Author: Teddy Chadwick

7 Sept, 2023, Jerusalem: An Arab Muslim from East Jerusalem stabbed two men near Jaffa gate, and a woman was treated for anxiety at the scene of the crime. The 17-yr old terrorist was caught at the scene, Palestinian media identified him, and soon after, his mother and sister were arrested from their home.

Note: In Israeli terminology, “moderately wounded” includes life threatening wounds and loss of limbs.  “Lightly wounded” is quite a bit more serious than surface scratches.  

Pray for our ongoing work in challenging places.

3 Sept, 2023, Tel Aviv: Yesterday during Shabbat, which is a day off from work in Israel, thousands of illegal Eritreans got out of hand in a dispute among themselves regarding Eritrean politics.

There are between 25,000 to 30,000 Eritreans who crossed illegally into Israel via Egypt, in addition to others from Sudan.

The Eritrean Embassy in Israel has taken measures to promote its own government positions, and to repatriate what it sees as runaways back to their homeland.

Some Eritreans are in favor and some are opposed to the Eritrean government policies. A gang battle ensued between the two Eritrean factions, resulting in property damage, and injuries among Eritrean people. Around 50 Israeli police were injured while trying to keep the shalom.

The Israel government coalition, led by Netanyahu, says it will now consider deportation as a possible solution.  The opposition (the parties which have not joined the coalition) counters that the current government coalition promised to build a solution but has not done anything thus far.

Such gang battles have already occurred during the past two months among Eritreans located in USA and in Europe. Evidently, some Eritreans warned Israeli officials, but seemingly went unheeded.

 

 

 

Pray for our work in a troubled and complicated Land. 

 

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31 Aug 2023, Modiin, Israel: A car-ramming terrorist has been apprehended after attacking pedestrians on the side of the highway in Modiin, which is considered part of Judea and Samaria, thus, “disputed territory” by the majority of nations at this time.

Thus, the worst terrorist violence since the 2000-2005 timeframe continues with a new car ramming attack this morning.

Pray for our work in a troubled land.

30 Aug 2023:

“Tehran is pushing Hezbollah to launch attacks on Israel; Jerusalem worried Security Council will restrict UNIFIL’s activity along frontier;” Jerusalem Post, 30 Aug 2023 pg 1.

https://news.yahoo.com/biden-just-gave-iran-6-133339968.html

Pray for our work in a complicated region.

25 Aug 2023, Samaria: The city of Kfar Kassem is near me, and I often shop there.

Lod is a city near the airport. It’s a mixed Arab and Jewish city. Whereas Kfar Kassem is a pure Arab Muslim Israeli city.  In both cities, all residents have Israeli citizenship, ID cards, voting rights and privileges.

“Police arrest 4 Arab Israelis for Hezbollah ties;” Jerusalem Post, 25 Aug 2023 pg 1.

 

Hezbollah (aka Hez b’Allah, “party of god,”) is an Iran-backed terrorist organization with the parliamentary and governmental control of Lebanon.

 

Please pray for our work.

24 Aug 2023, Jerusalem:   Prime Minister Netanyahu, together with cabinet leaders, have issued an order to the Shin Bet, Israel’s Secret Service, to confront the spate of political killings among the Arab Israeli population.  This is significant and the Shin Bet has jumped at the chance to fulfill this order.

“Shin Bet to join battle against rising Arab-Israeli murder rate; Agency instructed to target crime groups said to be behind onslaught;” Jerusalem Post, 24 Aug 2023, pg 1.

Pray for our work here in a complicated Land.