I knew there must be an easy solution. Just move all the Jews to Alaska.
(Sorry I don't know if your post was meant to be a joke, but it of course ignores so much of reality, it is hard to take seriously.)
Hello sir. I understand where you think my post is ridiculous. I certainly am not advocating one solution or another. My thought was strictly in terms of logic. I feel that the letters of Osama Bin Laden reflect a lot of thinking in the Arab street. Certain governments, like Egypt and Jordan, do not think the same way, but this could be more for expediency than ideology. Remember, Muslims have a strategy called "taqiyyah" which is basically justified dishonesty in order to pursue a greater goal. Ayatollah Khomeini, the leader of Iran, has admitted that he agreed to the Western powers' nuclear deal, JCPOA, in 2015, under the principle of taqiyyah. I am not accusing Muslims of using this tactic often, but it is accepted, at least in some quarters, as a justifiable tactic. The "Supreme Leader" of Iran was trying to buy time with the nuclear program in his country and he thought that engaging in deceit was justified, since Western powers presumably cannot be trusted.
About the Jews moving to another country, I was thinking about it purely in terms of pragmatism, avoidance of loss of lives, and peace in the Middle East. Obviously, if there is a prophetic component to the modern state of Israel existing where they are, the Jews are not going to move to Alaska. However, given the reality pointed to in Bin Laden's letters, whose view is widely shared across the region as regards the existence of Israel and the evil of the U.S.A, there will never be peace in the region no matter how many peaceful gestures that Israel makes towards the Palestinians.
In terms of preservation of Jewish life, just in terms of the devastating loss of life that is coming for that country, I would recommend for them to leave the country. But that is their prerogative. There is a concept called, "choosing the hill to die on." For many Israelis, obviously, the prospect of forsaking the hope they carried for 2,000 years to return to their homeland is a non-starter. So, they will have to live with the fact that many, and I mean many of them, are going to die in the next three months if the Lord tarries.
Sometimes, I do wish that the Israelis would just move, because it truly breaks my heart to see how many of them are going to die (both soldiers and civilians) but that is their choice whether to stay in the land, or not, notwithstanding any actual impossibilities that surround that.
Theoretically, the government of Israel, with the backing of the United States and the rest of the Western powers, can stand up and say, "we, as the Jewish state, have made a mistake in coming here by force and displacing millions of people. In recognition of the fact that a Jewish state will always be a source of antagonism for the surrounding people, and given that the state of Israel will never exist as a peaceful country, we have decided to withdraw our presence in this land as a gesture of peace to our neighbors, and as a gesture of peace towards the citizens of Israel, whom we are not willing to subject to another holocaust, which is sure to happen in the near future."
I would like to think, for the safety of the citizens of Israel, that this could happen. Will it happen? Only in dreams. But it is still nice to think about, not because I hate a Jewish presence in Jerusalem, but because I love the people there, however ungodly they may be, and I am not willing that any of them should perish.
Going back to the impossibility of Islam to accept a Jewish state in the region, I will share a concise list of requirements that Osama Bin Laden shared with the U.S.A in regards to why he is waging war on us and what he expects of us if we are to have real peace. I will not link to those letters. They are widely circulated, even on U.S. federal agency sites such as the Director of National Intelligence page, but I will point out seven points that UBL wrote about. He said that if all seven conditions are not met, expect war with the "Islamic Nation".
1) Convert to Islam.
2) Stop the oppression, lies, immorality, and debauchery that has spread in your country.
3) Be honest with yourselves, that you are a nation without principles and manners.
4) Stop supporting Israel, and all governments which oppress Muslims.
5) Pack your bags and leave our countries (including all military activity and presence).
6) End your support for the corrupt leaders in our countries.
7) Deal with us on the basis of mutual interests and benefits, rather than theft and occupation, and end your policy of supporting the Jews, because this will result in more disasters for you.
He also mentions the Palestinians as "our brothers" who the Americans and Israelis are killing.
I don't think that the Muslims are people that the Israelis can negotiate with. I think of Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. If the Jews can negotiate a presence and a temple on the temple mount, then I believe the Jews can also negotiate a presence in the land of Israel. But if they cannot negotiate a Jewish presence on the temple mount, then it is highly unlikely they will also be able to negotiate a lasting peace with their neighbors.
As for Bin Laden's requirements concerning the U.S, obviously, we as a country will never convert to Islam (probably) nor should we, so we will never meet all of Bin Laden's requirements to avoid terrorism. However, we are certainly stoking the fire by arming Israel and maintaining a strong presence in the Middle East. While I make no policy prescriptions as regards what the U.S. government should do, I merely note that the U.S. and the West should expect a reckoning from this mentioned "Islamic Nation" very, very soon.
