Obama and Israel

Yesterday was a tragic day in not only our nation's history but for all of humanity.  President Obama today announced that he is endorsing the Palestinians' demand for their future state to be based on the borders that existed before the 1967 Middle East war.  This announcement came just one day ahead of the scheduled arrival of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Washington.  Netanyahu is vehemently opposed to even referring to these pre-1967 borders.

Here is a map of Israel (in green) to the right.  The area in red is Gaza and was under Egyptian rule until 1967.  The area in yellow was under Jordanian Rule until 1967.  Lebanon is the border to the north, Jordan is to the right and
Egypt is to the southwest.  The borders with Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria have now been formally recognized as part of the peace treaties with Israel and all were a part of the 1949 Armistice Agreement.   The agreements ended the official hostilities of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.  The borders with Syria and the Palestine territories are still in dispute to some and this is part of the reason for the constant unrest in this region.

To add to the events of yesterday's developments is that some thought this president was a friend to Israel.  Why did they think this?  Well because he campaigned saying he was a friend to Israel.  There were many clips of Barack Obama declaring his "intentions".  When will people ever learn?  You can read more about it with this link to the Washington Times story on Obama's faithless pledges to Israel.

Interesting to this whole discussion is the consideration of what did God give Abraham under the Land Covenant with Abraham?  Hmmm - seems like Israel is getting the short end of this deal - again.  Here is a map:

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May they prosper who love you. Peace be within your walls, Prosperity within your palaces. For the sake of my brethren and companions, I will now say, ‘Peace be within you.’”(Psalm 132:13)