It's Wednesday, October 18, 2023.

I'm Albert Moeller, and this is The Briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from

a Christian world view.

Events are changing so fast we're living in one of those moments in which it feels like

time is compressed, and we have an overload of developments, and of course you also have

to understand the moral responsibility, the fact that there are people who are living

through these events right now whose lives are threatened and who are dealing in the aftermath

of a savage attack upon their nation.

But the big news today is that the president of the United States is going to be going

to Israel.

And that requires some explanation.

Why in the middle of a war?

Why in the aftermath of this kind of attack upon an ally, would the president of the United

States go to Israel?

There are a couple of reasons the most important reason is he was invited.

That's a very morally significant fact, because right now with so much attention on Israel

and Israel's response to the savage attack by Hamas, and now with an expected land invasion

of Gaza by Israeli defense forces, it's very significant that the Prime Minister of Israel,

Benjamin Netanyahu, invited the president of the United States to come and see for himself

the reality.

So that tells you something.

It's a bold move by Israel to say you want to see what we're doing come and see for yourself.

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