I came across an article by Gary Burge, a professor at Wheaton College, that cleared up a lot of things for me about dispensationalism, convenant theology, and the arguments related to Christian Zionism. If you want to download the entire article, here is the link.
Why I am not a Christian Zionist, Academically Speaking – by [...]
I recently had a letter to the editor published in the Michigan Daily. Here is the letter…
Does Israel have the right to defend itself?
In their viewpoint, Danielle DePriest and Naomi Scheinerman assert Israel’s right to defend itself according to international law (The blame game and Israel, 10/11/09). The mantra of self-defense is useful for Israel [...]
If anyone was thinking of believing the Israeli government when they talk about wanting to provide a state for the Palestinians, please reconsider. Every since 1967 the policy has been to move as many settlers into the West Bank as possible. Since then hundreds of thousands of Israeli have been settled in these lands which [...]
In the theme of using the quotes of Israeli prime ministers to get some idea of what it’s like for Palestinians living in Israel or the occupied territories, I would like to present a few quotes from Ariel Sharon, the man who George Bush called “a man of peace“.
“I vow that if I was just [...]
If there was ever any question as to who was the original initiator of violence in the conflice between the Israelis and Palestinians, one need look no further then David Ben Gurion, the first Prime Minister of the state of Israel. These quotes give a vivid and accurate picture of what happened to the Palestinians [...]
This phrase has been used to describe Israel’s policies in regards to the occupied territories ever since they were taken during the 1967 Six Day War. At the end of the war, Israel realized that at some point they might have to give back the occupied territories. After all, it is illegal according to international [...]
In relation to this conflict, the occupied territories are the lands that Israel is currently occupying. They consist of the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and the Golan Heights. Israel took these territories during the 1967 six day war and is now holding them illegally. Worse, they are settling their own people in these territories [...]
You’re probably heard people debate whether they think that a one-state solution or a two-state solution is a better way to resolve the conflict in the Middle East. In a one-state solution, all the land of Israel proper plus the occupied territories of Gaza, the West Bank, and the Golan Heights would come under a [...]
Israel Proper means the same thing as Green Line Israel. It is the land that Israel controlled after the 1948 war. People use the term Israel Proper to differentiate between Israel and the occupied territories (West Bank, Sinai, Gaza Strip, and the Golan Heights).
The term “Green Line Israel” refers to the territory that was considered Israel after the 1948 War of Independence. You might hear the term “Israel Proper” which means exactly the same thing. The Green Line is sometimes referred to as the “Armistice Line” of the 1948 war. These terms are usually used when referring to [...]