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Antichrist is from the Conquered Lands of Ancient Assyrians

June 7, 2010

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During the time of the writings of Ezekiel, Daniel, Isaiah, and Micah (between 700 and 600 BC) the Assyrian Empire was active from northern Israel into Anatolia (Turkey). The Hittite Empire had slowly crumbled, pushed from the southeast by the Assyrians and from the west

by the Phrygians, newly arrived from Thrace. The last Hittite capital at Carchemish fell to the Assyrians in 717 B.C.

I have always believed the Antichrist would come from the land north of Israel from the northern border of Israel to the Black Sea, which today includes Greater Syria (Syria & Lebanon) and Turkey. I have presented Turkey as one of Daniel’s 10 Toes for many years, and occasionally mentioned the possibility that the Antichrist might arise there, but have up until now presented Syria as the best choice for his sudden ascension to power as the little horn of Daniel 7:8. However, the events of the last three years have led me to believe he could arise in Turkey, which is more militarily powerful that any other Islamic country, in my opinion.

I have always believed he would come out of the area occupied by Assyria when Micah wrote his prophecies. The Assyrians drove as far south as Jerusalem before being defeated by God when Hezekiah was King of Judah.

I do still believe Greater Syria is the most likely place for his sudden appearance, but I am now also focused on Turkey as well since her dramatic shift into the Islamic radical camp.

SEE WHOLE NUMBERED ARCHIVE PROPHECY UPDATES 62 TO 69

Daniel 7:8 – I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.

ARCHIVE PROPHECY UPDATE NUMBER 66 ON MICAH 5

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Part 5

May 3, 2003

Micah 5:1-4 – Now gather thyself n troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek. [2] But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting. [3] Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel. [4] And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.

These verses, exposited in Parts 1 through 4, were written more than 700 years before the birth of Christ. And yet they present: Bethlehem as His birthplace, His rejection as ruler over Israel, His last Passover in the daughter of troops Jerusalem, His head beatings by the troops of Pontius Pilate, Herod, and the High Priest, His rejection as the judge of Israel, His Father’s siege against Israel because of their rejection of the Son (which has lasted some 2000 years), Christ’s temporary rejection of Israel, His Second Advent as Messiah after Israel’s travail of 1260 days in the Negev Wilderness, at which time His brethren will return with Him to the nation of Israel, and the first 1000 years of His eternal kingdom, which phases into the final heaven age when the present earth and heavens pass away.

Micah 5:5 – And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.

Now, in verse 5, we find that “this man” will himself “be the peace” because He personally brings it in by Himself when he returns to be “great unto the ends of the earth” for 1000 years. “This man” who brings “the peace” of a thousand years is, of course, Jesus Christ. He is the primary contextual subject from verses 1 through 5. What happens to motivate His return to bring in the millennial reign is the movement of the Assyrian into the land of Israel. It is the final defeat and destruction of “the Assyrian” that will mark Christ’s Second Advent, and the beginning of His millennial reign.

When Micah wrote his prophecies the Assyrians had already driven into the northern Kingdom of Israel, and all that remained of Israel proper was its southern Kingdom of Judah. So what were the borders of the land of Assyria when Micah wrote the fifth chapter of his book? The borders of the Assyrian territory stretched northward from roughly where Ramallah is located in the West Bank to the present day southern border

of Turkey, and eastward to the Mediterranean Sea to establish its western limits, then westward across the Euphrates River to the Tigris River north of modern Baghdad in Iraq. Technically, I suppose one might be able to say this future “Assyrian” might come out of southern Turkey, northern Iraq, or Lebanon, but since modern day Syria occupies some 85% of the area covered by the Assyrian empire at the time of Micah’s writings, I am persuaded the Assyrian antichrist will come out of Syria.

The possible argument that Micah 5:5 was fulfilled during the old Assyrian invasion of Micah’s day, is thwarted by the context pattern of the four verses before it all still being unfulfilled at the time they were written, and then being linked contextually to verse 5 by “this man,” and “the peace.” Additionally, this argument is smashed by the verse that follows it.

Micah 5:6 – And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.

From the time of Micah’s writings to the present day, Israel has never “wasted the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof.” I will exposit specifically on both these locations in Prophecy Update Number 67, Lord willing.

The “Assyrian” of Micah 5:5 is not a European, an American, a Russian, an Eskimo, an Aborigine, an Ethiopian, or a platypus. He is an Assyrian, who becomes chief prince of the land where the descendants of Meshech and Tubal were dwelling when Ezekiel wrote his prophecies.

I will elaborate on this in future updates, Lord willing. The expression involving “seven shepherds and eight principal men” is most assuredly an oft used Hebrew idiom. It was the Hebrew manner of expressing “more than enough.” Seven is the Hebrew word for “complete,” implying “enough,” and when “eight” is added to it, the expression means “more than enough.” When the Assyrian comes into Israel, and treads within its borders north of Beersheba for 1260 days, then Jesus will return to restore peace for 1000 years on this planet. Christ’s Second Advent is accompanied by some 5/6 of the Assyrian’ s armie

s being destroyed by the brightness of His coming. His destruction of the Assyrian and his false prophet will make whatever force Israel is able to muster up in the Negev for the battle of Armageddon “more than enough.”

When the Assyrian sets on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, as the willful King of the North preparing to launch his final attack on Israel at the battle of Armageddon, he will be beyond all help by men and Satan.

I Thessalonians 5:3,4 – For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. [4] But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.

Ezekiel 38:14-16 – Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord God; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it? [15] And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army: [16] And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.

Zechariah 13:8,9 – And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left

therein. [9] And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.

Revelation 12:6 –And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.

Daniel 11:45 – And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.

II Thessalonians 2:8 – And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:

Revelation 19:19-21 – And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth,

and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. [20] And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.

[21] And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.

Ezekiel 38:22 to 39:2 – And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone. [23] Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the Lord. [1] Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: [2] And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:

Micah 5:5,6 – And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men. [6] And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.

ASSASSINATION OF RULERS IN ARAB COUNTRIES IS QUITE COMMON AND A DEFINITE POSSIBILITY FOR THE WAY OF THE SUDDEN ARRIVAL OF ANTICHRIST PRIOR TO 2015.

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Iranian Guards general assassinated in Damascus – French sources

DEBKAfile Special Report

May 30, 2010, 8:37 PM (GMT+02:00)

The death of Khalil Sultan, a high-ranking general of the IRGC’s al Qods external terror branch, at his home in the exclusive Damascus district of Al Mezzeh Sunday, May 16 is now revealed by French intelligence and Syrian exile sources in Paris to have been assassination by an unknown hand.

The authorities in Damascus said at the time that the general, whom they described as a rich Syrian businessman, sales agent for the Iranian Kordo automobile manufacturers, was killed in the course of a robbery.

In fact, according to DEBKAfile’s intelligence sources, Sultan ran Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ covert operations

in Damascus and Beirut under deep cover.

The gang which burst into his luxury villa and gunned him down with automatic rifles removed only documents and laptops, but did not touch valuables, cash or gold.

As Tehran’s top operative for disposing of anti-Iranian elements in Syria and Lebanon, he worked in conjunction with Bashar Assad’s intelligence branches. Their most recent joint project was the roundup of Iranian-Arab exiles from Ahwaz who live in Syria.

Western sources disclose that his death caused deep shock in top Syrian and Iranian government and security circles. His assassins’ success in reaching this top secret agent in the most closely-guarded neighborhood of the capital, seat of Syrian government institutions and domicile of senior officials, has caused Syrian intelligence and the regime as a whole deep embarrassment – particularly after a long series of hits against high-profile Hizballah and Hamas operatives in the Syrian capital’s most secure districts – like the case of Hizballah commander Imad Mughniyeh.

The victim was close to the al Qods Brigades chief Gen. Qassem Suleimeni, who is entrusted with the Islamic Republic’s most hush-hush clandestine operations. French sources stress, on the other hand, that he was also a personal friend of the Iranian general who recently defected to the West. They name him as Gen. Reza Baba Hossein, the first time, DEBKAfile’s sources note, that this Iranian general has been publicly revealed to be a defector to the West.

Sultan’s duties and diverse connections suggest three possible parties may have wanted him dead:

1. More than one foreign element had an interest in sabotaging Iran’s covert activities in Syria and Lebanon and the intelligence partnership between Tehran and Damascus.

2. Syrian opposition exiles in Paris point the finger at their Sunni compatriots who are involved in activities for weakening Iranian and Shiite influence in their country.

3. Sultan’s friendship with the defecting general may have aroused Tehran’s suspicion that he abetted his friend’s escape – or even had contacts in Western intelligence himself – in which case, Iranian intelligence would have no qualms about signing his death warrant

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Accusations, Threats, Charges, Countercharges, and Saber Rattling

Will Fly Across the Middle East in Reaction to the Flotilla Episode

For a few months, and the threat of war will rule faint Hearts!

I expect a Middle East War prior to 2015, but not this Year!

Odds of it Beginning will increase with each passing Year!

June 7, 2010

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Several years ago I chose the period 2010 to 2015 as the most likely time for the final war of the Age of the Gentiles to suddenly begin in the Middle East. I am very glad I picked that time span during which I believe it will break out, because it might start this year, but I rather doubt it.

Zechariah 13:8 – And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein.

Zech. 14:1,2 – Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.

[2] For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.

Revelation 11:1,2 – And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. [2] 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.

Revelation 12:6 – And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.

Daniel 7:25 – 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.

Daniel 11:45 to 12:1 – And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him. [1] And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.

Zechariah 13:9 – And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.

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Middle East Media Review Institute (MEMRI)

June 3, 2010

Reactions in Iran to Gaza Flotilla – ‘Kayhan’: Ayatollah Khomeini’s Logical, Humane, and Completely Practical Plan – To Remove the ‘Cancerous Tumor’ Israel, That Is, Eradicating It – Must Be Implemented

Iran’s leaders have stated that the Gaza flotilla events are a sign of Israel’s end. They called on the Muslims of the world to act against the “cancerous tumor” Israel, and warned Israel’s supporters worldwide to distance themselves from it lest they be harmed as well. The daily Kayhan, the regime mouthpiece, called on the Turks to avenge the blood of their comrades who were killed, and announced that Israelis are not safe anywhere in the world.

Following are the main reactions:

Kayhan: The Day of Judgment is Nigh; The Turks Must Avenge the Blood of the Killed; There Is a Logical, Humane, and Completely Practical Plan To Remove the “Cancerous Tumor” Israel – That Is, To Eradicate It

The Kayhan daily, which is close to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, stated in an editorial titled “The Day of Judgment is Nigh” that the Zionists had dug their own grave with their raid on the flotilla. It stated that the lives of Zionists are not safe anywhere in the world, and called on the Turks to avenge the shedding of the blood of their countrymen by Israel:

“[…] From the occupation of Palestine and the establishment of the cancerous tumor Israel in 1948 until now, dozens of plans and proposals have been prepared and presented with the aim of restoring peace and tranquility to the region and preventing the savage crimes of the Zionists… But none of them restrained the savage Zionists, and over the years the scope of the crimes of this corrupt germ [Israel] only grew. [These plans included] the shameful Camp David Accords … the Oslo Accords, and the [peace] plan that disgraces the Saudi king, Abdallah, and so on.

“Several decades ago, the Imam [Ruhollah Khomeini, founder of the Islamic Revolution regime] discussed… a logical, humane, revolutionary, possible, and completely practical plan, the ‘eradication of Israel from the political geography in the region.’ [He] stressed that the excision of this cancerous tumor from the Islamic Middle East was easily attainable, [but said that any] delay in the execution of this plan would cause serious, tragic, and horrific damage…

“[…] The Zionists’ surprise night attack on the freedom flotilla… attests that the Day of Judgment is nigh. Even the leaders of the Zionist regime are forced to admit it, or assess that this event is near…

“In the wake of last night’s catastrophe, which happened at midnight, will the zealous Muslim people in Turkey agree to continue diplomatic relations with the Zionist regime

? Will they not see the shedding of the blood of Zionists everywhere they can reach them as permissible and as fitting payback [for the deaths] of the martyrs of midnight Monday, as vengeance for the unjust shedding of the blood of their Muslim countrymen?… And will there remain for the Muslim nations the slightest doubt that the only breakthrough solution is the destruction of this false and blood-shedding regime and its total annihilation from the [map of] the political geography of the region?

“With this surprise cowardly and barbaric night attack, the Zionists have dug their grave with their own hands… Beyond a doubt, their lives are [now] not safe anywhere in the world. Without its knowledge, without wishing to, this germ of corruption [i.e. Israel] has helped to intensify the [likelihood] that the plan of Imam [Khomeini] to eradicate Israel from the political geography of the region will be implemented.”[1]

Ahmadinejad: “I No Longer Say Israel Must Be Torn Down… [It] Is Already In the Process of Being Destroyed”

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that the act of the “cancerous tumor,” i.e. Israel, against the Gaza flotilla denotes the beginning of the end of the Israeli regime, and attests to its weakness. In a speech in the city of Ilam, in western Iran, he said that Israel had attacked the ship with a missile fired from an airplane, killing 20.

Ahmadinejad warned Israel’s supporters in the region and its allies to stop their support for this “professional assassin” regime, because their support had made them collaborators in the Zionists’ crimes. He said that Israel “should be aware that this [action] will lead to its end,” and added, “Someone asked me why I no longer say Israel must be torn down… I said because there is no (longer a) need to say [this] – as this regime is already in the process of being destroyed.”

Ahmadinejad added: “The absolute track of history is the elimination

of oppression and arrogance. Accordingly, it is best that the supporters of the Zionist regime distance themselves from it. This is friendly advice.

History shows that if they do not take this advice, the force of the nations will put them in their place.”[2]

Leader Ali Khamenei: Zionism is Violent Fascism

An announcement by Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on his web site

stated that the Gaza flotilla was the conscience of the world, not an Islamic or Arab issue, and that Zionism is a new

and more violent form of Fascism.

Khamenei said: “[T]he symbolic and excellent operation of sending a flotilla to Gaza must be repeated numerous times in dozens of forms and styles.”

He added: “[…] Th[is] savage attack substantiated the idea that Zionism is a newer and more violent face of Fascism, albeit this time sponsored by human rights ‘advocates,’ particularly the U.S.… America, Britain, France and other European countries which lend diplomatic, propaganda, military and financial support to the… criminal state should be seriously held accountable.”[3]

Endnotes:

[1] Kayhan (Iran), June 1, 2010.

[2] Fars (Iran), May 31, 2010. It should be noted that these statements were not published in English, only in Persian.

[3] Iranian Supreme Leader’s website (Iran), June 1, 2010.

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BIRTH PANG NUMBER 28

June 6, 2010

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GOD WILL MAKE GREAT HYDROLOGICAL CHANGES DURING A

GREAT TRIBULATION PERIOD OF GEOLOGICAL CHANGES IN THE HOLY LAND!

Isaiah 41:17-20 – When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake

them. [18] I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

[19] I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together: [20] That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the Lord hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.

Chapter 30 – God Splits a River

December 21, 2001

Zechariah 14:8,9 – And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be. [9] And the Lord shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one Lord, and his name one.

Ezekiel 47:8,9 – Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed. [9] And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh.

Joel 3:18B – And all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the Lord, and shall water the valley of Shittim.

In order to determine the time of “in that day” given in Zechariah 14:8, it is necessary to examine 14:9. Verse nine clearly identifies “in that day” as the time when Jesus Christ will be king over all the earth, a period of time known as the millennial reign of

Christ. However, in order for Jerusalem and Israel to be as verse eight describes, it is obvious that fantastic geological changes must first occur in the existing topographical structure.

These drastic land mass shifts will occur during the last part of the Tribulation Period, as outlined in verses 4 and 10 of Zechariah 14 and in numerous other Scriptures exposited previously in the Birth Pang Updates.

What are “living waters?” They are simply waters that support organic aquatic life.

Zechariah advises us in verse eight that water, with the capacity to support aquatic life forms, will go out from Jerusalem.

This water is the water from Ezekiel’s spring (See Birth Pang Number 25). We are advised that half of the waters go toward the Dead Sea (Former Sea) and the rest flow toward the Mediterranean Sea (Hinder Sea). We also are informed that the water will be a continual stream that does not dry up between the two rainy seasons (most of the interior streams in Israel are dry creek beds a large part of the year). To an oriental mind, “in summer and in winter shall it be,” means a perpetual flow of life supporting water. The typical limestone spring, which is generated by permeable rock over impermeable rock in a lifted fault scarp, flows the year round.

The prophet Joel indicates a fountain (spring) will come from the Millennial Temple of the Lord, and will water the valley of Shittim. The valley of Shittim was located in the general area of Nebi Musa and Khirbat Qumran, the extreme northwestern tip of the Dead Sea.

The springs of Zechariah, Ezekiel, and Joel are all one and the same, and Figure 47 (See Birth Pang Figures Above) portrays their path from source to seas.

I really do not believe the new Dead Sea will look anything like what Figure 47 pictures, nor will the Sea of Galilee. However, I h ave left them

as they are today for a point of reference familiar to Bible students as old landmarks. The massive upheaval of the entire Jordan Valley, and the horrifying creation of a flood basalt plain will leave in its wake a river system almost totally unrecognizable from current geography.

ALL Ducks are Lining Up in

a Row for the End of the Gentile Age,

Israel is now descending to position of international Rejection,

And the Islamic Radical Nations are Bonding by Flotilla Action

Toward a united well correlated Islamic Jihad war on Israel,

That will soon explode into the final war of the Gentile Age

As soon as the bonding and planning is deemed Sufficient

To insure a winning war by Islam against State of Israel

In the Middle East war I believe will begin before 2015!

June 6, 2010

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I always wondered since 1967 if I would live long enough in this physical body to see the events in the Middle East line up in a straight line like ducks following their mother. I believe I have seen most of them move into position, so my wondering if I would live long enough to see them come into place is over.

At age 78 I now wonder if I will live long enough to see the initial attack before 2015.

It really doesn’t matter to me one way or the other because physical death for the believer is simply an early rapture.

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ISRAEL AGAINST THE WORLD – YET AGAIN
By GIL HOFFMAN

06/04/2010

What’s good for Hamas is bad for everyone.

This was supposed to be the easiest week in

the tumultuous tenure of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. He had settled key differences with US President Barack Obama, received an invitation for a kiss-and-make-up session at the White House and come to Canada for a large pro-Israel rally and a meeting with Stephen Harper, perhaps the world’s most pro-Israel prime minister.

Instead, he had to deal with American support for a UN resolution supporting a Middle East nuclear free zone, IDF commandos under fire on the Mavi Marmara, and the international condemnation that came in reaction to the lives lost on the flotilla.

He spent the night at Harper’s official residence in Ottawa but ended up convening marathon meetings with seven advisers and got no sleep………….

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Column One: Israel’s daunting task

By CAROLINE B. GLICK

06/04/2010

Iran’s nuclear weapons program is the stick it now wields to coerce the Arab world to bow to its will – and it also offers an attractive carrot.

The ferocity and speed of the current international assault on Israel has left the government in a daze. Statements from our leadership are marked by confusion. This reaction is understandable.

Everywhere Israel turns it is met with hostility.

Turkey – which just a decade ago was Israel’s most important regional ally – has taken a leadership position next to Iran in the Islamist and global assault against the Jewish state.

Under President Barack Obama’s stewardship, the US has joined the international bandwagon against Israel. Ireland – never a friend – is now openly siding with Hamas against Israel. And as Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu noted on Wednesday evening, Britain, France, Germany and the rest of the Western democracies calling for Israel to end its blockade of Hamas-controlled Gaza’s coast are effectively arguing that Israel should give Iran – which controls Hamas – a seaport on the Mediterranean.

The footage of the IDF’s celebrated naval commandos falling prey to an Islamic lynch mob on the deck of the Turkish ship Mavi Marmara on Monday morning serves as a perfect simile for the national mood. The commandos boarded the ship armed with paintball guns expecting to be greeted by hostile but nonviolent humanitarian activists.

Instead they were accosted by a murderous mob.

Similarly, the Israeli public feels that when we go out of our way to show our peaceful intentions and nature to the world, we are greeted with an international lynch mob. Rather than listen to us, the world shouts us down with mendacious propaganda in act after act of political theater.

In a situation when everything seems hopeless and futile, it is important to take a step back and consider what stands behind the assault. Only by understanding why what is happening is happening will Israel’s leaders be able to formulate a strategy for navigating the country through the current straits.

TODAY’S GLOBAL campaign against the Jewish state is the product of three recent developments: The waning of traditional Arab power relative to the waxing of non-Arab Islamic states including Iran, Pakistan and Turkey; the concomitant rise of anti-Semitic incitement throughout the Islamic world; and the US’s attenuation of its ties with its allies generally and the US abandonment of its support for Israel specifically………..

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Thousands demonstrate in Tel Aviv to lift Gaza blockade

By BEN HARTMAN

06/05/2010

Left-wing activists protest 43 years of Israeli occupation, blame government of “drowning Israel”; Right-wing counter protesters attempt to disrupt rally.

Thousands of demonstrators from across the left-wing of Israeli politics held a rally in Tel Aviv Saturday after noon to protest 43 years of Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, and a government that organizers said is “drowning Israel”.

The protestors began their demonstration with a march from Rabin Square to the Tel Aviv museum, where speeches were held. The demonstration, which was held under the slogan “The Government is Drowning Us All”, was originally planned solely to protest the occupation, but following last Monday’s deadly raid on a Turkish boat attempting to break the Gaza blockade, the rally also addressed those upset about the government’s policies in regard to the Gaza Strip and the raid that left 9 foreign citizens dead and several IDF soldiers wounded………

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Some 50 Well Trained Islam Radicals Laid Trap for IDF on Flotilla

Among the 50 some had plans to martyr themselves in Jihad

Radical Turkish PM is USING it TO GAIN electoral Popularity

And take leader ship

among the radical Islamic Countries

He is changing secular Turkey into an Islamic Republic

To blend in with the Islamic Republic of Ahmadinejad

Turkey, Syria, & Iran are 3 strongest Daniel 2 Toes

June 5, 2010

http://www.tribulationperiod.com/

I do not think the radical Islamic countries are ready for a full blown war against Israel this year, but am quite confident it will occur prior to 2015.

Daniel 2:41,42 – And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters’ clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay. [42] And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.

Turkey is Falling in Line with Iran and the Other Eight Toes!

October 16, 2007

http://www.tribulationperiod.com/

When I published my first book, Tectonic Chaos, more than 30 years ago, I remember one preacher who sent it back to me when the U.S. invaded Iraq. He said it made everything void I had taught about the 10 toes and 10 horns of Daniel’s statue and fourth beast being composed of Arab nations. He believed it because I had said Turkey, a member of the NATO alliance, and Iraq, which we had conquered, would be two of the “10,” and that I had been proven wrong. Just as soon as we pull out of Iraq, they will hate us more than they did under Saddam, and Turkey is now sliding down a slippery slope into the waiting arms of Islamic rule.

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IDF: Mercenaries to blame for violence

By YAAKOV KATZ

June 4, 2010

Army says some 50 well-trained passengers were recruited in Turkey.

The IDF has identified one of the passengers aboard the Mavi Marmara , which navy commandos commandeered earlier this week, as the ringleader of a group of mercenaries who were recruited from a city in northwest Turkey, according to new details from the military’s ongoing investigation of the Gaza flotilla.

The IDF identified a group of about 50 men – of the 700 on board – who were well-trained and were stationed throughout the ship, mostly on the upper deck, where they laid an ambush for the IDF soldiers who rappelled onto the deck from helicopters.

The members of this violent group were not carrying identity cards or passports. Instead, each of them had an envelope in his pocket with about $10,000 in cash. The defense establishment suspects the funding for the mercenaries may have come from elements within the Turkish government.

According to sources within the defense establishment, one member of the group, who appears to have been the ringleader, traveled to the city of Bursa in northwest Turkey and allegedly recruited mercenaries for the flotilla there.

In videos from the Marmara released this week by the IDF, this group of men can be seen preparing to confront IDF commandos. The videos, taken by the ship’s security cameras, show the group of activists brandishing metal bars, slingshots, and other assorted weaponry.

The group was split up into smaller squads that were distributed throughout the deck and communicated with one another with handheld communication devices. The men wore bulletproof vests and gas masks.

One video clearly shows a member of the group throwing a stun grenade onto the IDF commando vessel that pulled up alongside the Marmara. Another video shows how groups of at least four or five men swarmed each commando that landed on the top deck, beating them with metal bars, and in one case throwing a soldier off the third deck.

Soldiers testified that in at least two instances their sidearms were taken from them, as were their helmets and vests.

Two soldiers jumped off the ship into the water to save themselves from being lynched.

On Wednesday, Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilna’i told a Knesset hearing that all nine men killed on the Marmara were “involved in the fighting.”

“There were no innocents among the dead,” Vilna’i said.

Meanwhile, Palestinian Media Watch reported Thursday that three of the four Turks killed on ship sought a martyr’s death.

PMW quoted from the official Palestinian Authority daily Al-Hayat al-Jadida: “Three of the four Turks killed in the Israeli attack on the ‘Freedom Flotilla’ bound for the Gaza Strip wanted to die as martyrs, said their relatives and friends. The wife of one of them, Ali Haydar Bengi, told the Vatan daily: “He used to help the poor and the oppressed. For years, he wanted to go to Palestine. And he constantly prayed to Allah to grant him shahada (martyrdom).

“Ali worked at telephone repair shop in Diyarbakir, the largest city in southeastern Turkey. Sabir Ceylan, a friend of Ali, told the Milliyet newspaper: ‘Before embarking on this journey [ to Gaza]

, he said he desired to become a martyr. He had a strong desire to die as a martyr.’

“Another Turkish victim was Ali Ekber Yaratilmis, a 55-year old pensioner.

He was a father of five who lived in Ankara. Ali volunteered for the Turkish Aid and Human Rights Organization [IHH], which transfers aid to Gaza. A friend, Mehmet Faruk Cevher, told the Sabah daily that [Ali] ‘devoted his life to charity work, that’s why he went to Gaza. He always wanted to become a martyr.’

“The third victim was Ibrahim Bilgen, a 61-year old pensioner and father of six sons. He was a supporter of the Felicity Party, an Islamic movement in the southeastern city of Siirt, Anatolia news agency reported. His brother-in-law, Nuri Mergen, told the agency: He was an exemplary man and a truly good

man. That’s why he was truly worthy of shahada (martyrdom). Allah granted him the death that he wished for.’”

Palestinian Media Watch reported in the last two days that participants on board were chanting Islamic battle cries and talking about their coming martyrdom during the days before the confrontation.

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Ankara threatens to break relations unless Israel apologizes

DEBKAfile Special Report

June 4, 2010, 10:03 PM (GMT+02:00)

Turkish ambassador to Washington Namik Tan threatened his government would break relations with Israel unless it apologizes for the commando raid on its flotilla for Gaza. Israel must also accept an indepdent probe and end its Gaza blockade. In Turkey, prime minster Recep Erdogan said Friday, June 4: “I do not think Hamas is a terrorist organization. They are Palestinians in resistance, fighting for their own land,” whereas Israelis were no better than Somali pirates.

This was Turkey’s response to the Netanyahu government’s newfound willingness to soften its determination to maintain Israel’s sea and land blockade against the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip – even though the great majority of Israelis believe the blockade is vital to national security and acclaim the naval commandos’ raid on the Turkish-led flotilla as heroic.

DEBKAfile’s military and political sources report that in public, the prime minister and defense and foreign ministers avow their resolve to keep Gaza sealed under tight Israeli control to prevent Iranian arms ships from docking there – for as long as Hamas is at war with the Jewish state.

In practice, however, Israel has opened the door for international, even pro-Palestinian Hamas elements, to monitor foreign freights bound for the Gaza Strip.

This was revealed Friday morning, June 4, in a statement by Foreign Ministry Director-General Yossie Gal about the message he relayed to the Rachel Corrie, the last remaining vessel of the Turkish-led flotilla vessel now on its way to Gaza.

He said: “I would like to transfer a message once more that has already been conveyed through public and private channels to the ship: We have no interest in boarding the ship. If it sails directly to Ashdod port, we will secure its crew and refrain from boarding it.

Israel is prepared to receive the ship and unload its cargo.

After it is checked to makes sure it contains no weapons, we will be prepared to transfer all of the goods to Gaza.”

But then the Israeli official invited the activists on board the Rachel Corrie to accompany the shipment to the Gaza border.

“We will cooperate with the UN and international organizations in order to ensure that all of the cargo is put to the use of Gaza’s citizens,” he said.

He refrained from mentioning that the activists he had invited to accompany the shipment include members of the violently anti-Israel Free Gaza Organization, partners of the Turkish IHH terrorist group, known for its ties with Hamas and al Qaeda.

The Rachel Corrie responded by denying any message or warning had come from Israel. They were determined to reach Gaza, not Ashkelon. If the ship is diverted to Ashdod, they said, they would not resist Israeli soldiers but sit on the decks and refuse to cooperate.

Foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman declared firmly Friday night: No ships will reach Gaza. “There is nothing simpler than getting us to open the Gaza crossings: Let the Red Cross visit Gilead Shalit,” he said.

DEBKAfile’s counter-terror sources report: The Turkish government and radical Palestinian and non-Palestinian organizations are working closely together on their next moves, using the first flotilla boarded by Israeli commandos this week as the vanguard of a broader challenge to Israel. They see its Gaza blockade as the outer rampart to be knocked over first. Erdogan has earmarked millions of dollars for the IHH to purchase eight or ten ships bigger than the Mavi Marmara for their next assault, packed with the same “peace activists” as before.

Any sign of Israeli weakness in response to international censure on encourages them to redouble their efforts on behalf of Hamas. In his latest brickbat for Israel, Erdogan saw no contradiction between quoting the Ten Commandments: “Thou shalt not kill” – while solidly backing the murderous Palestinian organization dedicated to Israel’s destruction.

The “peace activists” aboard the Mavi Marmara were recorded on video as telling each other: “Remember September 11th.” Their pockets were found stuffed with housands of dollars.

In Jerusalem, police were out in force to quell Palestinian riots in support of Turkey. Hurling rocks at passing Israeli cars on the streets of East Jerusalem, the demonstrators shouted: “Erdogan, come and destroy Tel Aviv!” Turkish flags were seen on city streets for the first time since the Ottoman Empire was defeated.

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