Israel as a Nation

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This is a history of the re-establishment of Israel that I put together as a response to a debate I was having and I thought I'd share it here!

The re-establishment of Israel as a nation has been a promise of God for many centuries now! Here take a look at what Isaiah 66:7-17 says:

7 "Before she travailed, she brought forth; Before her pain came, she gave birth to a boy. 8 "Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things? Can a land be born in one day? Can a nation be brought forth all at once? As soon as Zion travailed, she also brought forth her sons. 9 "Shall I bring to the point of birth and not give delivery?" says the LORD. "Or shall I who gives delivery shut the womb? " says your God. 10 "Be joyful with Jerusalem and rejoice for her, all you who love her; Be exceedingly glad with her, all you who mourn over her, 11 That you may nurse and be satisfied with her comforting breasts, That you may suck and be delighted with her bountiful bosom." 12 For thus says the LORD, "Behold, I extend peace to her like a river, And the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream; And you will be nursed, you will be carried on the hip and fondled on the knees. 13 "As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you; And you will be comforted in Jerusalem." 14 Then you will see this, and your heart will be glad, And your bones will flourish like the new grass; And the hand of the LORD will be made known to His servants, But He will be indignant toward His enemies. 15 For behold, the LORD will come in fire And His chariots like the whirlwind, To render His anger with fury, And His rebuke with flames of fire. 16 For the LORD will execute judgment by fire And by His sword on all flesh, And those slain by the LORD will be many. 17 "Those who sanctify and purify themselves to go to the gardens, Following one in the center, Who eat swine's flesh, detestable things and mice, Will come to an end altogether," declares the LORD.

Not only does this passage call for the Israel Nation being born in one day, but also that God will be indignant toward His enemies and punish them with His fury!

UN Resolution 181:

The Balfour Declaration of 1917 formalized British policy preferring the establishment of a national home for the Jewish people! The Ottoman Empire ended by the end of World War I! Britain who ruled the area sent Sir Herbert Samuel to facilitate the establishment of a Jewish State. In 1937, the British recommended dividing the country into 2 separate states; one Jewish and one Arab. This plan was accepted by leaders of the Jewish movement but flatly rejected by the Arabs. The Arabs did not want to recognize Israel or give Israelis a homeland at all. Their top priority was the destruction of Israel and not obtaining a National State for their people.

In May 1948, President Harry Truman announced his support for UN Resolution 181. Un Resolution was the partition plan to divide the land between Jews and Arabs. This was seen by Israel as the beginning of the United States support of Israel and Israel and the USA have been strong allies up until the Obama Administration! Israel became a nation on May 14, 1948!

On May 15, 1948, one day after its independence, Israel was attacked in what is known as the Arab-Israeli War. The fighting continued until January 1949. In this war Israel was invaded by 6 Arab armies. Egypt, Iraq, Arab Legion of Trans Jordan were all part of the armies invading Jerusalem. So Israel occupied the Western Section of Jerusalem and Jordan occupied the Eastern Section of Jerusalem, which included the Old City and most religious shrines. Even though the UN had committed itself to protect Jerusalem as an internationalized city, they didn’t lift a finger to protect them against the Arab invasion. It was the Israel defense forces that held back the attack of those Arab armies. During this Arab invasion, they expelled Jews who had lived in the Old City for generations and destroyed 50 synagogues and many study halls including the one where the Talmud was studied. So from 1948 – 1967, Jews were banned from the heart of Jerusalem and could not approach the Western Wall.

We also have the fact that Jordan occupied the West Bank, and many still do, which is a portion of the previous Palestine. Yet there is no Palestinian outcry of Jordan’s occupation.

In 1964, in Cairo, the Palestinian Liberation Organization was born. The stated goal of the PLO in their charter states “The destruction of the State of Israel through the arms struggle and replacing it with an independent Palestinian State between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean!”

In 1967, Egypt had joined forces with Jordan and Syria, and received significant military support from Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the Sudan, and Algeria. In June 1967 was the Six Day War. Israel had ousted the Jordan occupation of the land and seized the Gaza Strip, the West Bank of the Jordan River, and Jerusalem. Israel even gave back the Sinai Peninsula in an attempt to keep the peace.

Yom Kippur War:

In 1973, we have the Yom Kippur War which was fought by a coalition led by Egypt and Syria against Israel. It was Egypt and Syria who started this war when their forced crossed the cease fire line and the Golan Heights. They attacked during Yom Kippur, one of the holiest days of the year for Israel, in an attempt to catch Israel off guard. 180 Israeli tanks faced an onslaught of 1400 Syrian tanks. Along the Suez Canal, 436 Israelis were attacked by 80,000 Egyptians. Their strategy was simple: remove Israel from the map! The US, under President Nixon, after an appeal from Golda Meier, stepped in to help Israel and replaced all they had lost under the Arab aggression.

This created tension and led to an oil embargo against the US. Peace talks continued for 6 years until the Camp David Accords of 1979 in which Israel, in an attempt to reach lasting peace, agreed to rezone and reallocate the Holy Land.

Yet instead of peace, Israel keeps a vigilant eye over their land against state sponsored terrorism and nuclear threat from the nations surrounding it.

Israel liberated the Old City of Jerusalem only after it was attacked and today Jerusalem is a different Jerusalem that is an open city to everyone. The only way Jerusalem stays protected for all faiths is under a free, democratic Israeli leadership. If Jerusalem were to be re-divided and half given to the administration of the Palestinian Authority, then religious freedom under that rule would come to an end!



Some of my references include:

The video of the History of Israel: http://web.gbtv.com/shared/flash/mediaplayer/v4.2/R11/MP4.jsp?calendar_event_id=187-13903&content_id=19290175&media_id=&view_key=&media_type=video&source=GBTV&sponsor=GBTV&clickOrigin=&affiliateId=

GBTV Glenn Beck Show air date of 9/13/2011: http://web.gbtv.com/shared/flash/mediaplayer/v4.2/R11/MP4.jsp?calendar_event_id=187-13521&content_id=18834543&media_id=&view_key=&media_type=video&source=GBTV&sponsor=GBTV&clickOrigin=&affiliateId=

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May God bless you all this day!