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700,000 Jews living in the 1967 liberated territories of Judea and Samaria (aka The West Bank)
New figures show that God's purpose not the worlds is being realized.
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Saturday, February 01, 2014
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As the world lead by the United States continues to discuss “the peace process” the numbers of Jews in the “West Bank” continues to climb to record numbers. Dave reasoned earlier on this program this month that “it is evident that the current round of talks, on a purely practical basis, cannot go anywhere.” Well apparently the penny may be starting to drop for others.
A report from the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported that Israels defence minister Moshe Ya’alon came out hammering Kerry’s security proposals as part of his peace plan as being “not worth the paper it is printed on” and something that won’t provide security for Israel.
The newspaper also reported Ya’alon calling Kerry “inexplicably obsessive” and “messianic” in his attempts to force the two sides into a peace agreement. Ya’alon further said that Kerry has “nothing to teach me about the conflict with the Palestinians.
“All that can ‘save us’ is for John Kerry to win a Nobel Prize and leave us in peace,” the newspaper reported.
The Defense Minister obviously came under fire for such straight comments but many Israelis could not agree more. Incredibly enough even Obama was reported by the New Yorker on the 27th to say that “the odds of completing the final treaty was 50-50.”
What all this has shown is that the relationship between Israel and the United States is currently strained (This is interestingly bringing Israel closer to some of its Arab neighbors). The truth is that it must be frustrating to try and work against Almighty God. Simply it is His land and it is His hand that had brought the Jews back to their ancient land. As Dave also mentioned on this program a few weeks back “There will be Jews who have returned from exile living on the "mountains of Israel"”. This is what Bible students have expected for many years and we are so privileged to see. Well talking about being privileged to see God’s hand, this week population data from the west bank was published from the Israeli Ministry of the Interior that reports 700,000 Jews are living in the West Bank including east Jerusalem. So despite all the world speaking of Jews leaving the West Bank, the opposite is happening. The population is continuing to grow just as God said it would. I found the numbers quite fascinating and helps to make the situation very real especially when you think how many of these people are living in small settlements surrounded by much larger Arab populations. That said I decided to publish the list here so you can see it for yourself:
All figures are as of December 31, 2013
330,000 Jews live in the following eastern neighborhoods of Jerusalem:
Armon HaNatziv
Beit Orot
Givat HaMivtar
Givat Hanania
Gilo
French Hill
The Old City
Mount Scopus
Har Homa
Kfar Shiloah
Maale Zeitim
Neve Yaakov
Nof Tziyon
Sanhedria Murchevet
Ir David
Pisgat Zeev
Ramot
Ramot Eshkol
Ramat Shlomo
373,992 Jews live in the towns of Judea and Samaria according to the following stats for each town:
Northern Samaria
Name of Town As of 2012 As of 2013
Chinanit 1070 1100
Chermesh 231 239
Mevo Dotan 348 354
Rechan 192 203
Shaked 729 750
Total: 2,646
Ariel-Elkana Bloc (Trans Samaria H’way)
Name of Town As of 2012 As of 2013
Revava 1,628 1,774
Oranit 7,685 8,171
Alfei Menashe 8,009 8,066
Elkana 3,815 3,855
Ariel 18,689 18,757
Barkan 1,622 1,659
Elei Zahav 732 1,087
Etz Efraim 903 1,270
Peduel 1,430 1,501
Kiryat Netafim 693 700
Shaarei Tikva 4,995 5,162
Total: 52,002
Maaleh Adumim Bloc
Name of Town As of 2012 As of 2013
Maaleh Adumim 38,934 39,421
Kfar Adumim 3,456 3,652
Mitzpe Yericho 2,054 2,130
Keidar 1,202 1,255
Total: 46,458
Eastern Etziyon
Name of Town As of 2012 As of 2013
Maaleh Amos 471 470
Nokdim 1,420 1,565
Tekoa 2,677 2,938
Metzad-Asfar 478 519
Total: 5,492
Samaria
Name of Town As of 2012 As of 2013
Itamar 1,006 1,009
Elon Moreh 1,613 1,661
Bracha 1,888 2,037
Yitzhar 1,243 1,308
Migdalim 155 157
Shavei Shomron 836 871
Avnei Hefetz 1,722 1,782
Yakir 1,737 1,819
Kfar Tapuach 1268 986
Maaleh Shomron 842 915
Nofim 502 533
Salit 574 593
Immanuel 3,545 3,665
Einav 745 764
Tzofim 1,519 1,667
Kedumim 4,168 4,223
Karnei Shomron 7,172 7,222
Total: 31,212
Beitar Illit
Name of Town As of 2012 As of 2013
Beitar Illit 44,608 47,311
Total: 47,311
Kiryat Sefer Bloc
Name of Town As of 2012 As of 2013
Hashmonaim 3,044 3,141
Kiryat Sefer (Modiin Illit) 57,897 61,273
Matityahu 547 590
Total: 65,004
Jordan Valley Region
Name of Town As of 2012 As of 2013
Avnet 96 111
Almog 221 225
Argeman 165 160
Bet HaArava 115 129
Bekaot 210 208
Gittit 332 349
Galgal 159 160
Vered Yericho 266 266
Hemdat 158 154
Hamra 168 174
Yetav 287 323
Yafit 182 180
Mehola 463 470
Mechora 149 165
Maaleh Efraim 1,582 1,562
Mitzpeh Shalem 201 204
Mesua 190 186
Maskiot 112 140
Niran 79 81
Naama 138 141
Netiv Hagedud 179 186
Fetzael 275 278
Kalia 382 396
Roi 157 151
Rotem 110 131
Shadmot Mehola 569 599
Tomer 305 303
Total: 7,432
Gush Etzion
Name of Town As of 2012 As of 2013
Elon Shevut 3,475 3,531
Elazar 2,393 2,474
Efrata 9,180 9,335
Bat Ayin 1,244 1,314
Har Gilo 943 1,258
Kfar Etziyon 681 726
Migdal Oz 446 438
Neve Daniel 2,312 2,414
Rosh Tzurim 925 989
Total: 22,479
Hevron Hill
Name of Town As of 2012 As of 2013
Adura 296 345
Eshkolot 517 496
Hevron 594 565
Haggai 554 564
Tene 740 813
Carmel 448 462
Maon 497 508
Metzudat Yehuda 453 480
Negohot 256 269
Susia 933 956
Otniel 717 744
Pnei Hever 384 418
Kiryat Arba 7,277 7,410
Shima 425 458
Telem 256 278
Carmei Tzur 968 1,085
Total: 15,851
Binyamin Region
Name of Town As of 2012 As of 2013
Bet El 5,970 5,981
Bet Aryeh 4,312 4,493
Bet Horon 1,195 1,226
Geva (Adam) 4,622 4,832
Givon Hahadasha 1,348 1,380
Givat Zeev 14,348 15,318
Dolev 1,337 1,345
Har Adar 3,955 4,023
Halamish 1,175 1,200
Talmon 3,482 3,612
Kochav HaShahar 1,957 2,019
Kochav Yaakov 6,982 7,232
Kfar HaOranim 2,434 2,458
Mevo Horon 1,986 2,125
Maaleh Levona 634 646
Maaleh Michmash 1,503 1,551
Nachliel 542 597
Nili 1,022 1,135
Naaleh 1,123 1,234
Ofrah 3,214 3,293
Ateret 531 557
Almon (Anatot) 1,213 1,280
Psagot 1,882 1,939
Rimonim 626 600
Shiloh 2,917 3,170
Eli 3,415 3,548
Total: 76,794
Ezekiel 37: 21,22 “Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land: And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel…”
We are living at “the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began,” of that there is no doubt. The question that the disciples asked Christ upon his resurrection in Acts 1:6 – “Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the Kingdom to Israel?” When we see the influx of Jews into the mountains of Israel with the waste places being rebuilt what we are seeing is the foundations for the kingdom of Israel to be re-established.
God is clearly working with natural Israel to fulfill His promise, the question for myself and anyone listening is, are we ready? Christ spoke of a parable of ten virgins, five were wise and five were foolish, the wise had oil in their lamps. The oil is the word of God, are we full?
The prophetic word is not written just so that we can be entertained, God has given us promises so that we might see God’s hand working in the world and in turn examine ourselves. Consider the following words from 2 Peter 3:9-11:
“The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness…”
We know that God is not going to literally burn up the heavens and the earth but rather fill the earth with His glory as He says in Numbers. The heavens and the earth here are political, the world order that we know now will come to an end at Christ’s coming as he establishes David’s throne once again in the earth. The point for us now is “what manner of persons ought ye to be?”
Just yesterday a mass prayer rally was held at the Western Wall in Jerusalem which was held under the title "prayer for the redemption of the people of Israel and their portion." All these events that are in the news headlines regarding Israel are all shaping the character of the nation. Just as troubles in our own lives can change us and bring us to God so too on a national level with His people.
May Christ the son of David come soon and establish real peace and may we be ready. This has been John Billington with you this week for another edition of the Bible in the News.
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