Lets be honest – none of us really care when others go hungry or else we’d do something about it. Yesterday while I was eating a delicious Quizno’s sandwich people were standing in line for hours hoping to buy up the last of the bread available in Gaza.
The UN reported yesterday that the wheat stock in Gaza is completely gone, and that fruit and vegetable supplies are very low. Still – Israel insists that the the commercial border crossing Al-Mintar must remain closed to imports and exports for “security reasons”.
40% of children in the Gaza Strip (often referred to as the largest prison in the world) are already malnourished…
I love this next quote though – it really shows the heartlessness of the occupation.
Israeli Prime Ministerial advisor Dov Weisglass recently described the Israeli sanctions policy in the wake of the democratic Hamas victory as one in which Palestinians would be put on a diet but not starved to death. “It’s like an appointment with a dietician. The Palestinians will get a lot thinner, but won’t die”.
Meanwhile… Pastor Hagee and his cohorts of Evangelical leaders, who represent as many as 30 million Americans were patting themselves on the back for the creation of their new lobbying group CUFI: Christians United For Israel, which according to Hagee ought to be thought of as the “Christian version of AIPAC”. They want to make sure that Christians everywhere know that if they don’t support Israel they’re going to be cursed… dun dun dun.
Oh – and they’d like to make sure that none of those pesky Palestinians get in the way of their End of Days plans – after all, if Israel agrees to peace and a two-state solution, World War III is only going to be further delayed. And we all know that the sooner that happens the sooner Jesus can ride his cloud back to Earth and all those Jews (& everyone else) can be sent to hell where they belong.
::::sigh:::: Where are the sackcloth and ashes when you really need them?
missmellow: I’m glad that you write about Israel/Palestine issues–it has really sparked an interest in the subject for me. I realized that I know next to nothing about it all. I saw a film (documentary) recently called Another Road Home-about an Israeli woman whose family interacts with a Palestinian family during her childhood, then she tries to find them many years later. Maybe you’ve seen it already, but if not, I thought you might be interested.4 years ago
masterstable: Thanks for stopping by and keep checking up on me I am fomulating some ideas4 years ago
guardian_eve: …Jesus Wept…but then he did something about it. What am I going to do?4 years ago
Eccentrique: I’ve been stumbling across your comments quite a bit today, Esther. You have some very interesting and valid things to say. God bless you.4 years ago
theeternalparadox: RYC: THAT WAS THE BEST ONE I GOT! I TOTALLY AGREE!4 years ago
bthompson06: You have a lot of comments so I don’t know if you’ll see mine, BUT……here goes:
You have touched on an issue that I think really resonates with moderate and progressive Christians (as well as the secular world). Even though a lot of these people aren’t emptying their wallets and seeing how they can help those suffering in the Gaza strip, they DO largely wish that people like Hagee and Falwell would stop being the spokespeople for Christianity.
I grew up in a fundamentalist environment much like it sounds like you did. And my dad (a pastor), although I love him and we greatly disagree on theology despite our common faith in Christ, would consistently get on the Hagee/Robertson/Falwell/Haggard bandwagon on Israel as well as any other political issue for the purpose of getting Jesus back to take the [E]vangelicals away from this world that God apparently hates. And I would get just as riled up as you. I’d better stop typing. I might start preaching myself.4 years ago