"Genocidal Islamism"

That's the phrase being used to describe accurately and honestly the Palestinian, Hamas, Hezbollah, Syrian, and Iranian coalition against Israel, a coalition aimed at wiping Israel off the map of the Middle East, as explicitly asserted by the Hitlerite leader of Iran. My source is Charles Krauthammer's article "Israel's Existence at Stake" at this RealClearPolitics.com link , courtesy of a reader from Rhode Island. The article will make the stakes of the current war clear. Lasting peace will come only from disarmament of both Hamas and Hezbollah and from regime change in both Syria and Iran. So lasting peace is very much a long term proposition. In the meantime, the U.S. must stand fast in full support of Israel. May Israel, the country of our elder brothers in the faith (in the words of John Paul the Great), be victorious in defending herself from her rabid enemies. May the enemies of Israel be put to shame and to flight. May the enemies of Israel be scattered. May the right hand of the Lord rescue his first chosen people who are still bound to the Lord's promises, as St. Paul wrote in Romans 11:29: "For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable" (ESV). Many Catholics are unaware of this surprising verse from Paul that still binds the first Israel to God (the new and second Israel is the Church). But there it is. So to pray for old Israel's safety and continued existence is very Catholic, very New Testament, and very Pauline: another teaching moment.

Update: See this link for comments by Cardinal Schönborn, editor of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, affirming God's gift of land to Israel. The Cardinal cites John Paul the Great as agreeing that the biblical promise of land to Israel is still valid. See also Catechism, section 839.