FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – April 5, 2005
Contacts: Esther Levens - 913-648-0022
Dr. James Vineyard - 405-943-3326
Dr. Ron Beals - 903-531-2273
   
Thousands will rally for Israel
Monday, April 11th, 2005, 1:00pm – 3:30pm
Crawford, Texas
TO SUPPORT ISRAEL’S SURVIVAL AND OPPOSE A PALESTINIAN TERRORIST STATE

President George W. Bush has invited Prime Minister of Israel Ariel Sharon to the Crawford Ranch on April 11th. The prime topic of discussion will be the Disengagement Plan and the Road Map. Both leaders agree on the principle of a two-state solution to the Arab/Palestinian conflict.

Members of the Unity Coalition for Israel, an alliance of more than 200 Christian and Jewish organizations throughout the United States, representing millions of Americans, have taken a firm position in opposition to this concept, predicting along with leaders of the Israel Defense Force (IDF), Former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, heroic Russian dissident and now member of Sharon's Cabinet, Natan Sharansky, and other knowledgeable security experts in Israel, that the minute land is unilaterally given to the Palestinians a new war is expected to break out.

The Palestinians have not renounced terrorism, only put it temporarily on hold. Giving land and U.S. taxpayer dollars to dispossess thousands of families of Jews who have resided in Gaza, Judea and Samaria for several generations is not popular in the United States. The evacuation of 9-10,000 Jews from Gaza and the Shomron is regarded by the Palestinians as a reward for 4½ years of murderous brutality in the ongoing global jihad against Christians, Jews and other non-Muslims.

Guests arriving from Israel include victims of terror, think-tank members, college professors, and other outstanding spokesmen who will be flying to Crawford direct from Israel.

Rally buses will be arriving from Colorado, Oklahoma, throughout the state of Texas and as far away as New York. Buses will also be leaving from the Dallas-Fort Worth airport.

Esther Levens, CEO & Founder of the Unity Coalition for Israel said:

“This will be a peaceful demonstration, appealing to both countries' leaders to reconsider their stand in view of the fact that major violence can erupt from this threat to Israel's very existence. The U.S. must be consistent in our war against terror. We must not fight terror in Iraq and Afghanistan and at the same time promote Palestinian terror against Israel. Carving a Palestinian state out of the heartland of Israel, as a reward for killing the people of that nation, makes no sense.”

Dr. James Vineyard, Pastor from Oklahoma City, Windsor Hills Baptist Church, organizer of the entire rally, who has worked tirelessly to coordinate all efforts, had this to say:

“We, as a nation, are at war with radical Islamic terrorism in Afghanistan and Iraq. Now comes the Saudi-originated, European Union approved, Tony Blair-approved, pro-Arab U.S. State Department Road Map–Disengagement Plan. Israel, with American complicity, is about to establish the “world's largest terrorist protected base”. This Saudi-originated plan must be stopped.

“Come to the rally. Bring a carload. Bring a busload. Bring your Christian and Jewish friends April 11th, 1:00 pm, Crawford, Texas. Plan to arrive early. This Saudi-originated plan must be stopped.”

Dr. Ron Beals, well-known physician, who is coordinating the Tyler area of Texas said:

“In the Bible, the Creator tells us in Leviticus 25:23 that He owns the land and it may not be sold. He has set Israel's Biblical borders of the land, including Gaza, in Numbers 34. The scriptures tell us that He gave the land in a trust relationship to the Jewish people and ONLY the Jewish People. The Creator has also told us in Joel 3:2 that He would bring judgment on those who divide His land. I feel it is like shaking your fist at the Lord to ignore His commands and words. No one has the right to give away His land.”

For further information, contact Pastor Jim Vineyard at 405-943-3326 or email whbc@windsorhills.org to RSVP.
He is the coordinator of this extensive effort to alert decision makers to the flaws within the Road Map and the Disengagement Plan and to get people to the rally in Crawford.