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Actually, I'm thinking about Israel tonight. We're watching a documentary called "To Die in Jerusalem." Jerusalem is Hebrew for the "city of peace" or the "city of wholeness" HA! In Arabic it's just called "the holy ". The documentary focuses on a 16 year old female Palestinian suicide bomber who in her "operation" (as they keep calling it) killed only one girl - an Israeli girl of the same age. The creepy thing is when you look at their pictures they could have been sisters. It's really focused more on the mother of the Israeli girl.

"Oh Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those that are sent to you, how often I've wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing" (MT 23:37) [Complete sidebar: how ridiculous is it that this verse is used to defend the idea of God being a woman or gender neutral. It's called a fricken metaphor people!] This was (is) Jesus' prayer for Israel and his people. Even in Christ's time Jerusalem did not live up to the title "City of Peace." History shows it has never been peaceful and the Bible says it will never be until Christ comes and establishes his kingdom on earth. But America and the Britain decided that Christ's coming isn't soon enough and the Jewish nation must be created. Screw the Arabs and Palestinians that've been living there since the 400s!

All the way back to Genesis we see that modern Jews & Muslims are descendants of the same clan - Abraham's decedents that really do outnumber the grains of sand on the seashore. All this contention over land and it's really just a big family feud. (Abraham slept with Hagar and had Ishmael which = Arabs then he and Sarah had Jacob who became Israel and had twelve sons -the twelve tribes) Oh the tangled webs we weave when we sleep with the maidservants.

There were 193 suicide bombers between 2000 and 2002 (when the documentary was made) the toll must be much higher now. Meanwhile, George W. thinks he can solve the problem by inviting the Palestinian and Israeli leaders to Camp David. Nothings solves centuries worth of fighting like S'mores by the campfire.

I don't have an answer. I know Biblically, God gave the land to Moses for the Jews -- but I also know that the Jews disobeyed God. A lot. (like all people groups) The result was the diaspora (to Babylon), then a reuniting, then the destruction of the temple and another diaspora. Now - we're all in a big mess and no history book, or holy book will solve it. Christians and Jews (OT) refer to the Bible as their defense and the Muslim to the Qu'ran. (I'm not claiming equality in the religions nor am I making a theological argument.) S'mores and hugs and kisses arn't going to solves the problems either. My realistic assessment is that it's all going to be a big crap hole until Jesus comes and truly makes it a City of Peace for the Prince of Peace. How's that for a positive spin ;)