Monday, June 29, 2009

Curse or Blessing?

On May 14, 1948, the United States, in the person of President Harry S. Truman, was the first to recognize “the provisional government as de facto authority of the new state of Israel.” Since that time America has experienced unparalleled blessing, but will blessing continue?

“SINCE IT came into office a month ago, every single Middle East policy the Obama administration has announced has been antithetical to Israel's national security interests. From President Barack Obama's intense desire to appease Iran's mullahs in open discussions; to his stated commitment to establish a Palestinian state as quickly as possible despite the Palestinians' open rejection of Israel's right to exist and support for terrorism; to his expressed support for the so-called Saudi peace plan, which would require Israel to commit national suicide by contracting to within indefensible borders and accepting millions of hostile, foreign-born Arabs as citizens and residents of the rump Jewish state; to his decision to end US sanctions against Syria and return the US ambassador to Damascus; to his plan to withdraw US forces from Iraq and so give Iran an arc of uninterrupted control extending from Iran to Lebanon, every single concrete policy Obama has enunciated harms Israel“ (Caroline Glick, deputy managing editor, The Jerusalem Post, Feb 19, 2009).

How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel. … Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee” (Numbers 24:5-9).