Panoramic view of Tel Aviv

Listen to AFI Director Simon McIlwaine interviewed by Tovia Singer on Israel National Radio, 25 Jan 2006. (24 mins.)


January, 2006

The red carpet

Thursday, January 19th, 2006

by Angela Bertz
The last phone call Izzedine al-Masri ever made to his family was to tell them he was spending the night away from home. Izzedine was thousands of miles away from the bright lights of Hollywood and his “tragic” tale was very much the stuff, of what the New York Times would describe as […]

Brave Muslims Take Stand Against Terror

Wednesday, January 18th, 2006

by Nonie Darwish, FrontPageMagazine
While the West is still debating its political correctness and sensitivity towards Islamists and terror suspects in the West, a few courageous Arabs have started a dialogue exposing radical Islamists and the devastating effects of their Fatwas on their culture, child rearing, women’s rights and political tyranny in Muslim society. In some […]

The trials of Abu Hamza

Monday, January 16th, 2006

by Denis MacEoin
Anyone who has been following the Old Bailey trial of Abu Hamza al-Masri, the radical Muslim preacher accused of incitement to hatred and murder, will have been appalled by the extremism of his remarks on just about everything, from Jews to wine-shop owners. It is already obvious that he does not represent the […]

Iran’s anti-gay pogrom

Thursday, January 12th, 2006

More alarming news comes from Iran with this report from In These Times:
The Islamic Republic of Iran–under the new government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad–is engaged in a major anti-homosexual pogrom targeting gays and gay sex. This campaign includes Internet entrapment, blackmail to force arrested gays to inform on others, torture and executions of those found […]

A wonderful message of hope and reconciliation

Wednesday, January 11th, 2006

This article, due to be published in the UK’s Catholic Times, was written by Peter Kearney, Director of the Scottish Catholic Press and Media Office. He was a member of a group of Christian journalists that the British Israel Group were asked to meet, and their members, Israel and Pauline Ziderman graciously hosted them […]

AFI joins protest at Iranian embassy

Tuesday, January 10th, 2006

The recent comments by the Iranian president have provoked widespread condemnation and protest. AFI and other Christians joined a demonstration at the Iranian embassy in London last week.
From EJP News:
Protesters brave cold at Iranian embassy
by Jonny Paul
A crowd of more than 200 people braved freezing temperatures to attend a second protest outside the Iranian […]