World News and Trends: Threats to Israel
The so-called "land for peace" solution has rarely worked out for Israel in the past. Why would it now?
Several serious threats continue unabated, increasing in intensity: Namely, the widespread misrepresentation of Israel by the world's media, the modern secular inquisition, the jihad against Israel's very existence as a nation, the blatant anti-Semitism among Islamic extremists and a softer version indulged in by too many apparently friendly countries that ought to know and do better.
Although surrounded and beset by other hostile forces, the possibility of a nuclear-armed Iran remains Israel's foremost security worry. In this instance everyone wants sanctions to work, but the track record shows that they rarely inhibit rogue nations bent on harmful mischief from carrying out their evil purposes. That puts Israel in a very precarious position.
Author Jerome Corsi stated in the concluding chapter of his book Why Israel Can't Wait, "Still, in the final analysis, Israel is a 'one bomb' state such that one atomic bomb, even of a relatively low yield, detonated successfully over Tel Aviv, Israel's business, banking, and telecommunications center, would destroy the modern Jewish state as the world knows it" (2009, p. 102).
Caroline Glick's Internet report shows that the Obama administration has been pursuing secret negotiations toward moving the peace process forward between Israel and the Palestinians. One key element calls for virtually handing over the Jordan Valley to the Palestinians. Here is Glick's frank evaluation: "By calling for Israel to cede the Jordan Valley to the Palestinians, US President Barack Obama is ignoring the most fundamental reality of the Middle East: Israel is besieged by its neighbors who seeks its destruction. Without the Jordan Valley Israel would become the modern day equivalent of Czechoslovakia stripped of the Sudetenland in 1938. It would be utterly indefensible" ("We Are Not for Sale," posted Nov. 5, 2010, originally published in The Jerusalem Post).
The so-called "land for peace" solution has rarely worked out for Israel in the past. Why would it now?
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Jerold Aust
Jerold Aust has served in the ministry for 52 years, as a public speaker for 58 years, a published writer for 38 years, and is employed by UCG’s Media and Communications Services. He is a Senior Writer, interviewer, and editor for Beyond Today Magazine and has taught Speech Communication for UCG’s ministerial online program and the Book of Revelation for ABC.
Jerold holds a BA in theology from Ambassador College, Pasadena (1968), an MA in Communication from California State University, Fullerton (1995), a distance-learning Ph.D (2006), and a Famous Writers School diploma in non-fiction writing (1973). Additionally, he studied post-grad communication at University of Southern California (1995), radio, TV, voice-overs, and Public Relations at Fullerton College (1995-1996), and graduate communication at Wichita State University (1978). Jerold has taught communication at the University of South Alabama (7 years) and ABC (17 years). His published works include, Ronald Reagan’s Rhetoric: Metaphor as Persuasion and EZSpeakers: Public Speaking Made Easy in 7 Steps. Jerold's overarching goal is to share with humankind its incredible destiny!
John Ross Schroeder
John died on March 8, 2014, in Oxford, England, four days after suffering cardiac arrest while returning home from a press event in London. John was 77 and still going strong.
Some of John's work for The Good News appeared under his byline, but much didn't. He wrote more than a thousand articles over the years, but also wrote the Questions and Answers section of the magazine, compiled our Letters From Our Readers, and wrote many of the items in the Current Events and Trends section. He also contributed greatly to a number of our study guides and Bible Study Course lessons. His writing has touched the lives of literally millions of people over the years.
John traveled widely over the years as an accredited journalist, especially in Europe. His knowledge of European and Middle East history added a great deal to his articles on history and Bible prophecy.
In his later years he also pastored congregations in Northern Ireland and East Sussex, and that experience added another dimension to his writing. He and his wife Jan were an effective team in our British Isles office near their home.
John was a humble servant who dedicated his life to sharing the gospel—the good news—of Jesus Christ and the Kingdom of God to all the world, and his work was known to readers in nearly every country of the world.
