The next monthly Awake To Israel Prayer Meeting will be held on the first Wednesday of next month (1st July, 2026) at Epping Gospel Chapel (corner Carlingford Rd and Duntroon Ave) between 10:00am and 12 noon.
If you can, please come along to pray with us for the nation of Israel.
by June
The Feast of Pentecost was observed on Sunday 24th May this year and One for Israel prepared a very interesting podcast about this feast, that I’d like to share with you. I love Jewish believers explaining the finer points of such things because as Gentiles, we often do not have that deeper understanding. So to see the podcast, click on the link below the introduction:
Podcast Introduction:
“Long before Acts 2, God gave Israel the appointed feast of Shavuot – a celebration of firstfruits, harvest, and joyful offering before the Lord. But in Yeshua, this feast finds its ultimate meaning. The 2 loaves, the presence of leaven, the absence of fire on the offering, and the coming of the Spirit all point to a breathtaking reality: Jewish and Gentile believers are made one body in Messiah. You are part of the harvest – filled with the Spirit and called to be a witness to a needy world.”
Bayside Council unanimously adopts antisemitism definition
Australian Jewish News, 17 September 2025
Bayside City Council in Melbourne’s south-east has become the second Victorian local council to formally commit to recognising and addressing antisemitism at its meeting on Tuesday night. [Read Article]
Fiji inaugurates embassy in Israel’s capital of Jerusalem
Jewish News Syndicate, 17 September 2025
The South Pacific country of Fiji inaugurated its embassy in Jerusalem on Wednesday, becoming the seventh nation to have its diplomatic mission in the capital of Israel. [Read Article]
Groundbreaking ‘biological glue’ invented by Israeli scientists could replace need for stitches in surgery, saving millions of lives
All Israel News, 25 October 2025
A team of Israeli scientists is behind a groundbreaking invention that could change everything about the way surgery is performed and could potentially save millions of lives. [Read Article]
New Israeli artificial cornea implanted for first time, no donor needed
World Israel News, 4 November 2025
A new kind of artificial cornea invented in Israel was implanted Thursday for the first time in the country in a patient who had previously undergone three transplants from human donors without success. The minimally invasive procedure, which takes 30 to 40 minutes, was performed at Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot. [Read Article]
World’s first robotic closed abdominal surgery on pregnant patient performed in Israel
All Israel News, 15 November 2025
The Rabin Medical Center near Tel Aviv announced on Thursday that it had performed the world’s first robotic closed abdominal surgery on a pregnant patient. Tsofiya Leibovich (23) gave birth to a girl just weeks after the successful surgery was completed. Known as laparoscopy, the closed abdominal surgery is described by the Cleveland Clinic as a “minimally invasive procedure that looks inside your stomach or pelvis.” [Read Article]
Meriam’s song: How Israeli innovation is helping to save the Great Barrier Reef
All Israel News, 15 November 2025
Shelly Bengiat, founder and chairwoman of Coralz Envirotech Education Group, walked into a church “by accident” and changed her whole approach to the marine conservation work she has dedicated her life to. [Read Article]
After protest at synagogue, Mamdani says Israel immigration event misused ‘sacred space’
The Times of Israel, 21 November 2025
Zohran Mamdani, New York City’s mayor-elect, has responded to a protest targeting an event promoting immigration to Israel at an Upper East Side synagogue, suggesting that the event was an inappropriate use of a “sacred space.” [Read Article]
‘Means more than any medal’: UK coach runs global marathons in memory of Bibas family
Ynet News, 10 August 2025
Yoel Levy, a UK-based fitness coach and social media influencer, is running marathons worldwide to honor the Bibas family and raise awareness about their story. [Read Article]
Italian Jewish Medical Association demands action after hospital staff film anti-Israel Teva drug disposal
Ynet News, 21 August 2025
A senior member of the Italian Jewish Medical Association has called for immediate disciplinary action against two medical workers who filmed themselves discarding Israeli pharmaceutical products, saying the incident reflects a broader antisemitic climate spreading across European institutions. [Read Article]
New wave: Israeli startup turns sea power into energy at Los Angeles port and beyond
The Times of Israel, 31 August 2025
SAN PEDRO, United States (AFP) — Floating blue paddles dance on the waves that lap a dock in the Port of Los Angeles, silently converting the power of the sea into useable electricity. [Read Article]
‘Jewish Fitness Coach’ runs marathon as Batman
Australian Jewish News, 4 September 2025
UK-based Levy, who combines fitness with activism under the name The Jewish Fitness Coach on social media, ran the entire Sydney Marathon dressed as Batman in honour of Ariel and Kfir Bibas and their mother Shiri. He carried an image of the young brothers and he also ran with them as his screen saver to motivate him throughout the race. [Read Article]
Macron recognizes ‘Palestine’ – and buries France
Israel National News, 9 September 2025
Two weeks. That’s all it took between Macron’s grandiloquent announcement — “France recognizes the State of Palestine!” — and the implosion of his own government. Proof that when you play firefighter-arsonist in the Middle East, you end up burning down your own house. [Read Article]
In a world breakthrough, Israeli researchers grow first long-term human kidney in lab
The Times of Israel, 5 August 2025
In a world first, researchers from Sheba Medical Center and Tel Aviv University have successfully grown human kidney organoids – a synthetic 3D organ culture – using kidney tissue stem cells. [Read Article]
In world 1st bid to cure paralysis, Israeli team gears up to implant innovative spinal cord
The Times of Israel, 21 August 2025
The world’s first-ever spinal cord implant into a paralyzed patient will be performed in Israel in the coming weeks. [Read Article]
Small but significant: Ancient Egyptian coin reshapes view of Jerusalem between Temple periods
All Israel News, 21 August 2025
An ancient gold coin featuring Egyptian Queen Berenice II has been discovered in Jerusalem’s City of David excavations, causing much excitement among experts. The rare coin is small in size, but significant in shaping the way historians understand the city of Jerusalem following the destruction of the First Temple. [Read Article]
Germany: Palestinian state recognition now is ‘counterproductive’
Jewish News Syndicate, 22 August 2025
Berlin has no immediate plans to recognize a Palestinian state, a German government spokesperson declared on Friday, calling such a move at this stage “counterproductive.” [Read Article]
Building E1 between Jerusalem, Ma’aleh Adumim is critical for Israel’s future – opinion
The Jerusalem Post, 22 August 2025
There are six key reasons why building E1 is key for the future of Jerusalem, Israel’s security, and diplomatic sanity. E1 begins on the eastern slopes of the Mount of Olives and runs along the road towards Ma’aleh Adumim. Every Israeli prime minister since Yitzhak Rabin has planned and promised to build there for salient reasons: municipal and strategic imperatives that only have grown with time. [Read Article]
by Richard
I am always on the lookout for news items that I think are prophetically significant. Yesterday I came across the following insight by Nicholas Sheppard on the Sky News Australia site.
This article reminded me of what the prophet Daniel wrote:
Daniel 11:39
“Thus he shall act against the strongest fortresses with a foreign god, which he shall acknowledge, and advance its glory; and he shall cause them to rule over many, and divide the land for gain.
It was an eye opener to read that the dividing of the land that the Lord God Almighty gave to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob/Israel has been centralised into the hands of a single politician.
The time is getting very late indeed.
Note: If the link above no longer works, please go to the All Israel News website (https://skynews.com.au/) and search for “Next US Democrat President” into their search engine.
Written by: Howard Bass
Date: 8 August, 2025
“The war of 22 months already remains the quandary that it has been from the beginning. If it weren’t for the faithfulness of YHVH God to His covenants, and His total sovereignty over the whole world, we would be in total despair. If evolution, as generally understood, were true, there would be absolutely no hope …”
Note: If the link above no longer works, please go to the All Israel News website (https://allisraelnews.com/) and insert the title of this article into their search engine.
Israel’s most advanced communications satellite successfully launched by SpaceX
The Times of Israel, 13 July 2025
Israel’s most advanced communications satellite, dubbed Dror-1, was successfully launched into space from Cape Canaveral in the United States on Sunday. [Read Article]
In wartime innovation, researchers develop artificial skin to help burn victims
The Times of Israel, 14 July 2025
Driven by the war and the surging number of soldiers and civilians suffering from severe burns, researchers from Tel Aviv University and Sheba Tel Hashomer Medical Center say they have developed a unique bioengineered skin to use for grafting in burn victims. [Read Article]
‘Money that can expire’: RBA laying groundwork for a dystopian financial reality where ‘money is given a brain and then the switch is handed to someone else’
Sky News Australia, 21 July 2025
Something is happening to money. Not the kind of change you notice right away. The kind that takes shape quietly, in boardrooms and briefing notes. [Read Article]
First-ever ancient blade manufacturing workshop uncovered in southern Israel
i24 News, 28 July 2025
The Israel Antiquities Authority has uncovered an ancient blade manufacturing site, along with the flint cores from which the blades were once made, in an archeological excavation conducted ahead of the construction of a new neighborhood in the southern Israeli city Kiryat Gat. [Read Article]
‘Pure calculated theatre’: How Australia is killing cash while pretending to save it with ‘feel-good’ pledges to protect access to physical money
Sky News Australia, 29 July 2025
Australia’s regulators just unveiled their grand plan to slow the death of cash. New registries. Enhanced oversight. A $25.5 million lifeline to Armaguard, the country’s last cash carrier. [Read Article]
Arab League condemns Oct. 7, urges Hamas to disarm
World Israel News, 30 July 2025
The Arab League has issued its first-ever condemnation of the October 7 attacks, calling on Hamas to disarm and step aside from Palestinian leadership. [Read Article]
Reverse water carrier set to begin pumping into Sea of Galilee, three years after completion
allisraelnews, 30 July 2025
Three years after construction was completed and the reverse water carrier – designed to transfer desalinated water via the National Water Carrier to the Sea of Galilee – was inaugurated, the project is set to be activated for the first time this coming October, Kan News reported Tuesday. [Read Article]
Written by: Howard Bass
Date: 30 July, 2025
“Times and seasons have a way of stirring the memories, both personal and collective. Depending on what they may signify, the reactions and anticipations may vary among individuals or nations, or among those joined together through religion or faith. Below are some historical markers that are beginning to converge to draw attention to a watershed, perhaps. Both friend and foe are taking notice”.
Note: If the link above no longer works, please go to the All Israel News website (https://allisraelnews.com/) and insert the title of this article into their search engine.
