Israel's Unconditional Covenants Part 2
by Joseph H Hunting
The Canaanic Covenant
"And the Lord said unto Abram ... Lift up now your eyes, and look from the place where you are northward, southward, eastward, and westward: for all the land which you see, to you will I give it, and to your seed for ever" (Genesis 13:14,15)
The promise of the land of Canaan to Abraham and his descendants is being hotly contested today by Abraham's descendants -- that is, other than through Isaac and Jacob. Whilst many Arabs are content to live in peace with their Jewish cousins, the PLO under Yasir Arafat forbids cooperation with Israeli authorities and calls for the eradication of the Jewish State.
Concerned over the number of Russian immigrants arriving daily in Israel, Arafat made the following speech to a meeting of Fatah terrorists in Baghdad. "You must open fire on the new Jewish immigrants, whether they are Russian or Falashas. It is shameful for us to see these immigrants taking over our country and settling our lands without us interfering.
"I want you to shoot from the ground or the air every immigrant that believes that immigrating to our country is a picnic or a trip. From today onwards the ball is in your court and don't say that the political process prevents us from carrying out military activity against the immigrants, whether they live in Jaffa or Jericho.
"Today I present to you my orders to use violence against the immigrants and whoever fails I will put him in prison. Do not treat my words as mere threat, it is the truth ... My decision, and that of the Fatah to use violence must be conducted in a real manner in order to know that the immigrants will know, and also the Americans and the Soviets who stand behind them, that our political and military policy depends on our will and that of others.
"May my right hand be cut off if I will sign any peace treaty which does not include Jerusalem". Quoted in "Al Muharrar" 10th April, 1990.
Having read what Yasir Arafat has said, now read what God said to Abraham. "And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now your eyes, and look from the place where you are northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: For all the land which you see, to you will I give it, and to your seed for ever" (Genesis 13:14-15). On that promise God didn't specify the actual boundary or the extent of Abraham's promised possession.