Critics Fear Kerry Putting Israel at Risk
By: Chris Mitchell
January 7, 2014
CBN News Middle East Bureau Chief
JERUSALEM, Israel — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry left Israel on Monday but is expected back next week.
His visits are part of a major U.S. effort to broker an agreement between Israelis and Palestinians.
Kerry says his efforts are not mission impossible.
“I will say that we are working with great intensity, with serious purpose, with the commitment to trying to resolve this conflict that has gone on for many years too long,” he told reporters Saturday following a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
“Which I think presents us now with possibility of trying to find a framework agreement which would really lay out the end game, and lay out the framework for the major issues to guide the negotiations, from this point forward,” he said.
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat agreed.
“What Secretary Kerry is doing, and let me reiterate in front of him, is not an interim agreement, not a transitional period. It’s beyond that,” Erekat said. “We’re working hard to achieve an agreement on all core issues.”
Those core issues include borders, security, and the fate of Jerusalem. One reported issue is the proposal that Israel give up the strategic Jordan Valley to the Palestinians. (Refer to Map below)
Yet three U.S. senators, speaking at a Jerusalem press conference, warned recent history shows when Israel gives up land, it puts the Jewish state at risk.
For example, after Israel left Gaza in 2005, Hamas and other terror groups have fired thousands of rockets into Israel.
“Here’s the one thing I think that dominates the thinking in Israel,” Sen. Lindsey Graham,R-S.C., said. “Once you withdraw, then the ability to go back is almost impossible, once you give up your ability to kind of chart your own destiny. Look at Gaza. What’s the chance of going back into Gaza militarily?”
Former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Danny Ayalon told CBN News he believes the agreement would base a future Palestinian state on the West Bank, including Jerusalem.
“I believe the deal that he offers is the ’67 borders on the basis of ’67 with swaps on a one-to-one ratio that would include Jerusalem as far as Kerry is concerned. This is what I believe. That would be for the Palestinians of Israel as a Jewish state,” he said.
While Kerry puts U.S. prestige on the line to create a Palestinian state, some are concerned the Palestinians see the negotiations only as one stage in their long range plan.
Abba Zaik, a senior Palestinian official, told Syrian TV a Palestinian state based on the 1967 lines was only the beginning.
“Even the most extreme among us, Hamas, or the fighting forces, want a state within the ’67 borders,” he said. “Afterward, we [will] have something to say because the inspiring idea cannot be achieved all at once – rather in stages.”
Many interpret the “inspiring idea” as the elimination of the state of Israel.
It appears that there is nothing promising in the talks between Abbas and Kerry. If you look at the map below and study Numbers, Chapter 34, you will see that the land we are asking for is the very same land that G-d promised to Israel forever.
The 12 Tribes of Israel
Numbers Chapter 34
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan; (this [is] the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, [even] the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:) 3 Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward: 4 And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadeshbarnea, and shall go on to Hazaraddar, and pass on to Azmon: 5 And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea. 6 And [as for] the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border. 7 And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount Hor: 8 From mount Hor ye shall point out [your border] unto the entrance of Hamath; and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad: 9 And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at Hazarenan: this shall be your north border. 10 And ye shall point out your east border from Hazarenan to Shepham: 11 And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward: 12 And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about.
From the Author: I doubt seriously that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has referred to his Bible for guidelines in negotiating with Israel. Not only will he efforts/plan not work but he is putting the people of Israel in even more risk than they already are.
In a recent article on November 7, 2013 by http://legalinsurrection.com I was shocked to read of Kerry’s threat to Israel suggesting a possible boycott. It appears that we just keep getting in deeper and deeper and not only putting Israel nearer to war but putting America at risk also.
From the article: US Secretary of State John Kerry launched an unusually bitter public attack on Israeli policies in the West Bank Thursday, warning that if current peace talks fail, Israel could see a third intifada and growing international isolation, and that calls for boycott, divestment and sanctions would increase. Kerry made the comments during a joint interview with Israel’s Channel 2 and the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation.
This will never be settled for any length of time as you cannot change the WORD of G-d and Bible Prophecy. If the US is not going to stand with Israel 100% than we need to get out of their way. I can’t help but believe that we will suffer greatly for ignoring Israel in their time of need. Remember when G-d said that money was the root of all evil? Well, this is about politics and money.
What do you think?