Christian In Israel

An Algerian pastor in Israel

Martin Garib is a minister who travels widely to speak about his faith, the truth about Islam, and also about his burning love for Israel.

Martin Garib
Photo by: ICEJ/Emanuel Mfoukou
In response to the modern rebirth of Israel in 1948, surrounding Arab states expelled an estimated 800,000 Jews from their lands. This included some 400,000 North African Jews forced to flee their homes and turned into refugees.

According to noted British historian Martin Gilbert, these Jewish communities of the Middle East and North Africa dated back over two thousand years. For instance, Jews were known to be present in Libya in 312 BCE. Inscriptions from the coastal city of Benghazi show proof of a wellestablished Jewish community around 150 BCE.

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