As we read the news story, we couldn’t help but think of the words of the psalmist: "Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us." (Psalm 2:1-3).
The two main factions that have been striving, sometimes to the point of civil war, for control within the Palestinian Authority, Fatah and Hamas, have been holding meetings in Cairo, Egypt to discuss healing the breech and resolving their differences. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal are attempting to resolve the conflict between the two parties.
It is worth remembering that while Hamas is much more publicly outspoken in their commitment to Israel’s destruction, they are not alone in that goal. It was Palestinian President Abbas (also known as Abu Mazen) who provided the funding for the Black September terrorists who conducted the raid that killed 11 Israeli athletes and coaches during the Munich Olympics in 1972. He claims not to have known that the money was to be used for that evil purpose. The enemies of Israel are gathering to plot against her, just as the Word of God prophesied would happen.
At such a time it is more urgent than ever that we do all that is in our power to support, defend and bless the nation of Israel and the Jewish People.
