HARD FACTS THAT ‘FRIENDLY’ GOVERNMENTS ARE IGNORING
ISRAEL HAS NO ‘PEACE PARTNER’
President Biden, in his election year, and Britain’s Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron, repeatedly express their desire for Israel to accept a two-state ‘solution’.
Israel is not against two peoples living in peace side by side, according to government spokesman Eylon Levy in January, but the Palestinian Authority’s own polls show that 70% of its population supported Hamas terrorists’ vicious attacks on 7 October.
Meanwhile the IDF (Israel Defence Force) hasfound massive weapons caches in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) and it was estimated that they were intercepting three terrorist attacks per day.
ISRAEL KILLS FEWER CIVILIANS THAN ANY OTHER NATION
South Africa and protesters in London, who have been absorbing the media’s war coverage, claim that Israel is committing ‘genocide’ in Gaza.
However, Col Richard Kemp, formerly head of British forces in Afghanistan, states that Israel is doing very well at a ratio of civilian to combatant of 1.5:1. The UN says the global average is 9:1 in urban warfare. This is based on the figure of 23,000 reported dead by the Hamas-run Ministry of Health, all of whom are apparently civilians. But the IDF says that 9,000 terrorists have been killed, giving the statistic of 1.5:1.
Col Kemp added that Israel is not fighting an ordinary army, but a terrorist organisation bent on killing as many Israelis as possible, that does not care if its own people die.
GAZA IS MODERN AND BEAUTIFUL
Gaza is seen as a backward area, the “most densely populated in the world” which has been under Israeli “siege” for years. In fact, Israel handed over control to the Palestinians in 2005.
under homes and hospitals (Credit: IDF via YouTube)
Moreover, Gaza is “a modern, beautiful and developed city, with large, well-equipped houses, wide boulevards, public spaces, a promenade by the sea and parks”, according to reserve IDF soldier Roy Yanovski, returning after 100 days of military service. “If it’s a siege, let me live in a siege! The houses are bursting with goods and food from all over the Middle East, the latest furniture and advanced electrical equipment.
“There is absolutely no shortage of wealth in Gaza. Most of the houses I’ve been in were much bigger than my Tel Aviv apartment. The sentence, ‘If only they had a chance for a good life, they wouldn’t fight in Israel’ is simply not relevant to Gaza.”
UK TAXPAYERS FUNDED THE TERROR TUNNELS
British and EU aid money to the Palestinians has funded a tunnel system even larger than thought. In January it was reported that the ‘Gaza metro’ is 450 miles long – bigger than the whole London Underground.
HOSTAGES’ STORIES
Those hostages who were held for 55 days before being released in the ceasefire window of 23-30 November have been sharing their stories
“PSALM 27 SUSTAINED ME”
Before Sapir Cohen went to the music festival on 7 October, Psalm 27 had been on her mind and she prayed it daily. This puzzled her because it speaks of victory over enemies and includes: “I would have lost heart, unless I believed that I would see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living” (Psalm 27:13).
Her partner, whom she has not seen since 7 October when Hamas attacked the festival, had had an uneasy feeling about going. Sapir had persisted, resulting in both being seized and taken to Gaza. She continued to pray Psalm 27 in her mind and one captor told her: “You are my enemy, but with you there is light”.
WHY THE CHILDREN HAD TO BE SILENT
After Yoni Asher’s wife and two little daughters were released, the traumatised girls continued to speak in whispers. Their mother revealed that the Palestinian family guarding them in an apartment had insisted they were very quiet. However, it was not for fear of discovery by the Israelis. Their captors were nervous that, if discovered, the little family would be lynched by the mob outside.
When hostages were freed, TV footage showed Gazans swarming round and hitting the Red Cross vehicles transporting them.
“INNOCENT PEOPLE ARE STILL KEPT WITHOUT WATER, FOOD OR MEDICINES”
Yagil Yaakov, age 13, hopes to be reunited with his father, Yair, who is still held captive. After being released with his brother Or, 16, Yagil told All Israel News that he no longer trusted the government, or Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security service. “People who did nothing are being kept without water, food, medicine, their families, a phone or electricity. They are scared every day.”
WAR WITH HEZBOLLAH?
Iran is using its terror proxies to tie Israel’s hands as a way of protecting its nuclear weapons programme. “The mullahs in Tehran hope to exhaust both Israel and the West, and they also hope to influence November’s US election”, according to Mike Evans of the Jerusalem Prayer Team. “Above all, they are trying to stall any action against their nuclear programme until they can complete their deal with Russia to have a shield Israel will not be able to attack. Any day they could order an attack from the north, telling Hezbollah to use the 150,000 missiles and 100,000 terrorists in a strike on Israel that would leave half the nation living in bomb shelters.”
Hezbollah failed to join Hamas on 7 October, according to former Vice President Mike Pence. After an intelligence briefing, Pence told Joel Rosenberg that the plan had been to cut Israel in half with attacks from Lebanon in the north and Gaza in the south.
SOME GOOD NEWS….
Israel is praying…
The biggest concert ever held in Israel took place on 28 December, 2023, ending with a mass prayer for the return of the hostages held by Hamas in Gaza.
David Soakell of Christian Friends of Israel reports that 1,000 musicians came to the Caesarea amphitheatre and the audience included
families of the hostages.