Sarah Palin Dead Wrong on Israel

I write this blog entry with hesitation and sadness because I am a supporter of Sarah Palin. I do believe that she has the interests of the American people on her mind. In the VP debate, Sarah did a wonderful job putting Joe Biden on defense and clearly and passionately stated the issues that represents most of America. However, there is one issue stated by Sarah that I cannot allow to quietly slip by. Her policy and support for the two-state solution is downright dangerous for both Israel and America.

Here is the unfortunate statement made by Sarah Palin during the VP debate:

Transcript of Palin, Biden debate - CNN.com: "PALIN: A two-state solution is the solution. And Secretary Rice, having recently met with leaders on one side or the other there, also, still in these waning days of the Bush administration, trying to forge that peace, and that needs to be done, and that will be top of an agenda item, also, under a McCain-Palin administration.

Israel is our strongest and best ally in the Middle East. We have got to assure them that we will never allow a second Holocaust, despite, again, warnings from Iran and any other country that would seek to destroy Israel, that that is what they would like to see.

We will support Israel. A two-state solution, building our embassy, also, in Jerusalem, those things that we look forward to being able to accomplish, with this peace-seeking nation, and they have a track record of being able to forge these peace agreements.

They succeeded with Jordan. They succeeded with Egypt. I'm sure that we're going to see more success there, also.

It's got to be a commitment of the United States of America, though. And I can promise you, in a McCain-Palin administration, that commitment is there to work with our friends in Israel."

NO! NO! NO! A two-state solution is NO solution. Let's say, theoretically, you are able to get the neighboring/occupying Arabs (or whom we affectionately refer to as the "Palestinians") to actually agree to a two-state solution; based on their adherence to the Islamic practices of Hudna, the resulting peace would be temporary. Within Islamic practices, Hudna is a form of a temporary peace/cease-fire which allows the Islamic terrorists time to build up their manpower/arsenal until such time they decide to attack their enemy, deceived by the false sense of security. Therefore, in this particular situation, as their Israeli neighbors are enjoying the temporary "cease-fire", the Palestinians would be taking advantage of the time to prepare for a future attack against Israel. It totally goes against the belief/philosophy of the Arabs/Palestinians to allow Israel (whom they identify as infidels) to continue to exist, unless they convert to Islam.

On another note, the land that the Palestinians want as their state is the land that God gave to the Israelites several thousands of years ago. Sarah Palin should know this and she should know the consequences of taking away the God-given lands from Israel. Sarah Palin is an Evangelical Christian and was formerly associated with the Assemblies of God, strongly pro-Israel. Granted that she moved to a different church/denomination, the Wasilla Bible Church, but this church is also a biblical based church. It is known that because of how she has grown in her faith within these churches, Sarah Palin is pro-Israel and sincerely wants to protect and defend the country and her people.

I don't know if Sarah lacks the understanding of the depth of providence of the country of Israel or what the scriptures warn about dividing Israel, but I hope that someone, very soon, talks to her about the anti-biblical nature of the two-state solution. I certainly hope that John McCain does not share this view, along with the desire to continue with Bush's two-state, Israeli "peace" process.

It would be highly beneficial if Mike Huckabee spoke to Sarah about the errors of her statements. Mike knows the truth and articulately stated his position to WorldNetDaily:

Huckabee: Let Palestinians create country 'elsewhere': "'Israel is surrounded by nations in various states of war with the Jewish state. Because of the limited footprint of real estate they have, it's not practical for Israel to give up any land. The two-state solution is no solution, but will cause only problems,' said Huckabee..."..."'There is only one place on earth where the Jewish people could have a homeland that is consistent with their roots, whereas the Palestinians can create their homeland in many other places in the Middle East, outside Israel,' he said."

Another good idea is for Sarah Palin to read a book by White House Correspondent, Bill Koening called, "Eye to Eye: Facing the Consequences of Dividing Israel", which goes into extensive detail the consequences that has afflicted the United States as a result of President Bush's and other past presidents', role in the two-state solution.

I hope and pray that Sarah Palin has the humility to admit that she was wrong about the two-state solution and that she learns the truth.

Amy J.

The Miracle of the State of Israel by Amy J.

If anyone actually took the time to understand how the country of Israel, once again, became a nation after her people were exiled for about 2,000 years, they would not dare dispute who the land belongs to. If you truly understood their story, you would not dispute the fact that Israel is standing strong as a nation today is truly a divine act. Based on the odds that the Israelis were facing against during the wars/battles in 1948, 1967 and 1973, there is no way that the Israelis could have won these battles apart from the divine protection from God. If you believe the Bible/Torah, then you know that God does not break promises. As current events demonstrate, God still follows through with His word:

Now the LORD had said to Abram: “Get out of your country, From your family And from your father’s house, To a land that I will show you. I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
-Genesis 12:1-3 (New King James Version)

During the times that the Israelis had to defend their land, many of the Israeli soldiers specifically cited what appeared to be unexplainable supernatural victories against their Arab enemies during certain battles. Others have legitimately stated they saw what can only be explained as angels from the Lord defeating their enemies. You might think this sounds crazy. But, whether you're a skeptic or not, you've got to see the documentary, Against all Odds, to see where I'm coming from.

On a side note, what is ironic is that Israel is one of the smaller countries in the world, yet there is no piece of land that is so highly disputed or inspires terrorism from a group of people, specifically the Arabs (The so-called Palestinians are Arabs; there are no such thing as a Palestinian people and I will cover that on a later post). According to the historical Biblical account, the Arabs descended from Ishmael. Ishmael's younger half-brother, Isaac, is where the Jewish/Israelis descended from; both were sons of Abraham. Now in this post, I am not going to go into the circumstances of the Biblical accounts of Abraham, Ishmael and Isaac. The only reason I mentioned this is to point out that the conflict between the descendants of Ishmael and Isaac stemmed from this Biblical account and is well over 3,000 years old. And of course, these conflicts are documented in secular historical accounts, as well. The following link has the video clip of the entire interview between John Hagee and Bill McKay, the film producer of Against All Odds:

Pastor Hagee & Bill McKay: Against All Odds


Amy J.