Work on Ceasefire but Plan Invasion
May 20, 2008
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For some reason, the current negotiations between Hamas and Israel being conducted through Egypt, a third party, remind me of a rhyme I think I first heard in the first grade.
One summer day about midnight,
Two dead boys began to fight.
They turned their backs, and faced each other,
Then drew their swords, and shot each other.
Two deaf and dumb policemen heard the noise,
And came and killed the two dead boys.
Back on the first day of this month, I indicated that while a lot of confusing statements and denials would be flowing back and forth for a while, that just the preceding confusing but of contradicting rhyme, it would all eventually end in a truce, and after a while, perhaps a hudna.
I am still of that opinion. We are including three previous Blogs on this subject from April 18, 2006, March 12, 2008, and May 1, 2008 to accompany the present Blog. The three previous Blogs follow.
Blog 1
Paul’s Prophetic Peace and Safety!
May 1st, 2008
Is this Paul’s Prophetic Peace and Safety?
Could it eventually lead to its Fulfillment?
May may be a revealing prophetic Month!
May 1, 2008
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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.
Two years ago
in our Blog of April 18, 2006, an excerpt of which follows our heading, I indicated that a truce might be the only way to fulfill the false peace of I Thessalonians 5:3,4
Last month in our Blog of March 12, 2008, I indicated a truce as the gateway to the prophetic fulfillment of Paul’s prophetic statement found in I Thessalonians 5:3,4.
In our AM Blog of April 30, 2008, I indicated it was quite possible that a scenario of temporary false peace could be about to come to the Syria, Hizbullah, Hamas, and Israel section of the Middle East, as a delayed result of the destruction of the Syrian Nuclear Building.
Blog 2
Begin April 18, 2006 Blog
Hudna (Indefinite Truce) May be the Only Way to a False Peace!
April 18, 2006
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The following two articles, one from the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, and the other from the Times, UK, were both extracted from the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs Daily Alert.
The Scriptures indicate that a false peace will come to Israel before it is attacked from the north. It is appearing more and more likely that it may be in the form of a Hudna issued by the terror groups in Israel for the production of a “quiet for quiet” indefinite period of time, which is allowable under the traditional teachings of Islam for the purpose of building up strength and coordination of future conquests. These two articles, which follow, show little hope for what Western Powers would identify as a negotiated peace, and an indefinite truce agreement may be the best one can hope to achieve as a false peace.
Blog 3
Begin March 12, 2008 Blog
Hudna – A Gateway to Prophecy Fulfillment!
March 12, 2008
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The actual timing of precisely “when” a time of unbroken “continuous” calm or truce will come into effect in Israel, such that all rocket attacks out of the Gaza Strip actually cease, I do not know.
I expect spurious rockets to continue off and on for awhile, and for an occasional terrorist to be killed by the IDF, but Scripture does indicate that some sort of a “calm”, “truce,” or “hudna” will cause Israel to be crying out “Peace and safety,” at the very time “sudden destruction comes on her.
The IDF statement by Ehud Barak in the first article, makes it clear that the current actions which seem to be leading into an eventual hudna, could all go up in smoke at the drop of a hat, and the IDF may launch a full blown operation into the Gaza Strip at any moment. I do believe that after much more off again, on again, gone again, not again rhetoric, and skirmishes between them, a hudna will come into place between Israelis and the Palestinians at some point in time between 2008 and 2010, but that it will be suddenly broken by a bloodthirsty Jihad from the north at some point in time between 2010 and 2015.
Begin Current Jerusalem Post Article
Olmert skeptical of cease-fire, but going along for Mubarak
GIL HOFFMAN and YAAKOV KATZ, THE JERUSALEM POST
May 20, 2008
Israel is skeptical that a cease-fire with Hamas will be reached and, therefore, the IDF is preparing for a large-scale military operation in the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has said in recent closed-door meetings while adding that he is letting the process play out in order to show respect for the Egyptian leadership.
On Monday, Defense Minister Ehud Barak met with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Intelligence Minister Omar Suleiman in Sharm e-Sheikh and presented them with Israel’s proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza – a two-stage deal that would first include a cessation of military operations and terror activity and then a lifting of the siege over Gaza in exchange for the advancement in negotiations over the release of kidnapped soldier Gilad Schalit.
Barak told Mubarak that the continued Kassam rocket attacks against Israel would speed up an escalation on the Gaza front and an Israeli military invasion.
On Tuesday, Suleiman will meet with a Hamas delegation, led by Moussa Abu Marzuk, deputy head of the group’s Damascus-based political bureau, in Cairo and present them with Barak’s two-stage proposal. Israeli defense officials said it was likely that Hamas would accept the new terms.
During their meeting, Barak also stressed Israel’s position that Schalit’s release must be part of any cease-fire deal with Hamas in Gaza.
A cease-fire, he said, would only be accepted by Israel after a complete cessation of terrorist activity by Hamas and other terror factions, as well as a stop to the smuggling of weapons from the Sinai into Gaza.
Kadima MK Shai Hermesh said Monday that Olmert told him in a closed-door meeting last week that while he was “very skeptical” about the ch ances of reaching
an Egyptian-mediated cease-fire, he is letting the process play out in order to show respect to Suleiman.
Hermesh lives in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, where resident Jimmy Kedoshim was killed by mortar fire two weeks ago. He said he told Olmert about the suffering of his neighbors and Olmert responded that if Israel’s demands were not met in the talks, there would be a military operation in the Gaza Strip that would be “difficult and painful.”
Olmert’s spokesman denied that Olmert would say he was very skeptical of the talks or that they were intended to please Mubarak.
But he said Olmert’s threat to take action in the Gaza Strip was real and serious.
The prime minister told the Kadima faction repeatedly on Monday that “decision time was approaching” regarding whether there should be a major operation in the Gaza Strip.
“The perpetual threat has reached a climax,” Olmert told the MKs. “Israel cannot allow the current situation in the South to continue.”
Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz, Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter and Vice Premier Haim Ramon all urged Olmert in the meeting to expedite an operation in the Gaza Strip.
“We know who the address is and who is leading [the attacks on Israeli civilians],” Mofaz said. “I very much hope the time has come to change the policies and change the situation. We don’t need to make deals with terrorist organizations.”
Dichter, who lives in Ashkelon, warned that tragedies would soon outnumber miracles in his city.
Ramon acknowledged that Israel is conducting negotiations with Hamas – contrary to the government’s own policy on the matter, even if those talks are held via Suleiman.
“Negotiations are being conducted with Hamas in contrast to the government’s decision, which has determined that it will only be possible to deal with Hamas after it accepts the conditions of the Quartet,” Ramon said. “We aren’t fighting against a terror organization, but rather a state of terrorism.
A terror organization has an area under its control and Israel cannot, in my opinion, make peace with a Hamas state on the southern border.”
Shani Rosenfelder and Nathan Tobin contributed to this report.
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