Israel could be ready to give up land

A report from ynetnews.com states a Palestinian source has told them that the American peace envoy to the Mid-east has received word from Israel that they are willing to turn control of more areas in the West Bank over to Palestinian control in order to restart peace talks.

I wonder why Israel is now willing to do this. This is land promised to them by God, and if they are freely willing of their own accord to trade it in the hope of achieving peace, then that is their decision to make. (It's important to note here that this transfer of land would only restart peace talks. It does not guarantee a peace agreement. If the talks do not produce peace, they would have given up land for nothing.) Personally, I think taking this action would be a mistake, but as I said it is their land and their decision.

My great concern is if they are doing this freely, or if this move is the result of external pressure. I hope and pray that if this article is true, and this decision has been made that it was not made due to pressure from our government on the Israeli government. Pressuring Israel into surrendering their God-given land would be a very dangerous move for our nation. Genesis 12:3 records that God will bless those who bless Israel and curse those who curse Israel. Let's pray that our nation through its foreign policy does not place itself in the position of those who curse Israel.

Here is the article from ynetnews.com:

http://www.ynetnews.com/Ext/Comp/ArticleLayout/CdaArticlePrintPreview/1,2506,L-3841945,00.html