No Land for Peace, Mr. President

President Bush is making a move very similar to that of President Clinton...

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He's desperately trying for peace in the Middle East prior to leaving office. His goal is to have an established peace treaty between Israelis and Palestinians before his term is up.     As the President visited Israel, he was greeted with a stern warning from Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu, a former Chief Rabbi in Israel.  In a letter to President Bush, he said:   “The Jewish nation is eternal, and forever remembers those that have aided it throughout history, as well as those that have done it harm. Please let your name go down in history as a president who aided the Jewish nation, who worked alongside God and not against him."   Read more:   The Rabbi did however, give credit to the effort President Bush is doing to bring peace to that part of the world but that Bush's peace plan "goes against the will of God."   Rabbi Eliyahu also pointed out that anyone who believes the Bible as God's Word should be mindful that it is God who set aside the land of Israel only for the Jewish people.     As a Christian, I believe the Rabbi is exactly right in this aspect.    President Bush has not been shy about declaring himself a Christian.  As a Christian, if he truly believes in the God of Israel (Jehovah), I hope he seriously reconsiders what he is asking of Israel.   More opposition to President Bush came in central Jerusalem, where protesters held a rally to stand against his visit.  They held signs that mentioned Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and President Bush "bringing another holocaust." Others held up signs with the words "terror abettors" written on them with accompanying pictures of PM Olmert, President Bush, and Israel's President Shimon Peres, who is also an advocate of "land for peace".    Read more:   The outcry from Israelis is in response to President Bush's urging that Israel pull back from outposts in the West Bank.  The effort to uproot the Jewish people and urge them to hand over land to Palestinians (who put in place an extremist government who are determined to keep up war against Israel) is short sighted and unwise.   If the US further enrages Israel's population, who are concerned about their homeland, why then would we continue to say that we are an ally to Israel? We then become their enemy and put ourselves in God's cross hairs. The approach President Bush is using will only be detrimental to Israel.   Bush's motives are strictly political, not moral.  When politics is involved, ambitions seem to flow over common sense. Ambition leads to disaster in foreign policy.   One major reason why I support the presidential candidacy of Alan Keyes is because he has expressed that our support of Israel should be "on moral grounds, not economic nor strategic." --May 1996    Source: http://ontheissues.org/Alan_Keyes.htm    President Bush should understand that it's not about securing a legacy for himself.  The integrity of his legacy will be safe when he tends to the most serious problems that we as a nation, face.  And currently our plate is full.   Israel is our ally, yes, but we shouldn't push them around and dictate to them what they must do in the name of "peace".   As allies of Israel, and holding true to our Judeo-Christian heritage, the US has enjoyed blessings and prosperity from Almighty God.  But as we push Israel into a compromising and perilous situation, we also jeopardize the stability of this nation with God's certain judgment.    The best thing the US can do is not play mediator and push for a peace agreement. The Palestinians, as a people, must reject the radical elements in their government and want to work towards peace. Israelis and Palestinians should not be forced to comply with a peace agreement where one side benefits over the other.   Let's not be reckless with our foreign policies.  Israel will remain strong, and we should assist only when asked.