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Here are some stories from or about Israel that I feel may have prophetic significance. It is for each of you to read and pray about these things. Learn more about Israel here.
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- Journalist: Brace for guerilla warfare in Golan (December 31, 2006) - Israel's poor performance against Hizbullah last summer boosted support for President Bashar Assad 's popularity among the Syrian people who are ready for confrontation with Israel, a senior Syrian journalist told Ynet. "There is no doubt that the Lebanon war and the Israeli defeat are a source of encouragement, and also a source for recruiting the Syrian people who see itself as a pioneer and example to other Arab people. It is looking at how the Lebanese defeated and expelled the Israelis from their land while its land remains occupied. "The Syrian people understood the possibility that a war will break out, even at the price Damascus and Syrian cities being bombarded," a senior Syrian journalist told Ynet. His words reflect the Syrian regime's mood as Israel continues to shun Syrian peace overtures. Assad has been signaling willingness to talk peace with the Jewish state, but on the other hand, the journalist says, "The principle is that so long we haven't freed our land in a peaceful path, we are entitled to do so militarily. The Syrian people in the occupied Golan Heights have the right to return to their homeland." He said that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's ruling out of talks with Syria is a sign that, "Israelis are not serious about talks with Syria … one time they demand that Syria sever its ties with Israel, another time to sever ties with Hizbullah – and another time with Hamas. All this show that the Israelis look for excuses in order not to deal with the real issue – fully withdrawing from the Golan Heights." more... | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam |
- Iran: Mahdi will defeat archenemy in Jerusalem (December 31, 2006) - A triumphal religious prophecy has appeared on an Iranian official state media website, heralding the return of the Shiite messiah. According to the website, "Imam Mahdi (may God hasten his reappearance) will appear all of a sudden on the world scene with a voice from the skies announcing his reappearance at the holy Ka'ba in Mecca." The Islamic Republic of Iran broadcasting (IRIB) website said in a program called 'The World Towards Illumination,' that the Mahdi will reappear in Mecca and form an army to defeat Islam's enemies in a series of apocalyptic battles, in which the Mahdi will overcome his archvillain in Jerusalem. The series has been regularly updated throughout November and December. "The Mahdi's far sightedness and firmness in the face of mischievous elements will strike awe. After his uprising from Mecca all of Arabia will be submit to him and then other parts of the world as he marches upon Iraq and established his seat of global government in the city of Kufa. “Then the Imam will send 10 thousand of his forces to the east and west to uproot the oppressors. At this time God will facilitate things for him and lands will come under his control one after the other," the website declared. "After his appearance the Imam would remain in Mecca for some time, and then go to Medina... a descendant of the Prophet's archenemy Abu Sofyan will seize Syria and attack Iraq and the Hejaz with the ferocity of a beast… finally Imam Mahdi sends troops who kill the Sofyani in Beit ol-Moqaddas (Jerusalem), the Islamic holy city in Palestine that is currently under occupation of the Zionists," the IRIB added. more... | Iran | Israel | Islam |
- US Pollster Blames Jewish State for Bethlehem’s Ills (December 29, 2007) - A widely publicized report by a Washington-based pollster blames Israel’s separation barrier for Bethlehem’s ills, though the city’s problems began well before the wall was even conceived. Zogby International stated in its findings that Bethlehem “has been fast losing its indigenous Christian population since the construction of the Israeli wall plunged Bethlehem into economic crisis.” The poll was commissioned by Open Bethlehem, a private non-profit organization run by John Zogby, brother of the man who founded the powerful Arab–American Institute lobby. Both are the sons of Lebanese Catholics. The organization, which is campaigning to make Bethlehem an international city, is backed by Catholics, former US president Jimmy Carter, and Arabs. Zogby wrote that US Christians “are likely to be shocked by the discovery that seven out of ten Christians in Bethlehem believe Israel treats the town’s Christian heritage with brutality or indifference.” Most major news services have disseminated the poll without noting the historical discrepancies and omission of recent events, particularly Muslim violence against Christians and the fleeing of Christians since the Palestinian Authority [PA] took control of the area. In 1948, Christians comprised some 90% of the city’s population. Dropping steadily over the years, the Christian population still stood at 60% in 1990, at the beginning of the first intifada. The exodus of Christians increased sharply after the PA took control of the city in 1995, when former PA chairman Yasser Arafat changed the city’s borders to include an additional 30,000 Muslims. In today’s Bethlehem, Muslims outnumber Christians 6–1. The Zogby poll summary does not discuss this historical backdrop. It instead quotes several remaining Christians about alleged oppression, ignoring Muslim harassment and even suggesting that it does not exist. It is equally significant that the Zogby poll makes no mention of the most recent anti-Christian crusades carried out against the population by their Muslim neighbors. more... | Israel | Islam |
- Olmert Recognizes PA Flag (December 29, 2006) - For the first time in the history of the State of Israel, the red, black, green and white flag of the Palestinian Authority stood next to the official state flag of Israel bearing the blue Jewish Star flanked by two stripes on its field of white, last Saturday Night. It was the first of several surprises. The meeting between Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas came days earlier than expected, with government spokesmen saying security concerns had advanced the meeting and delayed the announcement. Several agreements were ironed out within that first meeting. These included the release of $100 million in frozen tax money for the PA, loosening of travel restrictions on PA Arabs in Judea and Samaria and increasing the number of permits for them to work inside Israel's pre-1967 borders. In addition to the usual smiling photo ops, both men seemed intent on creating a message of unity, warmth and formal diplomacy. The Jewish Prime Minister addressed Abu Mazen – Abbas’s nom de guerre – as “Mr. President.” Until now, Abbas has been referred to as the PA Chairman. With that appellation and a kiss on each cheek, Olmert launched a new era of diplomatic relations for the PA leader, prompting the New York-based Jewish Daily Forward to comment that it appeared to be a meeting of two heads of state. more... | Israel | Islam | Way to make them feel confirmed Olmert. It wasn't even until Israel became a nation that anyone wanted the desolate area. Then as prophesied, the desert bloomed for Israel. Ezekiel 36 Then all of a sudden the Muslim nations rose up against Israel. Now they claim it was their land. Meanwhile, they destroy any artifacts under the Temple Mount that could validate the Jewish origins there so they can re-write history and get rid of the Jews. They hate them with a satanic hatred. It will only get stronger until Christ returns and wipes them out. Bottom line is that the land is in the hands of who God wants to have it and who both politically and militarily own it. For the first time in history I'm aware of, the world is trying to force a nation to give back land won in a war. The land was given to them originally by God thousands of years ago and more recently after the holocaust. More info here.
- 'Israeli weapons transfer to be used against Jews' (December 28, 2006) - Weapons transferred yesterday with the help of Israel to militants from Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party will be used in attacks against the Jewish state, a senior Fatah militant told WND. Also, a leader of the Popular Resistance Committees, a major Palestinian terror group suspected of attacks against U.S. Middle East targets, told WND his organization has infiltrated Fatah and likely will obtain some of the new arms. According to reports here, Egypt yesterday transferred 2,000 AK-47 assault rifles, 20,000 magazines and two million rounds of ammunition to Fatah security organizations in the Gaza Strip to bolster the groups in clashes against rival Hamas factions. Hamas and Fatah have engaged in heavy firefights since Abbas earlier this month called for new Palestinian elections in a move widely seen as an attempt to dismantle the Hamas-led PA. The Egyptian weapons were delivered yesterday with the help of the Israeli Defense Forces and with authorization from Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, according to Israel's Haaretz daily newspaper. Israeli and Palestinian security officials confirmed the Egyptian weapons shipments to WND. According to the officials, four trucks filled with Egyptian weapons were transferred into Israel through a major border crossing in coordination with the IDF. The Israeli army then escorted the arms to a Gaza Strip checkpoint, where they were received by PA security personnel affiliated with Mahmoud Dahlan, a Fatah strongman in Gaza. Israel's Defense Ministry said Olmert approved the Egyptian weapons shipment to bolster peace in the region. more... | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | Well duh!!! I can't believe they're giving arms to Muslims intent on taking their land in order to "bolster peace in the region." Giving weapons to Muslims thirsty for Jewish blood is always a great way to bolster peace. Are they completely blind? Yes. God has blinded them. Romans 11:8 Apparently beyond just understanding God's plan for them. Their blindness has extended to eliminate any common sense too. They're giving the guns to the people who will kill 2/3 of them immediately following the abomination of desolation.
- Olmert: Assad up to His Neck in Terror Activity (December 27, 2007) - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told European Union and other ambassadors Wednesday [December 27] that “Israel is certainly interested in conducting negotiations for peace with Syria,” but added that Damascus’ actions indicate that its peace overtures are “not serious.” The prime minister added that Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime supports Hizbullah, destabilizes Lebanon, protects Hamas and Islamic Jihad leaders, and maintains close ties with Iran, which calls for Israel’s destruction. Olmert said that there is no reason for Israel to give up on its principles when the Syrian president is “up to his neck in terror-supporting activity.” Turning his attention to the Palestinians, the prime minister told the ambassadors that the international community supports the implementation of the Road Map and the Quartet’s guidelines. “These guidelines obligate the Palestinians to execute their commitment, denounce terror, and fight it–as a basic condition for negotiations,” he said. “These guidelines must be upheld.” Olmert also updated the ambassadors on Israel’s gestures aimed at strengthening moderate Palestinian Authority elements. | Israel | Islam |
- IDF: Hizbullah almost at full strength (December 21, 2006) - Predicting that it is "just a matter of time" before Hizbullah attacks Israel, a high-ranking officer from the Northern Command revealed to The Jerusalem Post Wednesday that the Lebanese guerrilla group had nearly returned to full strength and was almost at the level it was before this summer's Lebanon war. Syria, the officer said, had used the past four months since the end of the war to transfer - sometimes on a daily basis - truckloads of advanced rockets and weaponry to Hizbullah in Lebanon. The weapon transfers, he said, were not even executed covertly, but were conducted "out in the open" for the entire world to see. "Hizbullah needs to legitimize its existence, and therefore will continue to fight," said the officer, adding that if and when Hizbullah attacked, it would be up to the country's diplomatic echelon to determine Israel's response. The IDF, the officer said, was busy training brigades and battalions in urban warfare centers in the North and the South in preparation for the possibility that a new round of violence would erupt. The officer said that while there was no clear intelligence indicating that war was on the horizon, the possibility of one was the "working assumption" for the Northern Command. "We have a wide arsenal of potential responses," said the officer. "From another Operation Change of Direction [name of the IDF operation during the Lebanon war] to limiting a response to shooting the guerrilla who attacks." The Navy has also been training for another war and on Tuesday night conducted a number of simulations during a visit by IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Dan Halutz to one of its missile ships. The officer said that while it was possible that Hizbullah would attack Israel in the near future, it was also possible that Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora's government would succeed in enforcing both order in Lebanon and UN Security Council Resolution 1701. "If the Lebanese government does not implement the resolution then we are most probably on our way to another round with Hizbullah," he said. more... | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam |
- Iran's oil revenue running dry, Iran's economic woes could make the country unstable (December 25, 2006) - Iran is suffering a staggering decline in revenue from its oil exports, and if the trend continues income could virtually disappear by 2015, according to an analysis published this week in a journal of the National Academy of Sciences. Iran's economic woes could make the country unstable and vulnerable, with its oil industry crippled, Roger Stern, an economic geographer at Johns Hopkins University, said in the report and in an interview. Iran earns about $50-billion (U.S.) a year in oil exports. The decline is estimated at 10 to 12 per cent annually. In less than five years exports could be halved and then disappear by 2015, Mr. Stern predicted. For two decades, far longer than its designation by U.S. President George W. Bush in January 2002 as part of the “axis of evil,” the United States has deployed military forces in the region in a strategy to pre-empt emergence of a regional superpower. Iraq was stopped in the 1991 Persian Gulf War, but a hostile Iran remains a target of U.S. threats. The U.S. military exercises have not stopped Iran's drive. But the report said the country could be destabilized by declining oil exports, hostility to foreign investment to develop new oil resources and poor state planning, Mr. Stern said. Mr. Stern's analysis, which appears in this week's edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, supports U.S. and European suspicions that Iran is trying to develop nuclear weapons in violation of international understandings. But, Mr. Stern says, there could be merit to Iran's assertion that it needs nuclear power for civilian purposes “as badly as it claims.” He said oil production is declining and both gas and oil are being sold domestically at highly subsidized rates. At the same time, Iran is neglecting to reinvest in its oil production. “With an explosive demand at home and poor management, the appeal of nuclear power, financed by Russia, could fill a real need for production of more electricity.” more... | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | Given Ahmadinejad's belief that the end of times and Muslim domination of the world is at hand, is he thinking about the future of their country as a distinct nation and trying to preserve it, or is he utilizing all his resources now to advance the cause of Islam across the world and wipe out Israel? You be the judge, but an unstable Islamic nation bent on world domination while pursuing nuclear technology and chanting "death to Israel" and "death to the USA" while promising to "wipe Israel off the map" catches my attention. Especially in light of Bible prophecy which states that Persia will be part of the coalition that attempts to destroy Israel. God will stop them for now though. It will be interesting to see it come together. Keep watching!
- Syrian guerrillas 'to launch resistance within months' (December 11, 2006) - Baath official tells WND new militant organization ready to attack if Israel doesn't vacate strategic land. If Israel does not vacate the Golan Heights within months, a guerrilla organization allegedly formed in Syria will soon launch "resistance operations" against Israeli positions and Jewish communities in the Golan, an official from Syrian President Bashar Assad's Baath party told WND in an exclusive interview. "If in the coming months an agreement is not forged between Israel and Syria [for an Israeli withdrawal from the Golan], the Committees will begin attacks," said the official, who spoke on condition his name be withheld during an in-person interview with WND and with the G. Gordon Liddy national radio show. The official was referring to the Committees for the Liberation of the Golan Heights, a Hezbollah-like guerrilla organization Baath party sources claim was formed in Syria to attack Israeli positions in the Golan. The Baath official told WND Syria learned from Hezbollah's military campaign against Israel that "fighting" is more effective than peace negotiations with regard to gaining territory. Hezbollah claims its goal is to liberate the Shebaa Farms, a small, 12-square-mile bloc situated between Syria, Lebanon and Israel. The cease-fire resolution accepted by Israel to end its military campaign in Lebanon this past summer calls for negotiations leading to Israel's relinquishing of the Shebaa Farms. The Baath official told WND Syria's new Committees for the Liberation of the Golan Heights was formed this past June and that the group consists of Syrian volunteers, many from the Syrian border with Turkey and from Palestinian refugee camps near Damascus. He said Syria held registration for volunteers to join the Committees in June. The official said attacks by the Committees may include the infiltration of Jewish communities in the Golan, rocket attacks against Israeli positions or raids of Golan-based Israeli military installations. He said all attacks would be launched from the Syrian side of the border. The Golan Heights is strategic mountainous territory captured by the Jewish state after Syria used the terrain to attack Israel in 1967 and again in 1973. The Heights looks down on major Syrian and Israeli population centers, but there are a few areas where the Israeli and Syrian sides are level. Military officials here long have maintained returning the Golan Heights to Syria would grant Damascus the ability to mount an effective ground invasion of the Jewish state. The Heights has a population of about 35,000 – approximately 18,000 Jewish residents and 17,000 Arabs, mostly Druze. The Arab residents retain their Syrian citizenship, but under Israeli law they can also sue for Israeli citizenship. About a dozen officials from Assad's Baath party live and operate in the Golan. WND first reported in June on the alleged formation of the Front for the Liberation of the Golan. One month later, a man identified as the leader of the Front gave an interview to state-run Iranian television. Israel is taking the information seriously. Amos Yadlin, head of the IDF's intelligence branch, told the Knesset in October that Syria is indeed in the early stages of forming a Hezbollah-like group. more... | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | Would Israel attack Syria preemptively if they believe this will happen or because it begins to happen? If so, we may see Isaiah 17 soon. They've threatened to before.
- Modern day Gog and Magog (December 10, 2006) - Similarities between Ezekiel's prophecies, today's Mideast reality uncanny. Current world events are beginning to increasingly resemble the 2,500 year old bible prophecy made by Ezekiel in chapters 38-39. Ezekiel foresaw the rise of Russia (or Turkey, depending on the interpretation) in a coalition with Iran and other Middle Eastern countries (Sudan, Ethiopia and Libya). The coalition is foretold to attack Israel from the north in a bid to destroy it during the earth's "last days," commonly known as the "war of Gog and Magog." Throughout history it was thought that the prophecy had been put on hold, until perhaps today when it seems frighteningly more feasible. In Joel C. Rosenberg's book "The Ezekiel Option," the author points to Ezekiel's prophecies in chapters 36-37, which have largely come true. Rosenberg then asks the obvious question: If prophecies such as "the rebirth of the State of Israel, the return of the Jews to the Holy Land after centuries in exile, the re-blossoming of desolate desert land to produce abundant food, fruit and foliage, and the creation of an exceedingly great army" materialized in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, then why shouldn't the next prophecies come true in our lifetime? more... | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | Keep watching!
- U.S. And U.K. Leaders Agree On Two-State Solution (December 8, 2006) - United States President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair told reporters in a joint news conference Thursday that they are both committed to a Palestinian state next to Israel. Both leaders agreed that the two-state solution is in the best interests of both Israelis and PA Arabs, they said. One obstacle to that goal, said Bush, is achieving a PA unity government that would be willing to meet the Quartet (U.S., Russia, European Union and United Nations) demands. Those demands include official recognition of the State of Israel, renouncing violence and agreeing to uphold peace agreements with Israel signed by the prior PA administration. Hamas, which now leads the Palestinian Authority, rejects these points. The second obstacle, said Bush, is reaching a successful conclusion to the negotiations over a prisoner swap between Israel and Hamas in order to free IDF Cpl. Gilad Shalit. The soldier was kidnapped by Hamas terrorists or their allies in a cross-border raid in June. | Israel | Islam | America | Don't expect America's hedge of protection to stand much longer at this rate. Read Koenig's book, Eye To Eye, where he goes over some history of political events coinciding with hurricanes Andrew and Katrina to the day. Zechariah 12:2,3 "Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem. And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it."
- Haniyeh Vows To Never Recognize Israel (December 8, 2006) - Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh vowed on Friday that his Hamas-led government will never recognize Israel and will continue to fight for the liberation of Jerusalem. "The world arrogance (US) and Zionists... want us to recognize the usurpation of the Palestinian lands and stop jihad and resistance and accept the agreements reached with the Zionist enemies in the past," Haniyeh told thousands of Friday prayer worshippers in a speech at Tehran University. The United States is pressing the Hamas-led Palestinian government to recognize Israel, renounce violence and form a national unity government with the moderate Fatah party in a bid to revive the peace process with Israel. "I'm insisting from this podium that these issues won't materialize. We will never recognize the usurper Zionist government and will continue our jihad-like movement until the liberation of Jerusalem," he said. Haniyeh arrived in the Iranian capital on Thursday for a four-day visit for talks with Iranian leaders including hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who has called for Israel to be "wiped off the map." The Palestinian prime minister is on his first tour abroad since his Hamas-led government took office in March. more... | Israel | Islam | Maybe we should believe them?!!! Look at the story above. They are fighting for something the other side doesn't want. The other side wants no Israel, not half of Israel. Their whole claim to the land is a false claim proven by historical documents that show it wasn't until Israel became a nation that Islam got up in arms and tried to wipe them out and move in (sometimes by pushing their own people) to usurp their land. And on top of that, at no time in history has any nation been forced to give up land won in a war like Israel is. But the world blindly appeases those that yell the loudest and can harm them the most. Out of fear the whole world believes simply because it is yelled the loudest and longest. I guess Hitler was right. Evil is very intelligent, and the master of evil desires humanities souls. Pray for the Muslims because they are in the thick of his deceptions and very strongly blinded to reality through brainwashing at very young ages to fulfill the Koran's stated goal of Islamic world domination at any price.
- Nasrallah: Weapons Aimed At Israel Only (December 8, 2006) - Hizbullah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah on Thursday said that his organization's weapons would be used against Israel, and Israel only. In a speech made to thousands of supporters in central Beirut - his strongest-ever attack on the government - Nasrallah vowed to bring down the Lebanese government led by Prime Minister Fuad Saniora. "We will not lift our weapons in the face of anyone. We don't need weapons to defeat you," Nasrallah said, adding that Hizbullah would use its arms only against Israelis. "We will defeat you with our voices," he said. He accused Saniora of conniving with Israel during the recent war, alleging he ordered Lebanese soldiers to seize weapons being delivered to Hizbullah guerrillas. "Didn't the prime minister of Lebanon work to cut off the supply lines?" Nasrallah said. He said members of the government, whom he would not name, had asked American envoys to get Israel to destroy Hizbullah. "Those are the ones responsible for the war, not the resistance," Nasrallah said. more... | Israel | Islam |
- Dore Gold: Israel must prepare for different reality (December 7, 2006) - Will Baker-Hamilton report change US view of Israel? Former UN ambassador says 'willingness of report's author to talk to Iran, Syria is a very alarming development'. Maj. Gen. (res.) Uzi Dayan: Israel shouldn't worry about report but rather lack of leadership and vision. The Baker-Hamilton report handed over to US President George W. Bush on Wednesday is being considered with the utmost severity in America. The majority of the report deals with Iraq, but a significant portion addresses the Israel-Arab conflict, which the report sees as the heart of the Mideast unrest. So how will the report affect Israel? Former UN Ambassador Dore Gold says, "Israel will have to prepare for completely different reality." Maj. Gen. (res.) Uzi Dayan states that "the report shouldn't worry Israel. What should worry Israel is a lack of leadership and vision." "The Baker-Hamilton report is indicative of a growing trend in both American parties," said Gold. "This approach sides with a US withdrawal from Iraq . Within two years American presence in Iraq will be minimal. "Another thing, and this is more important, the very willingness of the reports' author to start a dialogue both Iran and with Syria , is an alarming development. It's alarming because the United States isn't requiring any preliminary conditions for this dialogue, and there is no mention of the Iranian nuclear program which continues to advance. "The recommendation in this report, to talk to Syria and Iran despite the fact that they're responsible for the growing instability in Iraq, will only encourage them to continue employing their policies." Gold says that "the report proves that Israel has been unsuccessful in conveying a clear message to the US elite regarding the Iranian threat. How can the United Stated see Iran as a stabilizing force in Iraq when Iran is funding and supplying arms to terror factions, both in Iraq and in Lebanon." Gold said that things will change both in short and long terms. more... | Iran | Israel | Islam | America |
- Olmert: No negotiations with Syria any time soon (December 7, 2006) - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert referred Thursday to the Baker-Hamilton report, which called for an Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights, and said, "We have a different opinion, and to the best of my knowledge President Bush also has a different opinion on the matter." Olmert said he objected to its attempt to create a connection between the Iraqi issue and the issue of the Middle East. According to him, as far as he knew, Bush also did not agree with the committees report. Speaking at the Editors' Conference in Tel Aviv, Olmert added: "I don't know what the president decides to do with the report, I can only say that the views I've heard from the president and senior administration officials on the Syrian issue were that they did not see a possibility for an American-Syrian negotiation or an Israeli-Syrian negotiation. I count on his judgment and responsibility." The PM mentioned that at least two Israeli prime ministers had advocated partial or complete withdrawal from the Golan Heights in the past. However, he said that "in my view, Syria's subversive operations, its support for Hamas – which may be what's preventing real negotiations with the Palestinians – do not give nuch hope for negotiations with Syria any time soon." "The question what we'll give to the Syrians interests me less than the question what they'll give to us," he stated. In response to whether he agreed with estimates that there would be a war with Syria in the coming summer, Olmert said that he did not think Syria was interested in any military action, and added that Israel felt the same way. more... | Israel | Islam |
- Initiative – Middle East Peace Conference without Israel (December 7, 2006) - According to Thursday's issue of the conservative Washington Times' Insight magazine, the White House was looking into proposal by former Secretary of State James Baker to hold a Middle East peace conference without Israel. According to the report, the United States government was going to consider the possibility of having a second Madrid Conference in which Arab states would participate, including Syria and Iran , but with without Israel being invited to participate. As reported by the magazine, officials said the conference would be promoted as a forum to discuss Iraq's future, but actually focus on Arab demands for Israel to withdraw from territories captured in the 1967 war. A source in the US government was quoted in the report as saying, "As Baker sees this, the conference would provide a unique opportunity for the US to strike a deal without Jewish pressure. This has become the hottest proposal examined by the foreign policy people over the last month." Other sources in the government told the magazine that the proposal was supported by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Under Secretary of Political Affairs Nicholas Burns, and National Intelligence Director John Negroponte. Also, government sources were quoted as saying Baker's proposal to exclude Israel from a regional peace conference was receiving a lot of support due to Vice President Dick Cheney's visit to Saudi Arabia last November, during which sources in the country made it clear that Israel, and not Iran, was the cause of instability in the Middle East. A US government source claimed that Cheney's original goal of the trip – to enlist Saudi Arabia's support in Iraq - was never even discussed. In addition, the source said that instead, the Saudi's demanding an initiative to end Israel's attacks on Gaza and Cheney merely agreed. more... | Israel | Islam | America | Is America signing her own death warrant? There seems to be a distinct shift happening away from Israel. America is not in prophecy either because she is irrelevant or she has integrated into the world governance and is indistinguishable from it. Either way, for the believer, this is a sign of the times and just how close we are getting to our Lord's return. Keep watching!
- Baker Report Demands Israel Give Away Golan Heights (December 7, 2006) - The comprehensive report, which primarily addresses the situation in Iraq, was prepared by Baker and a former Democratic congressman, Lee Hamilton. It states that if the United States does not take a more leading role in the Mideast Israel-Arab conflict, there is no hope of America achieving its goals in the region. According to former Israeli UN Ambassador Dr. Dore Gold, the report indicates that American involvement in Iraq will diminish in the coming two years. He called the American demand that Israel retreat from the Golan Heights "worrisome." Speaking with reporters today, Olmert implied that he would be willing to withdraw from the Golan - but that Syria is not interested in peace. He said that previous Prime Ministers - he mentioned Barak, Netanyahu, and Sharon - were willing to consider such withdrawals, but that the question "is not whether Israel would be willing to withdraw, but what Syria would give in return when and if we enter into negotiations with them." Olmert said that negotiations with Syria are currently not on the agenda because of "Syria's undercutting behavior and its support for Hamas." Asked specifically about the Baker-Hamilton report, Olmert said that Israel objects to any linkage between the Iraqi problem and Israel. Appearing unruffled by the report, Olmert said that he believes that President Bush does not agree with its conclusions. The Baker-Hamilton report calls for a peace conference mimicking the Madrid model - a regional summit that would be aimed at solving the conflict between Israel, the PA (Palestinian Authority), Syria and Lebanon. In addition to an Israeli withdrawal from the Golan, the report calls upon Israel to recognize the establishment of a Palestinian state. The report demands that Syria halt its interference in Lebanon’s affairs, as well as cease its pro-terrorist policies on behalf of ongoing Hizbullah anti-Israel operations in southern Lebanon. It calls on Israel to withdraw from the Golan in exchange for a comprehensive peace treaty with Damascus that would enjoy American backing. The authors say that the U.S. would provide security guarantees and an offer of troops in the Golan to help compensate Israel for the loss of the strategically vital area. more... | Israel | Islam | America | If America participates in dividing Israel, watch out as any protection we currently have will be removed. Genesis 12:1-3
- Terrorists rejoicing over new Iraq 'plan' (December 6, 2006) - Reaction to Study Group: 'Allah and his angels' responsible, 'era of Islam and of jihad' declared A high level U.S. commission's recommendations for an eventual withdrawal from Iraq and for dialogue with Iran and Syria proves "Islamic resistance" works and America will ultimately be defeated, according to senior terrorist leaders interviewed by WND. The militants, from the largest Palestinian terror groups in the Gaza Strip and West Bank, welcomed the policies outlined by the Iraq Study Group, which they claim recognizes Islam is the "new giant of the world." The group is led by former U.S. Secretary of State James Baker. "The report proves that this is the era of Islam and of jihad," said Abu Ayman, a senior leader of Islamic Jihad in the northern West Bank town of Jenin. The Islamic Jihad terror group is responsible for every suicide bombing in Israel during the past two years. "[With the Iraq Study Group report], the Americans came to the conclusion that Islam is the new giant of the world and it would be clever to reduce hostilities with this giant. In the Quran the principle of the rotation is clear and according to this principle the end of the Americans and of all non-believers is getting closer," Abu Ayman said. According to Abu Abdullah, a senior leader of Hamas' so-called military wing, Baker's report is a victory for Islam brought about by "Allah and his angels." "It is not just a simple victory. It is a great one. The big superpower of the world is defeated by a small group of mujahedeen (fighters). Did you see the mujahedeens' clothes and weapons in comparison with the huge individual military arsenal and supply that was carrying every American soldier?" exclaimed Abu Abdullah, who is considered one of the most important operational members of Hamas' Izzedine al-Qassam Martyrs Brigades, Hamas' declared "resistance" department. "It is no doubt that Allah and his angels were fighting with them (insurgents) against the Americans. It is a sign to all those who keep saying that America, Israel and the West in general cannot be defeated on the ground so let us negotiate with them," Abu Abdullah said. Abu Abdullah said following a withdrawal from Iraq, the U.S. will be defeated on its own soil. "America must understand that with anti-American governments in Latin America and with Islam growing and reinforcing, including in the U.S. itself, the next step would be a total defeat on their (American) land, not a relative one like they are facing in Iraq," he said. Abu Nasser, the second-in-command of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades terror group in the West Bank, called the Iraq Study Group report a "great victory" from which other jihadist organizations can learn. "The Iraqi victory is a great message and lesson to the revolutionary and freedom movements in the world. Just to think that this resistance is led by hundreds of Sunni fighters who defeated hundreds of thousands of Americans, British and thousands of soldiers who belong to the puppet regime in Baghdad. What would be the situation if the Shiites will decide to join the resistance?" commented Abu Nasser. The Al Aqsa leader said his group learned from the "Iraqi resistance" that jihad will ultimately destroy Israel. The Al Aqsa Brigades is the declared "military wing" of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party. "If Israel will not start negotiating its withdrawal we are ready to launch the new stage of the intifada," Abu Nasser said. Islamic Jihad's Abu Ayman said after the U.S. "defeat" in Iraq is finalized, insurgents there should move to the West Bank and Gaza to help destroy Israel. "We hope that after chasing the occupation from Iraq, these jihad efforts and experiences will be transferred to Palestine, and yes, I mean that we expect these fighters will come to Palestine as part of a big Islamic army." See Ezekiel 38,39. more... | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | America |
- Rabbis Urge Israelis To Revolt Against Government (December 6, 2006) - A group of prominent rabbinic leaders in Israel and abroad yesterday issued a call for Israeli citizens to launch a democratic uprising to bring down the government of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. "Out of love for each and every Jew, we call on the people of Israel and its leaders to begin a democratic uprising to immediately replace this government, which constitutes an ominous threat to the nation of Israel," the Rabbinical Congress for Peace, a coalition of over 1,200 rabbinic leaders and pulpit rabbis, said in a statement. Among the Rabbinical Congress members who signed the statement were Mordechai Eliyahu and Abraham Shapira – both of whom served as chief rabbis for the state of Israel – and Rabbi Meir Mazuz, head of the Tunisian Jewish community in Israel and one of the country's most well-respected rabbis. The rabbis were responding to a national address last week commemorating the death of Israel's founder and first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, in which Olmert stated he is willing to give up most of the West Bank in exchange for "real peace." During the speech, Olmert called for immediate negotiations with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. Olmert said he would release "many, many" Palestinian prisoners as part of a deal. The Rabbinical Congress for Peace labeled Olmert's national address a "crime." "In his deplorable speech, Olmert in essence announced a 'liquidation sale' and collective suicide of the people in Israel including the release of thousands of the most dangerous terrorists from Israeli jails. Israeli citizens must launch a democratic uprising and protest to bring down the government immediately," the rabbis said in a statement. more... | Israel | I think once the Gog/Magog invasion happens, the majority or at least a lot of Israelis will be this fervent in their religion. If God saved you with fire and brimstone from heaven as prophesied, would you wake up to the fact that the Bible is real and so is their national identity connected with God and their ancestors? I don't think the liberal Jews see the world that way now, but perhaps after they see God save their collective butts there will be stronger calls from Israel to rebuild the temple and that will be obliged. Then, a few years later, the man of sin will stand in the Holy of Holies and declare himself to be god.
- Strengthening the European
Neighbourhood Policy - Foreshadowing of the covenant with many?
Prophecy News Watch (December 6, 2006)
- The European Commission today tabled proposals on new ways to
strengthen the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP). The first 18
months of implementation of the ENP have shown good results. The
new position paper aims to increase the impact of the policy, by
proposing ways to help partners willing to reform to do so faster
and better, and provide incentives to convince those who are still
hesitant. The new proposals are accompanied by progress reports on
Israel, Jordan, Moldova, Morocco, Tunisia, Ukraine and West
Bank and Gaza Strip which started to implement their ENP
Action Plans in 2005. The Communication will feed
into work during the incoming German Presidency in the first half
of 2007. European Commissioner for External Relations and
Neighbourhood Policy, Benita Ferrero-Waldner said: "I believe that
our Neighbourhood Policy is bringing real benefits to Israel and
today we are offering to the country even more attractive
incentives. They will bring the Policy into sharper focus,
concentrating on key areas of mutual interest like people to
people contacts, deepening economic and trade relations and
stronger co operation on energy and transport. The Neighbourhood
Policy has made a positive start, but the EU can do much more. We
must rise to the challenge of promoting peace, stability and
economic prosperity of our neighbours." Today's progress report on
Israel takes stock of achievements since the Action Plan was
formally adopted in April 2005. Implementing the Action Plan has
better defined the path and framework of EU-Israel relations while
deepening and strengthening co-operation in a wide spectrum of
areas. EU-Israel cooperation has developed in the areas of
political dialogue, anti-terrorism, promotion of trade and
investment, justice and security, science and technology including
space cooperation, as well as higher education. Furthermore
technical workshops have been organised on a large number of
specific subjects relating, for example, to preventing terrorist
financing, promoting judicial and police cooperation, protecting
the environment, and combating racism/xenophobia/anti-semitism.
From 2007-13 the budget foreseen for the countries of the ENP is
€12 billion, 32% more in real terms than in the last budget
period. To maximise the impact and leverage of this EU funding the
Commission will propose the creation of:• A Neighbourhood Investment Fund, to which Member States will also be invited to contribute, which would be used to leverage additional lending from the European Investment Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and other development banks. The contribution from the Community Budget would be €700 million. It is estimated that this fund could encourage lending of several times the amount of grant funding. If Member States were to match the EC contribution, the Fund could generate a considerable amount of concessional lending.
• €300 million will also be set aside for a Governance Facility, to provide additional support on top of normal country allocations to acknowledge and support the work of partner countries who have made most progress in implementing their Action Plans.Today's Communication also proposes:• A clear perspective for all ENP partners, eastern as well as southern, of deep economic and trade integration with the EU, going beyond free trade in goods and services to address non-tariff barriers and achieving comprehensive regulatory convergence.
• Substantially improved visa procedures for certain types of visitors.
• Ad hoc or regular ministerial and expert level meetings with ENP partners on subjects like energy, transport, the environment and public health. This multilateral approach can usefully complement the bilateral work on which the ENP is based.
• Strengthened political co operation, more systematic association of ENP partners with EU initiatives (foreign policy declarations, positions in international fora as well as participation in key programmes and EU agencies).
• A more active role for the EU in conflict-settlement efforts in the region.
• A strengthened regional approach in the east based on existing Black Sea co operation. - Important Mideast declaration signed at Tampere EU conference (December 6, 2006) - The European Union and Mediterranean countries reached agreement in Tampere on Tuesday on a joint declaration on a number of issues, including the Middle East peace process. The statement confirms that the partners are committed to a just, comprehensive, and sustainable solution in the conflict between Israel and the Arabs. The text was accepted unanimously, although Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja said that lengthy discussion was needed first. In addition to the EU countries, signatories included Israel, the Palestinian Authority, Syria, Jordan, and Egypt. Signing on behalf of the Palestinians was former cabinet minister Nabil Shaath, who is a close advisor of President Mahmoud Abbas. The declaration was approved at the end of the two-day Euro-Mediterranean Conference of Ministers of Foreign Affairs (EUROMED). The text on the Middle East was fairly general in its language. Foreign Minister Tuomioja said that it is not intended to substitute any other initiatives and actions that have been taken on behalf of peace. "It nevertheless offers us important political framework for 35 states", Tuomioja noted at the end of the meeting on Tuesday. He praised the discussions held on the Middle East, which began at Monday evening’s working dinner, as "very good and constructive", although they were also time-consuming. Israel and the Palestinians began a cease fire in Gaza on Sunday. In the statements issued in Tampere, the ministers called for revitalised efforts to promote the peace process in the whole Middle East. Both Arab League Secretary-General Amr Mussa and Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem of Israel’s arch-enemy Syria, expressed their support for recent developments. "We hope that the cease fire will be achieved also for the West Bank", Moualem said. | Israel | Islam | EU/UN | Signs of a move for peace. It will come. It will be shaky, but I think the missiles will stop for a time and the temple will be rebuilt. It will probably only happen after God wipes out the Gog/Magog invasion and the world will be too concerned about going against Israel to keep up what's been happening since Lebanon and before. Keep watching!
- Declassified IDF Photos and Footage Expose Hizbullah Tactics (December 6, 2006) - The IDF has decided to release photos, documents and videos proving Hizbullah's intentional use of civilians to shield its weapons, missile-launchers and surveillance equipment. Photos at link | Israel | Islam | Why do civilians get caught in the crossfire in Israel? Because they make themselves or the terrorists make them be in the crossfire. Either way, it's set up to prevent attacks or make Israel look bad to the world if the attacks kill civilians. Either way Israel looses ground and that's the whole idea. Wear them down and run them out.
- Follow God Or Vanish, Ahmadinejad Tells West (December 6, 2006) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has warned Western leaders to follow the path of God or "vanish from the face of the earth". "These oppressive countries are angry with us ... a nation that on the other side of the globe has risen up and proved the shallowness of their power," Ahmadinejad said in a speech in the northern town of Ramsar, the semi-official news agency Mehr reported Wednesday. "They are angry with our nation. But we tell them 'so be it and die from this anger'. Rest assured that if you do not respond to the divine call, you will die soon and vanish from the face of the earth," he said. The outspoken president also maintained Iran's defiance over its controversial nuclear programme, saying it was on course to fully master nuclear technology. "Thank to God's help, we have gone all the way and are only one step away from the zenith. "We hope to have the big nuclear celebration by the end of the year (March 2007)," Ahmadinejad said, echoing comments he has made on numerous occasions in recent months. A defiant Iran has refused to suspend its uranium enrichment work, a process that the West fears could be extended to make nuclear weapons. Iran however insists its nuclear programme is solely aimed at generating energy. France's Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy said Wednesday after a Paris meeting on Tehran's nuclear programme that the UN Security Council is agreed "there will be sanctions" on Iran, though their extent is yet to be decided.| Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | How does their achieved victory with nuclear energy equate to crushing their enemies? I thought the developing of nuclear energy was to be for peaceful purposes. It seems to me that he's boasting of how it will help crush their enemies. It sure sounds like he knows something we don't, eh? I wonder what he sees Iran's "zenith" as being? Could it be an attack on Israel?
- Hamas Chief Promises War Even if PA State is Established (December 5, 2006) - Khaled Meshaal, the Damascus-based leader of the Hamas terrorist organization, makes no bones: Either Israel leaves all of Judea, Samaria and Gaza and agrees to the 'right of return' - or war. Meshaal is officially the head of the diplomatic desk of Hamas, but is recognized as the #1 man in the terrorist organization. The target of a failed Israeli assassination attempt a decade ago, Meshaal told a Lebanese newspaper this week that Hamas will not hesitate to resume its armed warfare against Israel. Specifically, he threatened, "If within six months, the international community does not come up with a plan for the establishment of a Palestinian state in the 1967 borders [i.e., on all the land liberated by Israel in the Six Day War - ed.] and for the return of the refugees, the Palestinians will turn to an armed struggle against Israel." "We can have an intifada even when running the Palestinian Authority," Meshaal said, explaining that the ceasefire was not designed to bring peace, but is rather another stage in the war with Israel. "The current calm [cease-fire in Gaza - ed.], just like the escalation [before that], is part of the way we manage the conflict with Israel." Many Israeli military men and analysts have said that Hamas is using the current truce in Gaza to rearm and regroup towards the next round of fighting. Hamas Authority Prime Minister Ismail Haniye, visiting in Syria, echoed Meshaal's position in a speech at a refugee camp. He said the Palestinians will not give up on "even one grain of sand of Palestine," and that Syrian President Assad promised him that all the Palestinian [terrorist] prisoners incarcerated in Israel would be freed. more... | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | Maybe if Israel gives away more land they'll ease up? That seems to be the solution provided by the world and even Israel's faithless leaders. If they would only turn to God. Well He promised He would protect them from Gog/Magog. Let's hope they come to Him before He allows 2/3 of them to be killed after the abomination of desolation. They are blinded until the fullness of the Gentiles. Romans 11:25-2
- Hizbullah and Hamas Beating the War Drums (December 4, 2006) - By most accounts, the difficulties encountered during the Second Lebanon War will dwarf the next battlefield scenario, with the IDF’s General Staff and Shin Bet warning that Gaza-based terrorists have prepared themselves by importing tons of military grade explosives into Gaza, along with millions of rounds of ammunition, automatic weapons, anti-tank rockets and much more. The right-wing “doomsday prophets” as they were dubbed by the “peace camp” politicians are now sadly sitting back trying to understand how the obvious was and is still ignored. Since the IDF’s unilateral retreat from southern Lebanon in May 2000, Hizbullah has turned itself into a formidable army, backed by Iran and Syria, supplied with many Russian-made advanced weapons. On the southern front, the government’s insistence on carrying out the Disengagement Plan of August 2005 has created a similar scenario. With IDF forces out of Gaza, the Rafiah border crossing to Egypt has served as a conduit for advanced weaponry, permitting Gaza to become a miniature Lebanon. Even after the increase in Kassam rocket fire into the Sderot and western Negev areas, the government refuses to order a major military operation into northern Gaza, giving terrorists even more time to prepare for the next war. Displacing some 10,000 Gazan Jews in the Disengagement, while morally apprehensible to some, was not the worst of the government’s fears with Shin Bet Director Yuval Diskin warning Gazan realities vis-א-vis weapons stockpiles is cause for true concern. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert by intelligence community accounts is permitting terrorists additional time to stockpile arms and prepare for a war by insisting the ceasefire be honored despite the firing of Kassam rockets from Gaza. Olmert is overruling the IDF’s General Staff and the most senior intelligence community officials by insisting the ceasefire be honored while terrorists continue setting up in Gaza. more... | Israel | Islam | This is a good overview of where Israel's at right now. I would recommend everyone read the whole thing through.
- Netanyahu: Gaza turning into second Lebanon (December 4, 2006) - Opposition Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday, following a short period of silence, that "the desire to restore calm in Sderot does not match the desire for a one-sided ceasefire." The faction members called on the government to prevent Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh from returning to the Palestinian Authority territories, if he leaves to Damascus or Tehran as planned. "It is completely obvious that Haniyeh's coordination talks in Damascus and Tehran will deal with the terror activity against Israel," the faction said in a statement. Since the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip was declared, Netanyahu refrained from publicly criticizing the government, a role which was taken by other right-wing politicians and spokespeople. During a Likud faction meeting, the chairman criticized the ministers. "Hamas continues to fire rockets, and if it doesn’t stop there will be tragic outcomes which we have already witnessed," Netanyahu said. He added that "the restraint policy will lead to a dangerous situation in which Gaza will become a second Lebanon, as Hamas will be strengthened and because of the unilateral ceasefire. It is strengthening Hamas and weakening the moderates." The Likud leader warned: "Likud's policy will be different and will work to topple the Hamas government and to launch talks with a moderate government in the Palestinian Authority based on mutuality. There is a need to carry out a consistent operation to defeat terror in Gaza, to seal the Philadelphi route and prevent arms smuggling into Gaza." more... | Israel | Islam |
- Stroke rehab in a glove (December 3, 2006) - Every year, over 700,000 people in the US suffer strokes - that's one person every 45 seconds. It is the single most common cause of severe disability, with 25 percent of stroke victims recovering with minor impairments and 40 percent experiencing moderate to severe impairments requiring special care. An Israeli company has developed an innovative new exercise device that can help rehabilitate stroke patients suffering from impaired hand functions, and for children born with motor or developmental disorders that impact hand functionality. The HandTutor, created by MediTouch, actively involves the patient in the rehabilitation process. It is made up of two components - a specially designed glove that includes embedded sensors that monitor the location and movement of the fingers, and proprietary software. In the first step, the HandTutor gathers a precise picture of the patient's current hand performance, and in the second, uses this information to create a personal training program specially tailored to improve his sensory-motor performance. Unlike existing products on the market, MediTouch's glove, which is expected to go on sale in the US in the first quarter of next year, is designed for home use enabling patients to carry out vital rehabilitation work every day, rather than just on visits to their physiotherapist. more... | Israel | Technology |
November 2006
- 1,400 Terrorists for Gilad Shalit? (November 28, 2006) - Reports of an imminent prisoner-exchange deal are once again in the air. This time, they speak of up to 1,400 Arab terrorist prisoners going free in three stages, in return for Gilad Shalit. Egypt's Minister of Intelligence, Omar Suleimon, is scheduled to arrive in Israel within the next two days to finalize the details of the agreement. Egypt figures heavily in the deal: the abducted soldier Gilad Shalit is scheduled to be transferred to that country, and from there to Israel, as part of the deal. The agreement under consideration stipulates the following three steps: An unknown number of Palestinian terrorists currently incarcerated in Israel for various crimes will be set free, immediately after which Corp. Shalit is to be transferred to Egypt. A second group of terrorists will then be freed, followed by Shalit's return to Israel. In the third stage, Israel will free a final group of terrorists. Just yesterday, speaking at a memorial to David Ben-Gurion in Sde Boker, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert implied that terrorists would be freed only after the kidnapped soldier is returned home. "I hereby declare," he said, "that when Gilad Shalit is released and returned to his family, safe and sound, the Government of Israel will be willing to release many Palestinian prisoners – including ones who were sentenced to lengthy prison terms – in order to increase the trust between us and prove that our hand is truly extended in genuine peace." more... | Israel | Islam | I'd say I can't believe it, but it's typical. 1,400 terrorists to "increase the trust between us and prove that our hand is truly extended in genuine peace." I want Gilad returned as much as anyone, but what they're doing is releasing 1,400 people who will most likely participate in more attacks against Israel again. I know Israel listens to what their enemy says, they don't want peace, they want Israel gone and now it appears that Israel will help them attain that goal.
- Olmert’s Speech Angers Many, Even in Kadima (November 28, 2006) - “How can it be that the Prime Minister, the leader of our party, talks about a new, broad diplomatic plan without even consulting with his own party members?” So say at least two Kadima members. The News First Class Hebrew Web site reports on two Kadima Knesset [Parliament] Members who have scathing criticism for their party leader and prime minister. “Because there’s a cease-fire for a day and a half, we have to go and promise a Palestinian state and the release of terrorist prisoners?” rails one of them, preferring to remain anonymous. Another Kadima MK said he categorically opposes Olmert’s plan as it was articulated yesterday, noting that other MKs feel the same way. Olmert said the Arab side must give up its demands for the “right of return” of millions of Arabs to Israel–but this followed a list of far-reaching Israeli concessions that he offered. Arab spokesmen refused Olmert’s demand to give up the “right of return.” Hamas deputy leader Abu Marzouk, based in Damascus, said, “We reject any deal that does not recognize the right of return...The Palestinian people will never give up this sacred right. Our people have been fighting for 58 years to achieve the right of return for all those who were expelled from their homeland.” MK Tzvi Hendel, of the National Union Party, was disgusted by Olmert’s offer to destroy more Jewish communities. “I have no expectations,” he said, “from a man who is so devoid of morality that in the middle of a terrorism war, and amidst threats of murderous terrorism from every direction, he is not embarrassed to promise the enemy the expulsion of the residents and the establishment of a terror state.” Hendel said he expects Avigdor Lieberman (Yisrael Beiteinu) and Eli Yishai (Shas) “not to betray their voters, and to immediately quit the Olmert government.” Speaking at a memorial to David Ben-Gurion, Israel’s first prime minister, Olmert said he believes Ben-Gurion would have supported his plan. But MK Gilad Erdan of the Likud said it is more likely that Ben-Gurion is actually turning over in his grave “at the military and diplomatic blindness shown by the Prime Minister.” MK Erdan said that Olmert “continues to ignore the warnings of the security leaders, choosing instead to deal with withdrawals and retreats instead of strengthening Israel’s strength and deterrence power.” MK Yuval Shteinitz (Likud), a former Chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, condemned Olmert for offering to make an agreement with a group that has broken all agreements in the past. “The speech symbolizes the end of Israel’s determination to fight terrorism,” said Shteinitz, a former left-wing professor. “Olmert promises land to Hamas, which has murderously violated all the previous agreements and truces without changing its principles and charter.” On the other hand, far-left Meretz MK Chaim Oron said, “Finally, the mantra that ‘we have no partner’ has been replaced. The Government of Israel must act to strengthen the PA’s national unity government that will arise and conduct a real dialogue toward a permanent arrangement that will bring an end to the cycle of bloodshed in our region.” Internal PA negotiations for a unity government have been stuck for months. The Labor Party welcomed Olmert’s speech. Faction whip MK Yoram Marciano said, “Labor supports Olmert’s diplomatic initiative and peace moves, as…expressed [in his speech]...In response, the Palestinian Authority must stretch out its arm in peace and lay down its arms in order to create a life of hope and peace between the two nations.” | Israel | Islam | I guess I'm not alone in thinking this is a bad idea.
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DEBKAfile Exclusive: Hamas hardliner Khaled Meshaal’s deposits in
Cairo a list of tough, non-negotiable ultimatums for a ceasefire and
Palestinian unity
(November 26, 2006) - Meshaal’s consent to finally
travel to Cairo last week raised some hopes that he had come around to
accepting a Palestinian unity government and discussing the release of
kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilead Shalit. He soon dashed those hopes. Our
sources learn he has left Cairo leaving behind a list of tough demands
and headed for Yemen to lead a secret Hamas conference called to plot
the next Palestinian-Israeli war. These demands are disclosed here by
our military sources: 1. To procure Shalit’s release, Israeli
must free 1,400 jailed Palestinians in three stages, including all
Hamas, Fatah and other terrorists, such as Marwan Barghouti, who was
convicted to six life sentences for murdering six Israelis. For the
first batch of 400 women and minors, the Israeli soldier will be handed
to Egypt. After the second batch of 500 (including the murderers) is
released, Shalit’s parents and Israeli representatives will be allowed
to see him. 2. Israel must halt all military operations in the
Gaza and West Bank, including preventive detentions. 3. For his
consent to a Palestinian unity government, the Hamas politburo chief
wants a mechanism for opening the Palestinian Liberation Organization
umbrella to Hamas membership and appointing him permanent chairman in
place of Mahmoud Abbas. Meshaal will thus acquire total control of the
Palestinian movement and its resources worldwide. 4. Hamas will
retain treasury, interior and foreign affairs in the unity government.
5. Within six months, Israel must withdraw to the June 4, 1967
borders and an independent Palestinian state established, else the
Palestinians will wage a third intifada. DEBKAfile’s military sources
seriously question the wisdom of prime minister Ehud Olmert’s alacrity
in accepting Mahmoud Abbas’ assurance of a missile ceasefire binding on
all the terrorist groups. Olmert, foreign minister Tzipi Livni and
defense minister Amir Peretz, who decided on acceptance, must have
realized that the ceasefire on offer would not hold. First, because
Meshaal instructed Hamas to hold out for its extension to the West Bank
as well as the Gaza Strip; and, second, because Hamas transferred a
large quantity of Qassam missiles to the Iran-sponsored Jihad Islami and
the Fatah al Aqsa Brigades and other terrorist branches. They were
directed to keep the missiles coming and so make a sham of the purported
ceasefire declared for 06:00 hours Sunday, Nov. 26. By precipitately
pulling the Israeli units away from their successful counter-missile
operations in N. Gaza, the Olmert government made way for the missile
crews to return to their firing sites and keep up the barrage against
Israeli civilian locations without pause. Thirteen were fired – most
exploding in Sderot before 10:00 am Sunday. Their pretext? A number of
suspected terrorists was detained in Hebron, West Bank, early Sunday.
Olmert responded by urging “restraint” to give the Palestinians another
chance.
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- Ahmadinejad Predicts Collapse of Israel, U.S., U.K. (November 26, 2006) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad predicted the collapse of Israel, the U.S. and Britain, attacking what he called their "oppressive behavior." "The Zionist regime is on a steep downhill towards collapse and disgrace," Ahmandinejad told supporters at a rally of Basiji militia forces near Tehran today. In a reference to the U.S. and U.K., he said "the collapse and crumbling of your devilish rule has started." The speech was carried live on state television. Iran doesn't recognize Israel, and Ahmadinejad drew international condemnation after saying in October 2005 that Israel should be "wiped off the map." The U.S. and Iran have had no diplomatic ties since 1980 following the seizure of diplomats at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in 1979. The U.K., which has an embassy in Tehran, is among the three European countries pushing for sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program. The Iranian president also called on neighboring countries to drive out "foreign occupiers," in a reference to U.S.-led forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. "The people of the region are well able to establish regional security," the president said in the speech near the shrine of the Islamic Republic founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. "The presence of foreigners is the source of discord and conflict." Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, whose visit to Tehran yesterday was postponed because of the curfew imposed on Baghdad since Nov. 23, will fly to the Iranian capital tomorrow, state television reported separately today. The Iraqi president's trip to Iran is aimed at "expanding bilateral ties in business, trade and transport affairs," the report said. Iraq security will not be the main issue discussed in this meeting, the Iranian Foreign Ministry's press office said on Nov. 21. | Iran | Israel | Islam | America | He sure is being cocky, like he knows something we don't. He's expecting the 12th Mahdi and the end of the world. The world sees room for negotiations. Perhaps the world should understand more of the destiny surrounding the 12th Mahdi.
- Abdullah: Possibility Of Three Civil Wars In Mideast (November 26, 2006) - Jordan's King Abdullah said Sunday the problems in the Middle East go beyond the war in Iraq and that much of the region soon could become engulfed in violence unless the central issues are addressed quickly. "We could possibly imagine going into 2007 and having three civil wars on our hands," he said, citing conflicts in Iraq, Lebanon and the decades-long strife between the Palestinians and Israelis. | Israel | Islam | The world is hoping for a superhero to come and save them from the mess that is the Middle East. As the Bible says, Jerusalem is a burdensome stone to the nations of the world, yet they cannot come against her without being dashed to pieces. Zechariah 12:3 There will be someone who will solve the problems, at least on the surface. The need for a political savior has arisen, who will step forward and amaze the world?
- Chirac, Prodi call for European push on Middle East peace (November 25, 2006) - Italian Premier Romano Prodi and French President Jacques Chirac pressed for a greater European role in Middle East peacemaking at a summit Friday and called for the formation of a Palestinian national unity government. The two leaders, meeting in the Tuscan town of Lucca, said such a move would help end the recent bloodshed in the Gaza Strip and open the door for peace efforts, such as the initiative launched last week by Spain, France and Italy - the three largest contributors to a UN force in Lebanon. "We will work on this so that concrete solutions for the dramatic situation in the Middle East start from Gaza," Prodi told AP. Chirac and Prodi reaffirmed their support for the peace initiative announced last week, and Chirac indicated it would be expanded to include Britain and Germany. More details were to be discussed next month in Brussels. The plan has five components - an immediate cease-fire, formation of a Palestinian national unity government that could gain international recognition, a prisoner exchange, talks between Israel's prime minister and the Palestinian president, and an international mission in Gaza to monitor a cease-fire. Prodi and Chirac both voiced their horror at the shocking assassination Tuesday of Lebanese Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel. Prodi said the two countries shared the same strategy on Syria, even if some of the tactics were different. While Chirac has largely cut off dialogue with Syria, Prodi urged keeping lines of communication open. more... | Israel | Islam | EU/UN | This plays right into prophecy of the revived Roman empire coming forth in new form, the beast with seven heads and 10 horns. Read Recommendation 666 by Herb Peters for more on that prophetic development. Who in Europe will head this venture to bring peace to the Middle East? Keep watching!
- Israeli Prime Minister Accepts Gaza Cease-Fire Offer From Palestinian President (November 25, 2006) - Palestinians and Israelis are to lay down their arms in Gaza at 6 a.m. Sunday, after militant factions in the coastal strip agreed to stop all attacks on Israel and Israel reciprocated by pledging to end an extended offensive against rocket squads. The truce announcement held out the promise of a possible resumption of long-stalled peace talks, and was a significant achievement for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as he tries to put together a more moderate government to replace the one currently led by Islamic Hamas radicals. The sides announced the impending truce after Abbas telephoned Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert late Saturday to tell him he had arrived at an agreement with Palestinian factions to stop all violence from Gaza. Abbas asked that Israel, in turn, stop all military operations in Gaza and withdraw all its forces, and Olmert agreed, spokespeople for both leaders said. more... | Israel | Islam |
- Bush warns Syria, Iran after Lebanon killing (November 21, 2006) - US President George W. Bush accused Syria and Iran of fomenting violence and instability in Lebanon, as he condemned the assassination of Lebanese cabinet minister Pierre Gemayel. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice meanwhile made a hasty telephone call to Lebanon's Prime Minister Fuad Siniora, amid signs of US concern over the fate of the Beirut government which emerged from Lebanon's 'cedar revolution.' "Today we saw again the vicious face of those who hate freedom," Bush told American troops in Hawaii during a trip home from Asia. "We strongly condemn the assassination today in Lebanon of Pierre Gemayel." Bush did not apportion direct blame but called for an investigation into "those people and those forces" behind the killing of the anti-Syrian Christian leader. "We support the Siniora government and its democracy and we support the Lebanese people's desire to live in peace and we support their efforts to defend their democracy against attempts by Syria, Iran and allies to foment instability and violence in that important country," said Bush. The killing came against a backdrop of global calls, so far resisted by the United States, for a dialogue with Syria and Iran over chaos in Iraq. But Bush's tone, further bolstered in a written statement on the killing, appeared to cast further doubt on already slim chances of such a diplomatic opening. "Syria's refusal to cease and desist from its continuing efforts to destabilize Lebanon's democratically elected government" was a violation of UN Security Council resolutions, Bush said. "We also demand that Syria treat Lebanon as a genuinely sovereign neighbor, establishing full diplomatic relations with Lebanon," he said. The president said the assassination made it even more important for the United Nations Security Council to seek justice in the killing of former Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri last year. more... | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | EU/UN | Islam | America |
- Terrorists give order: Jews must evacuate (November 21, 2006) - The only way to stop the regular rocket fire on Sderot, an Israeli city of about 20,000 nearly three miles from the Gaza Strip border, is for the Jewish state to evacuate the entire city, Hamas announced in a statement today. "Only the departure of residents from Sderot will stop the rocket fire," Abu Abaida, spokesman for Hamas' so-called military wing, said in a statement to reporters. "There are no limits on our rocket attacks and we will prove that in coming days. We advise residents of Sderot to evacuate," the Hamas spokesman said. Asked by WND if his statement was rhetoric or whether the Hamas leadership actually sanctioned a call for Israeli residents to evacuate, Abu Abaida replied, "We are very, very serious. The evacuation can be done in the next days or even up to several weeks, but it must be done. And after that, we will stop all rocket fire unless the Zionists continue more military operations in Gaza" Abu Abaida said Hamas is seeking to impose "a new equation in which the Zionists understand that for every incursion into Gaza, we will use our rockets to bombard your towns and cities until more and more are forced to evacuate. Our rockets have already improved, as Sderot residents know. We keep working on (the rockets) to improve deadliness, force and distance." Indeed, Israeli security sources said Palestinian rockets fired in recent weeks at Sderot have been packed with more explosive material than ever before. Israel had promised not to tolerate 'a single rocket attack' Since Israel's withdrawal from Gaza last summer, hundreds of rockets have slammed into Sderot and other nearby Jewish communities fired by Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip. Then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, whose administration carried out the Gaza withdrawal, promised the Israeli public the Jewish state would "not tolerate a single rocket attack on Israel after the disengagement goes through." Sharon said if Israel needed to invade Gaza, the international community would understand. Today, Yaakov Yaakobov, a Sderot resident and factory worker, suffered serious injuries in a rocket attack that scored a direct hit in the building in which he was working. He later died of his wounds. Yaakabov's wife, speaking to reporters in a hospital waiting room, said her two sons had not attended school in weeks because they have been afraid of rocket attacks. She called on Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to "wake up, because Sderot is crying." more... | Israel | Islam | It seems they've been tolerating the rocket issues instead of dealing with them. I think it's been adequately proven that they can't trust the Muslims.
- Nine Qassam missiles fired from Gaza Monday - two hit Sderot center. One missile hit Kibbutz Beeri offices causing heavy damage (November 20, 2006) - Another exploded in Kibbutz Nirim and a third south of Ashkelon. No injuries. Three Israeli civilians were wounded in Sderot Sunday when 10 missiles were fired. Monday, matriculation students were bused to Beersheba high schools out of missile range. Opposition leader Binyamin Netanyahu calls for a double military operation without time limit in northern Gaza, main source of Qassam fire, and Philadelphi route, to stem rising influx of Palestinian weapons. No confidence motions filed in the Knesset for government’s failure to halt the Qassam offensive against southwest Israel. Ministers meeting in Jerusalem Sunday heard a charge from Internal security minister Avi Dichter that the government had never explicitly ordered the army to liquidate the Qassam threat. Israeli forces called off a raid after hundreds of Palestinians formed a human shield around the home of the targeted local Popular Resistance Committees chief Muhammad Barud in the N. Gaza town of Beit Lahiya. | Israel | Islam |
- Prodi Heads to Eygpt to Push for ME Peace Plan (November 20, 2006) - Italian Premier Romano Prodi was heading to Cairo Monday for talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarark as Italy pushes for a European peace plan for the Middle East. Prodi was scheduled to arrive in Cairo in the early evening. The two men were scheduled to hold a joint news conference after their talks, aides to Prodi said. The Italian premier will meet with the Egyptian prime minister on Tuesday. Last week, France, Italy and Spain presented a Middle East peace initiative, asserting that Europe must move to the forefront of efforts to try to end years of Israeli-Palestinian bloodshed. | Israel | Islam | EU/UN |
- Iran Slowly Securing Its Grip Around Israel (November 20, 2006) - A nuclear threat is only one of several Iranian problems facing Israel as the Islamic Republic increases its influence in Gaza and Lebanon. Bush says he would "understand" an Israeli attack on Iran. The Iranian government is sending money to Gaza, gradually extending its influence over the region surrounding Israel. The Islamic Republic has donated $120 million to the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority, according to an announcement last Thursday by PA Foreign Minister Mahmoud al-Zahar. The PA official met in Tehran with Ali Larijani, the head of national security in Iran. Palestinian Authority terrorists in Gaza have become major beneficiaries of Iranian largesse recently, according to the AFP news service. “Iran has handed out, until now, over $120 million and says it will supply more aid. Its support is very important for us,” said the PA foreign minister. PA terrorists have significantly stepped up their Kassam rocket attacks against southern Israeli communities recently. Sderot residents have said the rockets are increasing in accuracy, and now contain more explosives as well as ball bearings to maximize damage upon impact. Meanwhile, international efforts to stop Iran’s nuclear development activities have slowly ground to a halt. Despite threats by the U.N. Security Council to impose sanctions against the Islamic Republic if it did not end its uranium enrichment program by the end of August, the program continues uninterrupted, and no action has been taken against Iran. U.S. President George W. Bush said Sunday night he would "understand" if Israel attacked the Islamic Republic, but that America would not help the Jewish State to do so. more... | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | The world is aligning against Israel and quiet about Iranian influence and Muslim terrorism. It's clear that Iran is funding terrorism, but they defiantly continue because nobody can afford to stand against them right now. At least that's how it would seem. We will see their defiance crescendo in the near future when they attack the nation of Israel along with Turkey, Russia, and other Muslim nations. Read Ezekiel 38,39. It will be God who puts a stop to their attack, and I think that will play right into the antichrist's hand, playing the great bringer of peace on the world stage. He will fool the majority of the world though.
- Syria on the Move in Lebanon and Iraq (November 19, 2006) - Syrian-backed Hizbullah may be poised to stage a revolution in Lebanon, while back-room US-Syrian negotiations deal with pressuring Israel to give up the Golan Heights. Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem began a visit to Iraq on Sunday. The visit will include meetings with US officials in Iraq, during which Moallem will relay Syria’s demand that Israel retreat from the Golan Heights in return for Syrian cooperation in Iraq. The insurgents that have plagued US troops in Iraq have for the most part entered the country from Syria. According to preliminary reports, former American Secretary of State James Bakar’s soon-to-be delivered recommendations on Iraq policy include engaging Syria and Iran in negotiations in order to enable the US formulate an exit strategy. London’s Sunday Times, which has in the past proven the veracity of its Syrian sources, quotes Syrian Baath Party official Ayman Abdel Nour saying that Bashar al-Assad’s “top demand” from the US and Britain is that Israel be pressured to withdraw from the Golan. "Syria will not do anything unless it has secured guarantees from Washington and London that every action Damascus takes to help them will be reciprocated. It will be a step by step scenario: these actions for those actions,” he said. The Syrian demands also include a staged withdrawal of US troops from the region. more... | Israel | Islam |
- 'Innocent Citizens' Protecting Terrorists? - No Such Thing (November 19, 2006) - Beit El's Rabbi Melamed: "Those who protect terrorists are not innocent." He was referring to last night's incident in which Arabs gathered at a terrorist's home to prevent Israel from bombing it. The IDF called off a planned aerial strike on the home of a leading terrorist commander in northern Gaza last night, after hundreds of Arabs gathered around the building, defying Israel to bomb it. Chanting, "Death to America and death to Israel!" in scenes broadcast on Palestinian Authority television, many of the Arabs said they would be willing to give their lives in the struggle. However, their bravado was, unsurprisingly, not tested, as the IDF called off the strike because of the protest. "The attack plan was canceled because of the people there," an IDF spokesman said. "We differentiate between innocent people and terrorists." Rabbi Zalman Melamed, however, says that there were no innocent people there to be differentiated. "We must do whatever we can to prevent hits on our citizens," he told Arutz-7 today. "From an ethical point of view, there would have been no problem to hit the building, even with all the people there. Their presence there was part of the war against us. From a practical/diplomatic standpoint, of course, we have to measure our steps carefully." The question of "innocent citizens" arises, says the Dean of the Beit El Yeshiva Institutions, "only when you have armies fighting each other on the battlefront, and the citizenry is detached from the forces. But in this case, in Gaza, where the terrorists and citizens are intertwined, there is no difference between them." more... | Israel | Islam |
- Israeli Minister – Forget Peace, Declare War! (November 19, 2006) - Minister for Strategic Affairs Avigdor Lieberman on Saturday [November 18] said that Israel needs to wake up and declare war on the “Palestinians,” who do not truly desire peace with the Jewish state. Lieberman noted that the Oslo Accords and Road Map peace processes are in tatters because of the Palestinian Arabs’ refusal to honor their commitments, and insisted that for Israel to continue to adhere to those defunct scraps of paper is a mistake that threatens the nation’s future. Instead, said Lieberman, Israel needs to retake control of the Gaza–Sinai border, liquidate the Hamas leadership, and trash any diplomatic efforts based on the idea that Mahmoud Abbas’s [Abu Mazen’s] PLO [Palestine Liberation Organization] is a capable and relevant partner for peace. | Israel | Islam |
- Annan urges Syria and Iran to help Lebanon (November 19, 2006) - UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan pressed Syria and Iran yesterday to help promote the stability of Lebanon after the resignation of six of its government ministers. Annan spoke by telephone with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Syrian head of state Bashar Al Assad about developments in Lebanon and the need for governments in the region and around the world "to promote the stability and the unity of Lebanon", UN chief spokesman Stephane Dujarric said. Annan urged the two presidents to counsel Lebanon's leaders "to exercise patience and resolve their differences through dialogue", Dujarric said. Five ministers from Shiite groups Hezbollah and Amal quit the Lebanese Cabinet a week ago when talks over giving the opposition a greater say in government collapsed. A sixth minister, loyal to pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud, resigned on Monday. Meanwhile, Lahoud said the country would have a "national government" no matter what the cost. He said the situation was "delicate because what is happening violates the Taif agreement and the constitution". The Taif agreement ended Lebanon's 1975-1990 civil war. "I promise you that Lebanon will witness the establishment of a national government no matter what the cost and if that does not happen the price will be high, especially for future generations," Lahoud said in a statement.| Iran | Israel | Islam | We see in Ezekiel 38,39 that Persia (Iran) is one of the attackers. Their increased involvement in Lebanon to the North of Israel, where Muslim Russian and Turkish "peacekeeping troops" are being positioned, falls right in line with Bible prophecy in this regard. Also, Isaiah 17 says Damascus will be a ruinous heap. In verse 9, it talks about the strong cities being forsaken, left because of the children of Israel. Israel has been discussing pre-emptive attacks against Damascus, Syria because it houses so many terrorist leaders and is responsible for much of the weapons smuggling going on. Israel has good reasons to attack Damascus, mainly all the threats coming from Damascus about Israel's demise: Oct. 11, Sept. 21, July 12, and Israel's warning and threat to hit Damascus specifically on July 1. It's all in Bible prophecy about the end times and it's being reported in the news today. Keep watching!
- Use of human shields continues in Gaza (November 19, 2006) - Palestinian residents flocked to the home of a Hamas operative Monday to prevent the Israeli army from carrying out an airstrike. It was the latest instance of Palestinians volunteering to serve as human shields to protect a home of a targeted terror operative. The protest began shortly after Wael Rajab received a phone call from the army ordering him to leave his home. In recent months, the army has frequently issued such warnings ahead of airstrikes against weapons-storage sites and other militant targets, saying it wants to avoid casualties. The army had no immediate comment on Monday's incident. But military officials have said they do not yet know how to deal with the issue. Fearing terrorists will continue to exploit civilians as human shields around terror targets in the Gaza Strip, a high-ranking officer said Sunday that the IDF was prepared to launch ground raids into the Palestinian territory to demolish buildings that could not be destroyed in airstrikes. Late Saturday night, hundreds of Palestinians, including women and children, surrounded the home of Mohammedweil Baroud - head of the Popular Resistance Committees' (PRC) Kassam rocket cell - after he received a warning from the IDF late Saturday night giving him 30 minutes to leave his house in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahiya. Out of fear that innocent bystanders would be injured, the IDF called off the air strike. Calling residents ahead of airstrikes on suspected weapons-storage and manufacturing sites is a routine tactic the IDF employs in the Gaza Strip and also used over the summer during the month-long war in Lebanon during which thousands of targets were struck by Israeli missiles. The incident in Beit Lahiya on Sunday however, was the first time Palestinians have tried to prevent such an air strike and represents, officials said, a change in tactics to try and prevent the IAF missile strikes. | Israel | Islam |
- Report: Olmert orders killing of Hamas politicians (November 19, 2006) - In order to stop Kassam rocket attacks, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has ordered his security chiefs to target the Hamas political leadership, the British Sunday Times newspaper reported on Sunday. The Times said that according to Israeli security sources, a decision to assassinate leading Hamas politicians was made by Olmert and Defense Minister Amir Peretz. According to the report, Israel was determined to ensure the political leadership in Gaza, the West Bank and abroad would "no longer escape responsibility" for the rocket attacks. | Israel | Islam |
- Spain, France and Italy push Middle East peace initiative that does not require Hamas government recognition of Israel (November 18, 2006) - The plan calls for an immediate ceasefire, a Palestinian national unity government, exchange of prisoners, talks between Israeli prime minister and Mahmoud Abbas and an international team of ceasefire monitors. There is also a European offer to host a new peace conference. Spanish prime minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero hopes to bring the UK and Germany aboard before the December EU summit. DEBKAfile: The three largest European contributors to the expanded UN force in Lebanon are pushing to expand their role to the Israel-Palestinian front. The European monitors at the Rafah crossing between Egypt Sinai and Gaza have not prevented the smuggling of tons arms and hundreds of million dollars destined for Hamas fighting forces - largely from Iran. Senior Israeli officials are not inclined to take the European initiative seriously at this point. The Hamas prime minister said noncommittally it was worth studying. | Israel | Islam | EU/UN | Of course anything coming out of Europe dealing with Israel seems to be completely biased. How can you pander to two sides when one doesn't want the other to exist and are indeed fighting to remain in existence with what is rightfully theirs by all counts. Don't fall into the deception being repeated like a mantra. Both Biblically and historically as well as militarily, the land is Israel's. Article: Whose land is it?
- European trio presenting new Mideast peace plan (November 17, 2006) - Spain, France and Italy offered a Middle East peace initiative yesterday, asserting that Europe must take a lead role in trying to end years of Israeli-Palestinian bloodshed they called intolerable. The five-point blueprint closely mirrors a deal the moderate Palestinian president is offering Hamas to form a national unity government and makes no explicit reference to requiring Hamas to recognize Israel -- a key sticking point blocking the resumption of Western aid to the impoverished Palestinians. It was not immediately clear whether the initiative, put forward by Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, was an effort to get the aid flowing again without such a declaration from Hamas. Mr. Zapatero announced the plan at a summit with President Jacques Chirac of France. Italy is also on board, Mr. Zapatero said, and Spain hopes to win the endorsement of Britain and Germany and the broader European Union in the run-up to a December summit in Brussels, Belgium. "We cannot remain impassive in the face of the horror that continues to unfold before our eyes," Mr. Zapatero told a news conference in this coastal city near the border with France. The Israeli government declined to comment on the new plan. The plan has five components: an immediate cease-fire; formation of a national unity government by the Palestinians that can gain international recognition; an exchange of prisoners, including the Israeli soldiers whose capture sparked the war in Lebanon and fighting in Gaza; talks between Israel's prime minister and the Palestinian president; and an international mission in Gaza to monitor a cease-fire. more... | Israel | Islam | EU/UN |
- Israel secretly studies 'bold' peace bid (November 1 6, 2006) - Bedevilled by the continuing scourge of homemade Qassam rocket attacks, Israeli officials are believed to be exploring a new diplomatic overture that calls for the surrender of large swathes of the West Bank to a new Palestinian leadership in exchange for a decade-long ceasefire. The plan, still in the formative stages, was outlined yesterday in the Hebrew daily Ma'ariv as a "bold and original" initiative that would enable the creation of a provisional Palestinian state as a first step toward normalization with Palestinians and the wider Arab world. Israeli President Ehud Olmert secretly presented the concept to President George W. Bush during a meeting at the White House Monday, the Ma'ariv report said, citing unnamed political sources in Washington and Jerusalem. Palestinian and Israeli officials refused comment on the initiative, which Ma'ariv described as "consensual realignment" — a term that implies Israel now is willing to involve Palestinians in a negotiated withdrawal from parts of the West Bank, where more than 250,000 Jewish settlers live on land conquered by Israel during the 1967 Six Day War. But Ghassan Khatib, a senior Palestinian political figure, told the Toronto Star that diplomats working beneath the radar have begun "an exchange of views about the potential of moving forward on the basis of a long-term ceasefire of 10 or even 15 years." Leaders of the militant Hamas movement have for many years spoken of such a long-term hudna, or ceasefire, but only on the condition of a full Israeli withdrawal to the pre-1967 armistice lines — terms deemed unacceptable to the Israeli leadership. more... | Israel | Islam |
- Iranian Paper: Great War to Wipe Out Israel Coming (November 15, 2006) - Iranian newspapers Kehyan and and Resalat have urged Muslims around the world to prepare for a 'great war' to destroy the State of Israel. The newspapers published the editorials, translated from Persian by MEMRI , the Middle East translation service, to mark 'Quds' day on October 20, an Iranian 'holiday' calling for the "liberation" of Jerusalem and war against Israel. "Hizbullah destroyed at least half of Israel in the Lebanon war... Now only half the path (to its destruction) remains," an editorial in the conservative Keyhan newspaper declared. Messianic nukes? Awaiting the Iranian messiah / Yaakov Lappin A glimpse into the apocalyptic ideology gripping the Iranian government "It was proven that, by means of an offensive operation that need not be equal to Israel's moves, it is possible to neutralize the Zionist navy," the article said triumphantly. It continued: "Just as in one 33-day war more than 50 percent of Israel was destroyed, and the hope of its supporters for the continued life of this regime was broken, it is likely that in the next battle, the second half will also collapse." "On that day... Jordan will not be able to prevent the Jordanian Islamists from operating through the long Jordan-Palestine border, and the millions of Egyptian Islamists... will not let the Sinai-Israel border remain quiet, and the Syrian Golan Heights will not remain as a (mere) observer of the battle. That day is not so far off." The Resalat newspaper struck a similarly bellicose tone with an editorial entitled "Preparations for the Great War." "The great war is ahead of us, (and will break out) perhaps tomorrow, or in another few days, or in a few months, or even in a few Years... Israel must collapse," the newspaper said. It added: "For the first time in the 60 years of its disgraceful life, the Zionist regime - the West's beloved in the Middle East - tasted the taste of defeat, and the citizens of this regime trembled at the menace of Hizbullah's missiles… The nation of Muslims must prepare for the great war, so as to completely wipe out the Zionist regime, and remove this cancerous growth. Like the Imam (Ayatollah) Khomeini said: 'Israel must collapse.'" | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam |
- The New Truth Herb L. Peters -FulfilledProphecy.com (November 14, 2006) - This morning I heard a Fox news reporter call it "fingerprints of 41." Later I found a Fox news article that was also saying the same thing -- the Middle East policies of the 41st presidency of George Bush Sr. are back Read about it here. The UK's Independent is seeing the recent changes in Washington the same way. In fact, according to their report, the real reason Tony Blair may be calling for Syria and Iran to be included in the international community's so-called "comprehensive" peace scheme called for in U.N. Resolution 1701 is because of the influence of former Secretary of State James Baker and the new Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. As you may know, both men are former members of the old Bush Sr.'s Administration Read about it here. Friends, a major shift in America's policies towards Israel is taking place. The so-called "ideological" support for Israel is being swept aside and the so-called "more rational" approach to Israel is reappearing. In fact, I suspect that is what the EU's Javier Solana meant when he said, "there will be a new truth, a new roadmap that will allow the international community to cooperate with the Palestinian authorities" Read about it here. With American power committed to salvaging a victory out of Iraq, America's new strategic partner -- the EU -- has quickly stepped into the vacuum. With Resolution 1701 providing legitimacy and their new structures within NATO providing the ability, the EU is now attempting to rise to their historic opportunity in the Mediterranean Basin. We students of Bible prophecy have long wondered how it would happen -- how America would ever step aside in the Middle East and allow Europe to step in. Now we know. It's the new truth. | Israel | EU/UN | NewWorldOrder | America |
- Ahmadinejad: Israel’s destruction near (November 13, 2006) - According to the Iranian media Monday, Iranian President Mahoud Ahmadinejad declared that Israel was destined to ‘disappearance and destruction’ at a council meeting with Iranian ministers. “The western powers created the Zionist regime in order to expand their control of the area. This regime massacres Palestinians everyday, but since this regime is against nature, we will soon witness its disappearance and destruction,” Ahmadinejad said. | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam |
- Palestinian FM accepts Arab Proposal For Peace Conference (November 13, 2006) - Palestinian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Zahar accepted an Arab proposal on Sunday for a peace conference to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Arab diplomats said. ''The ministers call to convene a peace conference attended by Arab parties, Israel and the permanent members of the UN Security Council in order to reach a just and comprehensive settlement to the Arab-Israeli conflict on all tracks according to international resolutions and the principal of 'land for peace','' the officials said. | Israel | Islam | Israel has stated they are not giving up Jerusalem and Muslims won't accept peace without going to pre-1967 borders, which means Israel giving up Jerusalem. However, there will be a false "peace" that will put the Jewish and Muslim temples next to each other on the Temple Mount. I could be wrong, but I think this will only happen after the Gog/Magog armies are stopped in the mountains of Israel. If you read through Isaiah 17, you will see a sequence of Damascus destruction and the cities forsaken "because of the children of Israel." Then at the end of the chapter, God rebukes many nations "chased as chaff of the mountains before the wind." I believe we can then expect someone like Javier Solana to step in and do some amazing political shenanigans to accomplish the apparent peace.
- 'Israel Must Prepare For Full-Scale War' (November 13, 2006) - Israel has to prepare for a full-scale war, in which Syria will be an important player, an Israeli military official told the British Sunday Times. "The challenge from Iran and Syria is now top of the Israeli defense agenda, higher than the Palestinian one," another official said. The recent war with Hizbullah and the threat that Iran could achieve nuclear weapons capability have led Israel to reexamine its defense strategies, and focus on the region's two major supporters of terrorism, IDF sources have said recently. One conclusion is that Israel has allocated too much time and energy to addressing the terror threat posed by Palestinian groups in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. According to London's International Institute for Strategic Studies, both Iran and Syria have ballistic missiles whose range extends over most of Israel, including Tel Aviv. Funds have reportedly been approved for the construction of appropriately equipped shelters. Eyeing Syria, the IDF has formed a new infantry brigade, known as Kfir (young lion), as a countermeasure against Syria's commando forces, which are considered "better" than Hizbullah guerrillas, a military source informed the Times. The IDF is also reportedly integrating three elite brigades in preparation for them cooperating on deep cross-border operations into Syria and Iran. more... | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | Hmm... And it just so happens that Israel is looking at having to go to war with Syria and Iran! On top of that, we have Russian-Muslim and Turkish "peacekeeping troops" piling up on the Northern border of Israel in Lebanon. There were also the Iranian Republican Guards that were found dead in Lebanon during the earlier war this year. Given Isaiah 17, Ezekiel 38, and Ezekiel 39 I think this is a pretty big coincidence, eh?!
- Olmert: 'I am ready for territorial compromises' (November 13, 2006) - "I don't intend to go into details about the upcoming contact with the Palestinians," Olmert said just before landing in the US. Olmert also repeated his refusal to specify what Israel's "many options" on the growing Iranian crisis were. Olmert reiterated the statements he gave Saturday in an interview to Newsweek-Washington Post that Iran would agree to compromise on its nuclear program only if it had a real reason to fear reprisals for failing to comply. Olmert added that he was under no diplomatic pressure to meet with Bush, but thought it appropriate to do so on his way to the 2006 General Assembly in Los Angeles. Before leaving for Washington on Saturday night, the prime minister reaffirmed his commitment to territorial withdrawal from Judea and Samaria. "You can read my lips: 'I'm ready for territorial compromises‚ and I haven't changed my mind," Olmert said in the Newsweek interview. In the interview, Olmert breathed new life into the realignment plan, which would see Israel retain highly populated settlement blocs within Judea and Samaria and relinquish isolated areas. Until now, analysts had assumed that Olmert had dropped the plan. But on Saturday he said it could still be on the table, with some modifications. more... | Israel | Islam |
- Bush Prepares Switch on Iraq and Downgrading of US Ties with Jordan and Israel (November 12, 2006) - Monday, Nov. 13, former US secretary of state James Baker and ex-Congressman Lee Hamilton will present their recommendations on Iraq to President Bush in the Oval Office. Their audience will include an array of top administration officials: Vice President Dick Cheney, national security adviser Stephen Hadley, secretary of state Condoleezza Rice, Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte and CIA Director Gen. Mike Hayden, as well as U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Peter Pace. Incoming defense secretary Robert Gates will attend as a member of the bipartisan committee. Absentees will include outgoing defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who stepped down after the Republican’s lost the Nov. 7 midterm to the Democrats over the Iraq war, and the commanders directly running that conflict, Generals John Abizaid and George Casey. The timing and composition of the conference indicate that the larger decisions are already in the bag with regard to the new US policy on Iraq and a fresh approach to the radical side of the Middle East led by Iran and Syria, mainly at the expense of Jordan and Israel. Monday’s White House conference will be concerned mostly with tying up the last ends and deciding who performs which part of the revised strategy. DEBKAfile’s Washington sources report that Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert, who is due Monday will be one of the first foreign White House visitors to hear an update on the new policy. He will find he is required to listen rather than speak. Bush will use the occasion to inform him where America’s Iraq policy leaves Israel and the Palestinian dispute. Most of all, the US president will be looking ahead to Wednesday, Nov, 15, when he stops over in Moscow for unscheduled talks with Vladimir Putin. Air Force One was originally supposed to refuel in Moscow and continue without delay to Hanoi for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit later this week. And the Russian president would not normally have come to the airport to greet him. But the US president has decided to seize on the chance of persuading Putin to jump aboard the new American format on Iraq, Iran and the Middle East, on none of which the two leaders saw eye to eye before. The first sign of Bush-Putin collaboration is in the air. more... | Israel | America | Looks like the effects of the election are happening quickly. The world is blindly walking right into the trap of the principalities and powers have set for them. It will be interesting to see just how far this policy change goes to parting ways with Israel. Genesis 12:3 "And I will bless them that bless thee [Abraham/Israel], and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed." I think America has been blessed for her support of Israel and I'm wary of any change in that. Watch for America's fall as soon as support for Israel ends or switches sides.
- Iran in UN protest over Israel 'military threats' (November 12, 2006) - Iran has complained to the United Nations over a "series of threats" after an Israeli official refused to rule out a military strike against the Islamic republic, the IRNA agency reports. Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran's ambassador to the United Nations, submitted the complaint to Secretary General Kofi Annan and the Security Council on Friday following the comments by Israeli Deputy Defence Minister Ephraim Sneh. "The letter, underlining threats from Sneh and other Israeli officials, regards these statements as illegal, ridiculous and a sign of the Zionist regime's criminal policies and terrorist intentions," the state agency said. Sneh had told the Jerusalem Post on Friday he considered military action against Iran as a "last resort. But even the last resort is sometimes the only resort." His comments were seen as the clearest statement yet by an Israeli official that military strikes against Iran over its refusal to halt sensitive nuclear activities were not excluded. more... | Iran | Israel | I can't believe this, ok I can. What a bunch of manipulative whiney babies. Let me remind everyone of the kinds of comments from Ahmadinejad about wiping Israel off the map that may lead Israel to leave war with Iran on the table of possibilities. I'll bet this whining is looked at with sincerity in the UN though. As sick as this kind of stuff makes me, it fits with Bible prophecy yet again. The whole world is uniting against Israel calling good bad and bad good. Another clue of Satanic influence is how he is always 180 degrees out of phase with the Truth. Like Hitler knew well though, if you say it loud enough and long enough, people will believe you. I hope this newsletter is presenting the Truth being declared in that same fashion and encourage you to share it with anyone you know that might be interested in watching too.
- Loose Ends Herb L. Peters -FulfilledProphecy.com (November 11, 2006) - Loose ends appear to be coming together. Once again there are news reports saying a Palestinian coalition government many be on the scene by the end of the year. But, what struck me the most about this report is the way it ended. The report says: "Peace and security will not be realized under occupation and settlement and the inclusion of noble Jerusalem into Israel," Mr. Abbas told a crowd of thousands of Palestinians Read about it here. The reason these words interested me is because there is another way they could have been said. They could have just as accurately been stated: You [Israel] will not have your cry for "peace and safety" answered until you get off the lands you captured in the Six Day War and give up East Jerusalem and the Temple Mount. If you recall, the EU's Javier Solana has made returning Israel to the pre 1967 borders the cornerstone of his comprehensive peace agreement for the Middle East. And President Bush has brought in former Secretary of State James Baker to help formulate his Administration's new directions in the region. Baker, under the Bush Sr. presidency, showed himself to be on much the same page as that of Solana. In fact, Solana has stated that his own introduction into the Middle East peace process began at the 1991 Madrid Conference. It was this international conference at Madrid that set the idea of trading land for peace in motion. And Baker, following the Madrid Conference, set a course in American's foreign policy in the same direction. In fact, I write in detail about this in my book. That's why Baker being back on the scene may be an important part of bringing the loose pieces of Bible prophecy together. As far as a coalition Palestinian government is concerned, that's important too. You see, for a peace deal to be reached, there first has to be a Palestinian government in place with which Israel can make an agreement. And, by January 1, 2007, it looks like it will be there. Loose ends are coming together. | Israel | Islam | EU/UN |
- Israel Develops Laser to Destroy Roadside Bombs (November 8, 2006) - Rafael and American defense contractor General Dynamics have produced and deployed the system called Thor. It uses the concentrated energy of a high-powered laser to clear unexploded bombs and improvised explosive devices. “The directed energy from the laser may also be used to ignite combustible materials, as a standoff cutting torch, and for other combat purposes,” General Dynamics said in a statement about the project ahead of US moves to purchase and deploy the system in its army. Thor combines the Israeli-produced high-energy laser with the Browning M2 12.7-mm machine gun, made by General Dynamics, to destroy explosive devices. The weapon is used with a remote operator control station or mounted on a vehicle or bomb-squad robot. The Thor system includes sensors that work either in day or nighttime conditions to detect the hidden explosive charge. The developers report that the Thor system has already been deployed in combat operations. “Thor has demonstrated combat effectiveness in operational engagements, bringing an additional precision fire gun platform to the fight, while at the same time filling a unique tactical mission role,” Rafael announced. The developers explain that the directed energy from the laser is capable of rapidly clearing unexploded devices by inducing a low-order burning or deflagration reaction in the explosive material from a safe distance. “The kinetic energy from the 12.7mm bullet fired by the M2 functions as a standoff disrupter, destroying fusing, thick-cased munitions, and booby traps, [and] also enabling distancing explosive hazards away from the force route. The M2 machine gun ultimately provides accurate, direct fire upon enemy forces and targets in either an offensive or defensive role.” The Armament Development Authority is supported by Israel’s Ministry of Defense and designs, develops, manufactures, and supplies a wide range of advanced defense systems. more... | Israel | Technology |
- IDF girds for possibility of war with Syria, Hezbollah in 2007 (November 6, 2006) - Syria and Hezbollah are likely to start a war against Israel next summer, according to General Staff assessments that have been gathered during a series of meetings in recent weeks. While there is no specific estimate concerning the timing of a potential attack, all preparations are being made to ensure maximum preparedness in advance of summer 2007. Since the lessons of the war in Lebanon have not yet been finalized in reports, it was decided to consider 2007 as an interim period, and to make decisions concerning a multiple-year force build-up only at the end of that year. Meanwhile, two important interim decisions were made during the recent deliberations: The development, within three years, of a system capable of intercepting 220 mm. and 302 mm. surface-to-surface rockets, of the sort that Hezbollah used to target Haifa and other towns during the recent war; and to wait to make a final decision with respect to cancellation of the Merkava tank production line. The rocket interceptor system will be developed on the basis of existing missiles, and according to future developments of these platforms. Regarding the Merkava, an analysis of the use of tanks during the fighting in Lebanon in the July-August campaign, and particularly the performance of the Merkava Mark-4, suggests that if properly deployed, the tank can provide its crew with better protection than in the past. more... | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam |
October 2006
- Iran Vows To Hit Back If Israel Attacks (November 11, 2006) - Iran's armed forces on Saturday vowed to hit back against any military strike after a top Israeli official refused to rule out attacking the Islamic republic over its disputed nuclear program. "The armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran will firmly respond to any military and threatening move," Brigadier General Ali Fazli, spokesman for Iran's latest round of 10-day war games, said. "The Iranian armed forces, which realize the different threats, have the capacity and capability to confront them," he added. Israeli Deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh had told the Jerusalem Post on Friday he considered military action against Iran as a "last resort. But even the last resort is sometimes the only resort." His comments were seen as the clearest statement yet by an Israeli official that military strikes against Iran over its refusal to halt sensitive nuclear activities were not excluded. "The enemies of the Islamic republic are too weak and too abject to be a threat for a powerful Iran," added Fazli, who did not specify what the nature of Iran's response would be. Iran has been showing off its military prowess in recent days in the 10-day "Great Prophet II" war games, which have seen its fire its Shahab-3 longer range missile for the first time in maneuvers and test-fire new weaponry. more... | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam |
- Olmert Expresses Sorrow At Death Of The Civilians In Beit Hanoun (November 8, 2006) - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert expressed sorrow at the death of Palestinian civilians in Beit Hanoun, as did Defense Minister Amir Peretz. The two offered the Palestinian Authority urgent humanitarian aid and immediate medical treatment for the injured and Peretz authorized the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories Yusef Mishlav to send humanitarian aid to the Palestinian population. | Israel | Islam |
- Hamas Urges Attacks On U.S. Targets (November 8, 2006) - Hamas' military wing called Wednesday on Muslims around the world to attack American targets following reports that an Israeli tank strike killed 18 people in the Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun. The Hamas-led Palestinian government distanced itself from the call, saying its fight was with Israel. Hamas militants have historically directed their suicide bombings and rocket attacks only against Israeli targets. "America is offering political, financial and logistic cover for the Zionist occupation crimes, and it is responsible for the Beit Hanoun massacre. Therefore, the people and the nation all over the globe are required to teach the American enemy tough lessons," Hamas' military wing said in a statement sent to The Associated Press. But Ghazi Hamad, spokesman for the Hamas-led Palestinian government, said the group had no intention of attacking American targets. Hamas' political wing, led by Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, tries to distinguish itself from the military wing. But the two entities both report to the group's exiled leadership, based in Syria, and frequently coordinate with each other. more... | Israel | Islam | America | The first thing I thought of when I read this was that they were trying to make America distance itself from Israel. If we fear their fearlessness and hatred of Islam, then their threats might push us from supporting Israel. It seems like a big bite to take (attacking America) for something America had nothing to do with. Perhaps they feel their threats may affect the newly elected government officials? Of course, I could just be reading into it, but it doesn't make sense.
- Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal says militants will reply to Israeli tank shelling in deeds, not words (November 8, 2006) - Palestinian militants had abandoned their truce with Israel and would resume attacks on the Jewish state, the chief of the Hamas group, Khaled Mashaal, said Wednesday, hours after Israeli tanks killed 18 civilians in Gaza. "The armed struggle is free to resume, and the resistance will be dictated by local circumstances," Mashaal told a news conference in the Syrian capital of Damascus, hours after Israeli tanks bombarded the residential district of Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza. "Our reponse will be by deeds, not words." "The truce (with Israel) ended at the end of 2005," Mashaal said. The cease-fire that Hamas and a second militant group declared with Israel early last year had expired on Dec. 31, but it had continued to be honored, with some infractions. Mashaal's statement Wednesday made it clear that from now on, the gloves were off and Hamas guerrillas would strike at will. Two other militant groups based in Syria issued supportive statements, with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine saying it would now be appropriate to "step up suicide operations" against Israel. Israeli tanks blasted buildings in Beit Hanoun in the early hours of Wednesday morning, killing at least 18 members of an extended family, including eight children, as they slept, Palestinian health officials said. The attack was condemned by the Palestinian Authority's leaders — President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh — who declared three days of national mourning. It was also protested in Brussels, where the European Union termed it "a profoundly shocking event," and Moscow, where the Russian Foreign Ministry said Israel's actions "go beyond the declared goal of averting the shelling of Israeli territories from Gaza Strip." The Israeli army said it was investigating the incident, but that so far it believed its tanks had fired on areas from which rockets had been fired in recent days at the Israeli cities of Sderot and Ashkelon. Israel ordered a halt to artillery fire, pending the investigation, but said it would continue operations against Palestinian rocket squads. Mashaal appealed to all Palestinian factions, including Hamas' rivals, to resume attacks on Israel. more... | Israel | Islam | I don't know the details of this incident yet, but I know Israel isn't desiring to incur the wrath of Islam and wouldn't purposely do this. We must also remember the depravity of those who use women and children as human shields to prevent being killed and if they are killed, they can use it as propaganda to show how the Jews kill women and children. They've done it before, should we be surprised if they're doing it now? This tactic works in favor of the terrorists because they have no real regard for human life. That is clear in some of their willingness to blow themselves up and take as many with them as possible. The whole culture is being brainwashed from childhood. Don't believe me? Watch it for yourself here. This kind of stuff is recorded off their TV stations. Do a search for yourself and discover the truth of the matter.
- Mashaal Threatens To Kidnap More IDF Soldiers (November 7, 2006) - Hamas Damascus-based leader Khaled Mashaal threatened on Tuesday that Hamas would kidnap more IDF soldiers if Israel does not free all Palestinian prisoners. In an interview with Hamas radio station Voice of al Aksa, Mashaal added the kidnappers would stick to their demands. The Hamas leader-in-exile also called for an establishment of a Palestinian Authority unity government on the basis of the prisoners' document but stressed that such a government must not adhere to the demands of the international quartet.| Israel | Islam | With this kind of rhetoric coming out of Damascus from many voices along with the fear of Syria and Hizbullah starting another war, we could see a pre-emptive attack by Israel against Damascus and the leaders it houses. Could this be the destruction of Isaiah 17? We'll have to wait and see, but at this rate if it is, we won't have to wait long.
- Ethiopia: African Union Blasts Israel For Attacking Palestine (November 7, 2006) - The African Union (AU) Monday condemned the recent attacks by Israeli forces in the Northern Gaza Strip of Palestine. Describing the attack as a "dastardly act", AU Commission has called upon the United Nations Security Council to take required measures to stop the attacks by Israel. The Commission also appealed to the parties in the Middle East conflict to return to the negotiating table so as to facilitate the implementation of the Roadmap Peace Plan for national sovereign independence of the Palestinian State. "The AU has learnt with deep regret of the recent attacks by Israeli Forces in the town of Beit Hanoun on 31 October 2006," said an AU statement. Over 300 civilians were killed and injured, including children, women and elderly people in the attack. "The AU once more calls upon the Government of Israel to immediately cease all such acts of aggression, which are a blatant violation of the established principles of international law," the Commission said. According to the AU, the Israeli attacks on Palestine also breached all agreements reached between the two parties besides undermining the ongoing peace process for national sovereignty of the State of Palestine. | Israel | Islam | The world is united against Israel even though they're just protecting themselves. The way I see it, things can go several ways. A miraculous peace deal will come about sometime next year, or the Russia, Turkey, Iran alliance will attack Israel from the North, or a combination of both playing off each other. For instance, if Russia, Turkey, and Iran attacked Israel as in Ezekiel 38,39 before the year is out, then the world, and Muslims, might be a little more ready to allow Jews to cohabitate the Temple Mount. We could also see peace without the Gog/Magog attack, which would come later. Either way, I expect the EU to come in as a mediator in the Middle East with Javier Solana heading it all. The calls for peace are ringing all over, yet there's a subtle and sometimes not-so-subtle hatred of Israel underlying much of this "peace." It won't be until the antichrist declares himself God that the Jews will really get it though. Until then I believe they will think he's on their side.
- DEBKAfile: Israel began pulling troops out of an area on the northern edge of divided Ghajar village Tuesday in an unpublicized deal with UNIFIL DEBKAfile (November 7, 2006) - Israel-Lebanese border villages were not given notice of the move. The patch of land was quietly handed to the United Nations Interim Force, UNIFIL which set up positions and checkpoints on the spot. The withdrawal was finalized at UNIFIL headquarters in Ras Naqoura between Lebanese and Israeli army officers and the peace force commander, French General Alain Pellegrini. Israeli military sources were furious over the secret pullback when its security applications could be grave for the Israeli border population. They said that the UN force cannot be trusted with border security in a strategic area opposite Metullah when it refuses to raise a finger against Hizballah’s barefaced replacement of its former fortifications and lookout posts opposite Israel. Our political sources report prime minister Ehud Olmert hurried the concession along in secret ahead of his trip to Washington Sunday to meet President George W. Bush. He is keen to show how closely Israel is abiding by UN resolution 1701 unlike Hizballah. Pellegrini voiced hope for an agreement “very soon for full IDF withdrawal from Lebanese territory,” including the northern part of Ghajar village. An Israeli military official said the withdrawal had begun from “open areas north of Ghajar, but the IDF deployment in the village itself had not changed.” The UN-drawn “blue line” runs through the village, dividing it between Lebanon and Israel although most of its inhabitants have opted for Israeli citizenship. During the Lebanon War, Israeli troops moved into the Lebanese side of Ghajar to keep Hizballah from taking up strategic positions there. | Israel | Islam | EU/UN | How right they are to be upset. Even the "peacekeeping" troops from Russia are Muslim, not to mention the Turkish forces planned for the region along with those responsible for firing the rockets in the first place. Now that the radical Muslims in the Middle East have declared an end to the cease fire over the Israeli bombardment, this isn't the time to pull your only trustworthy defense out of the area, any little area.
- 'War within 10 months' (November 6, 2006) - Syria and Hezbollah are likely to start a war with the Jewish state within 10 months, according to an assessment presented to the political leadership here by the Israeli Defense Forces. IDF leaders did not release the specific timing of what they said are expected clashes, but they urged Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's government in meetings the past few weeks to allow the IDF to prepare for a possible major conflict, according to senior military officials. The officials said the assessments, compiled by the general staff of the IDF, are based on intelligence information and what they said is the ongoing estimate by Syria and Hezbollah that military confrontations achieve results. They said Hezbollah considered itself victorious against Israeli troops in Lebanon in July and August. Explained a military official: "While Hezbollah took some major hits, the group's rocket infrastructure is still in tact; they are capable of firing more rockets into Israel. The war ended without Hezbollah having to return (Eldad) Regev and (Ehud) Goldwasser (the two soldiers it kidnapped in July, originally prompting the confrontations)." The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, because he was not authorized to talk to the media, said a cease-fire imposed in August by the United Nations "achieved a political win for Hezbollah." "It recognized Hezbollah's claims to the Shebaa Farms (a small piece of territory held by Israel but claimed by Lebanon and Syria) and called for future negotiations. It also restricts Israel's ability to stop Hezbollah from rearming and regrouping, which is what they are currently doing," the military official said. Military officials here said the past few weeks Syria and Iran have been smuggling weapons to Hezbollah in Lebanon. They said the smuggling is taking place in front of a contingent of 20,000 international troops stationed in Lebanon. more... | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam |
- Syrian FM Walid Mualem threatens to start “countdown to war” with Israel failing progress on peace track DEBKAfile (November 6, 2006) - DEBKAfile cites Mualem’s words at a joint news conference in Damascus with Norwegian foreign minister Jonas Gahr Steore Monday, Nov. 6, as an explicit threat of war to be launched against Israel at a time of Syria’s choosing. The Syrian minister welcomed a debate going on in Israel about whether to resume negotiations with Damascus on the Golan Heights, which Syria lost to Israel in the Six-Day War. He went on to say: “We now have a window of opportunity of several months. If there is no progress, the countdown will begin for a new Syrian-Israeli war.” On Nov. 3, DEBKA-Net-Weekly 276 revealed that on Oct. 30 British PM Tony Blair had sent his senior political adviser Nigel Sheinwald (picture) on a mission to Damascus, hoping to turn the coming British exit from Iraqi towns round as leverage for a comeback to the Arab world and make up for his failed Iraq policy. One of the items in the British official’s briefcase for his meeting with president Bashar Asad and Mualem was a secret message from Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert: an offer to start peace talks. It was posted through Blair. The Syrian president sent a return message to the British prime minister: Tell Olmert I’m ready to talk. This move connected with a broader deal: Damascus would break away from its pact with Tehran in return for normal relations with the West. Israel-Syrian talks would kick off this process. Both parties agreed that the Sheinwald mission and the business they discussed would be kept secret. No sooner had the British emissary flown out of Damascus, when the Syrians leaked word of his visit together with the Syrian president’s rejection of Olmert’s offer to talk, barring a prior Israeli commitment to cede the Golan. This was not what the Syrian president had told his British vistor. When Sheinwald arrived in London, he found out that Asad had been stringing him along before killing the Blair initiative stone cold. more... | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam |
- Syria Threatens War With Israel (November 5, 2006) - A senior Syrian government minister said on Sunday that if Israel does not enter negotiations over the surrender of the Golan Heights, his nation may resort to armed conflict against the Jewish state. Syrian Information Minister Mohsen Bilal as said at the opening of a three-day media forum in the demolished former Golan town of Quneitra that unless Israel agreed via negotiations to return the territory it captured in the 1967 Six Day War, Syria could turn to "other means ... beginning with legitimate resistance." Bilal's statement coincided with assessments by Israel's General Staff that Syria and Hezbollah could launch a coordinated assault on the Jewish state as early as next summer. According to Ha'aretz, the Israel Defense Forces are actively preparing for such a development. Following Israel's 34-day war with Hezbollah last summer, the Syrian leadership made statements suggesting that it viewed such a conflagration as a way to focus greater international attention on its efforts to regain the strategic Golan Heights. | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | I haven't really brought it up lately, but remember the destruction prophesied to Damascus in Isaiah 17 which hasn't happened yet. We don't know for sure if this destruction is from God, or if it's through another nation like Israel. If it's through Israel, the stage is definitely being set for a pre-emptive strike by Israel against Syria. Keep watching!
- Why Israel Will Go to War Again – Soon (November 3, 2006) - There will soon be another war in the Middle East, this time a renewal of the conflict between the Israel Defence Force (IDF) and Hizbollah. The conflict is inevitable and unavoidable. It will come about because Israel cannot tolerate the rebuilding of Hizbollah's fortified zone in south Lebanon, from which last year it launched its missile bombardment of northern Israel. Hizbollah has now reconstructed the fortified zone and is replenishing its stocks of missiles there. Hamas is also creating a fortified zone in the Gaza Strip and building up its stocks of missiles. Israel, therefore, faces missile attack on two fronts. When the Israel general staff decides the threat has become intolerable, it will strike. What happened in south Lebanon earlier this year has been widely misunderstood, largely because the anti-Israel bias in the international media led to the situation being misreported as an Israeli defeat. It was no such thing. It was certainly an Israeli setback, but the idea that the IDF had suddenly lost its historic superiority over its Arab enemies and that they had acquired military qualities that had hitherto eluded them was quite false. Hizbollah suffered heavy losses in the fighting, perhaps as many as 1,000 killed out of its strength of up to 5,000 and it is only just now recovering. What allowed Hizbollah to appear successful was its occupation of the bunker-and-tunnel system that it had constructed since June 2000, when the IDF gave up its presence in south Lebanon, which it had occupied since 1982. Although the IDF had got into south Lebanon, the casualties it had suffered in entering the fortified zone had alarmed the government and high command, since Israel's tiny population is acutely vulnerable to losses in battle. Israel's plan was to destroy Hizbollah's tunnels and bunkers, but the sending of a United Nations intervention force did not allow the destruction to be completed before the IDF was forced to withdraw. more... | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam |
- Think Again: Democrats go European (November 2, 2006) - Israelis would like to believe that American support for the Jewish state is strong, bipartisan, and will ever remain thus. Contrary to that happy scenario, Israel definitely has a dog in next week's American midterm elections. Deep ambivalence toward Israel has infected the Democratic Party. A Bloomberg/Los Angeles Times poll comparing voter attitudes on the war in Lebanon and toward Israel shows Republicans to be far more supportive of Israel than Democrats: 54% of Democrats advocate that the United States adopt a more neutral - i.e., less pro-Israel - stance to the Middle East, as opposed to only 29% of Republicans. Nearly two-thirds of Republicans felt the Israeli bombing in Lebanon was fully justified, as opposed to only 29% of Democrats. A recent Zogby poll showed that almost exactly the same number of Americans believe that an "Israel lobby" influenced America's entry into the deeply unpopular war in Iraq. Those who hold this view are found overwhelmingly in the Democratic Party. Key Democratic constituencies are deeply ambivalent about Israel. African Americans are three to four times as likely to hold anti-Semitic views as whites, and that may be reflected in the votes of the Congressional Black Caucus on Israel-related issues. Past labor leaders, like Lane Kirkland, were strongly internationalist in outlook. Today, however, the union movement is primarily concerned with globalization, and has become increasingly isolationist in orientation, with a concomitant resentment of any military or foreign aid spending that reduces domestic spending. more... | Israel | America |
- Homosexuals suspected of vandalizing synagogue (November 2, 2006) - Worshippers who arrived to services early Thursday morning were shocked to see the windows smashed and grafitti on the walls of the synagogue reading "If we can't march in Jerusalem, you won't walk in Tel Aviv." Searches are being conducted in the area for the vandals, who left behind considerable damage but no casualties. Rabbi Yitzchak Bir, a "gabai," who is in charge of the synagogue said: "It's bewildering that this synagogue of all places was vandalized, a vibrant synagogue which serves all the young people in the area," he said. "I think that had such a thing happened in London or any other place in Europe, the State itself would have wreaked havoc and call for a stop to this lawlessness and vandalism," he added. Rabbi Yosef Gerlitzky, the Chabad emissary in Tel Aviv and Rabbi of the synagogue told Shturem.net: "It's shocking. This synagogue has been serving the community for over 70 years. We have social services that help out impoverished and needy residents both religious and non-religious. "Before every holiday the synagogue and Chabad House in it distributes hundreds of food packages to needy families. It organizes a day camp during the summer so young children won't have to roam the streets and get into trouble. It conducts daily activities for senior citizens. Most of all during the war in Lebanon two months ago, the synagogue provided Sabbath meals for dozens of families who fled the north and found refuge in Tel Aviv. How can they stoop so low. It is just beyond me." more... | Israel |
- Iran-Hamas Summit in Coming Weeks (November 1, 2006) - A Palestinian Authority-Iranian summit is to take place in the coming weeks with Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh traveling to Iran to meet with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The meeting was confirmed by Haniyeh’s office. This will be the first official visit of the Hamas leader to Iran, though Hamas terror chief Khaled Mashal (pictured above) met with Ahmadinejad previously. Iran has been a major backer of Hamas throughout the period since the terror group won the PA elections. During that time, most of the PA’s Western funding sources have withheld funding pending a Hamas recognition of the Jewish state. The top Hamas official will also be visiting Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, Qatar, and Lebanon. Analysts are concerned that the Iranian-Hamas summit will increase the coordination between the two entities, both publicly seeking the liquidation of the Jewish state. more... | Israel | Islam |
- Olmert holding back 'crucial' military operations (November 1, 2006) - Defense officials warn Israel faltering as Gaza quickly arms for war. Hamas could establish in the Gaza Strip a military division of nearly 10,000 troops with an operational force similar to Hezbollah in Lebanon if the terror group continues to strengthen at its current pace, according to information released yesterday by the Israeli Defense Forces. A senior military leader here told WND the IDF, concerned about the massive amount of weaponry recently smuggled into the Gaza Strip and the regular firing of rockets at nearby Jewish communities, presented battle plans last week for approval by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for a large-scale Gaza offensive. The leader said Olmert and his security cabinet only approved a series of isolated operations, which do not differ from current actions in Gaza. He said Olmert has been restraining the IDF from carrying out what the army believes are operations "crucial" for Israel's security. The official said the IDF wants Olmert to approve a major Gaza offensive aimed at blocking Egypt-Gaza smuggling routes, confiscating weaponry already transferred into Gaza, halting the rocket-firing at Jewish communities and badly damaging Gaza's terror infrastructure. "Olmert only approved small-scale operations. Most (approved measures) are defensive, although there are a few offensive isolated assaults but not what it needed to stop Gaza from sinking to the brink of war," the official said. more... | Israel | Islam |
- Israel May Rethink Truce Commitment (November 1, 2006) - Israel warned on Tuesday that it might rethink its adherence to the cease-fire resolution that ended Lebanon war this summer, following a United Nations report that Syria was smuggling arms to Hizbullah in Lebanon. The second Lebanon war: JPost.com special report It's the first time since the war that the UN had made such a clear statement with regard to the failure to disarm Hizbullah. The report flies in the face of the commitment Syrian President Bashar Assad made to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan that Damascus would comply with the arms embargo against Hizbullah and would support UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which calls for it to be disarmed. "If Lebanon cannot implement its side of the resolution, obviously Israel would be entitled to rethink the implementation of our commitments," Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday. He said the arms embargo was a critical element of Resolution 1701 and that the smuggling constituted a "core violation." more... | Israel | Islam |
- Report: Iran, Syria are Russia's top military clients (October 31, 2006) - Iran and Syria are the leading defense clients of Russia in the Middle East, according to a new report. The Congressional Research Service said Iran and Syria were the biggest Middle East importers of Russian weapons from 2002 through 2005. In a report, CRS said the orders marked Russia's return to the Middle East weapons market, Middle East Newsline reported. "The principal purchasers of Russian arms were: Iran [$1.7 billion], Syria [$800 million],Yemen [$500 million], Libya, and Israel [$300 million each]," the report, entitled "Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations 1998-2005," said. Later, industry sources said the Israeli purchase from Russia comprised the procurement of Il-76 air transports. They said the cargo aircraft were relayed to India as part of Israel's airborne early-warning and control system project, valued at $1.1 billion. China, a missile and light arms exporter, was also cited as a leading supplier to the Middle East. CRS said that from 2002 through 2005, Egypt was the leading purchaser of Chinese systems, with orders that totaled $400 million. Iran and Saudi Arabia followed with $300 million and $200 million, respectively. "The value of China's arms transfer agreements with Iran rose from essentially nil in 1998-2001 to $300 million in the 2002-2005 period," the report said. The United States was cited as the leading supplier of military platforms and systems to the Middle East in 2002-2005. Egypt was the leading client of the United States, with $5.2 billion, followed by Saudi Arabia and Israel, with $4.2 billion and $2.5 billion, respectively. | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | Is it any wonder Russia is so supportive and protective of these two? They're even all prophesied to attack Israel together! If that isn't a hint at how close we are, what about the fact that Muslim Russian troops along with Turkish troops are being sent to Israel's Northern border right now.
- Mideast peace at critical stage, warns EU's Solana (October 30, 2006) - EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana warned that the Middle East has reached a critical point but that ending the Israeli-Palestinian crisis could provoke movement on many stalled fronts. "The Middle East is going through a very crucial moment, in several directions," said the European Union's top diplomat as he left Cairo at the end of a six-day tour to assess developments in the region first hand. "We think that the centre of gravity, in order to solve the problems of the Middle East, has to be given a push on the Palestinian-Israeli track," he told reporters travelling with him. "Without solving that we will have very little chance," he added. During his trip, Solana spoke with leaders in Israel, the Palestinian territories, Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt, with most discussions focusing on how to get the Jewish state and the embattled Palestinians talking again. Achieving that, EU officials say, could be a key that unlocks other parts of a vastly complicated Middle East puzzle stretching from Egypt up to Lebanon, over to Syria and then across to Iran. Domestic concerns for Israel and the Palestinians are severely hampering progress, however. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's government has been badly weakened by its 34-day summer war against Shiite Hezbollah militants in Lebanon, which coincided with a second front in the poverty-hit Gaza Strip. more... | Israel | Islam | EU/UN | Solana |
- Egypt moves 5,000 troops near Gaza border (October 28, 2006) - Egypt moved 5,000 more security forces near the Gaza Strip border on Saturday after an Israeli report said Israel may bomb tunnels used for smuggling weapons into Palestinian territories, an Egyptian official said. "They requested reinforcements after the Israeli report and also citing fears of Palestinian militants breaching the border wall between the Gaza Strip and Egypt," the official told Reuters in Cairo. The 5,000 Egyptians were members of the police's central security force. They joined about 750 border guards already deployed along the area known as the Philadelphi Corridor, fearing the possible operation's impact on civilians living on the Egyptian side of the border. The Israeli daily newspaper Maariv reported on Friday that precision-guided weapons would be used to penetrate deep underground in the hope of destroying the tunnel network that the Jewish state says riddles the area, which is 14 km (8.6 miles) long and approximately 100 metres (330 feet) wide. The decision to use "smart" bombs may be a substitute to reoccupying the entire region, the newspaper said. Israel says it has been unable to control weapons smuggling into Gaza since it withdrew its forces from the coastal strip last year. "We are following the situation with extreme concern and we have not received any warnings from the Israeli side about this operation," one Egyptian official told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity. more... | Israel | Islam |
- Expert: Prepare for War (October 27, 2006) - Middle East experts give their forecasts for the coming months in the region, warn of 'terrible deterioration' on Israel's northern border. The coming months will present Israel with strategic threats from three different directions, Dr. Boaz Ganor, founder of the Institute for Counter-Terrorism told Ynetnews. The first threat, stemming from the Shiite alliance of Iran and Hizbullah, will result in "terrible deterioration" on Israel's northern border, according to Ganor. "The year 2007 is going to be a critical year, as the international arena will do its utmost to narrow down the nuclear capabilities of Iran. It could be done by using more affirmative sanctions, or even a military campaign," Ganor said. "And the ramification of such an attempt, even if it's only sanctions, will cause a terrible deterioration of the situation on the northern border, where Iran will use its proxy Hizbullah to retaliate against Israel, and make clear that Israel has to pay for any activities against Iran," Ganor added. Turning to the Palestinian arena, Ganor said that "the Palestinians are now at the stage of shaping their self-identities," a process he described as ultimately "positive." They are torn between "terrorism and violence against Israel, definitely the concept used by Yasser Arafat under the Oslo accords," as well as today's "Islamic radical terrorist organizations," and the "alternative option, which is actually being represented by (PA President Mahmoud Abbas) Abu Mazen," based on the idea that "terrorism and violence will never fulfill the Palestinian national interest." "The problem is that this is not a smooth process. It involves battles within the Palestinian arena. And I think in the coming months this may spill over into Israel," Ganor said. Ganor then pointed out the "third process, which I have to admit that many Israelis, including decision makers and security services in Israel underestimate, is the threat of global jihadists against Israel," posed by al-Qaeda and its affiliates. more... | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam |
- Solana: Time To End Occupation (October 27, 2006) - The European Union Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana said following a meeting with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah Thursday that “the Palestinian people have suffered and suffered a lot, and it is time that the occupation that started in 1967 is over.” "That is the objective of the Road Map," he said, referring to an internationally drafted plan which seeks to create a Palestinian state living in peace alongside a secure Israel, but has been largely dormant since its inception in 2003. Abbas called on the international community to act toward resuming talks between Israel and the PA, this as part of his ongoing efforts to schedule a meeting with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Turning his attention to the Gilad Shalit kidnapping affair, Abbas said, “efforts are continuing in this matter, as are efforts to resolve the Palestinian political crisis.” However, the Palestinian president said of the situation in the PA that, “our options are limited and we must act in a level-headed manner to bring about a solution.” Abbas said the Shalit affair may spark renewed diplomatic talks and the implementation of the Road Map, adding that he hoped for a Palestinian government that would act in accordance with international law. more... | Israel | Islam | EU/UN | Clearly Solana has been sucked into the mantra of occupation as well.
- Europe's Unsolicited Advice (October 26, 2006) - You have got to hand it to Javier Solana, the European Union's foreign policy chief. He may be no friend of Israel, but he certainly can keep a straight face while saying the most ridiculous of things. And so it was that at a meeting today with Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, Solana repeated the mantra that the Europeans have been reciting ad nauseum in recent years: Israel must abide by the so-called road map to peace. Now, Solana is no fool. He reads the newspapers. He surely knows that in the intervening years since the adoption of the road map, a few things have changed here in the Middle East. Israel withdrew unilaterally from Gush Katif and received terror in return, Hamas has come to power in the Palestinian Authority, and Israeli Cpl. Gilad Shalit remains in captivity somewhere in Gaza. So for Solana to declare that Israel must nonetheless fulfill its obligations under the road map only underlines once again just how unjust, and downright absurd, the European position on the Middle East truly is. Because essentially what Europe is saying to Israel is: we don't care if the Palestinians keep trying to kill you, just shut up and retreat. Sorry, Javier, but the days when Europe can force Jews to flee are over. This land belongs to us, and we have no intention of leaving – so start getting used to it. Or, better yet, take your unsolicited advice elsewhere. more... | Israel | Islam | EU/UN | Brings a song to mind... "I see your true colors shining through..." He's not standing with Israel, that's for sure.
- DEBKAfile reports: Shock in Jerusalem over crude insult to Israel’s leaders from Russia’s Vladimir Putin (October 25, 2006) - In a televised phone-in Wednesday, Oct. 25, Putin offered the view that the sex scandal surrounding President Katzav and the corruption charges against PM Olmert were provoked by “Israel’s actions in the Lebanon.” He added: “Many see the events as defeat. That immediately triggered attacks against the president, the prime minister and the chief of staff.” Putin’s words are seen as a gratuitous and unprecedented affront to Israeli leaders and a breach of normal courtesies between governments. During a joint Kremlin appearance with Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert two weeks ago, the Russian president was caught on microphone coarsely commenting: “Say hello to your president – he really surprised us.” Later he claimed he thought the microphones had been switched off. But reporters quoted him as adding a further off-color comment: "We did not know he knew how to deal with 10 women.” The Russian president’s follow-up remarks Wednesday, Oct. 25, suggest his earlier comments were meant to be heard. They also reflect negative fallout from the Putin-Olmert talks in Moscow. DEBKAfile’s Moscow sources report that the Russian president felt Olmert had misrepresented the outcome of their Kremlin talks when he informed his cabinet that they had reached complete understanding on the Iranian nuclear question and agreement to coordinate security aspects. But Putin became angry when the Israeli prime minister contradicted a statement by Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov to the Kuwaiti news agency on Oct. 20. Referring to the Iranian nuclear issue, Lavrov said Russia would oppose any attempts to penalize Iran through the UN Security Council or take the nuclear program as a pretext to topple the Iranian regime. On Oct. 22, Olmert, challenged by his ministers about the Lavrov interview, replied: “I heard quite different things from Putin.” The Russian president has now made it clear that he will not put up with contradictions of his positions or those of his foreign minister by the Israeli prime minister or anyone else. | Gog/Magog | Israel | This shows the reality of Russian relations with Israel. Is it any surprise that Russia will be part of the prophesied attack against Israel?
- Spain: Mideast 'Roadmap' Not Working (October 24, 2006) - One of Europe's foremost voices on the Middle East said Tuesday the "road map" for peace between Israel and the Palestinians is doomed, and that a major new initiative is needed to resolve the conflict. Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos told a parliamentary panel that Europe has a historic opportunity to take the lead in pushing for fresh talks, and hinted that it was too late to revive the U.S.-backed blueprint for peace known as the "road map." He said Europe must lead the effort to push both sides back to the table, working in conjunction with the United States. "Everyone agrees that sooner or later there will be a peace conference," he said. "I can say that the government is discussing and sharing ideas and proposals, even with the United States, in reference to paths for the future of the region." The road map, launched in 2003, envisioned a Palestinian state alongside Israel but stalled almost from the outset because neither side met their initial commitments. Relations between the Israelis and Palestinians soured further following the election of a Hamas-led Palestinian government earlier this year. Hamas has refused to rescind its call for Israel's destruction. "It is necessary that this diplomatic initiative be led by the European Union, not with small, gradual steps, but with a major initiative that has great scope," said Moratinos, a former EU envoy to the Middle East who is considered to have excellent contacts throughout the region. | Israel | Islam | EU/UN | This plays right into what Herb Peters has said recently. With America wrapped up in Iraq, Europe now has the opportunity to step into the Middle East political scene with they're own brand of peace-dealing. Expect Javier Solana to become prominent in that endeavor and even pull it off soon. This plays right into Bible prophecy and will eventually allow for the rebuilding of the Jewish temple. For more information on the confirmation of the Barcelona covenant for seven years between Israel and Europe, visit Herb Peters website, www.FulfilledProphecy.com
- Solana Set for Tough Talks with Israeli and Palestinian Leaders (October 24, 2006) - European Union foreign and security policy chief Javier Solana heads for the Middle East on Wednesday in a renewed bid to revive long-stalled Israeli-Palestinian talks. EU diplomats said Solana was braced for difficult discussions in both Israel and the Palestinian territories but insisted that the 25- nation bloc was determined to try and bring Israelis and Palestinians back to the negotiating table. 'The Middle East situation is difficult but we have to keep our presence in the region and step up the pressure for peace,' an EU diplomat told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa. Solana is also scheduled to meet with Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Seniora before heading for Jordan and Egypt. The EU chief diplomat faces an uphill struggle in his bid for peace in the region. Prospects for a revival of Middle East peace talks look bleaker than ever following Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's addition of the ultra-conservative party Israel Beitenu (Israel Our Home) party of former Soviet immigrant Avigdor Lieberman to the country's ruling coalition. An EU diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity, described the composition of the ruling Israeli coalition as 'very worrying', saying it would make any peace talks with Palestinians even more difficult. Solana's meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas also looks set to be fraught given continuing in-fighting between Fatah and the militant Hamas group. The 25-nation bloc is still hoping that Abbas will be able to forge a government of national unity including Fatah and Hamas representatives, a move which could allow a resumption of blocked EU aid to Palestinians. 'The EU does not want the Palestinian Authority to fail or collapse but to transform,' said the EU diplomat. The EU and the US cut off all direct aid to the Palestinian government following the election victory earlier this year of Hamas. The group is classified as a terrorist organization by both Brussels and Washington. However, the EU is currently channelling badly-needed humanitarian assistance to Gaza and the West Bank and also paying allowances to Palestinian health workers. EU officials say aid to the Palestinian Authority will resume once Hamas recognizes Israel, renounces violence and agrees to abide by past peace treaties. In Lebanon, Solana will voice support for Premier Seniora and also meet Nabih Berri, the leader of the Lebanese Shiite group Amal and a key Hezbollah ally. | Israel | Islam | EU/UN | Solana | I don't expect it will take him too long to work it out. I wouldn't be surprised if the upcoming seven-year period of his ENPI (European Neighborhood Policy Instrument) It starts January 1, 2007 and even has a mid-term review in 2010, 3 1/2 years later. Daniel 9:27 visit Herb Peters website, www.FulfilledProphecy.com
- Syria paying Golan Heights public officials (October 23, 2006) - Syrian President Bashar Assad, who recently began directing his citizens to move to the Golan Heights, now is paying scores of Golan residents official state salaries, WND has learned. Israeli officials interpret Assad's latest moves as attempting to underscore Syria's "ownership" of the Heights and pressure the Jewish state into giving up the strategic territory. The officials said there are some indications Assad may stage a provocation aimed at restarting negotiations with Israel over relinquishing the Heights. The Golan Heights is mountainous territory captured by the Jewish state after Syria used the terrain to attack Israel in 1967 and again in 1973. The Heights looks down on major Israeli and Syrian population centers. It borders Israel, Syria and Lebanon and is claimed by Damascus. Military officials say returning the Golan Heights to Syria would grant Damascus the ability to mount an effective ground invasion of the Jewish state. WND first reported last month Assad issued a decree urging his citizens to move to the Golan Heights, claiming the International Committee of the Red Cross would help flood the territory with Syrians. Assad's decree urged Syrian officials, humanitarian workers, public service providers and their families to move to the Golan with the help of the Red Cross, which has authority to operate in the area purportedly to facilitate civilian crossings into and out of Syria in humanitarian cases. Assad's signed statement said Syrians who wish to move to the Golan will be granted approval by "all the relevant authorities." The decree affirmed the "right of the Syrian people's resistance" aimed at ensuring the return of the Golan Heights. Israel officially annexed the Golan in 1981 and controls the territory. It must approve all cases of Syrian residents moving to the Golan. Israel is unlikely to allow any new Syrian residents into the territory. "[Assad's] decree is seen more as rhetoric aimed at generating Syrian national feelings toward the Golan and strengthening Syrian ties to the area," said an official in Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's office. more... | Israel | Islam |
- Israel Must Prepare For Iran to Push the Button - Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Dan Halutz (October 21, 2006) - Iranian president said earlier there is no reason for Israel “the greatest insult to human dignity” to exist and it would soon disappear. Halutz also warned Israel to prepare for possible war with Syria, whose missile threat to Israel's population is similar to that of Hizballah. Another of his outrageous speeches was delivered Friday to a pro-Palestinian rally marking the Islami Republic’s “al Qods Day” (Jerusalem Liberation Day). In further inflammatory remarks, Ahmadinejad said “the world knows the US and Britain are enemies of the Iranian nation.” He warned European nations not to harm Iran, saying that if anger in the region boiled over, Europe would get hurt because of its support for Israel. “Europe must distance itself from Israel at once. That is Iran’s ultimatum. “He went on to brand the UN Security Council and its decisions “illegitimate.” DEBKAfile adds: These words amounted to an Iranian threat of harm to the European UN forces deployed in Lebanon unless they left forthwith. His harsh words followed two events: one, the Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert’s statement in Moscow this week after he met with Russian leaders: “They need to fear that something that they do not want to happen will happen. In no case, Olmert stressed, “will we reconcile with nuclear arms in Iranian hands. There is no margin for error here.” The other event was the arrival in the Persian Gulf of the giant US carrier Iwo Jima with its Expeditionary Strike Group to join the American naval, air and marine might piling up opposite Iran’s shores. Next week too, the Security Council convenes to discussion a form of sanctions against Iran for refusing to desist from enriching uranium. | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam |
- Iran Warns of Revenge Over Israel (October 20, 2006) - Iran's president has warned that Muslims around the world will take revenge on states which support Israel against the Palestinians. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad again questioned the extent of the Holocaust, when German Nazis murdered six million Jews. Israel was founded on "claims about the Holocaust" for which the Palestinians were paying the price, he told a rally. He was speaking on Jerusalem Day, when there are large demonstrations in Iran in support of the Palestinians. BBC Tehran correspondent Frances Harrison says the tone of the speech was hard-line, even by Mr Ahmadinejad's standards. Implicit threat Mr. Ahmadinejad called Israel's leaders a "group of terrorists" and appeared to threaten any country that supports it." You imposed a group of terrorists... on the region. It is in your own interest to distance yourself from these criminals... This is an ultimatum. Don't complain tomorrow." The "ultimatum" was directed at European states in particular. "We have advised the Europeans that the Americans are far away, but you are the neighbors of the nations in this region," Mr. Ahmadinejad said. "We inform you that the nations are like an ocean that is welling up, and if a storm begins, the dimensions will not stay limited to Palestine, and you may get hurt." more... | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | America |
- Ahmadinejad Predicts Israel's Collapse, Warns of 'Boiling Wrath' (October 20, 2006) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has predicted Israel would collapse and warned that its allies face the "boiling wrath" of the people if they continue to support the Jewish state. The renewed assault on Israel by Ahmadinejad -- who has been castigated by world powers for his frequent anti-Israeli outbursts -- came as tens of thousands marched through Tehran in an annual pro-Palestinian protest. "This regime (Israel) will be gone, definitely," Ahmadinejad, who has previously called for Israel to be "wiped from the map" and described the Holocaust as a myth, told the protestors. "You (the Western powers) should know that any government that stands by the Zionist regime from now on will not see any result but the hatred of the people," he added. "The wrath of the region's people is boiling." "Efforts to stabilise this fraudulent regime have completely failed, thank God ... This regime has lost the rationale of its existence," the president said. Ahmadinejad described his warning as an "ultimatum" for Western powers. "You should not complain that we did not give a warning. We are saying this explicitly now." "If a hurricane starts be rest assured that the dimensions of this hurricane will not be limited to the geographic borders of Palestine," he added. "This regime (Israel) will take its supporters to the bottom of the swamp." "The best solution is for you to take all the components of the regime and take it away," Ahmadinejad said. Chanting "Death to Israel" and predicting the "Triumph of Palestine", tens of thousands of people had earlier converged on Tehran University, where Ahmadinejad gave his speech, to mark Iran's Quds (Jerusalem) Day. more... | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | America |
- Syrian Military Impart Hizballah’s Combat Methods to Hamas Terrorists (October 19, 2006) - AMAN chief Maj.-Gen Amos Yadlin and head of research division Brig. Yossi Baidatz also reported to the Israeli cabinet Sunday, Oct. 15. that Hamas is taking delivery of anti-air missiles as well as anti-tank rockets. Saturday night, 3 Qassam missiles exploding near at Nir Am triggered an Israeli air strike at Palestinian launch team near Jebalya, N. Gaza. During the day, Israeli forces killed 8 Palestinian gunmen in clashes in Jebalya, northern Gaza Strip. At least 6 were from Hamas and they directed anti-tank fire at Israeli troops. They were killed when an Israeli rocket hit a house. Israeli ground forces are operating in three Gaza Strip sectors to fight off Palestinian missile attacks and destroy their arsenals. The IDF has stepped up pressure since the June kidnapping of Cpl Gideon Shalit. This operation, which went into its fourth day Saturday, is aimed at stemming the inflow of Iranian long-range anti-tank weapons and Grad 17-km range rockets through the tunnels of the Philadelphi border strip with Egypt. The latest arrivals now are ground-to-air and anti-tank rockets. The Egyptian police do nothing to hinder the Palestinian terrorist arms build-up in Gaza through their lines in Sinai. | Israel | Islam |
- Descendants of King David Planning Reunion in Israel (October 16, 2006) - An international foundation is seeking to gather Jewish descendants of King David, the second biblical king of Israel, for a reunion next year in Jerusalem aimed at fostering Jewish unity. "King David was the first and essentially the only king of Israel to unite all of the Jewish people under one kingdom," said Susan Roth, CEO and founder of the Eshet Chayil Foundation, a group that sponsors Jewish charitable organizations and promotes Jewish education. "In these times of conflict and divisiveness it is very fitting to make a public expression of unity, a demonstration to show it is time for the Jewish people to be joined together while common enemies from around the world once again seek our destruction," Roth said. Roth also founded the Davidic Dynasty, which is sponsored by the Eshet Chayil Foundation and seeks to promote awareness about Jewish history and Jewish ties to the land of Israel through the life and leadership of King David. The Dynasty is holding a launch dinner in New York this week ahead of a larger conference and a first-ever reunion of Davidic descendants in Israel in May 2007. The dinner honors prominent descendants of King David including Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau Jr. and senior rabbinic figures. more... | Israel | It's amazing to hear this kind of news given that it hasn't really been news since before the Diaspora in 70 AD. And even more amazing that they can trace their lineage back that far! I know people like Zola Levitt know they're from the tribe of the Levites because it's in their name, but they keep very good track of these things. We see that evident in the Old Testament and New Testament, where lineages are written out that show Christ's lineage from Adam through Abraham to Mary, all purely Jewish. The Christian and Jewish Messiah is a Jew, born of God through the Jews and it's all written down for us in black and white.
- Spanish foreign minister says no final peace in Mideast without Syria (October 16, 2006) - There can be no comprehensive and final peace in the Middle East without Syria, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said Sunday. "There will be no final peace in the Middle East if there is no solution of the Syrian-Israeli relationship. If we need a comprehensive peace, all actors have to be involved in a peaceful agenda," Moratinos told reporters at the Damascus airport before departing for Turkey. During a two-day visit to Syria, Moratinos held talks with Syrian President Bashar Assad and Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem on ways to revive the stalled Middle East peace process. Moratinos said he won a pledge from Assad to work for peace in the region. "That's what I have got from President Assad and Moallem. ... They conveyed to me a genuine wish and will to work in a constructive and positive manner," he said. Israeli-Syrian peace talks broke down in 2000, with Syria demanding assurances that Israel would return the Golan Heights, a strategic plateau that Israel captured in the 1967 Mideast War. Israel wanted modifications to the pre-1967 border and insisted that the issues of security arrangements and normalization be spelled out first. Moratinos said that he believes, from the Spanish point of view, that the only way to bring peace and stability to the region is to have "contacts and dialogue and engagement of all actors, the main actors in the region." Syria is "part of the solution and not part of the problem," Moratinos said. more... | Israel | Islam | While the Spanish Foreign Minister is correct, I don't believe the actions of Syria represent any willingness on their part to come to the table. Even if they did, Israel could expect to hear lies and deceit. Syria is a Muslim nation and Islam controls her actions. Islam has made it's position abundantly clear.
- Ahmadinejad: God told me we would win (October 16, 2006) - Iranian president says has been in touch with God, who reassured him Tehran victory against West is guaranteed. While the West is preparing to impose sanctions on Iran, due to the country's failure to suspend its nuclear activities, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is still optimistic. "We shall win," he was quoted in the Iranian media as saying Monday, and added: "One day I will be asked whether I have been in touch with someone who told me we would win, and I will respond: 'Yes, I have been in touch with God'." "We must not be afraid of them," he stated, hinting to the western countries. Ahmadinejad also noted that although he was at times mocked for his preoccupation with spiritual matters and his use of "divine" words," he was nevertheless certain that Iran would prevail, after having secured the support of international public opinion for its cause. Meanwhile, Iranian news agencies reported Monday that Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi addressed the possibility of an attack on Iran and said, “If Americans and Zionists want to try their luck in Iran, they will experience a larger defeat than in Iraq.” Safavi added during a memorial service held at his headquarters: “We are obligated to our fallen to maintain the readiness and deal a powerful blow on the enemies in case of an attack. “The Basij (branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) and the Revolutionary Guards are so strong they will not allow the enemy to even think of launching an operation against Iran,” he said. “The blood of our shahids will bring about not only the liberation of Jerusalem and Karbala (Iraq) but the liberation of all mankind from the evil powers of the world; the blood of our shahids boiled the blood of Muslims in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Lebanon, and they will overcome the evil Americans and Israel.” more... | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | This shows the fearlessness because I really believe that he believes that. Or at least he's trying to deceive the population into higher morale for a more willing army. However, since hatred of Israel is taught from the mosques and is beyond any territorial division, it's only a matter of time before all of Islam unites together against Israel and those who refuse to convert to Islam. Look at history and watch it repeat.
- IDF: Syrian Army In Battle Positions (October 15, 2006) - Brigadier-General Yossi Beyditz, head the Research Department in the IDF Directorate of Military Intelligence, told Cabinet Sunday that, “(Syrian President Bashar) Assad is preparing his army for a confrontation with Israel.” “Assad has not returned the army to its pre-Lebanon war positions,” Beyditz said. However, he added that the Syrian army is not prepared to attack, but rather to defend the country against a possible Israeli offensive "These are artillery cannons, missiles and rockets positioned in forward positions. He is preparing for a defensive and not offensive response. He estimates that Israel would want to attack him," he said. He added: "Assad continues to support Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Hizbullah. We have unequivocal proof on his direct involvement in smuggling weapons to Lebanon. In the past there was no proof," he said. "The Syrians continue to sabotage attempts to implement UN Resolution 1701 and also to harm (Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad) Siniora's sovereignty and create a majority block against him in the government," he added. "Bashar Assad continues him wave of equivocal messages. Once he speaks about sticking with a peace strategy and simultaneously speak of a confrontation and about us as not ready for a political process and he in fact means both options: a political arrangement according to Assad's known conditions, but prepares that army for a confrontation with Israel," the officer said. more... | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam |
- Canadian Jews say goodbye to Liberal Party (October 14, 2006) - One of the most significant phenomena in current Canadian politics – i.e. the growing shift of Canada's Jewish community from the Liberal to the Conservative Party – took a major stride last week when the top contender for the Liberal leadership accused Israel of committing a war crime. Michael Ignatieff, a longtime Harvard authority on human rights and international law who came back to Canada two years ago to seek the Liberal leadership, seemed to stumble into the accusation. In an interview with the Toronto Star last August, he was asked about the Israeli bombing of the Lebanese town of Qana during the Israel-Lebanon war. He replied that it was a "dirty war," and he wasn't "losing sleep" over Qana. But when this remark was condemned in Quebec as heartless, Ignatieff backtracked, saying he had erred in making it. Asked last Sunday on Quebec's top-rated talk show for further explanation, he landed himself in hotter water. This exodus of Jews from the Liberal Party is an historic switch. All through the 20th century the dominant Liberals could count on strong Jewish support. While there were certainly some Jewish Conservatives, the community as whole tended leftward, as did Canadian academe. Within the last decade, however, Canada's socialists have increasingly opposed Israel, much to the consternation of their long-time Jewish allies. Meanwhile, it was not immediately apparent how seriously the Ignatieff incident might damage his leadership prospects at the convention in early December. A delegate count earlier this month gave him 30 percent of the committed convention delegates and Rae 20 percent, with the other six candidates ranging from 1 percent to 17 percent. more... | Israel |
- Iran’s supreme ruler Ali Khamenei delivers war sermon, symbolically totes Kalashnikov DEBKAfile (October 14, 2006) - Khamenei speaking at Tehran University on Oct. 13, the third Friday of Ramadan,. He is holding an automatic AK 47 rifle in his right hand in a pose reminiscent of Yasser Arafat and Saddam Hussein at their most belligerent. His sermon was tantamount to a declaration of war by Iran and its Middle East allies: Syria, Hizballah and the Palestinian Hamas against the United States and Israel. The Kalashnikov accentuated his words. | Iran | Islam | Israel | America | They're on the war path and they believe they have Allah on they're side. Of course they do, but the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob will overcome in all things. We need to be aware of the power over the fear of death that religious belief can bring. We should know that ourselves as Christians if we believe it. Muslims believe the things they're taught from infancy and are brainwashed to be willing to kill themselves and others for their god. So when faced with the arguement that negotiations are possible, listen to their two-faced responces to the world then to their own people. It is the religion that controls the people, not the politics in Islam. The politics are something they have to fake until they can fulfill their religious duty, to dominate the world for Allah. Hear Iranian President | Hear Syrian Cleric http://memritv.org/
- Anti-Tank Missiles Smuggled Into Gaza (October 13, 2006) - The IDF released information Friday that indicated the pace of weapons smuggling into the Gaza Strip was increasing. A senior army officer said terror groups were arming at an "unprecedented" pace, Channel 2 reported, and some officials were calling for a re-evaluation of the IDF's strategy in Gaza. Despite intense IDF activityAddMinn along the security fence in recent days and non-stop air strikes on Gaza weapons depots, terror groups have been importing more than two tons of TNT per month through tunnels burrowed under the Philadelphi corridor along the Egyptian border. Aside from the usual merchandise of explosives, light weapons and ammunition, some 20 advanced anti-tank missiles have found their way into Gaza - a development the IDF has feared since the end of the war in Lebanon, officials said. Several anti-tank missiles have been fired at troops and vehicles in the army's latest forays across the security fence. In two separate incidents Friday, Palestinians targeted tanks operating in Khan Yunis, but failed to inflict casualties. more... | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | Just negotiate with them. The missiles mean nothing, it's just self-defense for the ones who keep trying to kill the Jews. In case you missed it, that was extreme sarcasm intended to point out the futility of negotiating with those clearly gearing up for war. At least Israel isn't oblivious even if the rest of the world seems to be since they're still supporting the poor beleaguered "Palestinians." I recommend everyone read the REAL history of the land of Israel and the deceptions that have gone into deceiving the whole world into taking the side against Israel. From Time Immemorial: The Origins of the Arab-Jewish Conflict over Palestine by Joan Peters
- Call for Israel to leave Shebaa farms area (October 11, 2006) - Hizbullah will resume its military campaign against Israel unless it withdraws from the disputed Shebaa farms area and other pockets of territory occupied during this summer’s 34-day war, Nabih Berri, speaker of the Lebanese parliament, has warned. “If Israel does not pull out we will have to drive them out,” said Mr Berri, who acted as a link to the militant organisation during this summer’s war with Israel, in an interview with the Guardian. Hizbullah will remain armed and fully operational in south Lebanon, despite the newly-deployed UN forces, until Israel withdraws from all Lebanese territory and ceases its ongoing air, sea and land violations, Mr Berri added. “The Unifil presence will not hinder Hizbullah's defensive operations. The resistance doesn't need to fly its flags high to operate, it's a guerrilla movement; it operates among the people,” he said. more... | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam |
- Israel Raises Prospect of War in 2007 (October 10, 2006) - For the first time in more than a decade, Israel's military has raised the prospect of a Middle East war. Military sources said the Intelligence Corps has warned of the possibility of war in 2007. The sources said the corps, in its annual intelligence assessment, has notified the General Staff that Syria represented the greatest danger of war over the next year. "The main message was that the chance of war with Syria in 2007 was greater than during 2006," a source said. "This does not mean that it will happen. It means that there is a reasonable change of it taking place." The annual assessment relayed to the General Staff was expected to be revised over the next few months. The Cabinet would receive the annual assessment toward the end of 2006. | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam |
- Secular Jews join religious trends (October 10, 2006) - According to the results of a recent poll conducted by Ynet and the Smith Institute, many Israelis are looking to embrace Judaism by visiting the tombs of the righteous. The data was collected by two simultaneous methods: A telephone survey of the older community, and an internet poll posted on Ynet which had over 40 thousand participants. Thirty-two percent of those surveyed answered positively when asked whether they have visited the tombs of the righteous; 11 percent of those who answered “yes” were secular, while the rest were traditional (31 percent) and religious (82 percent) Jews. Rafi Smith, of the Smith Institute, said more Israelis aged 29-years-old and under have visited the graves than Israelis aged 50 and up. The poll also showed that seven out of 10 Israelis believe in the existence of God, and six out of 10 believe it was God who created the world in which we live today. The data points to a phenomenon whereby Israelis embrace Judaism in unconventional ways, as only nine percent of the respondents said they visit a synagogue on a daily basis, and 33 percent said they go to temple on Sabbath and holidays; 31 percent said they go to shul only for “events and bar-mitzvahs.” more... | Israel | This will happen on an even greater scale, I believe, when the Gog/Magog attack is stopped by God. Ezekiel 38,39 says that the nations will know the God of Israel, so imagine how Israelis will act when they clearly see God protected them? Expect an even greater aliyah.
- Syria: Establish Arab Defense Alliance (October 10, 2006) - Syrian sources in Damascus claimed that Syria was looking into an initiative that would renew the “Arab Joint Defense Treaty”, under which new systems would be established, binding member countries to defend other member countries that are under attack. According to sources, the Syrian initiative would be discussed by the highest grade of the Arab League, and would then be transferred to decision-making members in the League’s Summit committee meeting. Syrian sources told Qatari newspaper “Al Watan” that Damascus was already assembling a group of diplomats and legal and international experts to examine the wording and clauses of the treaty. It was also reported that efforts were being made in Damascus to revive the Syrian-Egyptian-Saudi axis, needed for consultations and closer contact between the countries. In the meantime, Syria insisted on taking the possible outbreak of war with Israel seriously. “Al Watan” claimed that the “Israeli aggression” that increased following the Lebanon war, was meant to intimidate Damascus, and to pressure it into looking weak and ridiculous, military speaking. more... | Israel | Islam | Syria's looking for alliances and is prophesied to be destroyed. If Israel does this, then it would draw in all those who are allied with Syria to attack Israel.
- Jews at Risk as Turkey Goes Radical (October 10, 2006) - Throughout the centuries, the sultans of Ottoman Turkey never issued edicts, firmans or fatwahs against the Jewish people living in their dominions. In the modern Republic of Turkey, the same holds true. Yet, an alarming situation existing today threatens to change the historic course of Turko-Jewish relations. The Turkish Muslims, long known for their hospitality and peacefulness towards the Jewish people, are quickly being radicalized by the introduction of Nazi-inspired Arab zealotry against the Jews. With the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in the early twentieth century, the Jews continued to remain close to the Turkish people. In 1923, President Mustafa Kemal Ataturk declared, "Our country has some elements who gave the proof of their fidelity to the motherland. Among them, I have to mention the Jewish element; up to now, the Jews have lived in happiness and from now they will rejoice and will be happy." Today, the tide is turning, and the Turkish land that for so long remained a bastion of peace for the Jews is rapidly becoming a playground for the Islamo-facists that feed off of ferocious propaganda being disseminated from Arab countries and Iran. Attacks, violence and anti-Jewish graffiti is becoming more and more common in Turkish cities. Pro-Iranian ideas have infiltrated Turkey, a country that has been a time-honored adversary of the Persian nation. The Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs stated in the Chicago Sun-Times last week that "Turkey has adopted the role of defending Islam against the West, defending Iran...." more... | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | More evidence that Turkey is not the friendly neighbor the political world would like to deceive themselves into believing. They're trying so hard for peace that they're ignoring the deadly nature of this game they're playing. Anti-Semitism is a fingerprint of the enemy. From ever since Israel was called out as a nation by God to Hitler and Islam, they all have it, that desire to wipe out Israel. It all started with the promise that our Savior would come from the Jews. Ever since then, Lucifer has been after the woman.
- Israel on alert for Syrian attack (October 9, 2006) - In spite of assertions by some officials here to the contrary, Israel has placed its forces in the Golan Heights bordering Syria on heightened alert for possible confrontations following a series of statements by Syrian President Bashar Assad that his military is preparing for war with the Jewish state, WND has learned. Military officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, say the Israeli Defense Forces have fortified their positions in the Golan, including increasing security at checkpoints and the stationing of larger troop numbers at key areas throughout the territory. Also, the officials said, the IDF has reinforced security fences on the Israeli side of the border. The IDF has not moved in additional heavy weaponry, tanks, or troop divisions for fear of startling Syria, the officials said. "We are taking Assad's threats very seriously and are cautiously increasing our level of alertness for a possible provocation by Syria," a military official said. The official said Israel placed troops in the Golan on heightened alert during the 34-day war against Hezbollah in Lebanon that began July 12, but the alert level was raised in recent weeks following militant statements by Assad and Israeli intelligence warnings of indications Syria may be bracing for a conflict. more... | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | This could be where it starts. Israel has already threatened to attack Damascus. I'm positive that on the Islamic leadership side, they're planning to attack Israel. Russian and Turkish Muslim troops are now pouring into Southern Lebanon, which is on the Northern border of Israel. That's where Gog/Magog all starts, an invasion by Turkish, Russian, and Persian (Iranian) troops. If Israel gets a whiff of this and the leadership is in Damascus, they might just fulfill Isaiah 17.
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DEBKAfile’s sources: Tehran and Damascus are gearing up for a
pre-emptive Syrian attack on Israel to ward off a US strike on Iran’s
nuclear sites
(October
7, 2006) - Our military and Washington sources read as
preparatory justification the Syrian ruler Bashar Asad’s statement
Saturday, Oct. 7, that he expects an Israeli attack. He was speaking
in an interview to Kuwaiti paper al-Anba. Asad’s Iranian-backed war
plan would serve the purpose of forcing the Americans to divide their
military assets between a strike against Iran and the defense of their
allies in the Persia Gulf, Israel and US forces in Iraq. Both are
seriously looking at a Syrian attack on the Golan which would escalate
into a full-blown Syrian-Israeli war and a second Hizballah assault
from Lebanon. Asad’s remark that during the Lebanon hostilities, he
was under pressure from the Syrian population to go to war against
Israel and liberate the Golan is the most direct threat of
belligerency of all his four Golan statements in the last month. He is
implying that he stood up to the pressure once but may not do so
again. And for the benefit of the Americans, the Europeans, the Saudis
and the Egyptians - all of whom are pretty fed up with him – Asad is
posing as the picture of self-restraint; anyone else in his place, he
implies, would have taken advantage of the Lebanon war and made a grab
for the Golan. Therefore, he is saying, he deserves to be treated with
the respect due to a strategic asset by Western and moderate Arab
powers instead of being targeted for an ouster. The Syrian ruler would
not threaten war without guarantees from Iran. According to
DEBKAfile’s sources, Asad and Iran’s supreme ruler Ayatollah Ali
Khamenei are prompted by the following motives:
- Tehran is not prepared to wait passively for the Americans to build up their assault force in the Gulf and strike its nuclear facilities. A pre-emptive attack would suit them better.
- Tehran and Damascus have not missed the debilitating crisis in which Israel’s political and military leadership are sunk since the Lebanon war. They do not propose to wait until the IDF pulls itself together enough to handle fresh aggression.
- Both accept Israel’s deputy prime minister Shimon Peres’ assessment that Israel’s cities are not prepared for missile attack. Iran and Syria take it for granted that Israeli leaders understand they cannot afford to launch missiles against either one of them for fear of reprisal in kind.
- Syria believes that if Hizballah could stand up to the Israeli army in Lebanon, its commandoes can capture sections of the Golan and walk off with an easy victory.
- Tehran figures that the Bush administration is coming to the end of its patience in Iraq and preparing for a major review of its position there. The influential U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman, John Warner, said Friday that Iraq's government had 60 to 90 days to control the violence that threatens civil war or the United States would have to reconsider its options. This gives the Maliki government in Baghdad up to December or January to de-escalate if not halt the sectarian war engulfing the country.
Iran, Syria and Hizballah would not be averse to disrupting the American Iraq timeline by attacking Israel and putting the Bush administration on the spot, forced to address three warfronts simultaneously. more... | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | America | This could be Israel's reason to pre-empt the Syrian-Iranian pre-emption and we could see the destruction of Damascus in Isaiah 17. This could be the hooks in the jaws" that brings Iran, Russia, Turkey, and the other players against Israel fulfilling Ezekiel 38,39. This in turn could help allow the Jews to rebuild the temple on the Temple Mount. This, of course, sets the stage for the revealing of the man of sin, the abomination of desolation. Keep watching!
- DEBKA Exclusive: Moscow posts two Chechen platoons in S. Lebanon, one headed by an ex-rebel commander, “to improve Russia’s image in the Arab world” (October 7, 2006) - The Muslim commandoes of the Vostok (East) and Zapad (West) battalions of the Russian Army’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) (picture) are being sent to guard the 150 Russian military engineers. They arrived in Beirut this week to restore the roads in Lebanon damaged by Israeli bombing. DEBKAfile reports: Moscow did not consult Israel before stationing Muslim Chechen troops on its border for the first time. Russian defense minister Sergei Ivanov said openly to Russian media that the deployment of former rebel Chechen troops in Lebanon aimed at “improving Moscow’s image in the Arab and Muslim world.” more... | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | We see where Russia's loyalties are being laid out for, Islam. Can they possibly be effective peacekeeping troops? No, and as we will see, according to Bible prophecy, they will attack Israel and will be wiped out in the mountains of Israel. Ezekiel 38,39 When this happens, tell everyone you have a relationship with. The Bible foretelling this almost 2,600 years before its fulfillment. And if I'm right about how it will happen, it will come from space so it will have to have been timed just right so that debris in space would hit those areas of earth that the armies happened to be traveling on to attack Israel at this particular point in space-time. This is only something God can do, and the idea that it's all a coincidence? Ridiculous. Calculate the odds. I really think this will all go down before the year is out, but only time will tell. For now, pray for the lost and get close to Christ. We don't need to freak out, because our fate as Christians is one of eternal joy. It is our job to share that message of hope with the lost. We need to focus our energies on that and God will guide and protect us through whatever may come our way. He will never leave or forsake us.
- We Will Not Recognize Israel: Hamas PM (October 6, 2006) - Prime minister Ismail Haniya has said that his Hamas movement would not recognize Israel but would accept a long-term truce in exchange for an independent Palestinian state with the 1967 borders. "We will not recognize Israel, we will not recognize Israel, we will not recognize Israel," Haniya thundered in a speech before tens of thousands of Hamas supporters rallying in support of his embattled Palestinian government on Friday. "We are for the creation of a Palestinian state on the territories occupied (by Israel) in 1967 with Jerusalem as its capital in exchange for a truce but not recognition of Israel, which would amount to renouncing the land of our ancestors," he added. He also rejected the "diktats" imposed by the four international sponsors of the Middle East peace process. The European Union, Russia, United Nations and United States make up the so-called quartet, or four sponsors, of the stalled Middle East peace process. more... | Israel | Islam | Well there we have it. The terrorists will not recognize Israel. AGAIN. So why does everyone try to appease them so? We treat them like the lies about who's land it is are true and Israel has kicked them off of it. The truth of the matter is that Judea and Jerusalem were desolate places until Israel came on the land again. This was a fulfillment of prophecy too. Ezekiel 36:1-15 Ezekiel 28:20-26 I saw a picture a few months ago of the dome of the rock from the early 1900s. I wish I had made a copy of it because I can't find it now, but there was not big city or trees around. These things are more recent. If you read the history of the land, you'll find the truth. History In A Nutshell - Slideshow presentation of the history of Israel | From Time Immemorial: The Origins of the Arab-Jewish Conflict over Palestine
- Israeli company discovers oil at drilling site near Dead Sea (October 5, 2006) - An Israeli company has discovered a small amount of oil at a drilling site near the Dead Sea, raising hopes that the Jewish state could one day join its regional neighbors as a petroleum producer. Initial tests have found that the site would yield between 100 to 150 barrels daily, said Eli Tannenbaum, geologist for the Ginko oil exploration company. While this is minuscule by global standards - No. 1 producer Saudi Arabia produces 9 million barrels a day - Tannenbaum said there are signs that larger amounts of crude are nearby. (AP) | Israel | Related Story from September 19, 2006: Ginko, Lapidot discover oil at Dead Sea drilling site | Oil discovery prophesied in the Bible? [Genesis 49:25 | Isaiah 45:3,4]
- Assad gives Israel 6 months for peace negotiations (October 3, 2006) - Syrian President Bashar Assad continued to give clashing messages to the international community with an announcement that he was ready to negotiate with Israel. In an interview with Spanish newspaper El-Pais on Saturday, the president said it would take six months to reach an agreement with Israel. If a peace agreement would not be reached, he added, war would break out. "Two sides are responsible for the current situation (with Israel) - not just one side. The situation is based on one topic only, the peace process… and perhaps war if no peace is established," Assad said. The president said that Syria's vision has so far proven itself, as opposed to the failed Israeli dream that is based on military power. "We have a clear vision, and events have proven that we foresee the future in the right direction. It is not based on the ideas of strength and weakness, but rather it is based upon values, history and human ambition, while the Israeli dream, unfortunately, is based solely on a strong army." more... | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | He's just stated here that war is inevitable based on Israel cooperating with a six-month deadline. I believe they're preparing for war now based on their actions, which actually are about as loud and effective as their words about it. They spew hatred and anti-Semitism and the world takes the Palestinian side. Truly the mystery of iniquity is already at work in this world.
- 'Gaza readying for war' (October 2, 2006) - Hamas has succeeded in smuggling "hundreds of tons" of weapons from Egypt into the Gaza Strip and is preparing for the possibility of launching a large-scale conflict with Israel, according to a report by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party. The report, drafted by Fatah's General Security Services and obtained by WND, stated Hamas has smuggled from the Egyptian Sinai desert between several hundred and 1,300 tons of advanced rockets; anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles; rocket propelled grenades; raw explosives; rifles; ammunition; and other heavy weaponry. Israel withdrew from the Gaza Strip last year. In a deal brokered in November by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, the Egypt-Gaza border, once controlled by the Jewish state, now is manned by Egyptian and Palestinian security officials and is observed by European monitors. The monitors reportedly have fled their duty several times the past few months. Israeli security officials have noted multiple breaches in border security, including the transport of terrorists and weapons across the border. They say several key sections of the border are penetrable and that smuggling tunnels that snake under the border are "thriving." more... | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | The desire is there. Could we see the beginning buildup for the Gog/Magog invasion?
- Syria Threat Over Golan Puts Israel On War Alert (October 1, 2006) - Israel has gone on heightened alert over a possible war with Syria amid reports that President Bashar Assad may be considering military strikes to regain the Golan Heights. For years Israeli military intelligence has down-played Syria's capacity to launch a meaningful attack against Israel, and the threat level has been kept "low". But Israeli reports have revealed that the threat level had been raised after intelligence assessments that Damascus is "seriously examining" military action. The raised threat level comes as Israel prepares for Monday's Day of Atonement, known as Yom Kippur, a solemn Jewish holiday when the entire country effectively shuts down as residents fast and seek forgiveness for sins. It was on Yom Kippur in 1973 that Israel was caught by surprise as Syrian and Egyptian forces launched a joint attack and inflicted heavy losses before being repelled. "The first two days of that war were huge defeats for Israel," said Prof Uri Bar-Joseph, an expert on the 1973 conflict. "All the intelligence analysts failed." more... | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | I could see good reason for a pre-emptive attack by Israel against Syria. The Bible talks about Damascus being made a ruinous heap. Isaiah 17 However, Damascus is one of the longest constantly inhabited cities in history. It has never been destroyed. Damascus houses some of the highest leaders on the Israeli hit-list who are currently planning their next move against Israel. If Israel senses this and strikes, Syria has a defense agreement with Iran that would bring them against Israel like hooks in the jaws. Russia has clearly made ties with Iran and many Russian missiles were found exploded in this last barrage. Both Russia and Turkey are currently planning on placing "peacekeeping" troops in Southern Lebanon on the Northern border of Israel. This is not far from Jerusalem. With all the weapons cache bunkers in Southern Lebanon, even "peacekeeping" troops can grab a gun. Israel is asking for Turkish troops and Ezekiel 38,39 names Turkey, Russia, and Iran (Persia), along with others who will attack Israel. I think the alliances are clearly already there and now the troops that we may soon see decimated on the mountains of Israel are being planned for Southern Lebanon. This means that all this could happen before the year is out, which would fit perfectly with the EU's plan for the seven year covenant with Israel to begin January 1, 2007. It has a mid-term review (3 1/2 years for those who know prophecy). The Bible says that when these forces are wiped out with fire and brimstone from heaven in the mountains of Israel, that the world will know the God of Israel is who He says He is. Perhaps that is how Israel is allowed to cohabitate on the Temple Mount with the Muslims, fulfilling Revelation 11:1,2. This would mean the rebuilding of the Jewish temple, without the outer court. This is the very temple that the antichrist will declare himself God in soon after. And when he does, the final 1290 days begin. After 30 days, God's wrath will be poured out in seven successive trumpet judgments and then seven bowls, each signifying an event of great disaster on the earth. But for those in Christ, we are not appointed to God's wrath. They are watching for His return with oil in their lamps. They are removed from the earth in the harpazo before God's wrath is poured out. These things are all written about in the Bible for those who believe because we are no longer His servants but His friends, John 15:12-15 and He tells His friends what He will do. Amos 3:7 I have tried to put all my Bible studies in one place to quickly catch up for those interested in understanding the near future and your Savior better. Watchman Bible Study Guide
September 2006
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Russian Troops Make First Mideast Foray in Lebanon for Centuries
(September
27, 2006) - Russian troops are to deploy in Lebanon soon for
the first time in more than 200 years, with a small contingent being
sent to build bridges -- not only real ones but also geopolitical
ones. As a member of the Middle East diplomatic "quartet", Moscow is
grouped with Washington, the European Union and United Nations in so
far futile efforts to advance a roadmap to an Israeli-Palestinian
peace settlement.
Russia, which criticised the Israeli offensive in Lebanon, is now preparing a tentative foray into the turbulent region. It is due to fly 100 soldiers to Beirut airport on October 4 to take part in post-war reconstruction, its embassy said. The remainder of the 300-strong contingent is to land by sea around October 10 at Jiyeh, south of the capital, near six bridges to be repaired in the Sidon region, spokesman Vladimir Cherepanov told AFP. It will be the first time that Russia, or the former Soviet Union, publicly puts boots on the ground in the Middle East, apart from military advisors who have for decades served and trained customers of Moscow's weaponry, he noted. The Soviet Union's traditional Arab allies in the region made for a long list, including Egypt, Iraq, Syria and Yemen. more... | Gog/Magog | Israel | Here's the possible troops that we could see from Magog, an area around the North of the Black Sea, Russia. This attack includes Turkish and Iranian troops who all come from the North of Israel (where the troops are now being sent, Southern Lebanon) to attack Israel. However, when they do, God destroys them in the mountains of Israel. Coincidence that two of the main countries involved in this attack are sending troops to where this future attack will come from? And we already know from previous stories that uniformed Iranian troops were found dead in Lebanon earlier in the fighting. We also know that bunkers of cached weapons were found by Israeli troops. All the weapons that a bunch of peacekeeping troops without weapons would need to become armed. - Christian leaders show support for Israel (September 27, 2006) - Fifty Christian politicians from Europe, South America, Asia and Africa will join with Members of Knesset from the entire political spectrum to declare their solidarity with the Jewish State and her leadership. KCAC issued a statement saying “In light of Israel’s recent war against Hizbullah, this international delegation of members of parliament, senators and ministers finds it especially important to support Israeli leadership in this forum. This event serves as an opportunity for Members of Knesset and Christian parliamentarians from around the world to break bread together, renew their spiritual ties and strengthen the common values and heritage that bind them together. “Leaders from both faiths will discuss ways in which Christians and Jews can together face the ominous challenge of radical Islam and extremism in the 21st century,” the organization said. The Knesset Christian Allies Caucus of the Israeli Parliament, established in 2004, serves as a multi-partisan caucus made up of 12 MKs from the entire political spectrum. This body works to open formal and direct lines of communication between Israeli Members of Knesset and Christian leaders worldwide. more... | Israel |
- U.S. And Israel Get Tough On Syria (September 27, 2006) - Just days after Syrian President Bashar Assad made an ostensible peace overture to Israel, both Jerusalem and Washington came down hard on Damascus Tuesday for continuing to support extremism. Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz told a forum of peace organizations in Tel Aviv that Assad "communicates double messages." Peretz said Israel cannot "ignore threats of war, and we will deploy our forces according to the reality and the threats." Assad told the German magazine Der Spiegel last week that "Syria wants peace with Israel," but is prepared for war after decades of trying to reach a settlement have failed to produce peace on Damascus' terms. Later in the day, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal that the international community is "going to have to start looking at further sanctions on Syria if it is to continue on the path it's currently on." "I think that the Syrians look as if they've made their choice and their choice is to associate with extremist forces in Iran," said Rice, who believes that garnering support for increased sanctions will be made increasingly easy "as Syria continues to show its stripes and isolate itself." Syria and Iran are believed to be in close collaboration, particularly in the financing, supplying and guiding of Lebanon's Hezbollah terrorist organization in its conflict with Israel. Meanwhile, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem told the U.N. General Assembly Tuesday that the Middle East's woes are the direct result of American policies toward the Arabs and Washington's unrestricted support of Israel. "We all end up paying the price when the decision makers in Washington believe that they know better, and are in a better position to understand and grasp the needs and circumstances of the Arabs," Moallem said. He also blasted American arms supplies to Israel, saying that they sow the seeds of destruction in the region.| Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | It's very clear what side Syria is on. They're aligned with Iran and the rest of the Muslim world against Israel and her supporters. They speak out of both sides of their mouth because they're liars trying to bide time until they're ready to attack. It looks like the tensions are building up and if Syria does something, or if Israel pre-emptively attacks Damascus, we could see the fulfillment of Damascus being a desolate ruin. (which has never before happened in history.) Given their alliances with Iran, we would then see a swift response by Iran first, then God when He wipes out the attacking forces. Ezekiel 38,39
- Iran Making Worldwide Move to Bring Islamic War to American and Israel Soil (September 26, 2006) - The forces of terrorism are organizing a worldwide armada of strategic nations to launch an offensive against the United States and Israel in the near future—not only from the Middle East, but also from locations in Central and South America, Northern Iraq, and the Palestinian territories. From Syrian and Iranian rearming of Hezbollah to Israel’s north, to a movement by Hamas to gain a stronger foothold in the seemingly defunct Palestinian government, to a meeting of Non-Aligned Nations in Cuba, the Islamofascist world is gathering allies and is beginning to coalesce a strategic offensive, that unchecked, could turn both Israel and the United States into an unprecedented war zone. DEBKAfile, a prominent and well respected intelligence news service, reports that Iran and Turkey appear to be preparing to launch a military strike in Northern Iraq against anti-Turkish and anti-Iranian Kurdish rebels that will enable Turkey to seize 40% of Iraq’s oil producing territory and Iran will knock out key Israeli observation sites used for early warnings of Iranian attacks. Meantime, Iran has parlayed behind the scenes agreements with Venezuela and Cuba to consider deploying Iranian missiles in those countries as a defense against a U.S. attack on Iranian nuclear facilities. At the same time, Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah told some 800,000 supporters at a "victory" rally Friday that no army could disarm his paramilitary Shi'ite terror group. Nasrallah claimed that his guerrillas have replenished their arsenal and already have more than 20,000 rockets as United Nations peacekeeping troops insists they have no responsibility to stop the Hezbollah arms build-up. As disturbing is the chilling of relations between the Bush Administration and the Olmert government in Israel. The Bush Administration has supported a coalition government of elected Hamas terrorists and the Palestinian Authority—reportedly without consulting Israel, signaling a new direction in U.S.-Israeli relations. more... | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | America | He's looking to incite Islam to join him. This is another sign, I believe, that he's getting ready to do something soon. Maybe before the year is out? Perhaps the attack against Israel with Turkey, Russia and friends? They're saying it, I don't know what else we need to believe them. But we will see Bible prophecy fulfilled 100%
- Man Arrested for Blowing Shofar at Western Wall (September 26, 2006) - The incident occurred around 7:30 in the morning, at the northern-most section of the accessible Western Wall - a little-known area called the Kotel HaKatan, the Small Wall. It is considered to have extra sanctity, as it stands opposite the presumed spot of the Holy of Holies of the Beit HaMikdash. Yesterday morning (Sunday), a group of some 10 men and two women gathered at the site, as they have done for several years on Rosh HaShanah, for early-morning prayers. The holiday prayers feature the blowing of the shofar (ram's horn) at several different times. Towards the end of the first shofar sounding, a Border Guard policeman came in, made an unclear motion with his hand as if to ask what was going on, and then left. He said nothing. Shortly afterwards, Eliyahu K., the 20-year-old prayer leader, blew the shofar a second time, in the midst of his silent prayer (in accordance with Sephardic custom). Policemen came in once again and began trying to pull him away. However, Eliyahu was in the midst of reciting the Amidah - a long passage during which one must stand in one place without moving - and he therefore did not move. The policemen informed their supervisors by radio that he was praying and refused to move, and reinforcements were soon sent - no fewer than 20 policemen, according to several witnesses. more... | Israel | Can you imagine this happening to a Muslim in prayer? They send out they're prayers over loudspeakers several times a day. Now a Jew blows a shofar on a holiday and gets beat up and hauled to jail?!! What a mixed up world we live in. I guess everyone knows that the Jews won't start blowing themselves and innocents up over it, while Islam would raise a hell-fire storm if anyone so much as spoke to someone in prayer. I really can't wait till Christ comes and straightens this all out.
- Hizbullah Moving Rockets to Palestinian Camps (September 26, 2006) - Hizbullah has been transporting rockets and heavy weaponry to Palestinian camps in south Lebanon just a few miles from the Israeli border, according to Lebanese officials. The officials told WND the office of Lebanese Prime Minister Faud Sinora sent a letter last week to Abbas Zakir, the Palestinian Authority's most senior representative in Lebanon, outlining the alleged Hizbullah weapons transfers into Palestinian camps. The letter noted "unusual activity" in and near the Palestinian camps, including the coming and going of trucks suspected of carrying weapons. Hizbullah has been transporting rockets and heavy weaponry to Palestinian camps in south Lebanon just a few miles from the Israeli border, according to Lebanese officials. The officials told WND the office of Lebanese Prime Minister Faud Sinora sent a letter last week to Abbas Zakir, the Palestinian Authority's most senior representative in Lebanon, outlining the alleged Hizbullah weapons transfers into Palestinian camps. The letter noted "unusual activity" in and near the Palestinian camps, including the coming and going of trucks suspected of carrying weapons. The reports follow a WND article last month quoting Lebanese officials claiming Hizbullah, with the help of Iran, started building underground war bunkers in Lebanon's Palestinian camps. During its 34-day confrontation with Hizbullah in Lebanon that began July 12, Israel destroyed scores of complex Hizbullah bunkers that snaked along the Lebanese side of the Israel-Lebanon border. Military officials said they were surprised by the scale of the Hizbullah bunkers, in which Israeli troops reportedly found war rooms with advanced eavesdropping and surveillance equipment they noted were made by Iran. more... | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | This is where my concern comes from in the "peacekeeping" troops that are going to the Lebanon border from Russia and Turkey. There is clearly an arms infrastructure there in Southern Lebanon and unarmed troops acting as peacekeepers in Lebanon wouldn't have far to go to get their weapons they've been stockpiling in these bunkers. It's about 130 miles from the border to Jerusalem. In less than a day troops could rush Jerusalem, but as we know from prophecy, God will wipe them out. He's going to 1/6th them, or in our decimal terms, He's going to decimate them. Then the world will know that He is the God of Israel. Ezekiel 38:18-23
- Gay Parade 10th November, Anniversary of "Krystalnacht" By Ron Ross , BFP News (September 20, 2006) - Gay rights groups, police, the Jerusalem Municipality have agreed to hold the gay parade in Jerusalem on November 10 this year. The agreement was made on Monday [September 18] after talks, which lasted three hours. Israel’s extremist right wing groups have said, "There will be a holy war against this event." There is a sensitivity already surrounding November 10. On that day in 1938, Reinhardt Heydrich of the Gestapo issued the orders which resulted in Krystalnacht. Adolph Hitler ordered a seven-day campaign of terror against the Jews in Germany to be organized by Himmler and the SS. On the tenth of November, the campaign started. The Nazis destroyed 10,000 shops owned by Jews, and their contents were stolen. Homes and synagogues were set on fire and left to burn. The fire brigades showed their loyalty to Hitler by assuming that the buildings would burn down anyway, so why try to prevent it? A huge amount of damage was done to Jewish property, but the Jewish community was ordered to pay a one billion mark fine to pay for the eventual clean-up. Jews were forced to scrub the streets clean. Also on this day in 1975, following a conference in Mexico, the UN General Assembly approved a resolution–supported by Arab, African and Soviet bloc states–asserting that Zionism is racism. The resolution passed 72 to 35 with 32 abstentions. It evoked a memorable speech from the United States representative to the UN, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, who said, "The United States rises to declare before the General Assembly of the United Nations and before the world that it does not acknowledge, it will not abide by, it will never acquiesce in this infamous act." The "Zionist is Racism" resolution became the justification for the establishment of new settlements in the West Bank and stymied attempts to further a negotiated solution. In 1991, following the collapse of the apartheid regime in South Africa and of the former Soviet Bloc, and against the background of the war against Saddam Hussein, this resolution was repealed. However, the same sentiment surfaced again at the Durban conference in South Africa in the summer of 2001. | Israel |
- Clinton sees new Mideast peace plan in two months (September 19, 2006) - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton believes a new initiative to bring peace to the Middle East could emerge in the next two months. In an interview with the Financial Times, published on Wednesday, Clinton said unrest in Iraq, Afghanistan and Lebanon had set the scene for "some kind of positive movement to take place." He stressed, however, that he had no insider knowledge on the situation. "I'm not sure you won't see some positive things come out of the Middle East in the next 60 days." He said it was time to work out how to end the bloodshed, warning that otherwise the world was left with three choices. "We can say: 'We know who our adversaries are and we can accelerate the confrontation, or we can kick the can down the road and hope the underlying realities change, or we can try to rearrange the pieces and players and try to put a puzzle together'. "It seems to me the latter course is the best ... It wouldn't surprise me to see some fairly interesting things come out." | Israel | Islam | EU/UN |
- Damascus official: Syria losing patience with Israel (September 17, 2006) - Syrian Information Minister Mohsen Bilal said that his country is losing patience in the matter of the Golan Heights, and that the Syrians would not wait much longer before they act. "Syria has made a strategic choice for peace, but it will not wait much longer before it recaptures the Golan Heights," Bilal told Egyptian newspaper al-Ahram al-Arabi. "The Syrian people have waited 40 years for the implementation of the United Nations Security Council resolutions, but to no avail, and they are losing their patience," he stated. "Syria chose peace as a strategic option, especially after former president Hafez Assad received a letter from President George Bush that included the principle of peace in exchange for territories, a letter that has become known as 'the Madrid principle.'," he explained. "It's been 16 years and still we have reached no results," he added. more... | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | Could we be seeing what will lead to Israel destroying Damascus and bringing Russia, Turkey, and Iran down to the mountains of Israel because of the defense agreement? It certainly fits well to say that this defense agreement between Syria and Iran is the "hooks in the jaws" of the Magog alliance.
- Why are French Jews leaving France? (September 15, 2006) - Ask people outside the French immigrant community why the Jews are leaving their country, and the usual answer is that they are making aliya to escape the rising tide of anti-Semitism. Ask the French olim themselves, however, and the responses become more diverse and complex. Many recent arrivals say in no uncertain terms that it was primarily anti-Semitism that brought them from France to Israel. Others acknowledge that while anti-Semitism has increased in recent years, the phenomenon has been due largely to the intifada and emanates mainly from young Muslim immigrant men, mostly from North Africa and poorly integrated into French culture and society. Many French olim claim that fervent Zionism and a strong attachment to Israel have impelled them to leave France and establish new roots here. Others appear to be hedging their bets, making what has come to be known as "Airbus aliya," in which the family's wife and children live in Israel, while the husband keeps his job in France and commutes between the countries. more... | Israel | Islam |
- Salah: Caliph will sit in Jerusalem (September 15, 2006) - Head of the northern faction of the Islamic Movement Sheikh Raed Salah said Friday that “soon Jerusalem will be the capital of the new Muslim caliphate, and the caliph’s seat will be there.” Salah addressed an audience of 50,000 attending the Islamic Movement’s 11th annual rally in Umm al-Fahm. “Caliph” refers to a leader of the Muslim nation and in Arabic means the “heir” or “substitute” of the prophet Muhammad. Salah noted that history tells of many occasions in which the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem was occupied by foreign conquerors, but the occupiers left after a short time, and thus will also be the fate of the Israeli occupation. “The Israeli occupation will leave Jerusalem soon. It will happen sooner than is thought,” Salah said at the rally, which was held under the slogan “Al-Aqsa endangered”. more... | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam |
- Livni: If Abbas joins Hamas terror government, we will have a problem (September 12, 2006) - The current Hamas-led Palestinian government will be dissolved within 48 hours and a new prime minister appointed, a Palestinian Authority spokesman said Monday. The new government is expected to be a unity government including both Hamas and Fatah factions. "Hopefully in the coming days we will begin forming the government of national unity," the spokesman, Nabil Abu Rudeinah said. Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said in response that Abbas "can establish a government in any manner he pleases, but Hamas is a terror organization, and in order for it to become legitimate, it must accept the conditions of the Quartet, including recognizing Israel." more... | Israel | Islam |
- Al-Qaeda: Israel's 9-11 Lies Ahead (September 11, 2006) - The global war to bring all nations into submission to Allah will continue, and Israel is now at the top of the list of Al-Qaeda’s jihad targets. This is according to the Islamic organization’s second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahri, who left his chilling message on a short film released Monday [September 11] to coincide with the fifth anniversary of their attack on the mainland United States.As relatives of the victims of 9-11 gathered at Ground Zero in New York to read out, in trembling voices, and remember the names of their loved ones, the message broadcast over Al-Qaeda’s Web site was that the horrific event was only a precursor to what lay ahead, and that Israel was next in line. According to Israeli intelligence organizations, Al-Qaeda has been working to set up cells in Gaza, the strip of land abandoned to Palestinian terror groups Fatah, Hamas and Palestine Islamic Jihad by Israel a year ago. Osama Bin Laden’s group is also believed to have plans to spread its terror tentacles into Palestinian Authority areas in Samaria and Judea. Analysts predict that, should Israel also “disengage” from those areas known to the world as the “West Bank,” Al-Qaeda and the Iranian-supported Hamas and Hizbullah organizations will quickly set up shop in Palestine, just minutes from Israel’s cities and towns. Although much–often bloody–enmity rages between Shi’a and Sunni Muslims, both streams converge when it comes to their hatred of Israel and their belief that the Jewish state should be wiped off the map of the Middle East. Neither is this hatred restricted to the so-called fundamentalist members of that religion. All devout Muslims are taught that Islam will ultimately dominate the world, and that Christians and Jews must be forced to submit to Allah, or die. more... | Israel | Islam | Zechariah 13:8,9
- Abu Mazen: Jerusalem the Capital of Palestinian State (September 11, 2006) - PA (Palestinian Authority) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) on Sunday released statements expressing a willingness to meet with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. The PA opposition leader stated that Israel must however recognize “Palestinian rights,” adding Israel must realize there must be a Palestinian state with Jerusalem serving as its capital. | Israel | Islam |
- Iran Resumed Weapons Airlift to Hizballah via Beirut Friday as Soon as Israel Ended its Air Blockade (September 11, 2006) - Iran’s first post-blockade arms flight departed Dubai Friday, Sept. 8, to test the ground at Beirut international airport for Israeli air force or UN reactions. DEBKAfile’s military sources report that the forbidden goods were unloaded and sailed through the airport unhindered. Tehran therefore determined to send two further bulk consignments in the next 48 hours aboard commercial flights from the Persian Gulf. Our sources report the arms crates listed were on the documents as “computer equipment. Handle with care.” They were offloaded onto trucks which drove in convoy to Hizballah headquarters in Baalbek. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, determined to end Israel’s air blockade on Lebanon, promised solemnly that UN monitors would control incoming passengers and goods at Beirut airport. But he failed to make the Siniora government follow through on this pledge. The Lebanese prime minister immediately barred the airport to UN inspections. The five German air monitors agreed on were only allowed to establish a checkpoint for controlling arms smuggling at a distance of one kilometer from the international airport. DEBKAfile reports they are standing idle because the trucks carrying forbidden cargoes are able leave the airfield and bypass their checkpoint by alternative routes. more... | Iran | Israel | Islam |
- MK Bishara Warns Syria Of Israeli Attack (September 10, 2006) - National Democratic Assembly chairman, Knesset Member Azmi Bishara, arrived in Damascus on Friday and immediately began making public statements condemning the Israeli occupation of the territories. Bishara joined his party members, MKs Jamal Zahalka and Wasil Taha, as well as former MKs Muhammad Kanan and Mohammed Miari, who have been in the city since Thursday. In the course of his meeting with senior members of the ruling Baath party, Bishara warned Syria of the possibility that "Israel launch a preliminary offensive in more than one place, in a bid to overcome the internal crisis in the country and in an attempt to restore its deterrence capability." During the meeting, Bishara lauded Syria's support for the national rights of the Palestinians and Lebanon, and stressed that the motivation for the "American-Israeli attack" against Syria lies in Damascus' firm stances. "Syria is the last barrier standing before the strike," MK Bishara said. "The Palestinians living under the occupation have long realized the importance of adhering to the Arab option, in light of the scope of adventurous attempts to hurt their cultural and Arab identity," he added. more... | Israel | Islam |
- DEBKAfile: Olmert’s belated discovery of a serious breach with Washington prompted him to disinter the Middle East roadmap (September 10, 2006) - The Israeli prime minister informed the cabinet Sunday Sept 10 that the time had come to reach for a “diplomatic horizon.” Offering to meet Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas “without pre-conditions,” he brought back to life the moribund Middle East road map. So what happened to his realignment plan which filled all the empty space on his campaign platform only six months ago? The answer lies in Washington, where he is in very hot water with the Bush administration. First, the White House was angered by the way Olmert, defense minister Amir Peretz and foreign minister Tzipi Livni mismanaged the Lebanon war and, in doing so, got in the way of America’s plans for Iran. This was followed by a further complaint: During his May visit to Washington, the Israeli prime minister presented the US president and the two Houses of Congress his realignment (aka convergence) plan for a partial withdrawal from the West Bank. He asked for American support and received it with an ovation. more... | Israel | America | Israel's primed for a peace covenant. It's coming soon, I believe, and they will bite. They'll get to rebuild the temple next to the dome of the rock, and soon after the beast will declare himself god there.
- How Hi-Tech Hezbollah Called the Shots (September 9, 2006) - Hezbollah's ability to repel the Israel Defense Forces during the recent conflict was largely due to its use of intelligence techniques gleaned from allies Iran and Syria that allowed it to monitor encoded Israeli communications relating to battlefield actions, according to Israeli officials, whose claims have been independently corroborated by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). "Israeli EW [electronic warfare] systems were unable to jam the systems at the Iranian Embassy in Beirut, they proved unable to jam Hezbollah's command and control links from Lebanon to Iranian facilities in Syria, they blocked the Barak ship anti-missile systems, and they hacked into Israeli operations communications in the field," Richard Sale, the longtime intelligence editor for United Press International, who was alerted to this intelligence failure by current and former CIA officials, told Asia Times Online. more... | Israel | Islam | Iran |
- Olmert: War Against Syria Would Be 'Without Limits' (September 4, 2006) - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told a Knesset committee Monday morning that if Syria goes to war against Israel, the IDF will react without the limitations that restricted the retaliation against Hizbullah terrorists in Lebanon. During the war, the government said it did not prevent the military establishment from carrying out plans, but senior army officers have stated that the ground assault was delayed several days by the government. "What we have done in Lebanon amounts to a deterring element against the Syrians, because they now realize that while in Lebanon we have restrained our use of force, in a campaign against them we will not adhere to such restraints," he asserted. | Israel | Islam | Remember that Bible prophecy talks about Damascus being a ruinous heap. Isaiah 17 It goes on to talk about the nations that rush like the rushing of many waters being rebuked by God and chased off as chaff of the mountains. This sounds very familiar to how the Gog/Magog invasion is described as being stopped in the mountains of Israel when God's fury comes up in His face. Ezekiel 38:18-23 Given this stern warning from Olmert to Syria if they should decide to do anything, we could see Damascus become a ruinous heap and that becoming the "hooks in the jaws" of the Gog/Magog armies (Iran has a defense agreement with Syria) for them to attack. We already have "peacekeeping forces" from Turkey and Russia planned to build up on the Southern border of Lebanon and the Gog/Magog armies attack from the North. What better surprise attack than by the supposed "peacekeeping forces?" The Bible names the nations that participate and Turkey, Iran, and possibly Russia are among them. Keep watching! I would also recommend Chuck Missler's $7.95 downloadable mp3/RealPlayer commentary on The Magog Invasion. It's about two hours on the history of Magog and what his identity is.
- Another Anti-Israel Media Hoax Revealed (September 2, 2006) - In the last week of July, nearly two weeks into the Israel-Hizbullah war, the international media was filled with reports of an Israeli air attack on two Lebanese Red Cross ambulances - a heinous war crime. The gist of the news was that on the night of July 23, 2006, the ambulances were performing rescue operations when Israeli aircraft attacked them, causing explosions and a fire and injuring everyone inside the vehicles. Photos of the damaged ambulances were published in many newspapers and websites, and breathless reporters - such as Julian Manyon of ITV News in Britain - bemoaned "Lebanese ambulance men, shocked and bleeding, brought in as casualties to a hospital in Tyre. They were hurt when Israeli aircraft rocketed two ambulance crews..." One of the more interesting details featured in all the reports was that a missile had struck the exact center of the cross on the roof of one of the ambulances. Now, however, accumulated evidence shows clearly that the incident never occurred - as has been the case in other media-hyped incidents placing Israel in a negative light. Much of the evidence to this effect that has been collected thus far can be summarized as follows: more... | Israel | Islam | Chalk another one up for the fakers. Check out Pallywood for more.
August 2006
- Lebanon Refuses Contact With Israel (August 30, 2006) - Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora said Wednesday that he refused to have any direct contact with Israel and Lebanon would be the last Arab country to ever sign a peace deal with the Jewish state. "Let it be clear, we are not seeking any agreement until there is just and comprehensive peace based on the Arab initiative," he said. He was referring to a plan that came out of a 2002 Arab League summit in Beirut. It calls for Israel to return all territories it conquered in the 1967 Mideast war, the establishment of a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital and a solution to the Palestinian refugee problem _ all in exchange for peace and full normalization of Arab relations with Israel. Israel has long sought a peace deal with Lebanon, but Beirut has hesitated as long as Israel's conflicts with the Palestinians and Syria remained unresolved. Saniora said Lebanon wants to go back to the 1949 armistice agreement that formally ended the Arab-Israeli war over Israel's creation. more... | Israel | Islam |
- Britain 'is now biggest security threat to US' (August 29, 2006) - Britain now presents a greater security threat to the United States than Iran or Iraq, an American magazine said yesterday. In an article on Islamists headlined "Kashmir on the Thames", the New Republic painted Britain's Muslim communities as a breeding ground for violent extremism. Citing recent opinion poll evidence suggesting that one in four British Muslims believed that last year's London Tube bombings were justified, the magazine said: "In the wake of this month's high-profile arrests, it can now be argued that the biggest threat to US security emanates not from Iran or Iraq or Afghanistan, but rather from Great Britain, our closest ally." The magazine, with a circulation of 60,000-a-week, has its roots on the Democratic Left although in recent years it has backed much of President George W Bush's foreign policy. The claim is the latest in a series of hostile reassessment of Britain by Americans in the wake of the alleged plot to bring down transatlantic airliners. Many have been appalled both by the existence of enthusiastic jihadis in British cities and by the call from some of their leaders for a change in the country's foreign policy. more... | Israel | Islam |
- Turkey reaching out to Arab world - leaving Europe behind? (August 29, 2006) - Turkey's moves to increase economic ties with the Persian Gulf countries are seen by diplomats as yet another indication of Ankara's waning enthusiasm for the European Union. Some Turkish analysts feel that in view of the slow pace of accession talks with the European Union, Turkey's interests would be better served by improved relations with the Arab countries of the Middle East, an area for centuries ruled by Ottoman sultans. At the same time, diplomats in Ankara and Athens discern a low ebb in Turkey's relations with the United States, attributed to Turkish opposition to U.S. policies in Iraq and Washington's unconditional support for Israel during the war against Hezbollah guerrillas. "U.S.-Turkish alliance is crumbling," Kathimerini, a conservative Greek daily, headlined recently. Turkish officials say relations with Washington are merely in a state of "temporary chill," and point to a "shared vision document" signed by the two countries last month. The United States has always considered Turkey to be a major link between the West and the Muslim world and an example of coexistence between Islam and secularism. At this time, however, Turkey's political and economic attention is centering on the Arab world, particularly after a three-day visit last week by Saudi King Abdullah and the announcement by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of plans to double trade with the Saudi kingdom. more... | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | EU/UN |
- DEBKAfile Exclusive: First wave of arrests inside Hizballah of suspected informers to Israeli intelligence (August 29, 2006) - No commissions of inquiry for Hassan Nasrallah. Our exclusive sources learn that Hizballah’ special security service has begun rounding up suspects in the northern Beqaa Valley, Baalbek and South Lebanon of members and others suspected of tipping off Israel intelligence on the location of the storehouse holding the heavy Zelzal missiles. Those missiles, no more than three or four, were held in reserve as Hizballah’s most devastating strategic weapon against Israel, capable of hitting Tel Aviv. Monday, Aug. 28, prime minister Ehud Olmert revealed for the first time that the Israeli air force destroyed those missiles in the first 34 minutes of the Lebanon war on July 12. Nasrallah needs urgently to find the leak through which the missiles’ place of storage and very existence, one of Hizballah’s most tightly kept secrets known only to very few top leaders of the organization, reached Israel. The first arrests were made among people living in the vicinity of the missile cache. More arrests have been carried out in the Shiite communities who live near or are connected with the Hizballah intelligence and secret command centers in Baalbek, which were targeted by Israeli air strikes and commando forays. more... | Israel | Islam |
- Turkish Parlament Gives Green Light to Turkish Troop Deployment in Lebanon (August 29, 2006) - Ankara, which has been discussing whether to join in the peacekeeping force to be deployed in Lebanon following a United Nations (UN) cease-fire decision, has finally decided to join the force “in principle.” Ankara’s decision came after U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s announcement that the peace-force would not be commissioned with the disarmament of Hezbollah. Following a cabinet meeting yesterday, Justice Minister and government spokesperson Cemil Cicek informed reporters that the cabinet decided to join the peace-force in Lebanon in the frame of U.N. resolution 1701. The parliament will be called on to discuss this issue as soon as possible, Cicek noted. The number of soldiers to be sent to Lebanon will not exceed 1,000. The government plans to pass the decision on troop deployment within a week at the latest. A decree allowing the use of some ports and airbases for "humanitarian purposes" was submitted for signatures in the cabinet meeting as well. A “statement of purpose” had been sent to the U.N. regarding this issue and details of the motion will be discussed in today’s meeting to be chaired by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul and representatives from the General Staff will attend today’s meeting. "Turkey’s hesitations have been eliminated. Annan’s remarks have been influential in this as well," said a foreign ministry official about the troop deployment decision. more... | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | EU/UN | Did you catch that? As long as Turkey doesn't have to disarm their heroes, Hizbullah, they're fine with sending in troops. I can't believe Israel is so blind. Maybe that's because God is bringing Gog/Magog against Israel so He "will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD."
- Prelude to Apocalypse (August 28, 2006) - Contrary to what is now the accepted wisdom in the media, Hezb’allah in its recent offensive against Israel neither “badly bloodied the Israel Defense Force,” nor “fought it to a standstill” in Southern Lebanon. In fact, the opposite is the case. By any legitimate measure Hezb’allah was handed a resounding military defeat by the IDF in the recent fighting, and while the cancer that is Hezb’allah was not cured by Israel’s soldiers, it was put into remission. Hezb’allah is not your father’s terrorist organization. This is not a group of loosely affiliated cells of would-be hijackers or suicide bombers. Hezb’allah is a terrorist army, trained like an army, organized like an army, funded and equipped like an army, with one glaring difference. The main use of its arsenal was terror aimed at Israel’s civilian population while hiding behind Lebanon’s civilian population. Its intent was to cause maximum civilian casualties amongst both. This was not by accident. This was by design. This was Hezb’allah’s war, planned and prepared for six years, funded by close to a billion dollars by Iran, aided by Syria. One of the great benefits to the West to come out of this war (if they choose not to turn a blind eye to it) is the certain knowledge that Hezb’allah is Iran’s terrorist operational arm. It is the terrorist extension of Iran’s expressed foreign policy. It is not a coincidence that Hezb’allah launched its totally unprovoked attack across Israel’s internationally recognized border, killing and kidnapping Israeli soldiers and dragging Lebanon and Israel into a war which neither one wanted at exactly the moment when the international community had issued its ultimatum to Iran. That ultimatum was: “Cease your efforts to develop nuclear weapons or face the sanctions of the International Community.” Iran’s response was Hezb’allah’s war. Much has been made, and rightly so, of the arsenal of some 15,000 short, medium and longer range rockets which Hezb’allah stockpiled for its offensive. What has gone largely unmentioned is the equally impressive number of anti-tank weapons Hezb’allah not only acquired but deployed throughout its system of fortresses, strongholds in literally every village in Southern Lebanon. Hezb’allah’s spin was that it built this Siegfried Line-like series of fortifications to defend Southern Lebanon from an Israeli invasion. The truth is both Hezb’allah and everyone else in the world knew perfectly well that when Israel left every centimeter of Lebanese soil in 2000, it did so with the intent never to return. It not only had no designs on Southern Lebanon, it dreaded doing so. | Israel | Islam |
- UNIFIL Accused of Providing Israeli Intelligence to Hizbullah (August 27, 2006) - UNIFIL (UN Interim Force in Lebanon), the neutral force that has been stationed there since 1978, is tasked with maintaining peace between Israel and Hizbullah along the 70-mile Israeli-Lebanese border. However, as columnist and ZOA Philadelphia chapter President Lori Lowenthal Marcus writes in the Weekly Standard this week, it appears that UNIFIL took a clearly one-sided stand in favor of Hizbullah during the recent war in Lebanon. UNIFIL "openly published daily real-time intelligence, of obvious usefulness to Hizbullah, on the location, equipment, and force structure of Israeli troops in Lebanon," Marcus wrote, "even specifying the placement of IDF safety structures within hours of their construction." In contrast, nothing specific regarding Hizbullah's terrorist forces was ever posted. Instead, only general statements such as one to the effect that Hizbullah "fired rockets in large numbers from various locations" were published. As an example, UNIFIL posted the following on July 25: "Yesterday and during last night, the IDF moved significant reinforcements, including a number of tanks, armored personnel carriers, bulldozers and infantry, to the area of Marun Al Ras inside Lebanese territory. The IDF advanced from that area north toward Bint Jubayl, and south towards Yarun." UNIFIL has been implicated before in partiality towards Hizbullah. Just 18 hours after the kidnapping of three IDF soldiers along the Israeli-Lebanese border in late 2000, UNIFIL troops videoed two cars that were used in the abduction and that were filled with blood and other kidnapping-related evidence. Though the videos may have helped save one or more of the soldiers' lives, high-ranking U.N. officials, including Secretary General Kofi Annan and Middle East envoy Terje Larsen, denied that any such videotape existed. Only on July 6, 2001 did the U.N. finally admit that it possessed the tape. more... | Israel | Islam | EU/UN | *GASP!* But the UN is supposed to be neutral and just! Anyone who has been actually watching the UN's activities knows that for decades, it has been stacking the odds and the world against Israel. Just part of Bible prophecy, but the fact that it isn't more common knowledge is scary in today's world. Islam has a lot of control in the EU and UN, or should I say the same force that controls Islam has it's powerful hands in the EU/UN too.
- Nasrallah: We won't be restrained for a long time (August 27, 2006) - Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah said Monday that had he believed, even one percent, that a war would break out following the kidnapping of two IDF soldiers, the operation would never have been launched. In an interview granted to Lebanese news network New TV, Nasrallah said in an almost apologetic tone that "we did not believe, even by one percent, that the captive operation would result in such a wide-scale war, as such a war did not take place in the history of wars. Had we known that the captive operation would result in such a war we would not have carried it out at all." Similar comments were made Nasrallah's deputy, who said that his organization was surprised by Israel's response. In his first interview since the ceasefire, Nasrallah at times assumed an apologetic stance, unlike the boastful stance taken immediately after the operation. At another point during the interview, Nasrallah corrected his own declarations and said that that a Hizbullah member who took part in the kidnap operation fell into IDF custody – something he flatly denied in the past. Nasrallah complained that since the ceasefire, "there are attempts to enforce Israel's new conditions, such as the deployment of UNIFIL forces in Lebanon's airport, ports, and along the northern border with Syria." He hastened to ad that "as long as there is occupation we reserve our right to resistance. Until now we displayed restraint and tolerance, but this does not mean that we will be patient for a long time. We reserve this right and we can realize it at any time." "There won't be public displays of weapons in the south , except of in cases of preparations or funerals of martyrs," stressed Nasrallah. "This is our policy – to refrain from displaying weapons. If the Lebanese army notices any gunman – it is it's natural right to expropriate the weapons," said Nasrallah. Nasrallah's comments match Israeli beliefs that Hizbullah's political stance has been harmed following the war. more... | Israel | Islam |
- Syria Draws a Line at the Border (August 27, 2006) - When United Nations Resolution 1701 was passed on August 11, it was seen as a diplomatic breakthrough to end 33 days of war between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. Many today, however, are having serious doubts whether this ceasefire will last and whether 1701 is actually a diplomatic victory - or failure - for the UN. In addition to a ceasefire, the resolution demands the deployment of the Lebanese army, and eventually multinational troops, on the border to prevent any future war between the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Hezbollah. It gives Israel the right to self-defense, however, while denying this right to Hezbollah, explaining why the party's secretary general, Hassan Nasrallah, accepted the resolution "with reservations". If implemented to the word, the resolution would deprive Hezbollah of the territory it has used to wage war against Israel since the 1980s. A Hezbollah that is deprived of southern Lebanon would be a Hezbollah that cannot fire rockets against northern Israel. The resolution also asked for implementation of Resolution 1559, which calls for the complete disarming of Hezbollah, and strongly says that no arms should be transferred to the Lebanese military group. more... | Israel | Islam | EU/UN |
- These Are the Facts Herb L. Peters (August 26, 2006) - While putting together the map above a had a thought: "This is not speculation. These are the facts!" You see, we all have seen those prophecy charts and maps in our old Bible prophecy books that where based on the author's understanding of the prophecies. And, here I was, creating a map about recent events, and it looked like what was in those old books. As I've been reporting, we may have the two big players of end-time prophecy moving a peacekeeping force into the Middle East -- the EU and the UN. Their stated goal is to bring a lasting peace. Also as I've been reporting, the 10-nation WEU alliance is the backbone of the EU's new force, which is the backbone of the UN's peacekeeping force. For someone like me who believes in prophecy and has followed the rise of the WEU alliance from its beginning, the recent news is almost overwhelming. If you've read my book, you may understand why. Let's take a closer look at where the WEU peacekeepers will be deployed. Like I mentioned before, these events aren't speculation -- they're the facts on the ground EU/WEU | Russia | Iran | Arab League. The scary part is, all the players appear to be in place for the 70th week of Daniel. The only thing missing may be the religious element to the UN -- or is it? My friend Constance Cumbey called a few minutes ago and directed me to the Website of the Eighth World Assembly of Religions for Peace. And, guess whose smiling face showed up? That's right, Club of Rome President, His Royal Highness Prince El Hass bin Talal. Remember? We were asking where the religious element to the UN came in. Bingo! As I write in my book, the EU's Javier Solana is a member of the Spanish chapter of the Club of Rome. The club's primary purpose is the creation of what they call global governance. That explains the club's interest in the UN. And, since the Club of Rome's president is the person pictured above, establishing a global religion appears to be part of their agenda. In fact, take a look at what I found on the World Assembly of Religions for Peace Website. more... | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | EU/UN |
- 'Ahmadinejad Would Sacrifice Half of Iran to Wipe Out Israel (August 25, 2006) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, if he ever became the supreme decision maker in his country, would "sacrifice half of Iran for the sake of eliminating Israel," Giora Eiland, Israel's former national security adviser, told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday. At present, Eiland stressed, the ultimate decision maker in Iran was Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 67, whom he said was "more reasonable." But, Eiland went on, "if Ahmadinejad were to succeed him - and he has a reasonable chance of doing so - then we'd be in a highly dangerous situation." The 49-year-old Iranian president, he said, "has a religious conviction that Israel's demise is essential to the restoration of Muslim glory, that the Zionist thorn in the heart of the Islamic nations must be removed. And he will pay almost any price to right the perceived historic wrong. If he becomes the supreme leader and has a nuclear capability, that's a real threat." In facing up to Iran's nuclear ambitions, Eiland said the United States had three possible courses of action, "all of them bad," and that a decision could not be postponed for too long, "since delay, too, is a decision of sorts." more... | Iran | Israel | Islam |
- Russia and Central Asian Allies Conduct War Games in Response to US Threats (August 24, 2006) - Barely acknowledged by the Western media, military exercises organized by Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan under the Collective Security Treaty Organization, (CSTO) were launched on the 24th of August. These war games, officially tagged as part of a counter terrorism program, are in direct response to US military threats in the region including the planned attacks against Iran. The Rubezh-2006 exercise, is scheduled to take place from August 24-29 near the Kazak port city of Aktau: "It will be the first joint military exercise undertaken by CSTO countries, and will involve 2,500 members drawn from various armed services of member states, with Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan the principal participants. Uzbekistan, which has recently rejoined the CSTO, will send observers, while the two other pact members, Belarus and Armenia, will not be taking part .( IPWR News Briefing Central Asia) Press reports from the region describe these war games as a response to US military presence and ambitions in Central Asia: "The growing militarization is connected with mutual mistrust among countries in the region, say analysts. Iranian media have speculated that the United States is using Azerbaijan to create a military counterweight to Iran on the Caspian. It is possible that the exercise conducted by the CSTO – in which Russia is dominant – represents a response to concerns about United States involvement in developing Kazakstan’s navy. Observers say Russia is leaning more and more towards the Iranian view that countries from outside should be banned from having armed forces in the Caspian Sea." Experts say the US is trying to step up the pressure on Iran, as well as to defend its own investments in Azerbaijan and Kazakstan. It is also trying to guarantee the security of the strategically vital Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline. more... | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | EU/UN | Hmm... Looks like Russia and company are flexing their muscles in defense of Iran. Surprised?
- World's Greatest Diplomat by Herb L. Peters (August 22, 2006) - According to this report, the UN's Kofi Annan is the world's top diplomat Read about it here. I don't think so. Annan may be a player, but it's certainly not because of having any special diplomatic skills. That's why I fear Annan's involvement in finding a solution to the Middle East crisis is not only unwise -- it's dangerous. So, how did Annan wiggle himself into the crisis? I suspect Annan's opening may have been the EU's Javier Solana, and Solana's opening US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. If you recall, when the crisis broke Solana first met with British Prime Minster Tony Blair. Soon after a microphone inadvertently left on caught Blair delivering a message through President Bush to give to Rice. Only a few days later Rice attended a dinner with Solana and Annan. I believe that's where it may have happened. You see, Solana developed a close relation with Rice and I believe he may have used his influence to bring Annan in to help settle the crisis. Keep in mind, part of Solana's security doctrine calls for creating a new international order through the UN. The saddest thing about all this is what happened to Israel. It's becoming obvious that the war went wrong. In fact, many Israelis are demanding an investigate to uncovered exactly what happened. The picture that's forming reminds me of what happened at the Bay of Pigs. The US government assembled a group of Cuban freedom fighters and promised air support for their invasion. At the last minute, the new Kennedy Administration called back the planes. The result was their invasion plan turned to a disaster and the freedom fighters were killed or captured. Here's what I think: As in the Bay of Pigs, I believe Israel and the US may have agreed to a well thought out plan. But, after Israel set out to fulfill that plan, the US, for some reason, suddenly changed it. The result was the well thought out plan turned to a disaster. A few days ago I was listening to Bill O'Reilly interviewing a former US Ambassador to the UN. O'Reilly asked why France talked the US into going along with a UN Resolution that later France refused to support Read about it here. The former Ambassador answered it was Rice's fault -- she said Rice should have known France is hard to work with. In other words, this former Ambassador also believed that Rice may have been deceived. This brings us back to the dinner Rice had with Solana and Annan. You see, I too believe Rice may have been deceived -- but not by France. I suspect Rice may have been deceived by the world's greatest diplomat. And, it wasn't Kofi Annan. more... | Iran | Israel | Islam | EU/UN | This is some background information on Solana. More here.
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DEBKAfile Exclusive: American electronic warfare experts in Israel to find out how Hizballah’s Iranian systems neutralized Israeli EW (August 23, 2006) - The American EW experts are interested in four areas. 1. The Israeli EW systems’ failure to block Hizballah’s command and communications and the links between the Lebanese command and the Syria-based Iranian headquarters. 2. How Iranian technicians helped Hizballah eavesdrop on Israel’s communications networks and mobile telephones, including Israeli soldiers’ conversations from inside Lebanon. 3. How Iranian EW installed in Lebanese army coastal radar stations blocked the Barak anti-missile missiles aboard Israeli warships, allowing Hizballah to hit the Israeli corvette Hanith. 4. Why Israeli EW was unable to jam the military systems at the Iranian embassy in Beirut, which hosted the underground war room out of which Hassan Nasrallah and his top commanders, including Imad Mughniyeh, functioned. DEBKA-Net-Weekly 266:i> Until the watershed date of July 12, 2006, when the Hizballah triggered the Lebanon War, Israel was accounted an important world power in the development of electronic warfare systems – so much so that a symbiotic relationship evolved for the research and development of many US and Israeli electronic warfare systems, in which a mix of complementary American and Israeli devices and methods were invested. In combat against Hizballah, both were not only found wanting, but had been actively neutralized, so that none performed the functions for which they were designed. This poses both the US and Israel with a serious problem in a further round of the Lebanon war and any military clash with Iran. more... | Iran | Israel | Islam |
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Syria opposes U.N. forces on its border (August 23, 2006) - Syria on Wednesday opposed deployment of an international force along its border to prevent arms shipments to Hezbollah, and Israel called the situation in Lebanon "explosive." A cease-fire was further shaken by artillery shells and explosions that killed three Lebanese soldiers and an Israeli. Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora asked the U.S. to help lift an Israeli blockade on his country's coast and airport — something Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said would not happen until U.N. troops deployed along the Lebanon-Syria border to block the flow of weapons. Hezbollah's vast arsenal of rockets and other weapons, much of which is believed to originate in Iran, reaches the guerrillas across the Syrian border. European Union ambassadors and deputies met in Brussels, Belgium, to drum up volunteers for the force, but tentative pledges reached just 4,200 troops by Wednesday — far short of the 15,000 called for by the U.N. cease-fire resolution. Deployment was likely take weeks or months. Meanwhile, Syria indicated it might impose a blockade of its own. "They will close their borders for all traffic in the event that U.N. troops are deployed along the Lebanon-Syria border," Finland's foreign minister Erkki Tuomioja said after meeting his Syrian counterpart, Walid Moallem, in Helsinki. Finland holds the rotating presidency of the European Union. Lebanon has land borders only with Syria and Israel. more... | Israel | Islam | EU/UN | Hmm... Gee, I wonder why they would be so opposed to the blockade of weapons into Lebanon????
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Prodi offers Italian troops to command UN mission in Lebanon (August 22, 2006) - The Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi has confirmed that Italy is prepared to command the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon. He told reporters at the Tuscan seaside resort where he is on holiday that, in the course of a long phone conversation with the UN secretary general Kofi Annan, he had said that Italy was willing to lead the force, an idea that the Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert had raised with Mr Prodi at the weekend. But he also endorsed the proposal made by the US President George Bush yesterday that a new UN resolution on Lebanon was needed. "This is a complicated mission and it is right to be prudent," he said. The important thing, he added, was to have "a precise mandate with precise terms and a very clearly defined alliance". Mr Prodi's commitment came after France had stunned its European allies by agreeing to provide only 200 extra troops for the UN mission, of which it was the joint architect. It had been expected to provide between 2,500 and 4,000. more... | Israel | Islam | EU/UN |
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Putin Says Russia Considering Sending Troops to Lebanon (August 23, 2006) - Russia is considering sending troops to the United Nations peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon to enforce the Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire, President Vladimir Putin told Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi. “He said he is thinking about it,’’ Prodi told reporters at his vacation villa in Tuscany, after a telephone conversation last night with Putin. Prodi’s spokesman confirmed his comments. Putin ”has started talking to his collaborators and he’ll give us an answer in the coming days,’’ he said. Lebanon faces a “security vacuum’’ unless the peacekeepers and Lebanese soldiers are deployed to oversee the cease-fire, UN envoy Terje Roed-Larsen said after visits to Lebanon and Israel yesterday. There is ”reason for pessimism’’ until peacekeepers are in place, he said. The cease-fire that came into force Aug. 14 halted a 33-day conflict between Israel and the Shiite Muslim Hezbollah group. European Union ambassadors are meeting in Brussels today to prepare a UN foreign ministers’ meeting on Aug. 25 to determine Europe’s contributions to the force. more... | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | EU/UN | Wow! We have Russian and Turkish forces planning troop deployment into Lebanon! These are several the main players in the Gog/Magog invasion! This would mean that troops the Bible says will invade Israel from the North are going to be, with the approval of Israel herself, massing troops on Israel's border! And everyone, even Israel is ok with this! Don't be surprised if they suddenly decide to attack, and don't be surprised when God destroys their armies in the mountains of Israel!
- Turkey Cautious on Troop Deployment Despite Israeli Urging (August 20,2006) - "Bringing a cautious approach to Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz's statements saying his country wants to see the Turkish participation in the UN force for Lebanon, Gul said, "If the contribution will be made to stability and peace, if tears and bloodshed will be stopped with Turkish assistance, this will be evaluated carefully. Turkey won't draw its policy priorities in accordance with other countries' interests. Attaining stability in the region is also in the interest of Turkey.".... "He warned Israel that permanent peace can't be attained through use of force and unilateral decisions, urging dialogue, cooperation and multilateral consensus to proceed in the peace process. "Attaining just, comprehensive, permanent peace and stability in the Middle East is the sincere wish and aim of the international community as well as Turkey. The only way to attain this goal is dialogue and cooperation. Violence and unilateral initiatives won't help efforts to attain permanent peace and stability in the region," Gul told Israeli officials during his meetings.".... more... | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | They're good! Israel is probably now feeling like they need Islamic support in order to prevent Islamic wrath in Israel defending herself. They've got the Israeli leadership so tied up it can't really do anything. Not only that, but they're using it to lull Israel into a false sense of security by acting "cautious" and speaking about permanent peace. Anyone who listens to their own words of the Islamic rulers behind these nations knows full well the only thing they want is Israel gone. Lasting peace is the last thing on their mind. However, if they can lull Israel into allowing them to have troops on the border, and pretend to want a lasting peace, then Israel will be completely taken by surprise when they suddenly attack. Fortunately, Turkey will be completely surprised when God wipes them and the other armies out in the mountains of Israel! Olmert also said, "Israel has confidence in Turkey." I would probably be a lot more vocal about this, but I'm not worried for Israel's safety because of God's intervention, so BRING IT ON! I want to see God's name glorified!
- World leaders call on Turkey to contribute to peacekeeping in Lebanon (August 20, 2006) - The United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, French President Jacques Chirac and Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi expressed their expectation on Saturday that Turkey should join the UN peacekeeping force to be deployed in south Lebanon. During their phone talks with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the three leaders underlined importance of Turkey's participation in the peacekeeping force, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported. They also noted that the deployment of UN peacekeeping forces would be an important step to ensure a lasting peace between Israel and Lebanon. For his part, Erdogan said that Turkey wanted to safeguard peace and stability in the region and welcomed the UN Security Council's decision to deploy peacekeeping force in Lebanon. The Turkish prime minister also noted that his country will decide whether to contribute to the UN peacekeeping force after discussion, adding that the decision needs to be approved by the Turkish parliament. Earlier, Turkey has expressed willingness to contribute to the peacekeeping force in Lebanon, but said that even if it eventually sends troops to Lebanon, the force will under no circumstances be a combat force. more... | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | EU/UN | They don't need weapons with all the stockpiles hidden in Lebanon. They could just use those in their surprise attack. This puts a convincing front up to those not watching closely that would, on the surface, make Turkey appear to really desire peace... until the moment they decide to attack.
- Turkish PM Erdogan Says 'Nobody Should Expect Us to Remain Neutral': Reactions From the Turkish Media to the Middle East Crisis (August 16, 2006) - In June 2006, the Turkish media reported on two recent surveys, by Pew and by Princeton Survey Research Associates. The Pew study, which was conducted in 15 countries between March 31 and May 14, 2006, found significant erosion of positive feelings towards the U.S. among the Turkish people. The Princeton study showed that most Turks have negative feelings towards Jews and Christians - more than in other Muslim countries and Arab countries - and that most do not believe in democracy, despite the common belief that Turkey is the most democratic country in the Muslim world. The secular mainstream daily Hurriyet reported that thesurvey results showed anti-Americanism on the rise among Turks. While Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was chosen by 25% of respondents as the most trusted leader, President George W. Bush came last, with only 3%. [1] Hurriyet's Ertugrul Ozkok warned in his column that Turkey was becoming the most fanatical and hostile country towards Christians in the Islamic world, pointed out that this anti-Western trend was evident among secular ultra-nationalists as much as among Islamists, and opined that Turkey was headed towards catastrophe. [2] The centrist, secular daily Sabah reported thatthere was widespread disbelief in Turkey that Arab terror groups were behind the 9/11 attacks. [3] In a column titled "Why Are the Turks More Anti-West than the Arabs?" Turkish columnist Semih Idiz of the centrist, secular Milliyet wrote: "A Syrian friend of mine asked me, '[…] Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad has [good] relations only with Turkey and not with the Arabs. This relationship has begun to be of strategic importance. Why do the Turks do what the Arabs don't?' He means, 'Why are the Turks more royalist than the king?' And really, why is it that the Turks dislike Christians more than the Arabs [dislike Christians]? In what direction is Turkey going? […] Tomorrow's Sun Will "Rise on a World Without Israel" Turkish columnist Ayhan Bilgin wrote in the Islamist daily Vakit: "[...] The rabid attacks by Israel, the golem created by America that feeds on Muslim blood, are diminishing its chances of existing on the sacred [Muslim] land. Nobody should be surprised when tomorrow's sun rises on a world without Israel [...] Not much time remains until the great war." [14] more... | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam |
- Tehran Seeks Help From Turkey on Lebanon (August 13, 2006) - Following the European Union, Turkey’s neighbor Iran, sought assistance from Ankara to resolve the crisis in Lebanon, the Turkish website Zaman reported. Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki made a surprise visit to Turkey en route to Yemen and Egypt, where he suggested, “Turkey should exert its influence and take the necessary initiatives.” The visiting foreign minister met with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul. Before his meetings, the Iranian FM said that Iran and Turkey have common concerns about the situation in Lebanon. Diplomatic sources informed Zaman that Mottaki asked Turkey to adopt an assertive and active role to help the United Nations (UN) Security Council take a fair decision on Israel’s offensive in Lebanon. Mottaki also requested Turkey to take the initiative to implement the decisions taken during the Organization of Islamic Conferences (OIC) meeting in Malaysia last month. During the Malaysia meeting the OIC had made a call for an immediate and unconditional cease-fire. more... | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam |
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Israel Must Be Ready For Any Iranian Attack: Minister (August
22, 2006) - Israel
should prepare for the possibility of a missile attack from
Iran,
a cabinet minister said on Tuesday. "We are liable to face an Iranian
missile attack. The Iranians have said very clearly that if they come under
attack, their primary target would be Israel," Rafi Eitan, a member of the
decision-making inner cabinet, told Israel Radio. Iran could fire missiles
at the Jewish state "therefore we must prepare for what could come, and
prepare the entire country for a missile strike attack, to prepare all the
civilian systems so they are ready for this," Eitan said. The radio said
Eitan, a former spymaster, meant that Israel should prepare its bomb
shelters to protect against a possible Iranian attack. It quoted Eitan as
alluding to the current international standoff with Iran over its uranium
enrichment, saying if the situation deteriorates, Israel would be the first
to come under attack. Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called for
Israel to be "wiped off the map." He has said Israel "should not assume" its
ceasefire with Iranian-backed Hizbollah guerrillas last week means an end to
the crisis. Hizbollah fired 4,000 rockets on northern Israel during the war.
Iranian cleric Amad Khatami has said that Iran would hit Tel Aviv with
medium-ranged missiles it came under attack. Arms experts say Iran's
Shahab-3 missiles are capable of striking Israel. Eitan's remarks also came
as tensions rose between Iran and six world powers led by the United States,
who have sought to persuade Tehran to halt its uranium enrichment program,
with an August 31 deadline for Tehran to face possible sanctions from the
United Nations.
Israel is widely believed to be the only nuclear power in the Middle East.
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time in the upcoming months truly is that time of the Gog/Magog invasion,
Israel won't have to do a thing. God will take care of 5/6 of the attackers,
leaving only 1/6 alive.
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Annan abuses power –
sides again against Israel (August
21, 2006) - For the second time in a month, United Nations Secretary
General Kofi Annan revealed his pro-Arab bias at the weekend when, instead
of condemning the Hizb’allah for breaking the terms of the ceasefire between
it and Israel, he condemned Israel for acting in accordance with the
provisions of that agreement. Annan was backed up by his special Middle East
envoy and also long-time critic of Israel, Terje Roed-Larsen. The UN chief
wagged his finger at Israel after an IDF commando raid carried out an
operation Saturday aimed at preventing Hizb’allah armaments from being
replenished via Syria. According to the ceasefire resolution passed by the
UN Security Council last week, the Lebanese government is obliged to prevent
the re-supplying of Hizb’allah with weaponry, and Israel has the right to
exercise self-defense to prevent such a rearmament taking place. In a
33-day-long war ignited by an unprovoked Hizb’allah attack inside sovereign
Israeli territory last month, the Iranian- and Syrian supplied Muslim
terrorist organization repeatedly committed war crimes under international
law when it rained more than 3000 rockets down on Israeli population
centers, with the express intent of killing as many Jewish civilians as
possible. Throughout the war Syria was seen to be replenishing the
Hizb’allah’s rocket stocks. more... |
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*best Gomer Pyle voice* Well suprise, suprise!
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Speculation Rages About Iran's Plans For August 22 (August
21, 2006) - August 22 could usher in an apocalyptic period in the
Middle East thanks to some belligerent action on the part of the Iranian
regime. Or maybe not. The date was chosen by Tehran and had no obvious
relevance in international diplomacy. The only formal deadline the
international community is currently awaiting with regard to Iran is August
31 -- the date set by the U.N. Security Council for Iran to suspend uranium
enrichment or face the possibility of sanctions. Some commentators have
downplayed the importance of August 22, arguing that the decision was simply
one of convenience, akin to saying "we'll respond by the end of the month."
August 22 marks the end of the Persian solar month of Mordad. But others are
less sanguine, noting that the date is significant in Islam, for several
reasons. It coincides with the Islamic calendar date Rajab 28, the day
Jerusalem fell to the Islamic warrior Saladin, in October 1187. Many Muslims
regard Saladin's victory as a high point in Islamic history, and just weeks
ago, Syrian fans of Hizballah leader Hassan Nasrallah were likening him to
the 12th century Kurdish hero. On the night of August 21-22, Muslims believe
Mohammed underwent his "night journey," a trip on a magical steed from Mecca
via the "farthest mosque" -- later said to be al-Aqsa in Jerusalem -- and on
to heaven and back. The two-stage journey is known in Islam as the "isla and
miraj," and tradition holds that a divine white light appeared over
Jerusalem at the time. more... |
Iran |
Gog/Magog |
Israel |
Islam | Today's the
day if there is any validity to what some are speculating about Iran's plans
for the 22nd. Will they attack Israel today? If they try to nuke Jerusalem,
which won't happen because Bible prophecy has Jerusalem there throughout the
millennium, it will be stopped by God. We also know that the invading army
is wiped out in the mountains of Israel, so if it is today, I would expect
that there would be more border buildup of troops to the North of Israel. Of
course, Iran is doing military exercises right now, so they could surprise
everyone. However, I don't expect we'll see an attack today, but I do
believe we will see one very soon! There are other theories on the placement
of the Gog/Magog invasion, so I could be wrong on it's timing, but so many
aspects are all lined up for it to occur now. Keep watching!
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Olmert Rules Out Peace Talks With Syria (August
21, 2006) - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday ruled out a
resumption of negotiations with Syria at this time, saying Damascus must
first end its support for militant groups. Olmert spoke just hours after a
minister in his Cabinet urged a resumption of negotiations and said Israel
should give back the Golan Heights in exchange for peace with Syria. Israel
accuses Syria and Iran of arming and supporting Lebanese Hezbollah
guerrillas who fired nearly 4,000 rockets at Israel in the 34-day war that
ended last week. However, during the war, Israel went to great lengths to
keep Syria out of the conflict, apparently to avoid opening another front or
closing future peace options. After the war, Syrian President Bashar Assad
signaled he is moving closer to Iran. He delivered a hardline speech in
praise of Hezbollah and warned that future Arab generations might succeed
with force where peace talks have failed so far - a reference to the Golan
Heights, the plateau Israel captured in the 1967 Mideast War.
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EU To
Meet On Lebanon Force (August
21, 2006) - EU member
states are to meet on Wednesday in Brussels to discuss participation in the
international peacekeeping force in Lebanon, with governments still
reluctant to firmly commit themselves until the rules of engagement are
clear. With the UN pressing the 25-nation bloc to make up the backbone of
the troops deployed to Lebanon, the EU's response remains undecided with the
different capitals calling for an unambiguous mandate for the troops.
France, which has angered the UN by only agreeing to send a further 200
soldiers to the area when a commitment of up to 3,500 had been expected, on
Sunday called for an extraordinary EU meeting on the issue. "We ask that
European solidarity is expressed as soon as possible about Lebanon", French
foreign minister Philippe Douste-Blazy told France Info Radio adding that he
has asked the Finnish EU presidency to call a meeting on the issue. Helsinki
responded by scheduling the meeting for Wednesday (23 August) with member
states expected to discuss the details of the mandate and what governments
are prepared to contribute. more... | Israel
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I'm half-expecting a mostly Muslim force
deployed. It seems like all the European countries are afraid to get
involved and send their own troops in. I know there is no shortage of
Muslims who would love the chance to be deployed in Lebanon. It would make a
great cover for troop buildups on Israel's North border. In today's modern
world of sattellites, I find it hard to believe that the army that attacks
from the North of Israel could go by unnoticed to suddenly reach the
mountains of Israel. However, if there were a "peacekeeping" force already
stationed at the border, Israel would already be expecting there to be a lot
of military troops there. Even if this force is not part of the
invading army, Hizbullah is also moving down to the Southern border now too.
They could use the troops as cover to build up their force. If the force
were mostly Muslim, say Turkish forces, they could even be part of the
invading army. Turkey is coming fast onto the world scene now. We know who
the Gog/Magog invaders are, for more on that see my Bible study on
Ezekiel 38,39.
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| Gul to Seek Syrian ME Peace Contribution in Damascus (August 20,2006) - Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, who is on a round of shuttle diplomacy in the Middle East region, is scheduled to visit Syria on Tuesday in a move to urge the Syrian administration to contribute to the peace efforts. Having visited Lebanon, Israel and Palestine within the past week, Gul will pay a one-day visit to Damascus during which he is expected to call on Syria to contribute to a regional solution.".... more... | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | |
| Iran’s Military Exercise and Apocalyptic Plans for Israel and World (August 20, 2006) - Washington is keeping a sharp weather eye out for Tuesday, August 22, which this year corresponds in the Islamic calendar to the date on which many Sunni Muslims commemorate the night flight of the prophet Muhammad on his winged horse Buraq to “the farthest mosque”, which is traditionally identified with Jerusalem. According to the Muslim legend, on that day, a divine white light spread over Jerusalem and the whole world. DEBKAfile’s intelligence sources report that information rated “highly credible” has reached US undercover agencies of a secret report presented to Iran’s supreme ruler Ali Khamenei by Abdollah Shabhazi, one of the heads of the Supreme National Security Council. He claims to expose a mega-terror plot against Jerusalem scheduled for August 22, which aims at killing large numbers of Jews, Arabs and Christians. This atrocity will reportedly arm the United States and Israel with the pretext for hitting Iran’s nuclear installations, as well its capital, Tehran, and other big cities. Shabhazi says the US and Israel need to launch a military campaign to restore the deterrent strength they lost in the Lebanon war. The massive attack will reportedly focus on the Old City of Jerusalem and its eastern suburbs. The Iranian report claims that the plotters, who are not identified, are eager to recreate the divine white light whish spread over Jerusalem in the year 632. It does not rule out the use of a non-conventional weapon. DEBKAfile reports that the authorities in Israel do not appear to be taking this threat seriously, unlike Washington – and Tehran. Deeply impressed, Iran’s rulers launched a large-scale are, sea and ground exercise Saturday, Aug. 19. The maneuver, dubbed the Blow of Zolfaghar (the sword used by Imam Ali), involves 12 divisions, army Chinook helicopters, unmanned planes, parachutists, electronic war units and special forces. State-run television reported a new anti-aircraft system was tested “to make Iranian air space unsafe for our enemies.” The massive military exercise will spread over 14 of Iran’s 30 provinces and last about five weeks. DEBKAfile adds: The point of this massive display of might is in fact to place Iran’s armed forces on the ready for the contingency of a US-Israeli offensive on August 22 as per Shabhazi’s prediction. The exercise will be moved to Tehran to prepare the capital for a potential assault. August 22, furthermore, is also the day of Iran’s formal reply to the incentives packages on offer from the West in return for halting its uranium enrichment projects. For weeks, Tehran was under pressure from the United States and Europe for an earlier reply, but insisted on August 22. Prof. Bernard Lewis, the great scholar of Islam and the Middle East offers the background in the Wall Street Journal on Aug. 8: “In Islam, as in Judaism and Christianity, there are certain beliefs concerning the cosmic struggle at the end of time - Gog and Magog, anti-Christ, Armageddon, and for Shiite Muslims, the long awaited return of the Hidden Imam… Mr. Ahmadinejad and his followers clearly believe that this time is now, and that the terminal struggle has already begun and is indeed well advanced. It may even have a date, indicated by several references by the Iranian president to giving his final answer to the U.S. about nuclear development by Aug. 22. This was at first reported as "by the end of August," but Mr. Ahmadinejad's statement was more precise.” more... | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | As I wrote above, I don't think this date will ultimately mark the invasion of Gog/Magog, but we'll see. Keep watching! | |
| Arab nations pushing for new peace process with Israel (August 20, 2006) - Worried the Lebanon war has given a boost to Iran and militants in the region, three U.S. allies in the Mideast are spearheading an Arab effort to present a plan for reviving the stalled peace process and talks with Israel. Details remain sketchy, and already Israel has expressed skepticism, saying it doubts any plan the countries put forward would take into account its security needs. But the decision by Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan to make the commitment now is a clear sign of how worried the countries are by current tensions and especially by Iran's new influence. So far, the United States has not talked about a wider peace effort in the wake of the Lebanon crisis, instead focusing its efforts on ensuring the Iranian and Syrian-backed Hezbollah is reined in. more... | Israel | Islam | Solana | Constance Cumby's Blogspot covers a good commentary on this news and what it means. It's under the August 20, 2006 entry. Egypt, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia are behind this new peace plan. Solana is even involved too. Read Herb L. Peter's commentary. Keep watching! | |
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Iranian Army Ready For Israel Action After Lebanon War (August
19, 2006) - A senior Iranian army commander said on Saturday the
armed forces were prepared for any action by Israel after what Iran has
called the Jewish state's defeat at the hands of Lebanon's Hizbullah
guerrillas. Ataollah Salehi, commander-in-chief of Iran's army, made his
comment on the first day of army wargames, which started in the south of the
country but will later extend to other areas. He did not say how long the
maneuvers would last. |
Iran |
Gog/Magog |
Israel |
Islam | One
of the many reasons I think the Gog/Magog invasion is coming soon... They're
basically stating it will be soon. The Iranian President has promised the
Israel "problem" would be resolved soon. Click the Iran link above for more
specific stories focused on Iran.
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Israel Protests Russian Missile Sales To Iran (August
18, 2006) - A senior Israeli delegation headed to Moscow earlier this
week to complain that Russian-made anti-tank missiles had reached Hizbullah
guerrillas in Lebanon and were used in the 34-day conflict, government
officials said Friday. Asaf Shariv, a senior adviser to Prime Minister Ehud
Olmert, confirmed the delegation had headed to Russia earlier this week, but
refused to elaborate. The anti-tank missiles proved to be one of Hizbullah's
most effective weapons in face-to-face combat with the IDF, killing many of
the 118 soldiers that died in the fighting. Another government official said
the delegation was "senior," but refused to say who they would be meeting
with in Russia. Israel does not accuse Russia of directly arming Hizbullah,
but rather that Russia sold the weapons to Iran and Syria, known supporters
of Hizbullah, who passed them on to the guerrilla group.
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Islam |
Here's that story I mentioned above about Russian missiles being sold to
Iran, carted through Syria to Lebanon, and fired at Israel.
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Al-Aqsa: We Learned Missiles Subdue Israel (August
18, 2006) - The Palestinian terror organizations are looking north
and are filled with satisfaction and hope for the next step. "We learned
from
Hizbullah that the tools that make a difference are missiles. If achieve
expertise in this field, we won't make do with the simple rockets we have.
There is no doubt that we can subdue
Israel ," Abu Nasser, a commander in the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade,
Fatah's military wing, told Ynet. "Since the Gulf War, missiles were what
brought Israel to the negotiation table. The withdrawal from Gaza was also a
result of missiles. If we use them correctly in the West Bank, we will get
rid of the IDF here too," Abu Nasser explained. According to him, his
organization wasn't surprised by what he defines "the defeat Hizbullah
handed to Israel." more... |
Israel |
Islam | As those in the West
breathe a sigh of relief over the halting of violence in the Middle East,
reality rears it's ugly head once again proving that a quick ceasefire is
worthless when one side is still dedicated to the annihilation of the other.
I really wish people would start actually reading the real news, there's a
reason Israel was defending herself, and the hostage situation that started
it all STILL isn't resolved. It has also given great morale to the Hizbullah
fighters as well as the whole Islamo-fascist movement. On the Muslim
streets, they've already won. That means in our future, they probably will.
Bible prophecy agrees. Islam will dominate the world until Christ returns in
glory and rules for 1,000 years with a rod of iron. Yeshua the Christ is our
only hope.
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Syria President Assad Threatens War (August
17, 2006) - Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad says his country is
prepared for war with Israel and warned that the Golan Heights would be
seized "by Syrian hands.” In an interview with the Egyptian publication Al-Usbu
after the ceasefire in Lebanon went into effect, Assad declared: "Syria has
been prepared and ready since the first day of the war... "We and the
resistance (Hezbollah) read clearly that the day of confrontation was
definitely approaching. The current war is five years old, and there were
widespread preparations for this day.” Assad said he is convinced that steps
toward peace "have fallen off, and that the Golan will be liberated by
Syrian hands.” Asked what the expected results would be if Israel launched
an attack against Syria, Assad said: "If Israel acts with adventurism and
enters into a war with Syria, this will be the beginning of a heavy price
that it will pay.” Assad said Hezbollah’s conflict with Israel marks "a new
stage in the history of [the Arab] nation, and he remarked ominously: "To
this day no one in American intelligence or Israeli intelligence knows what
the true capabilities of the resistance are.”
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| Prepare For The Next Round (August 16, 2006) - The IDF has exacted a heavy price from Hizbullah for its aggression, but failed to achieve an unequivocal victory. It was a mistake to believe that military pressure could generate a process whereby the Lebanese government would disarm Hizbullah. Neither the latest UN Security Council resolution or the deployment of an international force will be able to overcome the centrifugal political processes that have beleaguered the divided Lebanese society. Similarly mistaken was the belief that reliance on air power could paralyze Hizbullah's capacity to harm Israel by launching thousands of short-range rockets. The political and military circumstances surrounding the cessation of the fighting in Lebanon have left Hizbullah shaken but still a force to be reckoned with in Lebanon and a proxy for Syria and Iran. Subduing Syria is the key to managing the Lebanese crisis, to rolling back Hizbullah, and to weakening Iran and its radical Islamist influence in the Middle East. In order to attain victory in the next military engagement, Israel should target Damascus. more... | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | Keep in mind that Damascus is prophesied to be a ruinous heap in Isaiah 17:1-14. | |
| Nations Refuse To Disarm Hezbollah (August 16, 2006) - The countries tasked with upholding the shaky truce in Lebanon appeared unwilling to force the disarmament of Hezbollah yesterday, a development that threatens to delay the creation of a massive United Nations peacekeeping force and could ultimately set off fresh conflict in the region. France, the United States, the United Nations and Lebanon itself have all refused to accept responsibility for stripping the Lebanese Shiite militia of their weapons, despite a key element of the UN resolution that calls for the group to give up its firepower and vacate the southern part of the country. Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah said on Monday that his force will not be pressured into disarming, and he gained key support yesterday from Lebanon's Defence Minister, Elian Murr, who has refused to take up the task of disarmament. The Lebanese Cabinet agreed to the UN resolution on Saturday, but Mr. Murr explained that his job is not disarmament, but rather to "ensure the security of the [Islamic] Resistance and citizens, to protect the victory of the Resistance." The Islamic Resistance is the armed wing of Hezbollah. London's al-Hayat newspaper reported yesterday that the Lebanese government is considering allowing fighters to keep their weapons in the southern border zone in violation of the UN resolution. more... | Israel | Islam | EU/UN | | |
| IDF: We'll Disarm Hizbullah If UN Can't (August 16, 2006) - The issue of disarmament is not on the agenda, senior Hizbullah official Hassan Fadlallah said on Wednesday, jeopardizing the fragile cease-fire in the region. The UN cease-fire resolution clearly states that the area south of the Litani river must be demilitarized. According to Fadlallah, who spoke with al-Jazeera, Hizbullah will not evacuate its operatives from southern Lebanon since they are the ones who populate the region. "Any such withdrawal means the evacuation of southern Lebanon," he said. An official in the Prime Minister's Office warned on Tuesday that the IDF would have to resume operations in Lebanon if Hizbullah is not disarmed. Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora and Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah reportedly reached a deal allowing Hizbullah to keep its weapons but refrain from exhibiting them in public. Israeli officials called the arrangement a violation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which passed over the weekend and was approved on Sunday by the cabinet. "The resolution is clear that Hizbullah needs to be removed from the border area, embargoed and dismantled," the official said. "If the resolution is not implemented, we will have to take action to prevent the rearming of Hizbullah. I don't think backtracking will serve any useful purpose. There has to be pressure on Hizbullah to disarm or there will have to be another round." Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni is expected to raise the issue when she meets in New York on Wednesday with UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. more... | Israel | Islam | EU/UN | I don't expect this cease-fire to last very long at all. Nobody's doing anything about Hizbullah to protect Israel, and Iran and Syria along with Russia are actively supporting Hizbullah in an attempt to wipe Israel off the map. | |
| DEBKAfile: Nasrallah is transferring his entire fighting force from northern Lebanon to the South (August 16, 2006) - The rockets and guns were silent up to Wednesday, Day 3 of the ceasefire – although Tuesday, Israeli troops shot at 5 Hizballah fighters in two separate incidents, killing at least three. However, the swelling numbers of returning Hizballah fighters with their families are jamming the roads south – also blocking the deployment of the 15,000-strong Lebanese force ordered by UN SC resolution 1701 to take over the South and disarm Hizballah. The Hizballah are moving back into their still undamaged bunkers and fortified civilian dwellings opposite the Israeli border. Therefore, while thousands of displaced people in Israel and Lebanon headed back to their ravaged homes, DEBKAfile’s military sources report trepidation about the durability of the ceasefire which Israel declared Monday morning. Everyone is talking about the inevitability of a second round. Hours after the ceasefire went into effect Monday morning, 6 Hizballah fighters were shot dead in three incidents with Israeli troops. more... | Israel | Islam | Notice from this map and from scripture, Ezekiel 38:14-16, that the armies attacking Israel come from the North. If Nasrallah is moving his fighting force to Southern Lebanon, could they be in beginning preparations? They're going to help rebuild now, but how long will this cease-fire last? When it ends, the fighting force will be right there, ready to fight again. The Lebanese government is also not disarming Hizbullah, so what exactly is the point of the cease-fire? Will Hizbullah not fire at Israel any more? Given their own statements, the idea is laughable. Given Bible prophecy and the current times, it's a clear deception. Syria is checking it's bomb shelters for the first time since 1973. Syria and Turkey are reviving strategic partnership, and Iran couldn't be any more clear on it's stance. The players of the stage are being set. Could this "peacekeeping force" end up being part of the army of Turkey that attacks Israel from the North? Keep watching! |
- Neighbors Smell Blood in Israeli Cease-Fire Acceptance (August 14, 2006) - Arabs and Muslims from Iran, Hizbullah and the PA are celebrating Israel’s acceptance of the UN ceasefire, dubbing it a "surrender" and calling on Arab states to attack the new "weak" Israel. “After one month of war against Lebanon's resistance, Israelis are the absolute losers and Hizbullah is the absolute winner of the war,” Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamida-Reza Asefi said Sunday. “The occupiers of Jerusalem failed, despite their military, economic, intelligence and diplomatic backings.” The Iranian official said the Islamic Republic of Iran is “very pleased” with the ceasefire, according to state-run Iranian news agency IRNA. He warned, though, that attacks on Israel would continue as long as “occupation lingers.” He declined to outline whether occupation included retaining sovereignty in regions such as the Galilee – which Hizbullah chief Hassan Nasrallah has termed “settlements” in his wartime addresses. "Let us not forget that as long as there is occupation there is resistance," he added. more... | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam |
- Iran Says Disarming Lebanese Hizbollah "Illogical" (August 13, 2006) - Iran welcomed on Sunday a planned ceasefire to halt the month-long war between Lebanon's Hizbollah and Israel but described the U.N. Security Council's call for disarming the Iranian-backed group as "illogical". The U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution on Friday calling for a "full cessation of hostilities" and for the implementation of a previous U.N. resolution requiring the disarming of armed groups including Hizbollah. "We are happy for the ceasefire in Lebanon. But the resolution is not balanced," Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi told a weekly news conference. "It does not condemn the Zionist regime (Israel) and its crimes in Lebanon." Asked about the call for disarming Hizbollah, Asefi said: "This is a totally unreasonable demand. It is illogical." "Let us not forget that as long as there is occupation there is resistance," he added. more... | Iran | Israel | Islam | What about the fact that the "occupation" is the direct result of provocation by Hizbollah through the kidnapping and continued barrages of missiles on Israeli towns? The rhetoric is so one-sided from the Muslim community and yet the world always seems to take their side. Just like before WWII, Hitler used lies to get the world on his side and then turned on them all bringing about a world war. So too does it appear that WWIII will go the same way. There's much talk about Iran doing something on August 22 this year. It would certainly fit with Bible prophecy. Iran, Syra, Turkey, and several other nations are destined to attack Israel and be wiped out by God "in the mountains of Israel." Time will tell.
- Syria still transferring supply of rockets, missiles to Hezbollah (August 13, 2006) - Syria continues its efforts to transfer large quantities of war materiel, including rockets, to Lebanon, in an effort to assist Hezbollah in its war against Israel, a senior Israel Defense Forces source told Haaretz on Saturday. According to the IDF source, the air force has succeeded in partially stemming the arms transfers, but intelligence shows that supply convoys have managed to cross into Lebanon from Syria. Senior Syrian army and intelligence officers are involved in the arms smuggling, according to the senior IDF source, who says it is unlikely this continues without the explicit support of the regime in Damascus. Two specific types of weapons - anti-tank missiles and rockets used to target Israeli civilians - are of concern. The alert levels of the Syrian army, especially on the Golan Heights, is at its highest levels since the Lebanon War in 1982. The Syrian preparedness is mostly defensive, but the IDF is not excluding the possibility that Damascus will initiate a limited ground operation during the closing stages of the war. more... | Israel | Islam |
- Analysis: For Israel, An Imperfect Deal (August 13, 2006) - For Israel, the U.N. cease-fire deal is far from perfect. A U.N. force deploying in south Lebanon as part of the truce will have trouble keeping Hezbollah at bay for long or prevent the Iranian-supplied guerrillas from rearming, critics said, pointing to past failures of international peacekeepers. The U.N. terms will buy temporary calm, but make the next war between Israel and Tehran's proxy army inevitable, former Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom and some military analysts warned. "It begs the question, `What was it all for?'" Shalom said, reflecting a growing chorus of criticism. Israel had little choice but to go along with the U.S.-backed compromise, after its vaunted army failed to subdue Hezbollah in more than a month of fighting. The guerrillas took heavy blows and suffered scores of casualties, but kept raining rockets on northern Israel throughout the war and clung to positions near Israel's border. more... | Israel | Islam | EU/UN |
| Iran Prepares for War With Israel and U.S. (August 2, 2006) - The authoritative Middle East News Line has confirmed that Iran has ordered preparations for war with Israel and the United States. In the first such order, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has ordered its more than 300,000 troops to prepare for a confrontation with Israel and the United States. IRGC has directed as well as participated in the Hezbollah war against Israel. “Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guards and Basij [a branch of the IRGC] should prepare themselves to get even with Zionists and Americans,” IRGC commander Maj. Gen. Yahya Rahim Safavi said. “The supreme leader [Ali Khamenei] will announce the time for this.” Safavi said Iran would avenge Israeli air attacks on Lebanon. He said the Israeli military was aided by aircraft and weapons from the United States. “We have to keep this sacred hatred of the enemies of Islam alive in our hearts until the time of revenge comes,” Safavi said on July 30. “I hope our nation can one day avenge the blood of innocent people in Palestine, Lebanon, Iraq and Afghanistan. I ask God to arouse the dignity of Muslims and destroy America, Israel and their associates.” Yesterday, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki discussed strategy in Beirut with Hezbollah and Lebanese leaders. Mottaki’s visit, welcomed by France, took place as the Lebanese leadership was said to have drawn closer to Iran during the current war with Israel. Western intelligence sources said IRGC has deployed nearly 1,000 soldiers in Lebanon, many of them along the border with Syria. The sources said IRGC officers participated in the battle against Israel for Bint Jbail, about three kilometers from the Jewish state. So far, Iran has denied that it sent fighters to Lebanon. But Teheran has reported efforts by so-called volunteers to aid Hezbollah. more... | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | There have been more recent reports by Israeli troops that they have found bodies wearing Iranian Revolutionary Guard uniforms in Lebanon. Also, rocket fragments found in Israel fired from Lebanon were found to be Russian-made rockets. They lie to the media and the media fails to cover certain things. Meanwhile the world blindly walks into the execution chamber while the Islamo-Facists sharpen their swords. |
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Assad: We’ll Liberate Golan Heights
(August
15, 2006) - Syrian President Bashar Assad said his country is
prepared for any war that may break out with Israel , adding that he
is convinced that the chances for peace have decreased and that “the
Golan Heights will be liberated by Syria.” In a special interview with
Egyptian newspaper Al-Osboa, Assad said “if Israel launches a war
against Syria, it will pay a heavy price.” He said Syria has been
following Israel closely, particularly after former Prime Minister
Ariel Sharon came to power. “The fact that he was elected by such a
large majority attests to the fact that the Israeli nation does not
want peace,” Assad said. “Syria and the resistance (referring to
Hizbullah ) read the situation correctly in that we predicted the
confrontation. There have been extensive preparations for the current
battle. Our disagreement focused on the nature of the resistance.
There were those who thought the resistance didn’t stand a chance in a
time when satellites reveal everything, track everything down and can
direct severe blows at the resistance, but the reality proved
otherwise. more...
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plans aloud. Once again, it will probably fall on deaf ears. They
clearly don't have lasting peace in mind. Their kind of "peace" is
piece after piece of Israel's land until there is no Jew left on it.
Technically, that will be the only time a Muslim can have peace
because their Koran tells them that once land is Muslim, it can never
go back to anything else. They must fight until it is theirs.
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Solana,
EU's 'Good Cop' Takes Stage
(August
13, 2006) - The European Union was so deeply divided before the
Iraq war that its foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, locked himself in his
nondescript office in Brussels, declined all requests for interviews and
avoided diplomatic missions to the Middle East. Looking back on what he
called the darkest moment of his seven years as the EU's top foreign policy
official, Solana said in a recent interview that representing the divergent
voices of 25 countries required knowing when to be invisible. "Iraq was the
toughest moment for me because it showed the limits of multilateralism,"
said Solana, who privately opposed the war. "But at that moment, France and
Britain disagreed and the possibility of finding consensus was very
difficult." more...
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If Solana does play out to be
the future leader, expect some pretty amazing diplomatic feats from him.
Primarily, he would be the one to broker "peace" in the Middle East. It's a
false peace, but it allows the rebuilding of the Jewish temple on the
Temple
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Ahmadinejad, Putin Discuss ME Developments By Phone (August
12, 2006) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his
Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, discussed latest developments in
the Middle East, particularly the continuing war in Lebanon, in a
telephone conversation on Friday. Ahmadinejad expressed Tehran's deep
concern over the effects of the Zionist regime's massive strikes on
Lebanon's civilian population and infrastructure which have now
entered their fifth week. "We are seriously concerned that the ongoing
situation (in Lebanon) would create a backlash in regional nations,
inciting extreme anger among Muslim youth, in particular, over the
Zionists' brutal aggression against Lebanon," said the Iranian
president. He said he feared continuation of the crisis in Lebanon
would create an "implosion" which, in turn, would "cause the crisis to
spread to the entire region." Criticizing certain Western countries
for their opposition to the 72-hour truce proposed by Russia to take
effect in southern Lebanon, Ahmadinejad warned that if international
organizations, the United Nations in particular, failed to take
measures to end the ongoing carnage in Lebanon "they would be
completely discredited." Russia earlier this week proposed a 72-hour
truce to allow humanitarian aid to reach areas most affected in the
war as continued diplomatic wrangling delayed a UN Security Council
resolution to end hostilities. The proposal was rejected by Israel,
saying it would give Hezbollah a grace period to "re-group and
recover."
US Ambassador to the UN John Bolton also said he could not see how the
Russian proposal would help create an environment for a lasting
ceasefire. more...
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His clear annihilation desires for Israel are hardly silent. This is a
veiled threat just like they always use, reminding of the impending
danger if we don't comply to their wishes. Look for lots more of this.
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Hizbullah Declares Victory
(August 11, 2006) - Hizbullah did not wait for the official UN
Security Council announcement on a ceasefire and launched its own
media campaign declaring it had 'won the war against Israel.' In the
latest video aired on Al-Manar TV the terror group says it “defeated
the invincible army” and “July-August 2006: Legend shattered.” The new
video clips show thousands of supporters waving Hizbullah and Lebanon
flags. These clips, which are aired between regularly-scheduled
programs, include excerpts from Hassan Nasrallah speeches in which he
had promised victory; similar videos were aired during the IDF’s
withdrawal from Lebanon in May 2000. Meanwhile, the Lebanese
government is preparing for war’s conclusion; Prime Minister Fouad
Siniora met with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabi Berri to discuss the
deployment of the army in the south. Some reports said a Hizbullah
member also took part in the meeting, but Berri’s associates denied
the reports. more...
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Cease-fire Plan Does Not Eliminate Hizbullah Threat (August 11, 2006) - The draft cease-fire plan agreed to by the United States and France may result in an Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon, but it will not disarm Hizbullah. It appears that United Nations efforts are concentrating on halting Israeli military operations throughout Lebanon, but no effort is being made to eliminate the Hizbullah threat. The draft agreement only calls for pushing Hizbullah north of the Litani, not far enough from Israel’s northern border to place Hizbullah rockets out of range from northern Israeli civilian population centers. While the draft agreement supports UN Resolution 1559, demanding Hizbullah be disarmed by the Lebanese government, it does not make this a precondition to the implementation of the cease-fire. The plan calls on the deployment of the current UNIFIL force in southern Lebanon to be supported by some 10,000 French forces and 15,000 Lebanese army troops. Other countries may also send troops to take part in the force, which will be responsible to prevent Hizbullah attacks into Israel. Lebanese authorities and Hizbullah are already signaling the plan is unacceptable, since it does not demand an immediate withdrawal of Israeli forces from southern Lebanon, but permits a gradual withdrawal of forces over a month. In addition, Lebanese officials are calling the plan discriminatory, since it mentions the need to work towards the release of captive Israel Defense Forces [IDF] soldiers, while not making mention of the release of Lebanese soldiers. more... | Israel | Islam | No big surprise here. It seems that Iran and Syria, who have been supplying all the rockets landing in Israel, haven't even received a slap on the hand. The world must fear them to steer so clear around them. That's how Islam will take over the world, only they'll be worshipping the beast. | |
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EU's Solana to visit Lebanon, Israel (August 10, 2006) - EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana is to visit Lebanon and Israel from Friday to Sunday to discuss a diplomatic solution to the current war, his office has said. In Beirut, Solana will in particular meet on Friday with Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora, a spokeswoman said Thursday. In Israel he will speak on Saturday with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and Defence Minister Amir Peretz and will then round off his trip with discussions with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas and top Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat. "He is working for an end to hostilities and the launching of a process to create the political framework for a lasting solution," a statement from his office said. "This process will begin with the adoption of a UN Security Council Resolution to end the hostilities," it added. More than four weeks into the conflict, major powers have reported slow progress in efforts to agree on the wording of a truce call at the United Nations, despite mounting international impatience. more... | Israel | Islam | EU/UN | Solana | | |
| Iranian Cataclysm Forecast Aug. 22 (August 9, 2006) - A top expert on the Mideast says it is possible Iran could pick Aug. 22, the anniversary of one of Islam's holiest events, for a cataclysm Shiite Muslims believe will forever resolve the battle between "good" and "evil." Princeton's Bernard Lewis has written an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal advising that the rest of the world would be wise to bear in mind that for those who believe the end of the world is imminent and good, there is no deterrent even to nuclear warfare. As WorldNetDaily has reported, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has urged his people to prepare for the coming of an Islamic "messiah," raising concerns a nuclear-armed Islamic Republic could trigger the kind of global conflagration he envisions will set the stage for the end of the world. He's also said, in a WND report, that Islam and its followers must prepare to rule the world, because it is a "universal ideology that leads the world to justice." Now comes Lewis, who notes that the world must be concerned about a leader for whom the possibility of death is not a deterrent. "In this context, mutual assured destruction, the deterrent that worked so well during the Cold War, would have no meaning," Lewis wrote. "At the end of time, there will be general destruction anyway. What will matter will be the final destination of the dead – hell for the infidels, and heaven for the believers. "For people with this mindset, MAD is not a constraint, it is an inducement," he said. Lewis noted that Ahmadinejad has referred to Aug. 22 several times, including when he rejected – until that date – United Nations requests for nuclear program information. Lewis, joining several other Mideast experts who have expressed similar concerns, said Aug. 22 corresponds to the 27th day of the month of Rajab of the year 1427. "This, by tradition, is the night when many Muslims commemorate the night flight of the prophet Muhammad on the winged horse Buraq, first to 'the farthest mosque,' usually identified with Jerusalem, and then to heaven and back," Lewis wrote. In Islam, as in other religious, certain beliefs describe the "cosmic struggle" at the end of time. For Shiite Muslims, Lewis wrote, this will be "the long awaited return of the Hidden Imam, ending in the final victory of the forces of good over evil." more... | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | I don't know if there is truly anything to this. If this is a reality, then we could possibly see the Gog/Magog invasion on the 22nd. With the Lebanon-Israel conflict dying down, perhaps that will be an excuse to build up troops on the border or something? Time will tell. |
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Ready For Full-Scale Assault (August
8, 2006) - Hezbollah has pounded Israeli cities with more than 3,000
rockets in a month, the worst bombing Israel has faced in its history. And
Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, touring the front, said:
"Enough." If there is no international agreement to stop the fighting
within a day or two, he said, the gloves are off. "We are going to win this
war," Olmert said. "As I said from Day One, it is not going to be
easy." After weeks of resisting a full ground invasion of south Lebanon,
Olmert gave the army the green light Monday to push at least 18 miles from
the Israeli border to the Litani River. He said there is no limit. The aim
is to push Hezbollah out of Katyusha rocket range of Israel. After close to
four weeks of bitter fighting, Israel is still nowhere near succeeding.
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Iran Says US Or Israeli Attack Will Face "Raging Sea" (August
8, 2006) - Any U.S. or Israeli attack against Iran
will be returned by a force 100 times stronger, the head of the
Revolutionary Guards said on Monday, as pressure mounts on Tehran's atomic
work and its support for Hizbollah. "There is no doubt that if these
criminals attempt any operation or vicious assault, they will receive blows
100 times harder," said Yahya Rahim-Safavi, commander-in-chief of the
Revolutionary Guards. "They will not last against the raging sea of the
Iranian people and the power of Islamic Iran," he was quoted as saying by
the official IRNA news agency. The U.N. Security
Council
has demanded Iran end its atomic work by the end of this month after Tehran
failed to convince the international community its atomic scientists were
only working on power stations and not on bombs. Washington has declined to
rule out military strikes as a solution to the nuclear dispute.
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What options are there? They've said they're going to work on
nukes regardless and if anyone tries to stop them, they will face a "raging
sea." With Iran openly calling for the destruction of Israel, how long do
you think Israel can afford to hold off that threat, not to mention the rest
of the world? I have no doubt that Iran would attack, that's what Gog/Magog
is all about. We could be very close to
Ezekiel
38,39. Keep watching!
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Syrian Minister Rejects Cease-Fire Plan Associated
Press (August 7, 2006) - The Syrian
foreign minister declared on Sunday that the U.S.-French cease-fire plan was
"a recipe for the continuation of the war" and he warned his armed forces
were under orders to respond immediately if Israel attacks. "If Israel
attacks Syria by any mean, on the ground, by air, our leadership ordered the
armed forces to reply immediately," Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem
said after emerging from a meeting with Lebanese President Emile Lahoud.
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Surprise,
surprise! I really think they want this to escalate to an invasion of Israel
now. I think they believe their time is coming soon to accomplish their goal
of the destruction of Israel and the death of all Jews.
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| Terrorists Fight Israel With Russian Weapons (August 7, 2006) - Israeli Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter has said in an interview that "all the terrorists surrounding Israel" are using Russian weapons, AFP reports. "All the terrorists surrounding Israel are using Russian and Soviet-made arms — Kalashnikov assault rifles and Katyusha rockets," Dichter told the Russian daily Vremya Novostei in an interview published Tuesday. "We don't have information about direct contacts between Hezbollah combatants and Russia, but we know quite well about Hezbollah's direct contacts with Syria and Iran," Dichter said. Russian sales of anti-aircraft missiles to Syria and Iran have been heavily criticized by the United States and Israel. Last week, the U.S. government imposed sanctions on Russian jetmaker Sukhoi and arms export monopoly Rosoboronexport, citing their weapons sales to Iran. President Vladimir Putin defended the sale of anti-aircraft missiles to Syria in 2004, saying they posed no threat to Israel. more... | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | Is it much of a surprise since Russia is clearly on the side of Iran and Syria? They've been working on a navy base in Syria, selling weapons to Iran, and who knows what else behind the scene. Not only that, but they are a potential attacker of Israel from the North, the Gog/Magog invasion. As it stands now, their missiles are exploding in Israel. | |
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Syria Transfers Deadly Russian Weapons to Hezbollah (August
7, 2006) - The majority of the Israeli Defense Force’s ground-troop
casualties, both infantry and armored, were the result of Russian-made
anti-tank units of Hezbollah, according to intelligence sources quoted by
Haaretz daily. The same sources note that these units have not retreated
from southern Lebanon following the deployment of large Israeli ground
forces in the area. The Hezbollah anti-tank teams use a new and particularly
potent version of the Russian-made RPG, the RPG-29 that was sold by Moscow
to the Syrians and then transferred to the Shi’ite organization. The
RPG-29’s penetrating power comes from its tandem warhead, and on a number of
occasions has managed to get through the massive armor of the Merkava tanks.
At first Israeli inquiries that Russia was transferring modern anti-tank
weapons to Syria and on to Hezbollah were received with anger. The Russians
demanded proof that this had been done. Contrary to common practice, Israel
transferred to Russia the tail-end of a rocket for analysis. The Russian
response was that in the absence of a serial number it was difficult to
identify it as part of a load delivered to Syria. Israel believes Hezbollah
also has an advanced anti-aircraft missile, the SA-18, from Iran, the paper
adds. It is particularly lethal against helicopters, and even though none of
the missiles have been fired against Israeli Air Force aircraft, the flights
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This has been going on for some time. There was
news stories a while ago about Saddam's WMDs going to Syria too.
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Iran Declares Its Nuclear Bad Intentions (August
7, 2006) - At what point do Americans and the rest of the world begin
to take Iran’s leader, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, seriously? He is making no
secret of his plans to acquire and use nuclear weapons against Israel,
England and America. As any student in Psychology 101 learns, there is
something called “projection” in which an individual “projects” onto another
person their own intentions, motivations, and justifications. If I say you
are planning to harm me, there’s a strong chance the truth is that I am
planning to harm you. On August 1, he was addressing a rally that was
carried on the Iranian News Channel (IRINN) and his speech was translated by
the
Middle East Media Research Center for anyone
to read. Ahmadinejad was denouncing Israel’s efforts to defend itself
against the rain of Iranian-supplied rockets and missiles, and of course, it
was their own fault they were under attack. The crowd was chanting “Death to
Israel.” He proceeded to give his own history lesson to the crowd, but
since he does not believe the Holocaust ever happened along with some other
extraordinarily paranoid notions, his version is a bit skewed. “They are a
bunch of Zionists. Where have they come from? As you know, the rule of
hegemony and the web of colonialism strived to establish a base in the heart
of the Middle East.” “A hundred years ago, they began to devise conspiracies
on the basis of a diabolical plan. Bit by bit they (Jews) arrived (in what
was then the British protectorate of Palestine) and backed by the devious,
deceiving England, they sneaked people in, and placed them in control over
the people of Palestine.” The real history could fill a book, but suffice
it to say that a very small group of European Jews, despairing of ever being
accepted in their home countries, rife with anti-Semitism, concluded that
Jews should immigrate to Palestine with a view to reestablishing the nation
of Israel. The idea began with the publication, in 1896, of Theodor Hertzl’s
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Israeli war deaths go largely unnoticed (August
6, 2006) - Media bias? Hours after 60-year-old Fadia Jumaa and
her two daughters, Samira, 31, and Sultana, 33, were killed by a
Hizbullah rocket attack on their home in the Israeli-Bedouin village
of Arab al-Aramshe, the international media has so far largely ignored
their deaths. Reuters was alone among non-Israeli media outlets to
report the deaths, according to a Google news search, a number of
hours after the first reports of the attack surfaced. The lack of
coverage of the Israeli civilian war casualties stands in marked
contrast to the swift response by many sections of the international
media to reported Lebanese casualties. Meanwhile, the British press,
which has produced some of the most venomous anti-Israel coverage
during the war, has continued its tirade against Israel.
more...
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I think Hezbollah and
the media they control have done a great PR job turning the world
against Israel, even though it's Israel who was attacked and is
defending herself. Unfair and unbalanced. Sounds about like what we
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Syria 'Ready For Possible Regional War' (August
6, 2006) - Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem crossed into
Lebanon Sunday for the first visit by a top Syrian official in more
than a year, Lebanon's state news agency said. Speaking to reporters
after the meeting with his Lebanese counterpart, Fawzi Salloukh,
Moallem said "Syria is ready for the possibility of a regional war if
the Israeli aggression continues." He added that a US-French draft
resolution to end the war "adopted Israel's point of view only."
Underlining his support for Hizbullah, Moallem said, "as Syria's
foreign minister I hope to be a soldier in the resistance." Salloukh
said that "Israel cannot take in peace what it had failed to take in
war." more... |
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Russia Remains Iran’s Ally In Spite Of Supporting UN Resolution
(August
6, 2006) - Iran’s top nuclear negotiator said Sunday the
Islamic Republic will continue developing relations with Russia and
China, despite their supporting a UN Security Council resolution. The
five permanent UN Security Council members, including Russia and
China, voted July 31 in favor of a resolution to set August 31 as a
deadline for Iran to suspend all uranium enrichment activities. If
Iran fails to fulfill the UN’s demands, economic and diplomatic
sanctions may be imposed on the Islamic Republic. Ali Larijani said
Iran had long-term relations with Russia and China and friends could
not be judged on the basis of one action only. Iran’s nuclear program
has been a source of major controversy since the beginning of the
year, as many countries suspect the Islamic Republic of pursuing a
covert weapons program under the pretext of civilian research, despite
its claims to the contrary. more... |
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news stories confirming this over and over and over.
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Hezbollah Iran Missiles Slam Hadera Israel - Nuclear War Approaching?
(August 5, 2006) - The only good
thing about the terror group Hezbollah (Hizbollah) or Islam Party of
God is that they keep their promises. Just two days ago Hezbollah
terror leader Hassan Nasrallah said from Lebanon that he would strike
Tel Aviv, Israel with missiles if the Israel Defense Forces attacked
parts of central Beirut. A few hours ago, Hezbollah launched three
Iran missiles at the Israel city of Hadera. Hadera is 70 miles south
from the Lebanese border and 30 miles north from Tel Aviv. The strike
was the deepest inside Israel to date in the fighting between the
Jewish state and the Lebanon-based terrorists. Hezbollah is believed
to have missiles that can reach Tel Aviv, but such an attack would
trigger a massive Israel response. One that would most likely include
Syria and Iran. Iran admitted today that it did indeed supply
long-range Zelzal-2 missiles to Hizbullah. The longer-range Zelzal
missiles, manufactured by Iran and are capable of reaching Tel Aviv,
Jerusalem and Beer Sheva in the Negev. In making this announcement,
Iran reinforced its statement of "wiping Israel off the map" and
though bullets are not flying yet between Israel and Iran, both
nations are very much at war. more...
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Iran: We supplied Zelzal-2 to Hizbullah
(August 5, 2006) - Iran admitted
for the first time on Friday that it did indeed supply long-range
Zelzal-2 missiles to Hizbullah. Secretary-general of the "Intifada
conference" Mohtashami Pur told an Iranian newspaper that Iran
transferred the missiles so that they could be used to defend Lebanon,
Channel 1 reported. The extent of Iran's intimate involvement in
Hizbullah attacks is starting to emerge. According to the defense
establishment, the reason Hizbullah has not fired long-range
Iranian-made Fajr missiles at Israel is due to Teheran's opposition.
Israel now understands that without direct orders from the ayatollahs,
Hizbullah is not allowed to use Iranian missiles in attacks against
Israel. more...
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At least their honest. What amazes me is that even with their blunt
honesty, nobody does anything about it. They must really think they
have us where they want us. I really believe they may too. Especially
considering where Bible prophecy tells us the world's going.
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| Evidence Mounts that Kana "Massacre" Was a Fake (August 3, 2006) - The world awoke Sunday to the news that an Israeli airstrike killed 57 Lebanese civilians, leading Israel to stop airstrikes for 2 days - but evidence indicates the "massacre" may have been a fraud. The supposed massacre caused a major turnabout in world diplomacy. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice suddenly canceled her plans to fly to Beirut, saying "my work towards a ceasefire is really here [in Jerusalem] today." The implication was clearly that the onus was now upon Israel. French President Jacques Chirac condemned Israel's "unjustified action which demonstrates more than ever the need for an immediate ceasefire," Jordan's King Abdullah called it an "ugly crime," and other world leaders echoed these sentiments. However, the incident may have been all one big fraud, staged by Arab elements for the world media in order to lead precisely to the situation described above. The central piece of evidence leading to this conclusion is the fact, mentioned by IDF officials from the very beginning, that the building collapsed a full seven hours after the Israel Air Force bombing. Why, then, would the residents inside not have been evacuated in the meantime? As Brig.-Gen. Amir Eshel of the Israeli Air Force told reporters Sunday night, “It is difficult for me to believe that they waited eight hours to evacuate it.” Without additional evidence, Eshel merely left open the possibility that Hizbullah terrorists, or explosives they left behind, caused the explosion. more... | Israel | Islam | There's even more facts in the full article. This doesn't surprise me at all that they would fake this news. That's the only way they can get people on their side is by lying about things like that because they are so obviously evil without the veil of lies. Think I'm full of it? Check out the video footage they don't want you to see of ambulances taking off to non-existent emergencies just because the cameras are rolling. Or the "dead" guy on a stretcher that gets back on himself when he's accidentally dropped. The list of falsified news is tremendous and they play that card constantly to make Israel appear evil and themselves appear like the poor downtrodden. Here's the links to see for yourself. Pallywood |
July 2006
| Israeli Playwright Yehoshua Sobol: "I Was Wrong" by Aaron Lerner, IMRA (July 28, 2006) - Israeli playwright Yehoshua Sobol, who until now was identified with the Israeli Left, has come out on recent days saying publicly in various radio interviews, "I was wrong when I thought that withdrawing to border lines would bring peace." On July 28 Sobol went another step, and in an interview on Army Radio this afternoon, he slammed Israelis who call for an immediate cease-fire. "Anyone who supports an immediate cease-fire is essentially supporting Hizbullah, and it is beyond me how anyone from the Left can come out supporting such a group," Sobol explained. | Israel | It's good to see that at least one liberal Jew is waking up to reality. Pray for the rest and our own liberal society. | |
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Reporter: In Syria There Is Atmosphere Of Eve Of War
(July
28, 2006) - Exclusive: In conversation in Damascus, senior Syrian
journalist tells about sentiments in Syria ('as if there will be war any
moment'); talks about military preparations in his country ('identifying your
reinforcements in Golan Heights'); and estimates that Israeli pounding in
Lebanon to intensify grassroots support of Nasrallah and his organization.
Also in Syria, he says, Nasrallah more popular than ever -Ali Waked As the conflict with Hizbullah in Lebanon escalates by the day, the question of Syria's involvement in the conflict becomes increasingly more relevant. "The atmosphere in Syria is in every way an atmosphere of war, or at least of the eve of war. Syrian television for the first time since the '80's has started broadcasting Syrian military marches and nationalistic songs. There is not difference between Syrian television broadcasts and Al-Manar broadcasts of the Hizbullah. The broadcasts are in preparation for war, as if Syria is involved in this war, or is going to be involved at any moment. The local newspapers and the television are conducting themselves as if they are preparing the Syrian public for war." more... | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | It's only getting more intense over there. Either an amazing temporary and false peace deal will break out and the temple will be rebuilt, or greater war in the Middle East will erupt. Given the stories, it's looking more like war. Is this the beginning of Gog/Magog? We'll soon see! Keep watching! | |
| Iran Negotiator Reportedly In Syria Talks (July 28, 2006) - A top Iranian negotiator reportedly visited Damascus on Thursday for talks on the Lebanese crisis with the Syrian and Hezbollah leaders, highlighting the three-way alliance arrayed against Israel. The reported meeting underscored the Israeli and U.S. insistence that Syria and Iran have a powerful influence with the Shiite Hezbollah organization and its guerrillas. White House spokesman Tony Snow said Syria and Iran "are playing leading roles" in the conflict in Lebanon "and need to step up" to the task of finding a solution. "We have already made it clear to both parties what is necessary, and what is necessary is for Hezbollah to lay down arms and choose a political rather than a military track," he said Thursday. Snow's remarks reinforced those of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice after the Syrians held out their diplomatic hand to the United States this week. But Rice said there already were sufficient contacts with Damascus and the Syrians were aware of what they need to do _ stop supporting Hezbollah and press it to disarm. more... | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | They don't really care how obvious they're being. This is what they want. | |
| Ahmadinejad: Israel Pushed Self-Destruct Button In Lebanon (July 28, 2006) - Israel has ordained its own destruction by invading Lebanon, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday, according to the state news agency. Addressing the clerical staff of the Friday prayer sermons in Tehran, Ahmadinejad said Israel and its supporters "should know that they cannot end the business that they have begun." "The occupying regime of Palestine has actually pushed the button of its own destruction by launching a new round of invasion and barbaric onslaught on Lebanon," the official Islamic Republic News Agency quoted the president as saying. Iran is one of the two major patrons of Hezbollah, the Lebanese guerrilla group that began the current fighting when its fighters crossed into Israel on July 12 and kidnapped two Israel Defense Forces soldiers. The other patron is Syria, an Iranian ally. Ahmadinejad is a hardline opponent of Israel and the Jewish people. Last October he provoked an international outcry when he said that Israel should be "wiped off the map." He has repeatedly cast doubt on the Nazi Holocaust. more... | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | | |
| Syria Increases Alert Of War With Israel (July 27, 2006) - Syria has been preparing for war with Israel. Israeli intelligence sources said the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad has placed the military on alert. The sources said Syrian infantry commandos, armored units and anti-aircraft batteries have been ordered to launch preparations for an Israeli strike. "Neither Syria nor Israel is interested in a military clash but the situation is explosive and the events may potentially be incorrectly interpreted," Israeli military intelligence chief Maj. Gen. Amos Yadlin told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Tuesday. "This could entangle Syria up in a battle against us." Last week, Syrian President Bashar Assad placed his military on alert for an Israeli strike. Israel has repeatedly said it would not attack Syria. | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | Keep your eye on Damascus. | |
| Iran testing Israel ahead of confrontation? (July 27, 2006) - Tehran is using Hezbollah's confrontation with the Jewish state to test the abilities of Iranian weapons and to observe Israeli military capabilities, Lebanon's Druze leader Walid Jumblatt charged in a WorldNetDaily interview yesterday. Jumblatt also said he fears Syria will take advantage of the growing crisis in Lebanon to reassert its influence in the country and convince the international community Syrian domination of Lebanon is crucial to the stability of the Middle East. He warned Damascus might initiate a wave of terror in Lebanon following Israel's military campaign there to further destabilize the country, including by assassinating the Lebanese prime minister. "Iran is bringing in [to Lebanon] sophisticated weaponry," said Jumblatt who is head of Lebanon's Progressive Socialist Party and is largely considered the most prominent anti-Syrian Lebanese politician. "The Iranians are actually experimenting with different kinds of missiles in Lebanon by shooting them at the Israelis. Iran is using this violence to test certain of [Israel's] abilities," Iran is accused of supplying Hezbollah was thousands of rockets the terror group has launched the past three weeks into northern Israeli population centers, including Haifa, the country's third largest city. Many of the fired rockets have been Katyushas he says were upgraded by Iran. Hezbollah is also in possession of Iranian Zalzel missiles, with a range of about 125 miles, making Tel Aviv vulnerable. more... | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | I have no doubt that Iran is gauging Israel right now. Prophetically, Iran will attack Israel and certainly has stated the desire for that in the future publicly. | |
| Even the UN are used as human shields (July 27, 2006) - As the world is outraged by the death of four UNIFIL members at the hands of Israeli artillery fire, I was keeping quiet until more news would creep out, which it inevitably would. Israel does not attack people for no reason, and it also does not attack a target by mistake for hours on end. These facts are a given, and so it follows the attack at or near the Unifil post must have been deliberate, and it must have been justified. The death of the UNIFIL members was perhaps not intentional, but it was not something Israel was bound to avoid if the price was a carte blanche shelling from Hezbollah. And this was exactly the issue. On October 7th, 2000, Hezbollah crossed the border of Israel and kidnapped three Israeli soldiers. The UN witnessed the entire event and VIDEOTAPED it. There are strong indications that elements of the UN forces present were involved in the terrorist operation. At first, the UN flatly denied it had videotapes of the kidnapping. When denial was no longer possible, on July 6, 2001, the U.N. finally admitted that they possessed the tape as of 18 hours after the incident occurred. Some believe the denial was intentional. They believe that UNIFIL workers in the area had prior knowledge of the kidnapping plot, but did nothing to prevent it. Hizbullah crossed through a U.N. patrolled area to get to the Israeli soldiers. What was on the tape? Apart from the fact that - just as today - a clear act of war had been committed against Israel, the IDF also faced what was essentially a criminal investigation. A video tape would constitute all but a complete answer to the question "Who did it?" more... | Islam | EU/UN | Israel | This is exactly why Israel looks bad on the surface. If you read the next story, Lebanese Christians fleeing Lebanon are denouncing Hezbollah and telling the stories of them launching rockets from between houses so as to bring down the Israeli bombs in civilian areas. Israel has a right to defend herself and has even dropped leaflets warning citizens to leave. What else can they do? What if terrorists were launching rockets from Canada into Seattle? Would we just let them fall? Would you just sit back while terrorists rained rockets on your children and friends and family? Don't get caught in the brainwashing of the mass media. There's a web of lies being given to the West that lulls them into complacency. Eventually it will be our downfall. | |
| Al-Qaida Calls for Holy War Against Israel (July 27, 2006) - Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader issued a worldwide call in a new videotape released Thursday for Muslims to rise up in a holy war against Israel and join the fighting in Lebanon and Gaza until Islam reigns from "Spain to Iraq." In the message broadcast by Al-Jazeera television, Ayman al-Zawahri, second in command to Osama bin Laden, said that al-Qaida now views "all the world as a battlefield open in front of us." The Egyptian-born physician said that the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah and Palestinian militants would not be ended with "cease-fires or agreements." "It is a Jihad for the sake of God and will last until (our) religion prevails ... from Spain to Iraq," al-Zawahri said. "We will attack everywhere." Spain was controlled by Arab Muslims until they were driven from power at the turn of the 16th century. He also said that Arab regimes were complicit in Israeli fighting against Hezbollah and the Palestinians. "My fellow Muslims, it is obvious that Arab and Islamic governments are not only impotent but also complicit ... and you are alone on the battlefield. Rely on God and fight your enemies ... make yourselves martyrs." Al-Zawahri wore a gray robe and white turban in the video. A picture of the burning World Trade Center was on the wall behind him along with photos of two other militants. One appeared to be a bearded Mohammed Atta, the Egyptian ringleader of the Sept. 11 attacks. The other was Mohammed Atef, also known as Abu Hafs al-Masri, a former top lieutenant of bin Laden who was killed in a U.S. airstrike in Afghanistan in November 2001. more... | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | Looks like the war drums are beating louder. | |
| Syria's Military Flatters to Deceive (July 27, 2006) - While it is still largely true that the Syrian military remains one of the largest and best-trained forces in the Arab world, it has significantly lost every major conflict with Israel since 1948. Its combat strength has deteriorated dramatically over the past 15 years as its equipment has become increasingly obsolescent, poorly maintained and short of spare parts. The collapse of the Soviet Union created immense problems of re-supply for the Syrians, and the slowdown experienced by the Syrian economy resulted in a further downgrading of the military's combat efficiency. This said, the recent military cooperation agreement signed with Iran has offered Damascus a much-needed opportunity to update and re-equip large parts of its armed forces. Spare parts for its Russian weapons, improved electronics and new Iranian-made missile systems will provide a considerable strengthening of combat capability and a possible improvement in morale. more... | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | | |
| Report: Nasrallah is in Damascus (July 27, 2006) - A top Iranian envoy was in Syria on Thursday for talks on the Israeli-Hizbullah conflict in a meeting that brought together the guerrilla organization's two key sponsors, according to Iranian news reports. A Kuwaiti newspaper reported that Hizbullah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah was taking part in the session. Kuwait's Al-Siyassah newspaper, known for its opposition to the Syrian regime, said the meeting was designed to discuss ways to maintain supplies to Hezbollah fighters with "Iranian arms flowing through Syrian territories." Al-Siyassah said it learned of the meeting from "well-informed Syrian sources" it did not identify. According to the newspaper, Nasrallah was moving through Damascus with Syrian guards in an intelligence agency car. He was dressed in civilian clothes, not his normal clerical garb. The Mehr news agency in Iran said Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, was in Damascus for meetings on the crisis, but gave no other details. Similar reports were carried by the Iranian Labor News Agency and the Fars agency. Al-Siyassah said Larijani would meet Syrian President Hafez Assad and Nasrallah. There was no mention of Larijani's travels in Iranian state-run media. None of the reports could be independently confirmed. more... | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | Anyone still think Iran's not involved? | |
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Mideast Talks 'Fail To Reach Agreement' (July
26, 2006) - Talks between key Middle East players in Rome on a
plan for ending the 15-day-old conflict in Lebanon Wednesday failed to
reach agreement on an immediate cease-fire. The stormy meeting, which
saw the United States pitted against European and Arab leaders,
resulted in calls for a truce but little concrete action to end the
fighting that has claimed more than 300 civilian lives. The meeting
called for the formation of a U.N.-authorized force to help the
Lebanese government exert its control over southern Lebanon. U.S.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the international community
will be discussing the formation of that force in "the next few days."
She said such a force needs to be "strong and robust to bring about
peace." more...
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False peace will come, but at the hands of a great diplomat leading a
10 member nation alliance. The EU is comprised of 10 voting members
among 25 others.
Javier Solana
is the head of the political arm and has been granted power over a
military arm, authorized to counter terror. Coincidence? We'll soon
see.
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Annan: Israel "Deliberately" Killed 4 U.N. Observers (July
26, 2006) - A crisis in the U.N. is brewing following charges
by UN Chief Kofi Annan that Israel "apparently deliberately" attacked
a UNIFIL post, killing four. Israel is "shocked" at the accusations.
U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, speaking in Rome on Tuesday, said
that the attack was an "apparently deliberate targeting" of the UNIFIL
post. The victims included observers from Austria, Canada, China and
Finland. "I call on the government of Israel to conduct a full
investigation into this very disturbing incident," Annan said, "and
demand that any further attack on U.N. positions and personnel must
stop." He said that this "coordinated artillery and aerial attack"
occurred "despite personal assurances given to me by Prime Minister
Ehud Olmert that U.N. positions would be spared Israeli fire." Foreign
Minister Tzippy Livni called Annan's statement "more than
disappointing." Dan Gillerman, Israel's Ambassador to the United
Nations, was more outspoken, demanding an apology. He said he was
"shocked" by Annan's "premature and erroneous" accusations.
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I wonder where his bias lies?
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Nasrallah Vows to Begin Firing Missiles Deeper into Israel (July
26, 2006) - The
Iranian Fars news agency in Lebanon quoted a senior Hizbullah
official Wednesday as saying that the organization has set a new
target for itself - the city of Netanya. "Hizbullah has not yet shown
the Zionist regime and its supporters its full rocket-launching
capabilities," said Fuad Dirani, a commander in Hizbullah, and called
for the residents of Netanya to evacuate their homes because "soon the
range of our rockets will reach 100 kilometers (62 miles) into Israel
and we will attack military installations and infrastructure."
Earlier Wednesday, Hizbullah
leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, looking extremely tired, defiantly
vowed that his fighters would begin firing rockets deeper into Israel,
beyond the northern port of Haifa, and said the Jewish state's
two-week-long military offensive against Lebanon was linked to a
US-Israeli plan for "a new Middle East."
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Islam |
As of today, the 28th, these new missiles have been fired into Israel.
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Iran Warns the West: Ignore Us At Your Peril (July
26, 2006) - Iran warned the west yesterday that
attempts to broker a Lebanon peace deal at today's Rome summit are
destined to fail and it predicted a backlash across the Muslim world
unless Israel's military forces were immediately reined in. Senior
government officials said the exclusion from the summit of Iran, Syria
and their Lebanese ally Hizbullah meant that no lasting settlement was
possible. Hamid Reza Asefi, the foreign ministry spokesman in Tehran,
said: "They should have invited all the countries of the region,
including Syria and Iran, if they want peace. How can you tackle these
important issues without having representatives of all countries in
the region?" The Rome conference is to be attended by the US, Canada,
Britain, France, Spain, Germany, Turkey, Russia, Lebanon, Saudi
Arabia, Egypt and Jordan, as well as the UN and the World Bank. It is
due to publish a statement setting out the broad outlines of a
possible deal, including the injection of a muscular international
stabilisation force which Hizbullah rejected yesterday. But the mood
in Rome was soured last night when an Israeli air strike hit a UN
monitoring post in south Lebanon, killing four UN peacekeepers from
Austria, Canada, China and Finland. Kofi Annan, the UN secretary
general, immediately demanded that Israel investigate the direct hit
that he said was "apparently deliberate".
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Gog/Magog |
Israel |
Islam |
I noted in the news a couple issues ago
about the promised retaliation against America and the fears of WMDs
already in America. It isn't looking good and political correctness
will probably end up our undoing.
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Olmert Rules Out Syrian Talks (July
25, 2006) - Israeli
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has ruled out Syrian participation in
diplomatic efforts to end the violence in Lebanon. "Syria is not a
partner in the current diplomatic effort," said Olmert while visiting
an air base in the south of the country. "Syria could get recognition
only if it takes its finger off the trigger on the two fronts in
Lebanon and Gaza." Israel accuses Syria of continuing to arm the
Shi'ite Hezbollah fighters and of giving asylum to Khaled Meshaal, the
exiled political leader of Hamas, the ruling party of Palestine.
Israeli leaders, however, have said they have no wish to unleash an
armed conflict with Syria. They said they preferred to concentrate
their military efforts on Hezbollah. Syria has adopted a wait-and-see
policy since the Israeli offensive on Lebanon began on July 12, after
Hezbollah captured two soldiers and killed eight others in
cross-border attacks. Damascus is seeking to end its current
international isolation by putting itself forward as an inevitable
partner in any solution to the crisis, Syrian analysts and a
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Israel says Any Deal Must Include Block On Syria Supplying Arms To
Hizbullah (July
25, 2006) - Israel
is demanding that any peace deal with Lebanon includes agreement on
international control or monitoring of the country's border crossings
with Syria to block the delivery of weapons to Hizbullah fighters.
Katyusha rockets and other equipment are still being sent from
Damascus into Lebanon as fighting continues in the south, a senior
Israeli foreign ministry official told the Guardian yesterday. Israel
says Syrian or Iranian-supplied military material has been hit in its
air strikes on the Beirut-Damascus road, though Israel has been
reluctant to reveal this for fear of exposing its intelligence
sources. Syria claims the vehicles are carrying humanitarian or
medical supplies.
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Muslims attack Jew at U.S. Islamic rally (July
25, 2006) - A Jewish
activist was physically assaulted and his life was threatened during a
planned "peaceful" rally held by the Muslim American Society in
Boston, he told WorldNetDaily today. "I have never been physically
attacked before. I've had slurs thrown at me, got into heated debates,
but what was amazing was that I was actually physically attacked,"
Seva Brodsky said. "Since they were the majority, and felt invincible,
they threatened to kill me!" Brodsky, who recently returned from
nearly six months in Israel, captured some of the confrontation on
video, available at the weblog
Solomonia.com.
more... |
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Islam |
America |
Note the story today (28th) in Seattle, where 5 are injured and one
killed in a Jewish center by a Muslim mad at Israel.
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| Suicide Armies Launched (July 24, 2006) - Teams of Iranian suicide bombers were heading for Lebanon’s war zone last night in a terrifying bid to spark meltdown in the Middle East. Twenty-seven martyrdom-seekers have been sent to Syria on their way to front line positions. The mad fanatics, belonging to the Iranian Martyrs of Islam World Movement, have been training for months to wreak maximum havoc on military and soft civilian targets. Their aim is to spark terror which will detonate all-out war and suck Western nations into a final bloody showdown. A spokesman for the martyrs group said yesterday: “Two teams of 18 and nine have gone to Syria separately. “They have been deployed on a voluntary basis in order to get to the areas of conflict in any way they can.” The man, named only as Mohammadi, claimed the 27 were picked from 55,000 who registered in Iran. They were briefed and have completed the “relevant courses” so that they could perform both military services and helping the wounded. Mohammadi added: “If Israel would decide to occupy Lebanon again, they will carry out martyrdom-seeking operations.” more... | Iran | Israel | Islam | | |
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War between Iran, Israel inevitable (July 24, 2006) - With the decision to destroy Hezbollah by military force, the Israelis are playing for a fundamental power alignment in the Middle East. More than just a regional conflict with a local terrorist organization, Israel's fight continues to be about survival. Yesterday, Iran's President Ahmadinejad declared that by attacking Lebanon, Israel had pushed the button of their destruction. ''I advise them [the Israelis] to pack up and move out of the region before being caught in the fire they have started in Lebanon,'' Ahmadinejad told the state news agency IRNA. ''The usurper Zionists thought attack on Lebanon would create a new atmosphere for them in the region,'' Ahmadinejad charged. ''They [the Zionists] have committed a big mistake.'' Since Israel pulled out of Lebanon in 2001, Hezbollah has boasted of its ability to destroy the Jewish state. Now, should Israel succeed in crushing Hezbollah with military force, Syria and Iran face the prospect of a major political setback in the world of radical Islam. more... | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | | |
| Europe Meets Israel (July 24, 2006) - Tel Aviv- A week ago I arrived here, and already the atmosphere was a bit surreal. I would sit outside in a beachfront restaurant, enjoying a warm summer breeze, music, and delicious grilled fish, as scores of young people walked the boardwalk. You felt that this half of the country at least was at peace. Tel Aviv's large white-sand beach was packed by day. But in the evening it was hard not to notice the military planes that passed overhead every few minutes on their way north. Israel was surely at war. I'm here co-hosting a group of European journalists, writers, and broadcasters from a half dozen different countries, all of whom are visiting Israel for the first time. Conventional wisdom early in our trip was that certain places in the north would be exempt from the violence. We had planned a trip to Tiberias, with a dinner on the Sea of Galilee. That was until we heard from Yaara, the manager of the Decks restaurant, who told us a rocket had hit nearby. Windows were damaged, she said, but "God would protect us" if we still wanted to come... ...In Jerusalem, the King David Hotel has become, once again, a center of backroom kibitzing in a time of crisis. New York Times columnist Tom Friedman passes one way through the lobby; Israeli politician and former Soviet dissident Natan Sharansky, the other. E.U. foreign policy chief Javier Solana strolls down an adjacent hallway with former Mossad head Efraim Halevy. You have to wonder whether Halevy, a former ambassador to the E.U., can make any headway. In his recently published memoir, Man in the Shadows, Halevy says if you take European arguments to their logical conclusions, "then only the disappearance of the State of Israel would succeed in pacifying the insatiable desires of the Arab world." This may sound a touch extreme, but Solana lives up to the caricature. When asked by a television reporter whether the axis of Iran, Syria, and Hezbollah has been behind the current conflict, Solana replies by saying that he does "not want to mention names." In another interview, Solana is pushed in vain to admit that Hezbollah belongs on the E.U.'s terrorist list. more... | Israel | Islam | EU/UN | Solana | Is it really a surprise Solana isn't openly criticizing these groups of terrorists? Read the rest on Solana | |
| UNCOVERED: RUSSIAN-SYRIAN-IRANIAN AXIS (July 24, 2006) - For students of Bible prophecy, even the title of this communiqué should set off alarm sirens. I just received some electrifying intelligence data. First, from the Debka-Net-Weekly's briefing. And second, from some personal intelligence sources (I carefully guard) that confirm Debka's report. Russia, Iran and Syria have entered a defense pact that is in the process of altering the balance of power in the entire Middle East. Russia's part in the pact has been kept relatively secret for a long time. But the facts reveal a long steady Russian commitment to the Iranian nuclear program and arms supply to Syria. A Mossad General shared with me in confidence that he had personally traced the hiring and importation to Iran 283 of the defunct Soviet Union's top nuclear and missile scientists. This meeting took place in February of 1991. I shared this information with no one until nine months later when it was first made public (although strangely not followed up by the mainstream media). All Russian leaders continued and expanded this agreement to this day, especially our supposed friend, Vladimir Putin. Russia has helped the Iranian nuclear program from its inception. Hundreds of Russian scientists with their families live around the some twenty scattered nuclear related facilities. Russian 'Spetznaz soldiers' (special forces) guard all the key nuclear facilities. Iran has had some help on missile development from the North Koreans. But even their missiles are based upon Russian designs. The unmistakable culprit in China, North Korea and Iran's nuclear development has been the Soviet Union and continued by Russia. The Soviet Union's motivation for helping China and North Korea was primarily ideological. Russia's primary reason is hard cash, although now, it is taking on a strategic importance as well. So here are the disturbing hard facts about what is taking place in what can only be viewed as a dangerous anti-western strategy in the form of a Russian-Syrian-Iranian Axis. more... | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | The alliances have been there, evident by the actions of these nations. Iran has had no issues with publicly saying what their plans are because they believe their religious books declare them the winners and they feel this time is coming soon. The master of deception is very crafty. This is the alliance that attacks Israel but is destroyed in the mountains of Israel. The question is, are we at that point in history when it happens, or are we still just seeing the alliances form? Given the war raging in Lebanon between Israel and the terrorists, and the support offered to the terrorists by Syria and Iran, I see it happening sooner rather than later. That's just an educated guess though. Keep watching! | |
| Iran's Ahmadinejad: Israel's Destruction at Hand (July 23, 2006) - "Israel has pushed the button of its own destruction," said the Iranian president, who pulls the strings of its terrorist proxies on both of Israel's fronts. "The Zionists made their worst decision and triggered their extinction by attacking Lebanon." Ahmadinejad, addressing the 23rd Iranian Islamic Republic's nationwide meeting of the heads of educational bureaus, advised Jewish Israelis "to pack up and move out of the region before being caught in the fire they have started in Lebanon." Last week, Ahmadinejad was shown on Iranian television saying Israelis "Should know that the volcano of rage of the peoples of the region is boiling...I'm telling you...If this volcano erupts - and we are on the brink of eruption... and if this ocean rages, its waves will not be limited to the region. Ahmadinejad, seemingly responding to the first two planeloads of American Jews making Aliyah (immigrating to Israel) this summer, accused Israel of deceiving the olim. "They are even lying to the misfortunate people whom they have imported into occupied Palestine," he said. "They are using them as a shield to achieve their own goals." more... | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | I suppose his own words don't mean anything because there are still those trying to appease and work out political deals. Does he sound like he's going for any of that? Well, he's talking the same genocidal talk he was months ago, only now he's promising the fulfillment of it soon. Hello world, wake up! | |
| Iran planning to strike Israel? (July 22, 2006) - Tehran ordered the current Hizb'allah rocket assault on Israel in order to swamp Israeli defenses and open the door for an Iranian missile strike on Israel's population centers, wrote a group of Iranian exiles in a full-page ad published in Wednesday's Washington Times. The Azadegan Foundation, led by former Iranian diplomat Assad Homayoun, warned that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad intends to use weapons of mass destruction against the Jewish state. "We have know for some four years that Iran's clerical leadership has, mostly through Syria and with active participation from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, been pouring thousands of Zalzal-2 and Fajr rockets and missiles into HizbAllah and Iranian Revolutionary Guard (Pasdaran) units in Lebanon's Beqa'a Valley, for use against Israel. "Now they are being used. And, clearly, this is only the beginning. They are the mass barrages meant to swamp regional defenses so that Iran's strategic Shahab-3 ballistic missiles and other weapons can deliver WMD against Israel and other targets in the region." Adding to the growing sense of concern is the fact that Ahmadinejad earlier this week announced to Muslims throughout the region that a great day of "rejoicing" would soon be upon them. If Iran's aim is to divert Israel's missile defense systems away from its densely populated central regions, it appears to be working. World Tribune reported Wednesday that Israel is "urgently pooling its missile defense assets to defend against" the Hizb'allah threat in the north. more... | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | This is straight Bible prophecy, the Gog/Magog invasion. So it wouldn't surprise me in the least. It will surprise them though! Ezekiel 38:18-23 | |
| Hezbollah Nourished by Iran, Syria Roots (July 22, 2006) - The Hezbollah military machine that has been attacking Israel draws much of its strength from two shadowy sources that are proving difficult to cut off: Syria and Iran. The two countries, which President Bush blames for fomenting terrorism and destabilizing the Middle East, provide Hezbollah with training, weapons and financing, according to Western intelligence officials who are working to stem the flow of aid. Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., a House Intelligence Committee member who was briefed on the Middle East situation during a recent trip to Iraq, said Syria has more than 1,000 agents in southern Lebanon, working either directly for Syrian intelligence or compensated by Syria for information. He says they are there "to cause trouble" and help prop up Hezbollah militarily. more... | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | Again, here's some more background as to what's really going on in the Middle East. What the mainstream media seems blind to. | |
| Turkey may Lead UN Peacekeeping Force in Lebanon (July 22, 2006) - Turkey may have a leadership role in the United Nations peacekeeping force that could be deployed in Lebanon which has been under Israeli bombardment for over 10 days - the pro-Bush Administration Washington Post daily reports. According to an article by Thomas E. Ricks and Robin Wright in the US daily, planning for the force is in the early stages, but US officials said they anticipate that it would include from 10,000 to 20,000 troops led by a contingent from France or Turkey. The same officials added, however, that the force currently being discussed would not include U.S. troops since "they are already stretched by operations in Iraq and Afghanistan" and "there are no troops to spare for Lebanon". "I do not think that it is anticipated that U.S. ground forces are expected for that force," the US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told on Friday. Key aspects of the peacekeeping force, such as which country will lead it, its size, and its mission, are still being discussed at both national and international levels. more... | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | Wouldn't this be fitting to have a nation on the side of the terrorists leading a "peacekeeping force" in Lebanon. Turkey is one of the invaders of Gog/Magog too! |
- Russia Criticizes Israel For Offensive (July 21, 2006) - Russia on Thursday sharply criticized Israel for its offensive against Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon, saying it went "far beyond the boundaries of an anti-terrorist operation" and repeating calls for an immediate cease-fire. The Foreign Ministry said Russia affirms the need to fight terrorism and called for the immediate release of captive Israeli soldiers, but it added that "the unprecedented scale of the casualties and destruction" in Lebanon indicates that Israel is using too much force. more... | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | No big surprise that Russia, Iran, Syria, and Turkey are all criticizing Israel's self-defense of her population. They're all the ones who are going to try and attack Israel and wipe Israel off the map. They don't realize they're dealing with the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Keep watching!
- Ma'an: Nasrallah Will Give Tel Aviv Residents One Hour To Flee (July 21, 2006) - The unnamed sources are quoted by the Palestinian Authority-based news agency Ma'an as saying: "The Lebanese resistance is preparing a retaliation parallel to Israel's military actions. Hassan Nasrallah will address the people of Tel Aviv and warn them to evacuate the city within one hour. As soon as the delay ends, hundreds of heavy missiles will start landing in the city, which has been divided into squares in order to let damage reach every inch of the city. An estimated 500 missiles are expected to land in Tel Aviv in a short period of time." The Arab sources further said that the Hizbullah has been very careful in cultivating its public image, in order to increase the surprise effect of the planned barrage on Tel Aviv. more... | Israel | Islam | This hasn't been followed through with yet. Hopefully, Israel has interrupted their ability.
- Hizbullah Has Shot 1,600 Rockets into Israel in 8 Days, 20 Thursday Morning, Herzog (July 21, 2006) - Katyusha fire from Lebanon resumed over Tiberias, Carmiel, Rosh Pinah and Galilee Thursday morning, Day Nine of the Hizballah war. Wednesday night, a Katyusha rocket killed two brothers aged 3 and 7, Rabiya and Mahmoud Taluzi, as they played outside their home in Nazareth. Twenty-seven people were injured. Up to 200 Katyusha rockets in wave after furious wave struck Galilee Wednesday afternoon, singling out Haifa, Carmiel, Tiberias, Nahariya and Safed, where there were four casualties and substantial damage. The smaller villages of Reches Ramim, Givat Avni and Kiryat Tivon also took punishment. Rockets started several fires and caused heavy damage to the Hula Valley’s farm crops and orchards at peak picking season. A main water pipe was damaged in Afula, leaving large area without water. Click HERE for full-size map. One third of Israel is a warfront. Thousands of refugees have gone south out of harm’s way. Central Israeli towns, kibbutzim and moshavim have opened their homes to host refugees. More than a million civilians with many children are incarcerated in bomb shelters on the ninth day of Hizballah rocket fire. As a result, civilian casualties have been kept down to 15 dead. Israel’s third largest city Haifa is a ghost town, its key port and universities closed. Businesses, shops and summer schools are shut; factories and farms have suffered heavy damage. The tourist season at its peak is disrupted. Emergency teams and police are working overtime. | Israel | Islam | And still Europe and the Islamic world are up in arms about Israel's attempts to stop the rockets.
- Syrians Defiant, Outraged At Lebanon's Destruction (July 21, 2006) - Next to the Umayyad mosque in old Damascus, Samir Hamsho plastered a Hizbollah flag and a picture of its leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah outside his antique textiles and carpets shop. "We are fed up with Israeli insolence. You will be surprised how many ordinary Syrians will turn into human bombs if Israel attacks this country," Hamsho said. "The Zionists have shown their savagery by attacking Lebanon like this, but they don't scare us." Across the country, Syrians have reacted with defiance and outrage to Israeli attacks on Lebanon and statements by the Jewish state that the Baathist government is sending weapons to Hizbollah fighters. The government has denied re-supplying the Lebanese group and officials have vowed to respond to any attack, although they have shown little sign of preparing for war. more... | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam |
- 250 N. American Jews Move to Israel Despite War (July 20, 2006) - In what organizers have billed "the ultimate solidarity mission," hundreds of Jews from North America chose to pack their bags and leave the comfort and stability of the United States and Canada for the rocketed State of Israel Thursday. The olim [new immigrants to Israel] were greeted by former Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Efrat’s Chief Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, who himself came on Aliyah more than two decades ago together with many members of his congregation, Nefesh b'Nefesh co-founder Rabbi Yehoshua Fass, and representatives of the Jewish Agency and the Absorption Ministry. "Israel is not Disneyland. We don't just come to Israel when it is fun and sun," said Rabbi Riskin. “Israel is our motherland - we come to our mother when she needs us." "Israel needs you," Riskin added, "but it is a two-way street - each of you also needs Israel. What anyone does in the Diaspora is a footnote in our history, what is being written here is the chapter heading." more... | Israel |
- Iran, Syria Agree to Protect Hezbollah (July 20, 2006) - Iran and Syria have agreed to work together to keep Hezbollah from being destroyed in its fight against Israel, Syria sources have said. The sources, quoted in the Qatar newspaper Al-Watan, said the two governments have agreed that Hezbollah must not be defeated politically or militarily and they have agreed to do all they can to prevent such an outcome, ynetnews.com reported Wednesday. Israel's failure to defeat Hezbollah thus far is likely to cause the country to turn its sights on Syria, the sources said. They said such a move would cause Iran to get involved militarily, forcing Israel to face a war on multiple fronts. Israel sent a message to Syria through Jordan, warning the country against arming and supporting Hezbollah, a diplomatic source in Tel Aviv told ynetnews.com. The warning said Israel was aware of weapons convoys traveling from Syria to Lebanon, and that Damascus is frequently the site of meetings between Hezbollah and Iranian officials. The source did not confirm whether the message included a warning of military action against the country. | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | What? Why ever would they do that? Perhaps our appeasement strategies will not do a thing! They don't want anything but a Muslim world. Whoever doesn't agree, gets beheaded. How do you negotiate with that? BTW, beheading is the execution of choice by Islam, and so too with those killed for the witness of Yeshua (Jesus) during the antichrist's reign. Revelation 20:4 Sound familiar? Remember Iraq and those beheaded there. There is also a recent story about three U.S. border agents who were beheaded.
| Hundreds of Iranian Troops Fighting in Lebanon (July 19, 2006) - Hundreds of Iranian Revolutionary Guard personnel are on the ground in Lebanon fighting Israel, security sources say. "I have no doubt whatsoever that they are there and operating some of the equipment," an Arab diplomatic source told The New York Sun yesterday. Another foreign source, based in Washington, said the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps contingent in Lebanon is based in Beirut and in the Bekaa Valley. He said the troops usually number a few dozen, but that the size of the force increased in connection with the hostilities that have broken out between Israel and Iran's proxy, Hezbollah, over the past week. The sources said the Iranians had directly operated a radar-guided C–802 missile that Iran acquired from Communist China and that hit an Israeli navy missile boat off the coast of Lebanon on Friday, killing four Israeli seamen. "This was a direct message to the Israelis that we are fighting the Iranians here," the Arab diplomatic source said. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard's mission in Lebanon includes keeping custody of Zalzal missiles and drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles. A report by an Israel-based research group, the Intelligence & Terrorism Information Center, identifies the units of Iran's Revolutionary Guard "deployed and active in Lebanon" as the "Al-Quds Force." The Lebanon-based Iranian force "provides military guidance and support for terrorist attacks against Israel," the report says. more... | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | | |
| Bush Accuses Syria Of Trying To Get Back Into Lebanon (July 19, 2006) - US President George W. Bush accused Syria of trying to "get back" into Lebanon by supporting Hezbollah and accused Damascas and Iran of inspiring "terror attacks" against Israel. Bush told reporters that the "root" cause of the conflict must be addressed. "It can be addressed internationally by making it clear to Syria they've got to stop their support to Hezbollah," he said, during a meeting with lawmakers at the White House. "Syria is trying to get back into Lebanon it looks like to me." "We passed United Nations resolution 1559 and finally this young democracy or this democracy became whole by getting Syria out. "And there are suspicions that the instability created by the Hezbollah attacks will cause some in Lebanon to invite Syria back in." Bush said the root cause of the instability was "terrorism and terrorist attacks on a democratic country," in apparent reference to Israel. more... | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | | |
| IAF Foils Rocket Transports From Syria (July 19, 2006) - Although Hizbullah has suffered a harsh blow from Israeli air force strikes which took out a good percentage of their available weapons, Syria was continuing to smuggle arms into Lebanon to rearm the group, IDF Operations Branch Head Major General Gadi Eisenkot said during a press briefing Tuesday. Thus far, the IAF managed to intercept a number of trucks transporting rockets from Syria to Hizbullah, including trucks laden with the 220mm-diameter rockets with warheads like the one that hit the Haifa train depot Monday, claiming eight lives. Maj.-Gen. Eisenkot said he would be very surprised if official elements in Syria were unaware of these transports. “These are rockets that belong to the Syrian army. You can’t find them in the Damascus market, and the Syrian government is responsible for this smuggling,” Eisenkot said, but stressed, “We are not operating against Syria or the Lebanese army.” more... | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | And just how long will Israel sit by while Syria assists in bringing the weaponry for Hizbullah to attack Israel with? Not too long I would guess. Isaiah 17 talks about the destruction of Damascus and if that happens, Iran would jump into the fray if they honor their defense agreement with Syria. | |
| Iran Official: No Part Of Israel Safe (July 19, 2006) - The speaker of Iran's parliament warned Israelis on Tuesday that no part of their country is safe from Hezbollah attack. The comments by Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel called into question Tehran's official position that it is not involved in the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. "The towns you have built in northern Palestine (Israel) are within the range of the brave Lebanese children. No part of Israel will be safe," Haddad Adel told thousands of anti-Israel demonstrators in Palestine Square. Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki indicated that Iran may be playing a covert role in the fighting when he said Monday that a cease-fire was feasible. He spoke after talks with the Syrian government in Damascus. Iran and its ally Syria are the principal backers of Hezbollah, the Lebanese militant group that provoked the current fighting when its guerrillas seized two Israeli soldiers last week. On Monday, Israeli military officials said their planes had destroyed a long-range missile in Lebanon, named "Zelzal," that Hezbollah had received from Iran. more... | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | They even say it, yet countries the world over are denouncing Israel for defending herself. The Bible says that in the end they will call good bad and bad good. These people are 180 degrees out of phase with reality. | |
| E.U.'s Javier Solana In Israel (July 19, 2006) - EU Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana arrived in Israel Wednesday with suggestions that Israel "act proportionately" and with excuses as to why the EU does not consider Hizbullah a terror group. In a statement following what he called a "frank" meeting with Israel's Foreign Minister Tzippy Livni, Solana condemned the kidnapping of three IDF soldiers, but said he recommended that Israel "act proportionately" in its attacks on Hizbullah and do everything to avoid hurting Lebanese civilians. The EU emissary said that in such a manner, Israel would be able to win the hearts of the citizens of southern Lebanon. Solana made a veiled reference to Syria and Iran, calling for such countries with influence over Hizbullah to use it. "I'd like to say also very clearly: those that may have influence to help solve this problem - they have to do it soon - immediately," Solana said. Asked about the EU's refusal to classify Hizbullah as a terrorist group, Solana said that the EU does not possess sufficient data to determine whether the group can be included on its list of terrorist organizations. He insisted that the issue was a legal one and not a moral one. Later in the day, Solana met with Defense Minister Amir Peretz, who told the EU official: "We are standing strong on the principle that Hizbullah must retreat from the border. We will not stand for a situation in which the Hizbullah flag waves on our border." Peretz also defended Israel's attacks on Lebanese targets. "The Lebanese government is the sovereign," he said, "and has to take responsibility for what happens in its territory." Solana also met with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert earlier in the day, but no information on the content of the meeting has been released. | Israel | Islam | EU/UN | Solana | | |
| 'Miracles' Amid Deadly Rocket Attacks in Israel (July 18, 2006) - With the Hezbollah terrorist group firing hundreds of deadly Katyusha rockets into Israeli population centers the past few days, stories here have been surfacing of citizens with close encounters who escaped unharmed. "While the life of even one single person is precious and its loss is tragic nevertheless one cannot stand by and watch almost 1,000 rockets being fired into Israel, causing a death toll of only 18, and not be struck with awe at such a miracle," Avraham Shmuel Lewin, a Tel Aviv rabbi, told WND. Since Hezbollah provoked the current violence last Wednesday with a raid against an Israeli military patrol unit, the Lebanese militia has launched more than 700 rockets at northern Israeli towns, including Kiryat Shmona, Acre, Tiberias, Talal, Julis, Abu Snan, Kafr Yassif, Nahariya, Afula and the Jezreel Valley in lower Galilee. more... | Israel | These kinds of miracles happened in the six-day-war too. I've seen a picture of a house totally collapsed after a rocket destroyed it. In the picture, a stunned and confused resident is seen climbing out of this pile of rubble that was his house. He didn't have a scratch on him. I read other stories too. | |
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We Soon Shall See
(July 18,
2006) - How many time have you heard it was
wrong to let current events interpreter Bible prophecy? The next thing
you know, the person making that statement does exactly that. How? By
looking at the situation that they think they see in the world, instead
of looking at the prophecies that may have been fulfilled. In fact,
that's one reason I believe so many of today's end-time ministries may
be so far behind the curve as to what's actually going on both
politically and prophetically. The current crisis in the Middle East is
an example. If you only listen to the news reports and the statements
coming from our world's leaders, you may think we still have a ways to
go before the final prophecies can be fulfilled. However, it you look at
the prophecies that may have already been fulfilled, the whole picture
suddenly changes. The final events of history may already be in sight.
It's amazing how just a little piece of wrong information can have such
a large blinding effect. Take for example our interpretation of who the
little horn is in Daniel chapter eight. If we believe it's referring to
the coming Antichrist, we may be expecting to see a 10 nation alliance
appear in the Eastern leg of the old Roman Empire. If , however, we
believe as I do -- that chapter eight of Daniel is referring to the
Greek kingdom and the rise of Antiochus Epipanes, we may be open to the
idea that the 10 nation alliance could appear in Western Europe. And,
you will naturally take special notice of the 10-nation Western European
Union.
Here's my point: No matter how we believe about Bible prophecy, we may have already been witness to seven possible fulfillments out of ten that were foretold. We have seen:
What are the three prophecies yet remaining? If we've
seen the fulfillment of the first seven, we should expect to see:
So, am I allowing current events to interpret the
prophecies? Or, am I allowing the prophecies to interpret current
events. We soon shall see
Read about it here I
And here. Are you ready? |
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I can't stress the importance of
understanding how close we are to the fulfillment of many Bible
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| Iranian President Ahmadinejad: Day of happiness for region near (July 18, 2006) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday, “The day of happiness for the region is near… The world is on the verge of great changes,” according to the Iranian news agency. Ahmadinejad added that he considered Israel’s operation in Lebanon “a type of playing with fire.” | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | Does he know something about plans that will soon come to pass which will bring about his goal of wiping out Israel? Given the current situation and his declarations, that would seem to be what would supply this happiness. Of course we know that Israel will be safe until the abomination of desolation, and that requires the Jewish temple first. 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5 | Revelation 11:1,2 | |
| Iran, not Hezbollah, is True Enemy (July 17, 2006) - Iran is at the center of the emerging war between the terrorist organizations Hezbollah and Hamas against Israel. Far from being a typical or recurrent Middle East crisis, this shooting war risks the future of Israel's survival as a nation, as well as the security of a continuing U.S. presence in the region. Through its dual surrogate terrorist organizations of Hezbollah and Hamas, Iran has begun its war to destroy Israel and to remove the U.S. from the Middle East. As I noted in writing ''Atomic Iran,'' Hezbollah traces its roots to Najaf in Iraq. Najaf is an important site for Shiite Islam. Here is buried the Imam Ali, whom Shi'ites consider the first convert of Muhammad and the rightful successor to the Prophet. Ayatollah Muhammed Hussein Fadlallah, the spiritual leader of Hezbollah, studied in Najaf when he was in exile from Lebanon. There he met Ayatollah Khomeini, who was also in exile, from the Shahs Iran. Even today, Iran continues to fund Hezbollah, to the tune of some $250 million a year. There are conflicting reports as to whether a drone equipped with a bomb or a C-802 cruise missile hit the Israeli missile ship off the coast of Lebanon. Either way, the evidence points to Iran. The C-802 cruise missile is today an Iranian-made weapon, built on the design of Chinese cruise missiles that Iran bought from China during the Clinton administration. Beginning in December 2005, Iran launched a series of war games in an attempt to demonstrate the country's military prowess, signaling to the world a willingness to resist military steps that might be taken against the nation's nuclear program. In March and April 2006, Iran's Revolutionary Guard carried out their own military exercises, demonstrating their experimentation with several Iranian-improvised weapons, including drone-type devices similar to those the first reports attributed to damaging the Israeli missile ship. Iran has reportedly supplied Hezbollah with long-range missiles. more... | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | | |
| Hizbullah Threatens To Hit Petrochemical Plants (July 17, 2006) - Hizbullah terrorists said on its Al Manar television network Sunday morning that they will attack the petrochemical and oil facilities in Haifa if Israel continues to bomb the terrorist infrastructure in Lebanon. Israel has taken steps to prevent a massive tragedy if terrorists succeed in striking the plants in Haifa, according to Haifa mayor Yona Yahav. more... | Israel | Islam | | |
| Iran's Hizbollah Says Ready To Attack US, Israel (July 17, 2006) - Iran's Hizbollah, which claims links to the Lebanese group of the same name, said on Tuesday it stood ready to attack Israeli and U.S. interests worldwide. "We have 2,000 volunteers who have registered since last year," said Iranian Hizbollah's spokesman Mojtaba Bigdeli, speaking by telephone from the central seminary city of Qom. "They have been trained and they can become fully armed. We are ready to dispatch them to every corner of the world to jeopardise Israel and America's interests. We are only waiting for the Supreme Leader's green light to take action. If America wants to ignite World War Three ... we welcome it," he said. Iranian religious organisations have made great public show of recruiting volunteers for "martyrdom-seeking operations" in recent years, usually threatening U.S. interests in case of any attack against the Islamic Republic's nuclear programme. But there is no record of an Iranian volunteer from these recruitment campaigns taking part in an attack. more... | Iran | Israel | Islam | America | | |
| DEBKAfile: Nasrallah pleads for help and promises “the Zionists” more surprises (July 16, 2006) - Hizballah leader Hassan Nasrallah was on the air again 12 hours after rumors claimed he was injured in the Israeli air bombardment that flattened his 8-storey headquarters compound in Beirut Saturday night, July 15. As he began speaking, rockets hit the border town of Metula for the first time, followed by landings in Safed, Ghajar and Mt. Meron. With some pathos, the Hizballah leader said:” We are not asking anyone to help us,” – a veiled SOS to the Iranian supreme national security council meeting Sunday night on the Lebanon crisis. more... | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | | |
| Iran leader Ali Khameini declares Sunday: Hizbullah will never be disarmed (July 16, 2006) - DEBKAfile: This was Iran’s first direct guarantee of support for the embattled Lebanese Shiite group since hostilities were launched Wednesday, July 12. It is interpreted as a promise of weapons and, if necessary, fighting men to avert a Hizbullah defeat. DEBKAfile’s counter-terror sources see also a message addressed to the Olmert government that Israel will not achieve its objectives in Lebanon or succeed in dictating new rules. Earlier, Tehran threatened Israel against attacking Syria. An Iranian spokesman said Sunday: “We are standing by the Syrian people. Israel faces “unimaginable losses”. Hizbullah was not mentioned. The Syrian government promised “a firm, direct and unlimited response to any attack by Israel.” Israeli spokesmen have reiterated that Syria is not targeted for attack but accused Iran of helping Hizbullah attack the Israeli missile boat Friday. more... | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | | |
| URGENT - World Leaders Agree On Mideast Warfare (July 16, 2006) - World leaders, managing to resolve sharp differences over an escalating crisis between Israel and Lebanon, declared Sunday that extremist groups in the region cannot be allowed to plunge the Middle East into chaos and must immediately halt their attacks. The leaders of the world's eight industrial powers issued a strong statement condemning Hezbollah militants but also urged Israel to exercise restraint in its military actions against Lebanon. The statement said it was critical for Israel to ''be mindful of the strategic and humanitarian consequences of its actions.'' It called on Israel ''to exercise utmost restraint'' by seeking to avoid casualties among innocent civilians and damage to civilian infrastructure. ''It is a strong message with a clear political content,'' German Chancellor Angela Merkel told reporters. The statement called for two captured Israeli soldiers to be freed, for the attacks on Israel by Hezbollah militants to stop and for Israel to end its military action. It also expressed support for the Lebanese government. The crisis has dominated talks among President Bush and the other leaders attending the annual G-8 summit of major industrial countries. The Group of Eight is made up of the United States, Russia, Japan, Germany, Britain, France, Italy, and Canada. Israeli warplanes began striking Lebanon after Hezbollah guerrillas crossed the border on Wednesday and captured two Israeli soldiers. The guerrillas struck back at Israeli cities, and on Sunday fired a relentless barrage of rockets into the Israeli city of Haifa, dramatically escalating the conflict. more... | Israel | Islam | EU/UN | Here we see the fulfillment of Zechariah 12. Israel is a burdensome stone to the world and they don't know what to do with her. Soon we will see how cut up those that come against her will be. Watch! | |
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EU's Javier Solana on His Way to Beirut (July
16, 2006) -
European Union Foreign Policy chief Javier Solana is being
transported to Beirut for talks over the dramatic escalation in Middle East
violence, Britain's Defense Ministry said Sunday. Solana is being flown from
a base in Cyprus to Lebanon by British military helicopter, but defense
officials said they were not aware who the official was due to meet for
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| I wouldn't be too surprised to see a de-escalation as he works some
political magic between Israel and the surrounding Muslim nations. He's the
head of the 10-voting
member body of nations that is currently planning the confirmation of
the 1995
Euro-Med agreement between Israel and the many nations of the EU. The
time period is 7 years from January 1, 2007 to January 1, 2013.
Daniel 9:27
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Iran Heaps Praise On Hezbollah Fight Against 'Tumour' Israel
(July
16, 2006) - Iran has rallied behind
allies Hezbollah and Syria, praising the Lebanese Shiite militant movement's
battle against "infected tumour" Israel and warning the Jewish state against
widening the conflict. In a speech carried on state television Sunday,
supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei branded "Zionists" as "an evil and
cancerous being and an infected tumour". "The Zionists wanted Lebanon to be
the meat between their teeth. The powerful limbs of Hezbollah have prevented
the Zionists' dream of trouble from being realised," Khamenei said. His
comments, on the fifth day of an Israeli onslaught against its northern
neighbour following Hezbollah's capture of two soldiers, prompted chants of
"Hezbollah will win, Israel will be destroyed". Khamenei replied: "Yes, that
is what we say".
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Iran gave Hizbullah 11,500 missiles and rockets
(July
16, 2006) - An Iranian
military source told the Arab daily Asharq Alawsat Sunday that between 1992
and 2005 Iran has transferred some 11,500 missiles and rockets to Hizbullah.
According to the report, Hizbullah has in its arsenal four types of advanced
surface-to-surface missiles. He named the Fajaar missile, which has a range
of 100 kilometers; the Iran 130, which has a 90-110 km. range; the Shahin,
which has a range of up to 150 kms; and a 355 mm. Rocket with a range of up
to 150 kms. more...
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Syria Vows
Harsh Response If Israel Attacks
(July
16, 2006) - Syria vowed on
Sunday a "harsh and direct" response if it is attacked by Israel, showing no
sign of bowing to U.S. pressure to abandon support for Hizbollah. "Any
aggression against Syria will have a firm and direct response not limited in
time or means," Information Minister Mohsen Bilal said in a statement. "The
resistance (Hizbollah) will win and the Israeli aggression will fail," Bilal
said. "The resistance has hit deep inside Israel and the enemy did not
expect this." Syria is a main backer of Hizbollah, whose fighters captured
Israeli soldiers in a cross-border operation on Wednesday, sparking Israeli
reprisals that have so far killed more than 100 civilians in Lebanon. The
United States, Israel's chief ally, has said Syria must lean on Hizbollah to
release the two soldiers and stop fighting. more...
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they're up against the God of Israel.
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Iran Warns Israel Of 'Unimaginable Losses' If Syria Hit
(July
16, 2006) - Iran warned its
arch-enemy Israel of "unimaginable losses" if it attacks Syria and vowed
that it was standing by the Syrian people. "We hope the Zionist regime does
not make the mistake of attacking Syria, because extending the front would
definitely make the Zionist regime face unimaginable losses," foreign
ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi told reporters. "Iran is standing by the
Syrian people," he said of the Islamic republic's sole regional ally. "We
have offered and will offer Syria and Lebanon spiritual and humanitarian
support," Asefi insisted, reiterating Iran's denial that it is providing
military and financial assistance to the Hezbollah movement. The Israeli
army has said Hezbollah militants had used an Iranian-built radar-guided
anti-ship missile in an attack on Friday on an Israeli warship off Lebanon's
coast. The attack marked the Lebanese militia's first successful strike on
an Israeli warship, dealing an unprecedented blow to the Jewish state's
military. One Israeli sailor was killed and three more were missing, feared
dead. An Israeli military intelligence official has also alleged that around
100 members of Iran's powerful ideological army the elite Revolutionary
Guards were in Lebanon, acting as military advisors to Hezbollah.
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| Since Iran (Persia) is one of the main nations mentioned by name in the
Gog/Magog invasion and they have a defense agreement with Syria, I'm not too
surprised that they say this. It will be a great blow to their pride when it
fails. I imagine that helps give the hatred teeth at the abomination of
desolation when they are loosed to kill 2/3 of Israel.
Zechariah 13:8,9
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Syria
says fully backs Hizbullah against Israel
(July
15, 2006) - Syria will
support Hizbullah and Lebanon against Israel's attacks on the country, the
ruling Baath Party said on Friday, defying Israel and its chief ally
Washington. "The Syrian people are ready to extend full support to the
Lebanese people and their heroic resistance to remain steadfast and confront
the barbaric Israeli aggression and its crimes," said a communique from the
party's national command issued after a meeting. It said Israel and the
United States "are trying to wipe out Arab resistance in every land under
occupation" and that President Bashar al-Assad was aware of the seriousness
of the situation in the region. The national command is the highest echelon
of the Baath Party, which has been in power since 1963. Assad, who is shaped
by his late father's lifetime of struggle with Israel, was not at the
meeting. He has resisted Israeli and American pressure to abandon support
for Hizbullah. more...
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Crisis Deepens: Witnesses: Israel Attacks Hit Central Beirut
(July 15, 2006)
- Israeli warplanes hit
central Beirut for the first time and smashed the Hezbollah
leadership’s main strongholds, as strikes killed at least 18
Lebanese fleeing the onslaught. Hezbollah rockets continued to pour
into Israel, where officials warned citizens that Tel Aviv could be
hit. Following the attacks, Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora
called for an immediate cease-fire, saying Israeli attacks had
turned Lebanon into a disaster area in need of international aid.
“We call for an immediate ceasefire backed by the United Nations,”
Siniora told a news conference in Beirut. “I declare today that
Lebanon is a disaster zone in need of a comprehensive and speedy
Arab plan ... and (it) pleads to its friends in the world to rush to
its aid.” The deadly barrages came as Israel charged that Iran’s
elite Revolutionary Guards have 100 troops in Lebanon providing
Hezbollah key support — including helping fire a missile Friday that
badly damaged an Israeli warship. Hezbollah denied it. Neither side
showed signs of backing down from the conflict, which erupted
Wednesday when Hezbollah captured two Israeli soldiers in a
cross-border raid. As civilian deaths mounted, diplomatic efforts to
end the crisis had yet to get off the ground.
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Report: Israel Gives Syria Ultimatum
(July 15, 2006)
- The London-based Arabic
language newspaper Al-Hayat reported Saturday that “Washington has
information according to which Israel gave Damascus 72 hours to stop
Hezbollah's activity along the Lebanon-Israel border and bring about the
release the two kidnapped IDF soldiers or it would launch an offensive with
disastrous consequences.” The report said “a senior Pentagon source warned
that should the Arab world and international community fail in the efforts
to convince Syria to pressure Hizbullah into releasing the soldiers and halt
the current escalation Israel may attack targets in the country.” Al-Hayat
quoted the source as saying that “the US cannot rule out the possibility of
an Israeli strike in Syria,” this despite the fact that the Bush
administration has asked Israel to “refrain from any military activity that
may result in civilian casualties.”
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| Reminder of the
Bible prophecy on Damascus and the
possible meaning of the "hooks
in the jaws" that bring the
Gog/Magog invasion to the mountains of Israel.
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Hezbollah Pledges ‘Open War’ Against Israel
(July 15, 2006)
- Hezbollah reportedly rammed an
Israeli warship with an unmanned aircraft rigged with explosives Friday,
setting it ablaze after Israeli warplanes smashed Lebanon's links to the
world one by one and destroyed the headquarters and home of the Islamic
guerrilla group's leader. The attack on the warship off Beirut's
Mediterranean coast indicated Hezbollah has added a new weapon to the
arsenal of rockets and mortars it has used against Israel. The Israeli army
said the ship suffered severe damage and was on fire hours later as it
headed home. There were no details on the ship's crew, though Al-Jazeera TV
said the Israeli military was searching for four missing sailors. "You
wanted an open war, and we are ready for an open war," Hezbollah leader
Sheik Hassan Nasrallah said in a taped statement. He vowed to strike even
deeper into Israel with rockets. Meanwhile, Israel’s military chief said
Friday that two soldiers held captive by Lebanese guerrillas and a third who
was abducted by Palestinian militants were alive and in “reasonable health.”
“As far as our information indicates, the three soldiers are alive and in
reasonable health. I do not know more about their health than in general
terms,” Lt. Gen. Dan Halutz told reporters. Meanwhile, a missile fired at an
Israeli naval vessel off Lebanon hit a civilian boat, possibly from Egypt,
the Israeli army said Saturday. A spokeswoman said those on board were
believed to have been evacuated, adding it was unclear if there were any
casualties. She added that the attack might have been part of the late
Friday barrage when the Israeli warship was badly damaged.
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Middle East Crisis: Backgrounder (July
14, 2006) - Israel
lives with three realities: geographic, demographic and cultural.
Geographically, it is at a permanent disadvantage, lacking strategic
depth. It does enjoy the advantage of interior lines -- the ability
to move forces rapidly from one front to another. Demographically,
it is on the whole outnumbered, although it can achieve local
superiority in numbers by choosing the time and place of war. Its
greatest advantage is cultural. It has a far greater mastery of the
technology and culture of war than its neighbors. Two of the
realities cannot be changed. Nothing can be done about geography or
demography. Culture can be changed. It is not inherently the case
that Israel will have a technological or operational advantage over
its neighbors. The great inherent fear of Israel is that the Arabs
will equal or surpass Israeli prowess culturally and therefore
militarily. If that were to happen, then all three realities would
turn against Israel and Israel might well be at risk. That is why
the capture of Israeli troops, first one in the south, then two in
the north, has galvanized Israel. The kidnappings represent a level
of Arab tactical prowess that previously was the Israeli domain.
They also represent a level of tactical slackness on the Israeli
side that was previously the Arab domain. These events hardly
represent a fundamental shift in the balance of power. Nevertheless,
for a country that depends on its cultural superiority, any tremor
in this variable reverberates dramatically. Hamas and Hezbollah have
struck the core Israeli nerve. Israel cannot ignore it.
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Israel: ‘Concrete Evidence’ of Hizbullah Plan to Transfer IDF Captives to
Iran (July
14, 2006) - Israeli
intelligence has “concrete evidence that Hizbullah plans to transfer the
kidnapped soldiers to Iran,” said Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev.
Deputy Director General of the Foreign Ministry, Gideon Meir, pointed out
that Syria and Iran were major players in the military attacks by Hamas and
Hizbullah in the south and north of Israel. “As a result, Israel views
Hamas, Hizbullah, Syria and Iran as the main players in the axis of terror
and hate that endangers not only Israel but the entire world,” he said. The
IDF soldiers kidnapped in the initial attack in the north, 31 year old Ehud
Goldwasser of Nahariya and 26 year old Eldad Regev of Kiryat Motzkin were
alive when they were captured, according to a news correspondent for Arabic
news network al-Jazeera. |
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Syria's Role in the Current Israeli-Palestinian Confrontation
(July 13, 2006)
- Early in the morning of June 27, Israel Air
Force planes broke the sound barrier as they flew over the palace of Syrian
President Bashar al-Asad in the Asad family’s hometown of Qardaha. That
action was apparently driven by a lesson learned from a similar overflight
four years before, in the fall of 2002, which was intended to warn Asad
against escalation of the situation on the Israeli-Lebanese border but
failed to impress him because he was completely unaware of the overflight at
the time and only learned about it from Israeli media reports several weeks
after the event. The latest Israeli overflight came two days after Hamas
activists attacked an Israeli army position on the border between Israel and
the Gaza Strip and managed to abduct an Israel soldier and spirit him back
to Gaza. That attack was apparently carried out on the direct orders of the
Hamas leadership based in Damascus, especially the Chairman of the
movement’s Political Bureau, Khaled Mash’al. Thus, the IAF overflight was
meant to send a clear warning to Asad that continued support of Mash’al and
his comrades could cost Syria dearly. Up till now, however, the overflight
has produced no discernible results and Asad has apparently chosen to ignore
the Israeli signal and to persist in his course. At first, the Syrian media
totally ignored the Israeli overflight; only after it was widely covered by
Israeli media did the Syrians hasten to report that their air defenses had
driven off Israeli warplanes that had penetrated Syria airspace. Syrian
spokesmen also condemned the “Israeli aggression” and repeatedly insisted
that the Hamas people living in Damascus under Syrian protection confined
themselves to political and informational work and had no involvement in the
military activity against Israel carried out by Hamas in the West Bank and
Gaza.
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Iran, Syria Used Hizballah As Proxy To Attack Israel, Analysts Say
(July
13, 2006) - The Israeli
government said it is holding the government of Lebanon responsible for
attacks along its northern border, but Israeli analysts and government
sources said that Iran and Syria are ultimately behind the attack. Israel
bombed sites in Lebanon on Thursday and Hizballah launched dozens of
Katyusha rockets at northern Israeli communities, killing at least two
Israeli women and forcing residents into bomb shelters. This comes one day
after Hizballah carried out a cross-border attack, killing eight Israeli
soldiers and abducting twoothers. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert called
the Hizballah attack an "act of war." But Israeli officials also said the
fingerprints of Iran and Syria are all over the attack and analysts have
said the timing was not a coincidence. "It's not coincidental that we had
these two attacks and they're pretty much coordinated -- in the south with
Hamas and with Hizballah in the north," Israel's ambassador to the U.S.
Daniel Ayalon said in a Fox News interview on Thursday. Both groups are
supported by Teheran and Damascus, Ayalon noted. more...
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Israel is at War, Says Israeli Ambassador
(July
13, 2006) - Haifa, Israel's
third largest city, was hit by 2 long range missiles, launched from
Lebanon on Thursday, in a "major escalation" in the Middle East.
According to a report on FOXNews, Israel retaliated against Hezbollah by blasting the runways and fuel tanks of Beirut's International Airport, for a second time on Thursday, after two long range missiles hit the city of Haifa, Israel. "Israel's objective is to win this war," said Daniel Ayalon, Israel's ambassador to the United States. President Bush told reporters he was concerned, but that Israel has the right to defend itself. "The soldiers need to be returned," the President added, in reference to the kidnapped Israeli reservists. "It's really sad where people are willing to take innocent life in order to stop that progress (for peace). As a matter of fact, it's pathetic." (Photo: missiles hit Nahariya.) For more information on this volatile situation, follow the link below. more... | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | | |
| Hamas Leader Will Bring Destruction On Middle East, Egypt Says (July 12, 2006) - Egypt has warned Syria that it should expel the Damascus-based Hamas leadership or risk the destruction of the Syrian regime. Israel has blamed Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal for giving the order to abduct soldier Gilad Shalit during an attack on an Israeli outpost along the Israeli-Gaza border two weeks ago. And Israel says it is Mashaal who is preventing Corporal Shalit's release. Israel also warned Damascus, which hosts the headquarters of about a dozen Palestinian terrorist organizations, not to harbor Mashaal. Israeli Air Force jets buzzed the summer palace of Syrian President Bashar Assad two weeks ago as a warning. The Shalit abduction and continued rocket fire on southern Israeli communities prompted the Israeli military to return to the Gaza Strip to root out terrorists operating from there. Mashaal said on Monday that Shalit would be released only in exchange for Palestinian security prisoners in Israeli jails. more... | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | | |
| Israelis Kill 6 In Attack On Hamas Meeting (July 12, 2006) - Israeli aircraft blasted a house and killed at least six people in Gaza City early Wednesday during a high-level meeting of Hamas commanders, and Israel said the man who has topped its wanted list for a decade was wounded. The military, which launched the attack as part of a two-week-old military offensive in the Gaza Strip to pressure Palestinians to release a captured Israeli soldier, said it didn't know how badly top Palestinian fugitive Mohammed Deif was hurt or where he was taken. Abu Obeideh, spokesman for Hamas' military wing, said Deif was "in good health and in a good place," but offered no further details. He warned that the attack would "change all standards, opening new options that never have been used." more... | Israel | Islam | | |
| Shalom Sends Warning To Government In Damascus (July 12, 2006) - Likud MK Silvan Shalom responded to events in the north by Saying Wednesday that, "We can't have a situation in Lebanon where there is peace and quiet on one side and our soldiers are living in bunkers on the other. We have to disarm Hizbullah. All the weapons that are being used come through Damascus. Damascus must know that we cannot tolerate this. "We must act immediately, said Shalom. | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | | |
| Israeli Strike Changes Rules Of Battle: Militants (July 12, 2006) - The armed wing of Palestinian governing movement Hamas has vowed a "painful and strong" reaction to Israel's fatal bombing of a house belonging to one of its leaders. At least six Palestinians were killed, including two children, when an F-16 jet demolished Nabil Abu Salenyeh's house in Sheikh Redwan, north of Gaza City. Around 30 people were wounded in the attack, with reports saying one or several Hamas political or military leaders were in the house at the time. "Our reaction to this massacre will be painful and strong for the Zionists and we will make the enemy leadership sorry for their crime," the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades said in a statement. "This new crime is a changing point in the rules of the battle. "We will choose the rules of the game in the coming period. "Our message to the Zionists is that your leaders are leading you to violence from which no one will be safe and when they target civilians, they decided for you to be the target of our resistance." more... | Israel | Islam | | |
| Hezbollah Captures 2 Israeli Soldiers (July 12, 2006) - Israeli warplanes and gunboats struck a Palestinian guerrilla base 10 miles south of Beirut late Wednesday, Lebanese security officials said, in the closest raid to the Lebanese capital since fighting erupted in southern Lebanon after guerrillas captured two Israeli soldiers. Warplanes flew over the Naameh base in the hills overlooking the Mediterranean, about 10 miles (16 kilometers) south of Beirut. Gunboats sailed facing the position, and explosions rang out across the area. The base is run by the Syrian-backed Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command and was a frequent target of Israeli attacks in the past. The latest attack comes after Israeli warplanes pounded more than 30 targets in southern Lebanon and Israeli leaders promised Lebanon a painful response for the capture of the soldiers. more... | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | | |
| U.S. Blames Syria, Iran For Kidnappings (July 12, 2006) - The United States blamed Syria and Iran on Wednesday for the kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers by Hezbollah militants and an eruption of violence along the southern border of Lebanon. The White House called for the immediate and unconditional release of the two soldiers. "We condemn in the strongest terms Hezbollah's unprovoked attack on Israel and the kidnapping of the two Israeli soldiers," National Security Council spokesman Frederick Jones said as President Bush flew here for a visit. He said Hezbollah had also launched unprovoked rocket attacks on civilian targets in Israel as part of its offensive. | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | America | | |
| PM Olmert declares Hizbullah attack 'act of war' by Lebanon (July 12, 2006) - 17 days after IDF soldier Gilad Shalit was abducted in Gaza, a second front opened on Israel's northern border when, in the cover of barrages of Katyusha rockets and mortar shells, Hizbullah kidnapped two soldiers. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert declared the attack as an "act of war" and not terror. During a press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi Wednesday afternoon, he called it an unprovoked assault by a sovereign nation and held Lebanon, where Hizbullah has a minister in the government, fully responsible. "Israel's response will be restrained but very, very, very painful," Olmert added. more... | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | | |
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The Messiah (July
11, 2006) - The Messianic
Age is the focus of the entire Creation. The arrival of the Messiah is a
fundamental belief in Judaism. This yearning gives Jews all over the world
hope concerning the ultimate future of mankind. They look with a seasoned eye
at the irrational oppressions and insults by so many nations around them,
noting in their heart that these nations will eventually be confounded and
confronted. Awaiting the Messiah gives Jews great optimism knowing that, in
the end, they will be vindicated. Through His prophets, God promised better
days for the Jewish People. He will surely keep His Word, regardless of the
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| Thousands March In Damascus In Solidarity With Palestinians (July 11, 2006) - Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched in the Syrian capital Monday in a government-sanctioned protest to support Palestinians in the Gaza Strip under attack following last month's capture of an Israeli soldier. The crowds jammed Yousef al-Azma Square in central Damascus and several streets leading into it, waving Syrian flags and holding pictures of weeping Palestinian children. The protest came a few hours before top Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal, whom Israel and the U.S. have accused of masterminding the soldier's June 25 capture, was expected to speak about the latest developments in his first news conference since the incident. Protester Azzam Sulaiman, a 20-year-old Syrian student, said the Palestinians should step up action against Israel. "I urge Hamas and the Palestinian factions to capture more soldiers and not to release the captive until our prisoners are out," he said. Some protesters pledged their lives for the Palestinian cause. "The students of Syria are ready to sacrifice themselves for you Palestine," read one banner. more... | Israel | Islam | |
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Hamas
supreme leader Khaled Meshaal: Israeli soldier Gilead Shalit will not be
returned until all Palestinian prisoners freed from Israeli jails
(July 10, 2006)
- At a news conference in Damascus Monday, July 10, Meshaal complained
the whole world is concerned with the fate of a single Israeli soldier
and not with the fate of millions of Palestinians. Noam Shalit, whose
son was snatched from an army post on Israeli territory June 25 appeals
to the Israeli government to make every effort to rescue Gilead before
“any change of rules in the regional game.”
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Olmert: No
negotiations with governing Hamas, no Palestinian prisoners will be released
to Hamas in trade for Corporal Shalit
(July 10, 2006) - Khaled Meshaal is a
terrorist with blood on his hands, said the Israeli prime minister at a news
conference with foreign correspondents. He lashed out against European
critics of Israel’s Gaza offensive, asking: When was the last time the
European Union condemned the daily Palestinian rocket attacks from Gaza
against Israel? Israel’s operation will go on indefinitely until the soldier
is freed and missile fire ends, said Olmert.
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Seems that neither side are
interested in negotiations. I can't imagine this getting any better with
time except if some great diplomat steps in and unexpectedly changes the
situation.
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Israeli Research Paves the Way to Grow Crops in Saline Land (July
10, 2006) - Israeli researchers from
Haifa University's Institute of Evolution have isolated a gene that
withstands salinity - meaning a great increase in the amount of worldwide
land available for agriculture. Prof. Evyatar Nevo, director of the
Institute, told David Brinn of
Israel 21c.org
that the new research "will contribute to a significant increase in the
amount of arable land available for agriculture." Of the earth's 57 million
square miles of land, only about 12 million (21%) can be used for growing
crops - and that amount is diminishing by 1% every three years. The new
research will make it possible to grow plants and crops in saline earth -
land that has been affected by too much salt in soil or in irrigation water.
Brinn reports that modern methods of irrigation and fertilization of crops
have caused much of the arable lands around the world to become saline.
Prof. Nevo's team studied fungi in the Dead Sea, which is ten times more
salty than the oceans. "We became interested in the fungi's genetic
resources," Nevo said, "[asking] what made them thrive in the salty Dead
Sea." more... |
Technology |
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amazed with some of the technical innovations coming out of Israel. See the
Israel 21c.org link in the article for more.
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Ahmadinejad: Conditions for Removal of Israel Are at Hand (July
9, 2006) - Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, clearing up any
ambiguity in previous calls to “wipe Israel off the map,” now used an Arabic
word for the removal of body hair to describe his plans for Israel. “All the
conditions for the removal of the Zionist regime are at hand,” Ahmadinejad
told an Arab Conference of Iraqi Neighbors meeting Saturday. For the first
time, he employed the Arabic word ezaleh, which is used to describe the
irreversible removal of body hairs or a woman’s virginity. “Nations in the
region will be more furious every day. It won’t take long before the wrath
of the people turns into a terrible explosion that will wipe the Zionist
entity off the map,” Ahmadinejad told the foreign ministers of Jordan,
Syria, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Turkey, Bahrain and Egypt. The heads of the
Arab League and the Islamic Conference were also present, in addition to a
special United Nations representative. None of the foreign ministers
present, including Jordan, Egypt or Turkey – commonly regarded as Israel’s
friends in the Arab/Muslim world - objected to the call for annihilation.
Instead, the following statement was issued: “The Arab foreign ministers
participating in today's Tehran meeting expressed their strong condemnation
of this continuing and increasing aggression against the Palestinian
people." more... |
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don't see the talk decreasing, instead it seems that all the Gog/Magog
players are mentioned here headed by the President of Persia, Iran. The
alliances are all present and the talk is there too. All that's missing is
the action fulfilling
Ezekiel 38,39.
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'Remove' Israel, Iran calls (July 9, 2006) - IRANIAN President Mahmoud Ahmadinejed called on Islamic countries Saturday to mobilize against Israel and "remove" the "Zionist regime". "The basic problem in the Islamic world is the existence of the Zionist regime, and the Islamic world and the region must mobilize to remove this problem," the president said at the opening of a two-day regional conference on security in Iraq. "Today there is a strong will... to remove the Zionist regime and implement a legal Palestinian regime all over Palestine. The continued survival of this regime (Israel) means nothing but suffering for the region," Mr. Ahmadinejad said. "The biggest threat today for the region is the existence of the fake Zionist regime," he added, before going on to attack Israel's supporters. more... | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | It's pretty clear that Ahmadinejad meant what he said about wiping Israel off the map. While they won't ever be wiped off the map, the Bible says that 2/3 of Israel will be killed Zechariah 13:8,9 and talks about what happens to the rest as they are protected for 3 1/2 years. Revelation 12:14
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Iran: IDF Strikes Will Bring Islamic 'Explosion' (July 8, 2006) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned on Friday that continued Israeli strikes against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip could lead to an "explosion" in the Islamic world that would target Israel and its supporters in the West. Again, Ahmadinejad questioned Israel's right to exist. "This is a fake regime ... it won't be able to survive. I think the only way (forward) is that those who created it (the West) take it away themselves," the president told a rally in Teheran in support of Palestinians. | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam |
| Army Source: Hamas' Gloves Are Off (July 7, 2006) - Political echelon promises extremely harsh response to Qassam fired at Ashekelon Tuesday, but military sources admit that complexity of situation, fact that Palestinians hold kidnapped soldier do not leave 'much room for maneuvers'; comprehensive ground operation waiting for cabinet's approval. The political-security cabinet is expected to meet Wednesday morning to discuss the new situation which has unfolded since Tuesday, when a Qassam rocket for the first time crossed the red line and landed in the center of Ashkelon. Diplomatic sources in Jerusalem told Ynet that very harsh response is expected following the incident. Defense Minister Air Peretz ordered the Israel Defense Forces to increase the pace and intensity of military operations following Operation Summer Rain in Gaza, and said that the operation had two goals: To return kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit and the removal of the Qassam threat. more... | Israel | Islam | | |
| Iran's President Warns Israel on Continuing Attacks in Gaza (July 7, 2006) - Iran's hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned on Friday that continued Israeli strikes against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip could lead to an "explosion" in the Islamic world that would target Israel and its supporters in the West. Again, Ahmadinejad questioned Israel's right to exist. "This is a fake regime ... it won't be able to survive. I think the only way (forward) is that those who created it (the West) take it away themselves," the president told a rally in Tehran in support of Palestinians. Twenty-four Palestinians and one Israeli soldier have been killed in fighting since the Israeli army began invading northern Gaza on Thursday. | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | | |
| Israelis Resume Gaza Air Strikes - Tightens its Grip on Gaza (July 7, 2006) - Israel has consolidated its hold on the northern Gaza Strip, with air strikes in which at least three Palestinian militants have been killed. It followed the worst day of violence since Israeli forces entered Gaza over a soldier's capture. Twenty-two Palestinians and an Israeli died. Israel's operations are the biggest since it withdrew from Gaza last year. Meanwhile an Israeli minister suggested that if the soldier was released some Palestinian prisoners could go free. A spokesman quoted Public Security Minister Avi Dichter as saying that Israel "knows how to carry out a release of prisoners as a goodwill gesture". Until now Israel has said it will not negotiate a prisoner swap, originally suggested by Islamic militants Hamas as a solution to the crisis. Earlier Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya called for international intervention to stop the Israeli offensive. Mr Haniya, who belongs to Hamas, called it a "crime against humanity". He said the Israeli push was "a desperate effort to undermine the Palestinian government under the pretext of a search for the missing soldier". more... | Israel | Islam | | |
| Inside Iran: Signs of the Apocalypse (July 7, 2006) - Whether it is his belief that Israel should be wiped off the map, denials of the Holocaust, obsession with going nuclear, or support for radical Islamic terrorist groups, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is a man on a divine mission. To understand him and that mission, you have to travel to a small dusty village called Jamkaran that is tucked into a corner of Iran's holy city of Qom. On a recent Tuesday afternoon, CBN News made that journey, heading south from Iran's capital of Tehran. Some 95 miles and a couple of wrong turns later, we arrived at the Jamkaran mosque on the outskirts of Qom. Behind the Jamkaran mosque, there is a well. And according to many Shiite Muslims, out of this well will one day emerge their version of an Islamic savior. They call him the Mahdi, or the 12th Imam. Ron Cantrell has written a book about him. "The Mahdi is a personage that is expected to come on the scene, by Islam, as a messiah figure. He is slotted to come at the end of time, according to their writings -- very much like how we think of the return of Jesus," said Cantrell. Cantrell said the Mahdi, a descendent of the Prophet Mohammed, vanished in the middle of the 9th century. No one knows what he really looks like. "The 12th Imam disappeared around the age of 9,” said Cantrell, “with a promise that he would return and bring Islam to its total fruition, as the world's last standing religion." Enter Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Since becoming the president of Iran in August 2005, Ahmadinejad has emerged as the Mahdi's most influential follower. “He has stated that his mandate is to pave the way for the coming of this Islamic messiah," Cantrell explained. In almost all his speeches, the president begs Allah to hasten the return of the Mahdi. And apparently, Ahmadinejad has also drawn up plans for the road that the Mahdi will take when he returns. Cantrell said, "...that will actually serve as the red carpet rolled out in Iran for the Mahdi to appear." And if all this wasn't mystical enough, there is also the belief that when the Mahdi comes back, he will be accompanied by Jesus Christ, who is referred to as the prophet Isa. "The Mahdi will take Jesus to Mecca,” Cantrell explained. “They will circumambulate the Kabah together. The Mahdi will teach Jesus to pray, at which time Jesus will then replace the Gospel with the Koran, and then all of us -- as Christians -- wherever you are on the face of the Earth, will convert to Islam because Islam will be deemed the one lasting pure religion." more... | Iran | Israel | Islam | | |
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PA Has Declared War on Israel (July 7,
2006) - The Hamas Authority minister, Said Siyam, ordered his
security forces last night to fight back against the Israeli invasion.
Moshe Negbi, who is generally known for his extreme left-wing views,
said that this may be considered as a declaration of war against
Israel. Speaking on Israel Radio this afternoon, Negbi agreed that PA
Chairman Abu Mazen (Fatah), and even Hamas prime minister Abu Haniyeh,
had distanced themselves from the order, "but this is not enough. They
must fully rescind the order in order for it to be nullified." The
interior ministry spokesman, Abu Hilal, announced last night that PA
policemen and security forces had been ordered to open fire against
IDF soldiers in Gaza. This was the first time PA officials had openly
ordered official PA forces to shoot at IDF soldiers. At the very
least, Negbi said, the declaration - which was later denied by the PA
- can be viewed as having nullified the Oslo Agreements of 1993.
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| U.N. Council Rebukes Israeli Operation (July 7, 2006) - The U.N. Human Rights Council on Thursday deplored Israel's military operations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip as breaching international humanitarian law and voted to send a fact-finding mission to the region. By a vote of 29-11 with five abstentions, the council approved the resolution proposed by the 57-member Organization of the Islamic Conference after it was amended to suggest the Palestinians also had a responsibility to refrain from violence against civilians. "It is absolutely unacceptable" that the resolution only names Israel, Israeli Ambassador Itzhak Levanon told The Associated Press. "Obviously this resolution isn't evenhanded. It's not equitable and it's not balanced. Everybody knows that. Even those that voted in favor, they did this for political reasons." Switzerland had earlier proposed amendments saying armed Palestinian groups also should be called to account in the resolution. But the council accepted instead a more vague Islamic conference amendment that "urges all concerned parties to respect the rules of international humanitarian law, to refrain from violence against the civilian population and to treat under all circumstances all detained combatants and civilians in accordance with the Geneva Conventions." more... | Israel | Islam | EU/UN | | |
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Gaza militants pledge bloody fight with Israel (July
6, 2006) - Palestinian militants
battling Israeli troops in the streets of northern Gaza threatened a
long and bloody campaign on Thursday as Israeli forces pushed deeper
into the coastal strip. "We are ready to fight for as long as it
takes and die as martyrs," said a bearded, 25-year-old fighter who
gave his name as Abu al-Bara, taking a break from the clashes with
Israeli troops, who were sent into northern Gaza to curb rocket
fire. Abu al-Bara said many young men had joined his group, a small
faction that is part of the Popular Resistance Committees, and
suicide bombers were preparing to carry out attacks. "We are
Muslims, our God will protect us," he said, crouching in an alleyway
off the streets of Atatrah with two other uniformed fighters as
Israeli helicopters flew above. At least two militants were killed
in Atatrah on Thursday and several others injured, including an
armed man who dashed into a house that was hit moments later by a
missile fired from an Israeli drone. A total of 12 Palestinians were
killed in the fighting on Thursday. Doctors said at least 8 of them
were civilians. more... |
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IDF Raises Alert On Syrian Border
(July
5, 2006) -
The IDF has raised the level of
alert along the northern border with Syria out of fear that
President Bashar Assad would launch a strike against Israel in
response to a recent IAF buzz of his palace. Syrian military forces,
IDF officers confirmed Tuesday, have also gone on high alert, and
the assumption in the IDF is that Assad would order a harsh military
response if Israel decided to take additional steps against Damascus
in relation to the kidnapping of Cpl. Gilad Shalit in the Gaza
Strip. The type of response is unknown at this stage, but officers
said it could be a missile strike on IDF installations or
communities in the North. Another possibility, military sources
said, is that Syria would use its proxy - the Hizbullah in Lebanon -
to launch an attack against Israel in its place. Prime Minister Ehud
Olmert on Tuesday issued a veiled threat against Syria, vowing to
strike "those who sponsor" the terrorists in the Gaza Strip who
abducted Shalit. Speaking at a business conference in Beersheba,
Olmert said he had ordered the IDF to push forward with efforts "to
strike terrorists and those who sent them and those who sponsor
them," an apparent reference to Syria. "None of them will be
immune."
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Hamas rocket attack 'act of war'
(July
5, 2006) -
A Hamas rocket fired yesterday at a
high school in a southern Israeli town is viewed by top military
echelon here as an "act of war" that will be met with an escalated
operation in the Gaza Strip, a senior defense official told
WorldNetDaily today. The rocket was the first ever to land in
central Ashkelon, a town of 120,000 residents that is home to
Israel's main electric supply station and critical gas and oil
pipelines. The rocket, an updated version of the Palestinian Qassam
missile, was launched by militants only a fifth of a mile from
Israeli ground troop concentrations stationed in Gaza. Critics of
former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's evacuation last summer
of the Gaza Strip had warned the retreat eventually would place
Ashkelon under Palestinian rocket fire. Sharon then had stated
rockets fired at the strategic town would result in an
"unprecedented Israeli military response." Terrorist leaders in Gaza
told WND today their groups have the ability to regularly bombard
Ashkelon. They warned longer-range Qassam missiles will be fired at
Israeli towns near Gaza in the near future. The statements follow a
WorldNetDaily exclusive interview in which Abu Abdullah, a
leader of Hamas' so-called military wing, stated his group is
developing electronically guided missiles. The Qassam rocket
yesterday hit Ashkelon's Ronson High School at about 7 p.m.
Jerusalem time, causing damage but no casualties even though many
parents and children were in the vicinity during the attack to
register for the coming school year.
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Israeli Aircraft Attack Interior Ministry In Gaza (July
5, 2006) - Israeli missiles tore through the
Palestinian Interior Ministry building in Gaza on Wednesday as Israel kept
up nightly air attacks to pressure militants to release an abducted soldier.
The air strike, which wounded at least three people, was launched hours
after militants from the governing Hamas movement fired a rocket into a
major Israeli city for the first time, an attack that deepened a 10-day-old
crisis. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was meeting with top security
officials and might order stronger military action in Gaza in response to
the attack on the coastal city of Ashkelon, officials said.
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Olmert Issues Veiled Threat Against Syria (July
4, 2006) - Palestinian militants hit
an Israeli city with a rocket from Gaza for the first time on Tuesday,
causing no casualties but drawing a pledge of harsh retaliation from Israel
while it was already in the midst of a military offensive. Prime Minister
Ehud Olmert called the rocket fire on the coastal city of Ashkelon a "major
escalation," coming just hours after a deadline set by the militants holding
an Israeli soldier passed with Israel rejecting demands to release about
1,500 Palestinian prisoners. The militants said they would not harm
19-year-old Cpl. Gilad Shalit — if he is still alive. But they warned they
would provide no further information about him, leaving his condition
unclear. Early Wednesday, Israeli aircraft struck the Palestinian Interior
Ministry in Gaza for the second time in a week, the military said. Witnesses
said missiles hit the main structure again and damaged a building next to
the ministry which has been used since the first attack. Rescue workers said
two people were wounded. more... |
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Israel Warns Of "Long War" (July
4, 2006) -
Israel warned the governing Palestinian faction Hamas that the "sky
will fall on them" if they harm a captured soldier after a deadline passed
on Tuesday for the Jewish state to accept a prisoner exchange. While Israeli
tanks and infantry massed along the Gaza Strip's northern border for a
threatened ground incursion, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said the campaign to
free Corporal Gilad Shalit could turn into "a long war." Three Palestinian
factions, among them the Hamas armed wing, pulled out of negotiations with
Egyptian mediators trying to end the standoff over Shalit, a Hamas political
leader said. more... |
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Assad Steps Up Support For Palestinians (July
3, 2006) - Syrian President says his
country stands shoulder-to-shoulder with Palestinians amid soldier crisis.
DAMASCUS - President Bashar al-Assad renewed
Syria's support for the Palestinians on Monday in the heat of a military
escalation sparked by the capture of an Israeli soldier by Palestinian
militants. "Syria stands shoulder-to-shoulder with the Palestinian people in
their crisis and faced with Israeli repression," Assad told the country's
highest political body, the state news agency SANA reported. "Israel's
aggressive stand and its unjust accusations against (Palestinian) national
forces serve to increase our commitment to Arab rights," he said in a first
reaction to the crisis triggered by the June 25 capture of the soldier.
Chairing a meeting of the National Progressive Front, Assad pointed to
"Syria's efforts to support the Palestinian people and bring about the
success of the national dialogue between the different Palestinian
factions".
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Peretz: Syria Responsible For Shalit's Fate (July
3, 2006) - Defense Minister Amir
Peretz said Monday that Israel held Syria responsible for the fate of Cpl.
Gilad Shalit. "We suggest that (Syrian President Bashar) Assad, who is
trying to close his eyes, open his eyes because he is responsible," said
Peretz at a Labor faction meeting in the Knesset adding, "we will know how
to strike those who are involved."
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Israel Says No Negotiations On Soldier (July
3, 2006) - Three
Palestinian militant groups that captured an Israeli soldier demanded Monday
that 1,500 Palestinian prisoners start being released in less than 24 hours,
implying that he would be killed, but Israel said it would not
negotiate. "There will be no negotiations to release prisoners," the office
of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said in a statement that held the
Palestinians' ruling Hamas party responsible for the safe return of Cpl.
Gilad Shalit. Also, Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz told Syria on
Monday that he held it responsible for the fate of a captured Israeli
soldier. "We will know how to strike those who are involved," Peretz said.
Israel made good on its promise to continue its military offensive until the
soldier was freed, firing artillery shells and missiles into the coastal
strip and massing troops and tanks along the Gaza-Israel border.
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Palestinian Militants Issue Ultimatum To Israel (July
3, 2006) - Palestinian militants who abducted
an Israeli soldier gave Israel less than 24 hours on Monday to meet their
demands to release Palestinian prisoners, threatening unspecified
consequences if it refused. "If the enemy does not agree to our humanitarian
demands ... we will regard this case as closed," said "Military Communique
3," issued by the armed wing of the governing Hamas movement and two other
factions. "We give the Zionist enemy until 6 a.m. (0300 GMT) tomorrow,
Tuesday, the fourth of July," the statement said. In previous communiques,
the groups called on Israel, as a first stage, to release some 400
Palestinian women and youths in its prisons in return for information about
Corporal Gilad Shalit, abducted in a June 25 raid launched from Gaza.
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Hamas Threatens Attacks In Israel (July
3, 2006) -
The
military wing of the governing Palestinian party, Hamas, has said it will
attack targets inside Israel if Israel does not end its Gaza offensive.
However, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has ordered his military to
intensify its action there. Hours later Israeli aircraft hit buildings in
Gaza City, which the military said were used by militants. Israel launched
its assault on Tuesday night, to try to free a 19-year-old soldier captured
a week ago. Palestinian government buildings, bridges, a school, a
university and a power plant have been hit in Israeli air strikes. "I have
given instructions to intensify the strength of action by the army and
security services, to hunt down these terrorists, those who send them... and
those who harbour them," Mr Olmert was quoted by Reuters news agency as
telling his cabinet. more... |
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Key Gaza Goods Crossing To Be Reopened On Sunday For Urgent Aid (July
2, 2006) -
Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz decided
on Saturday to reopen the Karni goods crossing on the Gaza-Israel border as
of Sunday in order to facilitate the transfer of urgent humanitarian aid.
Peretz also decided to allow 150 trucks carrying staple foodstuff and
medicine to pass through Karni every day for the next four days starting
from Sunday. In addition, the minister ordered to open a key gas depot to
ease the severe fuel shortage in the Gaza Strip since the Israeli army
launched a broad ground offensive into the desert coastal strip on early
Wednesday to free a soldier kidnapped by Palestinian militants. The Karni
crossing, Gaza's main cargo terminal, has been closed along with other
crossings since June 25 when Palestinian militants mounted a deadly attack
on an Israeli army post near the Gaza border, killing two Israeli soldiers
and kidnapping a third.
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EU President Calls On Israel To Free Palestinian Officials
(July 2, 2006)
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Israel should release detained
Palestinian officials and the Palestinian side should free immediately an
Israeli soldier, said Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen on Saturday,
whose country has just assumed the European Union (EU)'s rotating
presidency. In an interview with
Germany's Die Welt newspaper, Vanhanen urged the Palestinian militants
to immediately release the Israeli solider captured during a predawn attack
on an Israeli outpost near Gaza border on Sunday. Israel retaliated by
sending troops into the Gaza region, launching airstrikes and arresting
Palestinian officials. Vanhanen said Israel must halt its military
operations, free the Palestinian ministers and members of parliament and
stop destroying civilian infrastructure in the Palestinian territories. He
stressed that negotiation is the only way to solve the problem.
Finland took over from
Austria the rotating presidency of the 25-member EU on Saturday.
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Thousands In Indonesia Protest Israel Gaza Actions
(July 2, 2006)
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Thousands of Indonesian Muslims rallied in front of the heavily fortified
U.S. embassy in Jakarta on Sunday, condemning Israeli military actions in
the Gaza Strip. Members of Indonesia's Prosperous Justice Party (PKS),
chanted "Allahu Akbar" (God is greatest), as they carried banners with
pictures of Sheik Ahmed Yassin, a Hamas leader killed by the Israelis in
2004, and posters saying "Save Palestine." Hamas, whose charter calls for
Israel's destruction, now controls the Palestinian government. Indonesia is
the world's most populous Muslim nation and has no diplomatic relationship
with Israel. Many in the country support the Palestinian cause or are
opposed to U.S. policies in the Middle East, especially the U.S.-led
invasion of Iraq. After Palestinian gunmen, some from the armed wing of
Hamas, seized an Israeli officer in a cross-border raid a week ago, Israeli
troops and tanks entered the southern part of Gaza to clamp down on the
territory. The Indonesian protest, which included many women in white Muslim
dress and headscarves accompanied by their children, was peaceful, but
hundreds of police were on hand to maintain order.
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Threatens To Hit Damascus
(July 1, 2006)
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Israel holds Khaled Mashal, the leader of Hamas' Syrian branch, responsible
for the abduction of two Israeli soldiers and wants Syria to expel
Palestinian leaders from the country. Israel threatened to kill Hamas
militants based in Damascus. Al-Jazeera television said Public Security
Minister Avi Dichter claimed they knew the locations of HAMAS and Islamic
Jihad leaders in Syria and will not hesitate to kill them. Justice Minister
Chaim Ramon said, “The leader of Al Qaeda, Meshal is a terrorist of the
worst kind, and the international community must exert pressure on Syrian
President Bashar al-Assad to expel Meshal from Syria.” Ramon claimed Meshaal
gave the order for abduction and is now a target for assassination. Syrian
security forces said they tightened the security measures to protect the
HAMAS leader. Israeli army said yesterday they carried out a low-altitude
flight over the palace of Syrian President Bashar Assad in Latakia, in
northwestern Syria. Syrian sources reported that they fired at two Israeli
planes flying over Syrian air space.
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Israel Quiet On Second Kidnap Claim
(July 1, 2006)
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SECOND Israeli soldier has been kidnapped and will be killed unless Israel
ends its military offensive in the Palestinian territories, the radical
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades declared overnight. The armed group, loosely
affiliated to Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's Fatah party, called for
"the end of the Israeli offensive," "the lifting of the blockade" in the
territories, and the "withdrawal (of Israeli troops) from the occupied zones
in the West Bank and Gaza", in a statement . "If our demands are not met,
the Al-Aqsa Brigades will kill the kidnapped soldier," the statement said,
without giving any details of the kidnapping. The soldier was seized in the
West Bank, the group said. They named him as Hoffmann Kfeir Samuel, aged 24,
a resident of Hulul, south of Tel Aviv. There was no immediate Israeli
response to the kidnapping claim. The group also demanded the release of
Hamas ministers and deputies seized by Israeli forces following the earlier
kidnapping of 19-year-old army corporal Gilad Shalit, along with the release
of "all the other detained Palestinians".
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Murderer Israel, Get out of Palestine, Chanted Thousands of Turks in
Istanbul Friday
(July 1, 2006)
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Thousands of angry Turks burned an Israeli flag Friday and chanted
"Murderer Israel, Get out of Palestine!" to protest Israel's offensive
into the Gaza Strip. Hundreds of women, wearing black chadors or covering
their heads with Islamic-style head scarves, carried Palestinian flags and
banners which read: "Israel is burning Palestine." Police said about 5,000
people participated in the protest outside Istanbul's Bayazid Mosque. Prime
Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he has contacted Palestinian authorities
in an effort to help end the crisis over Israel's offensive, which was
launched following the kidnapping of an Israeli soldier on Sunday. Turkey
has friendly ties with both fellow Muslim Palestinians and Israel. Israeli
occupation terrorist air force has struck more than 30 targets in Gaza -
including the Palestinian Interior Ministry - while thousands of Israeli
soldiers backed by tanks have taken up positions in the southern part of the
strip.
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Jordan Condemns Israeli Gaza offensive
(July 1, 2006)
- Jordan on
Thursday condemned the ongoing Israeli massive ground offensive in the Gaza
Strip. Jordanian government spokesman Nasser Judeh said that Jordan was
upset by the continuation of the Israeli military operation against the
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, slamming it as "a collective punishment."
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Thousands In Egypt Rally For Palestinians (July 1, 2006) - Several thousand protesters at one of Cairo's main mosques called Friday for holy war against Israel to help the Palestinians in their conflict with the Jewish state. more... | Israel | Islam | | |
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Iran Condemns 'Zionists' Crimes In Palestine (July 1, 2006) - Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid-Reza Asefi said Friday that 'Zionist' regime's recent aggressions on the Palestinian occupied lands stem from its international isolation, IRNA reported. more... | Israel | Islam | | |
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Israel warns: free soldier or PM dies (July 1, 2006) - ISRAEL last night threatened to assassinate Palestinian Prime Minister Ismael Haniyeh if Hamas militants did not release a captured Israeli soldier unharmed. The unprecedented warning was delivered to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in a letter as Israel debated a deal offered by Hamas to free Corporal Gilad Shalit. It came as Israeli military officials readied a second invasion force for a huge offensive into Gaza. Hamas's Gaza-based political leaders, including Mr Haniyeh, had already gone into hiding. But last night's direct threat to kill Mr Haniyeh, a democratically elected head of state, sharply raised the stakes. more... | Israel | Islam | |
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IDF Escalates Gaza Operation, Strikes PA Interior Ministry
By Haviv Rettig and Yaakov Katz, The Jerusalem Post & AP
(June 30, 2006)
- Hours after Prime Minister Ehud Olmert put the brakes on a massive ground
incursion into northern Gaza, Israel Air Force fighter jets struck close to
a dozen targets before dawn Friday [June 30] hitting the Palestinian
Authority Interior Ministry and a Fatah office in Gaza City. Missiles also
struck a Hamas training camp on the outskirts of the city. Other targets hit
by missiles included a Kassam rocket production warehouse affiliated with
the Fatah-backed Aksa Martyrs' Brigades. An Israel Defense Forces [IDF]
statement said that the strikes would continue as long as Hamas terrorists
refused to release kidnapped IDF soldier Cpl. Gilad Shalit, taken hostage on
Sunday [June 25] during a terror attack on his IDF outpost near the Kerem
Shalom crossing. IDF artillery cannons also pounded Kassam launch sites
overnight Friday [June 30]. Since the beginning of the current Gaza campaign
called "Operation Summer Rains" the IDF has fired over 400 artillery shells.
The IDF said the attack on Interior Minister Said Siyam's offices in Gaza
City was caused by its being used as "a meeting place to plan and direct
terror activity." There were no reports of casualties in any of the
late-night attacks. Cpt. Jacob Dallal of the IDF Spokesperson's Unit told
The Jerusalem Post that the operation's purpose was simple: "To gain the
release of Cpl. Gilad Shalit." According to Dallal, the strikes would be
"ongoing," though the operation was being done "in a calibrated, studied
fashion," the IDF "has many means at our disposal" for escalating the
attacks. "We hope that this will work and that he will be freed as soon as
possible," Dallal concluded. Also early Friday [June 30], IDF troops in
southern Gaza noticed several Palestinians approaching an IDF position with
an anti-tank rocket launcher. Troops fired at the cell, causing them to
flee. According to the IDF Spokesperson's Unit, two of the attackers were
believed to be wounded, but all managed to escape. The details of the
incident were still being investigated.
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| Arabs Back Syria After Israeli Flyover (June 30, 2006) - The flyover by Israeli warplanes that buzzed President Bashar Assad's summer home may have embarrassed Syria, but it also rallied Arab support around Damascus. Even Lebanon's anti-Syrian prime minister, Fuad Saniora, put aside his differences with Assad to send expressions of sympathy to Syria, which has been largely isolated since the Feb. 14, 2005, assassination of Lebanon's former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Jordan, which has a peace treaty with Israel, and Qatar, which has also differed with Syria over the peace process, did the same. "We might not agree with Syria on everything, but the least we could do in these circumstances is to take a clear stance, not (just) talk," Qatari Foreign Minister Sheik Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabr Al Thani said on Al-Jazeera television. It was that kind of attention that Damascus basks in. The reaction was typical of the public Arab response to any Israeli aggression or action against a fellow Arab nation, one that Syria may try to capitalize on to prove it is still a vital player in the region despite efforts to marginalize it since Hariri's slaying. more... | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | This is no great surprise given Bible prophecy. The Gog/Magog invasion of Israel is by several Islamic nations, specifically including Persia (Iran), Central Asia, Russia, Turkey, Sudan, Libya, and other Islamic nations. They're easily embarrased and strike out when they are. Could Syria attack Israel and in retaliation Israel wipes out Damascus as prophecy states? That would bring Iran and all their friends against Israel. We'll see I suppose, but things are certainly heating up literally and figuratively. | |
| Egyptian official to mediate Israel-Hamas deal (June 30, 2006) - Egyptian Intelligence Chief Omar Suleiman was expected to go to Gaza on Friday to discuss an Egyptian compromise that would allow the release of kidnapped soldier Cpl. Gilad Shalit. He was also scheduled to meet with Hamas leader in Damascus Khaled Mashaal, Army Radio reported. Earlier, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak reportedly demanded that Mashaal be expelled from Syria unless he agreed to the compromise that Egypt drafted. | Israel | Islam | | |
| Syria Vows To Defend Itself Against Israel (June 30, 2006) - Syria vowed Thursday to defend itself after Israel threatened to kill Hamas militants based in Damascus and flew warplanes over a Syrian presidential palace. Israel, meanwhile, was on high alert for possible retaliation. Syrian Prime Minister Mohammed Naji Otri said his country was ready to defend itself against the Jewish state. "Syria is capable of defending itself against any aggression," Otri told reporters, slamming Wednesday's overflight during which Damascus said its anti-aircraft gunners opened fire as an "act of piracy." He expressed "surprise at the silence of the international community toward all these Israeli acts and daily aggressions... This is the result of the weakness of the Arabs." more... | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | | |
| Hamas Urges End to Raids (June 30, 2006) - Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh on Friday demanded Israel halt a Gaza offensive if it wanted to free a captured soldier and said the Hamas-led government would not give way to force. Israeli warplanes pounded Gaza, setting ablaze the Interior Ministry offices, on the third day of a military operation aimed at bringing home the army corporal who was seized in a cross-border raid last Sunday. The crisis has sent Israeli-Palestinian relations to new lows and piled more pressure on the Hamas Islamist government, straining under a U.S.-led aid embargo to get it to renounce violence and drop its vow to destroy Israel. more... | Israel | Islam | The hypocracy is astounding from Islam. They've already killed a teenager they kidnapped around the time of the kidnapped soldier. Now that Israel is "not giving way to force" and doing something about their kidnapped citizen, Hamas is whining because they know they can't win alone. Just wait until Gog/Magog! Then the world will know God is. I'm sure it will really tick off the Muslim extremists too, preparing the way for the hatred that will spawn the murder of 2/3 of Israel at the abomination of desolation. | |
| Syria: Israel Made Big Mistake (June 30, 2006) - In first response to Israeli flyover in Syrian skies, Damascus government source says: 'We opened fire and the planes left the area,' adds: 'Israel is making scandalous mistake that is crossing the bounds of logic.' In a first response by Syria to the Israeli Air Force flyover the palace of Syrian President Basher Assad, a government spokesman said: "Two Israeli military planes circled with dawn at a low height, near our shore. The air defense forces opened fire at the planes and they split up and left the area." This was Syria's official version of the event, which was broadcast on Syrian television. In the message, Syria denied any ties or responsibility to the kidnapping of soldier Gilad Shalit in Gaza. "These aggressive operations form a provocation and are unjustified. If their goal is to place responsibility for the kidnapping of the Israeli soldier on the political leadership of Hamas (in Damascus - R.N.) - then Israel is making a scandalous mistake that is crossing the boundaries of logic," the source said. The spokesman tried to evade Syria's responsibility and that of the Hamas leadership in Damascus for the recent kidnappings in Israel. "The operation was carried out by the Palestinian popular Resistance in Gaza and it announced this from there. This is not an operation that can be carried out from remote control," he said. more... | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | Syria's ticked, Israel's clearly sick of it all, and the world is watching with much trepidation. Damascus is prophesied to be destroyed as I quoted from scripture above, and it's all starting to fall into place with this conflict that could easily escalate to the point of prophetic fulfillment. Keep watching! | |
| Syria Support For Hamas Unwavering (June 30, 2006) - Despite increasing pressure from Israel to evict exiled Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal from his operations base in Damascus, Syria said it will continue to back the terrorist organization. "The Israelis know that Hamas' presence in Syria is limited to offices," said a Syrian official who asked to remain anonymous, according to the Reuters news agency. "If they cannot stomach this, then let Hamas leaders return to their homeland. We and Hamas will be pleased," he said. Syrian officials and a member of the Hamas leadership said Thursday that Syria will not abandon its support of the terror group. | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | | |
| Israel on alert for Hezbollah strikes after warning to Syria (June 29, 2006) - Israel was on high alert for possible retaliation after it threatened to kill Hamas militants harboured by the Damascus regime and flew warplanes over Syria's presidential palace. The army said it was bracing for any strikes by the Syrian-backed Lebanese Hezbollah militia, amid international concerns that the escalating crisis between Israel and the Palestinians could spread through the region. "This measure has been taken due to concerns that the Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollah or other organizations will try to trigger an escalation of hostilities by launching border attacks," an army spokeswoman said. Israel was not preparing an offensive but merely preparing its units along the northern border to "be prepared to face any likely scenario," she said. more... | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | | |
| Dennis Ross: We Have Passed the Limit for Negotiations (June 29, 2006) - Former American Middle East advisor Dennis Ross, who was one of the principals behind Arab-Israeli negotiations and the Oslo agreements, said Thursday that the situation has passed the point of negotiations. Ross told Voice of Israel government radio that as much as he believes in talking in order to reach peace, there is no room for negotiations following the latest escalation of terror in the Palestinian Authority (PA). He also described PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas as a man with good intentions but too passive to have effect in the present situation. | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | | |
| Hamas Leaders Arrested; Israeli Executed (June 29, 2006) - Israeli forces arrested nearly one-third of the Hamas-led Palestinian Cabinet and 20 lawmakers early Thursday and pressed their incursion into Gaza, responding to the abduction of one of its soldiers. Israeli warplanes also buzzed the summer home of Syria's president, accused by Israel of harboring the hard-line Hamas leaders its blames for masterminding the kidnapping. Palestinian witnesses told The Associated Press that Israeli tanks and bulldozers entered northern Gaza before daybreak Thursday, adding a second front to the Israeli action in Gaza that began early Wednesday when thousands of Israeli troops crossed into southern Gaza. The Israeli military denied it moved into northern Gaza. Adding to the tension, a Palestinian militant group said it killed an 18-year-old Jewish settler kidnapped in the West Bank. Israeli security officials said Eliahu Asheri's body was found buried near Ramallah. They said he was shot in the head, apparently soon after he was abducted on Sunday. more... | Israel | Islam | | |
| Rabbis to Bush: Don't back West Bank withdrawal (June 29, 2006) - A group of prominent rabbis is calling on President Bush to refuse political and financial support for Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's plan to evacuate most of Judea and Samaria, stating the withdrawal is against U.S. interests, and that it violates basic tenets of Jewish law. "U.S. interests are being impacted by Israel's proposed retreat from terrorist strongholds in Judea and Samaria. In addition, as rabbis our obligation is to teach, guide, and lead our congregations to conduct their daily lives in accordance with Jewish Law. This holds especially true in a matter of life or death threatening the residents of Israel," stated a letter sent to Bush and signed by leaders of the Rabbinical Congress for Peace, a coalition of over 1200 rabbinic leaders and pulpit rabbis. more... | Israel | | |
| Palestinian Group Claims to Have Launched Chemical Warhead at Israel (June 29, 2006) - According to a communiqué issued by the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades in Palestine today, June 29, 2006, the group claims to have launched this morning a rocket containing a chemical warhead at the southern Israeli city of Sderot, near the Gaza Strip. They state that the chemicals will be airborne and enter the bodies of the "Zionists" either by inhalation or when the substances touch the skin, causing a "state of continuous horror, terror and undoubted death" amongst the populous. This operation was conducted within a "holy patriotic calling" and the group adds that the "racist policy" of the Israeli government must be revised and leaders must think a "thousand times before they commit any dumb adventure". The al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades in Palestine claimed in a statement from June 27, 2006, that they had developed twenty types of biological and chemical weapons, and would not hesitate to use them against continued Israeli aggression against Palestinians. | Gog/Magog | Israel | Islam | I can see that using weapons like this could push Israel to attack with great force those who did it. We're seeing how aggressive Israel is being over their kidnapped soldier, imagine a chemical attack. | |
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Diplomatic Solution Possible in Gaza - Opportunity to Post a Prayer
for Kidnapped Soldier (June
29, 2006) -
Israel delays a ground invasion of
the northern Gaza strip. Hamas, early Friday (in Israel), reportedly
agreed to a conditional release. According to a report by AP,
Israel delayed moving ground forces into the northern Gaza strip on
Thursday, in hopes that a diplomatic solution might be reached with
Palestinian militants, who kidnapped an Israeli soldier earlier this
week. There were reportedly "positive results" early Friday, (Israeli
time), in the development of a conditional release of the soldier,
however Israel had not yet agreed to the terms. Last Sunday,
Palestinian militants kidnapped 19-year-old Cpl. Gilad Shalit, who was
serving in the Israeli army. While Gilad's family anxiously awaits his
release, the Jerusalem Post has made it possible to post a note
of encouragement and prayer for the family. If you would like to do
so,
CLICK HERE.
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New Week
Dawning Herb
Peters (June 27, 2006) - It's hard
for me to believe what I'm doing. I'm actually reporting about the dawning of
a new week over Western Europe and the Mediterranean Basin. And, if you think
that I'm embellishing the importance of the European Union's next seven-year
budget term, take a look at the results from this Google
2007-2013. As far as we students of prophecies are concerned,
we're most interested in how, if at all, this coming seven-year period will
affect Israel -- the nation at ground zero of Bible prophecy. And, what's so
amazing to me, this coming seven-year period will clearly have a profound
impact on whatever happens in these end-times to Israel. Naturally, this
brings up a very serious question. Could this coming seven-year period
actually be the dawning of Israel's final, 70th week (Daniel 9: 24, 27)? But,
before we try to answer our question, let's first take a look back at some of
the events that have already happened that could be a fulfillment of prophecy.
And, as we add events to our list, let's ask ourselves this question: What are
the odds of another?
This is basically where I left off in my book. And, as amazing as all the events listed above where, I knew that if I saw something else happened, what I was reporting may become the biggest story since the first advent of Christ -- that is, until Christ returns. That, of course, will be the biggest story ever. more... | Israel | EU/UN | NewWorldOrder | Temple Mount | | |
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Israeli Forces Mass Near Gaza (June
27, 2006) - Israeli tanks and troops massed near Gaza on
Tuesday for a threatened offensive against Palestinian militants as the
government said it would target top Hamas leaders if an abducted soldier was
not freed. In northern Gaza, Palestinians blocked roads with dirt and barbed
wire. Militants wielding automatic rifles and anti-tank rockets patrolled
the streets as tensions hit their highest along the frontier since Israel
quit Gaza nearly a year ago. The United States urged Israel to give
diplomacy a chance to win the release of Corporal Gilad Shalit, who was
seized on Sunday by militants who also killed two soldiers in a raid on a
military border post. Israel said leaders of the ruling Hamas movement could
become assassination targets, including the group's supreme leader Khaled
Meshaal who lives in exile in Damascus. Abu Ubaida, a spokesman for Hamas's
armed wing, warned Israel of a "painful" response if its forces re-invaded.
"The enemy will regret the moment they raid Gaza. The price will be so
heavy," said the spokesman, dressed in military fatigues and clutching an
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US Ambassador To Israel: Soldier's Capture Problem Is In Damascus (June
27, 2006) -
The US ambassador to Israel on Tuesday said that the problem behind the
Israeli hostage crisis lay in Damascus, the home of Hamas's exiled political
supreme Khaled Meshaal. Ambassador Richard Jones told reporters in Tel Aviv
when asked about US reaction to the capturing of an Israeli soldier by
Palestinian Resistance on Sunday "The problem is in Damascus and that's
where I think we should focus the world's attention." Three Palestinian
Resistance groups, including the armed wing of the governing Hamas, on
Monday demanded the release of all Palestinian women and children prisoners
as a condition for information about the missing serviceman. The same three
groups claimed a Sunday assault on an army post that left two Israeli
soldiers dead, one captured and four wounded in the deadliest resistance
assault in the area since Israel's retreat of the Gaza Strip last summer.
Meshaal, one of Israel's most wanted men, famously survived a bungled
assassination attempt by Mossad agents who injected him with poison on a
street in the Jordanian capital Amman in 1997. A minister in Israel's
security cabinet also levelled veiled threats against the Damascus-based
Meshaal. Infrastructure minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer told Israeli army
radio "No one implicated in terrorism, particularly Meshaal, can get away
with the least impunity as long as he treads the most extremist line".
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Iran has a defense agreement with Syria that in case of attack on Syria,
Iran must come to their defense. Iran hates Israel and so do the other
Muslim nations. Damascus is prophesied to be a ruinous heap in
Isaiah 17:1-14.
Ezekiel 38:1-7 talks about the players in the Gog/Magog invasion of
Israel and the "hooks into thy jaws" which bring them against Israel along
with Ethiopia, Libya, and more. Could we see Gog/Magog take place as a
result Israel attacking Damascus fulfilling the prophecy of it being a
ruinous heap causing Iran and the rest of the Gog/Magog army to attack?
Something to keep an eye on.
Russia is building a port in Syria, and we already know that China,
Russia, and Iran are pretty cozy.
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Hamas, Fatah Reach Deal On Plan That Implicitly Recognizes Israel (June
27, 2006) - The rival Hamas and Fatah movements
agreed on a plan implicitly recognizing Israel, a top Palestinian official
said Tuesday after weeks of acrimonious negotiations aiming to lift
crippling international aid sanctions. Moderate President Mahmoud Abbas of
Fatah has been trying to coax his Hamas rivals into endorsing the document,
which calls for a Palestinian state alongside Israel, in effect recognizing
the Jewish state. He has endorsed the plan as a way to end sanctions against
the Hamas-led Palestinian government and pave the way to reopening peace
talks with Israel. "We have an agreement over the document," said Ibrahim
Abu Najah, coordinator of the "national dialogue" over the proposal. The
plan also calls on militants to limit attacks to areas captured by Israel in
the 1967 Mideast War and calls for formation of a coalition Palestinian
government. The United States, Israel and European Union list Hamas as a
terrorist group because it rejects the existence of Israel and has sent
dozens of suicide bombers into the Jewish state, killing hundreds. The West
demands that Hamas recognize Israel, renounce violence and accept previous
peace accords, but Hamas refuses. As a result, the West has cut off
much-needed aid to the Palestinian government. Salah Zeidan, another
negotiator, said preparations were being made for a formal signing ceremony.
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The Palestinian Hamas kidnappers of Israel soldier Gilead Shalit break off
contact with foreign diplomatic mediators (June
27, 2006) - In the two days since his
abduction, none of the diplomats seeking to negotiate his release attained
direct access to the kidnappers before the effort, led by Egypt, France,
Turkey and others, broke down. It is feared that the Hamas faction holding
the Israeli corporal have smuggled him out of the Gaza Strip through Sinai
to a hostile Arab country, using the services of the Semhadana clan’s
gunrunners, who are after revenge for Israel’s assassination of their
kinsman. It is also possible that he has been put in the hands of al Qaeda
cells in Sinai, Egypt, Sudan, Iraq or Lebanon. Israel’s armed forces are
making every effort to prevent the Israeli hostage from being taken out of
the Gaza Strip, but without firm knowledge of where he is hidden, they are
groping in the dark. The IDF are now paying in full the price for passing
the Philadelphi border strip to Egyptian security (and intelligence)
control. Earlier, Palestinian PRC umbrella spokesman Muhammed al-Al said
Gilead Shalit has been moved to hideout where “the Zionists will never reach
him” DEBKAfile: The Palestinians are waging a war of nerves,
countering IDF statement of action underway to prevent the Israeli hostage’s
transfer outside the Gaza Strip from a location in the south. more...
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Palestinians: Chemical warfare if Israel invades Gaza (June
26, 2006) - If Israel launches a ground assault in the Gaza
Strip, the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades terror group will attack Israelis with
chemical and biological weapons the group has developed, according to a
pamphlet distributed yesterday by the Brigades. But sources in the Al Aqsa
Martyrs Brigades, speaking on condition of anonymity, said while the group
is attempting to acquire biological and chemical agents, their current
capabilities in the field still are mostly primitive. "With the help of
Allah, we are pleased to say that we succeeded in developing over 20
different types of biological and chemical weapons, this after a three-year
effort," said the Al Aqsa statement, which was released yesterday and made
national headlines here today. more...
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Israel 'Will Ensure Hamas Govt Toppled' If soldier Slain (June
26, 2006) - Israel will work to ensure the
Hamas-led government falls if a soldier kidnapped by Palestinian militants
is not released alive, a high-ranking security official said. "We will make
sure that the Hamas government ceases to operate if the kidnapped soldier is
not returned to us alive," the source told AFP on condition of anonymity.
Yuval Diskin, the head of Israel's Shin Beth homeland security agency, made
the threat in talks with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas late Sunday, the
source said. The Popular Resistance Committees, an armed Palestinian group,
claimed Monday in a telephone call to AFP that it was holding the soldier,
saying he was alive. "We are holding the soldier. He is alive and in good
health," said the representative of the group, speaking on condition of
anonymity. He gave no indications as to the whereabouts or the missing
soldier, 20-year-old Gilad Shavit, who was abducted during a Palestinian
attack on an army border post close to the Gaza Strip on Sunday that left
two Israeli soldiers and two militants dead. more...
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| Israel Needs a Preemptive Nuclear Strike Against Iran (June 24, 2006) - One of the best ways to ensure the world doesn't get wobbly over Iran, is to make it understand that although Israel prefers to regard the rogue Islamic regime as an international problem, we will, if necessary, do whatever it takes to ensure our survival, including a preemptive nuclear strike. In 1936, when Hitler marched into the Rhineland the allies appeased him, even though they could have been in Berlin in two weeks. In 1938 they once again let him off the hook, even though the allies could have been in Berlin within two months. Shortly after the appeasement of Munich, Russia signed a non-aggression treaty with Hitler, setting the stage for what it hoped would be his defeat of the West, which would pave the way for Russian domination of Eurasia, from Lisbon to Vladivostok. Now we have Iran, a country led by Ahmadinejad, an equally deranged and evil maniac. He is driven by an ideology combining elements of Nazism and Mahdism, with a tad of Maoism as well, a lethal cocktail of three of the most evil ideologies of human political history. By most current intelligence estimates, by 2008, exactly 70 years after Chamberlain announced on his return from Munich he had achieved "peace in our time", the Iranian Islamo-Nazi regime will have succeeded in developing an atomic bomb. Although it seems that the international community has belatedly begun to awaken to the danger, it is still far from certain that this will actually lead to concrete and concerted steps to ensure this doesn't happen. more... | Iran | Gog/Magog | Israel | I'm wondering if an invasion of Israel by the Gog/Magog forces could come from Israel attacking Iran's nuclear capabilities or from Syria. Time will tell. | |
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Confirming A Covenant
Herb Peters
(June 23, 2006)
- Readers at
Fulfilled Prophecy already
know something incredible happened at the recent EU/US summit. Javier Solana,
the man who's rise in the EU is connected in two places with the number 666,
has had the civil, police and military resources of all 25 EU states placed at
his disposal. But, when we take a close look at some other results from the
summit, we find something else happened that's incredible. The EU and the US
have agreed to use Javier Solana's 1995 Euro-Mediterranean Partnership for
Peace as the basis for bringing peace to the Mediterranean Basin. A report
from the Kuwait News Agency puts it this way: In the final declaration issued following the American-EU summit in Vienna on Wednesday, the two sides expressed support for the Barcelona Process, the European neighbourhood policy, the partnership in the Middle East initiative and joint measures in the Middle East and North Africa as well as the Fund for Future Financing Read about it here. The above was taken almost word for word from the joint declaration posted at the official White House Website. In a paragraph placed near the top, the document reads: We will continue to support reform in the Mediterranean region and the Middle East and will promote greater participation of civil society in the reform process through our respective efforts, including the Barcelona Process, the European Neighbourhood Policy, the Middle East Partnership Initiative, and our joint actions through the Broader Middle East and North Africa Initiative and the Foundation and Fund for the Future Read it here. If you want a little more information about how this strategic partnership between the EU and US came about, you can read about it here. However, as far as we students of Bible prophecy are concerned, how it came about isn't really important. What's important is that it has, and it appears to be a literal fulfillment of what was foretold in the book of Daniel. more... | Israel | EU/UN | NewWorldOrder | Temple Mount | | |
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Israel Prepares to Move On
Outposts
(June
21, 2006) - In a first major test of Israel’s plans for a large-scale West Bank
[Judea and Samaria] withdrawal, the government is gearing up for a
showdown with extremists in four unauthorized outposts. If successful,
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert intends to go on to evacuate all 24
outposts built since March 2001, fulfilling an Israeli commitment
under the “Road Map” peace plan. The anticipated confrontation with
settlers could be highly significant. It will give a first indication
of whether Olmert has the clout to carry out a subsequent pullback
entailing the evacuation of 50,000-100,000 settlers and will have
major implications for the rule of law in the West Bank. In addition,
when all 24 of the illegal outposts are dismantled, Israel will be
able to claim that it has carried out its part of the Road Map’s
opening phase and can demand, with greater moral authority, that the
Palestinians meet their commitment to dismantle terrorist militias. In
mid-June, Defense Minister Amir Peretz ordered the Israel Defense
Forces to be ready within two weeks to evacuate unauthorized West Bank
outposts. Peretz has made it clear that he intends to start with four
problematic outposts where radical young settlers have assaulted
soldiers and policemen as well as Israeli and Palestinian civilians.
In a meeting with settler leaders Sunday [June 18], Peretz said they
would be ill-advised to make a stand for these unruly groups. Peretz
hopes to show that, as the minister directly responsible for what goes
on in the territories, he won’t tolerate settler violations of the
law. First up will be Maon Farm, with the evacuation expected to take
place before the end of June. In all, there are 105 unauthorized
outposts. Two dozen were built after then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
promised the Bush administration in March 2001 that there would be no
more.
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| Jews and Muslims Seek to Bridge the Gap at Moscow Forum (June 20, 2006) - Jews and Muslims pledged to fight religious intolerance at a forum held in Moscow under the aegis of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress (EAJC) this week. Senior clerics, diplomats, scholars and theologians discussed measures to bridge the gap between the two world religions, the Lenta.Ru news website reports. The forum entitled “Islam and Judaism: the road to dialogue and cooperation”, organized by the EAJC and the Council of Mufits of Russia received backing of Patokh Chodiev, chairman of the global foundation “For Democracy”, and entrepreneur Alijan Ibragimov. The event was attended by a delegation of Iranian lawmakers, headed by the leader of Iran’s Jewish community and deputy of the Iranian parliament Morris Motamed, the EAJC said in a statement. Other attendees included chairman of the Russian Council of Muftis Ravil Gainutdin, chief rabbi of Russia Adolf Shayevich, representatives of Muslim and Jewish communities, government officials, diplomats and scholars from the former Soviet republics. more... | Israel | Islam | | |
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DEBKAfile
Exclusive: New Syria-Iranian defense treaty opens way for Iran's
Revolutionary Guards to deploy on Israel’s Golan border by summer’s end
(June 19, 2006)
- Iranian defense minister Gen. Mustafa
Najjar said: “Syria’s security is part of Iran’s security,” when he signed a
new military treaty with his visiting Syrian counterpart, Gen. Hassan
Turkmani (picture) in Tehran last Thursday June 15. Sunday, June 18,
Israel’s parliamentary foreign affairs and defense committee inspected its
northern border, along with the deputy chief of staff Moshe Kaplinsky and OC
Northern command Udi Adam. Both Tehran and Damascus referred to the tour as
Israel’s response to their new treaty. DEBKAfile’s military
sources add: At the signing ceremony, the Syrian official waved away
reporters’ questions on whether Iran would be establishing a military base
in Syria – “The language of a (foreign) military base in our country is
alien to us. I want to say that it is not on the agenda.” Nonetheless,
military sources note that he rejected the term “bases” - but did not rule
out “foreign forces” in Syrian bases, which Persian Gulf and
Pakistani military sources are certain was agreed secretly between the two
countries. They have learned that Iran has offered to deploy Revolutionary
Guards on the Golan border with Israel by the end of summer, because as
Najjar said at the signing: “We have a common front against Israel’s
threats.” more... |
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This really isn't too surprising,
Russia is planning a naval base in Syria. Iran, Russia, and Syria are
clearly allied together. By their association to Iran in the face of anti-Semitic
statements of the destruction of Israel clearly places them in the same
camp.
Russia is also becoming a Muslim state. They're stated goal is a Muslim
world, should we expect anything less from their efforts?
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The Strong Chinese-Hamas Intelligence Connection
(June 19, 2006)
- A Chinese intelligence officer is engaged
in covertly aiding the ruling Palestinian Hamas terrorist group, according
to a Paris-based intelligence newsletter picked up by the Washington
Post’s Bill Gertz and Rowan Scarborough on June 19. They identify Gong
Xiaosheng as a Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS) official who has
worked out of Ramallah since Nov. 2002, first with Yasser Arafat and
latterly helping Hamas. It was Gong who arrianged for Mahmoud al-Zahar to be
invited to Beijing shortly after his appointment as Hamas foreign minister.
The report says Gong is a strategic agent “trained in Division 8 of the
ministry and also at the China Institution of Contemporary Relatons (CICIR),
an MSS think tank. Its Middle East section is headed by Jin Ruikun, a
specialist in Palestine and Jordan, and Chen Shuanqing, a specialist on
Israeli-Palestinian relations and Israel’s Likud party. DEBKAfile’s
intelligence sources add: The Chinese “strategic agent” was so close to
Yasser Arafat that he was among the handful of aides and terrorist chiefs
confined with him in two rooms of of the residential apartment of the
Palestinian leader’s Ramallah headquarters when it was stormed and besieged
by Israeli forces in April and May 2002. more... |
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There is a clear alliance forming between
China, Russia, Iran, Syria, and Islam. To deny it is to ignore all the news.
Look into who the players in the Gog/Magog invasion are
here. In short, they are: Russia, Central Asia, Turkey, Iran, Sudan,
Libya, and other Islamic nations.
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DEBKAfile
Exclusive: Olmert secretly allows American delivery of 1,000 M16 rifles to
be delivered to Abu Mazen’s Force 17, while admitting to only 200
(June 18, 2006)
- Israel’s top military and security chiefs
are up in arms against prime minister Ehud Olmert and defense minister Amir
Peretz after discovering the far-from-token scope of the arms delivery the
ministers allowed to reach Abu Mazen’s private army. Before the prime
minister left for Europe and during his trip, he stated that 200 automatic
rifles had been transferred to Mahmoud Abbas for the use of his private
army. He assured Israeli security chiefs that “not a single extra gun” would
be permitted. Now they have discovered that, under the table, 1,000 guns and
3 million bullets were delivered to Abbas’ “presidential guard”, Force 17 (a
veteran terrorist arm of Fatah with a long history of hundreds of attacks
against Israelis.) more... |
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they're doing this! I'd be willing to bet that these weapons are going to
end up being used against Israel. When Islam becomes united under the
12th Mahdi, they won't use these weapons against each other. They will
go after Israel, united in hatred. I believe there will be a fake peace
first that allows Israel to rebuild the temple, but it will end like
prophecy says, 2/3 of Israel being killed. (Zechariah
13:8,9)
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Hamas, Fatah Moving Closer to Deal on Implicitly Recognizing Israel (June
19, 2006) - The ruling
Hamas and rival Fatah factions were moving closer to an agreement on
implicitly recognizing Israel, negotiators said Sunday in a sign that
international pressure on the new Palestinian government could be
yielding results. The two groups are discussing a document that calls
for a Palestinian state alongside Israel, implying recognition of the
Jewish state. Going along with the plan would force the militant
Islamic Hamas to change or gloss over its main principles - such as
violently opposing a Jewish state in the Middle East. But negotiators
said crucial issues remained unresolved, making an agreement far from
certain. One official, who was serving as a mediator, said Hamas is
desperate to reach an agreement with Fatah as a way of lifting the
international aid boycott that has bankrupted the Hamas-led government
and left public workers unpaid since March. The official spoke on
condition of anonymity because the talks were still in progress. A
Hamas leader in an Israeli prison said agreement could be reached in
the coming days. A possible face-saving formula could be a vague
reference to "just Arab solutions," which could be interpreted as a
nod toward an Arab League plan that offered Israel peace in exchange
for a full withdrawal from the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem, and
resolution of the issue of Palestinian refugees. It was unclear
whether such a formula would satisfy the U.S. and Europe, which demand
a clear commitment from the Hamas-led government to renounce violence,
recognize Israel and accept peace accords signed by Palestinians
before Hamas took over the government. Hamas, which has killed
hundreds of Israelis in suicide bombings, is considered a terrorist
organization by the United States and European Union, which have cut
off aid. more... |
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Peres: Peace at hand (June
18, 2006) - Israel and the Palestinians are
closer to peace than ever, Shimon Peres said. "The distance between us is
that shortest it has been for the last 50 years," Israel's vice premier said
Saturday at a Central Asian security conference in Kazakhstan. "The distance
is very short, but the speed is very slow." Peres appeared to be referring
to an anticipated summit next month between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud
Olmert and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, which could sap
support for the new Hamas government in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Peres
argued that, rather than work for a peace deal immediately, Israel and the
Palestinians should first improve economic cooperation as a mechanism for
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Iran, Syria Sign Defense Agreement (June
16, 2006) - Defense ministers
from close allies Iran and Syria on Thursday signed an agreement for
military cooperation against what they called the "common threats" presented
by Israel and the United States. In a joint press conference, Iranian
Defense Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar and visiting Syrian counterpart
Hassan Turkmani said their talks had been aimed at consolidating their
defense efforts and strengthening support for one another. "Our cooperation
is based on a strategic pact and unity against common threats. We can have a
common front against Israel's threats," Turkmani told reporters after two
intensive rounds of talks with Najjar. "Our cooperation with the Iranians
against Israeli threats is nothing secret and we regularly consult about
this with our friends," he said. Before the press conference, Iran's defense
ministry said the two sides "stressed strengthening mutual ties and the
necessity to preserve peace and stability in the region." The defense
ministry statement also said they discussed "ridding the region of weapons
of mass destruction," in an apparent reference to the widely held belief
that Israel possesses nuclear warheads.
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And the players keep lining up. Russia is
building a navy port in Syria too. China, Russia, and Iran are all in
kahoots with each other as evidenced by all the news coming out about it.
There is clearly an axis forming aligned against Israel and the US. Europe
panders to the powerful, so they'll be siding with Iran and Russia too. This
is in Bible prophecy. I believe that the false prophet of
Revelation 13:11-18 will be the
12th Mahdi from Iran when he appears. (Iran's constitution already has a
Mahdi clause that gives him control of Iran when he comes back) This false
prophet will be very powerful and will point to the first beast to be
worshipped. The first beast of
Revelation 13:1-10 will be the political leader coming out of Europe. I
believe his position was formed by EU Recommendation number 666, which you
can read more about the creation of that position in the EU government from
Herb Peters free online e-book,
Recommendation 666. I know this all sounds fantastic and crazy, but it's
Bible prophecy, and God will be glorified when it all happens just as the
Bible says.
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Iran would 'use nuclear defense' (June
16, 2006) -
Iran's defense minister on Thursday vowed that
his country would "use nuclear defense as a potential" if "threatened by any
power." Speaking following a meeting with his Syrian counterpart Hassan Ali
Turkmani in Teheran on Thursday, Iranian Defense Minister Mostafa Mohammad
Najjar emphasized that Iran "should be ready for confronting all kinds of
threats." Teheran has denied accusations by the US and its allies that Iran
was seeking uranium enrichment technologies in order to develop nuclear
weapons, saying its program was only meant to generate electricity.
Meanwhile, Turkmani told reporters that Syria and Iran's "policy is the
policy of strengthening resistance and tackling the threats of United States
and Israel." He added that he wouldn't give details of joint defense plans
against Israel, although the plans were "not secret."
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Islam | Wait! I thought Iran
wasn't going to build nuclear weapons. How can you 'use nuclear defense' if
you don't have nuclear weapons? If they're vowing to use it, then they must
be making them. I guess we can trust that they won't... yeah.
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Olmert Says West Bank Plan Unstoppable (June
15, 2006) - Prime Minister Ehud
Olmert said on Wednesday that plans to set Israel's borders
unilaterally were irreversible, but he still hoped to negotiate a
border deal with Palestinians. Olmert is visiting France and Britain
to promote his "realignment plan" under which dozens of Jewish
settlements in the West Bank would be removed and others annexed
behind a fortified border on land the Palestinians say is theirs. "The
realignment plan is unstoppable. It is unpreventable. It will be
implemented," Olmert told reporters after his first meeting with
French President Jacques Chirac. "I hope it can be carried out within
the framework of talks, but it will be carried out with or without
talks," he said of the plan that would see Israel take chunks of land
where Palestinians want a state. Britain and France have stressed the
need for a negotiated deal rather than a unilateral move and French
officials quoted Chirac as telling Olmert that this was "an absolute
priority". more... |
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PA Leader Threatened, Calls off Kassams - 4 More Are Fired (June
15, 2006) - Sderot Mayor
Eli Moyal called on the government to resign in light of its failure to
protect the city's residents. Visiting MK Aryeh Eldad (National Union)
decried the fact that while Sderot residents are suffering the consequences
of the last withdrawal, "Olmert is abroad, declaring that the next
withdrawal is a fait accompli." An Arutz Sheva English TV crew was in Sderot
filming a live shoot of the hunger strikers demanding security for their
city, two Kassam rockets exploded nearby within seconds of each other. Click
below to watch the reaction of the hunger strikers, visiting MKs, and some
other residents to the rocket explosions. video on
link The children seen jumping up to embrace their mother are heard
shouting "Ima, Ima" (Mommy, mommy); at the 15-second mark, a second Kassam
can be heard exploding further away, and the children cry out, "Ima, od
echad!" (Mommy, another one!).
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Iran's Place at Summit Raises Fears of Anti-West Alliance (June
15, 2006) - Iran's hard-line president,
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, arrived in China last night for a summit of Asian
states and Russia that Washington fears is forming a new anti-western
alliance. Mr Ahmadinejad will seek support for his country's nuclear
programme, fuelling US concern that Iran is being protected by its growing
friendship with Russia and China, who both sit on the UN Security Council.
He is also believed to be pushing to join the Shanghai Co-operation
Organisation, which is holding its annual summit in the city today and
tomorrow. The SCO, under the leadership of China and Russia, is playing an
ever-greater role in the jostling for power in Central Asia. The dictatorial
nature of some of its membership, which also includes the former Soviet
republics of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan, has
provoked descriptions of it as an anti-American alliance of despots.
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Israel, Egypt, Jordan On Alert For Al-Qaida Attack (June
15, 2006) - Egypt, Jordan and Israel are on high alert for possible
large-scale attacks by al-Qaida members in response to last week's killing
of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the global terror group's leader in Iraq, security
sources said. The sources said Egyptian, Jordanian and Palestinian Arab
intelligence officials have held several meetings the past few days to share
information and coordinate anti-terror measures in light of the new threats.
Israel has beefed up border security for fear al-Qaida could try to
penetrate from neighboring territories or attack along the border. There is
also information the Popular Resistance Committees, a Gaza-based terror
group, is looking to carry out an attack inside Israel to avenge Zarqawi's
death and the assassination on the same day of its own leader, Jamal Abu
Samhadana. Zarqawi was killed when two 500-pound American bombs blasted his
hideout northeast of Baghdad. His declared replacement, Abu Hamza al-Muhajir,
this week threatened regional violence and vowed in an Internet message to
"defeat the crusaders and Shiites" in Iraq. According to some reports, which
were confirmed to WND by Israeli security sources, Jordanian intelligence
officers operating in Iraq provided important information that led to the
assassination of Zarqawi. more...
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Palestinian Power Struggle Risks Civil War (June
14, 2006) - The Palestinian territories are in a state of near
civil war and just one act of violence, such as a high-profile
assassination, could trigger mayhem, an international think tank said on
Tuesday. The International Crisis Group also said President Mahmoud Abbas's
determination to hold a referendum on July 26 on a statehood proposal that
implicitly recognizes Israel risked igniting more fighting with the ruling
Hamas militant group. Abbas and the Hamas government have been locked in a
bitter power struggle since the Islamists took office after trouncing the
president's Fatah movement in January elections. "Today the situation is but
one tragic step -- the assassination of a senior Fatah or Hamas leader, for
example -- from all-out chaos," said a report from the Brussels-based ICG,
an organization that seeks to prevent and resolve conflict. Fatah gunmen set
fire to the West Bank office of Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, a
senior Hamas leader, on Monday after a day of running clashes between the
rivals. Fighting in the Gaza Strip has killed about 20 people in the past
month. more... |
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Israel prime minister OKs arms for Abbas (June
14, 2006) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud
Olmert said Tuesday he had given the go ahead for a shipment of weapons to
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, whose loyalists are engaged in bitter
infighting with the militant Islamic Hamas. Violence between armed members
of Hamas and forces from Abbas' rival Fatah movement have killed 20
Palestinians over the past month. "I authorized last night the transfer of
arms and ammunition to chairman Abu Mazen in order to strengthen his
presidential guard, so he can strengthen his forces against Hamas," Olmert
said, referring to Abbas by his widely-used nickname. "I did this because we
are running out of time and we need to help Abu Mazen," Olmert told said at
a meeting with members of Britain's Parliament.
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Minister: Iran, Syria Security Intertwined (June
13, 2006) - Iranian Defense Minister
Gen. Mustafa Najjar stressed that Syria's security is part of Iran's
security and that his country has a duty to defend Syria. Najjar's remarks
were quoted by the Iranian News Agency, IRNA, following his talks Monday
with visiting Syrian counterpart Gen. Hassan Torkmani. Najjar said Iran will
extend full support to Syria under present conditions "because Iran
considers that Syria's security is part of its own security and national
interests." "Relations between Iran and Syria are solid and fall within the
framework of consolidating peace, stability and security in the region," he
added. Torkmani, for his part, hailed Iran's stance on Syria, noting that he
is carrying a letter of mutual solidarity and support. He stressed the need
to reinforce the armed forces of the two countries to confront the common
enemy which seeks to destabilize security and provoke tensions in the
region. He also reaffirmed Syria's support to Iran's right to profit from
nuclear energy, stressing that "the only way to settle the crisis over
Iran's (nuclear program) is to recognize officially this right." Both
Torkmani and Najjar described the military and defense relations between the
two countries as "strategic" and constitute "an example of regional
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Israel: Final Peace Talks Unrealistic (June
12, 2006) - Foreign Minister Tzipi
Livni said Sunday that Israel wants to negotiate with Palestinian President
Mahmoud Abbas but insisted it's "not realistic" to pursue a final peace deal
with him while the Hamas militants controlling the Palestinian government
refuse to moderate. more...|
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Israel Should Not Wait Too Long to Implement Plan: PM (June
11, 2006) - Israel should not wait too long
to implement a plan to set its borders unilaterally if negotiations with the
Palestinians make no progress, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Sunday.
Olmert, in an interview with Sky News, said he was ready to make "painful
and divisive" concessions in the quest for peace with the Palestinians. But
if the Palestinians would not meet requirements set out in an
internationally-backed "road map" to peace, "then I will try to move with
the collaboration and advice of many other countries, not alone, toward
changing the status quo in the Middle East," he said. Olmert is due to holds
talks with British Prime Minister Tony Blair in London on Monday as he seeks
European support for his proposals to define Israel's borders unilaterally
if peace talks with the Palestinians are not revived.
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Hamas Votes to
Make Sderot 'Ghost Town' (June
11, 2006) - Hamas terrorists took
responsibility for Sunday morning's Kassam rocket attacks on the Negev town
of Sderot. "We have decided to turn Sderot into a ghost town and we will not
stop the fire rockets until they [the residents] leave," said Abu Oviyada, a
spokesman for Hamas. Eli Moyal, mayor of Sderot, vowed that residents would
stay forever. He called on the government to allow the IDF "to destroy Bet
Hanoun," an Arab city in the north of the Gaza area which is used by
terrorists to fire on Sderot, located about one mile to the east. |
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Russia Urges Israel Against Iran attack (June
9, 2006) - Russia sent messages to Israel
through US intermediaries recently, voicing opposition to a possible
military attack on Iran's nuclear facilities, The Jerusalem Post
has learned. While Israel and Russia have good relations and a direct
line of communications, the Russians chose to use the US to deliver this
message of military restraint out of a belief that Jerusalem pays closer
attention to messages from Washington. According to assessments reaching
Jerusalem, while the Russians don't want to see Iran get the bomb, they
believe this may still be a decade away and that in the meantime
diplomatic efforts might succeed in keeping Teheran from reaching that
point. Moscow is concerned any military conflagration would eventually
spill over the Russian-Iranian border into the Caucasus, central Asia
and even Chechnya, and be detrimental to Russian interests. more...
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Solana: 'We will not let the Palestinians down'
(June 7, 2006) - European foreign
policy chief Javier Solana pledged to continue the European Union's
financial support of the Palestinians. Solana also promised to talk to
Israeli officials to ensure that the main crossings into the Gaza Strip can
work more efficiently. Solana said European officials were still working on
a mechanism to allow humanitarian aid to reach the Palestinians while
bypassing the Hamas-led government. "The EU continues to be the most
important donor to the Palestinians. More money is being given in the year
2006 than 2005," he said at a joint news conference with Palestinian
President Mahmoud Abbas. "We will not let the Palestinians down."
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Israel threatens to hit Hamas over Qassam attacks
(June 7, 2006)
- Hamas is directly responsible for
firing Qassam rockets at Sderot, defense officials said Tuesday. As a
result, for the first time after a long hiatus, Israeli officials threatened
to attack Hamas members. A Qassam rocket fired from Gaza fell Tuesday
afternoon in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Israel. No injuries were
reported. The Israel Defense Forces have generally refrained from targeting
Hamas operatives since the Palestinian group committed to maintaining a
security "lull" in the territories about 18 months ago. The escalated
Israeli tone comes as Fatah is fighting Hamas and the Popular Resistance
Committees in the streets of the Gaza Strip. more...
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Shin Bet chief: First signs of World Jihad visible in West Bank
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- The security forces have recently
identified initial signs that World Jihad has begun building an ideological
foothold in the West Bank, Shin Bet Director Yuval Diskin said on Tuesday.
The head of the domestic security service told the Knesset Foreign Affairs
and Defense Committee that security forces recently arrested individuals in
the Jerusalem and Nablus areas found with plans for terror attacks. The
plans were very general and did not include specific timetables. Diskin
reminded the Knesset committee that World Jihad also has an infrastructure
set up in neighboring Jordan, but added that the Jordanian authorities are
operating widely against the organization. Egypt, however, has not managed
to successfully combat World Jihad cells operating within Sinai and the
peninsula is thus flooded with weapons smugglers. Diskin said Egypt has had
very limited success in combating terrorism. more...
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Olmert, King Abdullah to Discuss Mideast peace (June
7, 2006) - Israeli Prime
Minister Ehud Olmert will meet Jordan's King Abdullah II here Thursday for
talks on reviving the stalled Mideast peace process, Jordanian and Israeli
officials said Tuesday. The Israeli leader's trip will be his second to an
Arab country since taking office in May, and his second meeting with an Arab
head of state this week. Olmert held talks with Egyptian President Hosni
Mubarak in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt, on Sunday. Olmert will meet the king in
Amman, said Israeli Embassy press attache Jacob Raber. Jordanian government
spokesman Nasser Judeh told The Associated Press the king will press for
Israel to restart talks with the Palestinians, and to put aside thoughts of
unilateral action. Judeh said Abdullah will articulate to Olmert Jordan's
position that "Palestinians and Israelis must return to the negotiating
table." Palestinian-Israeli peace talks broke off amid violence nearly six
years ago. Abdullah, a key Arab ally for the U.S and a staunch proponent of
a Palestinian-Israeli peace settlement, conveyed the same message to
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Hamas amassing large stockpiles of weapons (June
7, 2006) - Hamas has been amassing large
stockpiles of weapons so its members will be ready to launch attacks
immediately should its leadership decide to end a long-term truce with
Israel, according to Israeli security officials. The report follows a
WorldNetDaily exclusive interview in which Abu Abdullah, a leader of
Hamas' so-called military wing, stated his group is developing
electronically guided missiles to target Jewish communities and is seeking
the ability to fly explosive-laden airplanes 9/11-style into important
targets, possibly Tel Aviv skyscrapers. "In the last 15 months, even though
the fighters of Hamas kept the cease-fire, we did not stop making important
advancements and professional training on the military level. In the future,
after Hamas is obliged to stop the cease-fire, the world shall see our new
military capabilities," said Abu Abdullah. Abdullah is considered one of the
most important operational members of Hamas' Izzedine al-Qassam Martyrs
Brigades, Hamas' declared "resistance" department. A senior Israeli security
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Israel braces for new terror war (June
7, 2006) - The Jewish state is headed toward a
major, violent confrontation with the Palestinians while Prime Minister Ehud
Olmert's plan to withdraw from most of Judea and Samaria will "not help" to
decrease the terrorism, according to an Israeli army assessment. The
prognosis will be released in an official Israeli Defense Forces report to
be published next month. It follows a series of
WorldNetDaily exclusive interviews in which the leaders of every major
Palestinian terror organization said recent events here are leading them to
launch what they call a third intifada – or violent confrontation against
Israel. The terrorists warned of suicide bombings, rocket attacks against
Jewish communities and "a few new surprises in our arsenal." "The new
intifada is only a question of time and this will be the hardest and the
most dangerous one. It's just about timing until the order to blow up a new
wave of attacks will be given," Abu Nasser, a senior Al Aqsa Brigades leader
from the Balata refugee camp in northern Samaria told WorldNetDaily in an
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| IDF intelligence warns conflict with Palestinians to escalate (June 5, 2006) - The IDF estimates that it is headed toward another violent round of clashes with the Palestinians following a period of relative calm, senior security officials said. The dreary prognosis is based on the army's five-year plan for 2006-2011, which will be made public in July. According to the assessment, army intelligence officials believe Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's ambitious plan to withdraw from large parts of the West Bank will not do anything to decrease the scope of daily violence in the region. Instead, the army is moving forward based on a working plan that it is nearing another round of bloody violence with the Palestinians. "The Palestinian society has chosen a path in which there is no compromise," a senior officer said, referring to the recent victory by Hamas in legislative elections. The officials said the assessment is based on intelligence but gave no further details. They spoke on condition of anonymity because the document has not been released. more... | Israel | Islam | Gog/Magog | |
| Hamas Rejects Abbas Ultimatum Over Israel (June 5, 2006) - The Palestinian standoff intensified Sunday after Hamas rejected an ultimatum from President Mahmoud Abbas to endorse a plan implicitly recognizing Israel, and a pregnant woman was killed during a clash between the rivals' forces in Gaza. In a rare dose of good news, some Palestinian public workers began withdrawing money from their banks, the first time they have been paid in three months because of a Western aid cutoff. Also, Israel's premier talked to Egypt's president about resuming peace talks with the Palestinians. Abbas will order a referendum on a plan drawn up by top Palestinian prisoners in an Israeli jail calling for a Palestinian state in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and east Jerusalem alongside Israel, a Fatah official said Sunday. Abbas set a Tuesday deadline for Hamas agreement. more... | Israel | Islam | |
| EU's Solana Due in Iran late on Monday (June 5, 2006) - European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana is due in Tehran late on Monday to deliver a package of incentives that seek to persuade Iran to abandon its plans to make nuclear fuel, Iranian sources said. One of the sources, who all asked not to be identified, said Solana would meet Iranian officials on Tuesday. An EU diplomat also said Solana would be in Iran on Tuesday but gave no further details. Speaking during a visit to the West Bank city of Ramallah, Solana said he would travel to Iran "very soon", but did not elaborate. He arrived in Israel late on Sunday as part of a previously planned trip that includes meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders. His spokeswoman has said he would have dinner with Palestinian civil society leaders in Ramallah on Monday might. The incentives Solana will deliver to Iran stem from an initiative put together by the three biggest EU states - Britain, France and Germany - and were approved by a forum that also included the United States, China and Russia. Solana's office in Brussels said it was preparing an announcement about the details of the trip but for now could not be more precise about the timing. Details of the pack |