Before you boycott Israel!

lol

wow it took 2 mins for me to even see the clip. some kind of lag.

Oh my. Boycotting Israel would definitely be a bad move. Thank you for sharing. I enjoyed watching. I actually didn't know that some of these items had their origions in Israel.

Thank you Lee )

Neat video. Good points...

Yes indeed )

Firstly, boycotts are issued against states, not nations. Given that Israel's present share of global GDP is approximately 0.2%, citizens of the developed West should have no cause for concern.

Secondly, the entrepreneurial nature of the jewish people, which the above clip praises effusively, has always existed outside the politico-institutional context of the Israeli state. The jews who contributed to writing computer code for Microsoft would love to have those jobs regardless of whether there is a larger Israel, an Israel confined to 1948 borders, or no Israel at all.

Finally, do you seriously find the U.S.-Israeli alliance to be a profitable arrangement as currently defined? In formulating an answer, try to eliminate your views regarding the Temple, Jesus' second coming or anything of the sort. If you do, please outline the reasons why.

who is boycotting Israel? how effective can this boycott be if I wasn't even aware of it?

UCC United Church of Christ has been pushing and I think The United Methodist gave up for now. You have to remember libramoon you are a pagan and those 2 groups are liberal Christian groups. I understand why you would not know.

There is no systematic boycott of the State of Israel. The post is nothing more than propaganda for the unfounded view that Jews are necessary for the world to go around and, as such, any political/economic challenge to their national ambitions in the Middle East (i.e. through a boycott) would lead to a global economic meltdown.

Thank you for your opinion Matthew.

Boycott Israel?? WOW!! Are folks actually THAT blind these days?? lol..
Hi Scott!
Haven't been around these parts much lately but I had to pop in on ya... lol..
Trick or treat? Neither my friend... And may God bless you from the top of your head to your tippy toes.....

Thank you my dear friend. I'm on the run tonight, Just popping in myself.

They sure are blind. I am glad we have the great Eye Doctor "Jesus the Christ"

Israel

"You possess what your god Chemosh gives you, and we will possess what the Lord our God gives us!"Judges 11:24

The nearly four thousand year old Arab-Israeli conflict in the Middle East cannot be defined in political, economic or cultural terms alone. It is basically a religious conflict, with religious questions at the heart of it. "Which God is real - Allah, or The Lord God of Israel? To whom has He given the land?"

Neither side will be placated by well-meaning mediation which requires a compromise of what each holds to be sacred. In the final analysis, the real GOD and landlord will reveal His power once and for all, and show without a doubt who He has given the land called Israel. Those who side with Him will rejoice. Those who oppose Him will be completely humiliated and, if they don’t repent, they will be destroyed.

GENESIS 12:2-3 (God to Abram) "And I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great: and you shall be a blessing. And I will bless them that bless you, and curse him that curses you, and in you (through the Messiah) shall all the families of the earth be blessed."

This promise was repeated to Isaac and Jacob and their descendants -- the Jewish people.

GENESIS 17:7-8 (To Abraham) "I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you. The whole land of Canaan (present day Israel, Lebanon and Jordan)... I will give as an everlasting possession to you and your descendants after you; and I will be their God."

ISAIAH 60:12 "For the nation and kingdom which shall not serve thee (Israel's best interests) shall perish; those nations shall be utterly wasted."

JEREMIAH 31:35-36 "This is what the Lord says, He who appointed the sun to shine by day, who decrees the moon and stars to shine by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar -- the Lord Almighty is His name: 'Only if these decrees vanish from My sight,' declares the Lord , 'will the descendants of Israel ever cease to be a nation before Me.'"

EZEKIEL 37:21,22,23,24,25,26 "I will take the Israelites out of the nations where they have gone. I will gather them from all around and bring them back into their own land (1897 to present day). I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel. They will be My people, and I will be their God. My servant David (the Davidic line, through Jesus Christ) will be King over them. I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant."

EZEKIEL 36:22 "This is what the sovereign Lord says: 'It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am going to do these things, but for the sake of My Holy Name...'"

JEREMIAH 31:37 "This is what the Lord says: 'Only if the heavens above can be measured and the foundations of the earth below searched out will I reject the descendants of Israel because of all they have done,' declares the LORD."

First, polls (see Pew Research, Zogby, etc.) have consistenly shown that both sides are willing to compromise on a great number of issues. Most important among these is the idea of a two state solution. So, the Christian/Zionist view from Sandy and John is simply not consistent with the facts on the ground.

Second, that religious differences define much of the Palestinian Question does not mean that the conflict is insoluable. Numerous religious conflicts have been resolved in the past (see e.g. the rather bloody Protestant/Catholic conflicts of 16th and 17th century Europe). And many of these--including the one cited--were far more difficult to resolve because they created opposing military alliances among the major powers of the time.

Here, on the other hand, the conflict involves two minor global powers. Resolving the crisis via the Security Council would present relatively few obstacles. In fact, if the Christian/Zionist view as expressed above were not as widespread in this country, the conflict would likely have been arbitrated by the Council decades ago.

Since some of the obstacles to conflict resolution have made their opinions known on this post, perhaps they can tell us why it is that they think it useful to quote a bunch of Bronze Age goat herders instead of modern scholars of poltiical science who have actually created cumulative knowledge on the question of conflict resolution?

You're welcome to your secular view Matthew. It's Israel's God given land.

I didnt know this Scott... we had better not turn our backs on Israel.....

That's for sure : )

Scott you are a study in poor citizenship--assuming you are American. You have a duty to think critically about how to further your state's security interests. You reject this duty when you rely on propagandistic posts, such as the video clip, and scripture citations such as those offered in support of it.

Why don't you turn to your ancient jewish god to tell you what Fed monetary policy ought to look like? Why is it that Chairman Bernanki doesn't have to check in with your ancient jewish god, but Secretary Clinton does? Are you suggesting that the NSC and the State Department don't know how to use the tools of national security and diplomacy to better our position in the world? Let me just tell you, they do. And that's not might secular opinion; that is empirically verifiable fact.

As long as you persist in your views, you ought to seriously consider packing your bags and moving to that holy land you love so well.

I saw this a few months back. It's pretty interseting.

I would NEVER boycott Israel. Israel is the Apple of God's Eye and, IMO, whatever they do to protect their nation is fine with me. They must protect their nation, smaller than the size of New Jersey, to survive. Israel is only hated because they are the Apple of God's eye, IMO. Go Israel!!

We need to protect Israel!!

A very interesting video. Though I am not sure it is 100% accurate, the point is well made and well taken.