All Israel News and All Arab News now live from Jerusalem
DALLAS, Sept. 1, 2020 – Amid a year dominated by the COVID-19 crisis, unemployment, racial tensions and urban rioting across the United States, recent events are suddenly drawing the attention of many Americans back toward Israel and the Arab/Muslim world.
In response, Joel C. Rosenberg, a New York Times bestselling author of novels and nonfiction books about Israel and the Muslim world, announced today that he has hired a team of reporters, editors and web designers from Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Lebanon to help him launch two new websites – ALL ISRAEL NEWS (https://www.allisrael.com/) and ALL ARAB NEWS (https://allarab.news/).
”Interest in the Epicenter is spiking,” observed Rosenberg. “The problem is that so many Americans, especially the country’s 60 million Evangelicals, are increasingly unsure where to turn for credible, honest, fair coverage of Israel and the Middle East, much less insightful commentary and analysis from an evangelical and biblical worldview.”
In August alone, a number of key events related to Israel and the Middle East became headline news, including:
a historic peace agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates – the first Arab-Israeli peace deal in more than 25 years;
the horrific, devastating explosion in Beirut that left hundreds dead and wounded and some 300,000 people homeless; and
the battle between U.S. political parties to define themselves as more “pro-Israel” than the other and more capable of dealing with the threats in the Middle East.
”People are constantly asking me, ‘What do you read and whom do you trust to really understand what’s going on in the Epicenter and why it matters?’” Rosenberg noted. “I find so many people are understandably turned off by the mainstream media these days, despite the remnant of some excellent, honest reporters still providing objective coverage. But there is so much bias – even extreme media bias – against Christians, Jews and Muslims, and particularly against the State of Israel. I decided I had to make a choice: get mad or try to make a difference.”
A 53-year old Evangelical from a Jewish background on his father’s side, Rosenberg moved with his family to Israel in 2014 and became a dual U.S.-Israeli citizen. He currently lives in Jerusalem, where the websites are based.
“We will provide exclusive interviews, proprietary polling, original reporting, fresh and insightful commentary and analysis, as well as links aggregating the most interesting and important news of the day from Israeli, Arab, regional and other credible news sources,” Rosenberg said. “We will also provide a voice for the voiceless in Israel and the Arab world who far too often feel ignored, mischaracterized or outright attacked by the mainstream media.”
Khalil Sayegh, a Palestinian Evangelical Christian, serves on the Advisory Board for ALL ARAB NEWS and as a senior correspondent. Born and raised in the Gaza Strip, he currently lives in the city of Ramallah, located in the heart of the Palestinian Authority.
“It’s important to launch ALL ARAB NEWS now because of the interesting and important events happening in the Arab world,” said Sayegh. “The region is going through unprecedented upheaval and transformation. The threat from extremists like the regime in Iran is growing. But so are the prospects for peace and expanded religious freedom. We want to provide all people – and especially the 600 million Evangelical Christians around the world – with interesting and trustworthy news and stories from a region going through explosive change.
“About a year ago, Joel approached me to discuss his idea of creating this website to serve as a source of credible news from the Middle East,” Sayegh added. “We discussed our disagreements regarding important theological and political matters. But we both agreed that ALL ARAB NEWS is an urgently needed project that can create an environment in which Arab writers, both Christian and Muslim, are at liberty to say what they really believe and not have to agree on everything. That’s one of the things that excites me about being involved.”
Rosenberg is a co-founder of Near East Media, the Virginia-based 501c3 non-profit Christian organization that oversees ALL ISRAEL NEWS and ALL ARAB NEWS. To finance the project, the organization is raising tax-deductible donations. The websites will also have paid advertising and sponsors.
In addition to bringing thousands of Evangelicals to Israel over the years for “prayer and vision” familiarization tours, Rosenberg has also led six historic and headline-making delegations of American Evangelical leaders to meet and open up ongoing dialogue with senior Arab Muslim leaders throughout the Middle East. These leaders include Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Jordan’s King Abdullah II, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and United Arab Emirates Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed, along with a wide range of Muslim clerics and Christian pastors and ministry leaders in the Arab world.
For additional information, visit ALL ISRAEL NEWS at https://www.allisrael.com/ and ALL ARAB NEWS at https://allarab.news/.
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