{"id":1132,"date":"2009-05-12T09:00:34","date_gmt":"2009-05-12T13:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thrufire.com\/blog\/?p=1132"},"modified":"2013-12-21T21:11:04","modified_gmt":"2013-12-22T01:11:04","slug":"abortion-impact-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thrufire.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/abortion-impact-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Abortion Impact Israel &#8211; and the World?"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>On that day, when all the nations of the earth are gathered against her, I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock for all the nations. All who try to move it will injure themselves. [Zech 12:3 NIV]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Do you care about Israel? \u00a0 Are you friend or foe?<\/p>\n<p>What about God&#8217;s commandment to bless and not curse Israel?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thrufire.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/israelflag.jpeg\" alt=\"Israeli Flag\" width=\"320\" height=\"238\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Recently I came across four fascinating pieces I feel compelled to share.<\/p>\n<p>Sandi Shoshani is doing some amazing work in changing lives and saving lives throughout Israel. As Director of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beadchaim.org.il\/indexe.php\" target=\"_blank\">Be&#8217;ad Chaim<\/a> (which means Pro Life in Hebrew) &#8211; a pregnancy resource center network in Israel, she has a <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/4355475\" target=\"_blank\"> perspective on abortion and it&#8217;s impact on world politics<\/a> you seriously need to consider.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who honestly says abortion can&#8217;t hurt population demographics and the balance of the nations should think twice.<\/p>\n<p>In 2008 &#8211; Israel had 140,000 live births and somewhere between 40,000 &#8211; 50,000 abortions.  Since their inception, Israel has collectively aborted <strong><em>2 million<\/em><\/strong>  when their population is only 7 million total today.  Had they not aborted their children, Israel would not have a problem facing the challenges of a growing Palestinian population.  Abortion matters in the life and death struggles of nations.<\/p>\n<p>Considering that point, take a look at what Michael B. Oren at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.commentarymagazine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Commentary Magazine<\/a>  offers regarding the very existence of the modern Jewish state of Israel (or it&#8217;s potential demise) with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commentarymagazine.com\/viewarticle.cfm\/seven-existential-threats-15124?page=all\" target=\"_blank\">Seven Existential Threats.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And realizing that Israel is not alone in this struggle, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.commentarymagazine.com\/viewarticle.cfm\/israel-todaythe-west-tomorrow-15134?search=1\" target=\"_blank\">Mark Steyn has an excellent article at Commentary Magazine<\/a> where things are going with radical Islam, how demographics figure into the weakening of Europe and the growing rise of Islam.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly &#8211; take a look at this:<\/p>\n<p><object class=\"aligncenter\"  width=\"445\" height=\"364\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/XK1pnCldKZI&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0&#038;color1=0x3a3a3a&#038;color2=0x999999&#038;border=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/XK1pnCldKZI&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0&#038;color1=0x3a3a3a&#038;color2=0x999999&#038;border=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"445\" height=\"364\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abortion has consequences that reach beyond the personal, impacting the nations.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When calling out the Pope for his trespasses &#8211; will Israel admit their own <a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/20090512\/ap_on_re_mi_ea\/ml_pope_mideast\" target=\"_blank\">auto-genocide<\/a> trespass?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On that day, when all the nations of the earth are gathered against her, I will make Jerusalem an immovable rock for all the nations. All who try to move it will injure themselves. 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