Clash In Jerusalem

Let's all remember how the last "intifada" (Arab uprising) started in Jerusalem. That was in the year 2000 and Muslims started hurling rocks from the Temple Mount down onto Jews who were praying below them at the Western Wall.

It looks like the same stone throwing has started again.

JERUSALEM — Israeli troops clashed with Palestinian stone-throwers at two contested holy sites and in a West Bank village Friday, seriously injuring a Palestinian woman and a 14-year-old boy, officials and witnesses said.
At the Jerusalem shrine, home to the Al-Aqsa Mosque, hundreds of Muslim worshippers emerging from prayers threw stones at policemen and Jews praying below at the Jewish shrine known as the Western Wall, according to Israeli police.

It was one of the most violent clashes in several years at the site, known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary.

Of course the tension has always been there but have been ratcheting to new levels over a variety of reasons. The most recent reason has been Israel's decision to name Abraham, Isaac and Jacob's tomb as an important national site.

Evidently it is a political action that makes the site eligible for Israeli Development funds and really doesn't change anything....but of course the Arabs aren't going to see it that way. They see it as one more claim that Israel is making on land that Arabs want for their own Palestinian state.

Of course if you don't believe anything about Solomon, David, Temples, Israelites, etc....you would view Israel as an invading force trying to steal Arab land. Sadly, that is EXACTLY how the Arabs view Israel and EXACTLY the reason they are so mad. They simply refuse to believe that the Jews were ever in this land. So whenever they dig up evidence of a Jewish presence....the Arab/Islamic rulers will usually try to hide or destroy the evidence.

Now check out this next paragraph that talks again about the U.S. assigning blame if a peace deal is not reached.

The United States also offered written assurances to Abbas, Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said Friday, confirming a report in Israel's Haaretz daily. In the document, the U.S. promises to assign blame if the talks fail.

Read article here; http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ioi_0jtO9RjMwPNRoXNCndRPRq3gD9E8M52G0

Seriously, if you went back to 1948 and saw how the Arabs have CONSTANTLY been in denial and CONSTANTLY fighting over the right of Israel to exist.....how could anyone possibly cast blame on Israel defending land that it had and TAKING land that they won in wars against aggressors?

I fear for the USA if we start blaming Israel for trying to hold on to a few square miles of land. If we force Israel to divide....I wonder if God will force the USA to divide?