Shalom, all. HaErets Yisra'el (the Land of Isra'el) should be just that! It is undeniably, irrevokably ISRA'EL'S LAND! Technically, it's GOD'S Land, and He has given it to Isra'el, not to the Arabs! People call it "Palestine" today because that's what the ROMANS called it to provoke Isra'el after their deportation and the word "Palestine" comes from P'LESHET (PHILISTIA), land of the Philistines (today called the "Gaza Strip")! (Notice the consonants!) It's a HORRIBLE slap in the face to call it "Palestine!" The "West Bank" is a misnomer, as well! The "West Bank" is simply the area that the Bible calls the "Mountains of Isra'el!," particularly in Ezekiel. The arrows on the map are rather backwards. Did you know that the "Palestinians" are actually the descendants of Arab refugees FROM Syria, Jordan (then known as "Trans-jordan") and Egypt? They tried to go "home" to their respective countries and those wonderful Islamic countries DIDN'T WANT THEM AND SENT THEM BACK! It's just ludicrous to say that "Palestinians" have any rights to the land on which they're SQUATTING! They are USURPERS who don't belong there! God's promises are unchanging and irrevokable! He doesn't renig on His promises! Even when in the past God had driven them off the Land because they forgot Him and refused to keep His commandments, they were NEVER kicked off the land permanently, and promises were made that they would return. It's happened once; it's happening again! While it will undeniably take time to complete, nevertheless it is NOT the land of ANY of the Arabs! And, IMO, they should get their stupid dome and mosque off of the foundation pad made for GOD'S HOUSE! It's high time they were driven from the Land entirely! Sephardic, Ashkenazi, Yemenite, Russian, ... whatever! If they are children of Avraham through Yitschaq and Ya`aqov at all, THEY BELONG THERE! And, no foreigner, U.N. or USA or Brittain or whoever, should have ANY say in who among the Jews is allowed to live there! Since when should GENTILES have any say in how the Jews live in THEIR Land?! Don't you yet realize that God is going to be TICKED OFF when He sends Yeshua` back and there won't be anyone who will stand with Him, who will be willing to help Him?! The prophecy of God through the prophet Yo'el (Joel) is a short book, but it is one of the most POIGNANT books in the Tanakh! This prophecy has yet to be fulfilled. Here it is in the CJB: Yo’el JOEL 1:1 The word of ADONAI that came to Yo’el the son of P’tu’el: 2 “Hear this, you leaders! Listen, all who live in the land! Has anything like this ever happened in your days, or in your ancestors’ days? 3 Tell your children about it, and have them tell it to theirs, and have them tell the next generation. 4 What the cutter-worms left, the locusts ate; what the locusts left, the grasshoppers ate; what the grasshoppers left, the shearer-worms ate. 5 Wake up, drunkards, and weep! wail, all you who drink wine, because the juice of the grape will be withheld from your mouth. 6 For a mighty and numberless nation has invaded my land. His teeth are lion’s teeth; his fangs are those of a lioness. 7 He has reduced my vines to waste, my fig trees to splinters — he plucked them bare, stripped their bark and left their branches white.” 8 Lament like a virgin wearing sackcloth for the husband of her youth! 9 Grain offering and drink offering are cut off from the house of ADONAI. The cohanim are mourning, those who are serving ADONAI. 10 The fields are ruined, the ground is grieving; for the grain is ruined, the new wine dried up, and the olive oil is wretched. 11 Despair, you farmers; lament, vinedressers, over the wheat and the barley — the harvest from the fields is lost. 12 The vines have withered, the fig trees wilted, also the pomegranate, date-palm and apple tree — all the trees in the fields have withered, and the people’s joy has withered away. 13 Cohanim, put on sackcloth, and weep! Wail, you who serve at the altar! Come, lie in sackcloth all night long, you who serve my God! For the grain offering and drink offering are withheld from the house of your God. 14 Proclaim a holy fast, call for a solemn assembly, gather the leaders and all who live in the land to the house of ADONAI your God, and cry out to ADONAI, 15 “Oh no! The Day! The Day of ADONAI is upon us! As destruction from Shaddai it is coming! 16 The food is cut off before our very eyes, also joy and gladness from the house of our God. 17 The seed-grain is rotting in its furrows; the granaries are deserted, the barns in ruins; because the grain has withered. 18 How the animals groan! The herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture. The flocks of sheep bear the punishment, too. 19 ADONAI, I cry out to you! For the fire has consumed the pastures in the desert, and the flame set ablaze all the trees in the fields. 20 Even the wild animals come to you, panting, because the streambeds have dried up, and fire has consumed the pastures in the desert.” 2:1 “Blow the shofar in Tziyon! Sound an alarm on my holy mountain!” Let all living in the land tremble, for the Day of ADONAI is coming! It’s upon us! — 2 a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick fog; a great and mighty horde is spreading like blackness over the mountains. There has never been anything like it, nor will there ever be again, not even after the years of many generations. 3 Ahead of them a fire devours, behind them a flame consumes; ahead the land is like Gan-‘Eden, behind them a desert waste. From them there is no escape. 4 They look like horses, and like cavalry they charge. 5 With a rumble like that of chariots they leap over the mountaintops, like crackling flames devouring stubble, like a mighty horde in battle array. 6 At their presence the peoples writhe in anguish, every face is drained of color. 7 Like warriors they charge, they scale the wall like soldiers. Each one keeps to his own course, without getting in the other’s way. 8 They don’t jostle each other, but stay on their own paths; they burst through defenses unharmed, without even breaking rank. 9 They rush into the city, they run along the wall, they climb up into the houses, entering like a thief through the windows. 10 At their advance the earth quakes, and the sky shakes, the sun and moon turn black, and the stars stop shining. 11 ADONAI shouts orders to his forces — his army is immense, mighty, and it does what he says. For great is the Day of ADONAI, fearsome, terrifying! Who can endure it? 12 “Yet even now,” says ADONAI, “turn to me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping and lamenting.” 13 Tear your heart, not your garments; and turn to ADONAI your God. For he is merciful and compassionate, slow to anger, rich in grace, and willing to change his mind about disaster. 14 Who knows? He may turn, change his mind and leave a blessing behind him, [enough for] grain offerings and drink offerings to present to ADONAI your God. 15 “Blow the shofar in Tziyon! Proclaim a holy fast, call for a solemn assembly.” 16 Gather the people; consecrate the congregation; assemble the leaders; gather the children, even infants sucking at the breast; let the bridegroom leave his room and the bride the bridal chamber. 17 Let the cohanim, who serve ADONAI, stand weeping between the vestibule and the altar. Let them say, “Spare your people, ADONAI! Don’t expose your heritage to mockery, or make them a byward among the Goyim. Why should the peoples say, ‘Where is their God?’” 18 Then ADONAI will become jealous for his land and have pity on his people. 19 Here is how ADONAI will answer his people: “I will send you grain, wine and olive oil, enough to satisfy you; and no longer will I make you a mockery among the Goyim. 20 No, I will take the northerner away, far away from you, and drive him to a land that is waste and barren; with his vanguard toward the eastern sea and his rearguard toward the western sea, his stench and his rottenness will rise, because he has done great things.” 21 Don’t fear, O soil; be glad! rejoice! for ADONAI has done great things. 22 Don’t be afraid, wild animals; for the desert pastures are green, the trees are putting out their fruit, the fig tree and vine are giving full yield. 23 Be glad, people of Tziyon! rejoice in ADONAI your God! For he is giving you the right amount of rain in the fall, he makes the rain come down for you, the fall and spring rains — this is what he does first. 24 Then the floors will be full of grain and the vats overflow with wine and olive oil. 25 “I will restore to you the years that the locusts ate, the grasshoppers, shearer-worms and cutter-worms, my great army that I sent against you. 26 You will eat until you are satisfied and will praise the name of ADONAI your God, who has done with you such wonders. Then my people will never again be shamed. 27 You will know that I am with Isra’el and that I am ADONAI your God, and that there is no other. Then my people will never again be shamed. 3:1(2:28) “After this, I will pour out my Spirit on all humanity. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions; 2(2:29) and also on male and female slaves in those days I will pour out my Spirit. 3(2:30) I will show wonders in the sky and on earth — blood, fire and columns of smoke. 4(2:31) The sun will be turned into darkness and the moon into blood before the coming of the great and terrible Day of ADONAI.” 5(2:32) At that time, whoever calls on the name of ADONAI will be saved. For in Mount Tziyon and Yerushalayim there will be those who escape, as ADONAI has promised; among the survivors will be those whom ADONAI has called. 4(3):1 “For then, at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Y’hudah and Yerushalayim, 2 I will gather all nations and bring them down to the Valley of Y’hoshafat [ADONAI judges]. I will enter into judgment there for my people, my heritage Isra’el, whom they scattered among the nations; then they divided my land. 3 They drew lots for my people, traded boys for whores, sold girls for wine to drink. 4 “Moreover, what have you against me, Tzor, Tzidon, all parts of P’leshet? Are you paying me back for something I did? If you’re paying me back for something I did, then easily, quickly, I’ll pay you back right on your own head. 5 You took my silver and gold. You brought my good treasures into your temples. 6 The people of Y’hudah and Yerushalayim you sold to the Greeks, so that you could remove them far away from their land. 7 I will rouse them from the place where you sold them and pay you back right on your own head — 8 I will sell your sons and daughters to the people of Y’hudah; and they will sell them to the men of Sh’va, a nation far off; for ADONAI has spoken. 9 “Proclaim this among the nations: ‘Prepare for war! Rouse the warriors! Let all the fighting men approach and attack.’ 10 Hammer your plow-blades into swords and your pruning-knives into spears. Let the weak say, ‘I am strong.’ 11 Hurry, come, you surrounding nations, gather yourselves together!” Bring your warriors down, ADONAI! 12 “Let the nations be roused and come up to the Valley of Y’hoshafat [ADONAI judges]. For there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations.” 13 Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe; come, and tread, for the winepress is full. The vats are overflowing, for their wickedness is great. 14 Such enormous crowds in the Valley of Decision! For the Day of ADONAI is upon us in the Valley of Decision! 15 The sun and moon have grown black, and the stars have stopped shining. 16 ADONAI will roar from Tziyon, he will thunder from Yerushalayim, the sky and the earth will shake. But ADONAI will be a refuge for his people, a stronghold for the people of Isra’el. 17 “You will know that I am ADONAI your God, living on Tziyon my holy mountain.” Then Yerushalayim will be holy, and foreigners will pass through her no more. 18 Then, when that time comes, the mountains will drip with sweet wine, the hills will flow with milk, all the streambeds of Y’hudah will run with water, and a spring will flow from the house of Adonai to water the Sheetim Valley. 19 But Egypt will be desolate and Edom a desert waste, because of the violence done to the people of Y’hudah, because they shed innocent blood in their land. 20 Y’hudah will be inhabited forever, Yerushalayim through all generations. 21 “I will cleanse them of bloodguilt which I have not yet cleansed,” for ADONAI is living in Tziyon. CJB I'm sorry if you think this is too dogmatic, but then again, I'm NOT sorry at all for being zealous for God's people! I know that it is God's choice when to send Yeshua` back and that He will do it when He's good and ready. We don't have a say in the matter; on the other hand, we can pray for the soon return of Yeshua` and not stand in the way to delay His coming! Yeshua` said,... Matthew 23:37-39 37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! 38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. 39 For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. KJV And this is a quotation from Psalm 118:26: Psalm 118:26 26 Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD: we have blessed you out of the house of the LORD. KJV Which means that "the house of the LORD" has to be there, first, because this was never said by the leaders of the Y'hudiym (the Jews) before the Temple was destroyed! Furthermore, Paul told us,... Rom 11:23-29 23 And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again. 24 For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree? 25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. 26 And so all Israel shall be saved (rescued): as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: 27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins. 28 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes. 29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance (God doesn't change His mind or renig). KJV So, we should not let our country or the U.N. have any say in how God chooses to redeem Isra'el and bring them back into His Land! We should be ENCOURAGING Isra'el, knowing that their redemption will HASTEN the Lord's return!