tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28353717.post8124010950567242535..comments2023-10-30T04:09:45.910-04:00Comments on Letters and Surveys: Beloved Israelbrdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09999205528107936871noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28353717.post-61335680763264183832007-09-14T05:59:00.000-04:002007-09-14T05:59:00.000-04:00It is very difficult. It is time for a peace initi...It is very difficult. It is time for a peace initiative, but who will initiate? At one time the US played a positive role. Now, we are the war mongers of the region. The United Nations? Jimmy Carter? Jesse Jackson? The Screen Actors Guild? The people?brdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999205528107936871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28353717.post-63389554925600164752007-09-11T09:59:00.000-04:002007-09-11T09:59:00.000-04:00brd,Thank you for this description. As one who fo...brd,<BR/>Thank you for this description. As one who follows the news, but has little contact with the 'facts on the ground,' I have often wondered about the situation in the West Bank. The American media truly shows only one side of things.<BR/><BR/>One of my friends at Wheaton college was Palestinian by descent--his parents, I believe, immigrated from Lebanon. And it was in talking to him that I realized for the first time how many Christians were being hurt because of the reactions of the Israeli government. It made me want to claim solidarity with my Christian brothers who are being tormented by discrimination.<BR/><BR/>At the same time, I understand some of the fear that Israel lives within--surrounded on all sides by enemies wishing your destruction, and having many of them within your own land. But it doesn't justify this. Nothing justifies this.<BR/><BR/>JoshAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com