A Solution after October 7, 2023

It is noteworthy that already before the Israelites entered the land given by God, Egypt attempted to decimate them near the Red Sea. God miraculously saved His chosen people and turned things around so that the Egyptian army drowned in the sea.

Centuries later, at the height of the Persian kingdom, another attempt to kill the Jews was thwarted. Haman the Agagite, probably a descendant of the Amalekites, who had also been an age-old enemy, initiated the attempt. Again, God arranged history and Haman lost his life. Just before he was killed, his wife and friends warned him, “If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of the Jewish people, you will not overcome him but will surely fall before him.” (Esther 6:13).

On two other occasions, God miraculously saved the Israelites from a much stronger enemy, without them even fighting! In the days of king Hezekiah of Judah, the Assyrian army took over the land and laid siege to Jerusalem. Hezekiah and the people put their trust in the Lord and in the words of the prophet Isaiah. Then, in one night the heavenly Angel of the Lord killed 185,000 Assyrian soldiers (2 Kings 19:35). In the days of king Jehoshaphat, the Ammonites, Moabites and Edomites made a surprise attack on the land. However, God caused a confusion among them and they killed each other, so that the Israelites were saved without even having to fight against them (2 Chronicles 20:22-23).

God’s acts of protection can be seen as His commitment to His promise to Abraham. He had said to him, “I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse (Genesis 12:3).

Sadly, with the disappearance of the Edomites and other peoples, the enmity against Israel didn’t stop. In the 2^nd Century the Roman Emperor attempted to remove all references to the nation of Israel, by renaming the land Palestine and renaming Jerusalem to Aelia Capitolina.

In the 7^th Century, the area was conquered by Muslim warriors, who declared the territory to belong to Islam. The inhabitants of the land were given the choice between converting to Islam or death, except for the Jews and Christians. They were permitted to live, if they paid the special Jizya tax.
According to trusted Islamic sources, the prophet of Islam, Muhammad, has foretold that a time will come when no Jizya can be paid anymore. Upon the return of the Messiah, the Jizya will be abolished, meaning the Jews and Christians will have to either become Muslims or be killed. In the end, the Muslims will kill any remaining Jew, with the help of speaking trees and rocks. If a Jew hides behind a tree or rock, it will say, ‘Muslim, here is a Jew behind me; come and kill him.’ (1)

The anticipated killing of the Jews is adopted by Hamas in their Charter, issued in 1988. (2) It proclaims that Israel will exist until Islam obliterates it, and jihad against Jews is required until Judgement Day. Compromise over the land is forbidden. The documents promote holy war as divinely ordained, reject political solutions, and call for instilling these views in children. Although the wording has been softened in 2017, the recent actions by Hamas adherents, shows that the original intentions are still alive among them.

Though most Muslims will not claim to want the death of all the Jews, anyone who takes their religion serious will be expected to agree that this is the ultimate plan of God according to Islam.