| (Copyright 2023) by Dwight Fleming (Oroville, California) |
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| Planning to fly to Israel to see historical sites? Well, it may not be so easy right now to find a flight to Israel because of the war. If you can manage to land at Tel Aviv, you won’t have to deal with any of the usual crowds as you can imagine. The video below will give you a “behind-the-headlines” report on the conditions in Israel because of the war. What makes this report special is that it’s made by an Arab-Jewish couple who have a positive perspective on the age-old conflict between Jews and Arabs. Sergio and Rhoda were visiting family in Florida when the war broke out. They wanted to ship supplies to others in Israel but the usual cargo flights, UPS, FedEx, DHL, have been cancelled. All airlines have cancelled flights to Tel Aviv except one due to the danger of rockets. Why is this one airline able to fly there when the others can’t? Sergio and Rhoda will explain. As you would expect, tourism in Israel has crashed. This has severely affected the economy. Some businesses have had to close down because the war has pulled many workers into military service. The prior shutdowns from the pandemic took their toll and now the war effort will also add a major strain on the economic health of Israel. When I visited Egypt in the autumn of 1991, which was after the Gulf War, our Egyptian guide remarked that there were no tourists during the war. As a consequence, all the local businesses which depended on tourists were severely affected. From Cairo, I flew to Tel Aviv late Sunday night on an EL AL flight for a tour of Israel. At the Ben Gurion Airport, I got my bags and then got in line to go through Customs. This harmless looking guy came up behind me and sat his bag on the floor. He asked me if I would watch his bag while he went to the restroom. I said, “Sure.” After a few minutes, it hit me, “Maybe this guy isn’t coming back because there is a BOMB in his bag.” I was starting to panic and wondered if I should notify someone before something exploded. To my relief, this guy came back to the line for his bag. But it took a few minutes for my heart to stop racing. Sergio and Rhoda share a powerful testimony in this video and give a good example of how Jesus, the Prince of peace, will finally bring peace to the Middle East. This is an uplifting report that will give us all hope. Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIPD6BSAxOQ ———————————————————————————————————- See Dwight Fleming’s other articles at: Fleming, Dwight – Church of God, Bismarck (church-of-god-bismarck.org) ———————————————————————————————————- |
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