Israel Alone: The Gathering

By Douglas V. Gibbs

Zechariah 12:3: 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.

Jewish graves have been desecrated in France.  A synagogue has been attacked in Copenhagen.  Anti-Semitism is on the rise in Europe.  Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu has sounded the call.  "Come home to Israel."

The call for a mass immigration of Europe's Jews to Israel is being rejected by European leaders.  Fulfillment of Netanyahu's request would be devastating for Europe, both in population, and economically.  Europe's last stand is approaching, Islam is on the rise, and if the Jewish population abandons Europe, there will be literally nothing standing in the way of the final stages of the Islamization of the continent.

Jews, under the onslaught of a rapidly increasing Muslim population, and growing feelings of anti-Semitism among the native populations, are no longer feeling like they are at home in Europe.  The mass migration, however, has already begun.  It is just a matter of if those numbers increase.

In 2014, more than 7,000 French Jews in a community estimated at around 500,000 left for Israel, more than double the number for 2013.  The Israeli Cabinet has approved a $46 million plan to encourage still more Jewish immigration from France, Belgium and Ukraine.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that at a time of rising anti-Semitism in Europe, Israel is the only place where Jews can truly feel safe.

"This wave of attacks is expected to continue," Netanyahu told his Cabinet. "Jews deserve security in every country, but we say to our Jewish brothers and sisters, Israel is your home."

-- Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary