[Buggman]

I'm currently working on this for a series of blog posts, as well as for a college-aged friend and probably as an appendix to a book I'm working on. Comments, suggestions, and additional sources are welcomed.

[Buggman]

A little something for the weekend. For those of a Messianic persuation, I've also posted a two-part article on my blog called, "Blurring and Redefining Boundaries," Part 1 and Part 2.

I'm stepping out to fulfill a promise to a little girl to get some ice cream. Be back in a bit.

Shalom.

[FoxPro]

That was really good.

[zerosix]

"....Modern satellite maps of Israel reveal that even today, territories controlled by Israel are blooming green and fruitful, while Palestinian territories languish as desert, not due to Israeli oppression, but the shortcomings of a government dedicated wholly to war and death instead of shalom and life."

This is a fact that one can witness personally when visiting the Holy Land, as we did.

One need only cross out of Israel's "occupied land" to witness the desolation of the land not governed by Israel or witness what happened to the lush, fertile land turned over to the Palestinians ordered by Sharon under the "land for peace" swap!

Destroyed vineyards, nurseries demolished and once quality apartment buildings were trashed by those claiming the land back from Israel.

That King Hussein of Jordan is "reforesting" the desert around, shows that the Muslim countries more desire to squash Israel and "drive the Jews into the Mediterranean."

[backhoe]

Thank you- I’ll be pleased to link to this.

FYI, an old post of mine:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/754551/posts
Answers for Anti-Israeli, anti-Jewish Propaganda
various links | 09-20-02 | The Heavy Equipment Guy

I spent many years attending the Synagogue here when my wife was Organist & Music Director there- yep, we’re both Christians, and always felt right at home.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you oh so very much for your beautiful essays, dear Buggman!

[GOPJ]

Mark Twain described the land as “rocky and bare, repulsive and dreary,” an utter desert waste. “No landscape exists that is more tiresome to the eyes than that which bounds the approaches to Jerusalem.” He marveled that Jerusalem itself had become a tiny, poverty-stricken village, and noted, “Rags, wretchedness, poverty, and dirt, those signs and symbols that indicate the presence of Muslim rule” (quoted by Price in Jerusalem, p. 200). It was not until the Jews regained control of the land and restored it to its previous beauty that this forlorn city suddenly became such a “holy” and important site to the Islamic world.

And if the Jews are ever run out - and the land falls under Arab rule - it'll revert to rocky and bare ruins...