{"id":1058,"date":"2018-11-20T12:04:02","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T17:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/isittheendoftheworld\/?p=1058"},"modified":"2018-11-20T12:04:02","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T17:04:02","slug":"how-long-lord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/isittheendoftheworld\/2018\/11\/how-long-lord.html","title":{"rendered":"How Long, Lord?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the recent rocket attacks originating in Hamas-controlled-Gaza, one can legitimately ask, &#8220;How long before the international community gets the terror group in its sights, rather than Israel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1061\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1061\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/isittheendoftheworld\/files\/2018\/11\/DSC00131.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/237\/2018\/11\/DSC00131-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Israeli soldiers stand guard in Jerusalem&#039;s Old City.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1061\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1061\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Israeli soldiers stand guard in Jerusalem&#8217;s Old City.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On the heels of the 400 rockets, a UN committee cited Israel for nine\u20149\u2014condemning resolutions. This is unconscionable. Anti-Semitism is on the rise globally, in some places at pre-World War 2 levels.<\/p>\n<p>No matter what response Israel decides on, the Jewish state will be condemned. Now comes word that a handful of new voice in the U.S. Congress will advocate for Hamas. It is also quite telling to watch some who identify as evangelical Christian (Millennials) also condemn Israel, while remaining silence about attacks against Jews.<\/p>\n<p>One wonders how long God will allow this to continue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the recent rocket attacks originating in Hamas-controlled-Gaza, one can legitimately ask, &#8220;How long before the international community gets the terror group in its sights, rather than Israel.&#8221; On the heels of the 400 rockets, a UN committee cited Israel for nine\u20149\u2014condemning resolutions. This is unconscionable. Anti-Semitism is on the rise globally, in some places&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":392,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How Long, Lord? - Is it the End of the World?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/isittheendoftheworld\/2018\/11\/how-long-lord.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How Long, Lord? - Is it the End of the World?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"With the recent rocket attacks originating in Hamas-controlled-Gaza, one can legitimately ask, &#8220;How long before the international community gets the terror group in its sights, rather than Israel.&#8221; On the heels of the 400 rockets, a UN committee cited Israel for nine\u20149\u2014condemning resolutions. 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