Radio Programmes
The Olive Tree programme is being broadcast on Premier radio nationally
on DAB every Sunday afternoon at 4.45pm.
You can listen to Premier Radio across the UK on DAB, on Sky Digital 0123,
on Freeview 725, or on line anywhere in the world at www.premier.org.uk
Each week we will load a new programme for you to listen to! Each programme
asks the simple question, 'What is God doing in Israel and the Palestinian
Areas today?' and the answers will be provided by believers living in the
Holy Land today, both Jews and Arabs, as well as from others who know the
situation well.
Below you will find a list of programmes that have already been broadcast,
to listen please click onto the programme of your choice.
Thanks for listening.
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Week 1 - Evan Thomas
Julia Fisher talks to Evan Thomas, a Messianic Jewish pastor in Netanya,
who has a great heart for reconciliation between Jewish and Arab believers.
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Week 2 - Labib Madanat
Julia Fisher talks to Labib Madanat, executive director of the work of the
Bible Society in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza. Himself an Arab Christian,
he works amongst both Jews and Palestinians.
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Week 3 - Evan Thomas
Julia Fisher talks to Evan Thomas, a Messianic Jewish pastor in Netanya.
In this programme he explains why so many Jewish people have returned to
Israel in the past 30 years in particular and asks, is this an act of God
or a political Zionist movement?
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Week 4 - Labib Madanat
Julia Fisher talks to Labib Madanat, a Jordanian, Palestinian, Arab Christian
living in Jerusalem. As executive director of the work of the Bible Society
in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza he works amongst both Jews and Palestinians.
Today he describes the heart attitude that is required for reconciliation.
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Week 5 - Belay Birlie
Julia Fisher talks to Belay Birlie, an Ethiopian Messianic Jewish pastor
living in Jerusalem. He describes the story of the Ethiopian Jews and how
they come to be living in Israel today.
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Week 6 - Schmuel Birlie
Julia Fisher talks to Schmuel Birlie, an Ethiopian Messianic Jew living
in Jerusalem. Formerly a drug addict, today Schmuel is a radical evangelist.
He shares his testimony and describes how he sees miracles happening in
Jerusalem today … a situation similar to the experience of the early believers
in Jerusalem 2000 years ago.
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Week 7 - Andreas Zorob
Julia Fisher talks to Andreas Jorob, a Palestinian Christian living in Bethlehem.
He helps run a centre for children and young people in Beit Jala called
Beit A’Liqa, an Arabic name meaning House of Meeting. In a place of conflict,
Beit A’Liqa aims to be a place where people can come and meet the living
God.
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Week 8 - Andreas Zorob
Julia Fisher talks further to Andreas Zorob, a Palestinian Christian living
in Bethlehem. He helps run a centre for children and young people in Beit
Jala called Beit A’Liqa, an Arabic name meaning House of Meeting. In a place
of conflict, Beit A’Liqa aims to be a place where people can come and meet
the living God. This week he tells the remarkable story of how this place
came to be built during an intifada.
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Week 9 - Paul Calvert
Julia Fisher talks to Paul Calvert, a young man from Cumbria now living
in Israel. He describes his life there today, working to bring young Jewish
and Palestinian children together, as well as working as a journalist presenting
a weekly radio programme broadcast in Bethlehem.
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Week 10 - Zvi Randelman
Julia Fisher talks to Zvi Randelman. Born into a Jewish family in America,
Zvi’s search for truth was long and tortuous. Eventually he came to faith
in Yeshua and today is director of a drug rehab centre in Jerusalem and
leader of a congregation comprised mainly of former drug addicts, both Jews
and Arabs.
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Week 11 - David Davis
Julia Fisher talks to David Davis. He used to be an actor and director on
Broadway. When he became a Christian several years ago, he visited Israel
and whilst in the Old City of Jerusalem met an Arab women with cancer. That
visit was to change the course of his life. Soon after, he met and married
Karen, who is Jewish, and 20 years ago they moved permanently to live in
Israel where they established a drug rehab centre in Haifa for Jews and
Arabs and later a congregation on Mount Carmel.
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Week 12 - Zvi Randelman
Julia Fisher talks again to Zvi Randelman. Born into a Jewish family in
America, Zvi’s search for truth was long and tortuous. Eventually he came
to faith in Yeshua and today is director of a drug rehab centre in Jerusalem
and leader of a congregation comprised mainly of former drug addicts, both
Jews and Arabs.
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Week 13 - Nihad Salman
Julia Fisher talks to Nihad Salman, pastor of an evangelical church in Bethlehem
where today less than 1% of the population are Christian. In this programme
he tells his story and despite the struggle, describes what he is seeing
God do in his congregation.
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Week 14 - Nihad Salman
Julia Fisher talks again to Nihad Salman, pastor of an evangelical church
in Bethlehem. On today’s programme, despite the economic and political tensions
in the West Bank, Nihad shares his belief that God is sending revival to
Israel and the West Bank!
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Week 15 - Peter Tsukahira
Julia Fisher talks to Peter Tsukahira, a Japanese American Israeli! Today
Peter lives in Haifa with his Jewish wife Rita and together they are part
of the leadership team of a congregation for both Jews and Arabs on Mount
Carmel. In this interview Peter shares why living in Israel and being part
of the first generation of believers to advance the Kingdom of God there
is so compelling to them.
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Week 16 - Rita Tsukahira
Julia Fisher talks to Rita Tsukahira, a Jewish believer who lives with her
husband Peter in Haifa in northern Israel. We heard from Peter on last week’s
programme. But this week we feature Rita’s story; and quite a story it is
because she’s running a shelter for women in crisis and the women coming
to her for shelter are mostly refugees from Sudan. How come?
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Week 17 - Ari & Shira Sorko Ram
Julia Fisher talks to Ari and Shira Sorko Ram, leaders of one of the oldest
Messianic congregations in Israel called Maoz. They look back on the past
40 years and describe how the numbers of believers in Israel has grown from
just a handful to over 10,000 in that time.
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Week 18 - Avi Schwartz
Julia Fisher talks to Avi Schwartz, a trumpeter from New York. He was born
into a Jewish family and lived for many years in Mexico before moving to
Israel, where for the past 4 years he's lived in Arad in the south of the
country bordering on the Negev desert. Avi's story gives us Christians an
insight into how many Jewish people view us and therefore the person of
Jesus.
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Week 19 - David Brickner
Julia Fisher talks to David Brickner, executive director of Jews for Jesus,
about their latest campaign in Israel.
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Week 20 - Joseph Haddad
Julia Fisher talks to Joseph Haddad, Lebanese pastor in northern Israel.
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Week 21 - Ronit & Tom Bender
Julia Fisher talks to Ronit & Tom Bender; she is Jewish and born in
Israel, he was originally from America. It is a story of tragedy, finding
love and reconciliation; the story of a Jewish girl and a gentile boy now
living in northern Israel working amongst both Jews and Arabs.
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Week 22 - Azar Ajaz
Julia Fisher talks to Azar Ajaz, an Israeli Arab brought up and living in
Nazareth. Married with three sons, he is Dean of Students at the Nazareth
Evangelical Theological Seminary (NETS) and passionate about training the
next generation of Christian leaders in Israel … both Arabs and Jews.
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Week 23 - Azar Ajaz
Julia Fisher talks to Azar Ajaz, an Israeli Arab brought up and living in
Nazareth. Married with three sons, he is Dean of Students at the Nazareth
Evangelical Theological Seminary (NETS) and passionate about training the
next generation of Christian leaders in Israel … both Arabs and Jews.
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Week 24 - Zaher Haddad
Julia Fisher talks to Zaher Haddad. A Christian Arab, he was born and brought
up in Nazareth. Today he has two jobs, as well as being a PE teacher he
is also the General Secretary of the Fellowship of Christian Students in
Israel, working with both Jewish and Arab students.
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Week 25 - Jack Sara
Julia Fisher talks to Jack Sara, a Palestinian who was born in the Old City
of Jerusalem. As a young man he found himself on the wrong side of the law
and ended up in an Israeli prison for a time. Soon after he became a Christian
and now is the pastor of a vibrant growing church with a vision to take
the gospel into the heart of the West Bank to people who have never heard
about Jesus.
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Interview with Northsound
Interview about Israel
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To build bridges of understanding and support, in a spirit of reconciliation, between believers (both Jewish and Arab) in the Holy Land (Israel and the Palestinian Areas) and Christians worldwide.
