It’s been less than a week since the Palestinian militant group launched a highly coordinated attack on Israel from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. Our social media feeds are blowing up with posts about all aspects of this conflict. Why should Christians be concerned about the country of Israel?Rather than looking at this new war through a political lens, let’s try to imagine what concerns God about Israel and why this war should concern us.Photo Credit: ©iStock/Getty Images Plus/Inna Reznik 

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This paper will provide a comparative analysis of the United States (U.S.) Department of Homeland Security's Emergency Preparedness and Response directorate and the Israel Defense Forces Home Front Command. It will focus on the preparedness aspect of homeland security and will address similarities and differences of both organizations, recent initiatives within each organization, and collaborative efforts between the United States and Israel in support of homeland security. It will illustrate that both organizations have made great strides in their homeland security efforts but that there is still much that needs to be done.