Israel in peace talks with PA; Hamas protests using a rocket

19 Mar 2023 Samaria: With Ramadan approaching, Israel seeks to make peace and restore police cooperation between Palestinian police and Israeli police.  In order to protest these peace talks, Hamas (the ruling Palestinian party in Gaza) fired a rocket towards a Jewish village outside of Gaza. 

Jerusalem Post, 19 Mar 2023 pg 1.

Screenshot showing the time and location of the rocket attack which landed in the Nachal Oz area near Gaza.

Israelis still united

13 Mar, 2023, Samaria: Amidst domestic issues, political upheavals, demonstrations, Israelis of various stripes and opinions still have enemies in the same land who would like to make all Jews disappear forever.

Jerusalem Post, 13 Mar 2023 pg 9.

 

This broad-daylight shooting occurred in a section of Tel Aviv where I pass through regularly; in fact, this afternoon I’ll be in that area again.  Please pray for the work here, in difficult conditions.

While Israel bickers over judicial issues, Arabs fire on Jewish shoppers

21 Mar 2023 Update on Or Eshkar, may he rest in peace:

Jerusalem Post, 21 Mar 2023 pg 1.

 

9 Mar 2023, Tel Aviv Dizengoff Center:

Jerusalem Post, 10 Mar 2023 pg 1.

 

This comes one day after Arab leaders called for more violence to protest Israel’s reactions to their terrorism:

Jerusalem Post, 9 Mar 2023

As it turns out, many areas and highways were closed yesterday due to Israeli demonstrations.

Israel does not yet have a Constitution; as a result, there is still a great need for finding balance between the Executive Branch, Judicial Branch, and Legislative Branch.  As it stands, Israel is not up to modern standards for free societies with this lack of balance.

Please pray, because we serve in a troubled place.

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Clashes in Samaria

Samaria Closed for Purim

6 Mar, 2023, Samaria: Some say that Israel is already suffering in the third Intifada. The numbers of deaths by terrorist actions during the first two months of 2023 has already exceeded some entire years.

“Amid rise in attacks, IDF imposes closure on West Bank for Purim,” Jerusalem Post, 6 Mar 2023 pg 1.

 

Please continue in prayer, we carry on the work here in trying times.

Bus Stations

3 March, 2023, Samaria:  “When a Palestinian stands at a bus stop he or she doesn’t have to worry that an Israeli car will ram them. When a Palestinian drives through the West Bank, its passengers don’t have to worry that the driver coming at them with the Israeli license plate will roll down a window, lean out a machine gun and open fire.”

Yaakov Katz in Jerusalem Post, 3 March 2023, pg 24.

Dear Reader, please keep praying; our work continues under difficult situations here in the West Bank, originally known as Samaria.

Clashes in Samaria

20 Mar 2023 Update: A Palestinian man shot a second car driven by Jews through Huwara.

Article: Car riddled by 20 bullets

10 Mar 2023 Update: Arabs respond to Israel’s reaction against terrorism, with more terrorism against Jews:

While Israel bickers over judicial issues, Arabs fire on Jewish shoppers

8 Mar 2023, Jenin, Samaria: The killer of Hillel Menachem Yaniv and Yagel Ya’akov Yaniv was found by Israeli military in a hideout in Jenin, got involved in a shootout with the IDF, and was killed.

Jerusalem Post, 8 Mar 2023, pg 1.

 

27 Feb 2023, Huwara, Samaria: Two sons of a local schoolteacher in my village were killed on 26 Feb by Arabs in Huwara, Samaria:

Jerusalem Post, 27 Feb 2023 pg 1.

 

Jerusalem Post, 27 Feb 2023 pg 1.

Please pray; we serve in a dangerous place.

Israel Sends Help to Turkey

Feb 8, 2023, Samaria: Israel Defense Force (IDF) has sent a field hospital to Turkey to treat survivors of the earthquake which affected Turkey and Syria. Last night here in Samaria we had an aftershock, 4.0 on the Richter Scale. Personally, I didn’t feel it, but that’s normal for a 4.0.

Jerusalem Post, 8 Feb 2023 pg 1.

 

Image was sent here by a JTOD Partner.

Let’s continue to pray for safety for Syrians, Turks, and Israelis.

Feb 9 update:

Israel has sent 15 aircraft full of hundreds of tons of supplies, with medical people, a 150 person rescue team, and 230 persons to staff the field hospital.

 

Jerusalem Post, 9 Feb 2023, pg 1.

Area C

23 Jan, 2023, Samaria: Much of Samaria and Judea is located in Area C, the Jewish-majority portion. Leftists wish to prevent Jews building here, Rightists seek to prevent Arabs building here. The leader of the new right-wing government has said that neither would be allowed to build illegally.

Jerusalem Post, 23 Jan 2023, pg 1.

 

Israel Now Update: 21 Dec 2022

21 Dec 2022, Samaria: Ms. Furchner was 18 when she worked as a secretary of an office of a gas camp. She claims ignorance even though her office was shown to have a direct line of vision view of the gas facilities; her husband in 1954 admitted his knowledge of the deadly activities in that camp:

Jerusalem Post, 21 Dec 2022 pg 1.

While Nazareth is a predominantly Arab Christian Israeli city, the victims have traditional Muslim names.  So they are Muslim Arab Israeli citizens who were attacked, probably related to the drug dealing business.

Jerusalem Post, 21 Dec 2022 pg 1.