{"id":32533,"date":"2023-10-12T16:34:57","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T15:34:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/?p=32533"},"modified":"2023-10-13T18:18:08","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T17:18:08","slug":"prayer-for-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/prayer-for-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer for Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_32534\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32534\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Gaza-strip.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-32534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Gaza-strip-300x177.jpg\" alt=\"The Gaza strip showing the terrorist incursions.\" width=\"400\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Gaza-strip-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Gaza-strip-768x454.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Gaza-strip-750x443.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Gaza-strip-600x354.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Gaza-strip.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32534\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Gaza strip showing the terrorist incursions.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Hamas atrocity has shocked us all. Thirteen hundred are dead, with over a hundred hostages taken into Gaza. It is impossible to comprehend the horror unleashed by these cowardly terrorists who spread out to gun down defenceless, unarmed civilians. Christian Voice stands with the state and people of Israel and with the Christians of the Holy Land as we pray for peace.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Post Script Friday 13th October 2023:<\/strong> Israel has already dropped leaflets in northern Gaza telling the inhabitants to evacuate with 24 hours. Hamas want their people to stay as human shields, of course. Israel are very unlikely to invade on the Jewish Sabbath, but it will be soon. How will Israeli soldiers distinguish between Hamas terrorists (those not firing on them that is) and civilians? How long will it take to eradicate Hamas? Is it even possible, in view of widespread Muslim support for the Jew-hating Hamas Charter? When Muslim England cricketers and UK doctors are tweeting support for Hamas and antisemitic crimes in London are rocketing (<strong>see below)<\/strong>, is the Muslim mind itself an insurmountable problem?<\/p>\n<p>The Bible says, in a psalm sung at both the King\u2019s coronation and that of his mother before him:<br \/>\n<b>Psalm 122:6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The seer Balaam was paid to curse Israel, but God inspired him to say this instead:<br \/>\n<b>Numb 23:23 Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 9px; background-color: #800080; border-top: 9px solid #800080; border-bottom: 9px solid #800080; border-right: 18px solid #800080; border-left: 18px solid #800080; display: inline-block;\" title=\"Opens in a new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stewardship.org.uk\/pages\/CV01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Support Christian Voice \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>BBC \u2018has taken sides\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Hamas is <a title=\"Opens in a new tab or window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/proscribed-terror-groups-or-organisations--2\/proscribed-terrorist-groups-or-organisations-accessible-version\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>proscribed by the UK Government<\/b><\/a> as a terrorist organisation. Yet the BBC has called the Hamas gunmen by the lesser term of \u2018militants\u2019 rather than \u2018terrorists\u2019. James Cleverly, the Foreign Secretary, Lucy Frazer, the Culture Secretary, and Grant Shapps, the Defence Secretary, have all expressed concern about the BBC\u2019s position.<\/p>\n<p>John Simpson, the BBC\u2019s world affairs editor, said the BBC would be \u201ctaking sides\u201d if it labelled Hamas as terrorists, threatening journalistic \u2018impartiality\u2019. <a title=\"Opens in a new tab or window \u00a3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2023\/10\/11\/bbc-not-calling-hamas-terrorists-ofcom-top-lawyers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>According to the Telegraph<\/b><\/a>, Mr Simpson\u2019s explanation has cut no ice with four top lawyers, Lord Wolfson KC, Lord Pannick KC, Lord Grabiner KC and Jeremy Brier KC. They have written to Ofcom urging the regulator to investigate the corporation. They say the BBC has taken sides already in describing Hamas in \u201cmore sympathetic terms\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Their letter points out that the BBC referred to the Manchester Arena bombing as a \u201cterror attack\u201d. The BBC Bitesize GCSE guide refers to both Al Qaeda and the IRA as \u201cterrorist\u201d groups. \u201cThe use of the word \u2018terrorism\u2019 is neither confusing nor imprecise. It is a very accurate statement within the natural use of the English language as to what Hamas is engaged in,\u201d the authors say. \u201cIf the BBC is only declining to use the word \u2018terrorist\u2019 in the context of Israel then this is further evidence of partiality.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Protest at Israeli Embassy<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32535\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32535\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/hamas-london.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-32535\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/hamas-london-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Pro-Hamas demonstrarots outside the Israeli Embassy in Kensington\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/hamas-london-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/hamas-london-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/hamas-london-750x422.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/hamas-london-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/hamas-london.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32535\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pro-Hamas demonstrarots outside the Israeli Embassy in Kensington<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a title=\"Opens in a new tab or window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/middle-east\/pro-palestine-protesters-gather-in-front-of-israeli-embassy-in-london\/3013519#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Turkish website Anadolu Agency reported<\/b><\/a>: \u2018Hundreds of pro-Palestine protesters gathered in front of the Israeli Embassy in London on Monday, triggering a tense standoff between demonstrators and law enforcement officers. The rally was organized by several UK groups including Friends of Al-Aqsa, the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Stop the War, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, the Muslim Association of Britain (\u2018Presenting a balanced and calm image of British Muslims\u2019) and the Palestinian Forum in Britain.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Opens in a new tab or window\" href=\"https:\/\/dailysceptic.org\/2023\/10\/09\/nhs-doctor-mocks-israeli-festival-goers-fleeing-hamas-gunmen-and-calls-on-u-k-to-forcibly-remove-entire-israeli-population\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>The Daily Sceptic reported<\/b><\/a> on an NHS Doctor who mocked Israeli festival-goers fleeing Hamas gunmen and called on the UK to forcibly remove the entire Israeli population<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32547\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32547\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Moeen.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-32547\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Moeen-300x300.png\" alt=\"Moeen Ali - not a Muslim extremist.\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Moeen-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Moeen-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Moeen-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Moeen-750x750.png 750w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Moeen-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Moeen-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Moeen.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32547\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moeen Ali &#8211; not a Muslim extremist.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dr. Mennah Elwan is a neurologist at the Walton Centre in Liverpool. She claimed \u201cthere are no civilians in Israel\u201d in a series of abhorrent posts on X, formerly known as Twitter. Dr. Elwan attended a British Medical Association (BMA) rally at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester last week. In her tweets she showed support for Hamas brutality. She mocked those fleeing the gunmen as just \u2018running away\u2019, and said the U.K. should \u2018simply take the Israeli population away from Palestine\u2019. BMA bosses said her opinions \u201cdo not reflect its values\u201d.<\/p>\n<h2>Muslim antisemitism in the UK<\/h2>\n<p><a title=\"Opens in a new tab \u00a3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/cricket\/2023\/10\/12\/moeen-ali-support-palestine-flag-malcolm-x-israel-hamas-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The Telegraph reported today<\/strong><\/a> that England cricketer Moeen Ali \u00a0posted a Palestinian flag on social media in an apparent show of support for Palestine. He paired the picture with a quote from Malcolm X, the American Muslim activist, on &#8216;oppression&#8217;. In truth, it can easily be argued it is Hamas who oppress the people of Gaza, not Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Moeen also said this week that he feared growing a beard would lead to accusations he was a Muslim extremist. Perish the thought. Moeen wants to be seen just as an ordinary Muslim who hates Israel. Earlier this year, Yorkshire County Cricket Club <a title=\"Opens in a new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/yorkshire-county-cricket-club-fined-400-000-and-docked-points-over-azeem-rafiq-racism-scandal-12929351\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>was fined \u00a3400,000<\/strong><\/a> over a racism scandal involving Azeem Rafiq, but not before Azeem himself <a title=\"Opens in a new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thejc.com\/news\/news\/azeem-rafiq-formally-reprimanded-for-racist-and-discriminatory-conduct-5xU4cxqD02Z3YQFmfz2G39\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>was reprimanded<\/strong><\/a> for antisemitic comments he made in a 2011 exchange of messages on Facebook with fellow former professional cricketer Ateeq Javid, another Muslim.<\/p>\n<p>The uncomfortable truth is that hatred of Jewish people is written <a title=\"Opens in a new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/alsalafiyyah.github.io\/hadith-on-stones-will-speak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>in the scriptures of Islam<\/strong><\/a>. &#8216;The Victory of Muslims Over Jews,&#8217; is from Mohammed&#8217;s sayings in the Hadith, the &#8216;stories&#8217;. This one was narrated by Abi Hurira: &#8216;The last hour won&#8217;t come before the Muslims would fight the Jews and the Muslims will kill them so Jews would hide behind rocks and trees. Then the rocks and tree would call: oh Muslim, oh servant of God! There is a Jew behind me, come and kill him.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The Hamas attack has sparked an outpouring of Muslim antisemitic hatred within our shores.\u00a0<a title=\"Opens in a new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/crime\/met-police-antisemitism-israel-hamas-b2429299.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The Independent reports<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>on a &#8216;massive increase&#8217; in antisemitic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/hate-crimes\">hate crimes<\/a> recorded by the Metropolitan Police since the eruption of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/middle-east\/israel-hamas-palestine-war-gaza-conflict-live-b2429028.html\"><strong>violence<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 The paper goes on: &#8216;In the period between 30 September and 13 October, the force recorded 105 incidents of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/antisemitism\">antisemitism<\/a> and 75 offences \u2013 up from just 14 incidents and 12 offences during the same period in 2022.&#8217; <a title=\"Four Jewish schools in London close amid safety fears\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/jewish-schools-close-protest-hamas-b2428906.html\"><strong>Three north London Jewish schools closed for the day<\/strong>,<\/a> citing concerns for children\u2019s safety amid the rise in antisemitism.<\/p>\n<h2>Labour Party Conference<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32536\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32536\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Apsana-Begum-PSC.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-32536\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Apsana-Begum-PSC-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Apsana Begum MP poses at the Palestine Solidarity Campaign \" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Apsana-Begum-PSC-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Apsana-Begum-PSC-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Apsana-Begum-PSC-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Apsana-Begum-PSC-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Apsana-Begum-PSC.jpg 634w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32536\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Apsana Begum MP poses at the Palestine Solidarity Campaign<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Last week, the Labour Party Conference allowed the Palestine Solidarity Campaign a stall. The group calls for a boycott of Israel. It also said the Hamas attacks were a \u2018response\u2019 to Israel \u2018apartheid\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, two Muslim Labour politicians posed at the stall for photographs. First up was <a title=\"Opens in a new tab or window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12610043\/Rachel-Reeves-Labour-MP-Apsana-Begum-Israel-Hamas-Palestine-conference.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Apsana Begum MP<\/b><\/a>. Then came Afzal Khan, the shadow exports minister, who posed with an activist from the pressure group. Mr Khan <a title=\"Opens in a new tab or window \u00a3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2023\/10\/09\/mp-palestine-solidarity-campaign-israel-hamas-labour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>said later in a statement<\/b><\/a>: \u201cI want to apologise for any offence caused by stopping by the PSC stall at this time. I unequivocally condemn the terrorist actions of Hamas and support Israel\u2019s right to defend itself.\u201d There has been no apology from Apsana Begum, MP for Poplar and Limehouse and no sanction against her from the Labour leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Only today, <a title=\"Opens in a new tab or window \u00a3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2023\/10\/11\/university-cambridge-student-welfare-officer-hamas-twitter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>the Telegraph reported<\/b><\/a> on a Cambridge Students\u2019 Union welfare officer \u2018liking\u2019 tweets in support of Hamas\u2019s attack on Israel. Harvey Brown is responsible for improving the welfare of University of Cambridge students. He \u2018liked\u2019 a series of Twitter posts that supported Hamas, including one heralding \u201ca day of celebration\u201d as \u201cHamas fighters cross into their colonisers\u2019 territory\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Jewish students at the university have said they feel \u2018unsafe\u2019. Mr Brown has not explained how liking pro-Hamas tweets improves the welfare of Jewish students.<\/p>\n<h2>Why does the left hate Israel?<\/h2>\n<p>It is worth asking why so many people on the political left hate Israel so much. I am aware of course of right-wing hatred of Israel, of saying that everything is the fault of \u2018the Jews\u2019 or that \u2018they\u2019 run the Bilderbergers <i>and<\/i> the World Economic Forum <i>and<\/i> the whole banking system.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32537\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32537\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kibbutz.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-32537\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kibbutz-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Initially, the Left loved the Kibbutz idea\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kibbutz-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kibbutz-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kibbutz-750x563.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kibbutz-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Kibbutz.jpg 801w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32537\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Initially, the Left loved the Kibbutz idea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But why is there so much anti-semitism among those who regard themselves as \u2018progressive? American conservative radio talk show host <a title=\"Opens in a new tab or window\" href=\"https:\/\/assets.ctfassets.net\/qnesrjodfi80\/4TeARWKyS7RTRKLwUnTczA\/9f4fb7ac7812da9fd7f926fcffe5decd\/Prager-How_the_Left_Sees_the_World-Power_Race_and_Class-Transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Dennis Prager<\/b><\/a> believes it begins with the absence on the irreligious left of a moral compass. Instead, they have a power compass, a race compass, and a class compass. In the early days, with the leftist Kibbutz system, Israel was good, and fashionable. However, as Israel has won wars and become strong, vis a vis the \u2018Palestinians\u2019, it has become \u2018bad\u2019, and they have become \u2018good\u2019, says Mr Prager. It does not matter how much terror the latter engage in. That does not register because, remember, the left has no moral compass. Because they are \u2018weak\u2019, the terrorists are \u2018good\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Next, Jews are perceived as \u2018white\u2019 and the Palestinians as \u2018non-white\u2019. That might not be true, but it is how they see it. Add in the Labour Party\u2019s assumption that every non-white person must be in their constituency, including every Muslim, and the case is settled. Mix in the class angle and Jewish bankers, being rich, tick all three \u2018bad\u2019 boxes, while Palestinian gunmen, being poor, tick all three \u2018good\u2019 ones.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously a lot of absurd and illogical thinking along these lines occurs as well. Unborn babies are weak, and mothers are strong, so abortion is wrong, you might think. Not so. women are weak by definition, so they are good. The left must not allow themselves to think of pre-born babies as human beings, so their weakness never comes into consideration.<\/p>\n<p><b>Isa 55:8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2>King Charles condemns attacks<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32538\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32538\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/King-in-Bethlehem.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-32538\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/King-in-Bethlehem-300x188.jpeg\" alt=\"King Charles as Prince of Wales in Bethlehem in 2020.\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/King-in-Bethlehem-300x188.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/King-in-Bethlehem-1024x640.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/King-in-Bethlehem-768x480.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/King-in-Bethlehem-1536x960.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/King-in-Bethlehem-750x469.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/King-in-Bethlehem-600x375.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/King-in-Bethlehem.jpeg 1598w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32538\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">King Charles as Prince of Wales in Bethlehem in 2020.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On a more positive note, <a title=\"Opens in a new tab or window \u00a3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/royal-family\/2023\/10\/11\/charles-israel-gaza-palestinian-muslim-king\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>The Telegraph reported<\/b><\/a> on support for Israel from the Royal family.<\/p>\n<p>The King condemned the \u201cbarbaric acts of terrorism\u201d, while the Prince and Princess of Wales said they were \u201cprofoundly distressed\u201d by the \u201chorrors inflicted by Hamas\u2019s terrorist attack\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, His Majesty has spoken to both Yitzhak Herzog, the president of Israel, and to King Abdullah of Jordan on the telephone. The King has also held talks with the Chief Rabbi at Buckingham Palace after expressing his concern about the \u201cbarbaric acts of terrorism\u201d in Israel.\u00a0Charles welcomed Sir Ephraim Mirvis to the London royal residence on Thursday afternoon, meeting in the King\u2019s audience room.<\/p>\n<p>A Buckingham Palace spokesman said the monarch, 74, who made an historic first visit to Israel and the &#8216;West Bank&#8217; (aka Judea and Samaria) in 2020, was \u201cextremely concerned\u201d about the conflict and had asked to be kept abreast of developments. \u201cHis thoughts and prayers are with all of those suffering, particularly those who have lost loved ones, but also those actively involved as we speak,\u201d added the spokesman.<\/p>\n<h2>Two-State Solution is dead<\/h2>\n<p>For decades, Western politicians have spoken of a \u2018Two-State Solution\u2019 to the presence of the Arab \u2018Palestinian\u2019 population in Israel. Following the Hamas attacks, that must now be dead in the water. Middle East Experts are now \u2018Confounded\u2019 <a title=\"Opens in a new tab or window - top visible\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/newsletters\/archive\/2023\/10\/what-is-hamas\/675594\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>according to The Atlantic<\/b><\/a>, the journal of the US military establishment.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Opens in a new tab or window\" href=\"https:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/20th_century\/hamas.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>In the words of the 1988 Hamas Charter<\/b><\/a>, never rescinded, \u2018Israel will exist and will continue to exist until Islam will obliterate it, just as it obliterated others before it.&#8217; (Preamble.)<\/p>\n<p>The Charter says in Article 6: \u2018The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas &#8211; Ed) is a distinguished Palestinian movement, whose allegiance is to Allah, and whose way of life is Islam. It strives to raise the banner of Allah over every inch of Palestine.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The Charter claims the Holy Land is \u2018Islamic land\u2019 or \u2018Muslim land\u2019 in articles eleven, thirteen and repeats the Hamas goal of destroying Israel in Article 15: &#8216;The day the enemies usurp part of Moslem land, Jihad becomes the individual duty of every Moslem. In the face of the Jews&#8217; usurpation, it is compulsory that the banner of Jihad be raised.\u2019 (Article 15)<\/p>\n<p>Hamas exists in a constant attitude of war against Israel. The Prophet Jeremiah wrote:<br \/>\n<b>Jer 4:19 My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>It is impossible to have states next door one of which rains bombs on the other and calls for its destruction. The \u2018Two-State Solution\u2019 is dead. Even the <a title=\"Opens in a new tab or window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.csis.org\/analysis\/war-gaza-and-death-two-state-solution\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Center for Strategic Studies says<\/b><\/a>: \u2018The two-state solution may not be dead, but it is close enough to death to make efforts to resuscitate it little more than zombie diplomacy.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 5px; background-color: #1f7f4c; border-top: 9px solid #1F7F4C; border-bottom: 9px solid #1F7F4C; border-right: 18px solid #1F7F4C; border-left: 18px solid #1F7F4C; display: inline-block;\" title=\"Opens in a new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/arrange-a-meeting-at-your-church\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ask us to come and speak at your church \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Destruction of Hamas<\/h2>\n<p>Israel has now laid siege to Gaza even as Hamas still holds over a hundred hostages. The terrorists have threatened to kill hostages in retaliation to any attacks. Nevertheless, Israeli forces are massing near the strip preparing for a full-scale invasion to destroy Hamas by killing its leaders. Hamas and its ideology must be eradicated for the people of Israel to sleep safe in their beds.<\/p>\n<p>We can even see Hamas as the spirit of Haman the Agagite (Esther 3:1ff) all over again:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Est 3:6 And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hamas, says The Atlantic, was \u2018an offshoot of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood\u2019. It has controlled the Gaza Strip since it won Palestinian legislative elections in 2006. That was the last time elections were held in Gaza. In 2007, Hamas ousted its rival political party, the equally-corrupt Fatah, in a military conflict.<\/p>\n<p>There is widespread unemployment in Gaza, with no industry or agriculture to speak of. The strip measures 25 miles long by an average of less than 6 miles wide, giving an area of 141 square miles, just less than the Isle of Wight. But whereas the population of the Isle of Wight is 142,00, that of Gaza is 2 million. Gaza borders Egypt to the south-west and the Mediterranean to the north-west, although Israel controls, or tries to control, its shipping. Gaza has a small port in Gaza city, which has been inhabited for four thousand years. It was held by the Philistines in Bible times.<\/p>\n<p>Gaza is probably where Samson destroyed the great hall. It was certainly where he was brought after Delilah\u2019s betrayal:<br \/>\n<b>Judges 16:21 But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2>Follow the money<\/h2>\n<p><a title=\"Opens in a new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/live\/world-middle-east-67073970\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The BBC is reporting<\/strong><\/a> as at 17.20pm on 12th October 2023: &#8216;The situation in Gaza is &#8220;dire&#8221;, with food and water running out during an Israeli siege, according to the UN&#8217;s World Food Programme.&#8217; The reality is, with Gaza totally dependent on Israel for virtually everything, food and water will be running out. If Hamas had spent the aid money they have received on building infrastructure and improving the lives of Gazans instead of on weapons and enriching themselves, it could have all been different.<\/p>\n<p>For example, <a title=\"Opens in a new tab \u00a3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/business\/2023\/10\/11\/hamas-militants-millions-crypto-israel-terrorist-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>the Telegraph reports<\/strong><\/a>: &#8216;Hamas and its allies were sent hundreds of millions of pounds\u2019 worth of cryptocurrencies in the months before the<a class=\"ck-custom-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/world-news\/2023\/10\/09\/who-are-hamas-israel-gaza-strip-palestinian-islamists\/\">\u00a0terrorist group\u2019s attacks on Israel<\/a>. More than $134m (\u00a3108m) was transferred to cryptocurrency accounts controlled by Hamas and the allied Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) group during the first half of 2023, according to analysts.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h2>Why did it happen?<\/h2>\n<p>We know this promise in the Bible:<br \/>\n<b>Psalm 121:4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.<\/b> (KJV)<\/p>\n<p>So why did the Hamas atrocity happen? I have seen a post saying it happened because the authorities wanted it to happen. I\u2019m not so sure. We know about false flag operations. The Americans at the highest level are said to have allowed the sinking of the Lusitania in order to bring the US into the First World War. They are said to have had advance intelligence of the attack on Pearl Harbour and to have permitted it so as to build public opinion to join WWII. We can stack up more recent events if we wish. And we know those in power in our own land are tainted by sin. They can be arrogant, ruthless, ambitious, unscrupulous, narcissistic, stupid, self-seeking and plain evil. But I am struggling to see a Jewish mindset, with their deep respect for human life, allowing Hamas terrorists free entry into Israel to cause such devastation.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32539\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32539\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Jerusalem-Gay-Pride.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-32539\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Jerusalem-Gay-Pride-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"Gay Pride has been allowed in Jerusalem since 2002.\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Jerusalem-Gay-Pride-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Jerusalem-Gay-Pride-600x375.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Jerusalem-Gay-Pride.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32539\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gay Pride has been allowed in Jerusalem since 2002.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the same time, abortion has been legal in Israel since 1977, if approved by a \u2018termination committee\u2019. <a title=\"Opens in a new tab or window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.il\/en\/service\/pregnancy-termination-permission\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>See this Israel government web page<\/b><\/a>. The committee almost always gives approval. <a title=\"Opens in a new tab or window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ynetnews.com\/health_science\/article\/r1115teesj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Ynetnews reports<\/b><\/a> 99.5% of requests, including for \u2018mental damage\u2019, are approved. Abortions are also carried out privately with next to no sanctions.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Opens in a new tab or window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.johnstonsarchive.net\/policy\/abortion\/ab-israel.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Johnston\u2019s Archive<\/b><\/a> shows legal abortions running at 16,500 in 2021. Live births were 185,056. The ratio is 8% of pregnancies end in abortion. The Israeli state has allowed over 800,000 infants to lose their lives in this way since 1977.<\/p>\n<p>Such bloodshed cannot please the Almighty. Nor will the abomination of \u2018gay pride\u2019 parades, held in Jerusalem now for over 20 years. Much as Israeli politicians want to show the West how &#8216;progressive&#8217; they are, one might have thought securing the blessing of Almighty God was more of a priority. The man of God, Ezra, asked:<\/p>\n<p><b>Ezra 9:14 Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping?<\/b><\/p>\n<h2>Beware fake news<\/h2>\n<p>Christians are called to be people not just of the truth of the Gospel but of truth itself:<\/p>\n<p><b>Psalm 144:11 Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>It follows that we should beware fake news. Just because something sounds right to us, or is something which just <i>ought<\/i> to be true, does not mean it <i>is<\/i> true. Christians are currently circulating a speech attributed to Benjamin Netanyahu. It is undated, unplaced, and supported by no URL at all, let alone any news site. It begins: \u2018Only 70 years ago the Jews were led to the slaughterhouse like sheep.\u2018 Or \u2018to slaughter\u2019. And it goes on. And on, and on.<\/p>\n<p>Some may think it is genuine because it is on the website of the <a title=\"Opens in a new tab or window\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/the-judean-peoples-front\/powerful-netanyahu-speech-delivered-to-the-world-140406bcd294\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Judean People\u2019s Front<\/b><\/a>, but there is no indication there where, when or to whom Mr Netanyahu is supposed to have delivered it. Even a tweet on their page bears no relation to the alleged speech.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the piece has been doing the rounds for almost four years. There is a version of it dated January 2020 <a title=\"Opens in a new tab or window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NDOATAKATIFU\/posts\/mr-netanyahu-saidonly-70-years-ago-the-jews-were-taken-to-slaughter-like-sheep-6\/422589801789453\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noopener00 noreferrer\"><b>here on Facebook<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have been around for a good while and seen a lot of this sort of time-wasting false witness. Christians share it uncritically, as gullible as the world, if not more so. This \u2018speech\u2019 has all the hallmarks of invention. Someone has just confected an impressive collection of things they would like Benjamin Netanyahu to have said.<\/p>\n<p>Just for the record, here is a real speech by Mr Netanyahu, <a title=\"Opens in a new tab or window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/full-text-of-benjamin-netanyahus-speech-to-the-un-general-assembly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>given to the UN in 2012<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Read our previous articles:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 9px; background-color: #ffff00; border-top: 9px solid #FFFF00; border-bottom: 9px solid #FFFF00; border-right: 18px solid #FFFF00; border-left: 18px solid #FFFF00; display: inline-block;\" title=\"Opens in a new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/israel-seventy-independence-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Israel&#8217;s 70th Anniversary \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><a style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 9px; background-color: #ffff00; border-top: 9px solid #FFFF00; border-bottom: 9px solid #FFFF00; border-right: 18px solid #FFFF00; border-left: 18px solid #FFFF00; display: inline-block;\" title=\"Opens in a new tab\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/israeli-apartheid-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University holds &#8216;Israel Apartheid Week&#8217; \u2192<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2>Conclusions and Prayer<\/h2>\n<p><b>Isa 62:6 I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence, 7 And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>With an Israeli invasion of Gaza expected any day, and so much of the politics intractable, it is hard to draw firm conclusions or advocate smart prayer points. But some targets for prayer are obvious:<\/p>\n<p>1 Please give the Lord no rest as you pray for the peace of Jerusalem and the whole nation of Israel and its people. Pray the Lord will safeguard the hostages. Pray for the Lord to protect the Israeli soldiers and give them wisdom as they go in to Gaza to bring the Hamas terrorists to justice and spare the innocent. Pray for the complete eradication of the Hamas mindset.<\/p>\n<p>2 Pray the Lord will keep safe the Christians of Gaza and those in Jewish and Muslim areas in all of Israel.<\/p>\n<p>3 Pray for an end to Gaza as a terrorist enclave. Pray its people can go about their work in peace and be governed by men of peace.<\/p>\n<p>4 Let us remember the only true hope for peace in the Holy Land is the Son of God who was born there. Pray for an outpouring of the Gospel and Holy Spirit to convict of sin and bring new life and reconciliation.<\/p>\n<p>5 As some (but not us!) predict WWIII: Pray there is no escalation of this conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Please leave additional scriptures or prayerful ideas in the Comments below.<\/p>\n<h2>Support us!<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>We appreciate your support; it enables our research and helps us inform your prayers.<br \/>\nSo click below to support Christian Voice and stand up for the King of kings<\/b><br \/>\n<a title=\"Opens in a new tab or window\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/P1OVTZ-gb\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3940\" style=\"border: 0px;\" title=\"Join Today!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Join_donate_Logo2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"185\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or fill in the form below to keep in touch:<\/p>\n<div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"a0d5b26f60d32\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em><b>Click on the social media links below to share this post:<\/b><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Israeli troops prepare to enter Gaza, we stand with Israel and its people and pray for the peace of Jerusalem. 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