Joel C. Rosenberg (born April 17, 1967) is an American-Israeli evangelical Christian, communications strategist, author, and non-profit executive.
[4] He has written sixteen novels about terrorism and Bible prophecy, including the Gold Medallion Book Award-winner The Ezekiel Option.
[13] His second non-fiction book Inside the Revolution addresses the different sects of Islam in the Middle East and asserts that a significant number of moderate Muslims are converting to Christianity in the region.
[17] Rosenberg is the founder and president of The Joshua Fund, a Christian Zionist organisation[18] launched in 2006, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit charity[19] that seeks to "Bless Israel and her neighbors in the name of Jesus, according to Genesis 12:1-3.
"[20] The Joshua Fund invested more than $50 million in Christian ministries and humanitarian relief projects in various countries, including Israel, Palestinian territories, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt.
[21] Media Matters for America, a progressive media watchdog group, criticized Rosenberg's July 31, 2006, Paula Zahn Now CNN appearance that "featured a segment on 'whether the crisis in the Middle East is actually a prelude to the end of the world,' marking the third time in eight days that CNN has devoted airtime to those claiming that the ongoing Mideast violence signals the coming of the Apocalypse.