Three Sets of Brokered Peace Talks
Brokered by Egypt, Turkey, and Qatar
Israel, Syria, Hizbullah, Lebanon & Hamas
All 5 now Seeking a Period of Calm in the Region
Israel & Hamas, Israel & Syria, Hizbullah & Lebanon
Does All This sound vaguely familiar in Prophetic Scripture
We Are Entering a Period likely to have Peace & Safety by 2010
Followed by a Jihad Attack on Israel at a Point in time prior to 2015
May 21, 2008
http://www.tribulationperiod.com/
Dardanelle MBC
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 shalt 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 s torm, thou shalt be like a cloud
to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.
As I indicated in our previous blogs that this was going to be a very interesting week in Israel, the prediction has panned out. The six excerpts in this Blog will bring you up to date on the fast moving events that have transpired so far this week.
Begin Jerusalem Post Extract
Syrian FM: Israel committed to a full withdrawal from Golan
Herb Keinon and JPost.com Staff, THE JERUSALEM POST
May 21, 2008
Damascus received commitments for an Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights up to the June 4, 1967 border during Turkish-brokered indirect talks, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem said on Wednesday.
“We received commitments for a withdrawal from the Golan to the June 4, 1967 line,” Moallem told AFP during a visit to Bahrain. “This is not new. It started since Rabin’s pledge [for a pullout] in 1993, and all subsequent Israeli prime ministers abided by it.”
Earlier, in a dramatic announcement, the Prime Minister’s Office said that Israel and Syria have begun indirect peace talks.
The announcement comes after months of reports of unofficial messages going back and forth from Jerusalem to Damascus through Turkey, and was simultaneously announced in Ankara and Damascus.
“Israel and Syria have begun indirect peace talks with the Syrians, under the auspices of Turkey,” the statement read.
“The two sides have declared their intention to conduct the negotiations in good faith and with openness.”
The statement said Syria and Israel have agreed to carry out the dialogue in a serious and continuous manner with the aim of reaching a comprehensive peace within the framework set up at the Madrid Conference.
According to the statement the two sides thanked Turkey and its President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for their role in the talks and for their “generous hospitality.”
The indirect talks started in February 2007 when Olmert visited Turkey and in a two-and-a-half hour private conversation with Erdogan agreed that Turkey would begin mediating between Israel and Syria with the goal of beginning peace negotiations.
David Horovitz contributed to this report
Begin 4 Excerpts from Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs Daily Alert
May 21, 2008
Excerpt 1
Israel Says Holding Indirect Peace Talks with Syria
Jeffrey Heller
Reuters/Washington Post
Israel said in a surprise announcement on Wednesday it was conducting indirect peace talks w
ith Syria. Israel and Syria last held peace talks in the U.S. in 2000.
Excerpt 2
Syria and Israel Start Peace Talks
Israel Ministry of Public Affairs
Syria and Israel have started indirect peace talks, under the auspices of Turkey. The two sides…decided to pursue the dialogue between them in a serious and continuous way, in order to achieve the goal of comprehensive peace in accordance with the Madrid Conference terms of reference for peace.
Excerpt 3
Syria: Indirect Peace Talks Under Turkish Patronage
A.N. Idelbi
SANA – Syria
President Bashar al-Assad indicated that the talks will be indirect through Turkish mediation which
will convey the basic data for finding common ground which will be the basis for initiating direct negotiations later.
Excerpt 4
Hizbullah Gains Veto Power in Cabinet as Lebanon Rivals Reach
Deal to End Political Conflict
Reuters/New York Times
Rival leaders in Lebanon from the U.S.-backed governing coalition and the Hizbullah-led opposition, meeting in Doha, Qatar, reached a deal on Wednesday over a new election law and a new cabinet, ending months of political conflict that had pushed
the country to the brink of civil war. The agreement would meet the opposition’s demand for veto power in the cabinet, and would open the way for Parliament to elect Gen. Michel Suleiman as president.
Begin DEBKAfile Excerpt
Exclusive: Hamas turns the heat on in Gaza to support its truce negotiators in Cairo
May 20, 2008, 1:10 PM (GMT+02:00)
DEBKAfile’s military source counted four armed Hamas assaults on the Gaza-Israel border fence Tuesday, May 20. They were made to press the Palestinian group’s truce terms and demand for 350 jailed terrorists “with blood on their hands” as the price
as the price for freeing the kidnapped Israeli solder Gilead Shalit. By afternoon, Israeli forces had fought four Palestinian gangs back from the border fence – one was carrying explosive devices opposite Beeri and two anti-tank missiles further north and south of the Karni crossing. A missile crew was hit by the Israeli air force in the morning. Hamas reports three killed.
In Cairo, Egyptian go-betweens laid out Israel’s terms for a ceasefire deal to the Hamas team from Damascus as presented by defense minister Ehud Barak Monday, May 19, to Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and intelligence minister Gen. Omar Suleiman at Sharm el-Sheik.
Israel wants kidnapped soldier Gilead Shalit included in the ceasefire deal.
It has offered to include 72 convicted murderers in the list of jailed terrorists for release. Hamas is demanding 350.
Prime minister Ehud Olmert and Barak, after opting for a truce in Gaza rather than an effective military operation against Hamas, are expected to compromise on this question too.
Olmert’s statement at the Sunday, May 18, government session in Jerusalem that the Gaza situation cannot go on and Israel “is very close to the point of a decision” on this issue, is seen by inside sources as an attempt to mislead the public which is demanding that the IDF give Hamas a real thrashing.
He hopes the deal will go down more smoothly if Gilead Shalit is freed.
The three key outstanding questions are:
1. The number of jailed Palestinian murderers to be traded for Shalit.
2. How and what stage Israel lifts its blockade on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. This will entail throwing open all the enclave’s border crossings at some point as part of the reciprocal ceasefire package.
3. Egyptian leaders have promised to do their best to close down the smuggling of Palestinian arms and terrorists trained in Iran in order to strengthen the ceasefire. But to date, these assurances have never held up for long.
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