Author: John Abdalla

By John Abdalla — Israel was playing chess, Somaliland, checkers, and they both win. A day after Christmas, Israel recognized Somaliland’s independence after the northwestern breakoff nation fought 30 years to separate from it trouble-plagued, terrorist-riven southern half that neglects and oppresses the northern half. King me! said Somaliland. Israel is the first UN member to do so. In so doing, Israel gained another signer to the peace-promoting Abraham Accords and a military base 20 minutes away from Yemen, where the Houthis launched missiles against Tel Aviv. Israel’s chess move breaks the stranglehold of encirclement that the Axis of Resistance…

By John Abdalla — Santa came to Pakistan this Christmas, and who cares that he rode on camels instead of his usual sleigh with reindeer. He came to PAKISTAN without fear. For the first time in its 78 year history, the only nation in the world to be founded on an Islamic Constitution celebrated Christmas officially in 2025. In a coordinated display of the government’s support of Christians — often a persecuted minority in Pakistan — the Prime Minister, the President and the military’s Field Marshall all showed up and spoke at state-sponsored Christmas celebrations. It was even made a…

Brigitte Gabriel’s family built a bomb shelter, half paid for by the Lebanese government, because evil Israel, they were told, one day would bomb them. When 14 rockets blew her house, it was the Palestinians who launched them, not the Israelis. Allowed into Lebanon as refugees after the failed attempt to take over Jordan, the Palestinians tried to take over Lebanon and make it an Islamist base from which to attack Israel, says Brigitte, who was 10 years old at the time. “I was pinned under a wall while they were looking for me,” she recalls. “My father became deaf…

By John Abdalla — Despite being kicked out and disowned by his family, Enes Ovat of Australia abandoned Islam in pursuit of Jesus – a phenomenon on the rise. “Islam was never really under that pressure of scrutiny and questioning,” Enes says. “Now that the internet is here, I mean, the information is out there.” All kinds of information discredits Islam: the shadowy origins of the qur’anic text and the hadiths, the glaring lack of archaeological support, the absence of historical testimonies, the appalling and sexist treatment of women, the violence of those who claim to have the best interpretation…

By John Abdalla — But for a chocolate bar, Mohammad Massad might be a terrorist still. Born on the West Bank to Arabs, he got instilled continually the hatred towards Israel and the Jews. “Our heroes were not builders or scientists. They were martyrs, people who blew themselves up,” Mohammad said via translation. “In our culture, you weren’t raised to live for something. You were raised to die for something.” Even though he joined the fight to push Israelis into the sea, he never forgot the time when he was seven and an female IDF soldier gave him a chocolate.…

By John Abdalla — This is breaking news. Hit Christian pop artist Forrest Frank was showing his 2-year-old how to skateboard when he lost his balance and fell, smacking his back hard on the cement driveway of his house. He broke his L3 and L4 vertebrae. But there was no moping. From his bed, Frank recorded a single, playing instruments and singing in bed, “God’s got my back,” an upbeat jingle that cracks you up about a cracked back. If you’re looking for a Christian who exemplifies joy in hardship, it must be Frank. “Dads, this is your sign to…

By John Abdalla — First the Christians of Syria got massacred by the Islamist government, now the Druze. Israel bombed the Syrian military headquarters in Damascus, and near the presidential palace, to defend the Druze, allies to Israel. “The IDF, the Air Force and other forces are working to save our Druze brothers and eliminate the regime’s gangs,” Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said, per translation on newscast. Meanwhile, hundreds of Druze, citizens of Israel, poured across the northern border into Syria to help their kinsman fight the Islamists in power in Syria, that Westerners hoped — including Donald Trump –…

By John Abdalla – According to Antifa, they were just trying to protect trans kids from “hateful” Christians in Seattle. So on June 25, they threw balloons filled with urine at them. Then they threw Molotov cocktails at police. They beat up and bloodied Christians. After extremist mayor blamed the Christians for the violence (21 Antifa were arrested, 0 Christians, 1 police officer sent to hospital) and vowed to block permits for future Christian events, the FBI opened an investigation of violence targeting Christians. They might also investigate mob activities under the anti-organized crime RICO Act. The rioting exploded over…

By John Abdalla – A recent trip to Israel by Christian leaders in the Latino community is underscoring the failure of progressives to force Hispanics into their woke ideology, Pastor Samuel Rodriguez says. “There have been many attempts to engage Latino communities on the side of wokism, of cancel culture, Marxist, socialist worldview ideology,” said the leader of National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference. “This (trip will) build a fire wall against antisemitism.” Rodriguez visited Israel three months ago with 35 national leaders among Spanish-speaking Christians to show support for the rightful owners of the Holy Land, against a narrative that…

By John Abdalla — Philadelphia Eagles tight end Grant Calcaterra was saved by God turning his life around after getting baptized in college. “I had a big life change, I actually retired from football in college because I had a bunch of concussions,” Calcaterra says. Finding Jesus “helped me on my journey back to playing football. It (faith) is very important to me and I try to keep close to me.” Calcaterra is just one of a throng of Christians on the Super Bowl-winning team’s roster. They’ve been called the Birds of Pray. After baptism, he returned to football. He…