Does US Israeli Policy Violate Biblical Promise?

[Bob Andrews]

Does US Israeli Policy Violate Biblical Promise?
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November 13, 2007
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By: Daniel Gilbert, www.wethepeopleforpresident.com

During a peace summit in Annapolis, MD next month, Secretary of State
Condoleeza Rice has vowed to heavily pressure Israel to divide Jerusalem.
Worse, Rice and the current administration are expected to blame Israel for
the lack of peace in the region, according to a Palestinian negotiator who
spoke to World Net Daily.

Blame Israel?  Perhaps President Bush and his administration need a history
and current events briefing.

Biblically and historically, what has been dubbed "Palestine" has always
belonged to the Jewish people.  Christians who have studied the Bible know
that this land was promised by God to the Jews:  "In that same day the LORD
made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land,
from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates."-Genesis
15:18, also Numbers 34.

Archeological evidence proves a Jewish presence in "Palestine" for over 3000
years, including coins, pottery, cities and cultural artifacts.  No other
culture can predate the Jewish claim in this region.  In fact, modern-day
Jews are considered to be direct descendants of Israelites in the region.

Jews continued to persevere and maintain a cultural and physical presence in
the area during the Roman's conquest, (who renamed it "Palestine"), the
exile and the destruction of the second Temple.

Historically, "Palestine" was not the economical "prize" that it is,
ideologically, today.  Only when the increase in Jewish migration to the,
now disputed, area transformed a once considered barren wasteland into a
thriving community, did "Palestinians", i.e. Arab refugees, follow and the
historic battle began.

Palestinians can only claim the abstract of victimhood and cling to the
threat of violence promoted by other Arab states to justify their stake in
the region.  If Palestinians truly want peace, why have they not jumped at
the chance for statehood?  Better yet, why have they not demanded the same
treatment from other Arab states when under Arab control?  The answer is
Palestinians are at the mercy of Arab states who ignore the plight of the
Palestinian people, promote their victimhood, and exploit the "peace"
process for their ultimate goal: the destruction of Israel.

A year before the establishment of the state of Israel, the United Nations
proposed two states, one Israeli, one Palestinian.  The Jews agreed, the
Arabs said NO.  No peace agreement or truce for 30 years would afford any
agreement without either refusing recognition of, or declaring the desire
for, the destruction of the second (and arguably the first) most important
ally of the United States.

After 4 major attacks on Israel by Arab states following 1948, Israel
remained more than accommodating for peace in the region, even as a
victorious nation simply defending its sovereignty. Arab nations expressed
no desire for a Palestinian state and held out as long as possible to
recognize an Israeli state which they increasingly acknowledged as
undefeatable.

-          After the Independence War, which ended is 1949, Israel agreed to
UN "green lines" to end fighting, promote peace and return refugees to their
homeland.  Arabs still refused to recognize Israel.   From 1947 to 1967,
Arab states, including Jordan and Egypt which controlled the West Bank and
Gaza respectively, never considered a Palestinian state.

-          After the Six Day War in 1967, Israel gained control of the Gaza
Strip, Sinai Desert, Golan Heights, and the West Bank.  Following the 6 Day
War, all Arab countries said no to recognition of Israel, no to peace and no
to negotiation.

-          During 1973 Yom Kippur War, Israel was once again attacked on
what is considered their holiest day, yet Judeo-Christian nations today are
prohibited by the international community to strike an Arab country during
Ramadan. Israel, victorious, and their ally, the US, were punished by an oil
embargo where prices skyrocketed from $3 a barrel to $11.  Arab countries
were not punished for their aggression.

-          In 1982, Israel responded to several PLO terrorist attacks by
creating a security zone in Lebanon. At the same time, Israel agreed to
withdraw troops from the Sinai Peninsula as Egypt agreed to finally
recognize Israel.  Israel also offered Egypt the Gaza Strip, but Egypt
declined.

Since then, the "peace" process has become more interesting. Let's consider
that under the Clinton Administration, Israel offered:

-          A Palestinian State
-          95 percent of the territory of the West Bank
-          95 percent of the Gaza Strip
-          Air space sovereignty
-          Half of Jerusalem

How did the Palestinians react to such an offer by a weak leader (Ehud
Barak), elected with the help of Democratic operative James Carville?  No
deal.

In 2003, President Bush and Secretary of State Rice concocted the "Road Map
to Peace" and in 2005, as a good faith effort, Israel spent $1 billion
relocating Jewish settlers out of Gaza.  Where did that leave Israel?  From
2001-2007 - during "peace" negotiations Israel was afforded:

6 Bus bombings killing 84 civilians
3 Mall bombings killing 33 civilians
Nightclub, restaurant and falafel stand bombings killing 28 civilians
Port bombing killing 10
2 Bombings killing16 Israeli soldiers

The Democrats complain that the United States has lost many of its allies,
particularly in Europe; but we are not fighting a war in Europe, we are
fighting against Islamo-facists in the Middle East.  Our main ally there is
Israel.  If the Democrats cannot realize the invaluable asset Israel is to
our stake in the Middle East, surely President Bush and his administration
should.

All Jews, Christians and Muslims should keep Genesis 13:14-17 in mind:
And Jehovah said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up
now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward and
southward and eastward and westward:   for all the land which thou seest, to
thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.   And I will make thy seed as
the dust of the earth: So that if a man can number the dust of the earth,
then may thy seed also be numbered.  Arise, walk through the land in the
length of it and in the breadth of it; for unto thee will I give it. Genesis
13:14-17
I believe the US should not be involved in the process of giving away any
fraction of the land given by God to the Jewish people.  We see Biblical
prophecies coming true nearly every week.
Should the US deny this Biblical promise that states "and to thy seed for
ever"?


In 2000 I voted for President Bush and the Republicans. I had high hopes
that with the Republicans in control of the legislature and the executive
branches that real change would occur in our government. I thought that the
principles that we all thought the Republicans stood for would guide the
Republicans to do what is best for the country. I thought I would see a new
higher moral standard. What we got was corruption, bribes, moral decline,
hearings with no action, tax breaks for big business, McCain Feingold and
last year 15,000 earmarks. We get a Republican majority in the Senate and a
President who think that the best way to handle the illegal alien problem is
to give them amnesty. And just last month we had a great break through with
the North Koreans where they agreed to not do what they agreed to not do
under Clinton. How much will it cost the American citizens this time?

There has to be a change in Presidential and Congressional leadership to
affect change in this country. There has to be a way to get the politicians
out and the statesmen in. Those politicians who vote only for the sake of
the party, the lobbyist or big business have to be removed. To bring about
substantial changes in the government these new statesmen must control the
House, Senate and the White House.

Bio: Born 1946 in Winston-Salem, NC, married with two grown children,
daughter and son
4 grandsons and 2 granddaughters, businessman, member of Biltmore Baptist
Church, Asheville, NC, dad owned a small trucking company-passed away 2002,
Mom worked as a cafeteria worker-passed away 1989, Eagle Scout, grew up on a
farm in rural North Carolina, worked hard and long in the hot and the cold.
Milked cows, slopped hogs, fed chickens, etc, graduated in 1969 from
Virginia Tech with a BS in Civil Engineering, Army ROTC commission Stationed
at Fort Bragg, NC, Fort Jackson, SC and Vietnam, Black Mountain Center Human
Rights Advocacy Committee.


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