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Iran will have a deterrent nuclear Arsenal

At some point in time between 2010 and 2015!

Then Islamic Forces Can Launch Conventional War

Without Fear Israel Will

Launch Huge Nuclear Arsenal!

With the overwhelming numerical advantage of the Arabs,

Conventional War is the only Way for them to have a Victory!

November 27, 2008

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Begin Excerpt from DEBKAfile Special Report

Iran announces more than 5,000 centrifuges working, launches Kavosh-2 (Explorer-2) rocket into space

DEBKAfile Special Report

November 26, 2008, 2:48 PM (GMT+02:00)

Minutes after launching a three-stage rocket carrying a research lab, Wednesday, Nov. 26, Iran’s nuclear chief announced Iran now has more than 5,000 centrifuges operating at its uranium enrichment plant, flatly defying UN resolutions.

Explorer-2, a three-stage rocket, spent 40 minutes in space; the space lab aboard was parachuted to land.

DEBKAfile’s military sources report that this was the first time Iran had launched a three-stage rocket, which resembles

the Israeli Shavit.

It followed a test-fire earlier this month of a new surface missile, the 2,000-km Sejil . The special features of this ballistic missile, as first disclosed in DEBKA-Net-Weekly 373 of Nov. 21, point to significant advances in Iran’s solid-propellant, two-stage missile development.

Our military experts note that the same long-range ballistic technology applies equally to putting satellites in space and launching weapons capable of carrying nuclear warheads.

After the Sejil’s launch, Tehran will no doubt start converting its arsenal of surface missiles from liquid to solid fuel and go on to develop a capability for launching space satellites both for military use and civilian research.

Two missile launches in a month indicate that Tehran has put its ballistic missile development into top gear, an extremely troubling development for Washington, Jerusalem and the European nations within range.

Last February, Iran launched Explorer-1 which almost certainly failed to reach orbit, at the same time unveiling its first space center and promising to put

its first satellite in space next year. Then too analysts pointed out that the Explorer series could serve doubly for telecommunications and guiding intercontinental missiles.

Unfortunately, say DEBKAfile’s military sources, Israeli leaders appear to have fallen behind the alarming events rushing forward in Iran: In a single week, the UN nuclear watchdog reported Tehran had stocked enough enriched uranium to make its first A-Bomb, while US analysts expect the Iranian to be able to make three bombs by the end of 2009. The Kavosh-2 launch shows Iran may have already perfected the missile technology to deliver warheads.

However, instead of addressing this peril, defense minister Ehad Barak is mired in a huge effort to hold back a military operation in the Gaza Strip, keep his Labor party from crumbling and battling the Hebron Jewish community.

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Preparing one of Daniel’s 10 Horns

For a last destructive war of this Age,

Promising Palestinians return to Israel,

And giving military weapons to the Horn

Is Major Theme of Iran’s Supreme Leader!

November 27, 2008

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Before I ever wrote my first book, Tectonic Chaos, some 33 years ago, I taught the following concerning Daniel 7:23-25.

Daniel 7:23-25 – Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. [24] And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he

shall subdue three kings. [25] And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.

When a best selling book was written in the fifties about six emerging European Common Market nations, it began to cause many theologians to rapidly change their minds as to where the antichrist would eventually arise. Prior to that time most had believed he would arise out of the old Seleucid dynasty, which was formed by one of the generals who divided Alexander’s Grecian Empire into four sections.

Many believed the Assyrian, in the fifth chapter of Micah, would be the antichrist, and that he would arise in, and come out of, modern day Syria.

Before the European Common Market theory arose, a majority believed antichrist would come out of the southern half of the old Roman Empire, rather than out of the European northern half. But the great popularity of the aforementioned book ascended to the highest levels of acceptability, and previous beliefs were dwarfed to obscurity. The book indicated that the six original members of the Common Market would soon be joined by four other nations to reach ten, and then be joined by the eleventh horn, who would be the antichrist of Daniel’s fourth beast in chapter seven.

However, soon there were ten horns, then there were eleven,

then more, then fifteen, then 25, and soon more may be added.

But the astounding popularity of this book, and the thousands of preachers and other teachers who have taught it, have left a legacy that is difficult to convince they might not be correct in what they have taught, and are still teaching.

I have been concerned, since the book was first published, about the possibility it might cause many to be deceived when he does not arise in Europe, but in Syria.

Quite frankly, I watch both Europe and Syria just like a hawk, and, if I do see him rising in Europe, I most assuredly will accept it. I am prepared for both. But many are so convinced he must come out of Europe, I doubt if anything would change their minds.

The fourth beast of Daniel 7:23 did indeed refer to the old Roman Empire, and it certainly did tread down “the whole world,” that is, the “known” world of Daniel’s day. Have you ever thought that perhaps we were meant to take the expressions of Daniel’s day concerning the world, and believe that is the only part of the present world the antichrist will dominate completely? The ten horns will arise out of “the whole world” of Daniel’s day. But why do they have to be European nations? Were not Syria, Libya, Lebanon, Turkey, Sudan, Iraq, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, and Iran part of the old Roman Empire under the Emperor Trajan? And are not these countries the descendants of Ishmael, the first son of Abraham, and Keturah’s six sons by Abraham, and the two sons of Abraham’s nephew Lot, Moab and Ammon by his two daughters? Are not these descendants of Abraham the ones who have hated and battled the sons of Abraham through Israel for many centuries? In any case, since I believe the attack is likely to occur before 2010 and 2015, I expect to know where he will arise one way or the other in the next few years, that is, if I survive the grave before Jesus returns.

I do not question that Europe will come down as part of the mass of many nations that join antichrist in Jerusalem for the final battle of Armageddon, but I am confident the initial attack of the tribulation period will be by the

antichrist leading Islamic nations against Israel.

Begin Excerpt 1 from Jerusalem Post

Iranian supreme leader calls on Lebanon to unite against Israel

November 25, 2008

JPost.com Staff , THE JERUSALEM POST

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday called on the disparate Lebanese ethnic groups to unite against their common enemy – Israel, the Iranian IRNA news agency reporte

d.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran believes that the power of all Lebanese groups should be at the service of the country’s national unity to counter the danger of the Zionist regime,” Khamenei told visiting Lebanese President Michel Suleiman.

Khamenei, lauding Suleiman’s support of Islamic militancy and his efforts to establish unity in Lebanon, promised that Iran would always side with Beirut, stressing that Lebanon enjoys high significance despite its small geographical limits. One such instance of “exemplary” coexistence of different religious groups in Lebanon, he said, was the “historical victory” over the Israel.

“Over the past 60 years, none of the Muslim and Arab states have been able to face the Zionist regime, but people in Lebanon managed to break this myth and drive the Israeli army out of their soil,” he said.

Khamenei added that Lebanon has turned into a role model for other Muslim nations due to its “resistance” to Israeli “aggressions,” saying, “During the 33-day war period, many Muslims in the Islamic and Arab states chanted slogans in support of Lebanese Hizbullah, especially…Nasrallah.”

The top cleric went on to voice his support for the repatriation of Palestinian “refugees” residing in Arab states. He said that although certain people suppose that repatriation of the Palestinian refugees is impossible, they would definitely “return” to their “homeland.”

For his part, Suleiman, thanking the Iranian government and nation for supporting Lebanon, especially during and after the Second Lebanon War and the ensuing period, called Iran’s role in solving Lebanon’s domestic problems “valuable.”

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Hizbullah pays Palestinians to attack

November 24, 2008

Yaakov Katz , THE JERUSALEM POST
Fearing a harsh military response if it attacks Israel directly, Hizbullah has paid Palestinian terrorist cells to avenge the assassination of the group’s military commander, The Jerusalem Post has learned.

Hizbullah, Israeli officials told the Post, has paid tens of thousands of dollars to Palestinian terrorist groups, asking them to carry out large-scale attacks against Israel – including the kidnapping of IDF soldiers – in retaliation for the February assassination of Imad Mughniyeh.

Hizbullah has accused Israel of killing Mughniyeh in a Damascus car bombing on February 12. Hizbullah has threatened repeatedly to avenge the assassination.

Hizbullah’s decision to ask the Palestini an groups to attack Israel in its place stems from concern, officials said, that

an attack carried out directly by Hizbullah operatives would lead to a fierce Israeli military response in Lebanon.

[……]

Shelly Paz contributed to this report.

Begin Excerpt 3 from Haaretz via Independent Media Review Analysis

Lebanon asks Iran to supply its army with midsize weapons

November 26, 2008

Lebanon asks Iran to supply its army with midsize weapons

By DPA Last update – 18:30 26/11/2008

www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1041279.html

Lebanese President Michel Suleiman recently asked Iran for medium-sized weapons for Lebanon’s army, in a move aimed at shifting Iran’s assistance from the country’s militant Hezbollah movement to the state, a Lebanese government official said Wednesday.

The official, who requested anonymity, said Suleiman had emphasized during a two-day visit to Tehran earlier this week that he was not seeking long-range missiles or jet fighters, but rather modern medium arms that would help the Lebanese army combat terrorism and maintain national security.

The source told Deutsche Presse-Agentur that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had assured his Lebanese counterpart that Iran would be ready to assist Lebanon in this regard.

“The Iranians vowed to support Lebanon in all key dossiers, particularly the national dialogue among the rival factions,” the source said.

Iran is a staunch supporter of the militant Shiite Hezbollah movement, which is also backed by Syria.

Tehran is believed to be Hezbollah’s main

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Welcome Into United States Back Door

Said South American as they sold the Store

To Iranians and Russian ships on their Shores

Producing on land & sea an erupting broken Sore!

World is breaking into two camps – Pro and Anti Jew!

There will be a judgment for this against nations by God!

November 26, 2008

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Matthew 25:31-46 – When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: [32] And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: [33] And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. [34] Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: [35] For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: [36] Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. [37] Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? [38] When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? [39] Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee

? [40] And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. [41] Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: [42] For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: [43] I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. [44] Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? [45] Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. [46] And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

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Livni warns El Salvador against Iran

November 25, 2008

Herb Keinon , THE JERUSALEM POST

Israeli concern about Teheran’s inroads into Latin America emerged at a meeting Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni held with her visiting El Salvadoran counterpart on Tuesday, during which she warned that South America was fast becoming a platform for spreading Iranian ideology.

Iran is searching for openings, and countries it can penetrate, to compensate for the vulnerability created by the [economic] sanctions [against it],” Livni told Marisol Argueta de Barillas.

“We are witness to the disturbing phenomenon of Iranian infiltration into South America, so much so that Latin America has become a convenient base for spreading Iranian political and economic ideology,” Livni said. “The strengthening of ties between South American guerrillas and the Iranian terrorism activists is plain to see.”

Livni said there was a need for the international community to cooperate to push-back against Iran’s international efforts.

Israeli diplomatic officials said Israel was watching with growing concern Iran’s developing ties with the leftist, anti-American bloc in Latin America made up of Bolivia, Nicaragua and Venezuela. Iran recently opened new embassies in Bolivia and Nicaragua.

Israel is also concerned that Iranian terrorist elements have penetrated the Tri-Border Area where Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay meet.

This area has long been a haven for fund-raising, recruiting and plotting terrorist attacks in the region, including the 1992 bombing of the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires that killed 29 people, and the 1994 attack

that leveled the Jewish community center there and killed 85.

Livni praised de Barillas for comments opposing the Iranian threat.

Livni also presented the El Salvadoran foreign minister with a Certificate of Commemoration in appreciation of her country’s policy toward Jews during the Holocaust.

“The government and people of Israel extend their deepest gratitude to the El Salvadoran government, who, by issuing El Salvadoran citizenship papers at the consulate in Geneva headed by Consul-General Jose Arturo Castellanos Contreras, contributed to saving thousands of persecuted European Jews during the Second World War.”

During the war, Contreras issued thousands of false citizenship papers to Jews from central Europe, mainly from Hungary.

These documents enabled whole families to register as citizens of El Salvador, something that granted them a degree of protection and prevented them from being deported to the concentration camps.

In July 1944, El Salvador requested that Switzerland act as the protector of its citizens in Hungary, at the time under German occupation. As far as it is known, the vast majority of El Salvadoran citizens in Hungary at that time was comprised of Jews who received their citizenship papers from the consulate in Geneva.

Contreras died in 1977, with his heroism largely unrecognized.

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Chavez courts Russian influence

By Will Grant

BBC News, Caracus

Russian warships, led by the nuclear cruiser Peter the Great, are in the Caribbean Sea for the first time since the end of the Cold War to begin manoeuvres with the Venezuelan navy.

The exercises coincide with a visit to Caracas by the Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev, who is due in Venezuela on Wednesday, and are illustration of how close military ties between the two countries have grown in recent years.

Between 2005 and 2007, Venezuela spent around $4bn (£2.6bn) on military equipment – most of it from Russia.

But the Russian deputy foreign minister, Sergei Riabkov,

said suggestions in the media that the naval exercises signal a return to Cold War politics in Latin America were misguided.

“There is no geo-political connotation whatsoever,” he told the BBC.

“I would just stress that after a long period of our navy and air forces almost staying idle, keeping still, we restarted normal training processes and part of that is definitely training in some distant waters and distant airspace.”

‘Strategic partnership’

While the Russian government has been playing down any political dimension to the training, the Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez, has been doing just the opposite.

In recent speeches, he has referred to Venezuela’s “strategic partnership” with Russia and said the military ties were part of building a more “multi-polar world”.

Speaking to reporters on Monday, Mr Chavez repeated this view, insisting that the operations were not aimed at angering the US, which is the main market for Venezuela’s oil exports.

“It’s not a provocation.

It’s an exchange between two free countries,” said Mr Chavez.

“Of course these are not times of Cuba and missiles in Cuba” says Teodoro Petkoff, a journalist and long-time critic of Mr Chavez, referring to the Cuba missile crisis in 1962.

“These are only games of war”.

Nevertheless, he believes that by conducting naval exercises with Venezuela, Russia is sending a clear signal to the US that relations between Moscow and Washington remain far from cordial.

Ties between the two superpowers have become strained because of Washington’s plan for a missile defence system in Poland and the Czech Republic – something Moscow is firmly opposed to.

Indeed President Medvedev, has said he will deploy missiles in the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, between Poland and Lithuania, if the US initiative goes ahead in its present form.

“Chavez accepts these are not his games. These are the games of (the Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir) Putin. But of course, Chavez can profit from that by saying to the United States, we are doing these manoeuvres with Russia because we are a sovereign country and so on,” said Mr Petkoff.

Pragmatic relationship

The military sphere is just one area where the two countries are working together more closely.

Mr Chavez recently took a delegation of Russian top brass to inaugurate a gas platform in the Gulf of Venezuela, co-owned by their respective state-run energy companies – PDVSA and Gazprom.

In a televised speech from the platform, Mr Chavez pointed to the horizon across the Caribbean sea and spoke of a new world being formed by the two energy giants.

“We are here as equal partners” he said. “Never again will Venezuelan waters be part of another country’s colony.”

During the trip, the Russian government also signed joint agreements on issues as diverse as gold and bauxite mining, ceramics and fishing.

It is a combination Russian technology and know-how coupled with Venezuela’s resources and manpower.

A bilateral agreement could be signed during Mr Medvedev’s visit under which Russia would help Venezuela build a civilian nuclear power plant.

“It’s absolutely a very important relationship for us, but it’s also a very pragmatic relationship” said Mr Riabkov.

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The First Israel Classic Security Doctrine,

Plus its War Contingency Evacuation Area,

Were formulated twixt 1948 and 1967 — But

Security Doctrine is moved from its Foundation!

If Israel returns the Golan Heights to the Syrians,

It would make the fulfillment of Daniel 11:40 Reality,

Insuring success of a King of the north Counterattack

When a King of the south suddenly attacks HIZBULLAH!

November 26, 2008

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Daniel 11:40 – And at the time of the end shall the king of the south (Israel) push at him: and the king of the north (Syria) shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.

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What Assad really wants

Syrian leader wants Golan so he can shift to new model of conflict with Israel

Guy Bechor

President Assad is willing to finalize a peace treaty, should Israel and the United States grant him what he wants: That is, the entire Golan Heights, a withdrawal to the 1967 borders, access to the Sea of Galilee, and an economic and military aid package in line with the Egyptian model. This is the recent assessment provided by the IDF intelligence chief, and it in fact constitutes the assessment of the IDF Intelligence Branch, which appears to be pushing for a deal with Syria.

Without going into the question of why a military assessment body provides wholly diplomatic assessments, the Intelligence Branch is wrong, as was the case in the past. In order to understand this, we must first understand several strategic processes that emerged in recent years, and which in fact completely changed our security doctrine.

Israel’s classic security doctrine, which was formulated in the State’s early days, called for wars to immediately be shifted to enemy territory, due to the country’s tiny size and great population density. This is how Israel’s wars were waged following its inception, up until the 1987 Intifada. Those wars were about tanks rushing forward and Air Force planes, usually operating far away from our civilian population centers.

We had a faraway front, and an emotional home front, until a ceasefire ended the wars.

However, this has been completely reversed, because the other side realized it must shift wars into Israeli territory. This is how it has been operating, be it through missiles from Lebanon, rockets from Gaza, or human missiles in the form of suicide bombers in Israel’s cities.

Israel, on the other hand, is prevented from operating in enemy territory replete with civilians that serve as a human shield for terror.

This population is aided by “human rights groups,” by the international media, and by elements within Israel, among others.

The IDF cannot operate, while the other side can go on infiltrating Israel from the air or over land.

This situation depresses Israel, which feels that its immense army is not so relevant.

There are there options for addressing this situation and formulating a new defense doctrine.

The first option: Passivity and defense. This is the approach adopted by Israel at this time. We sustain the hits and try to minimize the damage or prevent it via all sorts of lulls.

The second option: A pro-active offensive approach: This doctrine is unacceptable in Israel at this time. It calls for going on the offensive, despite the civilian wall of defense on the other side, in the form of surgical strikes and numerous quick operations, as well surprising military maneuvers.

The third option: The wisdom of deterrence.

This is the best way – Delivering a big bang, that is, a powerful and symbolic blow, after which the other side will realize that it cannot afford to keep firing.

This is also the common approach in the Arab world.

Bashar Assad realizes that the only theater still adhering to the old classic model, which plays into Israel’s hands, is the Golan Heights. There, the tanks can still rush forward far away from civilian population centers. He has no sympathetic Syrian population there (the Druze are insignificant in this context,) and he cannot utilize covert “resistance” terrorism, as he is doing in Lebanon at this time, for example.

Bashar is “stuck” in a situation whereby Israel enjoys perpetual military supremacy over him. What he would love to do is fill the Golan with one million Syrian settlers, thereby immediately shifting to the new model of conflict against Israel, where it is seemingly trapped and lost.

This is why the Golan is so important to Assad. It will enable him to broaden the model of the struggle, whereby he (or his predecessor) will roll up his eyes to heavens and say: What can I do, those are militias operating in the Golan Heights. I have no control over them.

Begin Excerpt 2 from Arutz Aheva

Kuntar Visits Golan, Gets Syria’s Highest Medal

Cheshvan 26, 5769, 24 November 08 08:35

by Maayana Miskin

(IsraelNN.com) Terrorist Samir Kuntar visited the Syrian side of the Golan Heights on Monday. Several hundred residents of Druze villages in Israel gathered to cheer for Kuntar, who is also Druze. Kuntar served almost 30 years in an Israeli prison for murdering three Israelis, one of them a four-year-old girl, and causing the death of a toddler.

Kuntar turned to the residents of Majdal Shams, Masada, Bukata and Ein Kaniya who had come to hear him and promised them they would not remain Israeli for long. “President Bashar Assad has promised me that he will help you,” Kuntar said. “I say to you, soon President Assad will fly the Syrian flag over the Golan.”

Among those who attended the gathering were MK Said Nafa (Balad) and Sheikh Raed Salah, head of the northern branch of the Israeli Islamic Movement. When questioned by an Israeli reporter Nafa expressed defiance, saying, “We’re not afraid of jail, we’ll keep protecting the interests of all Arab peoples.”

One resident of Majdal Shams who attended the event spoke with the Israeli paper Yediot Acharonot and described his hopes for the future: “We hope that we’ll celebrate the next Syrian Independence Day here, with the entire Golan returned to Syria as part of a peace deal between the government of Israel and President Assad.” He praised Kuntar, saying, “Samir Kuntar is an example of how a firm stance achieves results.”

Assad gives Kuntar Top Award

Kuntar came to the Golan from Damascus, where he met with Assad. Assad awarded Kuntar Syria’s highest medal, the Syrian Order of Merit.

“Kuntar was not only the senior prisoner during his time in jail, he is chief among free and honorable men,” Assad said. “His firm stance and commitment to Arab rights, despite everything he went through, have made him a symbol of the struggle for freedom in the Arab world and the entire world.”

Kuntar praised Assad in turn, saying, “The great thing about Syria is that when I was arrested 30 years ago, Syria stood firmly and fought against Israel, and when I visit today she still holds the exact same position.” Kuntar praised Syria and Assad in the name of Hizbullah.

State: Talks with Syria Must Continue

Meanwhile, in Israel, the state told the High Court that peace talks with Syria must continue.

In response to a petition from MK Limor Livnat (Likud) calling to put the talks on hold, the government argued that suspending the talks would damage Israel’s relationship with Turkey and Israel’s image abroad.

Livnat argued that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert should not be allowed to hold talks with a lasting impact on Israel’s future, as he is only a caretaker prime minister and is no longer even the head of the Knesset’s largest faction, Kadima. Olmert has been holding talks with Assad with help from Turkish mediators.

The state asked the High Court to dismiss Livnat’s petition.

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King of the North versus a King of the South

Prophecy Scenario Now Forming in Lebanon!

Hizbullah Grows Stronger For Counter Attack!

This Will Set in Motion the Fulfillment of Daniel

11:40-45 Series of Events up to Armageddon!

Archive Prophecy Series Updates 233B – 236B

Located at: http://www.tribulationperiod.com/

Battle is Likely to Occur Between 2010 & 2015!

November 25, 2008

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DM Barak: Hizbullah is 3x Stronger than Before ’06 War

Cheshvan 26, 5769, 24 November 08 04:57

by Hillel Fendel

Daniel 11:40,41 – And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over. [41] He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.

The Islamic Jihad advocating terrorist countries and forces in the Middle East are now uniting in the master plan, which will cause a full blown counter attack against Israel in response to a future push into southern Lebanon by Israel, the King of the South. My guesstimate, as to the time this future attack will begin, lies at a point in time between 2010 and 2015.

Iran, Syria, Lebanon, and Hizbullah are preparing for a war to the north of Israel, while Hamas is preparing for it to Israel’s southwest.

Begin Excerpt from Arutz Sheva

(IsraelNN.com) Defense Minister Ehud Barak says that Hizbullah now has 42,000 rockets that can reach as far south as Ashkelon and the Negev cities of Be’er Sheva and Dimona.

Speaking at the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Monday, Barak said that Hizbullah is “three times stronger than it was before the Second Lebanon War,” which took place in the summer of 2006. “Does someone really suggest that we should capture Lebanon again?!” he asked later in the Knesset.

However, at the Committee session, Barak said that Lebanon, where Hizbullah has ensconced itself, had now become a legitimate Israeli target.

The “integration of Hizbullah with the country of Lebanon exposes Lebanon and its infrastructures to a deeper Israeli hit in the event of a future conflict,” Barak said.

Shteinitz Blames Olmert, Livni

MK Yuval Shteinitz (Likud) criticized Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni over the weekend for their role in enabling Hizbullah to get stronger.

“Their decisions and failures led to an increase in Hizbullah strength and an increase in the threat of rockets and terrorism against Israel,” Shteinitz said.

Only Ten a Month

Defense Minister Barak also spoke in a special Knesset session today, where he tried to rebuff criticism regarding his lack of offensive action against ongoing rocket activity from Gaza.

He noted that the incidents of rocket fire had dropped from 500 a month nearly a year ago, to about 10 a month now. “I don’t regret a single day or month of quiet,” said Barak, despite claims that the period of calm was used by Hamas to build up its military capabilities against Israel.

“I was a warrior and an officer,” the former Chief of Staff and Prime Minister said, “and I don’ t need anyone

to teach me the laws of war and peace and of responsibility. To all those who want war, I say that the war won’t run away and we are not afraid of it – but neither do we run towards it with our eyes closed.”

Saar: ‘It’s Not Your Past, It’s Your Present’

In response, Likud MK Gideon Saar said, “We respect your military past, but it’s your present that we’re crying about.” The calm in the Negev “exists only in your position papers,” Saar said, “but not on the ground.”

Regarding Syria, Barak tried a double-pronged approach: “Syria is aiding Hizbullah and is intimately close with Hizbullah. But… Israel has an interest

in removing Syria from the circle of conflict.

Our contacts with Syria are a positive development that must be done responsibly, seriously, and precisely.”

The Defense Minister said that Iran “continues to toy with the world and is working with zest to advance its military nuclear program. We are not ruling out any options, and we would advise others the same.”

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