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Gadi Eisenkot, leader of Israel’s Yashar party, has declared that Israel has chosen change, pledging to form a new government after election exit polls put the opposition bloc ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc.
Speaking to supporters at his party headquarters, Eisenkot said Israelis were tired of the current government and called on Netanyahu to accept the preliminary results. He promised a government that would unite the country, make military service mandatory and address Israel’s political, economic and security challenges.
Eisenkot also urged law enforcement authorities to stand firm and accused Netanyahu of potentially using national security for political purposes.
However, the exit polls indicate that neither major bloc has the 61 seats needed for a parliamentary majority, leaving coalition negotiations crucial to determining who will form the next government.
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<br>Matthew 15:21 Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. 22 A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is demon-possessed and suffering terribly.”
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<br>23 Jesus did not answer a word. So his disciples came to him and urged him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.”
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<br>24 He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.”
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<br>25 The woman came and knelt before him. “Lord, help me!” she said.
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<br>26 He replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”
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<br>27 “Yes it is, Lord,” she said. “Even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.”
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<br>28 Then Jesus said to her, “Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted.” And her daughter was healed at that moment.<br><br><br>The Ten Lost Tribes were those from the Twelve Tribes of Israel that were said to have been exiled from the Kingdom of Israel after it was conquered by the Neo-Assyrian Empire around 720 BCE.[1][2] They were the following tribes: Reuben, Simeon, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Manasseh, and Ephraim – all but Judah and Benjamin, both of which were based in the neighbouring Kingdom of Judah, and therefore survived until the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem in 587 BCE. Alongside Judah and Benjamin was part of the Tribe of Levi, which was not allowed land tenure, but received dedicated cities. The exile of Israel's population, known as the Assyrian captivity, was an instance of the long-standing resettlement policy of the Neo-Assyrian Empire implemented in many subjugated territories.
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<br>The Jewish historian Josephus wrote that "there are but two tribes in Asia and Europe subject to the Romans, while the ten tribes are beyond Euphrates till now, and are an immense multitude, and not to be estimated by numbers."[3] In the 7th and 8th centuries CE, the return of the Ten Lost Tribes was associated with the concept of the coming of the Hebrew Messiah.[4]: 58–62 Claims of descent from the "lost tribes" have been proposed in relation to many groups,[5] and some Abrahamic religions espouse a messianic view that Israel's tribes will return.