The UN Resolution: What price will America pay?
By Stan Goodenough
The LORD has made bare His holy arm in the
eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the
salvation of our [Israel's] God. (Isaiah 52:10)
News item: UN passes US-drafted resolution recognizing the creation of a Palestinian state in the biblical heartland of Israel.
Question: How will the Lord God of Israel respond to this direct challenge to His Word?
Let's take a look at the record, starting with the most recent phenomenon and working backwards:
June 24-25, 2002 - President Bush delivers his
much anticipated policy speech on the Middle East which, while
recognizing the more fundamental flaws on the Palestinian Arab side,
once again affirms the president's belief that a Palestinian state must
be created on the heartland of Israel. On June 25, in the second
corporate bombshell to hit the United States in the last six months,
the US telecom giant WorldCom teeters on the brink of bankruptcy after
disclosing it disguised nearly $4 billion of expenses as capital
expenditures to appear more profitable. On July 2, President Bush's
homestate of Texas suffers severe flooding, with losses from the
disaster expected to reach $1 billion. Nine people have so far been
reported killed, over 48,000 homes have been affected and 24 counties
in the state are declared disaster areas. March 2002 - Six months after the attack
on the US mainland, and following the most bloody week in the 17 month
long Oslo War, as Israel responds forcefully after dozens of Israeli
civilians and soldiers are shot or bombed to death, Secretary of State
Colin Powell slams Prime Minister Sharon, saying, "if you declare war
against the Palestinians and think you can solve the problem by seeing
how many Palestinians can be killed - I don't know if that leads you
anywhere."
Seemingly oblivious to the hypocrisy, after the US has killed more than
4000 people in Afghanistan, the White House expresses its "deep
concern" over the number of deaths in the Middle East, equating the
killing of Arab gunmen in military gunfights with the terrorist murders
of Israeli civilians in restaurants and other places of entertainment.
Then, on March 12, in a fateful move, the United Nations Security Council votes on a resolution put forward by the United States
which, for the first time ever, resolves that a Palestinian state be
created alongside the Jewish state, on the biblical heartland of
Israel. On the same day, the US Domestic Security chief announces that
America is at a "significant" level of danger from international
terrorists.
As special envoy Anthony Zinni flies into the region to try and nail
down a ceasefire, a visibly irate President Bush slams Israel for
defending itself by going into PA hotbeds of terror. "I understand
somebody trying to defend themselves, " he says almost disparagingly,
"but the recent actions are not helpful."
November 2001 - On November 10, President
Bush tells the United Nations General Assembly: "We're working toward a
day when two states - Israel and Palestine - live peacefully
together..." In the same month, US energy giant Enron reports a $638
million loss and a $1.2 billion reduction in shareholder equity. It
announces an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
On December 2, Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and announces more
than 4000 layoffs - the biggest corporate fraud scandal to ever hit the
United States.October 2, 2001 - President Bush says he
has a vision for peace in the Middle East that sees a Palestinian state
set up on the biblical heartland of Israel. It is the first time an
American president has outlined as policy the creation of a Palestinian
state. On the same day, the first anthrax case in 25 years breaks out.
The cases increase and end up costing the U.S. government billions of
dollars along with destabilization of government offices for a few
months. August-September 2001 - On August 9 a
suicide bomber kills nineteen people and wounds over 100 in a Jerusalem
pizzeria. Bush condemns the attack, then goes on to demand that Israel
abide by the Oslo Accords, the Mitchell and Tennet plans, and United
Nations resolutions 242 and 338. He ends his speech by telling the
Israelis they have to negotiate with the people responsible for the
attack. By the time he makes this speech, Israel has been the victim of
dozens of terrorist attacks, including some of the most bloodthirsty
and horrific imagineable. Over 160 Jews have been killed; hundreds more
have been wounded.
In the face of this terrorism, Bush calls on Israel to negotiate away
its God-given land to the Arab terrorists who spilling its people's
blood. Thirty-two days later, Arab terrorists strike at America,
targeting the heart of the financial district and the symbol of
American power in the world. Nearly 3000 people are killed. Damages are
estimated to be in excess of $40 billion. The country is torn to the
quick.
June 2001 - On June 6, President George
W. Bush sends CIA director George Tenet to Israel to broker a ceasefire
between Israel and the Palestinians and implement the Mitchell Report.
Two days later, while Tenet is hosting talks between Israeli and
Palestinian officials, and US assistant secretary of state William
Burns is meeting with Arafat, Bush heads out to his Texas ranch for a
break. On that very day, Alison, the worst tropical storm in the
history of the United States, unleashes its fury on the president's
state, causing catastrophic destruction in Houston, destroying or
damaging an estimated 25,000 homes and businesses and closing the city
down for three days. The storm then rampages to Florida and up the East
Coast, bringing disaster as far as Pennsylvania and continues raging
for the duration of Tennet's visit to the Middle East.September-December 2000 - As Arafat
launches his Oslo War, using Ariel Sharon's Feast of Trunmpets visit to
the Temple Mount as a pretext, both Israel's and America's political
situations spiral into chaos - with Barak's resignation triggering new
prime ministerial elections and the American elections turning into a
fiasco that would take weeks to resolve. On November 9, Arafat visited
Clinton in Washington as the American presidency was dissolving into
its worst crisis in over a century. The newspaper headlines on November
9 reported on Arafat's visit and the presidential crisis.July-August 2000 - Clinton takes Barak
and Arafat to Camp David in an effort to secure final status
agreements. The talks stall on July 26 over the question of Jerusalem
and the Temple Mount, and tensions are reported to be very high. While
the talks are underway, huge forest fires break out in the western
United States that are to rage right through August, devouring 17
million acres of forest and rendering two states disaster areas from
what were called the worst fires of the century. Also during July, the
worst drought of the century strikes Texas, turning it into a dust bowl.June 2000 - On June 16, Clinton invites
Arafat to the White House saying "I want to finish the job." Arafat
declares his intention to declare the state of Palestine on September
13, 2000. On the same day the Dow Jones Index collapses an hour before
close of trading, ending on its lowest closing in months.April 2000 - On April 12, Clinton summons
Barak to meet with him in Washington to discuss ways to move the peace
process forward. The same week the Nasdaq experiences the worst
collapse in its history.January 2000 - Clinton meets with Israeli
prime minister Ehud Barak and Syrian foreign minister Farouk a-Shara on
January 3 and 4 respectively to discuss Israel's surrender of the Golan
Heights to Syria. On January 4, Barak agrees to hand another five
percent of Israel's land to the Palestinians by the end of that week in
accordance with agreements brokered by Clinton. Three days before the
meeting, the US stock exchange reached its all-time high. On January 4
both the Dow and Nasdaq plummeted, the latter in its worst drop ever.
The combined losses on that single day equalled $600 billion.October 1999 - Surrendering to Clinton's
dictat, Israel spends the week of October 11 evicting settlers from
hilltops in Judea and Samaria. Back in the US during the same week, the
Dow Jones Index sees its biggest loss since 1989. On October 15,
Hurricane Irene ploughs into North Carolina, and the following day the
American Southwest is struck by the fifth most powerful earthquake to
hit the country in the 20th Century.September 13, 1999 - A meeting scheduled
by Albright gets underway between Israel and the Palestinians, at which
the surrender of more land to Arafat is to be worked out. On the same
day, Hurricane Floyd descends on the American East Coast, leading to
the biggest population evacuation in US history. The monster storm
ravages North Carolina - destroying the entire eastern sector of the
state.May 4, 1999 - The day Arafat said he
would declare his State of Palestine, Clinton, who asked Arafat to
postpone that declaration by a few months, sends a letter to the PLO
leader stating that the American position is that the Palestinians
should be free to "determine their own future on their own land." On
the same day, tornadoes of unprecedented size and fury churn their way
through Oklahoma and Kansas - destroying over 2000 homes in Oklahoma
City alone, wiping at least one town right off the map, and killing
nearly 50 people.March 1999 - The US stock market plummets
as Arafat and Clinton are meeting to talk about a Palestinian state
with Jerusalem as its capital.December 1998 - Clinton arrives in the
PA-controlled territories as the House of Representatives Judiciary
Committe is meeting to discuss his impeachment. He is reported to be
the first US president to give national status to a State of Palestine.
Four days later he is reported to be the first president in 130 years
to be impeached.November 1998 - The stock market in the
US reaches an all time high in the week of November 23. A week later
Arafat arrives in the US to appeal to the nations of the world to
support his effort to create Palestine. On the same day Clinton pledges
$400 million and the European nations pledge another $1.7 billion, the
stock market crashes in the US and, the following day, in Europe.October 1998 - Clinton brings Netanyahu
and Arafat together at Wye River to hammer out a deal whereby Israel
would surrender more land to the Palestinians. For virtually the
duration of the talks, floods and hurricanes ravage nearly a quarter of
the state of Texas, swallowing small villages and causing over $1
billion in damage. September 1998 - On the 24th, Clinton
announces he will meet with Arafat and Netanyahu and do what he can to
restart the stalled peace process over the issue of Israel's giving
Arafat more land. On the same day, Hurricane Georges is reported to be
gathering momentum en route to the American mainland. Three days later,
as Albright meets with Arafat in preparation for the terror chief's
session with Clinton, the "killer storm" slams into the Gulf Coast.
American newspapers report Clinton's subsequent meeting with Arafat and
Netanyahu alongside reports of the hurricane's rampage. By the time
Arafat completes his address to the United Nations on September 28,
Georges has left yet another billion dollars of destruction in the
United States.January 1998 - Clinton gives Prime
Minister Binyanmin Netanyahu a frigid welcome and refuses to have
dinner with him. A meeting between the two men is convened during
which, the world's media reports, terrible pressure is brought to bear
on the Israeli to give away more land. Immediately following that
meeting, a phone call comes to the White House, informing Clinton that
his relationship with Monica Lewinsky is about to be made public.March 1, 1997 - Clinton warmly welcomes
Arafat to the White House, delivers a sharp rebuke to Israel for
building on Har Homa. On the same day, tornadoes tear into the US,
leaving trails of destruction in Clinton's home state of Arkansas and
in Kentucky, and causing over a billion dollars in damage.January 16-17, 1994 - President Clinton
meets with Syrian dictator Hafez el-Assad and tells Israel it will have
to make "unpopular concessions" concerning the Golan Heights. The next
day, a powerful earthquake rocks California, causing so much damage it
is labeled as the second-worst disaster to hit the United States.August 23-24, 1992 - Bush reconvenes the
Madrid conference in Washington DC. On the same day, the "worst natural
disaster ever to hit America" strikes, as Hurricane Andrew tears into
the United States. The next day, the New York Times reports
on its front page that Bush's presidency has collapsed in the polls,
and that newcomer Bill Clinton is heading for the White House.October 30, 1991 - The US convenes the
Madrid Middle East Peace Conference aimed at dispossessing Jews of the
heartland of ancient Israel. On the same day, a freak storm develops
off the east coast of the United States that will wreak millions of
dollars in damage on America, also targeting Bush's residence in
Kennebunkport, Maine.In February 1991, President George Bush
liberates Kuwait from Saddam Hussein, sending the American leader's
popularity soaring to 92 percent in the polls.Most of the material on this page was excerpted from the book, Israel: The blessing or the curse
by John McTerman and Bill Koenig (Hearthstone Publishing, Oklahoma,
2001). To order this powerful book, a copy of which has been given to
Vice President Dick Cheney, Email Bill Koenig here
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