the peace of Jerusalem, 2

“For Zion’s sake I will not be silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not be still, until her righteousness emanates like bright light, and her salvation blazes like a torch.”
Isaiah 62:1

I do not believe that God is finished with Israel, or the Jewish people. I believe God's promises and call to the children of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob remain. I also believe their hearts are veiled and hardened but that there will be a turning in repentance and faith to the Messiah, and they will be regrafted into the root which is their forefathers. And that will be a great day of salvation. (Romans 9-11)

One of God's promises to the Jewish people is a land. However, that alone is not something that realistically sways, or ought to sway, world or regional politics. But history ought to be. A state for a historically persecuted race is a very good argument. The fact that Israel has not initiated conflict in its 59 years of statehood is (yes, this is true). The fact that the only land that Israel has "seized" has been in conflicts they engaged defensively and maintained land won for their safety and security ought to be acknowledged in world politics. History has been rewritten in a number of ways. And, of course, Islamic Fundamentalism's commitment to eradicate Israel is, or ought to be, a critical issue in world politics.

This is not to say that Israel is guilt-free, I'm not saying that. The settlements in disputed land is one problem, and is wrong. But again, this does not compare in the least to the Arabs trying to take the land prior to and immediately after Israel's declared statehood by the U.N. It does not compare to however many countries' armies massing at their borders in 1967, nor with a surprise attack on Yom Kippur in 1973. And it does not compare morally to terrorism. Period. (Another problem on Israel's side was the war in the spring of 2006 with Lebanon, or rather with Hezbollah entrenched in Southern Lebanon. In principle I don't think it was wrong for Israel to seek to defend itself, but it apparently was disproportionate.)

I'm not necessarily against a Palestinian state at this time. There just ought to be honesty and truthful history.