Does US Israeli Policy Violate Biblical Promise?

By Daniel Gilbert

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 Abraham, 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 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 the 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 killing 16 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 violate this Biblical promise that states "and to thy seed for ever?

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