OT Weekly Update

Week ending March 28th, 2025

‎1.‎ The Passover story and God’s ingathering of the exiles today

2.‎ Most Palestinians would relocate from Gaza strip if given opportunity

3.‎ French Jews moving to Israel to help war effort

4.‎ Women choosing life - Stories of babies bringing blessings to those who choose not to abort

5.‎ The ugly truth – No one cares about Gazans

6.‎ Israel eyeing full-scale occupation of Gaza

7.‎ Archaeologists discover massive 2,200-year-old pyramid in Judean Desert

8.‎ Should Israel end the fighting in Gaza?

9.‎ ‘Olim come here because of their solidarity with Israel’ Immigration Minister says

10.‎ How is Israel's autonomous Robdozer revolutionizing combat engineering?

11.‎ Daylight saving time - Israel to move clocks forward one hour

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‎1.‎ The Passover story and God’s ingathering of the exiles today

The story of Passover, one of the most powerful narratives in the Bible, is not merely a historical account of the Israelites' liberation from Egyptian bondage. It is a reminder of God’s faithfulness, His power to deliver, and His promise to bring His people home.

Arthur A. Flower | All Israel News, March 26, 2025

For more further reading click > ‎https://allisrael.com/blog/the-passover-story-and-god-s-ingathering-of-the-exiles-today

Observe the month of Aviv and celebrate the Passover of the LORD your God, because in the month of Aviv he brought you out of Egypt by night. Sacrifice as the Passover to the LORD your God an animal from your flock or herd at the place the LORD will choose as a dwelling for his Name. Do not eat it with bread made with yeast, but for seven days eat unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left Egypt in haste—so that all the days of your life you may remember the time of your departure from Egypt.  Deuteronomy 16:1 - 3

2.‎ Most Palestinians would relocate from Gaza strip if given opportunity

Most respondents were in favor of temporary relocation, with some seeking permanent relocation and a small minority in favor of sending relatives abroad.

By Jerusalem Post Staff, March 21, 2025

For more further reading click > https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-847041?utm_source=jpost.app.android&utm_medium=share

Gaza will be abandoned and Ashkelon left in ruins…. The land by the sea will become pastures having wells for shepherds and pens for flocks. Zephaniah 2:4, 6

3.‎ French Jews moving to Israel to help war effort

The Christian Embassy has sponsored Aliyah flights for 654 Jewish immigrants from France in the past two years, including 154 since February. But many more are set to come, with French Aliyah up 53% so far this year.

By Howard Flower, ICEJ Aliyah Director, March 21, 2025

For more further reading click > https://www.icej.org/blog/french-jews-moving-to-israel-to-help-war-effort/

‎Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your children from the east and gather you from the west. I will say to the north, 'Give them up!' and to the south, 'Do not hold them back.' Bring My sons from afar and My daughters from the ends of the earth Isaiah 43:5, 6

4.‎ Women choosing life

Stories of babies bringing blessings to those who choose not to abort

An astonishing 6,000 lives have been saved over the years through the work of the pro-life organization, Be’ad Chaim, in Israel.

Jo Elizabeth | Published: March 22, 2025

For more further reading click > ‎https://allisrael.com/women-choosing-life-stories-of-babies-bringing-blessings-to-those-who-chose-not-to-abort

For You created my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother's womb.  I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in Your book before one of them came to be. Psalm 139:13 - 16

‎5.‎ The ugly truth – No one cares about Gazans

Is it really true? No one cares for Gazans?

Cookie Schwaeber-Issan | All Israel News, March 23, 2025

For more further reading click > ‎https://search.app/JWq2p6fbs2NmnCDs8

Gaza will shave her head in mourning; Ashkelon will be silenced. You remnant on the plain, how long will you cut yourselves? "'Alas, sword of the LORD, how long till you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still.' But how can it rest when the LORD has commanded it, when he has ordered it to attack Ashkelon and the coast?" Jeremiah 47:5 - 7

‎6.‎ Israel eyeing full-scale occupation of Gaza

Such a move would represent a departure for the Israeli military, whose previous leaders feared becoming entangled in the Gaza Strip.

Erez Linn, JNS, March 24, 2025

For more further reading click > ‎https://www.jns.org/report-israel-eyeing-full-scale-occupation-of-gaza/

The allotment for the tribe of Judah, according to its clans, extended down to the territory of Edom, to the Desert of Zin in the extreme south … and Gaza, its settlements and villages, as far as the Wadi of Egypt and the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea. Joshua 15:1, 47

Hezekiah trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel. … From watchtower to fortified city, he defeated the Philistines, as far as Gaza and its territory. 2 Kings 18:1, 8

‎7.‎ Archaeologists discover massive 2,200-year-old pyramid in Judean Desert

Experts uncover a massive pyramid-shaped structure, ancient papyrus documents and rare artifacts from Hellenistic-era rule in southern Israel, shedding new light on the region’s history

Yaron Drukman| YNet News.com, March 25, 2025

For more further reading click > ‎https://www.ynetnews.com/travel/article/skmzd01tke

The whole Israelite community set out from the Desert of Sin, traveling from place to place as the LORD commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.  Exodus 17:1

‎8.‎ Should Israel end the fighting in Gaza?

Weeds can ruin the lush, carpet-like look of a well-tended lawn. Similar to those pesky weeds, terrorists must be pulled up by the roots so that they will not return. This is exactly the situation which lies before us.

Cookie Schwaeber-Issan | All Israel News, March 25, 2025

For more further reading click > ‎https://allisrael.com/blog/should-israel-end-the-fighting-in-gaza

"As the weeds are pulled up and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age. The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. They will throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Matthew 13:40 – 42

‎9.‎ ‘Olim come here because of their solidarity with Israel’ Immigration Minister Ofir Sofer says

Sofer noted that Aliyah is increasing in countries in the West, such as the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and France.

By Alan Rosenbaum, Jerusalem Post, March 25, 2025

For more further reading click > ‎https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-847506

They will follow the LORD; He will roar like a lion. When He roars, His children will come trembling from the west.  Hosea 11:10

‎10.‎ How is Israel's autonomous Robdozer revolutionizing combat engineering?

“The RobDozer is operational and combat-proven, having carried out fully robotic combat missions, drastically reducing the risk to troops," the IAI said.

By Seth Frantzman, Jerusalem Post, March 27, 2025

For more further reading click > ‎https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-847869?utm_source=jpost.app.android&utm_medium=share

When you go to war against your enemies and see horses and chariots and an army greater than yours, do not be afraid of them, because the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt, will be with you. Deuteronomy 20:1

‎‎11.‎ Daylight saving time - Israel to move clocks forward one hour

Daylight saving time begins on the Thursday-Friday night before the last Sunday in March and ends on the last Sunday in October.

By Yuval Bagno, Jerusalem Post, March 26, 2025

For more further reading click > ‎https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-847621?utm_source=jpost.app.android&utm_medium=share

And God said, "Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years, and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth." And it was so. God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. Genesis 1:14 - 16

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