Is God Zionist?
Edward Abraham
How many times have we heard statements from different bigot and racist individuals or governments that all the world’s mischief and misery are due to the Zionist and world Jewish conspiracy, instituted and organized to benefit the existence of the state of Israel? Whether this is politically motivated or due to the ignorance fertilized by the individuals or governments to cover up their own mischief and misery inflicted upon their own citizens or - this is simply driven out of jealousy towards the achievements of the tiny Jewish state in 72 years of her re-establishment, will be judged by history but one thing is clear: The state of Israel - in spite of all the international and domestic pressures and challenges - continues to build and prosper and worry about its citizens while her enemies are busy with their conspiracy theories and spending their resources to fund and export terror towards Israel and the free world. One of such conspiracy theories is the notion that the ISIS has been created by the "Zionist regime" and the perpetrator of such accusation is non but the Islamic regime of Iran and in particular, Its supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei. In an interview conducted by the Iranian News Agency - IRNA - with the representative of ISIS, the reporter asked the representative "why is it that instead of fighting the true enemy of Islam, the Zionists, you are killing your own brothers and sisters, Sunni or Shiee alike"?. In response, the representative said that they fight their enemy first "at close range" and he continued that the Quran does not require them to fight "Bani Esrail" (the children of Israel in Arabic). The Iranian regime for decades has brainwashed its citizens that the "fox-mannered" British conspiracy is red- handed in the mischief and misery of the Iranian nation. This was done to cover up their own conspiracy to hold on to power and facilitate the suppressing of their own citizens and spending a big portion of the Iranian assets to fund and export terrorism instead of worrying for the welfare of the Iranian people. But now that the British government and its people have had their share of suffering by the hands of ISIS and are engaged with their own domestic Muslim extremists, Iran’s regime has come up with a new conspirator: "The Zionist regime is the creator of ISIS". Next, there will be a new conspiracy theory that the Zionist regime is responsible for the spreading of the ebola virus throughout the world or the drought in the world or the devastating storms or wild fires that are destroying the agriculture and preventing humanity from their sustenance. In the Jewish prayer books one may notice the prayers which the religious Jews pray everyday and ask God to sustain and nourish all humanity and all the world’s animals and creatures. And this has been going on since the era of Abraham the patriarch in the Torah. God Almighty brings sustenance to the world and because of the actions of the evil doers calamities are brought upon the world and unfortunately innocent people become victims as well. Although God does not enjoy human suffering but He has given us freedom of choice to choose moral values over evil. Those who choose evil bring suffering and calamities upon themselves and upon the world. The tools to avoid disasters and calamities are given to us in the Torah (613 laws for the Jews and 7 Noahide laws for the Gentiles). As long as we avoid observing these laws, humanity suffers. We cannot blame God for the suffering of humanity nor use His name to inflict suffering upon it. God has given us "Life Instructions" and the evil doers supply "Death Instructions" to their followers. Perhaps the next conspiracy theory will be that God is Zionist. It may have some merit to it since God appeared on "Mount Zion" in Jerusalem and allowed King Solomon to build The Temple for his presense.
* Edward Abraham is an Iranian born architect, musician and script writer residing in Los Angeles. He has written articles for the local Iranian Jewish magazines and newspapers and has been interviewed by Mr. Menashe Amir of Israel Radio in Persian regarding the Middle East politics
