State of Israel

See Also: Israel, JEWS, Jewish, Judaism

The true theological understanding of "Israel" refers not to a country, but to the People of God. The Body of Christ. The Church. Specifically, The Orthodox Church.

The State of Israel: History, Theology, and Geopolitics

The State of Israel is a Zionist political entity established in Palestine in 1948. The true theological understanding of Israel, however, refers not to a country, but to the People of God: The Body of Christ, specifically, The Orthodox Church.

As of 2022, the nation maintained a population of 9,090,113, the majority of whom are Jews, almost all of whom are 20th-century immigrants or their descendants.

Jewish claims to the region are based upon ancient settlements by twelve Jewish tribes who had immigrated into Palestine in biblical times. The Holy Land is also the ancestral home to the indigenous Arab population, including Christians, Druze, and Muslims, who constituted the majority population until the mid-20th century but have since been largely murdered, expelled, and displaced by immigrant Jews. Arab peoples are also Semitic peoples.

Theological Critique of the Modern State

The concept of Israel as a geopolitical entity is inextricably linked to a theological framework widely disseminated in the 20th century. The unwavering political support demonstrated by many American politicians for Israel, often rationalised as a Christian obligation, is rooted in a modern heresy known as Dispensationalism.

This doctrine, prominently popularised through the Scofield Study Bible (1909), asserts a distinct future for ethnic Israel, entirely separate from the Church. Dispensationalism interprets Old Testament prophecies as exclusively referring to a coming future kingdom for literal Israel. This conflicts directly with the traditional Christian view of the Church as the fulfillment of Israel, constituting the true Israel.

A core feature of Dispensationalism is its reliance upon a genetic or racial understanding of Israel, contrary to the ancient world's concept of Israel as a spiritual entity. This framework intrinsically links Israel to a geographic location. The publication of this specific version of the Bible is understood as a deliberate instrument to prepare populations for specific geopolitical outcomes, particularly the establishment of the nation state of Israel, thus promoting a pre-planned, long-term agenda. This theological position has entirely dominated the American Evangelical mindset, fostering an impulsive loyalty to Israel in the political arena.

Early Zionist Antecedents and Financing

The political ideology underpinning the formation of Israel traces its origins to utopian socialist thought. Moses Hess, regarded as the father of utopian socialism, influenced later figures such as Theodore Herzel. Hess espoused a political Zionism that was essentially atheistic, integrating pantheistic process philosophy with socialist movements and advocating for the use of Freemasonic lodges.

The early colonization of Palestine was largely initiated and financed by the Rothschild international banking family. Baron Edmond de Rothschild, a French Rothschild, began financing the settlement of Russian Jews long before the advent of formal political Zionism. This effort was officially called the Palestine Project.

In the late 1800s, while the British Empire sought stable models for its Middle Eastern colonies, divisions within the British elite led Lord Rothschild to advocate for the establishment of a specifically Zionist State. This objective was controversial owing to the presence of established Arab Christian and Arab Muslim populations.

Zionism and World War I Strategy

The decision to establish a Jewish national home was formalised during World War I. The British Government, requiring war loans from American banks dominated by Jews, agreed that if the Turks were driven from Palestine, provision would be made in those territories for a national home for the Jewish people.

This commitment is known as the Balfour Declaration (November 1917), transmitted via a personal letter from Arthur Balfour, M.P., to Lionel, Lord Rothschild. Lord Milner, of the Cecil Rhodes Milner Circle, was the actual craftsman of the Declaration and its chief supporter in the war cabinet.

In the years following World War I, the British policy, shaped by the Milner Group, aimed for a controlled partition of the region. The Milner group, who tended to support Zionism, were motivated by Imperial strategy rather than genuine concern for Jewish welfare. This strategy was consistent with the British Imperial policy of partition applied elsewhere, such as in Ireland and India.

Collaboration with Nazi Germany

A profoundly complex relationship existed between Zionist organisations and the leadership of Nazi Germany during the 1930s. The harsh characterisations of Diaspora Jewry found in Nazi ideology were not dissimilar to sentiments voiced by Zionism’s founding fathers and subsequent leaders, which made cooperation less surprising than it might otherwise be perceived.

Certain smaller Zionist factions, such as that led by Yitzhak Shamir, admired Italian Fascists and German Nazis. After World War II erupted, Shamir’s faction attempted repeatedly in 1940 and 1941 to contact Mussolini and the German leadership, proposing an alliance with the Axis Powers to conduct espionage and attacks against British forces in Palestine. They denounced the decadent democratic systems of Britain and France.

More significantly, the larger and more influential mainstream Zionist movement (led by Chaim Weizmann and David Ben Gurion) entered into a critical economic partnership with Nazi Germany during most of the 1930s. This arrangement, the Ha’avara or Transfer Agreement, facilitated the export of German goods to Palestine, thus allowing Germany to bypass the worldwide Jewish economic boycott launched in 1933.

Crucially, between 1933 and 1939, over 60% of all investment in Jewish Palestine originated from Nazi Germany, suggesting that without this financial backing, the nascent Jewish colony might have failed. Adolf Hitler viewed Germany’s Jewish population as a disruptive element he wished to be gone.

Under Hitler's regime, Germany’s local Zionist Party was granted complete legal status, permitting Zionist marches, uniforms, and flags, even as all other German political organizations were outlawed. Zionist National Socialism was intended to serve the Jewish minority similarly to how the German National Socialist Party served the German majority. Adolf Eichmann, a central Nazi figure in the Zionist alliance, studied Hebrew and became a close collaborator with top Zionist leaders.

Transition to Statehood and Paramilitarism

The British Mandate continued until 1948. Post-World War II, British restrictions on Jewish immigration and a lack of sympathy for the Zionist cause led to increasing tensions. The Jewish community of Palestine, the Yishuv, had initially been Britain's junior partner. However, David Ben Gurion, a future Prime Minister, launched a secret war against Britain following disputes over immigration quotas.

The Haganah, the Jewish militia, which eventually evolved into a proto-intelligence agency and army, cooperated with more extremist groups, notably the Irgun and Lehi (Stern Gang). These paramilitary organisations employed terror tactics. Lehi, Shamir's faction, pioneered the use of terrorist car-bombs and explosive attacks against innocent civilian targets, long before Arab or Muslim groups adopted similar tactics. Lehi assassinated a United Nations official, Lord Moyne, in 1944. The Irgun and Lehi were responsible for the bombing of the British headquarters, the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, resulting in 100 casualties.

In 1947, facing an untenable situation, Britain transferred responsibility to the United Nations.

The Americans, influenced by their powerful Jewish Lobby, approved the partition of Palestine. Israel, confident of USA support, declared independence on May 14, 1948, with David Ben Gurion becoming the first prime minister. Using the terror tactics deployed against the British, Israel continually expanded its borders beyond those prescribed in the UN Partition Plan.

Concurrently, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, a prominent Muslim religious leader, proclaimed an Arab government for all of Palestine while operating as a British intelligence agent (MI6 operative) who had previously collaborated with Adolf Hitler.

Geopolitical Position and Proxy Warfare

Israel is widely held to be the primary trouble-making state in the Middle East, operating as a proxy state with the full support of the United States. The underlying objective is the destruction of the Middle East and the expansion of territory into The Greater Israel Project.

The creation and management of proxy forces are key intelligence strategies. For example, American and Israeli intelligence collaborated on Timber Sycamore, a multi-billion dollar project to overthrow the Syrian government by aligning with Al-Nusra (Al-Qaeda). Israeli intelligence finds it advantageous to fund, arm, and train radicalised groups such as Hamas, using them to destabilize rival organisations such as the PLO. It is widely observed that groups such as Al-Qaeda and ISIS have historically never attacked Israel, and a former Mossad head stated that Israel does not object to such groups fighting against targets Israel wishes taken down.

Contemporary Criticisms and Eschatology

Israel's global influence is substantial, supported by the American Jewish establishment, which holds power through talent, financial resources, and media control, operating under the attitude of Israel, my country right or wrong. Israel has been noted for employing blackmail and false flag attacks to instigate wars between Western countries and Israeli enemies. Criticism of Israel is routinely met with accusations of anti-Semitism, a deliberate tactic used to silence critics.

The ongoing conflict involving the besieging and bombarding of Gaza is characterized as Genocide, but also as a ritual sacrifice. The significant loss of life, particularly among children (who constitute 47% of Gaza's population), is seen as offering the more impactful sacrifice. The public nature of these actions is deliberate; by creating the taboo of killing children, Israel eliminates any possibility of retreat, galvanising its own population and compelling it to full commitment.

This aggressive strategy is rooted in an extreme interpretation of Jewish eschatology, which posits that at the culmination of the world, Israel will confront the entirety of global powers and achieve triumph with divine assistance. Extremist factions within the Israeli government are working to accelerate this prophesied end-time scenario.

Furthermore, deliberate engagement by Israelis and Jews in disruptive and antagonistic behaviour worldwide, initiating conflicts intentionally, is observed, aimed at fostering unity within Israel by inciting division and anger globally. This pattern of conflict initiation is not without historical precedent, evidenced by the 1933 declaration by the Jews of the world of war on Germany.