A coalition of faith-based organizations has announced it is adopting an Israeli community as its sister city in a bid to rescue and restore “Israel’s breadbasket” – a vital agricultural region between Gaza and the Negev Desert that accounts for over 60% of Israel’s agricultural produce.
Known as Ein Habesor, this region is referenced in the Bible in 1 Samuel 30 as “the brook of Bezor,” where the future King David and his warriors briefly rested and regrouped before routing their ancient foes the Amalekites.
Due to the violent upheaval and deadly danger caused by Hamas in the region, the crops there are at serious risk.
“Right now Israel’s vital produce is just rotting on the vine, and if we don’t turn things around soon it could become economically devastating for the whole region,” Todd Lamphere, vice president of Governmental Relations for CityServe International said in a press release.
CityServe is a nonprofit collaborative network of churches known for providing disaster relief both domestically and across the globe.
Lamphere has just returned from a fact-finding mission to Ein Habesor on behalf of CityServe and the other three coalition partners that are adopting the remote village. The other partners include the
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