Posted on 07/31/2014 5:26:56 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Everyone from liberal journalists to a member of the English cricket team is gunning for Israel at the moment. The Independent describes it as ‘rogue state’. The Guardian considers the Israeli 'occupation' of Gaza as a 'shameful injustice'. Meanwhile, cricketer Moeen Ali has pledged his support for the Palestinians by sporting 'Free Gaza' wristbands. Respectable opinion knows which side wears the black hats in this conflict.
What is it about Israel that arouses so much anger? Is it because it's a theocratic state, committed to destroying its neighbour, which uses civilians as human shields, tortures and kills its political opponents, persecutes homosexuals, and holds freedom of speech and the rule of law in contempt?
No, hang on, that’s Hamas, and we all know they're the good guys of the piece. No matter how appallingly they treat their own people and how many innocents they blow up, shoot or kidnap, nothing can blot their copybook.
Which isn’t to say that Israel could get away with the same behaviour, of course. It can't even protect its own people without drawing criticism. Israel is like the older brother who is expected to know better. His younger siblings can run riot, because they're held to different standards, but big bro should sit there quietly, no matter how many times he takes a kicking.
Not that the media does much reporting on the kicking Israel receives. It would much rather lament the significantly higher Palestinian losses, as if they automatically put Israel in the wrong and let Hamas off the hook for striking the first blow....
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
They DID.....thrice.
And pro-gay. Liberals actually should love Israel.
resist being “converted.” —
Well ... It ain’t Repubs (RINOs or otherwise) or Tea Party who is convicting you, keeping you awake, ... it is GOD!!!
So keep resisting. / s
Actually, deep down, you should stop resisting God. Forget the “Christianity” and “Religion” labels. Let God Love You!
That’s not it.
Liberals don’t see things as a matter of right and wrong, but rather weak and strong.
Their allegiance goes to the weak, unless the weak violate their core values.
Palestinians are weak. That’s that.
I appreciate your non hearsay truth. I have studied Israel. In the first place it is not “the largest democracy “ in the middle east. Not even close to Iran or Egypt. Iran has “run off” elections. Before the military coup, the Morsi election was 61% !! You can’t make that up. He was overthrown with your money like the Ukrainian elected government.
In the second place Israel is a socialist MODEL and has been the bastion of socialism since 1949!!. I don’t even see the Christian connection because none believe in Jesus as the Son of God. Why are we pulling for these guys?
By American standards, Israel is none of those things. I surmise the author is a Brit, and might not be real familiar with the State of Israel.
No - their boss hates God and all of God’s people. The rest are symptoms, not causes.
It’s about democracy. The Democrats are against it.
I once heard it said that lefties hate the Jews because the Jews are the ones who came up with all the rules/morals in the first place...
Like Simon, called Peter, they denied the Lord three times, however I fear, that bar real repentance for their act, the outcome will be quite different...
the infowarrior
Exactly.
That, to me, indicates that God is enveloping of true Grace, so long as His image is Morally sought.
“Why are we pulling for these guys?”
The important factor is not whether they’re socialist but whether their culture (in this case that means religion and race) wants to destroy our culture (religion and race.) Iran is an apocalyptic culture of death. The important thing to Iran is that they will cause the return of the Mahdi.
http://www.babylonforsaken.com/mahdi.html
I suspect the Christian connection with Israel has to do with the Biblical prophesies of the end times where Israel features as a leading role in Christ’s return. (If I’ve messed this up please be kind and aim over my head. Thanks.)
That’s all one needs to know of the democrats!
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