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The Poster That Awaits US
President Bush in Jerusalem “Bush, Read your Bible”
"In the upcoming days, billboards all over Jerusalem
will be plastered with a new po ster on the eve of U.S. President Bush’s visit
to Israel. Pictured in the poster is a gigantic Bible, towering over the walls
of the Old City.
The caption says: “Bush, read your Bible. God gave
Israel to the Jews.”
Tzvi Fishman, of the Am K’Lavee organization, and an
Arutz 7 blogger, says “The poster is designed to refocus Israel’s opposition to
further withdrawals back to our Divine claim to the Land of Israel, as
documented again and again in the Bible.”
Am K’Lavee organizes the annual mass parade to the
Kotel on Jerusalem Day, which is attended by tens of thousands. It is joining a
broad spectrum of grassroots organizations that are planning protests during
Bush’s three-day visit to Jerusalem.
“The Biblical claim of the Jewish People to the Land of
Israel was recognized by the British in the Balfour Declaration of 1917, which
called for the establishment of a Jewish State in Palestine,” Fishman states.
“The British believed in the Bible and what was written in it, and that was
what guided Lord Balfour in winning the support of the British Parliament.
"America also believes in the Bible,” Fishman
says, “and therefore, it is totally unreasonable that America and its
G-d-fearing President should act against the Bible, the pillar of Christian
belief.” Through the poster, Fishman is embarking to remind President Bush that
God’s plan for the world supersedes his plan.
How to conduct its public relations campaign has long
been a matter of debate among Jewish leaders in Judea, Samaria, and Gaza
(Yesha). Am K'Lavee has chosen what they call "the irrefutable
argument." Fishman explains:
"I remember the day some twenty years ago when the
leaders of the settlement movement decided that they weren’t going to speak any
more about G-d’s gift of the Land of Israel to our forefather, Abraham. Instead
they decided to base the importance of settling Judea and Samaria on practical
military and Zionistic reasons. The trouble with this strategy is that when you
bring a big general to warn the public about the dangers of surrendering
portions of Yesha to the enemy, the political Left parades out their line-up of
big generals who say the very opposite. That’s what happened with the 2005
Disengagement Plan.
"People thought they could trust the famous
military hero, Sharon, when he assured the nation that there was no security
risk in evacuating the Jewish towns of Gush Katif. The military question can be
argued this way and that, but our Biblical claim to the Land is irrefutable.
Bush, America, Europe, and all the Christian world have to be reminded that in
pressuring us to give up the Jewish towns of Yesha and divide Jerusalem, they
are going against the Bible and G-d.
Fishman says that Bible lovers all over the world have
to join the fight to save the Holy Land. "It's not just about saving the
Jewish villages of Yesha and safeguarding the unity of Jerusalem, but also
preventing the wanton destruction of shrines and churches sacred to their
religions as well," he argues.
“It isn’t enough that this poster fills the streets of
Jerusalem,” Fishman asserts. “It has to be circulated all over the Internet, on
every Christian, Baptist, Evangelist, Catholic, and Jewish site. A vast part of
the world still believes in the Bible, and if these hundreds of millions say no
to the ‘Road Map’ and email the poster to the White House, they can help us
save our Holy City and prevent the Holy Land from turning into a haven for
Islamic terror.”
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