Rock Attacks

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Lately, over the last few months there have been numerous rock attacks on cars exiting our town of

Efrat.  I would say that there have been at least 3-5 attacks a week.

 

What has been happening to our town is not unique to us. All over Judaea and Samaria (what the world erroneously calls the West Bank) there have been hundreds of rock attacks. Some of them have resulted in critical injuries and some have resulted in deaths. In March, Adva Biton was driving with her three daughters when suddenly they were attacked by Arab terrorists throwing rocks. The mother swerved and collided with a truck leaving them all injured. The two year old Adelle was injured severely and is still fighting for her life in the hospital. Her future is unclear.

 

These are not young children throwing small rocks. These are young adults and adults throwing large rocks and sometimes pushing small boulders over an edge on to the road below.  These are planned acts of terror with a weapon that is deadly. The attacks are aimed at civilians.

 

The Israeli government has tied the hands of the army and has not allowed them to respond to these acts of terror appropriately. The result has been that the roads have become increasingly dangerous in many areas of Judaea and Samaria including my town of Efrat, just 10 minutes south of Jerusalem.   I want you to imagine a road near your house under constant rock attack from a local gang. How would the police react? Imagine hundreds of these attacks! Of course the police would take severe action. So why doesn’t the government of Israel do anything?

 

Here is my prediction: As of this writing, Israelis are becoming fed up with the government’s passiveness and have organized protests all over Judaea and Samaria trying to force the hand of the government to respond. The government will ultimately have no choice but to respond as the ever increasing rock attacks and injuries mount. After the response you will start to hear all about it in the mainstream media. Israel will be accused of “disproportionate response” and “excessive force.” We will be accused of being an “apartheid state” that aggressively attacks Palestinians. There will be calls for Israel to withdraw from our Biblical homeland and others will delegitimize and demonize Israel. Some news media outlets will refer to it as “the cycle of violence,” immorally equating the response to terror with terror itself. There of course will be those who try to justify the rock terror by saying that the Jews “stole” the land of the Palestinians hence causing them to have “no choice” but to attack innocents.

Well, there you have it—an update on the behind-the-scenes news and my prediction. I hope that I am proven wrong. If you are a follower of the news out of Israel you will notice that my prediction is basically the playbook of every incident in Israel.

 You as a citizen of the world can play your part in helping Israel cope with these kinds of situations. How? By being in touch with your elected officials and local media stations. Let them know that you support Israel. They do count the calls and emails they receive so let your voice be heard.

 Of course, prayer is our greatest friend as all of us know that without the help of God Israel could not survive.

taken from Teach Israel newsletter.

Psalm 2:1-6
"Why do the nations rage, and the people plot a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD and against His Anointed, saying, 'Let us break their bonds in pieces and cast away their cords from us.' He who sits in the heavens shall laugh; The Lord shall hold them in derision. Then He shall speak to them in His wrath, and distress them in His deep displeasure; Yet I have set My King on My Holy Hill of Zion."

Psalm 33:8-12
"Let all the earth fear the Lord; Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him. For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast. The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; He makes the plans of the peoples of no effect. The counsel of the Lord stands forever, the plans of His Heart to all generations. Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His inheritance."