It’s God’s will

I just got finished viewing a You Tube video about Israel’s abuse and mistreatment of Palestinian children. In the video, a Jewish Israeli woman claims that God promised Israel to the Jews and therefore, all non-Jews could accept this and leave voluntarily or stay and have Israeli force confront them.

I thought about her statement for a while and tried to come to grips with the notion that God was once in the real estate business. That might also explain how the Catskill Mountains became the vacation playground to Jews.

Of course we know now that God rescinded his Catskill promise. This was probably his unhappiness with all the hanky-panky going on every summer. But God, being fair to his “chosen,” offered them South Florida instead. Now the Jewish community can have their playground year round instead of being limited to summers.

However, God’s behavior does raise some questions. Why, if he wanted the Jews to have Israel, did he kick them out in the first place? Also consider that being God, why not come down here and tell the Palestinians they must leave? It would avoid all this bloodshed and, after all, a promise is a promise. Would any fair minded person expect that God would renege on his promise?

I began to wonder about God’s time as a real estate agent and what other promises were made. Did he promise Texas and New Mexico to the Mexicans? Did he promise Puerto Rico to the Puerto Ricans? Did he promise the Crimea to the Russians? Did he promise the Americas to the Native Americans, now known as Indians?

Unfortunately, there is no record of God’s work while he was in real estate.

Dave Alpert has masters degrees in social work, educational administration, and psychology. He spent his career working with troubled inner city adolescents.