Balancing the Scale—On a more positive note, some quotes of encouragement

January 3, 2007

“In Israel, in order to be a realist, you must believe in miracles.”
—David Ben Gurion, Israel’s first prime minister

“I had faith in Israel before it was established; I have faith in it now. I believe it has a glorious future before it—not just another sovereign nation, but as an embodiment of the great ideals of our civilization.”
—Harry S. Truman, former US President, May 26, 1952

“The only thing chicken about Israel is their soup.”
—Comedian Bob Hope

“And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you” (Genesis 17:7).
—The Lord of Hosts, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob

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