What a great idea. Don’t blame Israel for its cruelty to the
Palestinians, blame God.
In 1937, David Ben-Gurion waved a copy of the Bible at the
members of the Royal Peel Commission, shouting, “This is our land registry
proof, our right to Palestine does not come from the Mandate Charter, the Bible
is our Mandate Charter.”[1]
That leaves us with the question; Whose Bible? Well, it was the Jewish Bible in
which the Jewish God, spoke in a language understood only by Jews that declared
enormous favor to the Jews above all their fellow human beings. It does cause one
to wonder.
Yet, according to a 2013 Pew Research poll:
Forty-four percent of the U.S.
general public replied “yes” to the question, “Was Israel given to the Jewish
people by God?”[2]
When you consider that about one in five Americans claim to
not even believe in God, these numbers are quite amazing. So, with American
support and approval, Israel builds settlements, puts those who resist the
occupation, including children, in prison, restricts travel, erects road
blocks, cuts off electricity and constructs a separation wall blocking farmers
from their fields, doctors from their hospitals and children from their
schools... all in the name of God.
And that is just in the West Bank. Gaza fares even worse.
Because “God wants Israel to have all that land purged of Palestinians”, Gaza
has been barricaded from the rest of the world, mercilessly bombarded time and
time again. The U.N. has warned that
because of the lack of food, water and medical care, Gaza will be uninhabitable
in about three more years. According to Israel, what does the U.N. have to do
with anything? God wants it this way.
However, to come to this conclusion, Israel has to distort
its own biblical claims by omitting the “conditions” upon which such a divine
donation was made. Such as, the Jews, “shall be just and compassionate, and
they shall not oppress the orphan, widow, alien and the poor. (Zechariah
7:9-11). At best, Israel’s claim of God’s endorsement is based on half-truths
and over simplification. Again, Washington Report points out:
In order to gain membership in the
United Nations, Israel promised that it would allow refugees it created in 1948
to return to their homes. Instead it demolished more than 400 Palestinian villages
and killed those who attempted to return.
To this day, Israel has never declared its borders nor
established a constitution. Its “democracy, for Jews only” is declared through
the barrel of a gun, and it’s all done for God. How convenient.
Thomas Are
August 4, 2017
How convenient indeed!
ReplyDeleteLet's cut to the chase:
ReplyDeleteForeign Jews had the same right to Palestine as Irish Catholics and Mexican atheists, i.e., none whatsoever!! Therein lies the root of the conflict.
The entity known as "Israel" was founded by thieves, thugs, murderers, liars and poseurs.
Zionism is racism; Zionism is theft; Zionism is fascism; Zionism is doomed.
The media discriminate against the people of Palestine.
ReplyDeleteIsrael's apartheid government is offensive