is God doing in Israel and the wider Middle East today? How are we to make sense of the current unrest that is causing such turmoil in the Arab nations? Does the Bible have anything specific to say about this? And what about reconciliation between Jew and Arab … is this possible against such a troubled backdrop?

To help answer these questions, I met Marcel Rebiai recently at his home in Jerusalem, which incidentally, overlooks Mount Zion! Marcel is leader of The Community of Reconciliation working amongst both Jews and Palestinians. Here’s what he had to say.

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Week 63 - Zvi Randelman and Dennis

Today I’m taking you to Jerusalem, to an industrial area south of the city where there is a drug rehabilitation centre called Beit HaYeshua. The founder and director is Zvi Randelman and with him is Dennis, a former drug addict who is now on the staff. I started by asking Zvi to describe what happens here.

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Week 62 - Michael Ralph

In Israel, once they reach the age of 18, young people are expected to serve in the army, the IDF – Israeli Defence Force.  For many this is a tough experience, especially for the men who are exposed to actively defending their country – as many are. In recent years, as the number of Messianic believers has been growing, so more have been entering the army. To maintain their faith has been a challenge - as my guest this week, Michael Ralph, found out for himself.

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Week 61 - Angelika Raheb

Last week we heard from a Palestinian Christian called Maron. A former drug addict, today he’s an evangelist and church planter in Jerusalem and the West Bank. Today we hear from Maron’s German-born wife Angelika. What brought her to Israel?

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Week 60 - Maron Raheb

Today my guest is a Palestinian Christian called Maron. Born and brought up in the Old City of Jerusalem, he used to be a drug addict. Today he’s married with a young family and he and his wife Angelika, who we’ll hear from next week, are active evangelists and church planters particularly in the West Bank. We met in their house, and I put it to him that he’s been on quite a journey!

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Week 59 - Barry Segal

Barry Segal is the founder and director of The Joseph Storehouse, a humanitarian aid project based just outside Jerusalem that helps anybody in need regardless of race or religion.

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Week 58 - Mazen Nasrawi

Come with me to the Old City of Jerusalem, to the evangelical Alliance Church, to meet a Palestinian Christian called Mazen Nasrawi. He is a pastor of the church. Hear the story of how he moved from being a gambler involved in drugs to being a Christian pastor.

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Week 57 - Ron Cantor

There are a number of Bible verses that refer to Israel being a ‘light to the nations’; but what does this mean? My guest today can explain the answer. He is Ron Cantor and we met recently in Tel Aviv where he now lives. Born into a tradition Jewish home, he grew up in America and for many years was not interested in God. However, a Christian friend talked to him and gradually Ron started to believe. A serious car crash had a profound effect on his thinking as Ron describes.

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Week 56 - Labib Madanat

With the recent eruption of conflict in the Arab nations, who better to ask for his perspective that an Arab Christian living in the region, Labib Madanat. Julia Fisher met him in Jerusalem recently. Labib is the Bible Lands co-ordinator for the work of Bible Society in the Holy Land.

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Week 55 - Joshua Pex part 2

Last week we heard from Joshua Pex, a Jewish lawyer working in Jerusalem who, along with his wife Sarah – a social worker -  is using his spare time to fight against the injustice of slavery and sex trafficking in Israel today. He told us about Elena, a young woman from Moldova who came to Israel thinking she would have a job caring for the elderly. However, she found herself the victim of a cruel hoax and forced into prostitution. Here Joshua brings the story up to date.

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Week 54 - Joshua Pex part 1

This week, Julia Fisher’s guest is Joshua Pex. Born in Eilat in southern Israel to a Jewish mother and a Dutch father, after serving his statutory time in the Israeli army, he went to study law at university and today he works for a large law firm in Jerusalem where he specialises in human rights, social justice and religious freedom in Israel. He is married to Sarah, a social worker; and it is perhaps because of meeting Sarah that he was first introduced to an aspect of Israeli society that lies largely hidden from view – sex trafficking.

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Week 53 - Raaja Grimberg

Join Julia Fisher at the YMCA in West Jerusalem to meet Raaja Grimberg. She was born into an Arab family living in the north of Israel. As Raaja was growing up, her parents, who are Christians, were very involved leading an organisation called Kings Kids which brings Arab and Jewish children together in a spirit of reconciliation. And so it was against this backdrop that Raaja developed her thinking as she explains.

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Week 52 - Etie Shoshani

Here Etie Shoshani, a Jewish believer, shares her story. From a religious family, she recounts how she came to believe in Jesus/Yeshua and then how she got involved in reconciliation with Palestinian Christians.

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Week 51 - A journey into the West Bank

Julia Fisher travels from Jerusalem into Jericho and the heart of the West Bank to meet two Palestinian Christians who are trying to help their own people and bring them comfort and hope.

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Week 50 - Evan Thomas

Evan Thomas is the pastor of a Messianic congregation called Beit Asaph situated in Netanya, just north of Tel Aviv. He also has a great heart for the Palestinian people and is one of the leaders of the reconciliation movement that is gaining momentum in the country between the believers there.

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Week 49 - Nardine Khalil

Nardine Khalil is a student at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Her mother is English; her father is Palestinian – Nardine was born and brought up in Nazareth, a predominantly Arab town in Israel. Nardine describes herself as a Palestinian Israeli Christian. In this interview she tells Julia Fisher about her struggle with identity.

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Week 48 - Thomas Damianos

My guest today is an Arab Christian living in Haifa. He qualified as an architect, then a civil engineer and today he’s a practising lawyer. He also has a degree in Biblical studies. He was born in Haifa to a Greek father and an Arab mother and his name is Thomas Damianos. His passion is to draw Jewish and Arab students together to study the Bible.

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Week 47 - Lisa Loden

Lisa Loden came to live in Israel with her husband David in 1974. Former hippies, they were some of the first Messianic believers to arrive in recent times and they helped to establish a congregation in Netanya, called Beit Asaph.

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Week 46 - Yarden Nasser

Last week we heard from Peter Nasser, an Arab Christian evangelist working on the team of Jews for Jesus. As promised, this week we’re hearing from Peter’s wife Yarden who is Jewish. Yarden’s story began in the Ukraine. Born into a secular Jewish family, Yarden decided to come and live in Israel when she was just 15 years old.

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Week 45 - Peter Nasser

Peter Nasser, an Arab Christian, is on the team for Jews for Jesus in Israel. He also has a Jewish wife! In this programme, he talks to Julia Fisher about his unusual story.

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Week 44 - Oded Cohen - part 2

Oded Cohen’s story, began last week, charts the journey of a secular Israeli and the struggle he has to go through to come to faith in Jesus. ‘How can we talk to God?’ Oded asked at the end of last week’s programme. Here he describes what happened when he put God to the test.

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Week 43 - Oded Cohen - Part 1

Oded Cohen’s story (told over two weeks) is typical of many Israelis who come from a secular background and struggle to accept Jesus as their Messiah. This week he tells Julia Fisher about his early life on a kibbutz in the Negev and how, after serving in the army, he came to live in America where his search for God took on new meaning.

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Week 42 - Dan Sered

Dan Sered is Director of Jews for Jesus in Israel, a position he has held since 2006. An unashamedly evangelistic organisation, Jews for Jesus’ aim is to make Jesus an unavoidable issue to Jewish people everywhere.

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Week 41 - Sabha Asmar

Sabha Asmar is blind and lives alone in a tiny property of just one room in Bethlehem. She works in a factory where she earns approximately $100 a month – not enough to live on. Abandoned by her family years ago, you would think she would be full of self pity and depression, but she is not.

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Week 40 - Siham Abedrabbo

Siham Abedrabbo is a Palestinian Christian living in Bethlehem where she works in a home for disabled children. Here she tells Julia Fisher how she became a Christian reading Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan and describes the vision she has to open a  home for both old and young people together.

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Week 39 - Johnny Shawan

Julia Fisher talks to Johnny Shawan, a Palestinian Christian and founder of Beit A’Liqa, a community centre for children in Beit Jala, a suburb of Bethlehem.

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Week 38 - Simon Azazian

Julia Fisher talks to Simon Azazian, an Arab Christian living in Jerusalem, he is on the team of the Palestinian Bible Society.

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Week 37 - Wayne Hilsden

Julia Fisher talks to Wayne Hilsden, pastor of the King of Kings congregation in Jerusalem

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Week 36 - Chuck Cohen

Julia Fisher talks to Chuck Cohen, one of the directors of Intercessors for Israel, an indigenous prayer organisation based in Jerusalem.

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Week 35 - Tom Hess

Julia Fisher talks to Tom Hess, founder and director of the Jerusalem House of Prayer for All Nations.

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Week 34 - Najeeb & Elizabeth Atteih

Julia Fisher talks to Elizabeth Atteih (pron Attee). She and her husband Najeeb are Arab Christians living in Haifa. Here they share their extraordinary story.

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Week 33 - Shmuel Aweida

Julia Fisher talks to Shmuel Aweida, the Arab pastor of a Jewish Messianic congregation in Haifa, northern Israel.

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Week 32 - Howard Bass

Julia Fisher talks to Howard Bass, pastor of a Messianic congregation in Beersheva.

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Week 31 - Yoyakim Figueras

Julia Fisher talks to Yoyakim Figueras, pastor of a Messianic congregation in Arad, a largely religious Jewish Ultra Orthodox town in the desert of southern Israel.

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Week 30 - Burghard Schunkert

Julia Fisher talks to Burghard Schunkert, director of Lifegate, a Christian rehabilitation centre in Bethlehem where young people with special needs are taught a trade.


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Week 29 - Marcel Rebiai

Julia Fisher talks to Marcel Rebiai, elder of a Messianic congregation in Jerusalem and leader of the Community of Reconciliation, working amongst both Arabs and Jews.


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Week 28 - Z

Julia Fisher talks to Z, a young woman in Jericho. Z used to be a Muslim, but she converted to Christianity after experiencing a miracle in her own life.


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Week 27 - Samia

Julia Fisher talks to Samia, an Arab Christian originally from Nazareth, who moved to Gaza to be with her husband, and who now lives in Jericho – a story of upheaval, danger, uncertainty - and trust in God.


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Week 26 - Calev Myers

Julia Fisher talks to Calev Myers, a lawyer living in Jerusalem and founder of the Jerusalem Institute of Justice.


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Week 25 - Jack Sara

Julia Fisher talks to Jack Sara, a Palestinian who was born in the Old City of Jerusalem. As a young man he found himself on the wrong side of the law and ended up in an Israeli prison for a time. Soon after he became a Christian and now is the pastor of a vibrant growing church with a vision to take the gospel into the heart of the West Bank to people who have never heard about Jesus.


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Week 24 - Zaher Haddad

Julia Fisher talks to Zaher Haddad. A Christian Arab, he was born and brought up in Nazareth. Today he has two jobs, as well as being a PE teacher he is also the General Secretary of the Fellowship of Christian Students in Israel, working with both Jewish and Arab students.

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Week 23 - Azar Ajaz

Julia Fisher talks to Azar Ajaz, an Israeli Arab brought up and living in Nazareth. Married with three sons, he is Dean of Students at the Nazareth Evangelical Theological Seminary (NETS) and passionate about training the next generation of Christian leaders in Israel … both Arabs and Jews.

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Week 22 - Azar Ajaz

Julia Fisher talks to Azar Ajaz, an Israeli Arab brought up and living in Nazareth. Married with three sons, he is Dean of Students at the Nazareth Evangelical Theological Seminary (NETS) and passionate about training the next generation of Christian leaders in Israel … both Arabs and Jews.

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Week 21 - Ronit & Tom Bender

Julia Fisher talks to Ronit & Tom Bender; she is Jewish and born in Israel, he was originally from America. It is a story of tragedy, finding love and reconciliation; the story of a Jewish girl and a gentile boy now living in northern Israel working amongst both Jews and Arabs.

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Week 20 - Joseph Haddad

Julia Fisher talks to Joseph Haddad, Lebanese pastor in northern Israel.

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Week 19 - David Brickner

Julia Fisher talks to David Brickner, executive director of Jews for Jesus, about their latest campaign in Israel.

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Week 18 - Avi Schwartz

Julia Fisher talks to Avi Schwartz, a trumpeter from New York. He was born into a Jewish family and lived for many years in Mexico before moving to Israel, where for the past 4 years he's lived in Arad in the south of the country bordering on the Negev desert. Avi's story gives us Christians an insight into how many Jewish people view us and therefore the person of Jesus.

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Week 17 - Ari & Shira Sorko Ram

Julia Fisher talks to Ari and Shira Sorko Ram, leaders of one of the oldest Messianic congregations in Israel called Maoz. They look back on the past 40 years and describe how the numbers of believers in Israel has grown from just a handful to over 10,000 in that time.

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Week 16 - Rita Tsukahira

Julia Fisher talks to Rita Tsukahira, a Jewish believer who lives with her husband Peter in Haifa in northern Israel. We heard from Peter on last week’s programme. But this week we feature Rita’s story; and quite a story it is because she’s running a shelter for women in crisis and the women coming to her for shelter are mostly refugees from Sudan. How come?

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Week 15 - Peter Tsukahira

Julia Fisher talks to Peter Tsukahira, a Japanese American Israeli! Today Peter lives in Haifa with his Jewish wife Rita and together they are part of the leadership team of a congregation for both Jews and Arabs on Mount Carmel. In this interview Peter shares why living in Israel and being part of the first generation of believers to advance the Kingdom of God there is so compelling to them.

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Week 14 - Nihad Salman

Julia Fisher talks again to Nihad Salman, pastor of an evangelical church in Bethlehem. On today’s programme, despite the economic and political tensions in the West Bank, Nihad shares his belief that God is sending revival to Israel and the West Bank!

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Week 13 - Nihad Salman

Julia Fisher talks to Nihad Salman, pastor of an evangelical church in Bethlehem where today less than 1% of the population are Christian. In this programme he tells his story and despite the struggle, describes what he is seeing God do in his congregation.

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Week 12 - Zvi Randelman

Julia Fisher talks again to Zvi Randelman. Born into a Jewish family in America, Zvi’s search for truth was long and tortuous. Eventually he came to faith in Yeshua and today is director of a drug rehab centre in Jerusalem and leader of a congregation comprised mainly of former drug addicts, both Jews and Arabs.

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Week 11 - David Davis

Julia Fisher talks to David Davis. He used to be an actor and director on Broadway. When he became a Christian several years ago, he visited Israel and whilst in the Old City of Jerusalem met an Arab women with cancer. That visit was to change the course of his life. Soon after, he met and married Karen, who is Jewish, and 20 years ago they moved permanently to live in Israel where they established a drug rehab centre in Haifa for Jews and Arabs and later a congregation on Mount Carmel.

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Week 10 - Zvi Randelman

Julia Fisher talks to Zvi Randelman. Born into a Jewish family in America, Zvi’s search for truth was long and tortuous. Eventually he came to faith in Yeshua and today is director of a drug rehab centre in Jerusalem and leader of a congregation comprised mainly of former drug addicts, both Jews and Arabs.

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Week 9 - Paul Calvert

Julia Fisher talks to Paul Calvert, a young man from Cumbria now living in Israel. He describes his life there today, working to bring young Jewish and Palestinian children together, as well as working as a journalist presenting a weekly radio programme broadcast in Bethlehem.

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Week 8 - Andreas Zorob

Julia Fisher talks further to Andreas Zorob, a Palestinian Christian living in Bethlehem. He helps run a centre for children and young people in Beit Jala called Beit A’Liqa, an Arabic name meaning House of Meeting. In a place of conflict, Beit A’Liqa aims to be a place where people can come and meet the living God. This week he tells the remarkable story of how this place came to be built during an intifada.

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Week 7 - Andreas Zorob

Julia Fisher talks to Andreas Jorob, a Palestinian Christian living in Bethlehem. He helps run a centre for children and young people in Beit Jala called Beit A’Liqa, an Arabic name meaning House of Meeting. In a place of conflict, Beit A’Liqa aims to be a place where people can come and meet the living God.

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Week 6 - Schmuel Birlie

Julia Fisher talks to Schmuel Birlie, an Ethiopian Messianic Jew living in Jerusalem. Formerly a drug addict, today Schmuel is a radical evangelist. He shares his testimony and describes how he sees miracles happening in Jerusalem today … a situation similar to the experience of the early believers in Jerusalem 2000 years ago.

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Week 5 - Belay Birlie

Julia Fisher talks to Belay Birlie, an Ethiopian Messianic Jewish pastor living in Jerusalem. He describes the story of the Ethiopian Jews and how they come to be living in Israel today.

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Week 4 - Labib Madanat

Julia Fisher talks to Labib Madanat, a Jordanian, Palestinian, Arab Christian living in Jerusalem. As executive director of the work of the Bible Society in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza he works amongst both Jews and Palestinians. Today he describes the heart attitude that is required for reconciliation.

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Week 3 - Evan Thomas

Julia Fisher talks to Evan Thomas, a Messianic Jewish pastor in Netanya. In this programme he explains why so many Jewish people have returned to Israel in the past 30 years in particular and asks, is this an act of God or a political Zionist movement?

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Week 2 - Labib Madanat

Julia Fisher talks to Labib Madanat, executive director of the work of the Bible Society in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza. Himself an Arab Christian, he works amongst both Jews and Palestinians.

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Week 1 - Evan Thomas

Julia Fisher talks to Evan Thomas, a Messianic Jewish pastor in Netanya, who has a great heart for reconciliation between Jewish and Arab believers.

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Interview with Northsound

Interview about Israel

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