A WONDERFUL IDEA FOR ARMAGEDDON!
Come into My Parlor, Said the Spider to the Fly!
March 25, 2008
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I cannot believe the mentality of the Israeli government would ever go down to such a level it would do as this article from Haaratz suggests, but many strange things have happened in the current administration.
My prophetic interest in Israel has always been directed toward a hope of actions in the Middle East that would give assurance the events which would lead to the final war were rapidly approaching. Any sort of a peace arrangement with Syria would certainly be the greatest event of my lifetime, because it would assure fulfillment of the Scriptures, which follow, was at our very doorsteps.
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 38:8,9 – After many days thou sh alt
be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them. [9] Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.
Ezekiel 38:13-16 – Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil
? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil? [14] 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.
Go to Damascus
By Yoel Marcus
March 25, 2008
You don’t h ave to be
a strategic expert to see that the Annapolis initiative is dying. The hopes of President Bush and Ehud Olmert that the foundations for an agreement between Israel and the Palestinians could be laid by the end of 2008 have gone up in smoke. The Palestinians have demonstrated yet again their knack for never missing an opportunity to miss an opportunity.
Their leaders are divided into goodies and baddies. The goodies are prepared to talk to us about a peace agreement, but they are too weak to reach any kind of accord in the name of the Palestinian people. The baddies just want us dead.
Toward that end, they are linked up to the axis of evil – to Iran, Hezbollah and all the countries and groups that embrace raging Islamic fundamentalism.
Under the circumstances, we have two options: We can sit and twiddle our thumbs, which means wasting precious time, or we can launch a new political initiative – talks with Syria.
Now, as countries in this region are growing weaker, and the terror organizations are growing stronger and working toward the delegitimization of Israel as a state that has no right to exist, it is vital to cut Syria’s links with Iran, Hezbollah and the terrorist groups it is harboring.
After four years of study, Dan Meridor, who headed a committee established by Ariel Sharon and Shaul Mofaz and charged with drafting Israel’s national security policy, concluded that Menachem Begin’s decision to make peace with Egypt, Israel’s strongest and most bitter foe, was a historic move. After that, Yitzhak Rabin signed a peace treaty with Jordan, the second of the five countries that attacked Israel in 1948. These peace agreements have endured for many years, recognized and backed by the United States and Europe, and created an enclave of sanity and stability in the region.
At a time when ill winds seem to be blowing from the north, the possibility of bringing Syria into the circle of peace is a particularly calming prospect. According to Meridor, Syria has lost its luster in the eyes of its Arab neighbors. Since the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri, the moderate Islamic countries, worried that the international tribunal in the Hague will find Bashar Assad guilty, have been giving Syria the cold shoulder. When foreign sources reported that a Syrian installation had been blown up by Israel, wonder of wonders, no Arab country seemed to have a problem with that.
Given Syria’s current state of isolation, with its Arab brothers in a huff and a boycott imposed on it by America, the time is ripe for Israel to invite it to join the good guys and urge the Bush administration, or the next one in line, to support an initiative for dialogue between the two countries.
Assad the father was not an easy client at the negotiating table, and the same is true for Assad the son.
But 35 years of agreements on the Syrian front have taught us that the Syrians honor their commitments. At a special cabinet meeting two weeks ago, IDF military intelligence estimated that Syria could be separated from the “axis of evil,” especially if America pitched in.
Syria’s alliance with Iran is not a natural one. Since the return of Ayatollah Khomeini in 1979, Iran’s goal has been to topple the traditional regimes in the region, of which Syria is one, and install religious clerics. Over the years, there have been contacts, and even talks, between Damascus and Jerusalem. Kissinger, Clinton, Netanyahu and Barak met with the Syrians and talked to them.
But Assad Senior – whose long lectures would leave his listeners with bursting bladders – was a stubborn leader. Always cognizant of being a member of Syria’ s Alawite minority, he wa
s a stickler for detail. Not only did he demand the return of all territory, but everything had to be exactly as it was before, including the right of Syrian soldiers to dip their toes in the Kinneret.
Assad Junior, supposedly a man of the world, is on our wavelength. Ehud Barak and the defense establishment believe we need to talk to the Syrians for a number of reasons. At the top of the list is establishing internationally recognized borders for the State of Israel, thereby putting an official end to the non-recognition of Israel’s existence.
An agreement with Syria would strategically change the picture in this region: It would isolate Iran, neutralize the headquarters of the terrorist organizations and strengthen the moderate Islamic regimes.
Unlike the Palestinian leadership at the moment, the Syrians, in their bid for international acceptance, are capable of delivering the goods.
But only if Israel realizes that secure and recognized borders come with a price tag, a hefty one, but worth it for peace – the Golan Heights.
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