Palestine Is Coming

by Kermit Zarley

A Unique Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Based on Historical Precedent and Biblical Prophecy. This book addresses: Human Rights--The Jews deserve the rights claimed in their Proclamation... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0929292138
• ISBN13: 9780929292137
• Release Date: June 1995
• Publisher: Hannibal Books
• Length: 269 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Ancient Philistia as Modern Palestine

Full disclosure; Kermit is a friend and fellow student of the Hebrew language. I enjoyed reading this book and learned alot. Its divided into 3 sections: The Ancient Past, The Modern Present and The Coming Future. The first 2 sections provide an excellent review of historical events related to the state of Israel, while the 3rd section discusses the future of the region in the light of Bible prophecy. Two key aspects of Kermit's case are that 1) God gave land to each nation, including Philistia, and 2) Israel NEVER ruled Philistia completely (i.e. never fully obeyed God's directive). Its greatest extent of control over Philistine territory came during the 20-year period of 96-76 BC during the rule of Hasmonean leader Alexander Jannaeus. From this, Kermit argues that modern Israel's occupation of the Plain of Philistia is contrary both to historical precedent and also to the express will of God (44, i.e. He'd given the land to the Philistines, later challenging the Israelites to take it [by trusting Him to give them victory in battle], but they failed to do so [i.e. their fear of the Philistines overcame their faith in God to deliver victory]). His proposal involves carving out historic Philistia for a Palestinian state, from the usually dry stream "Wadi el Arish" in NE Egypt as its SW border to the seasonal stream "Nahal Sorek" in the NE (between Ashdod and Joppa/Tel Aviv), extending roughly 15 miles inland across what the Bible calls the "Philistine Plain" to the Shephelah (i.e. "lowlands"), to include all 5 historic Philistine cities of Gaza, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Ekron and Gath. Most of the land would come from Israel, with a small section in the SW coming from Egypt. While this is a very interesting idea, it seems unlikely to me that the Palestinians would agree to it, nor would Egypt likely be willing to part with any land in her NE region, as required by this plan. Though if all parties truly want peace, I agree with Kermit that this is a promising blueprint for that goal. Practically speaking, I would think giving the Philistine Plain to the Palestinians would be much less painful to Israel than parting with the biblically and historically (for them) much more meaningful West Bank. I couldn't help but chuckle when I got to the one little "catch" for the Palestinians in being given the Philistine Plain; that while Isaiah 11 fortells that "a people whom the prophet called the Philistines (Palestinians?) might yet be reestablished in 'the land of the Philistines' ... the context of Isaiah 11:14 concerns the yet future Messianic DESTRUCTION of Israel's neighbors, the Philistines and the Jordanians" (191). So here's the offer: "Sure, you can have the land, but there's just one tiny little catch!" :-) I have several concerns about Kermit's case, including his citation of McGovern (104) and Carter (107) statements in support of the idea that under international law the Palestinians are just as entitled to self-determination in Palestine