Monday, April 9, 2007

Israel and Palestine

In the last few years there has been a great deal of controversy surrounding the Palestinian Israeli conflict. But the conflict to me tells us more about the world and ourselves than it does about Israel and Palestine. On one hand we want to act like we are indifferent to the whole dilemma but on the other there is not a single world leader that does not put their noses into it.
First, we like to become ignorant of world history and pretend that Israel didn’t have a right to the land. The Bible very clearly teaches that God had an eternal covenant with Abraham giving the rights of the land. (Psalms 105:8-11, Rom. 9:3-4) It was the world that kicked them out and tortured them more than any other society. The “Palestinians” didn’t even exist before the 20th century. The United Nations finally let Israel have rights to the land because of the horrors of the holocaust. They knew that if the Jews had their own nation they would have a better chance at survival. Yet even then Israel had to constantly fight in order to defend its survival. Like in the six-day war where Israel ended up defeating the rest of Arabia in combat. (They gave the Arabs back their countries so long as they were left alone.)
The differences of the rights of survival, concerning Israel and Palestine are literal life and death. The worlds most advanced medical technicians (Israel) verses the world’s largest breeding ground for terrorism (Palestine). Some say we need to protect Palestine because of the innocent children. Yet how can leaving children with madmen, who teach them to blow themselves up, be helping children, not to mention the years of indoctrination of hatred.
Modern conservative Americans and the Bush administration state that they are having a zero tolerance policy towards the terrorist. Yet while this philosophy is used towards most of the war on terror. They encourage Israel to reward Palestinian terrorist with there hard-earned land. The U.S. had given a great deal of money over the years to Palestine to help them feed their children. They never used it for such a cause. Instead they use it on their military. So how does this affect us? Simply, when our troops are in Iraq fighting Al-quaeda most of the terrorist are not Iraqi but foreign. Many of these are Palestinian like the leader Zarqawi. Therefore we are indirectly funding the terrorist for our sympathy for Palestine.
America used to stand up for Israel, yet now we push them aside. This is what Britain did at the beginning of the 20th century, but look at Britain now? Could America be next? Yet none of this is surprising, open up your Bible to Zechariah chapters 12-14. You will find that Israel is prophesied to be hated by the entire world, and that the world will try to destroy them. Yet in the end they will repent of their sins and except the Messiah.
How should we treat the situation? If we did what we ought, we would support Israel. They are a morally good society while Palestine is a very sick society, which has an insane view of the situation. We should stop funding Palestine. Plus, we should start encouraging Israel to stand up for itself. And if there are any more Israelis attack charities should start trying to help them instead of excluding them. (Like Samaritan’s purse cough! Cough!)

4 comments:

not available said...

Hi Matt,

I looked at some of your articles. They look pretty sound to me. On this post you imply that Samaritans Purse did not help Israel. Is that because of any policy of Samaritans Purse or because Israel did not want aid from Christian charity?

Pastor Matt Singleton said...

I pick up the issue from Zola Levitt ministries. When Hamas attack Israel last year. They sent out a letter seeking to aide to help Jordan and those countries but omitted anything about helping Israel.
If I recall clearly, Zola Levitt protested this issue, just before his untimely death.
I think he also protested World Vision as well for not sending any aide to Israel.
I would not think that Israel's philosophy would be against outside charities, sense they have attempted to give Muslims even in Iran medical aide in the past. Though it is still possible.

If you want more information I suggest you check out Zola Levitt misinitries' websight. It should not be too hard to look up.

yacoub said...

well mr Matt.
you trying to simplfy,but your looking for the whole situation rom just one point of view, your point of view.
well I am not really got enough knowledge but, i know what is mentioned in the quran and some of wat is mentioned in the bibble.
first the bibble mentioned the profect mohmmad and mentioned that he will be for the whole world.
well mohammad brought the quran from god.
since you belive on mohammad you should belive in his book.
well this lead to what is mentioned on that book,
and which says
that isrealean should dosent have a land, and becuase of there bad past and the bad things they used to do for god massenger and so on... they were punished to be sparated without a country.
that one , two all the avidense lead that isreal dosent got a past in this area plaestine. no one freak avidese isreal found "" at least a reall avidese"" because they had found avidese that they creat by themselves "" fake one"" and the historical sientest proved that they are fake. and you can trace that on the internet. how you explain that too?!

Pastor Matt Singleton said...

Dear yacoub

In the book of Hosea it says that God's people perish for a lack of knowledge.

My freind you are sorely lacking the truth. And it may result in the damnation of your sole.

The Old Testament refers to the Christ is Jesus and who is indeed God
Isaiah 7:15, 9:6
Only the hebrews under moses were allowed to be prophets. see Deuteronomy chapter 13, 18

Jesus who is "Jehovah saves" He is the LORD God who will judge you over every feeble word that spills from your mouth.

Allah is just a tiny little moon god/demon who was not stupid enough to offer you what he didn't have and could not guarantee and that is salvation.

We have ancient manuscripts of the tanaach dated 700 years before Muhhammed's birth that declare Israel to be the land of Jews. As well as records from Assyria and Persia and Rome all backing up this claim. We have almost every building described in the Old Testament backing up this fact.
There were no Palestinians until the turn of the twentieth century.


What does muhammed have? Did he heal the sick? Did he raise the dead? Did he rise from the roman cross?

Repent of of your unclean way blaspheming Jehovah's Holy Word
And He will saved you from all
the sins you have ever committed and guaranteee you eternal life.