News articles like this really disturb me. I guess it’s because I don’t like people being torn away from their homes.
Israel is for the Jews. Palestinians, feel free to live there, but realize that this is the Jew’s Promised Land. Jehovah promised it to his chosen race, and the Jews are STILL his chosen race today. The Arabs took over Palestine by force hundreds of years ago, but that does not change the fact that that little sliver of land belongs to the Jews.
I get very nervous when our world leaders talk about a Palestinian state. They have one, and it’s Israel and they are free to live there. I feel that promising land that divinely belongs to someone else is a very bad idea.
It’s also strange to me that the Jews have to face such hatred by the Arabs because they inhabit Palestine since the Arabs cover so much of that land themselves. Who cares if another race inhabits a very small fraction of it? But no, we have hateful rhetoric, violence, and broken promises.
After the Diaspora, or the scattering of the Jews throughout the world, some Jews did remain behind in Israel with no problem. During WWII, we run into some problems. The Jews wanted their home back and were promised it by the Allies for their support. The Arabs wanted that land and the Axis promised them Palestine. See where we run into some trouble? Besides the racial and religious strains, we also have larger countries playing these groups off each other, and for that we should be ashamed.
As a nation, the U.S. needs to remain Israel’s strong ally because they are God’s chosen people. They are the longest running democracy in the Middle East and we need their support in that area of the world and they need us.
I am a Christian, but I also have a Jewish background. The God of the Jews is the God of the Christians, with Jesus being the difference. And He was Jewish, too. I could dig deeper into this, but I won’t. The one thing that Israel MUST improve upon is its treatment of the Palestinian Christians. This is also the birthplace of Christianity and they must treat them better, give them more freedoms, and allow them to take care of Christian historical sites.
I know this is a heated topic for many, but realize this is my opinion, and I’m entitled to it, as you are entitled to yours.
**Note: I will be out of town next week, so my entries and replies may be spottier than usual. I will try to keep up as best I can.
Looking at photographs.
Posted in Commentary, Random Whatever with tags bone marrow transplant, cancer, hospital, leukemia on July 8, 2009 by jenndixonMy supervisor is going through a very difficult battle with leukemia right now. Her spirits are good, but she is sick and tired of all the side effects of the toxic chemotherapy. I believe she has a few more days and then she will be checked to see if she still has the disease. If not, then it’s time for a bone marrow transplant. Luckily, she has a brother who is a match.
She is managing to VPN in from her laptop at the hospital to do a little work, which is good for her, but she sounded terrible on the phone talking to her yesterday. I was sitting at her desk. There were two photographs there with her healthy, happy, and smiling. It was hard to believe this was the same person on the phone. It’s hard to believe this is the same person who occasionally has her boyfriend send in digital photos of her in her hospital bed…bald head and all.
The differences struck me. As I sit here, I expect her to come waltzing in the office with her cheery demeanor. She really is a great boss to work for and I want her back. We all do.
Three of us have divided up her tasks in the office. I help pay the bills and such. It’s amazing how much she did herself.
I know she can beat this disease. She did it before four years ago.
She passed along a web site that I thought is the National Bone Marrow Donor Program. It’s sounds like an easy way to save a life! If you have every considered donating something like this, this program may be for you.
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