Bible Bloc Party in Israel: May 2007

REPORT FROM ISRAEL: EVANGELICALS SEEK TO BLESS VICTIMS OF WAR AND TERROR AS MORE THAN 170 ROCKETS RAIN DOWN ON JEWISH STATE

By Joel C. Rosenberg

(JERUSALEM, ISRAEL, May 24, 2007) -- I've been in Israel all week, including a day in Sderot, the southern town along the border of the Gaza Strip that has been hit with more than 170 rockets in the past ten days (6 rockets hit while we were there); and Kiryat Shmona, the northern town along the Lebanon border that was hit with more than 1,000 missiles and rockets during the war last summer....with me have been 43 members of an evangelical church from New Mexico to do a humanitarian relief project and deliver some $200,000 worth of aid through The Joshua Fund....we had the privilege of meeting local goverment leaders, emergency relief officials, and Israeli pastors....I also met in Jerusalem with Kay Arthur, the internationally renowned Bible teacher, and two staffers with Focus on the Family to discuss new ways to mobilize evangelicals to bless Israel as the violence in the south intensifies and a new war could be brewing this summer....for photos and a detailed report on our trip, please visit the weblog....in Sderot, I was interviewed by the Christian Broadcasting Network on who's behind these rocket attacks and why they could trigger a major war....you can watch the interview online by visiting our weblog.

(Picture: Chris Mitchell, Jerusalem bureau chief for the Christian Broadcasting Network; Edward Hunt, Director of Operations for The Joshua Fund; and Joel in Sderot, about 2 miles from the Gaza border.)

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Nine US military ships enter Persian Gulf Wednesday, assembling off Iran’s coast in largest American naval move since 2003

May 23, 2007,


	USS Bonhomme Richard LHD 6 Group, the world’s biggest amphibious strike force

They sailed through the Strait of Hormuz by day - according to US Navy officials for training exercises. The vessels carry around 17,000 combat and marine personnel. They include the two aircraft carriers, USS Nimitz and USS Stennis, as well as the Bonhomme Richard LHD 6, the world’s biggest amphibious strike force. Iran was not notified of the planned arrival.

DEBKAfile reports the maneuvers take place less than two weeks after Vice President Dick Cheney visited the region and informed Saudi King Abdullah and fellow Gulf rulers that President George W. Bush has determined that if Iran refuses to waive a nuclear weapon capability, the US will attack its nuclear, military and economic infrastructure before he leaves the White House in Jan. 2009.

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