Major US Shift in Israeli support is by Politicians, not the Public!
May 8, 2007
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Support among the legal citizens of the United States for Israel is still very strong, but the Democrats, and at times the Republicans, seem determined to NOT follow the desires of its electorate on certain issues like illegal immigration. I believe politici ans, over the next two ye
ars, are likely to cause even the US public to take a nosedive in its support for the State of Israel.
The fear of many Americans of a really major war in the Middle East, and the price of great loss of American lives on foreign soil is making, what I suspect is the last generation, to draw into an antiwar shell, which they consider the safest path for America. At present, this nosedive of public support for Israel has not occurred, but the recent “no foreign war policy” advocated by the democratically controlled Congress, will eventually produce it.
I am NOT saying the desire to logistically supply Israel with all the weaponry she needs to fight a war will nosedive – It may even grow. But once our troops are pulled out of Iraq, it will take an act of Congress to get them back, and pardon my English, but Hell will freeze over before that happens.
The Political mess and maze of confusion in “what do we do next,” in Congress and in the Knesset, shows no signs of clearing up.
However, at the same time, Syria, Iran, Hamas, and Hizbullah, are not as confused as to what to do next.
Please forgive me if I seem too blasted critical – I assure you I probably couldn’t do any better. One of the greatest things about believing that the Bible is the inspired word of God is in knowing how all this mess is going to turn out no matter what action is taken by anyone. None of this mess, and the terrible conflict the Scriptures say will come out of it, bother me in the least because I have rest in the great promise of the Messiah.
Matthew 11:28 – Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
II Thessalonians 1:7-10 – And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, [8] In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: [9] Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; [10] When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.
Zechariah 14:8,9 – And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be. [9] And the Lord shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one Lord, and his name one.
Romans 2:28,29 – For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: [29] But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
John 5:39-41 – Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. [40] And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life. [41] I receive not honour from men.
John 5:24 – Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
The unstable situation in the political structure of Israel’s Knesset is not likely to get much better for some time, and I believe the same is true in our own Congress. The US Secretary of State’s cancellation of her trip to Israel was tied
to the political situation.
Condoleezza Rice cancels visit to Israel
THE JERUSALEM POST
May 7, 2007
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has cancelled a trip to Israel planned for next week due to the unstable political situation in Israel, the Foreign Ministry confirmed late Monday night.
Rice w as scheduled to meet with Isr
aeli and Palestinian leaders following a stop-off in Moscow.
US State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said Monday that the cancellation would not get in the way of US efforts to move forward with Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.
“It’s a change in plans, yes,” McCormack admitted, but added that the US would “continue efforts to advance the Israeli-Palestinian track.”
“The political situation in Israel has become a bit more complex in the near term,” said McCormack.
Tension has risen between government officials following the release of the Winograd’s interim report into the Second Lebanon War. Many government officials have called on Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to step down.
On Thursday, 150,000 people participated in a mass demonstration at Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square in an attempt to get Olmert and his government
to resign.
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