Simple emunah isn't enough to overcome the faith of Yishmael
One thing that’s been clear over the last few months is that modern-day Palestinians and their supporters perceive every last Jew in Eretz Yisrael as a threat to their “inheritor rights.”
When it was determined that Yishmael wouldn’t inherit the land of Eretz Yisrael, he didn’t accept it. He said, “Shotim atem! I’m the bechor, and I receive a double portion — it’s mine” (Midrash Rabbah, 53:11).
Yishmael devised a plan: “I’ll invite Yitzchak out to the field to negotiate the inheritance, and then I’ll take my arrow and finish him off.” This murder attempt prompted Sarah’s declaration that Yishmael had to be banished. In his defense Yishmael said, “Metzachek ani — I was just fooling around.”
Does this sound familiar? Camp David, Oslo…. Arafat received a Nobel Peace Prize for signing an agreement with Rabin. But before the ink was dry, he flew to South Africa and spoke to the Muslims about Jihad to capture Jerusalem. He fooled us.
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