Is Anyone Really Surprised?
August 24, 2007
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I doubt if very many believed any part of the Fatah Palestinian Authority would keep any agreement they made with Isr ael
in the peace sideshow, which was generated by the beating the Hamas put on the Fatah in the Gaza Strip.
Turning the jailed Fatah al-Aksa Martyrs Brigades thugs loose was like letting Count Dracula out of solitary confinement, if he would promise not to go out at night.
I have pointed out many times that Yassar Arafat never had control of all the terrorist groups in Israel, nor has any other man. This has made it a genuine fiasco from Clinton and Arafat at Camp David right up to the present negotiations. Arafat knew he could never keep a peace agreement, even if he wanted to do so. So does Abbas.
So, if they ever do sign an agreement, it cannot possible hold together for very long. The only scenario that can bring world peace is one whale of a war terminating eventually at the greatest battle of all time, the battle of Armageddon. And even that could not possibly cause man to have worldwide peace, unless Messiah returned to end the war at Armageddon, and then enforced
peace for a thousand years.
The bulk of the world’s population think believers are misguided lunatics because many of us believe this situation must eventually end at Armageddon. None of us know exactly when the final great tribulation period will begin, but some of us do speculate it will be soon. As a believer, one thing is certain to me, the only one who can straighten out this mess, after terminating it at Armageddon, is the Messiah, Jesus Christ, at his Second Advent.
The only kind of peace that can come out of this Middle East pot of madness is a very brief false peace of deception before the scenario of Matthew 24:21,22 and Daniel 12:1 kick in.
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.
Daniel 12:1 – 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.
This is the peace that will follow this coming time of unbelievable horror.
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.
The word “quickly,” used by John in his closing remarks in the last book in the New Testament, is an adjective used as a pronominally adverbial pronoun modifier to the word “come.” It refers to the “manner” of the action performed by the subject (Christ’s coming), rather than the “time” of his coming. At age 75, I am much more anxious for him to come quickly in the blinking of an eye, than I was in my wasted youth.
Revelation 22:20 – He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Begin Jerusalem Post Article
Aksa Martyrs Brigades: We’ll no longer ho
nor agreements with Israel
Khaled Abu Toameh, THE JERUSALEM POST
August 21, 2007
Fatah’s armed wing, the Aksa Martyrs Brigades, announced Tuesday it would no longer honor understandings reached with Israel, and called on its members to carry weapons to defend themselves against the IDF.
“We call on all our members who handed over their weapons to the Palestinian security forces to report to their commanders so that they can be issued new weapons,” said
a leaflet distributed in Ramallah.
The group said the decision was made after the IDF arrested two Fatah gunmen who had been given amnesty by Israel in line with understandings reached between
Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
Israel agreed last month to stop pursuing some 270 Fatah fugitives on condition that they surrender their weapons and sign a pledge to refrain from terrorist activities.
Earlier this week, the PA said Israel had “pardoned” another 110 Fatah fugitives in the West Bank – a claim that Israel denied.
The latest leaflet is seen as a challenge to PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’s efforts to dismantle the Aksa Martyrs Brigades and other Fatah-linked armed groups in the West Bank.
According to the group, Israel on Monday night arrested Iyad Bisharat and Ahmed Abu Jalboush, two Fatah gunmen whose names had appeared on the first list of pardoned fugitives.
“We call on all our members to display caution and not to be deceived by the so-called amnesty from Israel,” the leaflet read. “We will no longer honor the agreements that were reached with Israel over the issue of the wanted men. We won’t hand over our guns.
This is a lie designed to split the Palestinian resistance.”
The group said it had previously warned against the “plot” aimed at confiscating the weapons of Aksa Martyrs Brigades members in the West Bank. “The Israeli enemy does not respect any commitments or agreements,” it said.
The Fatah group also criticized PA Prime Minister Salaam Fayad’s government, holding it responsible for the arrest of its two men.
“Fayad must clarify his position vis-á-vis the arrest of our men, whose names had appeared on the list of wanted men who received amnesty,” it said.
An Israeli official said in response that such a move by Fatah’ s military wing would only e
scalate violence.
“Israel expects the Palestinian Authority to take proper steps to root out terrorism against Israel, and to work with Israel to chart a more promising future for both sides,” an official in the Prime Minister’s Office said. “Incitement such as this only serves to ratchet up the situation, and would only harm the chances for progress between both peoples.”
The IDF declined comment.
Herb Keinon contributed to this report.
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