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Jan Willem van der Hoeven , a native of The Netherlands, has been living in the Middle East for over 30 years. He is the founder of The International Christian Embassy Jerusalem and is today the director of The International Christian Zionist Center.
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By Jan Willem van der Hoeven
June 20, 2002
The danger is huge.
If, even as terrorism still rages unabated in Israel, the Bush administration is now offering the Palestinians a state of their own before they have truly reined in this still widely accepted and condoned phenomenon, then granting such a state would be the ultimate reward to the Palestinians for their terrorism. Doing so would also would weaken the moral fiber of the Bush administration's worldwide fight against terror.
The warning is grave!
Sponsoring this evil and devilish idea of an independent Palestinian state; a U.S.-backed legitimate Palestinian entity that will finally enable the Muslims and Arabs to fulfill their aim by providing the springboard from which they can do away with the sovereign Jewish state, could also bring a horrendous answer from God Almighty on both the United States of America and on Israel.
God's response to this folly may be worse than what happened to the Twin Towers in New York and to the Pentagon in Washington DC on September 11. Reports of potentially larger attacks are circulating in the American media even now. In Israel, determined, near frantic efforts are underway to perpetuate an assault of massive proportions against the Jewish people. Every person, whether Jew or Christian, who still deeply cares for Israel and the United States should move now, NOW to do everything in his or her power to prevent this double catastrophe. Pick up your phones and your pens; call and write to every single concerned Senator, Congressman and other influential person you possibly can.
And please help us as we wage this battle ourselves. Under gird us with your prayers and your giving. We cannot do this alone. The battle is fierce and crucial.
Although years apart, the following quotes reveal what remains in the minds of most the present Palestinian leadership - not a solution to their Palestinian problem, but a final solution to the existence of a sovereign Jewish State in their Muslim midst. This is the crux of the matter!
In a March 31, 1977, interview with the Dutch newspaper Trouw, PLO executive committee member Zahir Muhsein said:
"The Palestinian people does not exist. The creation of a Palestinian state is only a means for continuing our struggle against the state of Israel for our Arab unity. In reality today there is no difference between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese. Only for political and tactical reasons do we speak today about the existence of a Palestinian people, since Arab national interests demand that we posit the existence of a distinct 'Palestinian people' to oppose Zionism. ... For tactical reasons, Jordan, which is a sovereign state with defined borders, cannot raise claims to Haifa and Jaffa, while as a Palestinian, I can undoubtedly demand Haifa, Jaffa, Beer-Sheva and Jerusalem. However, the moment we reclaim our right to all of Palestine, we will not wait even a minute to unite Palestine and Jordan."
And then, on the same day in 1993 on which Yasser Arafat signed the Declaration of Principles on the White House lawn, he spoke the following words on Jordan TV:
"Since we cannot defeat Israel in war, we do this in stages. We take any and every territory that we can of Palestine, and establish sovereignty there, and we use it as a springboard to take more. When the time comes, we can get the Arab nations to join us for the final blow against Israel."
Now, therefore, no one can say any longer "We did not know." We have all been warned.
May God use us all to prevent it - lest He would need to shake us awake Himself with an even greater disaster!
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