Occasionally I receive a phone call in Israel from some friend in another country with an urgent question: “Is it safe to come to Israel?” My wry response is usually: “I don’t know. I only live here.”
With the flooded sewage waters of MSM (main stream media) news sloshing over the world’s satellite dishes, it is next to impossible for people to get a clear sense of what is happening in the Land of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. This newsletter is an attempt to set the record straight, and to help intercessors for Israel and lovers of Zion to get an accurate grasp on fast-moving current events.
Two recent events in Israel are magnetizing world attention:
- Six Israeli Jewish hostages were brutally murdered at point-blank range (multiple shots to the head in each case) overnight Thursday (August 29-30) by Hamas jihadi terrorists in a 65-foot (20 meters) deep tunnel. IDF Special Operations Forces were directly above that area, reconnoitering and hoping to break into the rat’s warren of tunnels and rescue the hostages, who had been in cruel captivity for 328 days. IDF sensors buried in the earth above the tunnels picked up the sounds of pistol fire, but the IDF was not able to respond in time. The six bodies were found in the underground tunnel on Saturday afternoon and brought back to Israel for forensic identification and burial. Many in Israel are deeply grieved, for three different reasons: One, the tragedy of the murders; two, the lack of understanding of the inveterate and murderous evil that is Hamas; and third, due to the pervasive influence of the Stockholm Syndrome, some Israelis are looking for someone to blame – other than Hamas.
- An Israeli activist anti-government political consortium has been attempting to overthrow Israel’s legally elected government for some years. Cynically making use of Israeli anguish at the murder of these six hostages, they called for massive street demonstrations, blaming the current government and not Hamas for the jihadi murders, calling for ousting the government and a general country-wide strike. This last move was seen by many in the political and business spheres as a leftist electioneering ploy. The strike sputtered out in stages within eight hours. Nevertheless, world media continued to stress the apocalyptic nature of both events.
Israel has seen its share of jihadi terrorist attacks over the years. Three specific historical examples may help add some helpful context in processing these latest events.
One: Terrorists and wheelchairs
On May 20-21, 1985, a ‘hostage exchange’ was made: 3 IDF soldiers who had been taken prisoner in Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley at the June 10, 1982 Battle of Sultan Yacoub, were exchanged for 1,150 convicted Palestinian terrorists (see Boaz Ganor’s article: ‘Israel’s Policy in Extortionist Terror Attack: Abduction and Hostage Barricade Situations’). This trade became known as ‘The Jibril Agreement,’ named after PLO-breakaway terrorist leader Ahmed Jibril and his ‘Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command’ (PFLP-GC), who held the IDF soldiers hostage Jibril’s terrorists had headed up some deadly attacks on Israelis in their time, including the Avivim school bus massacre (1970), the bombing of Swissair Flight 330 (1970), the Kiryat Shmona massacre (1974) and the Night of the Gliders (1987).
In this prisoner exchange, Japanese terrorist Kozo Okamoto, one of the perpetrators of the Lod Airport Massacre in May 1972, was released. Ziyad al-Nakhalah, serving a life sentence, was released and later became the leader of Palestinian Islamic Jihad in September, 2018. On 23 January 2014, Nakhalah was designated a ‘Specially Designated Terrorist’ by the United States. Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, a wheel-chair bound Islamist sheikh, was also released; he soon became the spiritual leader of Hamas (1987 – 2004), and laid the spiritual foundations for its current Islamist terrorist activities. Many of the Palestinian prisoners released in this agreement later went on to form the backbone of the leadership of the ‘First Intifada,’ which broke out less than three years after the agreement.
- Caroline Glick notes that “Sheikh Yassin and the other jihadi terrorists transformed terrorism from a tactical nuisance into a strategic threat to the existence of Israel, leading waves of terror campaigns for the next two decades. The Jibril deal taught Israel’s enemies that Israeli hostages are their ace in the hole.”
Two: A nice Jewish boy whose mother was from Brooklyn
On October 9, 1994, Sergeant Nachshon Wachsman, an IDF solder, was returning home to his parents who lived in Ramot, Jerusalem. from an IDF training course in the north of Israel. He hitched a ride near Ben Gurion airport. The car which pulled over for him was driven by some men wearing Orthodox Jewish kippot (skullcaps). They were playing Hasidic music on the tape deck, and a Hebrew Bible and prayer book (siddur) were lying on the dashboard. Wachsman got in, concluding that this was a safe ride. Within a few seconds these Hamas terrorists (for that is what they were) grabbed and overpowered Nachshon, and then drove him up to the Arab village of Bir Nabala, barely ten minutes away from his parents’ home – a stone’s throw away from Gibeon (where King Solomon had received his prophetic dream; see 1 Kings 3:4-15). There he was held prisoner for six days. Mohammed Deif, recently commander of Hamas’ military wing until taken out by the IAF, was the mastermind of Wachsman’s kidnapping and murder.
Wachsman was a dual Israeli-American citizen. He was the third of Yehuda and Esther’s seven sons. Esther had been born in a German displaced persons’ camp just after WWII, and later immigrated to Israel from Brooklyn.
On Tuesday evening October 11, 1994, a Hamas video was released showing Wachsman, bound hand and foot, sitting in front of a keffiyeh-covered jihadi holding Wachsman’s Israeli ID. The Hamas terrorist read aloud Nachshon’s home address and ID number. Wachsman then spoke the words Hamas forced him to read: “I am Nachshon Wachsman. The group from Hamas kidnapped me. They are demanding the release of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and another 200 from Israeli prison. If their demands are not met, they will execute me on Friday at 8 P.M.” Wheelchair-ridden Yassin was Hamas’ leader, at that time imprisoned by Israel since 1989 for ordering Hamas operatives to kidnap Israeli soldiers inside Israel, to murder them and bury their bodies in a manner that would allow Hamas to negotiate the exchange of bodies for Hamas prisoners, who would then be released from jails in Israel.
Israel’s SHABAK (similar to FBI) soon captured Jihad Yarmur, the driver of the kidnapping vehicle and, during his interrogation, discovered the village and house where Wachsman was being held. Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin authorized a rescue attempt, to be led by Sayeret Matkal, Israel’s ‘Delta Force’ Special Operations Unit. Their attempted break-in was fatally delayed due to the explosive charge used, which was unsuitable for what turned out to be a solid steel door. During the agonizing delay, the Hamas terrorists shot Wachsman in the throat and chest at close range, and yelled out to the IDF commandos that they had just killed Wachsman. The also declared that they preferred death to surrender. Three of the five Hamas jihadis were killed in the brief but intense fire-fight, and two terrorists were taken prisoner. The 23-year-old Israeli leader of the Special Operations squad, Captain Nir Poraz, was killed and nine of his team were wounded.
In a news conference a few hours after the failed rescue attempt on October 14, 1994, PM Rabin, who had authorized the operation, took full responsibility for it and sent his condolences to the Wachsman and Poraz families. He stood by the rightness of his decision to attempt a military rescue: “I could not conceive that we would not do what I believe the State of Israel in its war against terror must do . . . Therefore, this is a policy of fighting terror to the bitter end.”
One week later, on Thursday, October 20, 1994, senior Hamas leader Imad Falouji declared that Hamas would continue fighting Israel until she withdraws from the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
The Hamas terrorist who had driven the kidnap-car, Jihad Yarmur, was convicted by an Israeli court of participating in the murder of Nachshon Wachsman. Yarmur was released in October, 2011 by Israel as one of the 1,027 Hamas prisoners exchanged for kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Shalit (along with now-infamous Hamas operative Yahya Sinwar). Yarmur continues to be heavily involved in Hamas fundraising and terror planning against Israel, which he conducts from his current home-base in Turkey.
Three: “The greatest significant victory for terrorism”
Early on June 25, 2006, at about 5:30 am, Palestinian terrorists from three jihadi groups – Hamas’ Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Popular Resistance Committees (a PLO Fatah spin-off), and Army of Islam (a Salafi jihadi group) – crossed into Israel from the Gaza Strip through a 300 meter-long tunnel near Kerem Shalom and attacked three sites, including a stationary Merkava Mark III IDF tank. Two of the tank crew were killed, a third was badly injured, while the fourth, Gilad Shalit, was wounded and taken from the tank at gunpoint. Two of the attacking Palestinian terrorists were killed. Shalit suffered a broken left hand and a light shoulder wound; the jihadis captured him and took him via a tunnel to an undisclosed location within the Gaza Strip.
Hamas’ initial demands, which included the release of all female and underage Palestinians as well as PLO arch-terrorist Marwan Barghouti, were not met. After more than five years (1,934 days) in captivity, on October 18, 2011, Shalit was released in a negotiated agreement. In exchange for his return to Israel, 1,027 Palestinian prisoners were released, many with much blood on their hands. According to Israeli government sources, these released prisoners had been collectively responsible for 569 Israeli deaths.
Opponents of this deal spoke out, warning that the releasing top Palestinian terrorists would result in the future deaths of many Israelis in renewed attacks. It would also increase Palestinian motivation to abduct more IDF soldiers. On January 6, 2010, Israeli analyst Dan Schueftan called the possible swap deal “the greatest significant win, the greatest significant victory for terrorism that Israel has made possible since its establishment.”
On October 17, 2011, Purdue University Professor of International Law Louis Rene Beres stated forcefully in the Jerusalem Post: “No modern government has the legal right to free terrorists in exchange for its own kidnapped citizens, military or civilian. Under long-standing international law, every state has a primary obligation to protect its citizens . . . Any such exchange, however humane to Shalit and his family, would imperil thousands of other Israelis.”
Three Israeli cabinet ministers – Avigdor Lieberman, Moshe Ya’alon, and Uzi Landau opposed the exchange. Landau stated that “this deal is a triumph for terror and it’s detrimental to Israel’s security and deterrence.”
Here is a select list of eleven terrorists released in October, 2011 as part of the full package of 1,027:
- Yahya Sinwar (4 life sentences) – took part in the kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers in 1989 and was sentenced to life in prison. Founder of the Hamas security apparatus in Gaza. His brother organized the abduction of Gilad Shalit in 2006
- Walid Abd al-Aziz Abd al-Hadi Anajas (36 life sentences) – took part in the execution of the Café Moment bombing (2002), the Hebrew University bombing (2002) and the Rishon LeZion bombing (2002)
- Nasir Sami Abd al-Razzaq Ali al-Nasser Yataima (29 life sentences) – convicted of planning the Passover Park Hotel massacre (2002) in which 30 civilians were killed and 140 were wounded
- Ahlam Tamimi (16 life sentences) – Assisted in the execution of the Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing (2001)
- Abd al-Hadi Rafa Ghanim (16 life sentences) – the surviving perpetrator of the Tel Aviv–Jerusalem bus 405 suicide attack in which Ghanim seized the steering wheel of a crowded Egged commuter bus line No. 405 and managed to pull the bus into a ravine in the area of Abu Ghosh. 16 civilians were killed in the attack
- Muhammad Waal Muhammad Douglas (15 life sentences) – took part in the execution of the Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing in Jerusalem (2001)
- Muhammad Taher Mahmud al-Qaram (15 life sentences) – directly involved in the planning and execution of a bus attack in Haifa in which 15 Israelis were killed
- Abd-Al-Aziz Muhammad Amar (4 life sentences) – took part in the execution of the Café Hillel bombing (2003)
- Mahmud Muhammad Ahmed Atwan (3 life sentences), Musa Daud Muhammad Akari (3 life sentences), and Majid Hassan Rajab Abu Qatish (3 life sentences) – militants that killed the Israeli policeman Nissim Toledano in 1992
- Muhammad Yussuf Hassan al-Sharatha (3 life sentences) – head of the militant squad that kidnapped and killed the Israeli soldiers Ilan Saadon and Avi Sasportas during the First Intifada
- Abd al-Aziz Yussuf Mustafa Salehi (1 life sentence) – participant in the 2000 Ramallah lynching who was iconically photographed displaying his blood-stained hands to the Palestinian mob after having beaten an Israeli soldier to death
In an October 13, 2011 article titled ‘Reflections: The Wachsman Kidnapping,’ op-ed journalist Gabe Kahn prophetically commented: “With Hamas promising more kidnappings in the wake of the Shalit deal, there is the possibility that more [Yoni] Netanyahus, [Nir] Porazs, and [Nachshon] Wachsmans are on Israel’s horizon.” Caroline Glick adds that “October 7 [2023] was born in October 2011 . . . where Yahya Sinwar rightly identified hostages as Israel’s soft underbelly.”
Former Director General of Israel’s Ministry of Justice Emi Palmor was for five years (2006-2011) part of the Israeli team which negotiated with Hamas over the release of kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Shalit. She noted that “Shalit was kidnapped by Sinwar’s brother in order to free Sinwar. The Palestinians gave [us] all kinds of lists [of prisoners to be freed], and he was on all of them.”
- The release of virulent and murderous Hamas terrorists in each one of these ‘hostage release’ exchanges, actually resulted in thousands of new Israeli deaths. This ‘devil’s bargain’ is being brushed aside and cavalierly dismissed by many who are rabidly opposed to Israel’s current Prime Minister, seeking his political demise far more than caring about the lost sheep of the House of Israel
Pogrom tactics – when Hamas writes the script
Former Director General of Israel’s Ministry of Justice Emi Palmor recently commented about how Hamas arch-terrorist Yahya Sinwar studied Israel’s history and the Hebrew language while spending 23 years in Israeli military prisons. She noted that “there is no doubt that [the Oct. 7] attack was planned to damage Israel’s resilience and the confidence of all Jews in the world, not only Israel. Sinwar knows what the Holocaust is and what is Jewish and Israeli identity. He knows how antisemitism works . . . He knows all of our triggers and references.” Palmor added a comment about the atrocities committed by Hamas terrorists on Israeli youth, families and captives: “There was something medieval about it, barbaric in a way that is not even from our time – beheading, sexual violence . . . It’s a pogrom. Sinwar wanted to take the Jews back 76 years, to make us weak again . . . All of these things were done to bring us back to the mindset of vulnerable, humiliated Jews, which also increases antisemitism . . . [The body cameras worn by Hamas and used to document the attack and the subsequent posting of the videos on social media was part of their plan] to hurt the resilience of Jewish people and Israelis, terrorizing them through visuals and not just the murder,” Palmor said. “That’s a pogrom. You enter the village, burn it down and rape the women.”
- The shock of Hamas’ cruel massacres and its subsequent torture, starvation, rape and murder of the Israeli hostages horrified, mesmerized and traumatized all who saw the jihadi footage. This was deliberate; Hamas wanted to fan the flames of fear, and to direct the narrative, wherein it would be seen as the unstoppable monster who was impossible to resist of destroy. Unfortunately, main stream media around the world (and in Israel too) often served as ‘useful idiots,’ spreading Hamas’ talking points and bolstering their narrative.
Reversing Zionism – when the devil is in the details
Palmor’s analysis of Hamas leader Sinwar’s strategy is chillingly on-track. The trauma and destruction caused by the jihadi attacks generated a gut-level and fear-based response not only among Israeli Jews, but also among Jewish people across the planet:
- “This was exactly what the Jewish state was supposed to change. We were supposed to become Jews who can defend themselves . . . have sovereignty and are in a place where your identity is not a source of vulnerability . . . [Many young Israelis] didn’t think about their Judaism or even struggled against it, but now because of the rise of antisemitism, they can’t leave Israel and run away from it. They realize they can’t escape their identity. They’re Jews.”
- “It was a shock for an entire generation that thought antisemitism was a problem of the Diaspora and not connected to them. And there’s the shock of a generation convinced that they had the most moral army in the world and the most daring and sophisticated security forces to wake up to a reality in which they can’t run away from their Jewish, Israeli identity and are made to feel like the vulnerable, weak Jew instead of the sabra, and muscular Jewry.”
- As the daughter of a diplomat who has lived in different countries in Europe and South America while her father represented Israel, Palmor adds: ”I know what it’s like to be a Diaspora Jew. October 7 is a direct hit to the assumption that if an antisemitic government rises, you can go to Israel.”
Hamas’ desire is not only to destroy the Jewish state and to hold on to the hostages until that goal is achieved. It is to strike terror into the hearts of all Jews, and to extinguish the flame of hope for Jewish restoration to their Promised Land. Hamas’ strategic jihadi plot is running afoul of YHVH’s prophetic plan to restore His Jewish people back to the Land of Israel. The jihadi clash with YHVH the Warrior God is entering a climactic phase:
- And do not fear, Jacob My servant, declares YHVH, and do not be dismayed, Israel. For behold, I am going to save you from far away, and your descendants from the land of their captivity. And Jacob will return and be at peace, without anxiety, and no one will make him afraid. For I am with you, declares YHVH, to save you! For I will completely destroy all the nations where I have scattered you. Only I will not destroy you completely. But I will discipline you fairly and will by no means leave you unpunished. For this is what YHVH says: . . . Therefore all who devour you will be devoured. And all your adversaries, every one of them, will go into captivity. And those who plunder you will become plunder, and all who plunder you I will turn into plunder. For I will restore you to health and I will heal you of your wounds, declares YHVH – because they have called you an outcast, saying: “It is [only] Zion! No one cares for her!” (Jeremiah 30:10-17)
Poisoning the wells of Israel – divide and conquer
“How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob – they dwelling places, O Israel!” Thus prophesied Balaam in Numbers 24:5. Yet the goals of Hamas are to make the relationships between Jewish Israelis a toxic stew of division and hatred.
Hamas’s perspective regarding Israel is clearly spelled out in its covenant, which calls for the total destruction of the Jewish state without compromise; no recognition of Israel; and the eschatological murder of the entire Jewish nation. “The very identity of Hamas is enshrined in opposition and violent hostility to Israel,” says a senior official in the American Foreign Service.
Sheikh Hassan Yousef, co-founder of Hamas (and father of ‘The Green Prince’), was interviewed while in Israeli prisons. He explained to intelligence reporters Avi Issacharoff [of ‘Fauda’ fame] and Amos Harel that one of Hamas’s goals in its pursuit of the Jewish state’s ultimate destruction is to foment and enhance internecine Israeli strife. Yousef told these reporters that Hamas exploits visible Israeli weaknesses:
- the calls of the Israeli Left for a complete withdrawal from Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip
- the movements encouraging IDF soldiers and reservists to refuse to serve in those territories or to do reserve duty altogether
- the well-oiled anti-government protest movement – commandeered by formerly prominent figures – promoting the demonization of the powers-that-be in Jerusalem
Two of Israel’s three main political parties have platforms that mandate retreating from and surrendering our land to our mortal enemies as the best chance for peace.
Hamas and its Iranian patron are paying close attention to what they perceive as Israel’s imminent implosion. Together they are exerting much effort to catalyze deep divisions in the Jewish state. Jerusalem Post writer Ruthie Blum concludes that those who rabidly vilify Prime Minister “Netanyahu, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, Justice Minister Yariv Levin and Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee MK Simcha Rothman [are contributing] to the sense on the part of Hamas, Hezbollah and the Islamic Republic that Israel won’t make it much past its upcoming 75th birthday.”
Matti Steinberg, former adviser to several heads of Shin Bet (Israeli FBI), points out that “someone like [Hamas Gaza Chief Yahya] Sinwar understands the Israelis very well. The leaders of Hamas have basically understood the divisions in the country, and therefore its weaknesses, perfectly well.”
In the months leading up to the Hamas massacres of October 7, the Commander of the Israel Air Force, General Tomer Bar, told his forces in July, 2023 to stay “vigilant and prepared . . . It is possible that at a time like this, [Hamas] will try to test the frontiers, our cohesion and our alertness.”
US State Department Spokesperson, Matthew Miller said on April 22, 2024, that Hamas only wants a hostage agreement which will involve a total Israeli surrender, leaving Hamas free to rebuild and attack Israel again: “Hamas has signaled that they don’t want an agreement. And the ball is very much in their court, and if they really had the interests of the Palestinian people at heart, as they claim that they do, then they would accept this agreement.”
Sinwar’s strategy mirrors that of the ancient Chinese military philosopher Sun Tzu, in his 500’s BC ‘The Art of War’: “Instill fear into the heart of your enemy and they’ll hand victory over to you.”
Hamas’ smoking gun
PM Netanyahu addressed the nation of Israel on Monday, September 2, 2024 in a 53-minute press conference. He presented an Arabic handwritten document found in a Hamas tunnel where Yahya Sinwar had recently been located. The document ticks off Hamas senior leaders’ talking points to terrorists further down the jihadi food chain. These points are Hamas’ strategy aimed at Israel’s population, news media and political echelons:
- Increase the production of photos and video clips showing the hostages in order to create psychological pressure [on Israel]
- Do everything to increase the psychological pressure on [Israeli Defense Minister Yoav] Gallant
- Push the line of thinking that Netanyahu is responsible for everything that happens
- Damage the Israeli narrative that the military ground operation aids the return of the hostages
The success of Sinwar and Hamas in these areas is pointed out by Caroline Glick:
- “Rather than respond to the heartbreaking news with condemnations of Hamas and demands that Israel fight to victory, . . . Israel’s opposition leaders in the Knesset have joined the anarchist groups in blaming Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for Hamas’s murder of the six [Israeli hostages]. As one, Benny Gantz, Yair Lapid, Yair Golan and their underlings have joined the leftist groups that have been using mass riots, political violence and general mayhem since 2019 in an effort to oust Netanyahu from power, and have called on Israelis to take to the streets in response to the executions and bring down the government through violence.”
And it is Hamas’ propaganda, dear friends, that is leading the world’s media in presenting a jihadi-positive perspective on current struggles in Gaza.
When the Ten Spies take over the newsroom
One of the indicators that the rapid crumbling of the Western world is how its media organs have become mouthpieces for hopelessness and helplessness in terms of how to defeat evil leaders and evil forces. We live in the days when the Twelve Spies and their evil report (see Numbers 13-14) are winning the day.
The spies came back with glowing reports about the fruitfulness of the land (‘an exceedingly good land’), as well as accurate information on the enemies’ military installations and infantry which the armies of YHVH (see 1 Samuel 17:26) would soon confront. This first part of their report was helpful and based on good intelligence; it was not ‘fake news.’ But ten of the twelve spies added another perspective – their own personal opinion that the God of Israel lacked wisdom and military sense in sending the Jewish people in to conquer and possess the Promised Land.
Caleb and Joshua (the two good spies) declared that God’s calling and assignment was realistically attainable – that the ten Canaanite tribes (see Genesis 15:19-20) were bereft of YHVH’s protection, and that, instead, YHVH was with the people of Israel, and that the God of Jacob would bring His promises to pass regarding the Jewish homeland. But the other ten spies reported ‘the news’ differently: the Canaanite tribes were too strong – the Israelites would never be able to defeat them – indeed, the Canaanites “are a people of great stature.” The ten spies’ bad report declared that the Jewish people “are like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we are in the [Canaanite’s] sight.” The Ten added that the Land of Canaan would only bring a curse on the Israelites: “This is a land that devours its inhabitants!”
What was the effect of this bad report on the Jewish people? The entire nation cried out and wept. Then they grumbled against their leaders Moses and Aaron. They declared that it would have been better for all Israel to have remained slaves in Egypt or even to die in the desert rather than to follow Moses and Aaron. They ‘prophesied’ that the Canaanites would murder them all and kidnap their wives and children, if they foolishly held onto YHVH’s promise of trying to claim and hold onto the Promised Land. They then held a public rally and proclaimed that Israel needed to choose a new leader – in modern terminology, they called for new elections.
The Mad Hatter’s Tea party, hosted by Ahithophel and Korah
It is said that when there are two Jews, there are three opinions. This maxim is refreshingly true among the sons and daughters of Jacob, both in the Homeland and in the Exile. Yet, the political Machiavellis and Svengalis in Israel who are attempting to overthrow Israel’s democratically elected government (with help from various Presidents, Prime Ministers and State Department officials) are exerting strenuous efforts to stir up demonstrations, strikes and violent crowds in their pursuit of these non-kosher goals – making sure that three Jews basically follow one ‘politically correct’ opinion, that of the American and Israeli Left.
Here are four recent newsletters which dig into more detail regarding the dynamics and political personalities involved:
- https://davidstent.org/the-wisdom-of-ahithophel/ (July 4, 2023)
- https://davidstent.org/when-skies-are-red/ (July 19, 2023)
- https://davidstent.org/following-after-the-crowd/ (July 26, 2023)
How should we then pray?
- Pray for divine revelation, discernment and courage to be given to world leaders, to media people, to spiritual leaders and to followers of Messiah Yeshua – that they receive clear understanding of how Hamas and the jihadi movements are spinning the news and turning the world against Israel and the Jewish state.
- Pray for a spirit of repentance to come upon all of these people, so that the curse of Genesis 12:3 will not fall upon their nations and families
- Pray for Israel’s leaders to clearly receive YHVH’s strategies and leading on how to combat Hamas strategies and how to wage the coming conflict
- Pray for the physical rescue of the approximately 44 to 50 living Israeli hostages (including babies) kidnapped by Hamas, Islamic Jihad and PFLP/PLO. At this moment some of these hostages are being tortured, raped and starved (this based on testimonies of recently released hostages). Sadly, over 100 of all Israeli hostages are dead; Hamas is holding on to their corpses as cold storage bargaining chips
- Pray for the raising up of Ezekiel’s prophetic Jewish army throughout the earth
Your prayers and support hold up our arms and are the very practical enablement of God to us in the work He has called us to do.
In Messiah Yeshua,
Avner Boskey
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