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When Friends are Enemies

On the same day news broke (Thursday) that a deadly attack from Egypt had killed Israeli civilians near the resort town of Eilat, Ha’aretz carried a column by Gideon Levy in which he decried “swinish Zionism.”

Yes, you read correctly.

Zionists, according to Levy, are greedy, hungry swine. Allegedly, Israel “gobbled-up” territory during the Six Day War, and has been insatiable ever since.

It’s the old lie that Israel is an expansionist, regional bully in the Middle East. That Levy’s comments appear the day several Jews were murdered by terrorists operating from Egyptian territory is a cruel irony. It is also unacceptable. Israel’s deranged enemies need no help in demonizing the Jewish state, but Levy is an example of a traitor in the midst of his brethren.

It is beyond the pale that, as Jews are slaughtered by ancient enemies, the victims are compared to swine. Remember, it is a hallmark of jihadist literature that from the beginning, “the Jews are the offspring of monkeys and pigs.”

I kid you not, more than a dozen years ago, I happened upon a book published a few miles from where I live—published by a white supremacist group—and this outrageous language was used there! This is proof that the sick propaganda hatched in the sands of the Middle East is truly global. When a group residing in America’s Bible Belt is in league with jihadists in the Koran Belt committed to murdering Jews…the world is surreal in the extreme.

Evidently, though details are sketchy at the moment, civilian buses were fired-upon from Egyptian territory; incredibly, the Egyptians are saying that the attacks did not originate from Egyptian soil!

The first attack happened just after noon, when Egged bus no. 392 was a target of drive-by shooters. This was near the town of Netafim. Soon after, another attack took place, including the firing of mortars from Egyptian territory. In the aftermath, several dead and wounded testified to the fact that Israel is surrounded by barbarians who have lost their moral compass.

I have traveled on those buses and seen the many young Israeli soldiers who ride them on their way home, and to their bases.

The jihadists have plenty of help in the West.

I am currently doing research for a book, and have come across the Soviet roots of the American Christian Left’s obsession with “social justice” issues.

I mention this because it is clear that many American religious leaders have also lost their moral compass, if they ever had one. You will hear no outcry for the Jewish victims near Eilat, at least not from the Christian Left. You will hear about alleged Israeli expansionism (even though Israel returned the Sinai to Egypt, 30 years ago, and withdrew from the buffer zone in Lebanon, and turned over administrative authority to significant areas to the Palestinians). Still, the lie about Israeli aggression continues.

And, do you see that Israel is accused of grotesque human rights violations…at the same time its citizens are being butchered? This is really unprecedented in history, that a nation so hated would be so defamed, as it simply struggles to defend its citizens.

Here’s an exercise for you; access the following websites:

http://www.brianmclaren.net

http://www.sojourners.com

http://www.tonycampolo.org

(Special, limited-time offer! Sojourners is giving away a poster of Gandhi, with every subscription!)

In the next week, if you see a genuine display of concern for the recent Israeli terror victims—from any of these sites—I will arrive at your home the following Saturday to wash your car and babysit your kids.

The world’s pathetic view of Israel and the Jews cannot be discussed enough. There is also the announcement, again, that negotiations between Israel and Hamas over kidnap victim Gilad Shalit have broken down. Where oh where is the outrage over this man’s five-year captivity at the hands of these beasts?

And if I use several descriptive terms for Palestinian (and other Arab) terrorists, that no doubt offends the Left.

Bill Hybels’ recent, vacuous “leadership conference” at Willow Creek certainly did not address human rights abuses generated by the jihadists (although Hybels and his wife, Lynne, are increasingly vocal about their pro Palestinian activism).

You will hear no condemnation from “moderates” in the evangelical world, of the terrorism near Eilat.

Israel is besieged from without and from within. Let us continue to fervently pray for them, and stand with them against those who enjoy their suffering.

God will not be mocked, and He will not be silent much longer.

Check out Jim's new blog for Beliefnet at http://blog.beliefnet.com/isittheendoftheworld Also, follow him on Twitter @jim1fletcher
jim@prophecymatters.com



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Zechariah 12:3,9:
And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people; And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

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