History
Besides presenting the word of God and a history of man’s relationship with God, the King James Version of the Bible contains exactly one reference to “Palestine”:
“Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine?” Joel 3:4
However, in the New International Version the text is different:
“Now what have you against me, Tyre and Sidon and all you regions of Philistia?” Joel 3:4
The purpose of Joel is to describe God’s punishment of Israel by a plague of locusts. “Philistia” (see area in red below) refers to the land occupied by a people known as Philistines. Many scholars believe that “Palestine” is derived from the Greek, Roman, and Hebrew versions of Philistia which phonetically sound like “Palestine”. Note that Jerusalem is not part of Philistia.
This video by a young Israeli man named Oren provides further insight as to who the “Palestinians” are.
In short, there is not now nor has there ever been a nation state called “Palestine”.
Rocketry
On October 7, 2023 Hamas reported that they fired 5,000 rockets into Israeli population centers in support of their land and sea assault on Israel. Prior to that day Hamas, (Palestinians) had never fired that many in any single year since 2001.
Between 2001 and 2021 Palestinians have launched 17,631 rockets at Israel — all unprovoked. None in self defense as a consequence of an unprovoked attack by Israel. Since the terrorist attack of 7 October 2023 rockets have been fired into Israel every single day.
Since the Palestinians first began shooting rockets indiscriminately into Israel their range has systemically increased. Rockets have also been launched from Lebanon and Yemen.
This graphic shows the range of these rockets is from the Wall Street Journal and replaces the original published here earlier this morning. This link will also take you to an animated version of these rockets and their ranges.
Some of those rockets are from the old Soviet Union. The more modern rockets are supplied by from Iran. Regardless of source, those rockets are unguided and are intended not for tactical use but rather to instill terror in Israel’s civilian population. Haifa, Tel Aviv, and Jerusalem are all within range of Palestinian rockets.
A Call To Genocide And More History
According to CBN.com the Palestinians are openly calling for genocide against all Jews everywhere.
“We call upon our Palestinian people... to preserve public property And the personal is a religious and moral national duty.. Our Palestinian people, despite the pain and tragedies, cannot raise a white flag until the occupation is removed and the independent Palestinian state is established with Jerusalem as its capital."
Two points are to be made — again. First, there is not now nor has there ever been a “Palestinian state”. The Arabs were offered such a state by the UN which also, by the way, created Jordan, in 1947 but they rejected it because it also created Israel. Second, Jerusalem was never part of any territory claimed by the Palestinians until the 20th century when suddenly the Palestinians demanded that Israel abandon the city that it had occupied in one form another since David was anointed King of Israel and conquered Jerusalem in 1055 BC.
“6For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession. 7The LORD did not set his affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples. 8But it was because the LORD loved you and kept the oath he swore to your ancestors that he brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the land of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt. 9Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments.
10But those who hate him he will repay to their face by destruction; he will not be slow to repay to their face those who hate him.” Deuteronomy 7:6-10
Union, Kentucky
21 October 2023