Pareve

Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison created a lot of buzz when his government said it would recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Since that time, the zeal to acknowledge what other countries – most notably the United States – already have, has waned somewhat. For those unfamiliar with the term, pareve, means a food that is neither meet […]

Christian-Jewish Coalition Urges Australia to Move Embassy to Jerusalem

The coalition – which includes organizations such as the International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem (ICEJ), Zionist Federation of Australia, Rabbinic Council of Australia and New Zealand and Bridges for Peace – authored a letter in which they outlined their reasoning for urging Morrison to take the step of relocating the embassy as soon as is practicable. “Jerusalem is Israel’s seat of government, and the location of the nation’s parliament, ministerial offices, supreme court, and the official residences of the president and prime minister,” the letter stated. “When government officials visit Israel, they meet in Jerusalem, when foreign ambassadors present their credentials in Israel, they do so in Jerusalem,” it added.