Written by Andy Walton

Brethren Of Christ Articles - Israel

Peres:  We cannot exist without the United States

Jerusalem Post 22 October 2010

Event
President Shimon Peres said that Israel cannot survive without the help of the United States, at a Jerusalem conference of the Jewish People Policy Planning Institute, on Thursday.

Peres said that "for our existence we need the friendship of the United States of America."

Speaking of how Israel can give back to the US, he said that just "as the US is trying to understand the security needs of Israel, we Israelis ourselves must understand the security needs of the US".  He continued, "We cannot give back to the United States what the US is giving us, but in our own small way, we can be of help".

Connecting two of the largest issues on the Israeli - and American - agenda, the president said Israel could be of help to the US by enabling an "anti-Iran coalition in the Middle East".

Comment
Here is the voice of a faithless man, The president of Israel says that Israel CANNOT exist without the United States!  Was it the United states that created Israel?  Was it the United States that brought the scattered Jewish people back to the land?  Was it the United States that won the victory for the Israeli people in 1948, 1967, 1973 etc?

The answer to all these questions is NO.  The answer to all these questions is . . . . GOD. 

God created Israel.  God brought them back to His land.  God helped them win the victories and establish the Jewish nation again.  The leaders of Israel trust in their own strength and the strength of America.  They are about to realise that there is only one we can put our trust in.  When Israel is on their knees and many have been taken into captivity and even more killed they will see the Lord Jesus Christ and finally trust in him. 

Bible quote
And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all of the nations that come against Jerusalem. . . . .the inhabitants of Jerusalem. . . .shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn. (Zechariah 12: 9-10)

We are indebted to bro Andy Walton for permission to reproduce this extract from his Weekly World Watch (www.weeklyworldwatch.co.uk).