Once again Israel faces a murderous Satanic threat to its existence and reacts with a terrible harshness borne of fear and anger. Once again the world reacts by condemning Israel and choosing to absolve those who brought terror and blind hatred to the Israeli people.
The wisdom of the decision by Israel to rid itself of the scourge of Hamas, at whatever the cost in Palestinian blood, will prove to be short-sighted. The first true experience of Israel that the young generations of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are having is one of destruction and death. It will be difficult for these Palestinians to forgive.
It did not have to be this way.
For a brief moment, the world was on Israel’s side. The horror of the actions of Hamas was felt by all people, and there was an opportunity for Israel to reject, or at least postpone, the need for revenge and retribution.
The council of the Arab members of the Abraham accords could have been sought. Israel could have used this tragedy to strengthen its position as a proud tribe of Abraham with a historical claim to its land. Israel could have used this tragedy to focus the world’s attention on the scourge on the world’s people that Satan’s corruption of Islam has become.
The Satanic manipulation of Islam as promoted by Iran’s religious leaders has caused widespread suffering and unrest. Christians, Jews, and Muslims alike should be unified against the bastardization of a great Abrahamic faith.
Any disagreement as to whether Jesus was the manifestation of God or simply a great prophet should be seen as insignificant when true believers of all Abrahamic faiths are being threatened by Satan’s manipulations and the abhorrent miseries being committed in the name of God.
What is happening in the Middle East is a religious war, to be sure. It is being portrayed as a war between the Jews and the Palestinians, even between the Judaic and Islamic faiths. But the war is between the enlightenment that all Abrahamic faiths offer and the spiritual emptiness that those practicing terror and preaching hatred offer instead.
The Great Satan is not America, and never was. The Great Satan resides in the souls of the religious leaders in Iran. They are the ones who offer refuge to Satan and do his bidding. This is the religious point that must be made over and over again until all those who practice an Abrahamic faith understand and accept it.
The United States has never understood the Middle Eastern conflict, which must be seen from the religious perspectives of both the Judaic and Islamic faiths. Both perspectives are valid, and both faiths must be allowed to coexist. Ultimately, religion is what matters, and only religion has the power to bring peace to the region.
Israel has never understood the power that a unified Abrahamic family would offer. It is not alone in this regard. Distrust among the tribes of Abraham has a profound historical basis. Much blood has been spilled in the course of their conflicts that have played out over thousands of years. It is always difficult to accept past injustices and not feel the need to somehow exact a cleansing retribution from those who are said to have committed historical wrongs.
But this is a path that has no end. There will always be another injustice committed, and then another retribution needed. On and on it will go.
One can only hope and pray that a new direction will be chosen. Governments cannot do this alone. It rests in the hands and hearts of the religious leaders of the Abrahamic faiths to come together and lead the way, out of the desert one might say, bringing with them all the lost tribes of Abraham.