The Ninth of Av

It is an historical fact that the destruction of Israel’s two temples, first by the Babylonians in 586 BC, and later in AD 70 by the Romans, happened on the same day of the calendar.

Jews the world over still remember these terrible dates, every year. It is fascinating to note that just recently, Israeli archaeologists found a new section of wall damaged near the Temple Mount, a remnant of that Babylonian invasion so long ago. Jewish history is everywhere in the Land—a fact that bolsters Israel’s territorial claims and rebuts their enemies’.

Now with Israeli festivities planned to mark the anniversaries, Hamas is there to muck it up:

“Hamas warned that Israel is “playing with fire” on Friday by allowing Jews to visit the Temple Mount and march around the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem on Tisha Be’av, which marks the day when the two Temples in Jerusalem were destroyed.”

The Jerusalem Post report highlights the intersection between two religions:

“This year, Tisha Be’av coincides with Eid al-Adha, known as the ‘festival of sacrifice,’ which coincides with the completion of the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca and commemorates Ibrahim’s (Abraham) readiness to sacrifice his son in order to demonstrate his dedication to God (Muslims believe that the son was Ishmael; Jews believe it was Isaac). In past years, clashes have broken out on the Temple Mount on Tisha Be’av.”

For decades, the Palestinians have been desperate to invent their own history, while denying that of the Jews. They do this in myriad ways and the emotional gymnastics they go through is a sight to behold.

I’ve walked among the ruins of the Babylonian invasion in Jerusalem’s Old City, yet I’ve never happened upon any type of “Palestinian” ruins or archaeology. At every turn, the Arabs and their international supporters undermine Jewish history.

When Yasser Arafat used to claim there was no evidence for the Jewish temples in Jerusalem, idiot politicians and diplomats from Bill Clinton on down pacified him. How outrageous!

And don’t forget, Christian leaders have joined in that diabolical scheme. More than 20 years ago, writer Phillip Yancey called Jesus a “Palestinian rabbi.”

So Hamas stirs up violence and dissension among the Jerusalem population today. Don’t expect the new government to oppose it. Just like the Biden regime won’t stand with the Jews.

But do you remember what happened after each Temple was destroyed?

History tells us that the Jews came back. And their Temple will be rebuilt yet again one day.

And no one will ever deny their history again.

Jim1fletcher@yahoo.com

www.thegodthatanswers.com

Rewind

And just like that, the Trump Era in the Middle East is over (temporarily).

Biden, I believe a coup plotter that illegally occupies the Oval Office, pays lip service to Israel’s security and our nations’ friendship, while enacting policies that undermine both.

His goons have now told new Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett that the U.S. will not tolerate the razing of Palestinian terrorists’ homes. According to the Jerusalem Post:

“The issue came to the forefront in advance of Bennett’s first visit to Washington to meet with US President Joe Biden, after the IDF on Thursday morning razed the West Bank home of the Palestinian-American terrorist Muntasir Shalabi.

“US Secretary of State Antony Blinken had personally intervened and spoken to a ‘senior Israeli counterpart’ prior to the demolition, Price said.

“’The secretary and other senior officials here at the State Department in recent days have raised these concerns directly with senior Israeli officials – and we will continue to do so as long as this practice continues,’ Price said.”

Tellingly, Bennett ignored the warnings. The next morning, the IDF demolished Shalabi’s home, near Ramallah. Good for him; he almost has to show some sort of strength in jockeying for position with a now-hostile administration in Washington.

Make no mistake, the regime in Washington is an enemy of Israel.

At the same time, Jordan—I believe never a real peace partner with Israel, at least since the death of King Hussein. Note this wicked report:

“On 27 June 2021, Jordan’s King Abdullah II met with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Baghdad. All three announced an agreement to cooperate on transporting Iraqi oil through pipelines from Iraq to Jordan to Egypt, from where it will be exported to Europe through the Mediterranean. This agreement is King Abdullah’s ‘coming out of the closest’ with Iran. It is now official: Jordan is allied with Iran because Iraq is actually under Iran’s control. The Iraqi government is a puppet state controlled by Iran. Exporting Iraqi oil through Jordan to Europe is simply exporting oil controlled by Iran, which rules Iraq through its Shi’ite militias and controls the country’s resources.”

Abdullah is not what his father (or even grandfather) was. More a product of the modern world, and European influences, he is no loyal friend. However, his hand is being forced due to the 180 American diplomacy. After Trump’s genuine peace gains, Biden is what he always was on the issue (notwithstanding his claim to be Bibi’s friend for 40 years): a left-wing “Peace Now,” Oslo flunky. These policies are doomed to failure and worst of all, play with peoples’ lives in the Middle East.

Just think, a year ago peace was breaking out all over the Middle East. Now we are saddled with Blinken, Biden, Valerie Jarrett, Obama, etc.

It’s a reminder that this world is not our home and modern governments are not the solution.

Israel is, as always, really on her own. And for us, those that support the Jewish state, it is a season to not be swayed by right or left policies, but to rest in the knowledge that God is in control, yesterday, today, and forever.

Jim1fletcher@yahoo.com

www.thegodthatanswers.com