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September/October 2002

Vol.5, No. 8

Contents

Worldwide Weather Chaos: What Does It Mean?
by John Ross Schroeder

Restoration: Shadows of the World to Come
by Darris McNeely

Palestine/Israel--Whose Land Is It, Really? Part 2
by Cecil E. Maranville

The Citadel and the Caravan
by Melvin Rhodes

The Millennium, an Eternal Idea
by Darris McNeely

This Is the Way...Who Is My Neighbor
by Robin Webber
Palestine/Israel--Whose Land
Is It, Really? Part 2

We ran an article on this subject in our June issue. Due to the response we received, we're following up with Part 2 about this complex question. Both Israelis and Palestinians claim legal and religious rights to the land. But whose land is it, really?

by Cecil E. Maranville
In the first article about who really owns Palestine, we reviewed the recent history of the conflict, including claims and counter-claims about who has a right to the land. Depending on which side is presenting the case, both groups present reasonable arguments for their cause.

The Palestinians are truly suffering, living in cramped conditions for literally decades while Israel, the Arab nations, the world's super powers and the United Nations have failed to resolve the land-claim issue to the Palestinians' satisfaction.

The Israelis are truly suffering, enduring casualties at the hands of homicide bombers that proportionally far exceed the number of Americans who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Both peoples point back to the early 20th century when Palestinians lived in the land now called Israel and when Jews began to flee to it to escape mounting persecution in Europe. Both Palestinians and Jews cite political promises made and broken in the first half of the 20th century as evidence of their right of ownership.

Today, almost every day, terrorist attacks and corresponding reprisals take the lives of both Palestinians and Israelis. Along with the combatants, innocent people from both groups fall victim to the bombs and bullets. The mounting death toll and the accompanying fear and anger all tighten an already unyielding Gordian knot.

Read the full article at www.ucg.org/news-and-prophecy/palestine-israel-whose-land-it-really-part-2


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