The Israeli Distortion

Posted by Larry Miller on June 3, 2010 under Why | 3 Comments to Read

In watching the reaction to the Israeli enforcement of the Gaza blockade, I am amazed at how much support there is for the Palestinian and those trying to slip through to them. I guess it should not be so surprising as the Jewish people have the object of hate and derision through the ages. They have been persecuted almost everywhere they have lived. What is most disturbing is it is not peasants from some third world country who don’t have the education or common sense to know any better… it is our own fellow Americans who like to think of themselves as so open minded and tolerant – that prejudice is the last thing on their minds.

Even if one does not understand the historical and spiritual significance of Jewish people returning to their home land, just observing the parties in the middle east should show the foolishness and short sightedness of that position. Just as the values are inverted by our government in looking at the tea partiers as a threat to domestic tranquility while ignoring a havoc raised by illegals sneaking across the border, cozying up to people who send their own children to kill themselves in the name of hatred as the older folks hurl rockets into schools and hospitals of people trying to mind their own business just doesn’t make sense.

Just as the press and world community always put a positive spin on the adventures of our illustrious president they do just the opposite for Israel. It is always cast as the villain. However, let’s look at what they have done. Since 1949 they have turned an 11th century desert into a modern society… an oasis in a sandy wasteland. So many of their opponents are now strong advocates of UN sanctions and actions against the Jewish state. Have they forgotten that the state was created by a UN partitioning of the land? The land was occupied by the British… it was not taken from peaceful nomadic Arabs.

The existence of the state was more than the irritation to the descendants of Ishmael of having the descendants of Isaac in the neighborhood… although that adds to the intensity of their hatred. They hate the west and want to convert and conquer the west… and by being a western society, Israel is a festering sore in the region. Removing it would not pacify the radical Islamists. It would just embolden them to just carry their quest for world dominance.

It could be argued that not everyone in the region is an extreme jihadist, and this is true, but immaterial. Hamas is in control and they stay in control by removing opposition, sometimes brutally. The people are simply pawns, prevented from assimilating into any culture by leaders who want them to be perpetual refugees… building hatred for those who, they are told, are occupying their land.

The sad thing is that some well meaning Christians, not just those in liberal churches, find themselves aligned with the unsavory people trying to push the Jews into the sea. Reading some comments made by these Christian friends recently, I was shocked and dismayed by the hostility toward Israel… especially the intensity of the hatred… calling the Israelis pure evil and worse. I am concerned for them because of what we see in Isaiah 5:20 “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.” They apparently did not realize that they were mouthing the words of Hamas, al Qaeda, PLO today and such past shining examples of humanity as Adolph Hitler and Joseph Goebbels. Just the company alone should give them pause.

While we are given freedom of speech along with free will, and everyone is entitled to their opinion, I ask those siding with those who would like to destroy the Israelis (and us, for that matter) to reconsider. We are told to love our enemies. These people are doing fine in overlooking the sins of those who would kill us… but not so much with those who would not.