{"id":2097282,"date":"2023-11-13T12:52:08","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T17:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-cowboys-head-to-israel-to-provide-support-in-their-own-unique-way-it-is-a-moral-duty\/"},"modified":"2023-11-13T12:54:51","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T17:54:51","slug":"american-cowboys-head-to-israel-to-provide-support-in-their-own-unique-way-it-is-a-moral-duty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-cowboys-head-to-israel-to-provide-support-in-their-own-unique-way-it-is-a-moral-duty\/","title":{"rendered":"American &#8216;Cowboys&#8217; Head to Israel to Provide Support in Their Own Unique Way: &#8216;It Is a Moral Duty&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Famerican-cowboys-head-to-israel-to-provide-support-in-their-own-unique-way-it-is-a-moral-duty%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2097282&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>American \u2062&#8217;Cowboys&#8217; Head to \u2064Israel to Provide Support\u200d in Their Own Unique \u200cWay: \u2064&#8217;It Is a Moral Duty&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>With their cowboy boots planted firmly in the \u2062soil of the Holy Land, a\u200c group of American cowboys arrived to help \u200dIsrael in the best way\u2062 they\u200c knew how.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love the Jewish people and I believe this is their God-given land,\u201d Ezekiel Strain said as he stood in a West Bank\u200b field where \u200che \u2064and \u2063his fellow\u2064 cowboys have been helping\u200b with the harvest, according to \u200dthe website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calcalistech.com\/ctechnews\/article\/bkxwkpkep\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CTech<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted \u200bto help out \u2064wherever I could here. They\u2019re a small country and they need the help. We should help them,\u201d\u2062 he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy heart breaks \u2064for Israel. I want to show my \u200dsupport and show we care about you guys \u200cand\u2063 care about the things you care about. \u200dWe\u2019re for peace,\u201d Strain\u2063 said.<\/p>\n<p>He is among cowboys from Arkansas and Montana who responded \u200cto the need\u200c for men to take up the chores that were dropped after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/media-outlets-slammed-hit-heinous-accusations-journalists-really-hamas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hamas<\/a> slaughtered\u2062 1,200\u2063 people on Oct. 7 and the Israeli Defense Forces\u2062 called up thousands for its war\u200d against Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>John Plocher\u2062 said the cowboys are doing\u2063 whatever\u200d needs to be done, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/fox-news-world\/us-cowboys-travel-israel-help-farmers-harvest-crops-god-given-right-land\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox Business<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been out in the communities helping with just regular tasks, just\u2062 stuff where they\u2019re \u2014 \u200ball the men have been called up for\u200c the draft.\u2063 So, we\u2019ve been working on some of the farms around here and stuff \u200blike that,\u201d he \u200csaid.<\/p>\n<p>Plocher said that instead of teaching Israelis how cowboys \u200bdo \u200cthings, \u201cthey\u2019re teaching me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people \u2062of Israel live. They are here in the land, it\u2019s their land. And I\u2019m just excited to be here and support and work with them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The work has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-new-front-threatens-open-israel-salvo-missiles-fired-lebanon-strike-holy-land\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">deeper \u2063purpose<\/a>,\u200b Plocher said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a Bible believer.\u2064 I believe in \u200cthe whole Bible \u2063and I believe in God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. And yeah, we believe that \u200cthis land was given to the Jewish people by \u200cGod. And\u2062 they have a right\u2062 to this land,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">John Plocher, a cowboy from Montana, arrived in Israel with his fellow cowboys to assist Judea and\u2063 Samaria communities amid the ongoing war. Speaking with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Yoni_Kempinski?\">@Yoni_Kempinski<\/a>,\u200b he expresses the American\u2062 people\u2019s support for Israel and shares some Montana wisdom for defeating Hamas. \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OgcizYQhPo\">pic.twitter.com\/OgcizYQhPo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Israel National News \u2013 Arutz Sheva (@ArutzSheva_En) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArutzSheva_En\/status\/1723956632856690814?\">November\u2064 13,\u2064 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The cowboys are working through a group called <a href=\"https:\/\/serveisrael.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HaYovel<\/a> that supports volunteer efforts to help Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Tennesse-born Direction of Operations Joshua Waller said there was no hesitancy in taking up\u2064 the work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have no choice. It is a \u200dmoral duty. We \u200bhave to\u200c stand for life, we have to stand for the Jewish people,\u201d he \u200dsaid.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Cowboys from\u2063 Arkansas and Montana are coming out to Israel to assist in agricultural needs, since foreign\u200d nationals who worked in this \u2064industry, have \u2063returned home during the war.<br \/>\nThese gentlemen are not Israeli.<br \/>\nThese\u2064 gentlemen are not Jewish.<br \/>\nThey are simply Americans that\u2026\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZjSHF51nLN\">pic.twitter.com\/ZjSHF51nLN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Netanel Worthy \u2013 \u05e0\u05ea\u05e0\u05d0\u05dc \u05d5\u05d5\u05e8\u05ea\u05d9 \u200d(@NetanelWorthy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NetanelWorthy\/status\/1721552504075190706?\">November 6, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Strain said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fact-check-photo-shows-wonder-woman-star-gal-gadot-reporting-duty-israeli-army\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">work<\/a> was nothing\u200d out of the ordinary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re just out here picking vegetables, but it\u2019s something good, something that needs \u200cto be done, and we can \u200bshow support for Israel in a good way,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI come from the country and there we support\u2064 Israel \u200cbecause you guys have values and morals and you\u2062 care. You care about\u2063 life and you want peace. We want peace, too. We support that,\u201d Strain said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Montana and Arkansas cowboys are \u200con\u2064 a mission from God: \u201cWe\u200c want to help Israel\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not like this is anything crazy. We\u2019re just out here picking vegetables, \u2063but it\u2019s something good, something that needs to\u200b be done,\u201d says one of the cowboys<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6SaSotwYBc\">https:\/\/t.co\/6SaSotwYBc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CTech (@Calcalistech) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Calcalistech\/status\/1724015069845991851?\">November 13, \u200b2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In an interview with\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/american-cowboys-saddle-up-help-israeli-farmers-front-line-hamas-attack\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox \u200bNews<\/a>, Waller said the help \u200dthe cowboys are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dershowitz-goes-off-obama-israel-comments-ashamed-friend\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">providing<\/a> \u2063 in the\u2062 West\u2063 Bank is vital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s so critical right now\u200d to be giving a helping hand to these farmers \u2026 their \u2063farms are really in jeopardy of being lost\u2064 if they can\u2019t get the crops, get the people that they \u200dneed to keep things moving,\u201d Waller\u2063 said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">RIGHTEOUS COWBOYS<\/p>\n<p>These young\u200c men \u2062from Arkansas and Montana\u200b landed today in Israel. After labourers were forced\u2064 to abandon the area near the Gaza \u2062Strip, they came to help farmers in the South\u2064 who were worried about\u200c losing their livelihoods.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you, guys. Y&#8217;all are \u200cheroes. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pLNlfP9R29\">pic.twitter.com\/pLNlfP9R29<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 (((Emanuel Miller)))  (@emanumiller) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/emanumiller\/status\/1721632929426579838?\">November 6,\u200d 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe have terrorism\u2062 lurking everywhere. One thing the\u2063 world doesn\u2019t\u2064 understand is that this \u2064is the\u2063 fourth front of the war. They\u2063 don\u2019t\u2062 understand that the battle\u200c is touching this area,\u201d he \u200dsaid.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> In what ways do the \u200dAmerican cowboys provide assistance and\u200b support beyond their physical labor on the farms\u2063 in Israel?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  To\u2063 do what&#8217;s right. \u2064And so, coming from cowboys, who \u2062are\u200b known \u2064for our values and morals, \u2062I think it&#8217;s \u200ba good connection,\u201d Strain\u200d added.<\/p>\n<p>Israel \u2062has been \u200bfacing a challenging time recently, with ongoing conflicts with Hamas and threats from\u200c neighboring countries. In times like these, support from allies is crucial.\u2064 The arrival of these American cowboys demonstrates not only their solidarity with Israel\u200d but also their belief \u200cin the biblical connection between the Jewish people and the land they inhabit.<\/p>\n<p>The cowboys&#8217; assistance extends beyond their\u2063 physical labor on the farms. Their\u2064 presence serves as\u200b a \u200dreminder to the Israeli people \u2062that they are not alone in their struggles. \u2064It provides a\u200d sense of encouragement and reinforces the belief that there are people around the world who stand \u2062with them.<\/p>\n<p>While the cowboys may\u200d have come to Israel with a\u2064 desire to help,\u2064 they are also learning from their experiences. They are gaining a deeper \u200dunderstanding of\u200d the Israeli people and their way of life. This exchange of knowledge and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-cowboys-head-to-israel-to-provide-support-in-their-own-unique-way-it-is-a-moral-duty\/\" title=\"American 'Cowboys' Head to Israel to Provide Support in Their Own Unique Way: 'It Is a Moral Duty'\">culture fosters stronger bonds<\/a> \u200cand\u200c promotes a sense of unity between different\u200b nations.<\/p>\n<p>Through their actions,\u200b these American cowboys exemplify the\u2062 values of compassion, bravery, and dedication. They uphold the belief that it\u200c is \u200bnot only \u200dtheir moral duty but \u200calso their\u200d privilege to support \u200dIsrael in their time of need. Their contribution\u2064 goes beyond \u200dwords; it \u200dis a tangible demonstration\u200c of solidarity and friendship.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200c story \u2064of these cowboys heading to Israel to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-gary-sinise-launches-new-initiative-with-home-depot-founders\/\" title=\"WATCH: Gary Sinise Launches New Initiative With Home Depot Founders\">provide support<\/a> is a testament to the \u200bpower of human connection and the impact that individuals can have when\u200c they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-vice-president-mike-pence-joins-the-heritage-foundation\/\" title=\"Former Vice President Mike Pence Joins The Heritage Foundation\">join forces<\/a>. While the challenges facing\u200c Israel may \u200cseem overwhelming at times, the presence of\u2063 allies like these American cowboys reminds us that together, \u2064we can overcome any obstacle.<\/p>\n<p>As these cowboys continue their work on the farms\u200c and in the communities of \u200bIsrael, their actions inspire us all to \u2062find ways to support our allies and uphold the values we hold dear.\u2063 It is a reminder \u2064that even\u200d in the face of adversity, we can make a difference, no matter\u200b how<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With their cowboy boots planted firmly in the soil of the Holy Land, a group of American cowboys arrived to help Israel in the best way they knew how. \u201cI love the Jewish people and I believe this is their God-given land,\u201d Ezekiel Strain said as he stood in a West Bank field where he<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":2097283,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2097282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2097282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2097282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2097282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2097283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2097282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2097282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2097282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}