At the end of October, a unique and paradoxical event occurred in Tel Aviv. Assyrians and other Middle East minorities persecuted by Islamists, came to unite under the Israeli flag – in the Arabic language.
The Assyrian delegates saw this as a fulfillment of the prophecy in Isaiah 19, claiming: “The connection between Israel and Assyria is divinely ordained! Together, our countries can prove that the Middle East is not doomed to darkness, but can become a beacon of faith and reconciliation.”
The Bible tells us: In that day Israel will be the third, along with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing on the earth. The Lord Almighty will bless them, saying, “Blessed be Egypt my people, Assyria my handiwork, and Israel my inheritance.” (Isaiah 19:24-25 NIV)
It was Israel Today’s very own long-term correspondent Dr. Edy Cohen who brought these delegates of persecuted Middle East minorities together on Israeli soil.
Edy has a following of hundreds of thousands in the Arabic-speaking world, even...
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