“All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations will bow down before Him . . .”
Psalm 22:27 (NIV)
Shalom, my friend.
Today, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we remember and honor the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Those who suffered and died at the hands of the ideological madness of Nazism, and those who were able to escape.
Days of remembrance like this are critical. We remember so that we never
forget . . . so that it never happens again.
As you remember God’s Chosen People, as you thank God for the Auschwitz liberation that took place today in 1945, please pray that the Jewish people will experience true liberation that can only come from Yeshua (Jesus), the Messiah.
And as you pray, please lift up the ministry of Jewish Voice and the work we’re doing together for the Jewish people – in Israel and around the world.
ISRAEL RESPONDS TO TERROR ATTACK IN UAE AND OFFERS MILITARY, INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT
Three people were killed and six were injured in a drone attack on the United Arab Emirates (UAE) last week. Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi movement immediately claimed responsibility for it.
The Jerusalem Post reported last week that of those killed in the drone attack, one was Pakistani and two were Indian. They were killed by an explosion of tanker trucks. Meanwhile, those injured are lightly to moderately injured, according to local media.
Israel’s Prime Minister, Naftali Bennett, formally condemned the attacks last week. According to The Jerusalem Post, the Prime Minister sent a letter to the UAE Crown Prince, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, offering security and intelligence support to help protect citizens from “similar attacks.”
Israeli President, Isaac Herzog, reportedly also called UAE’s Crown Prince last week to condemn the attacks. According to The Jerusalem Post, President Herzog gave his full backing to the UAE and supported its right to act in self-defense.
U.N. APPROVES RESOLUTION THAT CONDEMNS HOLOCAUST DENIAL
The U.N. General Assembly approved an Israeli-sponsored resolution late last week condemning any denial of the Holocaust, urging all nations and social media companies “to take active measures to combat antisemitism and Holocaust denial or distortion.”
According to Ynet News, the 193-member world body approved the resolution by consensus – without a vote – and with a bang of a gavel by Assembly President Abdulla Shahid.
“We now live in an era in which fiction is becoming fact and the Holocaust is becoming a distant memory,” Israeli U.N. Ambassador Gilad Erdan told the assembly in urging support for the resolution. “And as this happens following the greatest crime in human history, now comes the greatest cover-up in human history.”
Erdan, the grandson of Holocaust survivors, said the resolution is a commitment to make sure that Holocaust distortion and denial “will be tolerated no more.”
Ynet News also reports that the resolution will commend countries that have preserved Nazi death camps and other sites from the Holocaust and urges member states “to develop educational programs that will inculcate future generations with the lessons of the Holocaust in order to help to prevent future acts of genocide.”
Furthermore, the resolution requests the U.N. and its agencies to continue developing and implementing programs aimed at countering Holocaust denial and distortions and to mobilize civil society and others to provide truthful facts about the Holocaust.
ISRAEL LEADS THE WORLD IN NEW DAILY COVID-19 CASES PER CAPITA – AND WHAT THE NUMBERS MEAN
The Times of Israel reported last week that a top health expert advising Israeli officials indicated figures showing 0.6 percent of the Israeli population was testing positive for COVID-19.
According to Professor Eran Segal of The Weizmann Institute, this number places Israel at the top of the list in new daily COVID-19 cases per capita.
But, according to The Times of Israel, Professor Segal noted it’s likely that Israel is not truly the country with the highest infection rate. Rather, the figures indicate that Israel is a leading country in the number of tests performed each day, relative to its population size.
Speaking on the state of the pandemic, Professor Segal also predicted that the outbreak sweeping the country will end soon. “We are very close to the height, or even at the height of the Omicron wave.”
At the peak of the current outbreak wave, Professor Segal said that one in ten Israelis will test positive for COVID, if they are tested. But once Israel passes the peak, “there will be a relatively fast decline.”
The Times of Israel also reports that current health ministry data shows nearly 65,000 people tested positive for COVID-19 last week and current active infections are climbing to over 400,000.
Over 2 million have been infected since the onset of the pandemic in 2020.
LET US PRAY TOGETHER
Please pray with me for:
- The world to never forget the global horror of the Holocaust so that nothing like it ever happens again.
- God’s protection to be upon His people in Israel who are constantly facing threats and violence from surrounding enemies
- God to give insight in how to address, protect and move ahead as the Jewish people, Israel and the world continue to feel the impact of COVID-19
- Peace in the hearts and minds of the people of Israel and their enemies
- Jewish people to recognize Yeshua (Jesus) as their Messiah
