ISRAEL'S FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL
Bruce Thornton - Front Page Magazine writes:

Israel's fight for survival is not only against Hamas, Hizbullah, and their state sponsors Syria and Iran. Equally formidable, if more insidious, are those in the West whose virulent hatred of Israel imperils her existence. This antipathy among Western academics, commentators, and reporters is itself a reflection of the larger moral and intellectual corruption that endangers not just Israel but Western civilization.

But ~ Make no mistake about it - God has a special love for Israel!

Deuteronomy 7:8 speaks about the chosen nation of Israel and says "because the LORD loved you." Isaiah 63:7 says: "I will mention the loving kindnesses of the LORD, and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which He hath bestowed on them according to His mercies, and according to the multitude of His loving kindnesses." In a classic passage of God's love for Israel in Jeremiah 31:1-3 we read: "At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be My people. Thus saith the LORD, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest. The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with loving kindness have I drawn thee."

Do not let the disobedience of Israel cloud your understanding of the covenant our L-RD has with His people - for if He could so easily forget the Jewish people because of their disobedience - what could be said for those who have been grafted into and are not original to the Root who are also disobedient?

"...in the last days perilous times will come: For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God...evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived." 2 Timothy 3

Israel Today reports:

A Palestinian public opinion poll reveals that Israel's peace partners have had enough of talking, and may be gearing up for more violence.

A majority of all Palestinians said the Western-brokered peace process with Israel is no longer of interest to them, a fact bolstered by last month's unilateral attempt by Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to gain recognition of Palestinian independence at the UN.

"For God will save Zion and build the cities of Judah, That they may dwell there and possess it. Also, the descendants of His servants shall inherit it, And those who love His name shall dwell in it." Psalm 69:35-36

Israeli President Shimon Peres, much of whose own family perished in the Holocaust, says he hopes the world has matured beyond hatred for the Jews.

But the six-decade history of the modern State of Israel suggests that is not the case.

“Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and the seed of beast. And it shall come to pass, that as I have watched over them to pluck up, to break down, to throw down, to destroy, and to afflict, so I will watch over them to build and to plant, says the Lord." Jeremiah 31:27-28

It was only a matter of time before economic demonstrators began to blame "the Jews" for America's financial woes.

One activist carried a sign: "Hitler's Bankers - Wall St"

shouting "The Jews control Wall Street!"

The few who dared to heckle the man were told to "go to Israel." When a liberal in the crowd questioned if the man was planted by the hated right-wing Fox News, the man replied forcefully; "A bl**p -bl**p Jew made that up," before resuming his chant of "Freedom of speech, freedom of speech."

While the man was mocked by several passersby, Jewish blogger JoshuaPundit noted that the majority neither said nor did anything to put an end to the anti-Jewish hate speech.

 Democratic congressional leader Nancy Pelosi, who has led an effort to co-opt the Occupy Wall Street movement as part of the Democratic presidential campaign, had this to say of the demonstrators:

"God bless them."

Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad says:

"if crazy action is taken against Damascus, I will within 6 hours transfer hundreds of rockets and missiles to the Golan Heights to fire them at Tel Aviv."

Assad's threats came as the international community threatened action against Syria if it did not stop the presecution of its citizens. Over 3,000 people are reported to have been killed since March in ongoing protests in Syria against Assad's regime.

"...behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap. Isaiah 17:1

A senior member of the Fatah Central Committee led by Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in an interview referred to Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, and U.S. President Barack Obama, as “dirtbags,” and explained how causing Israel to leave Judea and Samaria would spell its doom.

Abbas Zaki told the interviewer that any final status agreement between Israel and the PA “should be based upon the borders of June 4, 1967...
'everybody knows that the greater goal cannot be accomplished in one go.'

“If Israel withdraws from Jerusalem, evacuates the 650,000 settlers, and dismantles the wall, what will become of Israel? It will come to an end,” Zaki predicted.

“Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and the seed of beast. And it shall come to pass, that as I have watched over them to pluck up, to break down, to throw down, to destroy, and to afflict, so I will watch over them to build and to plant, says the Lord." Jeremiah 31:27-28