More Israel in the News - Sort Of

I will turn you around, put hooks in your jaws and bring you out with your whole army—your horses, your horsemen fully armed, and a great horde with large and small shields, all of them brandishing their swords. Persia, Cush and Put will be with them, all with shields and helmets, also Gomer with all its troops, and Beth Togarmah from the far north with all its troops—the many nations with you. - Ezekiel 38:4-6

This is a continuation of my previous post on this topic.

Israeli forces have continued their incursion into the Gaza Strip. In fact they have now invaded the northern portion of the Gaza Strip in an effort to halt rocket attacks originating there.

Meanwhile, Corporal Gilad Shalit is still in Palestinian hands, even after the passing of a deadline where Israel was to meet the militants' demands "or else" (another demonstration of Arab/Palestinian bravado).

And now comes an opinion poll showing that 77% of Palestinians surveyed support the kidnapping of Corporal Shalit. Good grief! No wonder these people don't deserve their own country!

But the most provocative - and perhaps prophetic - statement this week came from Iranian (Persian) President Mahmoud Ahmadinejed. He called on all Islamic countries to mobilize against Israel and "remove" the "Zionist regime." Wait, isn't Islam a peaceful religion? That's the spin I keep hearing! He then goes on to say, "The biggest threat today for the region is the existence of the fake Zionist regime."

And remember, this is the same Iran with which the EU has been trying to talk out of developing nuclear weapons. The same Iran who denies they're doing this, but won't let anyone in to verify they're not doing this, and whom everyone knows they really are doing this (otherwise why would the EU so desperately try to talk them out of it?).

I have just two questions for Mr. Ahmadinejed: First, if the Zionist regime in Israel is "fake" (your words, not mine), then what are you worried about? You should be more concerned about a real Zionist regime. Second, if you were to attack Israel, what if the Zionist regime turns out to be real? Hmmm.

What gets me is the UN's condemnation of Israel for trying to protect themselves. Excuse me? I think I recall that the United Nations Charter even says that a nation has the right to protect its own integrity.

If Mexico decided to launch rockets and send suicide bombers into the U.S., wouldn't we be justified to respond with military force? Do you think illegal immigrants would be safe in the U.S.? Fortunately, Mexico is counted amongst civilized nations. (NOTE: In 1916, Mexican rebels under Pancho Villa did actually raid U.S. border towns and caused some real damage. The U.S. did respond militarily with its own incursion into Mexico).

So there's the current score - Israel vs. the World. Keep watch, my brethren. Be vigilant.