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A Spiritual Perspective to the Israel/Hamas War :  How Far Back Does This Conflict Go and What Does the Bible have to say about it?

Issues involved in the latest war between Jews and Arabs in the Middle East are complicated and complex.

A southern New York pastor who has traveled to the Holy Lands offers his perspectives and Biblical insights on the tragic war which fired up less than two weeks ago in southern Israel.

Dave Bretch is pastor of Beartown Road Alliance Church near Corning.  Bob Price, anchor of the Family Life Noon Report, aired an extended interview with Rev. Bretch. Topics include:

• Everyday realities and dangers faced by Christians living in Israel and the areas surrounding it.
• History — and the philosophy — which formed the 20th-Century nation of Israel
• Biblical background on the fighting over that small but vital geography
• Bretch’s personal memories of his trip to the West Bank, and what people there face