Reporting from Jerusalem on the conflict in Israel: How Israelis face their fears
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 15 May 2023
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
I am writing today’s Daily Article from Jerusalem in the aftermath of a five-day conflict between Israel and terrorists in Gaza. I have led more than thirty study tours to Israel over the years, but this is my first time being here during one of its conflicts with its territorial enemies.
Today I’ll offer a concise survey of the issues underlying the present strife, then offer a reflection on courageous faith.
Author: Jim Denison
Narrator: Chris Elkins
Dr. Jim Denison's book, Radical Islam, explains the history of this conflict in detail, as do a number of articles
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Monday, May the 15th, 2023. |
| 0:05.4 | Welcome to the Daily Article Podcast. |
| 0:07.9 | I'm Chris Elkins, narrating today's article written by Denison Forum, co-founder and CEO, Dr. Jim Denison. |
| 0:15.6 | I am writing today's daily article from Jerusalem in the aftermath of a five-day conflict between Israel and terrorists in Gaza. |
| 0:25.0 | I have led more than 30 study tours to Israel over the years, but this is my first time being here during one of its conflicts with its territorial enemies. |
| 0:33.7 | On our first evening in Tel Aviv, we were shown the location of the bomb shelter in our hotel in case warning sirens went off during the night. |
| 0:42.0 | Our groups never traveled near Gaza, so we are never in danger from local fighting that erupts periodically in the area. |
| 0:49.0 | However, we were not able to travel to Bethlehem as usual because that would have brought us too close to the |
| 0:55.0 | conflict. I've written often on Islam and Israel over the years. My book, Radical Islam, explains the history of this conflict in detail, as do a number of articles on the Denison Forum website. See links to these in the episode notes today. For now, I'll offer a concise |
| 1:13.2 | survey of the issues underlying the present strife and then offer a reflection on courageous |
| 1:18.6 | faith. Three months ago, Kater Adnan, a leader of the terrorist group Palestinian Islamic Jihad, |
| 1:25.4 | who was imprisoned in Israel, began a hunger strike to protest his detention. |
| 1:30.3 | He died on May 2nd at age 45. |
| 1:33.3 | That afternoon, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad launched more than 100 projectiles towards southern Israel. |
| 1:40.3 | Last Tuesday morning, Israeli missiles killed three jihad commanders in response. According to |
| 1:46.1 | Palestinian officials, the assault also killed 10 civilians, including some of the targets' wives |
| 1:51.8 | and children. The Palestinian Islamic jihad retaliated by firing rockets and shells toward Israel, |
| 1:58.3 | some reaching as far as the Tel Aviv and Jerusalem areas. Israel reported |
| 2:02.8 | over 1,200 launches during the fighting and said about a quarter of the rockets misfired and |
| 2:08.7 | landed in Gaza, while most of the rest landed in open areas or were intercepted by their air |
| 2:14.3 | defense systems. However, an 80-year-old woman and a Palestinian laborer working inside Israel |
| 2:20.8 | were killed by rocket fire. Israel responded by conducting more airstrikes, killing other senior jihad leaders, |
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