Israel Harel was born to a secular Jewish family who came as pioneers to the Land of Israel in the early 20th century. Israel heard the Gospel for the first time as a hippie in the early seventies. Not wanting anybody to tell him what to do, he ran away from God for six years. After living homeless in the streets and spending two and a half years in a mental hospital, Israel finally gave himself up and surrendered to Jesus, who did a great work of healing in Israel’s life. He came back to Israel and helped pioneer many Evangelistic works around the country. He has also reached out to lost people for the Lord in South Africa and the US. After serving in foreign lands for ten years he came back to Israel. He pastored and led the work of starting a new Hebrew speaking Messianic congregation in the Jezreel Valley (Armageddon) in northern Israel. Israel has used his teaching and speaking gifts in many parts of the world. He is married to Shlomit and has three sons and five grandchildren.