{"id":3780,"date":"2017-12-17T08:58:10","date_gmt":"2017-12-17T08:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thejerusalemgiftshop.com\/israelnews\/?p=3780"},"modified":"2018-11-03T16:20:23","modified_gmt":"2018-11-03T16:20:23","slug":"a-charlie-brown-hanukkah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thejerusalemgiftshop.com\/israelnews\/a-charlie-brown-hanukkah\/","title":{"rendered":"A \u201cCharlie Brown Hanukkah\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Tom Brennan,<\/strong><\/p>\n

World events once again are focused on Israel and Jerusalem. The repeated delay in complying with the vote of the US Congress to recognize Jerusalem, Israel as Israel\u2019s legitimate capital has been ended by President Trump. The seasons of rejoicing and celebration,\u00a0\u00a0 Hanukkah and Christmas<\/a>\u00a0 are here, the eternal covenant is still eternal and backed up by Scripture; \u201ceternal\u201d still means \u201ceternal\u201d. Somehow the\u00a0 whining of the\u00a0 mass media, votes by third world debating teams at the UN and threats by Jihadists, Abbas and others seem puny when confronted by Maccabee \u201cHammerers\u201d and hosts of angels announcing the\u00a0 birth of the\u00a0 Messiah.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Charlie Brown – Hanukkah (youtube)<\/p><\/div>\n

This is also a time for an American media ritual: \u201cA Charlie Brown Christmas\u201d. Charles Schultz was born into a\u00a0\u00a0Christian home<\/a>\u00a0but later saw his faith less positively, but a spark remained. \u201cPeanuts\u201d one of the longest running cartoon strips ever, saw several TV specials and the Christmas one has become an epic.<\/p>\n

Charlie Brown has much in common with Israel. He remains optimistic in the face of mistakes and difficulties, he persists, and he keeps on coming. Surrounded by perplexing friends, he stays the same, a stable and dependable forever-a- child of promise. The \u201cPeanuts\u201d gang is also highly intelligent, it is impossible to keep track of the scholarship, technical innovations, medical discoveries and genius that come from Israel on a daily basis. If the BDS gangsters only knew what they would be missing if Israel ever retaliated and boycotted the boycotters. Israel is too big to do that. What nation of 8.2 million allows its enemies to be treated in their hospitals, or sends rescue teams to places in need from natural disasters thousands of miles distant?<\/p>\n

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