Teri Kempe
Teri served as a missionary volunteer in Fiji from 2013–2019, during which time she was introduced to the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ). She has visited Israel seven times, including in 2023, departing Israel on October 7 and experiencing the beginnings of the Israel-Hamas war. She volunteered with ICEJ-Australia.
Articles by Teri Kempe:
13 September 2024
4 MINS
Hamas wants a ceasefire, but only on its terms. If Hamas laid down its arms, there would be no more war. If Israel laid down its arms, there would be no more Israel. If Israel withdraws, Hamas will redouble its efforts to destroy Israel. This will not bring peace to Israel.
12 September 2024
3 MINS
Horses have long been known to initiate sweet exchanges with those they sense are in need of comfort. Traumatised or disabled children have shown unimaginable progress after interacting with a horse sensitive to their needs.
6 August 2024
5.2 MINS
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a historic fourth appearance to address the US Congress in Washington DC to appeal Israel’s case to an international audience.
5 August 2024
4.3 MINS
The pinpoint precision of Israel’s attacks on leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah is breathtaking. If Iran thought Israel had failed in its military intelligence over the October 7 massacre, they must be re-assessing after these two incredible strikes.
30 July 2024
4.8 MINS
It is deeply concerning that the learned judges on the ICJ have sullied their reputations once again by making a biased and discriminatory Advisory Opinion on Israel.
29 July 2024
3.9 MINS
What a tangled web we weave when we don’t know what we believe. Watching Prime Minister Anthony Albanese do verbal cartwheels would be funny if it didn’t have such serious consequences.
26 July 2024
4.1 MINS
We live in a world where the facts matter, and should matter. If you repeat things without bothering to check if they are true, you are helping to make a world where lies and truth are easier to confuse.
25 June 2024
4.5 MINS
Josh Frydenberg, the former Treasurer of Australia, is a proud Australian and proud Jew. Feeling deeply the effects of antisemitism in his own life, he has produced an outstanding video calling out Antisemitism for what it is – one of the most deep-seated hatreds in the world today.
12 June 2024
4.3 MINS
Tim Costello, former CEO of World Vision and chief advocate for the Alliance for Gambling Reform, claims to have reached a personal crisis. His opinion piece is titled: “I am a Christian but my tribe supports Trump, I feel like I no longer belong.”
7 June 2024
4.2 MINS
Our universities have become unsafe for Jewish students, while Jewish businesspeople have had their shops graffitied and trashed. The Prime Minister’s office in Marrickville has been unoccupied since January because of continuous pro-Palestinian protests. Why is this tolerated?
6 June 2024
4.8 MINS
In a speech to a parliamentary session of his Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the capital of Ankara, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan denounced Israel’s ground campaign in Rafah, while also attacking the United Nations.
4 June 2024
4.6 MINS
In the name of free speech and academic license, woke ideology has infected our universities' hierarchies. This explains why violent and disruptive protests in support of the terror organisation Hamas meet with very little resistance.
31 May 2024
3.9 MINS
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has requested arrest warrants for the PM and Deputy PM of Israel, as well as three Hamas leaders. That the highest court in the world has equated the leaders of the terrorist group Hamas with the elected leaders of Israel is an outrage.
9 May 2024
3.8 MINS
All our vain posturing, criticism, and attempts to stem the rising tide of social problems actually have a solution — so simple, it’s easy to miss. Instead of trying to address the results, the only real solution will be found when we address the source.
6 May 2024
3.1 MINS
Let us focus our attention on Jesus as both human and God with us (“Emmanuel”), and that this is the very foundation of our faith.
22 April 2024
3.9 MINS
Supporting Israel does not mean supporting everything the government of Israel does. What it does mean is supporting the nation of Israel’s right to exist.
19 April 2024
4 MINS
How can we, individually and as a nation, protect ourselves from the insidious invasion of termites in our government, media and other aspects of our society?
10 April 2024
2.6 MINS
On the 75th Anniversary of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Pontiff of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, has published a major document entitled “Dignitas Infinita” or “Infinite Dignity”.
8 April 2024
2.2 MINS
The IPA points out that the federal government's bill will create fact-checkers empowered by law to censor online opinion to the satisfaction of an opaque government body or the Minister herself.
5 April 2024
4.8 MINS
“Free Palestine! Free Palestine! From the River to the Sea, Palestinians shall be free!” What does this mean? So the Palestinians, currently living in Judea, Samaria and Gaza, take possession of what is Israel and call it Palestine. Imagine, if you can, how it would function.





