{"id":1810,"date":"2010-04-21T13:46:23","date_gmt":"2010-04-21T13:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=1810"},"modified":"2010-04-21T13:46:23","modified_gmt":"2010-04-21T13:46:23","slug":"our_relationship_with_israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=1810","title":{"rendered":"Our Relationship With Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dennis Prager posted an opinion piece in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/columns\/Obama_-Israel-and-the-Genesis-prediction-91653034.html\">Washington Examiner<\/a> today about the relationship between America and Israel under the Obama Administration.&nbsp; Mr. Prager points out that only 9 percent of Jewish Israelis believe that the Obama Administration is more pro-Israel than pro-Palestinian.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>There are a few things we need to remember about Israel.&nbsp; Israel votes with us at the United Nations more often than any other nation.&nbsp; Israel also provides us with new technology and and intelligence.&nbsp; Israel shares the ideals of the founders of America.&nbsp; A rift between America and Israel does not further the cause of peace in the Middle East&#8211;it simply emboldens the enemies of freedom to act against Israel because they do not fear American retaliation.&nbsp; As Iran has become a major threat to Middle East peace, the weakening of Israel (and the weakening of the Israel-American alliance) simply will embolden Iran.&nbsp; Lastly, there are many conservative Christians in America who believe the Book of Genesis in the Bible when it says, &#8220;I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If you look at modern history, you can see examples of this Biblical truth.&nbsp; England lost its empire after it reneged on the Balfour Declaration of 1917 (which was supposed to establish the State of Israel and the State of Palestine (in Trans-Jordan). &nbsp;Germany was divided and economically cripped for a generation or more after Kristallnacht. &nbsp;The parts of the Arab world that today are focused on hating Israel today are, for the most part, living centuries behind the rest of the world. &nbsp;With the vast natural resources they have (oil, etc.), what is hindering their progress?<\/p>\n<p>I for one do not want to see America abandon its alliance with Israel. &nbsp;Whether or not you believe the Bible, I see nothing to be gained by testing this particular verse. &nbsp;Ignoring the Biblical advice, we need to be friends with Israel just as a practical matter. &nbsp;They have been good friends for a long time; we don&#8217;t need to desert them as their enemies grow stronger.<\/p>\n<div id=\"TixyyLink\" style=\"border: medium none ; overflow: hidden; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dennis Prager posted an opinion piece in the Washington Examiner today about the relationship between America and Israel under the Obama Administration.&nbsp; Mr. Prager points out that only 9 percent of Jewish Israelis believe that the Obama Administration is more &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=1810\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1810\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}