This cartoon was created by the “Yesha Council”, which is the semi-official representation of the Jews in Judea and Sameria (often called “the settlers). It shows history of the Jews in Israel from the time of Abraham till the present, end ends with a piece of advice for Barack Obama.

Most of us had never heard of Terry Jones before last week, but he is now a household name around the world. Whether you agree with Pastor Jones and his announced plan to burn Qurans, which apparently has now been cancelled, he has initiated an extremely important discussion that we, as Christians, need to have.

For years, Muslims have acted with impunity in their destruction of the religious symbols of other religions – they have destroyed and disrespected Churches (remember the actions of Palestinians at the Church of the Nativity in 2002?), destroyed Joseph’s Tomb in Nablus (also in 2002), have destroyed a number Hindu temples and destroyed the Buddhas of Bamyan, in Afghanistan, in March 2001.

So, it is with previous Muslim actions that we must look at Terry Jones’ plan. Why is it that we allow Muslims to dominate the discourse? Why do we stand by idly and hardly make a peep when Muslims come after us, our holy places and objects that are dear to us (and other non-Muslims)? I recently came across this piece from 2007 when Muslims in Gaza burned bibles and destroyed crosses. They didn’t just announce that they WOULD do it – they actually DID it. And our reaction? Most of us didn’t even know about it to have a reaction! Why is it that when Muslims don’t like something, the whole world knows, but when Christians don’t like something, nobody hears about it? The fact is, we act scared of Muslims when they intimidate us, but they’re not afraid of us when they hurt us!

This Terry Jones episode has been a telling story about the state of our world – Muslims are offended, they threaten, the rest of the world backs down. Muslims offend us, we take it. We can only see this getting worse…

It is absolutely amazing how the world continues to pour good money after bad into the hands of the Palestinian Authority. According to Middle East Quarterly, the Palestinian Authority receives more aid per capita than any country. There are countries with millions upon millions of starving citizens, living in the direst of conditions, when, in Gaza (nevermind the West Bank) there are Olympic-sized swimming pools, 5-star restaurants and malls being built.

Something is very wrong with our world – please see this video for more information:

The Palestinians are smarter than some give them credit for. In 1974, the PLO initiated a scheme called the “Phased Plan”, in which they would plot to destroy Israel in parts – and plan developed after the Arab world’s defeats in the wars in 1967 and 1973. The plan is all laid out in this video.

For those with friends who believe the intentions of the Palestinian leadership is honest, please pass this on. This should be seen far and wide – the Palestinian intention is not for peace, but to destroy Israel piece by piece…until the final war.