Plenty of Articles about Military Buildup in Syria
May 4, 2007
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A Series of three articles highlighting the likelihood of a belief floating around the prophetic world that the initial battle of the great final War will beg in this summer
in Israel – I doubt it will begin this summer, but I do guesstimate it will prior to 2013. When it does finally begin, the Scriptures
do indicate that the war it introduces to the Middle East will terminate in the battle of Armageddon some three and one-half years later.
Syria arming intensely, minister says
YNet News
Deputy Defense Minister discusses Israel’s regional situation with American Jewish Committee, also cites positive potential changes in region
Yitzhak Benhorin
May 4, 2007
WASHINGTON: Syria is arming intensively, warned Deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh, Thursday.
Nonetheless, he praised a recent meeting between US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Syrian Foreign Secretary Walid Moallem at a conference in Egypt.
Sneh, speaking at the American Jewish Committee conference in Washington, said it was good news that Syria is choosing to play a central role in the politics of the Middle East.
Sneh also spoke of Iran as a catalyst for change in the Middle East, positing that the threat of a strengthen Iranian regime could push moderate Arab nations into a coalition with Israel.
He cited a so-called Arab Quartet, made up of Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates and spoke optimistically about the Arab Summit peace initiative as a positive gesture that indicates a changing environment.
However, the deputy defense minister also told conference participants that the Middle East had become a dangerous place to live.
Iran is closer than ever to getting nuclear weapons and Syria is arming intensely, buying weapons from Russia at an unprecedented rate, he said.
Hamas is growing stronger within the Palestinian Authority, and threatening negotiations and potential agreements between Israel and the PA, he added.
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Shades of the 1973 Yom Kippur War!
May 4, 2007
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Another in the series showing the likelihood of a coming Middle East War – Although I do not believe the big one will begin this summer, I do believe it is likely to begin before 2013.
Israeli Envoy: Syrian Build-up – The Strongest since 1973 War
16 Iyar 5767, 04 May 07 01:14
by Hillel Fendel
Arutz Sheva
(IsraelNN.com) Israel’s Ambassador in Washington says Syria is developing its most serious threat against Israel since it attacked Israel in the Yom Kippur War of 1973.
“We see Syria developing a very serious threat on the northern border,” Ambassador Sallai Meridor told journalists in Washington on Wednesday. He said the threat is manifest in military activity, training, great investments in military equipment – and the build-up of a large arsenal of Scud missiles.
“In the past,” Meridor said, “the assumption was that the Syrians’ tanks and air force were not among the most advanced.
Now, however, we are concerned that they might think that with a large arsenal of rockets that can reach everywhere in Israel, they have the capacity… to threaten us.”
The last time Israel’s north-eastern neighbor threatened Israel so fiercely build-up was the 1973 Yom Kippur War. That war was set off when Syria and Egypt simultaneously attacked Israel on the holiest day of the Jewish year.
“We hope they do not have offensive intentions,” Meridor said, “but we cannot be sure.” The ambassador said that Israel is attempting to pass “calming messages” to Syria, but that Syria continues to “thwart attempts to create attempts to create an atmosphere that will promote peace.”
Syria has demanded for 40 years that Israel relinquish control over the Golan Heights – the mountainous area from which Syria often launched attacks against Israeli communities below until Israel captured the Golan in the 1967 Six Day War.
Long one of Israel’s most implacable enemies, Syria continues to provide assistance, money and training to Hamas, Hizbullah, and other terrorist groups.
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Internal Knesset Trouble and Worries on its Northern Border!
Syrian Military Buildup Worries Israel
Thursday May 3, 2007 12:31 AM
Another Article in a series showing why many believe the initial battle of the final great war will being in the Middle East. I do not believe a major war will begin this summer in Israel, but I do believe it will start before 2013.
The Guardian (UK)
By BARRY SCHWEID
AP Diplomatic Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) – Faced with the biggest military buildup by Syria along its border since the 1973 Middle East war, Israel is privately reassuring its Arab neighbor that it does not seek a confrontation, Israeli Ambassador Sallai Meridor said Wednesday.
“We use every effort to send messages to Syria we have no offensive intention,” Meridor said.
Mostly steering clear of the political turmoil at home, which he said was not appropriate for him to discuss publicly, Meridor nonetheless said Israel would continue “to do everything humanly possible to enhance peace” opportunities with the Palestinians.
“We are trying to create opportunities for the Palestinians to make peace,” he said.
Offering to evacuate thousands of Jewish settlers on the West Bank and make other concessions, Meridor said: “I do not know a country in the world which would risk as much” for peace.
“We are not going to give up the slightest opportunity to move forward,” Meridor said at a luncheon sponsored by The Israel Project, a private group. However, he gave no indication Israel would alter its policy of not dealing with Hamas, which plays a dominant role in the Palestinian government and is considered a terror group by the United States and Israel.
At home, Israel’s foreign minister, Tzipi Livni, called on Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to step down and said she would seek to replace him after a harsh report criticizing his handling of the war last summer with Hezbollah militia in Lebanon.
Meridor said he had not briefed Bush administration officials or had any meetings with them about
the political situation. And he declined to discuss it.
But the ambassador dwelled on what he called a major buildup of Syrian missiles that could reach any part of Israel “and create major damage” and a “preparedness” along the border “that we have not seen since 1973.”
Meridor said Russia was contributing to Syria’s arsenal by providing the country with missiles.
Syria lost the strategic Golan Heights to Israel in the 1967 Mideast war and failed to recover the territory in a war in 1973 in which Egypt and Syria fought against Israel again.
Israel annexed the territory in 1981 and about 8,000 Israelis live there.
U.S.-assisted negotiations with Israel and Syria have failed to resolve the dispute on a land-for-peace basis. The most recent peace conference broke down in 2000.
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