True beliefs

Your front-page article “US to let PM build new homes for Amona evacuees, report says” (March 26) states that “the Trump administration will... give Israel a green light,” referring to where to build and where not to build. Would the restrictive guidelines that follow really be a solution?

I’m reminded of one of prime minister Golda Meir’s statements in which she said: “Our problem with the Arabs is not a quarrel about a piece of land or territory, but they refuse to believe that we have a right to exist at all.” We already realize that this is not an argument solely of our Arab neighbors: Witness “UN: Israel ignoring Security Council resolutions” in the same issue; it quotes the infamous Security Council Resolution 2334.

Does Israel really need to ask Washington, Paris, London, Moscow or any other capital in the world where to build? God has already answered that question. Just a few of many references:

• “Bring My sons from afar and My daughters from the ends of the earth” (Isaiah 43:6).

• “They shall rebuild the ancient ruins, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall renew the ruined cities, the desolations of many generations” (Isaiah 61:4).

• “I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it” (Jeremiah 30:3).

• “And they shall dwell in their land that I gave to My servant Jacob... and they shall build houses and plant vineyards” (Ezekiel 28:25-26.

The above and much more is mentioned for the Jewish repatriation, even to the old borders.

If we stick to our ancient and eternal terms of the Bible, God will certainly honor His promises, and many nations will learn to respect our fervent and true beliefs. HILLEL GOLDBERG

Jerusalem