Obama Should Not Abandon Israel in His Effort to Court Muslims
Israel cannot yield its essential security for inspiring rhetoric. But it must calmly and resolutely do what it can to have the United States remain its closest ally. By the same token, the United States must respond to the fundamental needs of Israel and its government.
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Reader Comments
to "State" the obvious
Where would Israel be today... If it hadn't been for the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob leading them out of Egypt and into the Promised Land, who knows where Israel would be today but it would be wherever God chose. The God of Israel is faithful to His promises to protect His chosen people and woe to whoever touches the apple of His eye.
There aren't going to be two states in Palestine
For all the rhetoric and intellectual ping-pong, there never will be two states in the middle east living peacefully side by side.
The situation has lttle to do with displaced Palestinians. Muslims believe the Quran is the eternal, literal word of God. It was revealed to their Prophet in one of the last surahs that the goal of Islam is to fight the Christians and Jews until they convert to Islam, submit to Islam and become second-class citizens that pay a special tax, or die.
Don't believe me? Read Surah 9 verse 29. God has told Muslims to conquer the world. Muhammad himself said in one of the hadith (second religious books only to the Quran) "I have been ordered to fight the people till they say: 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah'"
Muslims take this seriously. All talk of diplomacy and compromise is a waste of time. It would go against the word of God.
Zuckermann on Israel
Making the country of Israel in the Middle East was the dumbest thing ever done by the USA (with the minor aid of the other countries in the UN). This land has been under non-Jewish control for most of its recorded history.
If the west feels guilty about the Jews, and it should, then make a New Israel using some German territory. If the Germans don't like it, tufffffff. Germany should have been wiped off the map after WWII anyway.
Take what is now Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, half of Saudi Arabia (especially some with oil), and the Sinai and form a new country called Holy Land. These people can live wherever they want within their country. This secular country would be governed by a very secular government. If religious people don't like it, send them to heaven quickly using methods of mass destruction. Win-win solution.
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