It will never cease to amaze me the double standard the world holds when it thinks of the Jews and of Israel. Currently, Israel is surrounded by enemies who have threatened repeatedly to kill all the Jews in Israel, and a few have attempted to follow through on those threats. The amazing part is when Israel acts to defend herself our news media and our cowardly bureaucrats accuse Israel of being the aggressor. When the USA was bombed in 2001 by muslim extremists, no one doubted our right to go after those who executed that act of war, and the USA is still at war. But when Israel does the same she is accused of trying to oppress and dominate others. It's frustrating and disgusting the worlds double standard. The Jewish people are a wonderful peaceful people who have been beaten, murdered and scattered for thousands of years. They were forcefully removed from their homeland, but God did not forget them. They were promised that land and the gathering of Israel was promised and foretold and is coming to pass. They have tried to negotiate with their enemies, they have tried to pacify them, but it is difficult to negotiate peace with people who threaten to kill them, who have announced (as the Syrian President has done on many occasions) that the goal is to wipe the Jews off the face of the earth. They are trying to erase the Jewish history and the people. Nowhere else in the world is there a people who is so heavily pressured to be a floor mat to their neighbors and give up their sovereignty and their right to defend themselves. Israel must have clear defensible boarders. She has a right to defend herself against her enemies and has a claim that is based on heritage and legal rights to Jerusalem and to Judea and Samaria (wrongly renamed the west bank). I will help her in anyway I can and I call upon our leaders to stand by our friends and stop courting our enemies. Israel is our friend, she has always been a good friend to us and we should not turn our back on her now in her time of need. I do not want to live to see another holocaust and I will do all I can to prevent such atrocities from happening again to any group of people. I pray that God will give the friends of Israel the courage needed to stand with her and do all they can to support her in whatever capacity she requests, needs, or demands, whatever the case may be. The "palestinian president"(I do not recognize this as a people but as a terrorist sponsored organization) is planning on pressuring the UN to grant him statehood with land that is not his. He, and his supporters, have been spreading their lies and are hoping that the UN will aide them in stealing from Israel and ultimately in the genocide of her people. I pray that on September 20 the UN will find their courage and will stand with Israel.
It is not easy for me to share what I think and feel on political and religious issues. I realize there are those who do not feel or think the same as I do, and that's okay. In fact I think diversity in thought and creed to be one of the many things that make this such a wonderful world, however when those different thoughts and feelings encourage violence and evil I can not ignore that nor do I have to tolerate such people. No one has a right to subjugate another people, to kill them on a whim, or to cause them to be removed from their homes and their lawful lands. Against such evil all peoples must stand. I may have fear, but I will not be afraid of standing by my brothers and sisters in Israel. I too am a member of the ancient house of Israel and the Jews are my brothers and sisters. What Ruth said unto Naomi I say unto them "...thy people, my people. Thy God, my God..." I pray that all peaceful people, regardless of nationality or creed, will stand with these good people and help them to make their lands a land of peace and prosperity to all who wish to abide there, without the fear of attack by terrorist or militant neighbors. Israel is a free democratic nation, and there are many places where Jews, Christians and Muslims gather peacefully. They coexist peacefully, work, play attend school. They prove to the world that peace and prosperity is possible. That it is possible for these three faiths to live and prosper side by side. Stand with THEM! They are correct! Stand with them against those who tell them that their way of life is wrong. Against those who would love nothing more than to wipe out not only all Jews but Christians as well and place the world under one world order where no one is free. There are those out their who have already made the choice, Glenn Beck and his company helped sponsor an event this month in Israel to help raise awareness. I say God bless them. The dividing line is being drawn, on which side will you be? I will stand with God and with Israel.
Jennifer Faith Wirick
