When I consider the revelation from the Lord that this Palestinian woman received from God and then consider her courage and conviction, it truly saddens my heart when I consider the intolerant, hateful and dehumanizing sentiment expressed by the anti-Semitic polemicist Stephen Sizer who, with quite a self-satisfied smile on his face, actually had the hubris to make the following comment before a crowed church audience:
“There are certainly churches in Israel/Palestine that side with the occupation (of the West Bank, Gaza and Golan Heights), that side with Zionism. One of my burdens is to challenge them theologically and show that they’ve repudiated Jesus, they’ve repudiated the Bible, and they are an abomination.”
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Some don’t want to change, because were they to do so, they would invalidate their past.
Ego is an exacting burden.
Thanks for posting this article. She gives a very sobering look at what is really going on between the Jews and Arabs. To every action there is an equal but opposite reaction.
TO WHOM DOES THE LAND OF ISRAEL BELONG?? (I do not know if this is a true story, but makes the point well!)
An Israeli Sense of Humor at United Nations set the record straight.
An ingenious example of speech and politics occurred recently in the United Nations Assembly and made the world community smile.
A representative from Israel began: ‘Before beginning my talk I want to tell you something about Moses. When he struck the rock and it brought forth water, he thought, “What a good opportunity to have a bath!”
Moses removed his clothes, put them aside on the rock and entered the water. When he got out and wanted to dress, his clothes had vanished. A Palestinian had stolen them!
The Palestinian representative at the UN jumped up furiously and shouted, “What are you talking about? The Palestinians weren’t there then.”
The Israeli representative smiled and said, “And now that we have made that clear, I will begin my speech.”
Thanks for sharing. Powerful.