Look Out, Laid Back Gentile Age World!
You May be seeing Long Awaited Beginning!
Truce may be the start of a feeble peace Pending!
But I Tell Unbeliever s
They Will All Not Like Its Ending!
Romans 11:25-26 – For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. [26] And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
June 20, 2008
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I certainly cannot guarantee it, but the events of the past months are the best scenario I have yet observed that indicate, of course through stops and starts, we many be entering the process setting the stage for the end time final war in the Middle East.
Archive Prophecy Update Number 3 Excerpt
Issued in February 2001
Begin Verbatim Quote
“The polls were quite definite as to who would win the last two elections. After an election we get even more queries as to whether or not the new leader can bring peace with the Palestinians. I do not mind answering these queries, in fact, I rather enjoy it when I have time to do it. But there is something far more important in the peace process than who is the leader of Israel, and who is the leader of the Palestinians. I retired from the USAF/National Security Agency as a synoptic analyst.
When one analyzes anything, it is imperative to advance from what controls the conclusion of the problem being examined.
Some problems do not have a definite controlling factor, and all the factors, both incidental and insignificant, must be given the appropriate weight in making a forecast of the outcome. However, this is not the case in making a determination of when peace will come between Israel and the Palestinians. The controlling factor, which determines when a false peace will come to Israel, rests solely with the terrorist groups that plague her.
There can never be a period of peace, even false peace, without the approval of all the terrorist groups. Yassar Arafat cannot control the terrorist groups, nor can any other single Arab leader.
The terrorist complex of Osama Bin Laden, the Islamic Jihad, Hamas, Hisbullah, and Fatah are really controlled by leaders in Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Afghanistan, and Iraq. Until these leaders finally come to the conclusion that the only way Israel can be driven into the Negev is by being lulled into a false sense of security, the terrorist groups will continue to operate, and the killing will continue.
I believe these terrorist groups will soon realize that if they really want to slaughter Jews by the hundreds of thousands, and drive the rest into the Negev, they will have to lull Israel into a brief period of false peace. When this happens, an agreement will be reached between Israel and the Palestinians. So my advice to those who want to get a feel of when the false peace will come is this: WATCH the terrorist groups. When their actions drop to zero, and stay there for a while, you may rest assured it has been as a result of meetings behind closed doors between the leaders of the aforementioned nations, and the leaders of the terrorist groups they sponsor. I don’t pay much attention to any leader of Israel or the Palestinians.
The terrorist groups are the key to a false peace in the Mid-East. When they grasp that by appearing to cease their activities they will be able, at a later time, to kill many Jews, and drive the rest into the Negev, they will settle down and wait for the surprise attack against Israel from the north. Ariel Sharon may try to put a “forced peace” on the Palestinians before the terrorist groups shut down.
This was one of the options considered by his party in the past.
But it will not work.
Watch for a cessation of terrorism. Then, after a brief period of false peace, look for a vicious surprise attack from the north out of Syria.”
End Archive Prophecy Update Number 3 Excerpt
Again, I can by no means guarantee it, but the events of the last month do seen to at least be a lead it to a period of false peace. It is remarkable that Iran and Syria have both expressed approval of the truce now in place in Israel. What I stated was needed more than seven years ago, in Prophecy Update Number three, finally seems to have a chance of becoming the reality I have long hope to see arrive in the Middle East.
Begin DEBKAfile Excerpt
Exclusive: Iran hails Gaza ceasefire for tightening noose around Israel
June 19, 2008, 7:10 PM (GMT+02:00)
DEBKAfile’s Iranian sources report that Iran’s top leaders held a special meeting in Tehran Thursday, June 19, hours after the Gaza ceasefire went into force.
They congratulated themselves for achieving their second base on a Mediterranean shore after winning control of Lebanon through Hizballah’s takeover of Beirut and its government. Hamas was acclaimed for having tightened its grip on the Gaza Strip and using the Egyptian-brokered six-month truce accord with Israel for its next leap to power on the West Bank.
Iran has tightened its noose around Israel as well as Egypt.
The meeting, our sources report, was attended by supreme ruler Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, defense minister Mostafa Najar, Revolutionary Guards commander Gen. Qassam Solemeini, and the Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani, the supreme ruler’s senior strategic adviser.
Iran’s ambassador in Damascus, Ahmed Moussawi, was called home for urgent consultations after he tossed out his bombshell offer to share Iran’s “nuclear experience” with Syria Tuesday, June 17.
The nuclear transfer will begin as soon as July 7 when officials of the two countries hold their first meeting.
DEBKAfile’s sources report that the three-hour long, top-level Iranian conference went on to discuss Tehran’s next steps in the region in the light of deepening ties with the Damascus-based Hamas political leader Khaled Meshaal and the Israeli chief of staff Lt.
Gen. Gaby Ashkenazi’s comment Tuesday to the Knesset foreign affairs and defense committee. Ashkenazi said: “Beside the actions and sanctions against Iran, it is important we remain ready for any options.”
Iran regards his words as a clear threat that an Israeli attack on its nuclear facilities is close at hand.
Begin Six Excerpts from Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs – Daily Alert
Excerpt 1 from Der Spiegel-Germany
Why Hamas Needs Its Cease-Fire with Israel
Pierre Heumann
In accordance with the international boycott which has been in effect since Hamas seized power one year ago, economic sanctions have now brought Hamas to their knees. According to Palestinian political scientist Mkhaimar Abu Sada from Al-Azhar University in Gaza, “Hamas is putting the blame for the misery on Israel, but fewer and fewer Palestinians are convinced that that is the case.” Hamas strategists hope that lifting the sanctions and improving supplies to the territory will help to strengthen the Islamist group’s standing among Palestinians. (Der Spiegel-Germany)
Excerpt 2 from bitterlemons.org
Hamas Believes It Has the Upper Hand
Shaul Arieli
The most recent visit to Tehran by Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal produced an increase of Iranian aid to Hamas to $250 million a year and a commitment to supply enhanced weaponry.
Hamas assesses that current and anticipated conditions – the absence of serious Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, the weakening of Fatah, a new American president, Iran’s stronger position – will enable it to enjoy the “fruits” of a cease-fire more than Israel, until the cease-fire can in any case be improved upon. The writer is a former commander of the northern brigade in the Gaza Strip and headed the Negotiations Management Center under Prime Minister Ehud Barak. (bitterlemons.org)
Excerpt 3 from Reuters
Hamas Gains Recognition from Truce
Adam Entous
Hamas has won a measure of the international recognition it sought by indirectly negotiating a truce with Israel.
Western diplomats and some Israeli insiders consider the truce a boost to Hamas’ standing at Israel’s and Abbas’ expense. “This all puts Hamas back in the saddle,” said a senior European diplomat.
“Hamas becomes an interlocutor again and gets international and regional recognition….It shows the lack of authority of Abu Mazen (Abbas), who wanted Hamas to be brought to its knees and has now had to relaunch the national reconciliation process with them.” (Reuters)
Excerpt 4 from Haaratz
Truce Boosts Hamas
Zvi Bar’el
Hamas is acting as though the tahadiye (truce) was a deal between equal partners. Israel will receive a cease-fire that will satisfy the residents of Sderot and the communities in the western Negev.
Hamas gains a cease-fire without having to surrender, the entry of basic commodities from Israel, and the opening of the border with Egypt, Gazans’ only exit to the world. Hamas’ big political plan is to gain power in the West Bank as well as in Gaza. But this time, unlike in 2006, it will reach its goal thanks to its achievements against Israel, not because of the corruption of the PA and of Fatah leaders.
(Ha’aretz)
Excerpt 5 from Haaretz
Siege Versus Catapults
Amir Oren
Both in theory and in practice, this cease-fire accords Hamas equal status and international validity. Israel flinched from engagement and settled for a stalemate – a stalemate that is a defeat. In the past few months, a biblical-style war was waged around Gaza: siege versus catapults. The catapults won. Israel’s siege was intended to avert a large-scale crisis reaching the point of hunger, while at the same time denying Hamas the possibility of showing economic development. The operation succeeded, the patient did not die, but the physician was the first to get tired, before the population in Gaza got fed up with Hamas and blamed the organization for its plight.
Hamas will go into the 2009 presidential elections as the victor of the cease-fire, or alternatively, as the leader in the resistance to the reoccupation of Gaza. And Hamas will be considered relatively moderate compared with Hizab al-Tahrir (Liberation Party), which aspires to res
tore the glory of the Muslim caliphate. This party has attracted a following of tens of thousands, maintains a secret leadership alongside a public one, and is on the brink of moving from religious activity to perpetrating violent attacks. (Ha’aretz)
Begin Excerpt 6 from YNet News
A Deal with the Devil
Sever Plocker
Without making any diplomatic-ideological-strategic concession, Hamas was recognized by Israel as the legitimate master of the Gaza Strip, the authentic representative of the Palestinian people, and a partner for agreements of one kind or another. This is a priceless gift for Hamas. Without it, it would have capitulated. We were within reach of this. (Ynet News)
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