The Snuffy Smith Special – Great Balls Of Fire!
Hamas seems to be happy with what Transpired!
If this Tahadiyeh holds, a Lot of Prophecy may Unfold!
And I might get to be here when the last Prophecy is Told!
But Disappointment is an Experience often known Growing Old!
June 20, 2008
http://www.tribulationperiod.com/
I have been disappointed before, but I believe this taladiyeh has backing from all radical Middle East terrorist nations and organizations because it fits in with their preparations for the elimination of Israel. I believe it is possibly the beginning of the prophesied false peace, which is to come in before the final Middle East war ending at Armageddon.
The two Jerusalem Post Articles which follow our heading, and others over the last month, have given me hope we are standing on the verge of the beginning of the following Scripture slipping into place. If so, it makes my guesstimate of the last major Middle East war beginning at some point in time between 2010 and 2015 look quite reasonable.
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.
In order for Iran to have three aircraft carriers to launch against Israel in the final Middle East war that must begin, it will be necessary for the Fatah West Bank Carrier to stand united with the Gaza and Hizbullah Carriers. Additionally, all three carriers will need to be fully equipped to function in their overall parts when the main Islamic attack begins from the north into Israel.
This is the main reason I have insinuated we may be seeing the beginning of the prewar brief period of prophetic “peace and safety.” A plan is now underway to reunite Fatah in the West Bank with Hamas in the Gaza Strip. I am well aware tahadiyeh may blow up tomorrow in a wild frenzy, but I believe that this current action could well be a developed plan involving Iran, Syria, Hamas, and Hizbullah to secure a long enough time of false peace to get ready for a vicious united Jihad against Israel.
If that is the case, the many Islamic terrorists groups will keep it. If not, I’ll just take another ole cold tatter and wait with little Jimmy Dickens for the inevitable war.
Begin Jerusalem Post Article 1
Izzadin Kassam vows to keep truce
June 18, 2008
Khaled Abu Toameh , THE JERUSALEM POST
Hamas’s armed wing, Izzadin Kassam, has vowed to abide by the cease-fire agreement with Israel, Hamas officials said Wednesday.
The armed group, which reports directly to Damascus-based Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal, had instructed all its members to refrain from firing rockets at Israel
as of Thursday morning, the officials said.
Again according to the officials, the decision to reappoint Said Siam as interior minister in the Hamas government was taken by Mashaal and the Hamas leadership in Syria.
One of Siam’s main tasks was to supervise the work of Izzadin Kassam and make sure that its members remained loyal to the Damascus-based Hamas leaders, the officials explained.
Siam is one of the few Hamas leaders in the Gaza Strip who commands the full respect of Izzadin Kassam and its commander, Ahmed Ja’bari.
“Ja’bari does not receive his instructions from Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh or other political figures in Hamas,” one official said. “He is linked to Mashaal through Siam and [former Hamas foreign minister] Mahmoud Zahar.”
Another Hamas official said Izzadin Kassam had also been entrusted with enforcing the cease-fire agreement.
Members of the group, along with other Hamas security forces, will be deployed in sensitive areas to make sure that other groups don’t fire rockets at Israel.
Some Hamas officials expressed concern on Wednesday that Islamic Jihad, Fatah and armed groups in the Gaza Strip would try to embarrass Hamas by launching attacks on Israel.
The leaders of all the armed groups in
the Gaza Strip had been warned by Hamas against violating the cease-fire, the officials said.
Islamic Jihad representatives voiced reservations about the cease-fire agreement on Wednesday, but said they would nevertheless honor it.
Nafez Azzam, a top Islamic Jihad leader in the Gaza Strip, said his organization opposed the agreement because it did not include the West Bank in the first phase. He said his organization also had reservations about the agreement because it was not clear about the Rafah border crossing.
Haniyeh praised the agreement as an achievement for Hamas, saying it would end the Israeli “aggression” against the Palestinians.
“This tahadiyeh [period of calm] will provide security and alleviate the suffering of our people,” he said. “It will also bring quiet to the Israelis if they abide by it.”
Haniyeh warned Israel against violating the agreement, saying Hamas reserved the right to respond to any breach.
Asked if and when the cease-fire agreement would be implemented in the West Bank, Haniyeh said Hamas had received assurances from Egypt that this would happen at a later stage.
In response to reports that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was planning to visit Gaza soon, Haniyeh said, “The Gaza Strip welcomes anyone who wants to come here,” he said. “If the president wants to visit us, he is most welcome.”
Begin Jerusalem Post Article 2
Hamas officials: We will honor truce in West Bank too
June 19, 2008
Khaled Abu Toameh , THE JERUSALEM POST
Although the cease-fire agreement between Hamas and Israel does not include the West Bank at this stage, Hamas officials said Thursday they have instructed their supporters there to act as if it does.
“Hamas will abide by the tahadiyeh [period of calm] in the West Bank as long as Israel refrains from targeting our members there,” said a top Hamas official in Gaza City. He pointed out that in recent months Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s security forces had arrested more Hamas members in the West Bank than the IDF.
Asked if Hamas would violate the cease-fire agreement if Israel targeted its members in the West Bank, the official said his movement “maintains the right to respond to any Israeli breach.”
Under the terms of the Egyptian-brokered agreement, Hamas officials said, the cease-fire will be formally extended to the West Bank in four to six months.
Abbas, on a visit to Yemen on Thursday, was quoted as saying he welcomed the Gaza cease-fire and was now open to
the formation of a national unity government with Hamas.
Earlier this week, Fatah officials announced that Abbas would soon visit Gaza for the first time since Hamas’s violent takeover of the territory in June 2007, and that a reconciliation between Hamas and Abbas’ s Fatah faction wa
s under way.
Two weeks ago, Abbas formed a committee of senior officials to prepare for “national dialogue” with Hamas – spurred by a plan presented a few months ago by Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
Hamas has never had a strong armed presence in the West Bank, although it does enjoy popular support there.
The movement’s armed wing, Izaddin Kassam, had a few cells that used to operate mostly in Hebron, Bethlehem, Jenin and Tulkarm.
But over the past two years, Hamas officials and activists in
the West Bank have been targeted by both the Fatah-dominated PA security forces and Israel.
The clampdown began almost immediately after the abduction of Cpl. Gilad Schalit in June 2006.
Dozens of Hamas cabinet ministers, legislators and activists have since been arrested by Israel and by Abbas’s forces.
The crackdown on Hamas in the West Bank escalated after the movement seized control of the Gaza Strip in June 2007. Many Hamas institutions have also been closed by Abbas’s forces. Hamas claims that almost every day Abbas’s security forces arrest a number of its followers in the West Bank.
Members of Islamic Jihad, which has long been active in Bethlehem and Jenin, have also been targeted by both the IDF and Fatah-controlled security forces, especially in the past two years.
Islamic Jihad officials also warned Thursday that they would not remain idle if Israel continued to target their members in the West Bank.
Under pressure from the Egyptians and Hamas, Islamic Jihad has agreed to honor the agreement in the Gaza Strip despite its reservations.
Islamic Jihad official Nafez Azzam said their main reservations were related to the fact that the West Bank was not included in the deal.
He added that Islamic Jihad was also unhappy with the uncertainty over the reopening of the Rafah crossing between Sinai and Gaza.
Ziad Nakhaleh, the No. 2 in Islamic Jihad, warned that his group would respond to any Israeli violation of the agreement. “We will respond even if the violation takes place in the West Bank,” he said.
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