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76 THE SIGNS OF THE END

Terror states such as Syria and Iran continue to supply Arafat with
weapons to use against Israel. Egypt smuggles weapons through
underground tunnels into Gaza. It is no wonder that when Islamic
leaders met in Malaysia, they could not categorically state that
strapping explosives around one’s waist and detonating them in a
crowded supermarket is terrorism. And some o f these “nations” are
on America’s list as “coalition partners” in the war against terrorism!

This brand o f hatred against Israel and those who support her is
not relegated merely to backward Arab dictatorships. Everywhere
the Arab community thrives, everywhere Islam has a foothold, hatred
against Israel spreads to the general population. Anti-Semitism is a
worldwide disease, but not an unexpected one. Jesus said o f the Jews,
“you will be hated by all nations...” (Matt. 24:9).

THE RISE OF ANTI-SEMITISM

Much o f the world gasped in horror at the attack on the World
Trade Center on 9/11, and many initially came to America’s aid. But
too quickly the world community began to take account o f their own
vulnerability to attacks by Muslims. Six months later, much o f the
world began to blame the Jews, again. It was expected among Arabs,
who from day one described 9/11 as a Jewish plot, but nowhere did it
become more prevalent than in Europe, the one place that should
have learned its history better. Author Prager continues:

Because Europe fears its immense Muslim population, because
o f its own anti-Semitism, because it is leftist, because it is
dependent on Arab oil, and because America supports Israel,
Europe is the primary support o f those who wish another Jewish
Holocaust. Europe, which has been a decaying civilization since
the end o f World War I, has reached a moral nadir — and once
again at the Jew s’ expense.

England, France, Germany, Italy and a host o f other nations have
become hotbeds o f anti-Semitism. Oxford University professor Tom
Paulin commented that Jewish settlers in Israel “should be shot
dead.” “ I feel nothing but hatred for them,” he told the Egyptian paper