Good news from the Arab world

Israel Today have published a story which is heartening when most of the news from the Arab world is either bad or worse. They have picked this up from Ma'ariv. For those, like me, who wonder what Ma'ariv is. It is a Hebrew language evening paper, which is why I am not linking to their site! 

It seems that young Israeli Arab Christians are joining the IDF and are proud of it. The centre of this recruitment is Nazareth!

They see Israel as a bastion of freedom for Christians in the Middle East and one potential recruit has reminded the readers of Ma'ariv that Jesus and His disciples are Jewish. There are many Christians in the West who need to hear this, some, like me, to be encouraged and others who need to be ashamed and repent of their attitude to Israel.

These bold Christians have shamed their elders and so-called superiors in the Eastern Orthodox Church and earned the wrath of non-Christian Arab MKs (Members of the Knesset - equivalent to MPs).

You can read the full article here. 
It's worth reading and it's worth sharing.

More apartheid behaviour from racist Israel! Not.

IDF engineers have been active in the fields around Bethlehem. The birthplace of Jesus is now considered to be part of Arab Palestinian territory so what are Israeli troops doing deploying military equipment and troops so close to a civilian area and causing explosions? Israel Today has the answer.

It seems the IDF is finding and destroying Jordanian landmines with the object of clearing useful farmland and returning land to its rightful owners for the use of the village.

Is this a fiendishly clever and diabolical ruse to keep Israeli troops in the West Bank? Or could it be yet another example of Israel's desire to live in peace and harmony with its Arab neighbours?

You decide.

The prophet Ezekiel foresaw today's situation and wrote:

Ezekiel 47:21-23

²¹ “So you shall divide this land among you according to the tribes of Israel. ²² You shall allot it as an inheritance for yourselves and for the sojourners who reside among you and have had children among you. They shall be to you as native-born children of Israel. With you they shall be allotted an inheritance among the tribes of Israel. ²³ In whatever tribe the sojourner resides, there you shall assign him his inheritance, declares the Lord God.



English Standard Version (ESV)