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Between Memorial Day and Independence Celebrations

Written on . Posted in PT Middle East.

Yet another topsy-turvy week in Israel. One moment our heads are lower butting each other over the role of the Supreme Court in a Jewish State and the next our heads are lifted up watching German and other foreign nation pilots fly 11 fighter jets in celebration of Israel’s 75th Independence Day celebrations. It’s almost surrealistic, but it’s real.

We barely concluded remembering our Holocaust and now begins Memorial Day to honor our fallen soldiers. On Tuesday, our cemeteries will be packed with mourning crowds and in the evening those same crowds will fill our city streets and squares with dancing and song to celebrate our independence and return to our homeland. 

“Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things? Shall the earth be made to give birth in one day? Or shall a nation be born at once? For as soon as Zion was in labor,
She gave birth to her children.” Isaiah 66:8

Israeli soldiers place Israeli flags on the graves of fallen soldiers in Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem. The ceremony of laying Israeli flags on each fallen soldier's grave, is being held every year just few days before the Memorial Day for Israel's Fallen Soldiers.

One more grave story for our people, one more brave story to remember. This is the bittersweet of our life in Israel. Like the fireworks that will light up the skies on our Independence Day, the celebrations will be just a temporary spark to shine some light on the pain of the price we pay to live in this land. Thank God we still know how to celebrate.

These contrasting poles of opposites is the story of Israel. Here we live with Left and Right, secular and religious, the mundane and the holy, conservative yet tolerant. Our very existence as a state is filled with contrast. 

We have become a military and technological superpower, yet we battle daily with the boycotts and condemnations of a world that wants to limit our power and influence. We are the country that traveled 4 million miles to get to the moon and then crashed just a few yards before landing. 

It took us 2,000 year to get back to our homeland, but even here we

don’t have a moment’s quiet. We gave the world the Word of God’s love for mankind, and we are a people hated by humanity. 

Our forefathers understood this dilemma thousands of years ago when they taught us that in the beginning the response to the chaos that was over the surface of the deep God spoke and light came into being (Gen 1:2). It was their faith in God that gave them strength to keep walking through the valleys and shadows of death toward the hope of greener pastures and quieted waters. 

In the final analysis, only when we are willing to turn our hearts to the creator of Israel will we find the golden streets that will lead us on the path to our eternal home and our true Shalom. 

Read More @ Israel Today HERE

World’s Largest Food Company Hikes Prices Nearly 10% In Just Three Months Due To Inflation Pressures

Written on . Posted in PT Global Economy.

Nestlé, the largest food and drink company in the world, raised prices by a collective 9.8% in the first three months of the year as inflationary pressures increased input costs for the business.

The Swiss conglomerate, which owns a variety of food brands such as Purina, Gerber, Nescafe, and KitKat, said in an earnings report that the price increases in several markets across the world came as a result of “significant cost inflation.” The firm’s Latin American and North American markets saw 13.4% and 12.4% price hikes respectively, while the European market saw a 10.7% price increase and the Chinese market saw a 3.9% price increase.

You have sown much, and bring in little; You eat, but do not have enough;
You drink, but you are not filled with drink; You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; And he who earns wages, Earns wages to put into a bag with holes.” Haggai 1:6

“Nestlé delivered strong organic growth in the first quarter, as our teams worked diligently to protect volume and ensure resilient mix,” Nestlé CEO Mark Schneider said in the earnings report. “Portfolio optimization efforts and responsible pricing helped to offset the ongoing pressures from two years of cost inflation.”

The company meanwhile reported 5.6% worldwide sales growth and a 0.5% decrease in real internal growth, a metric which the company says represents the impact on sales of volume increases or decreases, weighted by the relative value of each unit sold.

Inflation in the United States rose 5.0% between March 2022 and March 2023, marking a reprieve from the 9.1% inflation rate charted last summer. Food inflation nevertheless continues to trend well above other categories: the cost of food at home rose 8.4% year-over-year as of last month, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Read More @ Daily Wire HERE