Have you ever
heard someone use the expression “same
difference”? It sounds like an oxymoron—how can something be the same but
different?
The
concept behind the statement is something that you say which means that the
difference between two things is not important or that there really isn’t any
difference. Someone might say, “Purple,
violet, what does it matter? Same difference.” Or they might say, “You can go or I can go; it’s the same
difference.” The idea is that no matter what, it doesn’t change the bottom
line or the overall subject or condition.
I was
reminded of this when I recently read that King Abdullah of Jordan, who is considered the most moderate Arab
leader in the Middle East, gave an interview
to the London Sunday Times. "All eyes will be looking to Washington in May” Abdullah stated. “If there are no clear signals and no clear
directives to all of us, then there will be a feeling that this is just another
American government that is going to let us all down."
He went on to declare the intent of the Organization
of Islamic States (OIC): “If Israel doesn't make peace this year, there will
be all out war in the Middle East next year.”
Why? Because even though the OIC is divided on almost every issue, the one
issue that they can unite behind is Israel. Whatever reasons they may
have against Israel,
it’s the same difference.
King Abdullah
showed his hand and that of the OIC when he said, "If you consider that
a third of the world does not recognize Israel
— 57 nations of the United Nations do not recognize Israel, a third of the world —
their international relationships can’t be all that good. More countries
recognize North Korea than Israel.
That is a very strong statement when we are offering a third of the world to meet
them with open arms. The future is not
the Jordan River or the Golan Heights or Sinai; the future is Morocco in the Atlantic to Indonesia in the Pacific."
The bottom
line is the OIC’s refusal to recognize Israel’s existence. To do so would
violate the Islamic doctrine of Dar al-Islam that divides the world
into the House of Islam and the House of War. Having once been under Islamic
rule, Islam sees Israel
is part of the Dar al-Harb. The term refers to the relationship between an
Islamic state and neighboring non-Muslim state with which it has not signed a
peace agreement and Muslim law is not in force. The governments that control Dar
al-Harb are technically not legitimate powers because they do not
derive their authority from Allah. Therefore, recognition of Israel's
permanent right to exist by the OIC is therefore impossible because the “little satan” cannot be from God.
Jerusalem is on notice by
the political pundits of the world. If it wants to maintain its close
relationship with Washington,
there are but two choices facing them. They can cave in to the two-state
solution demanded by Obama this year or it can face Abdullah's 57 State
Solution next year--alone.
Israel
would do well to remember God’s promise: “Do not be terrified, or afraid of them. The Lord your God, who goes before you, He
will fight for you, according to all He did for you in Egypt before your
eyes, and in the wilderness where you saw how the Lord your God carried you, as a man
carries his son, in all the way that you went until you came to this
place.” Deuteronomy 1:29-31
May be the rest of the world should take note also!
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