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What it means is slicing it up geographically and turning over most of the historically Jewish lands to Israel's most bitter enemies – people sworn to eradicate the tiny Jewish presence in the Middle East.
In an editorial this month, the magazine came out with both barrels blazing in favor of a "two-state solution" that would turn over most, if not all, of Judea and Samaria and surely half of Jerusalem to the Palestinian Authority terrorists who are still, to this day, sworn to Israel's annihilation.
Like lukewarm spiritual and political moderates, Christianity Today tries to chart a middle course between "replacement theology," that suggests the modern rebirth of Israel has no biblical or prophetic significance, and "dispensationalists," who believe Jews have a God-given birthright to a land never claimed by any other people during an 1,800-year diaspora.
The magazine cautions evangelicals to learn how "to bless Israel and love it."
"True love is sometimes tough love that builds on God's unconditional love," the editorial states. "Genesis 12:3 is often misused as a warm affirmation of anything done for the expansion of Israel's influence or borders. But genuine love asks not only about the extent of Israel's land, but also about its national character."
The hard facts are these: Israel has not "expanded" in 40 years, since 1967, when its survival was threatened by calls for war and extermination by its Arab neighbors. Among the lands captured in that Six-Day War were Judea and Samaria and Gaza, lands previously occupied by two Arab nations that refused to accept a United Nations partition in 1948.
None of these lands was ever part of a nation called "Palestine." There had never been international cries to create a "Palestinian state" before 1967. Again, no such people or nation had ever before been proposed. Most of the Arabs living in those areas – and living there today – emigrated from other Arab countries to be a part of the economic prosperity stimulated by the return of the Jews.
Christianity Today claims to love the Jews. I just wonder. Do the magazine's editors also love the Arab peoples of the region? If so, why would they relegate them to a life of tyranny and oppression under the leadership of Mahmoud Abbas or Hamas? Do either one of those options truly represent self-determination for those Arabs?
I speak as an Arab-American Christian whose grandparents fled the dhimmi life of the Muslim-dominated Arab world. Is Christianity Today aware of the systematic eradication of Christians taking place with the Palestinian Authority, the precursor to the Palestinian state the magazine covets?
How on earth can Christians justify the rape, murder and persecution of fellow Christians in the Holy Land in the name of "Palestinian nationalism"? It defies common sense. One needs to have his head deeply buried in the desert sand not to comprehend the consequences of what is being proposed.
Gaza has already been purged of all Jews. Those calling for a two-state solution weren't at all alarmed by the demands of the Palestinian Authority that all Jews must leave its territory as a prerequisite for "peace."
How can Christians of any stripe – evangelical dispensationalists, Catholics or even replacement theology proponents – accept and promote this kind of ethnic cleansing? Don't they understand it will not stop with Jews? Most Christians have already fled the Palestinian Authority territory with the knowledge they are next.
Christianity Today says it longs for "a solution that provides a secure Jewish homeland and self-determination and prosperity for Palestinians."
Before Israel unilaterally and unwisely ceded control of territories to the Palestinian Authority, the Arabs living in those lands experienced unprecedented prosperity and freedom – a kind known nowhere else in the Arab world.
Since those lands were taken over by the terrorists, corruption has become rampant. The infrastructure has broken down. Joblessness is rampant. And the fleeting freedoms inhabitants once experienced are no more.
What is it about history and reality Christianity Today just doesn't understand?
Joseph Farah is founder, editor and CEO of WND and a nationally syndicated columnist with Creators Syndicate. His latest book is "Stop The Presses: The Inside Story of the New Media Revolution." He also edits the online intelligence newsletter Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin, in which he utilizes his sources developed over 30 years in the news business.
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