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So the BIG question is whether Syria will feel threatened enough or justfied enough by Israel’s deeper incursion into Lebanon to directly attack Israel. So far, Syria has been using the terrorist organization called Hezbollah as their instrument of harm against Israel. It still ceases to amaze me how the world press reports that Israel’s response is overblown. What other county would tolerate being the target of terrorist rockets from across their border year after year? I’ve always been surprised at Israel’s patience in not being more proactive in their response towards the daily attacks of their enemies. Well it looks like their patience has run out… so far over 300 have died in Lebanon and 29 in Israel. If Syria, or for that matter Iran, becomes directly involved in this conflict then there will be little doubt that the tiny little country of Israel will have no choice but to resort to the use of nuclear weapons to assure her survival. Then the prophecy of Damascus, Syria being utterly destroyed will finally be fulfilled (Isaiah 17:1) . The temperature is rising, it’s getting hotter everywhere.

SOME FACTS ABOUT ISRAEL

1. ISRAEL BECAME A STATE IN 1312 B.C., TWO MILLENNIA BEFORE ISLAM;
2. ARAB REFUGEES FROM ISRAEL BEGAN CALLING THEMSELVES “PALESTINIANS” IN 1967, TWO DECADES AFTER (MODERN) ISRAELI STATEHOOD;
3. AFTER CONQUERING THE LAND IN 1272 B.C., JEWS RULED IT FOR A THOUSAND YEARS AND MAINTAINED A CONTINUOUS PRESENCE THERE FOR 3,300 YEARS;
4. FOR OVER 3,300 YEARS, JERUSALEM WAS THE JEWISH CAPITAL. IT WAS NEVER THE CAPITAL OF ANY ARAB OR MUSLIM ENTITY. EVEN UNDER JORDANIAN RULE, (EAST) JERUSALEM WAS NOT MADE THE CAPITAL, AND NO ARAB LEADER CAME TO VISIT IT;
5. JERUSALEM IS MENTIONED OVER 700 TIMES IN THE BIBLE, BUT NOT ONCE IS IT MENTIONED IN THE QUR’AN;
6. KING DAVID FOUNDED JERUSALEM; MOHAMMED NEVER SET FOOT IN IT;
7. JEWS PRAY FACING JERUSALEM; MUSLIMS FACE MECCA. IF THEY ARE BETWEEN THE TWO CITIES, MUSLIMS PRAY FACING MECCA, WITH THEIR BACKS TO JERUSALEM;
8. IN 1948, ARAB LEADERS URGED THEIR PEOPLE TO LEAVE, PROMISING TO CLEANSE THE LAND OF JEWISH PRESENCE. 68% OF THEM FLED WITHOUT EVER SETTING EYES ON AN ISRAELI SOLDIER;
9. VIRTUALLY THE ENTIRE JEWISH POPULATION OF MUSLIM COUNTRIES HAD TO FLEE AS THE RESULT OF VIOLENCE AND POGROMS;
10. SOME 630,000 ARABS LEFT ISRAEL IN 1948, WHILE CLOSE TO A MILLION JEWS WERE FORCED TO LEAVE THE MUSLIM COUNTRIES;
11. IN SPITE OF THE VAST TERRITORIES AT THEIR DISPOSAL, ARAB REFUGEES
    WERE DELIBERATELY PREVENTED FROM ASSIMILATING INTO THEIR HOST COUNTRIES.
    OF 100 MILLION REFUGEES FOLLOWING WORLD WAR 2, THEY ARE THE ONLY GROUP
    TO HAVE NEVER INTEGRATED WITH THEIR CORELIGIONISTS. MOST OF THE JEWISH
    REFUGEES FROM EUROPE AND ARAB LANDS WERE SETTLED IN ISRAEL, A COUNTRY NO LARGER THAN NEW JERSEY
12. THERE ARE 22 MUSLIM COUNTRIES, NOT COUNTING PALESTINE. THERE IS ONLY
    ONE JEWISH STATE. ARABS STARTED ALL FIVE WARS AGAINST ISRAEL, AND LOST
    EVERY ONE OF THEM;
13. FATAH AND HAMAS CONSTITUTIONS STILL CALL FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF
    ISRAEL. ISRAEL CEDED MOST OF THE WEST BANK AND ALL OF GAZA TO THE
    PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY, AND EVEN PROVIDED IT WITH ARMS;
14. DURING THE JORDANIAN OCCUPATION, JEWISH HOLY SITES WERE VANDALIZED
    AND WERE OFF LIMITS TO JEWS. UNDER ISRAELI RULE, ALL MUSLIM AND
    CHRISTIAN HOLY SITES ARE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL FAITHS;
15. OUT OF 175 UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS UP TO 1990,
    97 WERE AGAINST ISRAEL; OUT OF 690 GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTIONS, 429
    WERE AGAINST ISRAEL;
16. THE U.N. WAS SILENT WHEN THE JORDANIANS DESTROYED 58 SYNAGOGUES IN
    THE OLD CITY OF JERUSALEM. IT REMAINED SILENT WHILE JORDAN
    SYSTEMATICALLY DESECRATED THE ANCIENT JEWISH CEMETERY ON THE MOUNT OF
    OLIVES, AND IT REMAINED SILENT WHEN JORDAN ENFORCED APARTHEID LAWS
    PREVENTING JEWS FROM ACCESSING THE TEMPLE MOUNT AND WESTERN WALL.

THESE ARE TRYING TIMES. WE MUST ASK OURSELVES WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING,
AND WHAT WE WILL TELL OUR GRANDCHILDREN ABOUT OUR ACTIONS DURING THIS
CRISIS, WHEN WE HAD THE CHANCE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

START NOW!  SEND THIS MESSAGE TO 20 FRIENDS, AND ASK EACH OF THEM TO SEND
IT TO 20 MORE.

JEWISH OR NOT, IT DOES NOT MATTER.  EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW THE FACTS.

TRUTH AND PEACE ARE VALUES COMMON TO ALL OF US.