Doesn't the "tanahk" say that Gaza is "promised" to the "tribe of Judah"?

No but the UN says that Gaza belongs to the Palestinians as well as West bank and Golan.

The Olso accords look 'em up. Even Israel agreed to this

@ Choko: Maybe you should get a clue. It's not Hammas who is building walls through Palestinian territory. It's not Hammas who invade Palestinian villages at will and terrorize the people daily. It's not Hammas that has the most advanced military in the world and who broke the Nov. 4th ceasefire.

What are you going to do with your clue?

You have a lot of misconceptions here: Allow me to correct you.

The Tanach (that is the correct spelling), mentions that Jews (Yehudim or "Judah" refers to Judaism) will return to the land of Israel once the Messiah comes.

This means a few of the following:

- An era of world peace has been ushered in

- There is no longer sickness, disease, suffering and pain

- The Third Temple has been constructed

Before the time of Messiah, Jews are destined to live all across the lands (known as galus). There is nothing in the Tanach about "Gaza" or perishing.

Please be respectful to the fact that Judaism is a religion and like any group of people there are those who are for or against Israeli politics.

Yes,and these references have heavily influenced zionist policy from the inception of their alleged government. Daniel Kurzman in his biography of David Ben-Gurion makes it very clear that athiest or not Ben-Gurion definitely regarded the Tanakh as a font of wisdom and he emphatically insisted on following the recommendations regarding the fate of Gaza. WE have no reason to think the policy has changed. If anyone doubted the "israelis" wish to liquidate the Gaza and it's people,they must have slept through the last eight weeks.

It just says sign the petition but it doesn't explain what the wording of the petition is.

Serious people, including the Israeli government, do not cite a religious reason for Israel to exist.

Because if Jews claim their scripture supports Israel, other religions could claim the opposite. Then, the fight for Israeli existence turns into a religious disagreement, which cannot be solved.

The zionists of Israel are following the historical precedent set by the fledgling United States - wipe out or disenfranchise any native peoples, so that they cannot effectively resist the overt theft of land and resources by foreign (European) aggressors. In order for Israel to have a state that is both Democratic, and Jewish, the non-jews must be reduced to an ineffectual minority.

As for scriptural basis, most reasonable people would question the validity of any claim that an aggressor's self-created scripture gives them divine right to take the land, property or rights of others. In the case of America, pundits created the notion of "manifest destiny" implying that it was ordained to be, by God.

This has nothing to do with "blind hatred", as you suggest, but the sins of greed and selfishness, compounded by the most sinister and inhumane blood lust.

Don't talk complete codswallop. The recent conflict has precisely zilch to do with anything in the Tanakh (note spelling) and everything to do with the difficult of maintaining territorial integrity when surrounded by hostile countries and being regularly attacked by rockets from Gaza. That isn't homicidal fury, and I can promise you it isn't religious (else there would have been no fighting on shabbat). It's entirely political, and just like the wars waged by nations all round the world.

Not a influence. Most Israelis are secular. When rockets are constantly being fired into places like S'derot the reaction is understandable.

Personally, I think the victims are the Palestinian people that are being used by Hamas (check out their 'mission statement' - not sure what the correct phrase is - they call for the complete extermination of Israel. Not a Palestinian state, but destruction of Israel).

Sure does. You read that passage in "Amos" and then check out the bombing of Gaza City video footage on Youtube. Don't tell me there isn't a connection.

And if I write a book that says god says all of the US belongs to me, does that mean I get to take it over by force?

Yes, religious fanaticism is the source of most of the conflict in the middle east. It's been that way for many thousands of years, ever since the hebrews came in and slaughtered millions in their god's name, and took over the land...and the competing local religion (islam) made the exact same land *their* holy ground that god promised to them.

Peace.