Pastor Jay Bailey of Solid Rock Church in Columbus is concerned about Israel and the Jewish people. “We are living in a very urgent time,” he said this week. “Antisemitism is growing everywhere, especially on college campuses. We saw growth in the 30s and 40s. It culminated in the Holocaust and six million Jews died.”

Of Israel, he said, “It has a population of about eight million and is surrounded by 600 million Arabs, many of whom, are hostile toward Israel.”

He called it a “tense situation.”

Bailey has made three visits to Israel, his latest was in December on a trip organized by Christians United for Israel, the largest pro-Israel organization in the United States.

The mission of the organization, founded by John Hagee, is providing a national association through which every pro-Israel church, parachurch organization, ministry or individual in America can speak and act with one voice in support of Israel.

Bailey said in six years the organization has grown to about a million members. The growth, he said, is almost “supernatural.”

Bailey, 48, a native of Jamaica and graduate of the University of Georgia, is in his ninth year at Solid Rock and his third year as director for Christians United for Israel in Georgia. Read more.

US president, Israeli prime minister to meet in White House on March 5th against backdrop of reports on possible Iran strike; Bibi to arrive in Washington next month for AIPAC conference

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet US President Barack Obama in Washington on March 5th, the White House announced Monday.

The meeting between the two leaders will take place against the backdrop of a flurry of reports about the possibility of a military strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities.

The president’s national security advisor, Tom Donilon, presented Netanyahu with an invitation on behalf of Obama in a meeting in Jerusalem. THe prime minister is scheduled to travel to the American capital early next month in order to appear at AIPAC’s annual conference. Read more.