Sunday, December 9, 2012

All Nations Seem Against Israel in Matter of West Bank Settlements

One day after Palestine was recognized as a state by the United Nations, Israel announced it would construct another 3,000 homes in the West Bank portion of Palestine.

International reaction was swift. Denmark, France, Spain and Sweden all condemned the Israelis. Even Germany -- considered Israel's strongest European ally, and which had abstained in the UN statehood recognition vote -- voiced displeasure with the proposed settlement.

Britain had also abstained in the UN vote, but condemned the new settlement. The U.S. was one of the few nations that opposed Palestinian statehood in the UN vote, but it turned against Israel on the question of the new settlement. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expressed displeasure with the settlement.

All in all, I wonder if any nation at all backs the Israeli move to open new settlements. While Israel still has many international friends, in the case of the West Bank settlements, it seems to be traveling alone.

Those words in Zechariah 12:3 that "all the people of the earth be gathered together against it" have yet to be fulfilled, but perhaps they have a portending in the situation of the Jewish settlements in the West Bank.

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