ABANDONING ISRAEL
Compiled by John Henry
Genesis 12:1-3: "Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed."
"Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!" (Isaiah 31:1)
Israel is America's only true ally in the Middle East. However, the Bush administration is now snubbing Israel in it effort to build a coalition of Islamic states to help fight terrorism. Surely President Bush knows that the Palestinian Authority (PA) are terrorists themselves, and that Islamic nations, like Syria, Iran and Sudan, that he is trying to buddy up to are the ones that are supporting the terrorist organizations!
Recent news stories read:
"U.S. Delays Terrorism Report In Bow To Would-Be Allies: The United States is considering last-minute revisions to a State Department report of state sponsors of terrorism in light of the new national strategy following the Sept. 11 attacks in New York and Washington. Officials said the report is being withheld until after any offensive against Saudi billionaire fugitive Osama Bin Laden. They said the delay is meant to provide those currently on the list to demonstrate their renouncement of terrorism by helping in the military campaign. In Tel Aviv, Israeli military sources said several Arab countries wooed by Washington to join the anti-terrorism coalition continue to train Palestinians for Islamic terrorist attacks, Middle East Newsline reported. The greatest beneficiary of this support, they said, has been Hamas. The State Department includes Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Sudan and Syria on the terrorism list. Sudan and Syria, the officials said, could be removed from the list if they join the effort." (WorldTribune.Com, October 1, 2001)
"Bush Backs Palestinian State For First Time: President Bush yesterday publicly endorsed for the first time the creation of a Palestinian state as the goal of Mideast peace efforts." (By Ben Barber, The Washington Times, October 3, 2001).
"Palestinian Terrorists Are Terrorist Too: The Bush administration erred in failing to place the Palestinian Hamas and Islamic Jihad groups on its list of terrorist organizations and individuals published earlier this week. It is precisely the militant Muslim warriors in these groups, along with their Lebanese Hizbullah militia allies-and not their hero Osama bin Laden-that threaten to plunge the tense Middle East into full-scale war. ... Indeed, both Palestinian groups have launched significant terror attacks in the past few days. Islamic Jihad exploded a car bomb inside Jerusalem on Monday, which did not kill anyone only because tight Israeli security apparently forced the bombers to abandon it on the southern edge of the city. Hamas holy warriors invaded an Israeli settlement in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday night and shot dead two young Jews and injured several others-a daring raid that they had not so much as attempted until now. Like earlier attacks over the weekend, both assaults against Israeli civilians were designed to spark off a major military response and focus regional Muslim public opinion back on the simmering uprising conflict. Israeli leaders understand what the radical Palestinian game is all about, but that doesn't mean they can ignore such provocative attacks in order to help America build its anti-terror coalition. The fact that they will not ignore them, nor the fact that Yasser Arafat continues to refuse to arrest Islamic terror leaders, was amply demonstrated when Israeli forces were sent into action against Palestinian Authority positions in the northern Gaza Strip early Wednesday morning." (By David Dolan, World Net Daily, October 3, 2001)
It is absurd to trust the PA, Syria, and Sudan, or even Saudi and Egypt to aid in the fight against terrorism. They persecute, enslave, and murder the Christians of their own lands. It is wrong and wicked to even think of giving military aid to Syria, Sudan and Iran in trade for the cooperation in the "fight against terrorism" as President Bush has suggested.
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