Warning: Enemies within the gates

IT WAS LIKE a devastating punch to the solar plexus. The unthinkable could happen.
As a former Middle East Bureau chief for a major news-gathering organization, based in Jerusalem, word that parts of that Israeli city were up for grabs sent shivers up and down my spine.
I, at first thought it was just a nightmare and I'd wake up soon, but it seems feasible that Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has placed Jerusalem, or some of it, on the bargaining table in an effort to appease the Palestinians and the likes of Abu Mazen (Mahmoud Abbas), who succeeded the vicious Yasser Arafat.
And Olmert has been quoted as believing that "the current Palestinian leadership is not a terrorist leadership."
Present-day Israeli politicians, such as Olmert, must never forget the atrocities committed against the Jews by supposed "civilized" people from the past; the more than six million, who died during Hitler's reign of terror.
Of course, the Jews have suffered through atrocity after atrocity for some 1,900 years, and should never, never give away The Land for what could prove to be just smoke and mirrors.
On Monday, the Arabic Al Quds Al-Arabiya stated Olmert had agreed that Arabs in eastern Jerusalem would be granted Jordanian citizenship. In addition, Vice Prime Minister Haim Ramon has advocated the Palestinian Authority be allowed to make its capital somewhere in East Jerusalem, according to Bill Wilson of Koenig's International News.
And in a supposed age of mass communications, this possible "enemy" takeover has only been met with silence, both within Israel and in the rest of the world. As one observer wrote: "There have been no rallies, no mass demonstrations, no expressions of outrage by American Jewish organizations -- just one big yawn."
While Olmert has had his own problems in recent court proceedings, it appears as if his close aide and friend, Ramon, is leading the charge for dividing Jerusalem and also "his own plan to hand over half of the city to the Palestinian Authority (PA), not to Jordan," according to Hana Levi Julian.
She also quoted National Union Knesset Member Tzvi Hendel, who railed: "I realized a long time ago to my sorrow that there was no doubt Olmert would divide Jerusalem. Today it has become clear that even the Temple Mount is on the sales sheet for destruction."
So, obviously, this division includes the Muslim-controlled Temple Mount and even the Western Wall, the "heart of hearts of the Jewish people," in Jerusalem.
In the same article, Julian pointed out that Olmert's leanings towards dividing the city was in contradiction to his promise he made to Christian Zionists last year.
It would appear Olmert is now siding with the Americans' scheme to give equal shares to both the Jews and the Arabs in a so-called "peace" initiative. However, in this observer's opinion, such a giveaway would only allow terrorist organizations such as Hamas a strategic foothold in its vile effort to actually wipe Israel off the face of the map. And all this would be done with Iran's Ahmadinejad smirking in the background.
The combination of the U.S. and Olmert's weak leadership, seemingly, knows no bounds in giving up The Land, a sliver of a nation given to them by Almighty God, according to the Bible. It's a belief held by millions of Jews and Christians throughout the world.
Former Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu has voiced his concerns in response to Olmert's recent speech in the Knesset.
"Olmert will place Hamas men on the walls of Jerusalem," Netanyahu was quoted in the Israel Insider, adding, "Jerusalem will fast become a pilgrimage site for terrorists from all over the world. Handing over half of Jerusalem to the Palestinians would render the other half uninhabitable ... The town's square will once again stand empty."
Netanyahu, also in the same Israel Insider article, claimed ceding parts of Judea and Samaria to the Palestinians would enable Hamas to fire rockets at Tel Aviv and elsewhere.
While Netanyahu has held the belief Iran's long-range scheme would be the annihilation of Israel and then the U.S., which could include Canada, it might not have to be done by force, but by such benign subterfuge as first taking over Jerusalem with soft-pedalled diplomatic words.
The words from Psalm 137, the song of the exiled children of Israel, sung by the waters of Babylon, should never be forgotten:
How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand
forget her cunning.
If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth;
if I prefer not Jerusalem above my highest joys.