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AN EXPOSITION OF THE TWO WITNESSES – PART 15

THE FINAL 1335 DAYS OF THE AGE OF THE GENTILES,

THAT CULMINATES AT THE SECOND ADVENT OF JESUS

November 3, 2009

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All the publications prior to 1740 indicated the “he” in Daniel 9:27 was Christ, not the Antichrist. I am concerned that a lot of believers are going to be in shock when tribulation suddenly begins to occur without a prolonged period of an antichrist arising in Europe, without a written peace treaty that lasts three and one half years, and without a lot of other prophetic interpretations by TV prophetic experts which give the impression we have a long time before fearful things begin to happen. You will find a thorough line by line, seven part exposition of Daniel 9:24 to 27 in our Blog Archives – Part 1 begins on June 20, 2009, and Part 9 concludes the series on July 5, 2009.

I am concerned about what is now shaping up in the Middle East to the extent I am hoping you will review what I believe about Daniel’s Prophecy of the 70 Weeks of Years in our Blog Archives. I hope you will consider it, even if you don’t believe it.

If it is correct, then it would be very beneficial to you when it happens.

I have long believed we only have 1335 days of Daniel’s 70 Week left unfilled, and recent events in the Middle East have helped me to better understand the manner in which the three figures of days 1260, 1290, and 1335 are intertwined during the last 1335 days of the Age of the Gentiles.

1260 Days = Time, Times, and a Half = 42 Months = 3 & ½ Prophetic Years of 360 Days

Daniel 12:4-13 – But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased. [5] Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river. [6] And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders? [7] And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for A TIME, TIMES, AND A HALF; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.

[8] And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things? [9] And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. [10] Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand. [11] And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be A THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY DAYS.

[12] Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND FIVE AND THIRTY DAYS. [13] But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.

Revelation 11:2,3,7-15,18 – But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.

[3] And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. [7] And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.

[8] And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. [9] And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.

[10] And they that dwell upon the earth

shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth. [11] And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.

[12] And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither.

And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud (BOOM); and their enemies beheld them. [13] And the same hour (BOOM) was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven. [14] The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly (BOOM). [15] And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever

and ever. [18] And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.

THE FINAL 1335 DAYS OF THE AGE OF THE GENTILES

Event 1 – Israel is attacked 1335 days before the end of the Tribulation Period

Event 2 – Some 30 days later the two witnesses begin their testimony in Israel when Jerusalem falls.

Event 3 – Some 45 days later the IDF is driven south to Beersheba and the United Nations brokers a truce or hudna is agreed to by Islam and Israel.

Event 4 – Israel remains surrounded in the Negev Wilderness for some 1260 days after the truce agreement.

Event 5 – Some 45 days before the end of the Age of the Gentiles the two witnesses will be killed by the Antichrist after having testified for 42 months (1260 days). The Antichrist will declare himself to be God on the Temple Mount – This is the abomination “that maketh desolate.”

Event 6 – Three and one half days later three events occur in rapid succession. They all three occur on the same day. I call them boom,

boom, boom.

Boom 1 – The two witnesses ascend up to heaven through the clouds.

Boom 2 – A great earthquake occurs in the same hour the two witnesses depart.

Boom 3 – The last trump (7th) Trump sounds and all the saved are caught up.

Event 7 – All the saved are judged in heaven while the seven vials of God’s wrath are poured out on unbelievers.

Event 8 – Christ returns with all the saved some 1335 days after the initial attack of Islamic forces against Israel.

SUMMARY

Israel will be attacked to start the last 1335 days of Israel’s Travail

Jerusalem will fall 30 days after the initial attack

The two witnesses will testify for 1260 days after the fall of Jerusalem,

A truce or hudna will be declared at Beersheba 45 days after Jerusalem falls

Israel will remain in the Negev for 1260 days after the truce or hudna

Antichrist will kill the two witnesses and declare himself to be God on the Temple Mount making himself the “abomination that maketh desolate.”

Three and one-half days later three events occur in rapid succession on the same day: (1) The two witnesses ascend into heaven, (2) A great earthquake occurs, and (3) The seventh trump sounds and all the saved are caught up, including the sealed 144,000.

Remember How Obama Declared His Great Love

For the Nation of Israel

when he was Campaigning?

His appointments of Israel Haters shows feigned Love,

Phony as a three dollar bill found floating in bailout Funds,

Guile, not transparency, is the hallmark of his Administration.

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Obama’s feigned love toward Israel, the apple of God’s eye, shows the degree of an intellectual administration’s unbelief in the warn

ing of consequences for doing so in this final generation.

Zechariah 2:8-13 – For thus saith the Lord of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for HE THAT TOUCHETH YOU TOUCHETH THE APPLE OF HIS EYE, [9] For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me. [10] Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the Lord. [11] And many nations shall be joined to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto thee. [12] And the Lord shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again. [13] Be silent, O all flesh, before the Lord: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.

I Corinthians 1:18,19 – For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. [19] For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.

Begin Excerpt from News Release by ZOA via Independent Media Review Analysis

ZOA TO President OBAMA:

Rescind Appointment Of Anti-

Israel, Anti-Iran Sanctions Fmr.

Sen. Hagel TO Intelligence Panel

NEWS RELEASE

Zionist Organization of America

Jacob & Libby Goodman ZOA House, 4 East 34th Street, New York, N.Y. 10016

(212) 481-1500 Fax: (212) 481-1515 email@zoa.org www.zoa.org

October 29, 2009

Contact Morton A.

Klein at: 917-974-8795 or 212-481-1500

Attn: NEWS EDITOR

ZOA TO PRESIDENT OBAMA:

RESCIND APPOINTMENT OF ANTI-ISRAEL, ANTI-IRAN SANCTIONS FMR. SEN. HAGEL TO INTELLIGENCE PANEL

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has called upon President Barack Obama to rescind his appointment of retired anti-Israel, anti-Iran sanctions Republican Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska to the President’s Intelligence
Advisory Board. Hagel, has who will co-chair the Board, has a long and troubling record of hostility to Israel which has been criticized by both the Democratic and Republican Jewish coalitions.

In fact, the National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC) posted in March 2007, when Sen. Hagel was seeking the Republican presidential nomination, a detailed list of then-Senator Hagel’s record on Israel that reads as follows:

“In August 2006, Hagel was one of only 12 Senators who refused to write the EU asking them to declare Hezbollah a terrorist organization.

In October 2000, Hagel was one of only 4 Senators who refused to sign a Senate letter in support of Israel.

In November 2001, Hagel was one of only 11 Senators who refused to sign a letter urging President Bush not to meet with the late Yassir Arafat until his forces ended the violence against Israel.

In December 2005, Hagel was one of only 27 who refused to sign a letter to President Bush to pressure the Palestinian Authority to ban terrorist groups from participating in Palestinian legislative elections.

In June 2004, Hagel refused to sign a letter urging President Bush to highlight Iran’s nuclear program at the G-8 summit” (‘Indecisive Senator Hagel has Questionable Israel Record,’ March 12, 2007, National Jewish Democratic Council).

Additionally, Sen. Hagel wrote in a 2002 Washington Post op-ed that he opposed then-President George W. Bush’s refusal to meet arch-terrorist Yasser Arafat saying that “we cannot hold the Middle East peace process hostage by making Yasser Arafat the issue. Palestinian reformers cannot promote a democratic agenda for change while both the Israeli military occupation and settlement activity continue. Israel must take steps to show its commitment to peace” (‘We Shouldn’t Make Arafat the Issue,’ Washington Post, July 19, 2002).

Hagel has stated (in an interview quoted in Aaron David Miller’s Much Too Promised Land) that “The political reality is that … the Jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people up here,” thereby implying that Americans who express concern for Israel and see the U.S.-Israeli relationship as a cornerstone of American security have dual loyalties. When once confronted with the charge that he is insufficiently supportive of Israel, Hagel replied, “Let me clear something up here if there’s any doubt in your mind. I’ m a United St

ates Senator.

I’m not an Israeli senator. I’m a United States Senator. I support Israel. But my first interest is, I take an oath of
office to the constitution of

the United States. Not to a president, not to a party, not to Israel” (Quoted in ‘RJC: Hagel’s record makes intelligence panel appointment troubling,’ October 28, 2009, Republican Jewish Coalition).

In October 2008, Hagel prevented action on a Senate bill – sponsored by then-Senator Barack Obama – proposing economic sanctions against Iran. Hagel has argued that, “Whether we like it or not, there will be no peace or stability in the Middle East without Iran’s participation” (Connie Bruck, ‘The Odd Man Out,’ New Yorker Magazine, November 3, 2008)

John J. Miller, National Review’s National Political Reporter, wrote the following about Hagel in 2002:

“There’s nothing Hagel likes less than talking about right and wrong in the context of foreign policy. Pro-Israeli groups view him almost uniformly as a problem.

‘He doesn’t always cast bad votes, but he always says the wrong thing,’ comments an Israel supporter who watches Congress. An April speech is a case in point. ‘We will need a wider lens to grasp the complex nature and consequences of terrorism,’ said Hagel. He went on to cite a few examples of terrorism: FARC in Colombia, Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines, and the Palestinian suicide bombers.

Then he continued, ‘Arabs and Palestinians view the civilian casualties resulting from Israeli
military occupation as terrorism.’ He didn’t exactly say he shares this view – but he also failed to reject it” (John J. Miller, ‘Sen. Skeptic (R., France),’ National Review, August 17, 2002).

ZOA National President Morton A. Klein said, “It is clear from Chuck Hagel’s record in the Senate that we have here an unusually hostile figure when it comes to Israel, the U.S.-Israeli relationship and one who shows little interest in dealing with the threat posed by Iran to the U.S., Israel and the world by their seeking to acquire nuclear weapons. That such a figure will have a key role to play on the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board is of grave concern.

This is especially so when one considers that the Intelligence Advisory Board exists solely for the purpose of providing the President with an independent source of advice on intelligence matters and which reports directly to him.

“We call upon President Obama to rescind this appointment and we call upon other pro-American, American Jewish groups and pro-Israel groups to do the same. In particular, we call upon the National Jewish Democratic Council, which scrupulously noted then-Senator Hagel’s shortcomings on Israel when he was seeking the Republican presidential nomination, to make its voice heard in opposition to this truly disturbing appointment.

“Any American who is concerned about Iran’s drive to obtain nuclear weapons, maintaining the Israeli-U.S. relationship and supporting Israel in its legitimate fight to protect her citizens from terrorism should oppose this appointment.”

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AN EXPOSITION OF THE TWO WITNESSES – PART 14

November 2, 2009

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Paul’s mystery of God is about to be fulfilled in Chapter 11 of John’s Revelation.

1 Corinthians15:51,52 – Behold, I shew you A MYSTERY; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, [52] In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, AT THE LAST TRUMP: for the TRUMPET shall SOUND, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall

be changed.

Revelation 10:7 – But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, THE MYSTERY of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.

Revelation 11:11-15 – And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them,

and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.

[12] And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them. [13] And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to

the God of heaven. [14] The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly. [15] And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever

and ever.

Please note there was a great earthquake in the SAME HOUR the two witnesses went up to heaven in a cloud.

Also please note that the third woe, which is the blowing of the seventh (last) trumpet, is said to come QUICKLY.

I conclude this is going to be a boom, boom, boom series between the ascent of the two witnesses and what is called the rapture of all the saints in Revelation 11:15.

BOOM 1 – The two witnesses are seen to ascend alive into heaven

BOOM 2 – Within minutes (within the same hour) a great earthquake occurs and the 144,000 remnant gives glory to God)

BOOM 3 – The sounding of the seventh trumpet, which is the third woe, comes QUICKLY (following quickly the earthquake that closed the second woe) and the rapture of all the saved on the earth occurs, which includes the 144,000 sealed Jews in the Negev Wilderness.

The larger remnant of Jews left behind at the departure of the 144,000, call upon the Lord in the Negev and a nation is born in a day.

God protects them from his wrath as he pours out the seven vials of His wrath on unbelievers.

This larger remnant of Jews will go into the Millennium as born again believers in human flesh.

Matthew 24:21,22 – For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

[22] And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.

Acts 2:19-21 – And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke: [20] The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come: [21] And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Luke 21:25-27 – And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; [26] Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

[27] And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

Romans 11:26,27 – And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: [27] For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.

Isaiah 66:8 – Who hath heard such a thing

? who hath seen such things

? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once

? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.

Nothing Quite Like Morning Shakshuka

Iranian Ahmadinejad Loves ‘Engagement’

Diplomatic Dialog Program of Barack Obama

Gives Iran the joy of eating Persian Shakshuka

In celebration of his great victory over US & West!

Admadinejad now believes in an Islamic Santa Claus,

Who has put control over world opinion under his Tree.

November 1, 2009

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Shakshuka is a North African dish consisting of poached or fried eggs cooked in a sauce of tomatoes, peppers, onions, and spices (often including cumin, turmeric, and chillies), and usually served with pita bread.

Originally enjoyed by rulers of the Ottoman Empire, this dish later amassed its greatest popularity among the North African countries.

Shakshouka was then brought to Israel largely by Tunisian Jews after the mass exodus of Jews from Islamic-majority countries.

Begin Excerpt 1 from YNet News

Gigantic coup for Iran

Obama’s insistence on ‘engagement’ responsible above all for Iran’s recent triumph

Michael Hessel

The recent announcement of an agreement reached between Iran and the World Powers in Vienna amounts to nothing short of a gigantic coup for Iran, with the tacit approval of the Obama Administration.

After seven years of negotiations with the EU, three UN Security Council Resolutions, and most recently three weeks of discussions, the Iranians have agreed to have “most” of their acknowledged low-enriched uranium transferred to a third country for further processing and open up the recently discovered Qom facility for IAEA inspection.

This is all positive news, especially for the Iranians, who can now boast at having masterminded another negotiations victory against the West. Any urgency towards swift action on Iran has now been diffused, and Tehran can continue to flaunt UN Security Council Resolutions with impunity.

Iran is cooking up an age old Middle Eastern recipe for its discussions with the West, a Persian Shakshuka if you like, and its ingredients are amazingly simple: they will transfer the enriched uranium they admit to having to a third party, while they continue to enrich uranium secretly in facilities which they deny exist. Furthermore, under an “agreement in principle” the Iranian regime will allow inspectors into the facility in Qom but without specifying under which conditions.

The focus on Qom is in itself a coup for Iran. The French and Americans planned on announcing the facility’s existence to the world at a joint session in the UN General Assembly, but were beaten to the punch by the Iranians, who seemed to have gotten wind of the plan. By doing so, the Iranians once more illustrated their uncanny ability to control the substance, scope, and timing of discussions concerning their nuclear program. Furthermore, by focusing on the facility of their choice the Iranians were able to turn world attention away from its other facilities.

It is obvious by now that Qom is only a small part of a vast network

of clandestine enrichment facilities the Iranians have built and perfected over the years. The Iraqi experience has taught them that in this kind of business it is best not to keep all your eggs in one basket. By agreeing to enrich their “declared” uranium through a third party and “sacrificing” one facility for the good of the rest, the Iranians can continue their march towards the bomb with little interference. Meanwhile, any call for action against Iran has been diffused and the West is doing what it loves to do most – they are talking, and this they assure us, is a very important thing indeed.

Glowing personal victory

In fact, it is Obama’s insistence on “engagement” that is responsible above all for Iran’s recent turn of fate.

It was the Obama Administration, famed for its insistence on the application of International Law, which nudged the other parties to the talks to abandon any mention of the three UN Security Council Resolutions that demand Iran terminate its uranium enrichment program. Any mention of these resolutions is now off the table. The discussions themselves do not request a scaling down, let alone termination, of the nuclear program.

Obama’s courting of the Iranian Republic against all odds is also the reason why the US remained silent during the post-election violence in Iran. It is also why Obama personally intervened to insure that the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act, which would impose sanctions on the exporting of fuel to Iran, would not pass in Congress.

Furthermore, Obama delivered President Ahmadinejad a glowing personal victory as a consequence of the talks. Until recently the most unpopular president since the 1979 revolution, Ahmadinejad has been much criticized by his detractors at home for his radical policies which they warned would wreck havoc on Iran. Now, however, he can argue quite persuasively that it was his radicalism that delivered the results.

Indeed, the talks prove that with this US Administration at least, it pays to be the bad guy. After all, no country would consider an attack while these talks continue. And continue they will, since they are designed to go on perpetually. Apparently, Iran’s foreign minister is already planning a summit of the World Powers with Ahmadinejad in 2011.

At this critical juncture, the world must ensure that in “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and co-operation between peoples”(as the Nobel Peace Prize Committee’s decision states), President Obama does not end up championing the first Fundamentalist Islamic bomb.

Michael Hessel is a banker, and the Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva of the International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists

Begin Excerpt 2 from DEBKAfie Special Report

As Iran-European gap widens over overseas enrichment, Ahmadinejad boasts: “We rule world opinion”

DEBKAfile Special Analysis

October 31, 2009, 1:22 PM (GMT+02:00)

Mounting opposition leaves only two leaders in favor of the UN-brokered plan for Iran to send most of its enriched uranium to Russia and France for further processing: US President Barack Obama and Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who Friday praised the proposal “to have Iran withdraw its enriched uranium, or a good portion of it, outside Iran as a positive first step.” He commended the US president’s efforts to deal with Iran’s nuclear program

But Saturday, European leaders struck the opposite note. In Vienna, European officials called the new Iranian ultimatum for a balance between sending uranium abroad and receiving a fresh supply as “unacceptable.”

In Brussels, European leaders began drafting a communiqué expressing “grave concern” over Iran’s nuclear enrichment activities and persistent failure to meet its international obligations.

The “counter-proposal” incorporating this ultimatum, which was conveyed by Iran’s nuclear negotiator to the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna Friday, cancels out the whole point of the plan offered, to reduce the level of uranium stocks usable by Iran for making a nuclear bomb. Tehran also called for more negotiations before

Tehran delivered its final response.

Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, rotating presidency of the European Union, told AP that Iran’s approach of “back-and-forth talks” were reminiscent of its “same old tricks.”

Saturday, president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad issued a veiled warning: “We hope the negotiations continue and evil powers don’t indulge in mischief because the Zionist regime and other domineering powers are unhappy with the talks,” he said in an Iranian state TV interview: “Today, Westerners know that without engaging Iran, they cannot rule the world, because Iran… rules world public opinion.”

Within hours, fellow hardliners in Tehran chipped in: Deputy parliament speaker Aleddin Boroujerdi said the second time this week: “We are completely opposed to the proposals.

We have deep mistrust of Westerners.”

Qazem Jalili, a member of the Iranian parliament’s foreign affairs and security committee (who is related to Iran’s nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili) dismissed the world powers’ proposal as “completely out of the question.”

Netanyahu’s words of praise for president Obama when he met Middle East peace envoy George Mitchell Friday followed an informal message from Washington asking Israel’s political, military and intelligence spokesmen to align their conduct and statements on the Iran issue with the UK, France and Germany.

The Israeli prime minister made no reference to Iran’s negative response to the compromise it was offered in the framework of Obama’s engagement policy. Nor did he indicate where this left Israel.

That Iran’s counter-proposal was a resounding “no” to an initiative backed by the world’s powers and the UN was far from clear in secretary of state Hillary Clinton’s tortuous remarks Friday: “We are working to determine exactly what they are willing to do, whether this was an initial response that is an end response or the beginning of getting to where we expect them to end up,” she said, urging: “The process must play out.”

She may be in denial, but Tehran’s rebuff will certainly play out in Obama’s other diplomatic initiatives.

After being badly mauled in Pakistan over US drone attacks on Taliban bastions and US policy in general, Clinton arrives in Jerusalem Saturday, Oct. 31, to administer yet another push for getting Israel-Palestinian peace talks restarted.

When he met her earlier in Abu Dhabi, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas made it clear that he stood by his precondition for talks: Israel must halt settlement construction on the West Bank and Jerusalem.

Netanyahu, whom she meets Saturday night, will probably agree to negotiations without preconditions.

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