Hezekiah Rides again as Israeli President Shimon Peres!
November 12, 2007
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I am afraid Israeli President Shimon Peres is about to make the same type of military tactical error with the Turks that King Hezekiah made with the Babylonians during the days of the Prophet Isaiah. If Israel does make the deal outlined in the Jerusalem Post article, which follows, results similar to those experienced after Hezekiah’s death may also occur after President Peres’ death.
Isaiah 38:1-6 – In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live. [2] Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the Lord, [3] And said, Remember now, O Lord, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight.
And Hezekiah wept sore. [4] Then came the word of the Lord to Isaiah, saying, [5] Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years. [6] And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city.
Isaiah 39:1-8 – At that time Merodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah: for he had heard that he had been sick, and was recovered.
[2] And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not. [3] Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What
said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country unto me, even from Babylon. [4] Then said he, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All that is in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them. [5] Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the Lord of hosts: [6] Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the Lord.
[7] And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon. [8] Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the Lord which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days.
Begin Jerusalem Post Article
Israel may sell Arrow and Ofek to Turkey
Yaakov Katz, Jerusalem Post Correspondent
THE JERUSALEM POST
November 11, 2007
Israel and Turkey are holding high-level talks on a possible sale of the Arrow ballistic missile defense system and a model
of the Ofek spy satellite to Turkey, The Jerusalem Post has learned.
Turkish officials said senior Israeli defense delegations had recently met with their counterparts in Ankara for talks on the sale of the systems, two of Israel’s most advanced military platforms. Defense M inister Ehud Barak is scheduled to visit Ankara
in January to continue the negotiations.
On Sunday, President Shimon Peres arrived in Ankara under heavy security for a three-day visit, at the invitation of Turkish President Abdullah Gul.
Peres received an honorary doctorate from Bilkent University in Ankara.
“Turkey is an important player in the Middle East in relation to Syria, the United States and the Palestinians, as well as us,” Peres told reporters en route to Ankara.
Peres, Gul and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas are scheduled to meet at the Ankara Forum on Tuesday and are expected to announce the establishment of an industrial zone in the West Bank. Peres said Sunday that “150,000 jobs are far more important [for promoting peace] than 15,000 rifles.”
To strengthen Abbas, Peres said, Israel needed to improve the quality of life in the Palestinian territories. He expressed optimism that Palestinian and Israeli negotiating teams would agree on a joint document to be submitted to the Middle East conference in Annapolis, Maryland, later this month.
Peres’s talks with the Turkish leadership will focus on the possibility of renewing Israeli negotiations with Syria, the Iranian threat and the growing rift between Turkey and the US over a nonbinding resolution to formally recognize the Armenian genocide of 1915.
The sale of the Arrow and the Ofek is not expected to come up during Peres’s conversations here, since the issue is being dealt with on a defense industry level. Both systems are manufactured by Israel Aerospace Industries.
Turkey and Israel have held talks over a sale of the Arrow for several years, and the deal is pending approval from the United States, which finances more than 30 percent of the defense system’s production. In April, Arieh Herzog, head of the Homa Missile Defense Agency, told the Post he favored selling the Arrow to Israel’s allies, including Turkey.
Israeli defense officials said Turkey was interested in acquiring a missile defense system in the face of Iran’s race toward nuclear power.
The sale of an Ofek satellite (Israel launched the Ofek 7 in June) would dramatically increase Turkish intelligence-gathering capabilities, since today Turkey does not have its own spy satellites.
“The purchase of these two systems would skip Turkey years forward in operational capabilities,” an Israeli defense official said.
End Jerusalem Post Article
Babylon was not the enemy of Israel in the days of Hezekiah, but they became so after his death.
Turkey is not Israel’s enemy now, but they will be after Shimon Peres departs this life.
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