{"id":128,"date":"2006-03-28T17:53:56","date_gmt":"2006-03-29T01:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eaf.net\/mvp\/?p=128"},"modified":"2006-03-28T18:05:37","modified_gmt":"2006-03-29T02:05:37","slug":"it-fits-in-the-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/2006\/it-fits-in-the-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"It Fits in the Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/redirect?tag=anabaptistbookst%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html%253fASIN=1591858933%2526tag=anabaptistbookst%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=\/o\/ASIN\/1591858933%25253FSubscriptionId=0EMV44A9A5YT1RVDGZ82\" title=\"View product details at Amazon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.amazon.com\/images\/P\/1591858933.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg\"  align=right align=texttop alt=\"Jerusalem Countdown\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt>Although I&#8217;m disposed to think of <a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/nm\/20060328\/ts_nm\/israel_election_dc_23\">this as bad news<\/a> . . .<\/p>\n<p><dd>Interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert claimed victory on Wednesday in Israel&#8217;s election . . . .<\/p>\n<p><dd>Olmert, appealing in his speech to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said Jews had aspired for thousands of years to create a homeland throughout the Land of Israel, biblical territory that includes the West Bank.<\/p>\n<p><dd>&#8220;But acknowledging reality and circumstances, we are ready to compromise, to give up parts of the beloved Land of Israel &#8230; and evacuate, with great pain, Jews living there, to create the conditions that will enable you to fulfill your dream and live alongside us,&#8221; Olmert said.<\/dd>\n<\/p>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<p>. . . I also believe events are unfolding in accordance with God&#8217;s ultimate plan. In that plan, final good comes even from the bad.<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt>As a relevant side note, I hardly see how Kadima will help solve this dilema:<\/p>\n<p><dd>Olmert&#8217;s unilateral approach appeals to many Israelis worn down by a five-year-old Palestinian uprising and concerned by the rise to power of Hamas in the West Bank and the<br \/>\nGaza Strip after the Islamist militant group won elections in January.<\/dd>\n<\/p>\n<\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<p>But maybe Kadima can pull off what I think Kadima can&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>I expect Israel&#8217;s adversaries to take courage and new vigor from this election, and continuing wearing away at the Israeli psyche.<\/p>\n<p>Oh . . . and while I was about to finalize this post, I came across <a href=\"http:\/\/www.olivetreeviews.org\/articles\/Jans_eUpdates.shtml#newsitemEEuFVlukkybnCVAVeH\">this perspective<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><i>PS: No, I have not read the book shown above.<\/i><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although I&#8217;m disposed to think of this as bad news . . . 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