Yes. And the missionaries are much more comfortable in Israel. But they really need to be working on the enemy side Where, admittedly, they are not comfortable and where they can be killed for handing anyone a Bible. The need is so very very great there.......
The article is about Israeli soldiers in the Army, allow the Christian Israelis freedom to live their life and express their faith in their lives as soldiers, fighting and dying for their nation, and presumably, freedom.
1. A Remnant, that He has always saved in each generation, will still only come by faith, by the preaching and hearing of the Gospel. We support missionaries whose children were to either sign up for military service to stay in the country, or leave. All three of his children signed up. Now they can speak freely to lead the Remnant to faith.
2. Grab yourself a copy of Voice of the Martyrs. There is a map of which nations of the world are hostile to the Gospel.
3. There is a list of countries (not necessarily in the VOM mag) that are hostile to the Gospel asking for prayer for missionaries in those counties...by 1st initial and last name. The list is in the hundreds of thousands.
Please refrain from self-righteously dictating where Christians should go or where they should not go. The answer to that question is: Everywhere!
And, BTW, pray tell to which countries you have gone, risking life and limb to share the Gospel? [FWIW I fall short as a Christian in many ways, but did live for years among Arab Muslims in the ME, engaged in ministry]