ICEJ Canada Co-Hosts Actor Nathaniel Buzolic at a Pro-Israel Rally
ICEJ-Canada national director Donna Holbrook and her team recently co-hosted a rally in Toronto with Friends of JNF-Canada which was headlined by Australian and Hollywood actor Nathaniel Buzolic, who has become an outspoken Christian supporter of Israel on social media.
Nate Buzz, as he is known by millions on social media, has become a prominent voice in the Christian Zionist movement, calling on Christians worldwide to stand with Israel. The popular actor is co-founder of Rova Media—an initiative launched after the October 7 massacres to combat antisemitism and misinformation about Israel. Wanting authenticity in his reporting, he has gone beyond visiting just Israel but also has spent time in Gaza. His global advocacy videos have accumulated over 50 million views. And in May 2024, he was selected as the first non-Israeli, non-Jew to light a torch on Israel’s Independence Day.
At the Toronto rally, Nate spoke passionately and unapologetically about how Christians must take our Biblical stand with Israel and our Jewish friends. Nate also shared about his life journey to befriending Israel… from being abandoned by his father at age two, to his Croatian-Egyptian mother, and how he grew up not knowing anyone Jewish, just Arab Muslims. Nate went searching to fill a deep void in his heart, which led him to the unsafe territory of Iraq, where God met him and eventually led him to Israel and the Jewish side he did not yet know.
The mixed Jewish-Christian audience included a large number of young Israelis living in Toronto who were encouraged by his Christian activism for Israel and the Jewish people.
“The venue was a well-known Pentecostal church but that night it had a majority attendance from our Toronto Jewish community”, said Donna Holbrook. “Many of them had never been in a church before, but they know of our support and friendship. The evening filled our Jewish friends with hope, knowing that they are not alone.”
