Quote van de dag. Palestijns-Christelijk theoloog Munther Isaac in 2020 –– of: de ellende is niet begonnen op 7 october 2023:

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“…being a Palestinian means that I am viewed as a demographic threat by the state of Israel and many of its allies. The notion of a demographic threat interprets population increases of particular minorities (usually ethnic) in a certain country as a threat to the dominant ethnic identity of that same country. Palestinians are commonly understood as a “demographic threat” not only by the Israeli government but by many American politicians and Christian groups as well. Some “Christian” groups have even offered to pay us Palestinians money to leave the land and settle somewhere else! Paul Liberman, executive director of the Alliance for Israel Advocacy (a lobbying group established by the Messianic Jewish Alliance of America), explains their policy plan as such, “If there are any Palestinian residents who wish to leave, we will provide funds for you to leave, with the hopes that over 10 years to change the demography of the West Bank towards an eventual annexation.” (And that is supposedly a brother in Christ! With brothers like that, who needs enemies?)”

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Munther Isaac, The Other Side of the Wall. A Palestinian Christian narrative of Lament and Hope, InterVarsity Press, Downers Grove, Illinois, 2020, p. 2