Today is Monday, November the 7th, 2022.

Welcome to the Daily Article Podcast.

I'm Chris Elkins with the Denison Forum narrating today's article written by Dr. Jim Denison.

In 2 Timothy 312 we read,

All who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

I returned home last weekend after spending two weeks in Israel, where I observed their

latest elections firsthand. As you know, a coalition led by former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

won enough seats in the Israeli parliament to form a new government. What you may not know, however,

is why this story matters to every evangelical Christian in America. The popular vote was

evenly split with about 49% going to Mr. Netanyahu and 49% going to his opponents. However,

as my Israeli friends explained to me, Mr. Netanyahu's victory was fueled primarily by the rise of a political partnership led by two men who are unfamiliar to Americans, but who are dominating the news in their country.

Bezal-Smatrich leads a political party called Religious Zionism, which, as Israeli political commentator,

David Horowitz, explains, ultimately seeks in Israel run according to the laws of the Torah.

Itamar bin Gavir leads Otzma Yehudit, which advocates the annexation of biblical Judea and Samaria

for an enlarged sovereign Jewish state in which West Bank

Palestinians would be denied equal rights. The two parties formed a coalition with Mr. Netanyahu's

secular Lakud Party to win a 64-seat governing majority in the 120-seat parliament. This coalition, according to my Israeli friends,

is fueled less by popular support for Smotrich and Ben-Govir's actual agendas, and more in

response to the security threats Israel is facing. Violence in the West Bank is escalating dramatically.

Iran continues to arm Hezbollah in Lebanon

while pursuing nuclear capacities that pose an existential threat to Israel. As last week's

election showed once again, a tiny nation surrounded by enemies will always put its defense

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