Michael Barclay

Please forgive me for not being more observant in sending updates, but actually being on the ground here in Israel makes the time difference even more confusing and challenging.

We learn from King Solomon in the Bible that one of the ways to determine the righteousness of a man is to see how he behaves toward people who cannot help him.

Shavuah tov from Israel. May this week bring the world truth and clarity, and the movement needed to achieve a lasting peace.

Initial reports indicate that U.S. forces struck Qeshm Island in southern Iran. Iran's IRNA news agency said field sources were conducting “initial

Shabbat Shalom ! We are back from Israel, and seemingly just in time given the news of the last 24 hours.

With the deaths of two American soldiers at a U.S. base in Jordan, and another soldier still missing

We returned from our almost three-week journey to Israel, and in the 24 hours that we have been back in California, many people have asked how it feels to be "back home." My answer has been the same to everyone: "California is where I live, but my home is Israel." My spiritual home, no matter where I may be living, is in the land of my ancestors and descendants, the Holy Land of Israel.

Each day is bringing an escalation in the Middle East , as Saturday night was the eighth consecutive night of attacks from both the U.S. and

The 11th consecutive night of attacks has passed, and Iran is still making threats , although it attacked fewer American bases last night.

After another night of attacks, there was a lot of rhetoric on Wednesday evening through Thursday morning and afternoon in the Middle East.