Why Israel?
By Steven Osborne | Saturday, June 13th, 2009 | PolicyPerhaps the most intense conflict in the world today is the conflict which revolves around the state of Israel. The United States must support the nation of Israel. To be sure, there are some on the right and left who oppose our nation’s support for Israel, however, it is critical for several reasons.
First, support for a Jewish state has always been a hallmark of United States foreign policy. Our second President John Adams is quoted as saying:
I really wish the Jews again in Judea an independent nation.
Later on, President Lincoln would say this:
Restoring the Jews to their national home in Palestine…is a noble dream and one shared by many Americans.
In the early days America did not only support a Jewish state with it words, but also with its actions. Two American missionaries, Pliny Fisk and Levi Parsons were missionaries who went to the Middle East with one of their purposes being to plant the seeds for a Jewish state in Palestine. Not to mention America’s record of support for Israel since its rebirth as a nation in 1948.
The United States also owes the Jewish people a great debt. Had it not been for Haym Solomon, a Jewish financier, the United States might not have won the Revolutionary War. There are also other well documented cases of native and foreign born Jews contributing to American Independence.
Perhaps history does not come into account for you, I urge you then to look at our relations with Israel from a practical standpoint. Israel is the only ally in the Middle East that we can trust. So called “moderate” leaders, such as Mahmoud Abbas, have proven quite stubborn when it comes to recognizing Israel as a Jewish state. The moderate Islamic leaders have proven themselves to be quite contrarian when it comes to America’s best interests.
Israel is America’s most sure ally in many ways. America has not only practical ties to Israel, but also inherent ones. America needs to support Israel, even if the world does not. America has not always taken the rose petaled path of ease, and to be sure, supporting Israel is not an easy thing to do in a world that is often filled with hatred for the Jewish people. America must, however, take the course that it has charted in times past; the course of what is right over what is popular.
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Steven Osborne is a grassroots conservative activist from Central Virginia. He is currently furthering his education at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. In addition to writing for Bearing Drift he is also a columnist for the Christian Law Journal.
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3 Responses to "Why Israel?"
Israel is not a Jewish state, get a clue. A Jewish state means Israel would be a theocracy. Theocracy and Democracy are mutually exclusive terms. Israel is the most racist country in the world. They embed Rabbis into army units to whip soldiers into religious frenzies. Israel has violated international law numerous times with their wholesale slaughter of Gazan civilians using outlawed white phosphorus munitions. Israel’s sense of nationalism is almost on par with that of Nazi Germany. They need living space, they need to be protected from their neighbors… Granted Israel has neighbors who would like to kill them, but so did Germany. Israel fought wars with their neighbors that they inherently initiated by kicking the Palestinians off of their land. Sure Israel can say they had a claim to it from thousands of years ago, but does that mean the Moors should be allowed to take over the Iberian peninsula?
The USA shipped large amounts of munitions to Israel right before they slaughtered over 1000 Gazan’s (60% children). We gave them munitions that are illegal for anything but creating smoke screens, knowing full well they would be used against civilians.
Read some history and know the facts before you tell anyone that the USA should support Israel. We need to keep Israel in check and stop giving them weapons to slaughter children. I hate Obama, but I’m pretty happy he is telling Israel they need to straighten up.
Your being as one sided as those who say Israel should be destroyed. Israel should be allowed to live, but they have no right to continue acting as they are now. When a Palestinian leaves their home, Israeli settlers storm in an occupy it. They have two sets of laws, they live in apartheid like conditions. We would never support this in America, why do we pay billions of my tax dollars to support it over there?
Yeah, we have all heard the, “Israel is Nazis” banter before. It is common knowledge that Arabs living in Israel have more rights than Arabs living under Hamas or even Fatah. Been there, done that, and the arguement doesn’t carry water.
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