Day 31
West Bank
Proposals by Israel’s new far-right government for far-reaching changes to the administration of the occupied West Bank prompted warnings from opposition figures and Palestinian groups even before Benjamin Netanyahu officially returned as Prime Minister. But an intervention by the head of the Israel Defence Forces underscored how those anxieties have also reached the top echelon of the Jewish state’s military. Netanyahu and Kochavi agreed that any initiatives touching on military operations would be delayed until the government received a full briefing on the consequences.
Pray for Smotrich, an ardent supporter of West Bank settlement expansion, who is Israel’s new Finance Minister. Pray fo Palestinians in the West Bank to seek God’s help to really live there safely (The Bible, Jeremiah 29:13).
Source:
https://www.ft.com/content/3d1939bb-8ebf-4421-afeb-0242809b191e
Mahmoud Abbas is the president and Mohammad Shtayyeh is the Prime Minister of the West bank. The West Bank lies on the west bank of the Jordan River. Since 1967 most of the West Bank has been under Israeli military occupation. To the west, north, and south, the West Bank shares borders with mainland Israel. The West Bank also contains a significant coastline along the western bank of the Dead Sea. The Palestinian population of around ten or eleven million people is divided between historic Palestine and a diaspora, mainly in neighboring Arab countries. Efforts to create a Palestinian state on the West Bank of the River Jordan and Gaza on the Mediterranean coast have been frustrated by the continuing conflict with Israel and disputes over the status of diaspora Palestinians. Islamic oppression is the main source of persecution. Islamic extremist militants cause Christians to fear being attacked, and the persecution is particularly brutal for converts to Christianity.
