Anti-Israel mob wants you to think we’re alone. Five million flags say otherwise
Before Shabbat on Friday, my wife sent me up the street to our local bakery to pick up challah. Outside, a man was calling out, “156!” I asked him what 156 meant. For 156 weeks in a row, he told me, he has delivered Challahs and other Shabbat food to Israeli soldiers every Friday afternoon. I gave him a donation for his project, and then I stopped for a moment.
TL;DR
- A man has delivered Shabbat food to Israeli soldiers for 156 consecutive weeks, symbolizing the three years since Oct. 7.
- The number three is biblically significant, representing the distance between despair and miraculous deliverance.
- The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews organized a global initiative with over 4,375 churches planting 1,200 Israeli flags each to memorialize the 1,200 victims of Oct. 7.
- This initiative has seen exponential growth, with over 5 million flags planted in 2024, becoming a large gathering of Jews and Christians.
- The author describes participating in a 'Flags of Fellowship' ceremony at the Banias Church, surrounded by Christian Arab Zionists, as a scene of pain, sadness, renewal, growth, and fellowship.
- The growing solidarity is presented as a counter-narrative to online voices denying Israel's legitimacy and attempting to isolate the Jewish people.