Netanyahu to Bush: Jerusalem is Israel's for eternity
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Stan GoodenoughJanuary 10, 2008He might not be a professing believer, but Israel's official
opposition leader and former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu
certainly sounded like one when he met with visiting US President
George W. Bush in Jerusalem Thursday morning.
"Jerusalem belongs to the Jewish people and will remain under
Israeli sovereignty for eternity" declared the Likud Party Chairman and
leading contender to be Israel's next prime minister.
Bible-believing Christians and Jews hold that Jerusalem - first the
earthly one and then the heavenly one - will be eternally under Jewish
sovereignty, with the Messiah, Son of David and Lion of the Tribe of
Judah ultimately ruling the world from the Israeli capital.
Netanyahu, who was initially not going to be accorded the courtesy
of a one-on-one with the American, had reportedly requested a brief
audience with him in the King David Hotel.
Bush confirmed this when he shook hands with "Bibi" - as Netanyahu
is popularly known - at the Ben Gurion Airport reception line upon his
arrival Wednesday.
"Are we on for tomorrow morning? We'll get some coffee," the
president said. Their coffee break went 45 minutes over the allotted
time.
During their meeting Netanyahu presented Bush with an ancient coin
inscribed in Hebrew and was struck in the first century AD/CE. The coin
had been discovered in Jerusalem, proving the Jewish people's
millennia-old ties with the city.
The Islamic/Arab world now wants to take Jerusalem away from the
Jews, turning parts containing Israel's holiest sites into the capital
of "Palestine" - the state "alongside" Israel Bush is here to help
create. Jerusalem is not mentioned once in the Quran - the Islamic
"bible."
While Bush claims to be a practising Christian, Netanyahu shows no
outward signs of being religious. The Israeli is known, however, to
respect people of faith, and has often acknowledged the contributions
made by Christian Zionists towards the re-establishment of and support
for the Jewish state.
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