Israel wants more Jews to support it and fewer Palestinian fighters to fight against.
What it is doing is going to result in the exact opposite. More and more Jews are now realising what a nation purportedly created for them is doing in their name, and distancing themselves from everything, good, bad, and (most decidedly) ugly that Israel has been doing. And more and more Arab and Palestinian orphans are growing up with vengeance on their minds and anger in their hearts. Both these outcomes are tragic. For every party involved. And for the world in general.
I’d like to draw attention to the following verses from the Book of Hosea, which predates the Torah. Perhaps Israel has still not learnt the lessons in this ancient book.
A rebellious kingdom (Hosea 8:1-14)
The people of Israel claim to know God, but they have broken their covenant with him and sinned against his law. God will use the Assyrian army (here symbolized by an eagle) to bring his punishment upon them (8:1-3). Their kings are not people appointed by God but traitors who murder to gain power. The centre of their religion is not God but the golden calves set up as idols in their cities (4-6; see 1 Kings 12:29-30).
Israel’s foreign policy, besides being rebellious towards God, is politically foolish. The nation will now reap the fruits of its folly in disappointment and destruction. It will come under enemy control (already some of the people have been taken into captivity; 2 Kings 15:29), and finally the nation will come to an end (7-8). Israel has acted stubbornly like a wild ass and therefore will be treated like a wild ass. It will be left to wander alone – leaderless, oppressed and without friends (9-10).
Religious ceremonies, intended originally to be a help, have become a cause of sin. The people enjoy offering sacrifices because of the feast that follows; but God rejects their sacrifices because they are not interested in knowing or following the moral teachings of his law (11-13). Their prosperity is only hastening their day of judgment (14).
Source: StudyLight.org
