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Lord, have mercy on Israel and on the Palestinians. Put down Hamas, and bring peace to the region and an end to this war.
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The death of the international aid workers as a result of an Israeli strike was tragic. Israel took responsibility. This article explains how unusual that is.

From The Wall Street Journal. The breaking-news alerts on your smartphone seldom tell the whole story. Journalists are masters of compression, and the alert is a direct line to readers’ eyeballs. No room for elegance. … So instead of complexity you get the short version. …

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Usually that’s enough. … But every once in a while you get … facts that go beyond the news and reveal a deeper truth.

“Breaking News,” bleated my iPhone. … “Israel has taken responsibility for a strike that has killed seven World Central Kitchen aid workers in Gaza. … ”

War is hell. … When the skies are full of lead, accidents are bound to happen, and when they do, political spinmeisters step forward to deny, deflect, delay and distract.

Not here. Israel has taken responsibility. What a concept.

And what a contrast with its adversary. The only thing Hamas takes responsibility for is doing what it loves: spreading terror and delivering death. When a bomb goes off in a marketplace, it claims responsibility. When a crazed maniac knifes random people on a bus, it claims responsibility. But when the subject is its failure to give Gazans a better life, Hamas throws up its arms. It didn’t take responsibility for the lies it told about the misfired terrorist rocket that hit Gaza City’s Al-Shifa hospital in October, or for that matter for using the hospital as a command center. …

No. Hamas, in its rhetoric and propaganda, pushes all responsibility for the suffering of Gazans onto Israel. … Hamas is always innocent, always at the mercy of perfidious forces.

This performative helplessness allows Hamas to play the perpetual victim when, in fact … Hamas lusts for blood.

Not so Israel, a nation that stands for life, for hope, for freedom. Israel desires peace and has offered it to the Palestinians repeatedly, who always refuse. The offer stands. …

Pray here for Israel and for the region. Your prayers are so desperately needed — keep praying.

(Excerpted from The Wall Street Journal. Photo credit: RasikaSekhara/Getty Images via Canva Pro)

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Don & Connie Auerbach
April 9, 2024

Thank you for your leadership. I love knowing many are also praying. It’s a connection with sisters and brothers.!
May peace come to Israel and the hope of the Bridegroom standing by His Beloved Bride.

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Ann Shaw
April 7, 2024

Almighty Father and Savior grant us wisdom to discern your truth and courage to obey and walk and work in your truth.

In Jesus’s name Amen

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bobhuseby
April 7, 2024

Israel has been Americas ally since it was reformed as a nation. Of course we also know God’s plan for this his chosen people. America needs Israel so we must pray for their success.
BUT !!! Just like our America, Israel needs more of Jesus!!!! As we intercede in prayer this day we do pray for a great revival throughout both of our lands ..JESUS is our only hope!!!!! Hallelujah

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Cynthia Lawrence
April 7, 2024

Father God, I pray that Israel will continue to stand for what is right in Your sight and Lord that we here in America will do the same in Jesus name amen.

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