Below are reports and information about Israel in need of Christian help and support.  Jesus made it clear that it is the duty of every Christian to help people in need (when it is within their power)!

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Report in Hebrew Newspaper YEDIOT AHRONOT on 11-21-04
1. New poverty report: More poor, more hungry, more workers don’t finish
month.
1.4 MILLION POOR PEOPLE.
This is the National Insurance assessment ahead of publication of annual
report.  Included among poor, approximately 660,000 children.  Reason: Cuts
in benefits.  Who is poor: Family earning less than NIS 4,463. (Courtesy of the GPO)

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“MR. INTERIOR MINISTER, I AM A HUNGRY GIRL.”
14-year-old Or from Haifa was astounded to hear Poraz say that, “There are
no hungry people in Israel,” because she and her brothers are hungry all
day.  She sent letter to minister last night: “You cannot describe to
yourself the heartache of seeing your brothers, your flesh and blood,
scrawny and almost not eating.”  (Report in the Hebrew Press 9/13/04)

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Reports in Hebrew Newspapers on August 10, 2004

HA’ARETZ: CENTRAL BUREAU OF STATISTICS: APPROXIMATELY 500,000 PEOPLE DID WITHOUT FOOD OR MEDICINES IN 2003 DUE TO ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES.

MA’ARIV: 1. 14% went without food products.  38% went without home heating.  16% went without buying medicine.  54% went without new shoes and clothes.  45% went without dental care.
SIMPLY GOING WITHOUT.
Central Bureau of statistics report determines: Half of Israel’s population
didn’t succeed in finishing the month last year.

YEDIOT AHRONOT: 500,000 ISRAELIS GOING SHORT ON FOOD.
Hundreds of thousands of Israeli families experiencing economic
difficulties.

HA’ARETZ:  CENTRAL BUREAU OF STATISTICS: APPROXIMATELY 500,000 PEOPLE DID WITHOUT FOOD OR MEDICINES IN 2003 DUE TO ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES

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"As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever." 2 Corinthians 9:9

"Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do." Galatians 2:10

"Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked." Psalms 82:3&4

HATZOFEH (Hebrew newspaper reported 04/22/04)
National Insurance Institute Director: 30% of Israeli children live in
very difficult conditions.
600,000 CHILDREN LIVE UNDER THE POVERTY LINE.
In past year 40,000 children dropped to below poverty line - and today 30%
of Israeli children live in situation of poverty.  Data released months
before planned date in order to try to shock Finance Ministry ahead of
preparations for 2005 budget.

"There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion
of the band called the Italian band,
A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which
gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.
He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an
angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius.
And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it,
Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up
for a memorial before God.
And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname
is Peter:
He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side:
he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do."  Acts 10:1-6

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YEDIOT AHRONOT (Israeli Hebrew Newspaper - posted 12-25-03)
ISRAELI CHILDREN: POOREST IN WESTERN WORLD.
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HALF OF AMERICANS: ISRAEL ENDANGERS WORLD PEACE.
Despite this, survey shows that 70% believe that Israel is serious in its
efforts for peace.  (Posted 12/18/2003)

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POLL IN EUROPE:  ISRAEL –– GREATEST RISK TO WORLD PEACE.        -----------                                                                                                             "ISRAEL –– GREATEST DANGER TO WORLD PEACE."                                This is what most Europeans think about us. Astonishment in Jerusalem over results of EU poll. German MP, in sharp anti-Semitic outburst: "Jews are nation of murderers."                                                                                                             ----------  59% OF EUROPEANS: ISRAEL DANGER TO WORLD.                     ----------  EUROPEAN POLL: ISRAEL –– COUNTRY THAT MOST ENDANGERS WORLD PEACE.  (Newspapers Reports -- Posted 11-03-03)

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The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs' report on poverty in Israel for the year 2002 was published today, MA'ARIV reported. According to the document, 1.321 million people - approximately 21 percent of the population in Israel - live below the poverty line (marked at one quarter of the median income level in Israel). The report also shows that per-capita income for the entire population has decreased by 6 percent, and that the difference or gap between the poor and the rich has widened.                                        

The poorest city in Israel is Bnei-Brak, with 31 percent of the population and 50.6 percent of children living below the poverty line. Jerusalem follows as the second poorest city, with 22.2 percent of families and close to 40 percent of children living below the poverty level. According to a different report, published two days ago by the Bank of Israel, the number of families living in poverty in Israel has increased threefold between 1998-2001. (Reported via a Israeli news service 10/30/03)

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*** Increasing poverty – number of poor children reaches 600,000 -- A recent report from Israel in a Hebrew newspaper  ( Posted 10/27/03 )

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GENERAL DATA

In 2003, 3,838 terrorist attacks were perpetrated against Israeli targets,
in which 213 Israelis (50 members of the security forces and 163 civilians)
were murdered.  In 2002, 5,301 terrorist attacks were perpetrated against
Israeli targets, in which 451 Israeli soldiers and civilians were murdered.
Thus, there was an approximately 30% drop in the number of attacks and a
drop of over 50% in the number of fatalities over the previous year.

However, it must be pointed out that the drop in the number of attacks
stems - inter alia - from the intensive counter-terrorist actions of the
IDF, Israel Police and ISA, as a result of which many attacks were foiled.
Thus, for example, there was an average of 40 warnings per day.