Points of Prayer

  • Pray the peace and stability in the region as tensions with Israel continue to grow. May the Lord bring an end to the infighting and loss of life.

  • Pray for those who are doing the work of spreading the Gospel. That they would be encouraged and strengthened, and not grow weary. That they would see the fruit of their work and multitudes would know Jesus in miraculous ways.

  • Currently, there is only 1% of the population that is considered reached and there are very few churches in this region. Pray for leadership and discipleship that would help the Church grow through creative ways to accessing communities.

  • Pray that the deaf would hear the word of the Lord and that blind eyes would be opened to the glory of our Heavenly Father.

  • Pray for families who are displaced, unreached peoples, Christians, and Jews.

  • Pray for a resolution to the current national situation, with justice for the Palestinians and security for both sides. Stability needs to be formed, one for Israeli citizens and one for Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.

  • Pray that politicians, all over the world, will work toward peach. Much prayer is now needed for the war to stop.

  • Pray that God will supply the needs and that we, the Church, can help the needy.

Romans 1:16 in Modern Standard Arabic (an unspoken language)

رِسَالَةُ بُولُسَ ٱلرَّسُولِ إِلَى أَهْلِ رُومِيَةَ١:١٦
.لاني لست استحي بانجيل المسيح لانه قوة الله للخلاص لكل من يؤمن لليهودي اولا ثم لليوناني

West Bank

and Gaza

 

Country Facts

Population

West Bank: 3,000,021 (2022 est.)

Approximately 432,000 Israeli settlers live in the West Bank (2019); approximately 227,100 Israeli settlers live in East Jerusalem (2019)

Gaza: 1,997,328 (2022 est.)

Ethnic Groups

Palestinian Arab, Jewish

Languages

Arabic, Hebrew (spoken by Israeli settlers and many Palestinians), English (widely understood)

Religions

West Bank
Muslim 80-85% (predominantly Sunni), Jewish 12-14%, Christian 1-2.5% (mainly Greek Orthodox), other, unaffiliated, unspecified <1% (2012 est.)

Gaza
Muslim 98.0 - 99.0% (predominantly Sunni), Christian <1.0%, other, unaffiliated, unspecified <1.0% (2012 est.)

Israel dismantled its settlements in September 2005; Gaza has had no Jewish population since then

Location

West Bank - Middle East, west of Jordan, east of Israel

Gaza - Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and Israel

Refugees & Displaced Peoples

Refugees (country of origin): 871,537 (Palestinian refugees) (2020)
Displaced People: 131,000 (includes persons displaced within both West Bank and the Gaza strip due to the intensification of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since June 2014 and other Palestinian IDPs in the Gaza Strip and West Bank who fled as long ago as 1967, although confirmed cumulative data do not go back beyond 2006) (2020).

The World Factbook 2021. Washington, DC: Central Intelligence Agency, 2021.
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/