Since 1937, the Palestinians have had an innumerable number of opportunities to create a State, if they were only willing to work with Israel. But they are not. Obama and Hillary Clinton's insistence on blaming Israel for the Palestinians' misery reveal everything about his intention toward the Jewish state. The United States, once a stalwart in support of the Jewish State, has now become one of its greatest adversaries. What other enemy of Israel has the influence that the United States does? The Prophet Joel wrote about the rebirth of Israel and how the entire world would one day be united against them. Joel states that the nations of the world would send forces, taking the side of the Palestinians, to redraw the border lines of the fledgling nation and part the land that God has promised them. It is for this reason that God's judgment comes on the world. It is in this Judgment that the Jewish people recognize their Messiah, the one who was pierced for their sins and the whole world's (Zechariah 12, Isaiah 53). It is when they call that He answers them (Zechariah 14, Isaiah 63)...
Joel 3:1 For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, 2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land...
If I were the headline writer,
I should have chosen “foment”
over “spark.” The latter is too
incidental, too minimal.