Israel My Glory Magazine, March-April 2011
I am betting on the One True God and His Promises regarding his Chosen People, the Jews, and their state, Israel. We'll see who comes out on top, the Bible and God-defying Muslim terrorists or the Chosen People of the God of Israel. It is a no-contest, really. God already said in the Word that He will win, and the Jews will win with him! Praise to the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to His unchanging, everlasting Promises and Prophecies!--Ed.
Said mission chief Maen Areikat: "It's about time that this flag that symbolizes the struggle of the Palestinian people for self-determination and statehood be raised in the United States."
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), head of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, criticized the Obama administration's willingness to allow the flag to go up. "Raising this flag in DC is part of the Palestinian leadership's scheme to manipulate international acceptance of a yet-to-be-created Palestinian state while refusing to directly negotiate with Israel or accept the existence of Israel as a democratic, Jewish state," she said.
The Palestinian Authority (PA) has been working to convince the international community to recognize a new Arab state in all the territory between the 1948 armistice line and Jordan in an attempt to circumvent talks with Israel. Israeli leaders have repeatedly rejected the PA's demand for all land east of the armistice line, saying that Israel plans to keep control of Israeli population centers in Judea and Samaria, and of Jerusalem, Israel's capital (Israelnationalnews.com)