Over a million Americans join the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews’ ‘Flags of Fellowship’ campaign to honor October 7 victims and stand with Israel.
In a breathtaking display of solidarity and faith, the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ) has launched the second annual “Flags of Fellowship” campaign, now the largest pro-Israel remembrance movement in U.S. history.
From October 2–8, more than 1,300 churches, synagogues, and universities across all 50 U.S. states joined together to plant over 1.5 million Israeli flags, each one symbolizing unity, resilience, and the unbreakable bond between Jews and Christians. Every participating institution created a field of 1,200 flags—each representing one of the 1,200 innocent lives lost during the October 7, 2023 Hamas massacre.
The campaign began with a deeply emotional ceremony at Kibbutz Nir Oz, one of the communities hardest hit by Hamas terrorists, where nearly a quarter of residents were murdered or kidnapped. The first 1,200 flags were planted there, transforming a site of horror into a field of remembrance and renewal.
“Every one of these 1.5 million flags carries a simple and sacred truth: Am Yisrael is not alone,” said Yael Eckstein, President and CEO of the IFCJ. “Across America, people of faith stand shoulder to shoulder with Israel. Each flag honors the lives stolen on October 7th, but it also proclaims that love, faith, and fellowship are stronger than hate.”
The movement’s central event, held on October 5th at World Outreach Church in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, drew more than 10,000 pro-Israel Christians. Pastor Allen Jackson declared, “As Christians, we carry a sacred responsibility to bless Israel and the Jewish people and to stand against evil in all its forms. Planting these flags is our way to remember, to pray, and to take a moral stand for the peace of Jerusalem.”
Since the Hamas attacks, the IFCJ has invested over $10 million in programs combating antisemitism and training Christian leaders to advocate for Israel. This campaign, Eckstein said, is “a message to every Jew—you are seen, you are remembered, you are not alone. Standing with Israel is not only solidarity—it is conscience, faith, and light in a dark world.”
Among those who attended the Israeli ceremony was Nir Metzger of Nir Oz, whose father was murdered in Hamas captivity and whose mother was later released from Gaza. “There’s no guidebook for rebuilding life after something like this,” Metzger shared. “But we came back to Nir Oz—to prove that hope can rise from ashes. Thanks to The Fellowship and millions around the world, we know we are not alone.”
As fields of blue and white rise from Tennessee to Tel Aviv, ‘Flags of Fellowship’ has become more than a remembrance—it’s a movement of moral clarity, a global declaration that Israel’s friends will never be silent again.
