On Christmas
Eve, also the eve of Hanukkah this year, the Obama administration left Israel to
stand by itself against the entire world. Barack Obama has not been a friend to
Israel during the past eight years, but he stabbed Israel in the back last
week. He made the Middle East situation for more difficult for the in-coming
President Donald Trump, and he might have kindled the flames that will erupt into World War III.
Israel has been the only true,
dependable ally of the United States in the Middle East for many years. Now the
Obama administration has let our faith ally down. Last week the Security
Council of the United States passed Resolution 2334 with Samantha Power, the
United States Ambassador to the United Nations, abstaining. It was an
anti-Israel bill that the United States could have stopped but did not.
Resolution 2334 basically
condemns Israeli settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, considering
them to be occupied territory. More importantly, it deems the western wall, one
of the most sacred places in Judaism, to be occupied Palestinian territory.
Israel Prime Minister claims to
have “ironclad information” that Barack Obama was part of the formulation and
the support for the UN Security Council resolution against Israel. Apparently,
some of the information came from Arab sources and other members of the
international community. Of course, the Obama administration is denying any
responsibility for drafting or introducing the resolution, only of the decision
to refrain from voting for it. “Because of its opposition to settlement
activity and concern for what it could mean for the region, the US `could not
in good conscience veto.’”
Israel’s Prime Minister
Netanyahu met addressed the weekly meeting of his cabinet in Jerusalem on
Sunday and reiterated his staunch opposition to the resolution. He met with the
“envoys of the 12 nations with representatives in Israel that voted for the
resolutions” on Christmas Day. He later summoned the US Ambassador Dan Shapiro on
Christmas evening “to explain why the US abstained in the vote on Resolution
2334, enabling it to pass 14-0, rather than vetoing it.” Mr. Netanyahu is
reaching out to Mr. Trump and friends in the U.S. Congress for help in
deterring “further potential Obama administration-led diplomatic action against Israel.”
President-elect Trump has promised
to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem and to strengthen the military alliance
between the U.S. and Israel. Will he stay strong in his commitment to Israel?
Only time will tell.
A dozen or more years ago my
friend and I were discussing the end-time prophecy about the battle of Gog and
Magog and how this battle will usher in the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.
Ezekiel 38 tells us that heathen nations from the “north” will come against
Israel “as a cloud to cover the land.” Jesus Christ appears and saves Israel.
My friend said something about
being grateful to know that the United States would always stand with Israel. I
said that I was not so sure about the standing of the United States because I
had never read or heard anything to support that point.
I could not even imagine at that
point how the United States would not be on the side of Israel. However, as I heard
the words of Barack Obama and watched the way he sides with the enemies of
Israel, I began to understand how it could happen. Now we have failed to stand
with Israel on this resolution.
I really hope that Mr. Trump can
solve the problem before World War III begins. If he is unable to stop the
damage, I hope that the United States stands firmly on the side of Israel
because I know that God fights for Israel and no nation can go against God and
survive!
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