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Israel kicks off 64th Independence Day celebrations

By JPOST.COM STAFFLAST UPDATED: 04/25/2012 20:26

Jerusalem hosts annual torch-lighting ceremony on Mount Herzl, marking transition from Remembrance Day to Independence Day; Rivlin: Don't take the state of Israel for granted. Photo: Ariel Jerozolimski
An annual torch-lighting ceremony was being held at Israel's capital on Wednesday, marking the end of Remembrance Day. The end of the ceremony will touch off Independence Day celebrations across the country.

The official theme of this year's Independence Day ceremony at Mount Herzl was “Water – The Source of Life.” Participants, chosen by a public committee within the Israel National Ceremony Center, were lighting 12 torches, representing the 12 tribes of the Jewish nation.

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Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin, the opening speaker at the ceremony, said that the state of Israel should not be taken for granted. "I was nine years old when the State of Israel was born," he said. "I know that the state is not something which should be taken for granted. The flag that flies here should not be taken for granted."

Rivlin also spoke of the great advances Israel has made in the past year, from the military realm to the social. Rivlin also referenced Jonathan Pollard, the Israeli agent jailed for spying in the United States, saying he expects the US authorities to release him soon.

This year's ceremony was particular somber in memory of Hila Bezaleli, a 20-year-old IDF officer who was killed in a work accident preparing for the event. Hila's parents, Sigalit and Yaron Bezaleli, lit the first torch of the ceremony along with Rivlin.

Israelis were beginning to celebrate the country's 64th birthday, as free outdoor concerts and shows were being held across the country. Hundreds of thousands of Israelis are expected to visit Israel's national parks, beaches and forests Thursday on the joyous national holiday.

On Tuesday and Wednesday, Israelis paid tribute to fallen soldiers and terror victims during Remembrance Day ceremonies across the country.

Ceremonies were held in remembrance of the 22,993 soldiers who have fallen in defense of Israel since 1860 – the year the first Jews left Jerusalem’s Old City walls to settle other parts of the country.

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Niin monet ovat maksaneet niin kalliin hinnan maasta.

Niin monet yhä maksavat ja tulevat maksamaan.

Luvattu Maa on kyynelten maa, veljesten maa on vihollisten maa.

Voi, miten Isä itse olisikaan hoitanut kaiken, jos edes kumpikaan vejeksistä olisi Häntä kuunnellut.

Nyt joudumme vain rukoilemaan armoa verenvuodatuksen ja vihan keskellä, loppuun asti,

kunnes Messias palaa ja ottaa Maan ja Kansan omaan hallintaansa.

Herra, armahda omiasi rukoilemaan, ja Herra armahda juutalaisia ja kaikkia kansoja Maassa.

Anna meille viisautta ja rauhan sydän, ettemme lietsoisi riitaa ja menisi Veljien Syyttäjän leiriin,

vaan pysyisimme Sinun siipiesi suojassa, etsisimme Sinun tahtoasi ja kasvojasi.

Herra, tapahtukoon SINUN tahtosi,

tulkoon SINUN Valtakuntasi myös Israeliin

ja juutalaisten sydämiin.

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One Way konferenssi

17.-19.8.2012 Teltassa Espoon Soukassa (Perjantai-kodin niityllä)

Ohjelmassa opetusta, musiikkia, ylistystä, uutisia ja filmejä lähetyskentiltä ja paljon muuta.

Musiikissa House Band, Classic Praise ym.

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Pääpuhujana Malcolm Hedding.

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Lähetyskentiltämme vieraina Joel ja Swarna Kodali Intiasta, Marianne ja Mac Donald Masamba Malawista ja Otgon Magsar Mongoliasta. Mukana myös Tapani Suonto, Aki Miettinen ja Leena Metsämäki.

Konferenssialueella mielenkiintoinen lähetysteltta, jossa voi tutustua eri maissa tehtävään lähetystyöhön, ruoka- ja kahviteltta sekä grillikatos makkaranpaistoa varten.

Lapsille ohjelmaa lauantaina ja sunnuntaina omassa teltassa.

KONFERENSSI OHJELMA

Pe 17.8.
18.00 AVAJAISJUHLA

La 18.8.
12.00 OPETUSTUNTI
13.00 LÄHETYSKENTTIEN TYÖPAJAT
14.00 LOUNAS
15.30 OPETUSTUNTI
16.30 KAHVI
18.00 LÄHETYSJUHLA

Su 19.8.
11.00 EHTOOLLISJUHLA
13.00 LOUNAS
15.00 ISRAEL-JUHLA

Tämän sukupolven juutalaisten pelastuminen

Erityisesti Jerusalemin kristillisen suurlähetystön (ICEJ) kautta on levinnyt opetus, että nyt ei ole juutalaisten pelastumisen eikä evankelioimisen aika, vaan juutalaiset pelastuvat kansakuntana Jeesuksen toisen tulemisen yhteydessä.

Raamatun mukaan ihmisten pelastuminen etenee seuraavasti lähtökohdista:

· Synnin alkuperä on yksi: aadamillinen lankeemus.

· Syntiongelmaan on vain yksi hoito – ristin sovitus.

· Jeesuksen evankelioimiskäsky velvoittaa saarnaamaan pelastusta kaikille kansoille.

· Pelastussanoma on vietävä jokaiselle sukupolvelle, koska Jumala tahtoo kaikkien ihmisten pelastuvan.

· Koska kaikkien ihmisten kaikkialla on tehtävä parannus, jokaisen yksilön on itse ratkaistava suhteensa Jumalaan. Kansan johtajien asenne voi edistää tai haitata ihmisten pelastumista, mutta kukaan ei voi sälyttää omaa vastuutaan toisen niskaan.

· Juutalainen on muiden lailla näiden säädösten alainen.

· Juutalaisten eikä muidenkaan kansojen evankelioimista ei tule siirtää tulevaisuuteen, koska "nyt on otollinen aika, katso, nyt on pelastuksen päivä" (2 Kor. 6:2).

· Evankeliumi on saarnattava juutalaisille ennen muita kansoja (Apt. 13:46; Room. 1:16).

Jumala ei pelasta kansoja vaan yksilöitä. Uuden testamentin opetuksessa Jumalalla on vain yksi pyhä kansa, joka koostuu Jeesuksen verellä pestyistä yksilöistä. Biologinen sukujuuri ei ratkaise kansalaisoikeutta.

On myös muistettava, että Uusi liitto on Vanhan liiton ennustusten täyttymys, ja Vanha testamentti on tulkittava Uuden testamentin valossa (2 Kor. 3:14-16).

Väitetään, että juutalainen on vilpitön uskoessaan Vanhan testamentin kirjoituksiin ja löytää sieltä Jumalan.

Todellisuudessa juutalainen hylkää Vanhan testamentin syvimmän olemuksen.

"Te tutkitte kirjoituksia, sillä teillä on mielestänne niissä iankaikkinen elämä, ja ne juuri todistavat minusta" (Joh. 5:39).

"Jos Jumala olisi teidän Isänne, niin te rakastaisitte minua" (Joh. 8:42).

"Kuka ikinä kieltää Pojan, hänellä ei ole Isääkään. Joka tunnustaa Pojan, hänellä on myös Isä" (1 Joh. 2:23)

Suomessa ongelman ydin on se, että monet herätysliikkeemme ovat VT:n profetioiden tulkinnassa lähes täydessä pimeydessä. Tuohon tyhjiöön on työntynyt dispensationalistinen ennustusten tulkinta ja sen mukana virheellinen oppi Israelin pelastuksesta.

Tämän opin mukaan juutalaiset on ensin saatava Israeliin, ja he sen kautta he voivat vastaan ottaa pelastuksen. Heidän pelastumisellaan on siis kaksi ehtoa: Eretz Israel ja Kristus. Tuo tulkinta ei ole lainkaan johdonmukaista teologiaa. On vain poimittu irrallisia Raamatun jakeita ja sovellettu niitä tunneperäisesti.

ICEJ pukee juutalaisten pelastumisen seuraavaan muotoon: niin kuin viikunapuussa kypsyy varhaisviikunoita, niin muutamia juutalaisia pelastuu nyt, mutta kansa pelastuu vasta Jeesuksen toisen tulemisen yhteydessä.

ICEJ painottaa sitä, että se ei saarnaa, mutta sen kautta juutalaiset tulevat näkemään "erilaisen Jeesuksen".

Kuinka ilman saarnaa joku voi tulla tuntemaan Jeesuksen? Paavali opetti: "Kuinka he voivat uskoa…elleivät ole kuulleet? Ja kuinka he voivat kuulla, ellei ole julistajaa?

Malcolm Hedding

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ICEJ:n kansainvälinen johtaja Malcolm Hedding julisti kristillisessä sionistikongressissa18.2.2001 seuraavaa: " Jeesus itse puhui lopun ajan juutalaisten paluusta (Luuk. 21:23,24). Hän asetti toisen paluun eskatologiaan (Luuk. 21:28)." – Merkillinen väännös!

Todellisuudessa Jeesus kohdisti tuossa jakeessa sanansa opetuslapsilleen eikä kääntymättömille juutalaisille

Jakeessa 28 sanotaan: "Mutta kun nämä alkavat tapahtua, niin rohkaiskaa itsenne ja nostakaa päänne, sillä teidän vapautukseenne on lähellä."

ICEJ edustaa virheellisen teologian lisäksi myös "kristillistä" sionismia. Oheistan sitä koskevan kielteisen kannanoton, joka on julkaistu Ristin Voitossa pari vuotta sitten.

Useat kristilliset järjestöt siirtävät IVY:n juutalaisia Israeliin.

Vaikka kaikki nuo järjestöt eivät ole suonaisessa yhteydessä ICEJ:hin, opin ilmaisut ovat hyvin samantapaisia. Jopa Jerusalem Post artikkelissaan "On wings of faith" 14.12. 2001 toteaa, että kaikkia juutalaisten kuljetuksissa mukana olevia yhteisöjä yhdistää teologia, jota yhteisöt eivät tulkinneet kristilliseksi vaan Vanhan liiton profetioiden tulkinnaksi.

ICEJ:llä ja sen Suomen osastolla on erityinen asema artikkelissa.

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ICEJ REACHING OUT TO NEEDY PALESTINIAN CHRISTIANS


New initiative for Arab believers

By: Birte Scholz
Posted on: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 -0400

There are no public social welfare or unemployment programs in the Palestinian territories. For this reason, the poor and needy are dependent on private support programs from their families and religious communities.

In an effort to assist Christian brothers and sisters in need, the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem is launching a new initiative in cooperation with local Arab churches and trusted Jewish partners who desire to reach out in peace and goodwill to their neighbours in Bethlehem and other Palestinian towns. The goal is to help provide monthly food allotments for Christian families who do not have sufficient income to cover basic living expenses.

A delegation from ICEJ AID recently visited Arab Christians in Bethlehem and Beit Jallah to better understand their situation. Aisha [*all names changed], who coordinates the project, arranged a meeting with a family which has “fallen through the cracks” on all sides when looking for assistance.

Nisreen and her daughter Ranya welcomed us warmly with a smile, cookies and tea, yet the situation for this little family is desperate. Nisreen, who was born in the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City, lived for 22 years with her husband in Europe, and their daughter was born there. But after a painful divorce, mother and daughter came back home to be with their extended family.

“In Europe I have nobody, I am alone there. My family lives here”, said Nisreen.

Israel has a policy of confiscating the identity cards of Arab residents of eastern Jerusalem if they live for more than seven consecutive years abroad, a measure which has put Nisreen and her daughter in a difficult spot. They could not return to Jerusalem, but the Palestinian Authority also said they were not eligible to receive an identity document to live in Bethlehem, as they were from Jerusalem.

With no legal status or identity papers, they could not be employed. Both would be glad to work but are repeatedly turned out at job interviews. Moreover, Nisreen is afraid that she will be deported and sent back to Europe if she is held at a checkpoint.

“I would like to work so much, to help people, pray with them and study the Bible”, said Nisreen. “But I feel suffocated here. I can’t work. I can’t go out. It is hard, very hard.”

She has a servant’s heart, but her freedom of movement is restricted due to these complications and she rarely leaves her house except for church events.

Mother and daughter were grateful to be chosen for the new aid project. “This will help us much. It comes at the right time”, Nisreen said thankfully. “We have everything in the house but we need money for food and to pay bills.”

“In spite of my hardship, I feel the hand of the Lord on me. I don’t know how, but God is providing. I sometimes even have money in my purse and I don’t know where it comes from. I know the Lord is with me and He helps me a lot”, Nisreen assured.

When she speaks about her faith in God, her eyes shine.

“I don’t want people to feel sorry for me. I thank God for everything! Through the church, I have become stronger in my faith. I experience the Lord more and I understand Him more.”

“I can do everything through Him who gives me strength”, she declared, citing a favourite passage from Philippians 4:13.

Maryam will be another recipient of the new aid project. The 61 year-old lady welcomed the ICEJ team with a bright smile and a friendly hug. In spite of difficult circumstances, her joy and faith are evident.

When her mother became sick, Maryam had to quit work to take care of her. Yet since her parents died 13 years ago, Maryam has not been able to find a new job and is living alone in her family’s house. Though she has three brothers also living in Bethlehem, relations have not been easy as they have tried to evict her out of the family house.

“Because I have Jesus at my side, they couldn’t take my house”, explained Maryam. “The Lord touched my heart with the verse John 3:16 and I walk with the Lord.”

In beautiful Arab calligraphy, this verse hangs in a frame in her living room. She has a heart for her neighbours, most from traditional Christian backgrounds, and she likes to share about the Lord with them. However, she revealed one of her deep sorrows.

“They all like me, but they don’t like me to talk about Jesus”, she said.

Maryam has managed a meager income by renting a room in her house. But she added that “the Lord sends me money and sometimes I don’t know how, but he helps me”. When Aisha told her, that she is chosen to participate in the food program, Maryam was thrilled.

“It will help me a lot because I don’t have much income”, she said while turning to ask Aisha: “Can I also buy vegetables and fruit with it?”

When told “yes”, Maryam smiled: “Excellent!” Because of diabetes and high blood pressure, she also needs medication.

“If I have money and the clinic has it in stock, I buy medication. If not, I don’t buy it.”

Maryam rarely leaves the house except when she is picked up for church events. More than once she has fallen, breaking a leg on one occasion and her right hand on another.

Aisha is glad to help with coordinating the project. “For me the focus is to help people”, she said. “We local Christians are concerned about those in need and we hope for peace. Everybody hopes for peace!”

Please help us support needy Christian families like these in Bethlehem and Beit Jallah. A one-time or monthly gift of $100 to ICEJ AID will provide essential aid for families struggling to survive. Please designate your giving as “aid for Arab Christians”. Your gift will let them know that they are not forgotten and your prayers are much appreciated as well.

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Mayor: Israel orders villagers to uproot olive trees
Published yesterday 21:26

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NABLUS (Ma'an) -- Israeli authorities on Wednesday ordered villagers in Wadi Qana in the northern West Bank to uproot 1,070 olive trees, a local official said.

The mayor of Deir Istiya Nathmi Salman told Ma'an that Israeli forces delivered the orders to Abdul Mansour, Qasem Mansour and Muqbel Awad, who own the trees.

The trees are over five years old, he added.

Female prisoners 'start partial hunger strike'

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Published yesterday 17:48

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RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- A human rights advocate said Wednesday that Palestinian women detained in Israel will join the mass hunger strike by refusing food for two days each week.

Ahmad al-Bitawi, a researcher for the International Solidarity Foundation for Human Rights, said Lina Al-Jarbouni was moved to solitary confinement in Ramla prison for refusing to stop her 9-day hunger-strike.

Last Tuesday, marking Palestinian Prisoners Day, at least 1,200 prisoners in Israeli jails launched an open-ended hunger strike.

They are demanding a change in their living conditions and an end to solitary confinement, night raids and bans on family visits for prisoners from Gaza.

Prison authorities offered female detainees to meet the hunger-strikers' demands, but the women refused, insisting the administration make the same offer to all prisoners, al-Bitawi said.

The 2-day hunger-strike starting Wednesday in Hasharon prison will be followed by an open strike, al-Bitawi added.

There are eight women imprisoned in Israel, Bitawi said. Hebron university students Islam Hassan al-Bashiti, Fatima al-Zahra Mohamad Sidir and Afnan Ismael Ramadan were detained recently on suspicion of associations with the Islamic movement, he noted.

Five other women are imprisoned in Israel, he said, naming them as Lina al-Jarbouni, Woroud Qassem, Ala al-Jabah, Salwa Hassan and Inas Saed.

Israel forces 'detain 2 teens' near Qalqiliya

Published today (updated) 26/04/2012 16:54

Isam Salim, 16, and Ibrahim Barri, 14, were arrested near Amatin village.
QALQILIYA (Ma'an) -- Israeli soldiers on Thursday detained two Palestinian teenagers east of Qalqiliya in the northern West Bank, Palestinian officials said.

Palestinian civil liaison officials said soldiers detained Isam Salim, 16, and 14-year-old Ibrahim Barri near Amatin village.

An Israeli military spokesman said two Palestinians were detained for throwing rocks at an Israeli settler. He said they were transferred to the custody of Israeli police.

Selitys, miten IDF, siis armeijan SOTILAAT voi hoitaa POLIISIpidätyksiä:

KYSEESSÄ ON NS. "HALLINNOLLINEN PIDÄTYS".

Hallinnollinen pidätys on IDF:n suorittama Shin Betin hyväksi tehty toimi, jossa pidätetylle ei ilmoiteta pidätyksen

syytä eikä hän voi valittaa siitä.

Pidätysaika on normaalisti 6 kuukautta, mutta sitä voidaan jatkaa mielivaltaisesti.

(selityksessä lainattu: Gavriel Eskel/ Israel Update)

Yarden on ukrainalaissyntyinen nuori juutalaisnainen. Hän opiskeli ortodoksijuutalaisessa Yeshivassa kolme vuotta tehtyään Alijan Israeliin. Häntä alkoi kuitenkin kiinnostamaan kysymykset Jeesuksesta, jonka väitettiin olevan Israelin Messias.

Hän ei saanut opettajiltaan kunnon vastauksia siihen miksi Jeesus ei voi olla Messias. Vanhan testamentin ennustukset Messiaasta vakuuttivat Yardenin siitä, että Jeesus on Messias ja hän antoi elämänsä Jeesukselle.

Jumala johdatti hänet evankelioimaan toisia juutalaisia Juutalaiset Jeesukselle järjestössä. Eräällä evankelioimisleirillä hän kohtasi tulevan puolisonsa, Peter Nasserin. Peter on Israelin arabi, jonka sydämellä on evankelioida juutalaisia. Yhdessä Yardenin kanssa he ryhtyivät pitämän evankelioivia kokouksia, tutustuivat, rakastuivat ja menivät naimisiin.

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Haifa's Helping Hand

Retirement Home Supports Impoverished Holocaust Survivors

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Shimon Sabag is the founder of the home and director of the charity organization Yad Ezer L'Haver -- Hebrew for "a helping hand to a friend." He began operating soup kitchens after an injury in a car accident some 20 years ago led him to rethink his life goals. He says he recognized the need for an old people's home when the number of Holocaust survivors visiting the soup kitchens began to surge.

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Sarah Samir (left) and other Holocaust survivors eat lunch at the Helping Hands, Israel's first and only residence for elderly Holocaust survivors, located in the northern city of Haifa.

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Settlers 'raise Israeli flag on Hebron mosque'

Published today (updated) 27/04/2012 19:20

The Ibrahimi Mosque is considered the fourth holiest site in Islam.

HEBRON (Ma’an) -- Settlers raised the Israeli flag on top of the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron on Friday, in the first incident of its kind since 1967, a local official said.

Zaid Jaabari, director of the Islamic Endowment, or Waqf, in Hebron slammed the incident as an assault on the sanctity of the mosque and a serious provocation.

Hebron Governor Kamal Hamid said the Israeli government was fully responsible for settler attacks, labeling their actions as clear incitement.

Report: Israel asks court to delay settlement eviction
Published today (updated) 27/04/2012 17:19

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BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- The Israeli government on Friday asked the Supreme Court to delay the eviction of a Jewish neighborhood in the West Bank, the Israeli daily Ynet reported,

Israel had promised the court it would evict the Ulpan neighborhood in Beit El settlement, built on land belonging to Palestinians, by May 1.

But the Israeli government on Friday appealed to the court to backtrack on the pledge and requested a 3-month delay to the eviction in a petition to the Supreme Court, Ynet reported.

4 hurt in Ramallah protest to support detainees

Published yesterday (updated) 27/04/2012 16:27

RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- Four Palestinians were injured Thursday when clashes erupted at a demonstration outside Israel's Ofer detention center near Ramallah, a Ma'an correspondent reported.

Israeli forces fired tear gas, stun grenades and rubber bullets as protesters threw rocks at soldiers in a demonstration for Palestinian detainees on hunger strike in Israeli jails.

Forces detained Abdullah Abu Rahmeh, a leader in the non-violent resistance movement from Bilin, the reporter said.

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Stone-throwers take cover behind a garbage bin during clashes with Israeli troops after a protest in support of Palestinian prisoners on a hunger strike in Israeli jails outside Ofer prison near Ramallah.

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Mass march in Gaza for prisoners
Published today (updated) 27/04/2012 19:19

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GAZA CITY (Ma’an) -- Palestinian prisoners continued their hunger strike for the 11th consecutive day in protest of Israeli policy.

A mass march went out in Gaza City, which was called by Hamas and Islamic Jihad to support the prisoners.

Prime Minister in Gaza Ismail Haniyeh affirmed his government’s support of the prisoners. He added during a speech in Al-Omari mosque that the prisoners are united in their battle inside Israeli jails.

He stressed the demands of the prisoners which include ending solitary confinement, cancelling the so-called Shalit law, and returning to a normal visitation program.

He sent a message to the Palestinian people and their leaders saying that “we are united behind bars and genuine demands for unity and commitment to the principles for which the prisoners were detained, and to stop the security coordination with the occupation and not to go back to negotiations.”

He also called on Egyptian intelligence, who helped execute the Shalit deal, to make Israel commit to what has been agreed on in the deal.

Miten IDF, siis armeijan SOTILAAT voi hoitaa POLIISIpidätyksiä






Selitys, miten IDF, siis armeijan SOTILAAT voi hoitaa POLIISIpidätyksiä:

KYSEESSÄ ON NS. "HALLINNOLLINEN PIDÄTYS".



Hallinnollinen pidätys on IDF:n suorittama Shin Betin hyväksi tehty toimi, jossa pidätetylle ei ilmoiteta pidätyksen

syytä eikä hän voi valittaa siitä.

Pidätysaika on normaalisti 6 kuukautta, mutta sitä voidaan jatkaa mielivaltaisesti.

(selityksessä lainattu: Gavriel Eskel/ Israel Update)