A Sudden Destruction will come after Hudna!
Why I Thessalonians 5:3,4 shall be a Hudna Deal,
Not a negotiated Peace Treaty between Israel & Foes!
The Following Fatah Sixth General Conference Resolutions,
Set Pre-Negotiations which will never be met for a Peace Treaty,
But do leave ample room for a lull in the fighting referred to as Hudna!
A final war of the Age of the Gentiles will begin when Islam breaks a Hudna!
August 17, 2009
http://www.tribulationperiod.com/
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.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hudna is an Arabic term meaning a temporary “truce” or “armistice” as well as “calm” or “quiet”, coming from a verbal root meaning “calm”. It is sometimes translated as “cease-fire”. In the Lisan al-Arab (Ibn al-Manzur’s definitive dictionary of classical Arabic, dating to the 14th century) it is defined as follows:.”
A particularly famous early hudna was the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah between Muhammad and the Quraysh tribe.
According to Umdat as-Salik, a medieval summary of Shafi’i jurisprudence, hudnas with a non-Muslim enemy should be limited to 10 years: “if Muslims are weak, a truce may be made for ten years if necessary, for the Prophet made a truce with the Quraysh for that long, as is related by Abu Dawud” (‘Umdat as-Salik, o9.16:
The two excerpts which follow, the first from the Jerusalem Post, and the second from MEMRI, make it clear that the Palestinians and the Arab nations have created terms that Israel will never meet to obtain a “comprehensive” peace agreement with Arabs in the Middle East. This leaves another option Israel can choose, a long term hudna. A hudna would at least give the Israeli civilians a period of relative “Peace and safety” to meet the prophetic requirement for fulfillment of the mindset in I Thessalonians 5:3.
If the internal terrorist groups
in southern Lebanon, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip would actually stop all terrorist activities, including rocket launches, for just a few months, it would give Israelis a false sense of “Peace and safety.” This scenario has not occurred since Israel became a nation, such that it would give Israelis the sense of hope it might lead to a lasting peace.
I have never been certain as to precisely HOW this mindset of “Peace and safety” would come to exist in the Jewish population, only that it MUST to fulfill Paul’s prophecy in I Thessalonians 5:3. However, I am still convinced of one aspect as to WHEN the “Peace and safety” attitude will be in place among the “they” found in the Scripture – I believe it will occur as I stated in Archive Prophecy Update 3.
PROPHECY UPDATE NUMBER 3
January, 2001
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 the 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, January 2001
Begin Excerpt from Jerusalem Post
Mubarak: Arabs will normalize ties with Israel only after peace
August 17, 2009
JPost.com Staff , THE JERUSALEM POST
Arab states will recognize Israel and normalize ties with the Jewish state after a just and comprehensive Middle East peace is achieved, but not before, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said Monday.
In an interview with the state-controlled daily Al-Ahram and cited by Reuters, Mubarak, in Washington for talks with top US officials, said the Arab experience with stalled peace talks in the wake of the 1991 Madrid peace conference “did not encourage” taking steps toward normalization with Israel.
Last month, US Middle East envoy George Mitchell called on Arab states to take “meaningful steps towards normalization of relations with Israel.”
“I affirmed to [US] President [Barack] Obama in Cairo that the Arab initiative offers recognition of Israel and normalization with it after, and not before, achieving a just and comprehensive peace,” Mubarak told the paper.
“I told him that some Arab states which had mutual trade representation offices with Israel could consider reopening those offices if Israel commits to stopping settlement [expansion] and resumes final status negotiations with the Palestinian Authority where they left off with Olmert’s government,” Mubarak added.
Asked about possible Egyptian participation in an extended US “defense umbrella” referred to in July by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as a response to a nuclear Iran, Mubarak said Egypt would not be part of it as it would not allow foreign troops or experts on its land.
Earlier, The New York Times reported that Mubarak was expected to tell Obama and other US officials that Arab countries would not make confidence-building gestures towards Israel before the latter takes certain steps, such as a freeze in settlement construction.
Mubarak’s visit to Washington this week is his first in half a decade. He is scheduled to meet with Vice President Joe Biden on Monday, and will meet Obama on Tuesday.
Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hossam Zaki said that Egypt believes the best way to build confidence is to halt building in settlements, take steps to improve the West Bank economy, ease the blockade on the Gaza Strip and agree to negotiate on all issues – including Palestinian refugees and east Jerusalem.
“If they do this and engage immediately in negotiations with [Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud] Abbas, this is a recipe for openness and the Arabs will make the gestures needed,” Zaki said. “But they don’t want to make this first step. They are demanding the Arabs make the first step. The Arabs should not make the first step. They (Israel) are the occupying power. The occupation
must end.”
Zaki said the Egyptian position was unshakable. “We think this huge gap of confidence requires movement from the Israelis first.
Then the Arabs are willing to make gestures.
This is the way Arabs see it,” he said.
The spokesman said that Mubarak would also discuss with Obama such issues as the Iranian nuclear program, Muslim extremism and developments in Sudan.
Mubarak has a meeting scheduled with Jewish leaders Monday, where he is slated to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and the Iranian threat.
The Obama administration has already indicated it is seeking to reinvigorate the relationship with Egypt, as Obama chose Cairo as the destination for his long-anticipated address to the Arab world in June and met with Mubarak there.
Moreover the Egyptians have been eager to take advantage of a new face in the White House to reengage with Washington, indicating that they have turned over a new page.
Al-Ahram reported this week that “a press statement issued this week by the Foreign Ministry squarely blamed the tensions that have marred recent relations between Cairo and Washington on the policies of the Bush administration. Egyptian officials now hope that the worst is over, and bilateral ties can be placed on a new footing.”
The US is also eager to count Egypt as an ally in shaping its Middle East agenda, as it has a peace treaty with Israel and shares strategic concerns about the role of Iran and its proxies.
Hilary Leila Krieger contributed to this report.
Begin Excerpt from Middle East Media Review Institute (MEMRI)
Inquiry and Analysis – No. 541
August 16, 2009
Fatah Sixth General Conference Resolutions: Pursuing Peace Option Without Relinquishing Resistance or Right to Armed Struggle
By: C. Jacob *
On August 13, 2009, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud ‘Abbas declared the end of the Fatah Sixth General Conference, during which the movement’
s amended political plan was ratified.(1)
This report will examine three aspects of the results of the conference: what, if any, changes were made in Fatah’s charter; the stance taken by ‘Abbas in his opening speech, which he stated should be viewed as expressing Fatah’s political plan; and Fatah’s updated official political plan.
No Change to Fatah Charter Calling for Elimination of Israel
Fatah’s internal charter, which was posted on the website of the Sixth Fatah General Conference, was not discussed at the conference; in any event, no changes were made to it, and it still includes the following:
* Section 17: “Popular armed revolution is the imperative and only way to liberate Palestine.”
* Section 19: “Armed struggle is a strategy, not a tactic. The armed revolution of the Arab Palestinian people is a crucial element in the battle for liberation and for the elimination of the Zionist presence. This struggle will not stop until the Zionist entity is eliminated and Palestine is liberated.”(2)
The political plan that was ratified at the conference refers to the charter as follows: “The goals,
principles, and methods, as they are written in Chapter One of the charter, are the basic point of departure for our movement, and are part of the ideological and political identity of our people. They are also the identity of the movement and its fundamental charter, since they were the basis for the beginning of the Palestinian revolution of our time and for liberation from the imperialist and racist yoke…”(3)
Fatah’s Political Plan
The plan ratified by the Fatah conference adopts peace as a strategic option, but states that pursuing the armed struggle against the occupation is a legitimate right.(4) Among the other types of resistance, the movement calls for adopting the model of resistance to the separation fence as conducted in the West Bank villages of Bil’in and Nil’in. The plan also calls to bequeath the legacy of the armed struggle to the Palestinian people.
The plan sets terms for renewing negotiations, first among them a halt to the settlements and also to any changes that Israel is making in Jerusalem. It opposes the idea of recognizing Israel as a Jewish state, and includes a demand for the right of return, and restitution, for Palestinian refugees.
Following are the main points of the plan:
The Peace Option Must Be Adhered to – But Armed Struggle Is a Legitimate Right.
“Fatah launched the armed struggle for liberating the homeland. This method, and other methods of legitimate resistance [< ,i>muqawama], are the right of the Palestinian people, recognized by international law, as long as our land is under occupation.
The movement adopts a just and comprehensive peace as a strategic option, with various means of obtaining it; however, it will not accept stasis. It espouses various means of armed struggle in order to restore our inalienable rights…
“The struggle emanates from the right of the Palestinian people to resist the occupation and the settlements, expulsion and racist discrimination; and this right is guaranteed by international law. Our revolutionary struggle began with the armed struggle against the armed robbery of our lands, but it has never been limited to armed struggle alone. Rather, it [has included] diverse means and methods – among these [also] peaceful means of struggle such as intifada, demonstrations, strikes, civil uprising, clashes with settler gangs, political, media, judicial, and diplomatic struggle, and negotiating with the occupation authorities.
“Thus, the Palestinian people’s right to carry out armed struggle against the armed occupation will remain an inalienable right confirmed by international law. The method, timing, and place of struggle are determined based on the capability of the individual and of the public, on external and internal circumstances, on balance of power, on the need to defend the movement, and on the people’s ability to carry out revolution, to stand fast, and to continue the struggle.
“In Fatah’s judgment, the end does not justify the means. Some means contradict the movement’s overall long-term goals – particularly when the movement has from the outset proposed humane solutions ensuring future coexistence among Muslims, Christians and Jews in a single democratic state.
Since its founding, the Fatah movement has opposed harming civilians, whoever they are, just as it opposed transferring the battle arena abroad. Likewise, it has opposed the weapons anarchy, the chaos, and the use of weapons for negative [purposes]…”
Types of Resistance
“The Fatah movement clings to the Palestinian people’s right to resist the occupation by all legitimate means, including the right to implement the armed struggle, as guaranteed by international law as long as the occupation and the settlements continue and as long as the Palestinian people is stripped of its inalienable rights. [Following] are the types of struggle in the current phase:
“Fatah espouses all types of legitimate struggle, and clings to the peace option without limiting [the means for attaining it] to negotiations [only]. Among the types of struggle that can be successfully carried out in the current situation [in order to] support and activate negotiations, or as an alternative to negotiations if its aims are not accomplished, are the following:
* “Stimulating the popular struggle against the settlements, following the current successful paradigm – the ongoing confrontation in Bil’in and Nil’ in aga
inst the settlements and the fence,
and for the rescue of Jerusalem and against its Judaization. Our mission is to recruit all residents to join [this confrontation] activity and to gain popular participation of Arabs and foreigners, and to offer all help from the Palestinian Authority apparatuses in order to bring about its success. The most important activities must be headed by the movement’s leaders from the Palestinian Authority and from the public [institutions].
* “Devising new forms of struggle and resistance by means of popular initiative and initiatives
by leaders on the ground, and by means of the determination of our people to stand fast and to resist, as guaranteed by international law.
* “Boycotting Israeli products here and abroad, by means of popular activity, particularly consumables for which there are local alternatives, and implementing new forms of civil uprising against the occupation. [Also, implementing] activities for escalating the international campaign for boycotting Israel, its products, and its institutions, utilizing the experience of South Africa.
* “Raising proposals and discussing strategic Palestinian alternatives in the event that the current negotiations fail to make progress – among them raising the idea of a united democratic state opposed to racism and to the hegemony of the occupation, and the development of the struggle against apartheid and Israeli racism, or a return to the idea of establishing a state within the 1967 borders and other strategic alternatives.
* “Pursuing continuous activity to free the prisoners and detainees, to end the external siege, and [to remove] the internal roadblocks.
* “Appealing to the U.N. and the Security Council to [discharge their] responsibility of ending the conflict and the occupation, and causing the Security Council to pass binding resolutions based on Chapter Seven of [the U.N.] charter.
* “Renewing direct and close contacts with the Israeli peace camp and renewing its activity for a just peace without linking this with normalization – which is a policy that must be resisted as long as the occupation continues…”
Educating for the Armed Struggle and Sacrifice
“There must be continued commitment to educating [the people] for the struggle, for constant readiness to join the resistance against the occupation, and for sacrifice for the sake of the homeland. Field leaders must be trained by means of regular movement meetings, courses, and distribution of flyers by the movement. Field leaders and movement activists must be continuously taught about the heritage of the armed Palestinian struggle; and ceremonies must be held to celebrate battles and commemorate the history of the struggle, with constant readiness for sacrifice…”
Terms for Negotiation
“Continuing negotiations without achieving real progress within a specific time [frame] constitutes a threat to our rights, and will become a futile [activity] that Israel can exploit as a cover for continuing [the building of] settlements and deepening the occupation. In order for the negotiations not to become pointless, we must verify that the PLO will be committed to the following rules when the time comes for negotiating:
* “A link must be created between the negotiations and actual progress on the ground, [to be measured by] clear signs, the most important of which is insistence on a complete halt to the settlements, particularly in Jerusalem, and also a complete halt to changes in the characteristics of Jerusalem, and to its Judaization. These are two conditions that must be met, and if they are not, negotiations must not be renewed. Likewise, it must be verified that (Israel) stops the incursions [into PA territory], the arrests, and the assassinations; that it lifts the siege from our people in Gaza and the roadblocks in the West Bank; that it withdraws to the lines of September 28, 2000 as a first step towards [withdrawal to] the June 4, 1967 lines – [all this] as clear signs of progress on the ground and of creating a link between [this progress] and progress in the negotiations.
* “Negotiations must be based on the main U.N. resolutions (181, 194, 242, and 338), and will be in the framework of the Arab peace initiative, as long as this leads to attainment of our strategic and interim goals.
* “There must be a continuation of activity to convene a new international peace conference that will confirm our rights, and that will move in the direction of rapid negotiations leading to a peace agreement that actualizes our goals.
* “There must be insistence on the setting of a clear and binding timetable and a deadline for [concluding] the negotiations.
* “There must be opposition to postponing negotiations on Jerusalem and the refugee problem, or any other issue of the final settlement.
* “There must be opposition to the idea of a state with temporary borders.
* “There must be absolute opposition, from which there will be no withdrawal, to recognizing Israel as a ‘Jewish state,’ in order to protect the refugees’ rights and the rights of our people on the other side of the Green Line [i.e. Israeli Arabs].
* “There must be insistence on involving international elements in the negotiations, and on an arbitration mechanism for [resolving] disputes that may arise over the implementation of the agreements in a way that will be binding for both sides.
* “There must be insistence on international oversight and on a mechanism for international peacekeeping in order to ensure implementation of the agreements.
* “Success in obtaining our goals by means of negotiations requires the establishment of a professional national committee that is capable of conducting negotiations. Such a committee will continue to be subordinate to the PLO, and will be overseen by a supreme committee, which will include Palestinian factions and individuals. [There will also be] an additional [Fatah] movement committee, to monitor the negotiations and to submit a report to [Fatah’s] central committee and revolutionary council.
* “A referendum must be held to approve the peace agreement that will be obtained via the negotiations over the final settlement…
* “There must be intensive activity to free the prisoners. We will not sign a final agreement unless this is done…
* “Efforts must be made to implement the right of return and restitution for refugees, and they are entitled to have their property restored. Likewise, the refugee problem should [be handled] uniformly, with no differentiation based on the refugees’ location – including the refugees in the 1948 territories. Likewise, Fatah considers it essential to preserve the refugee camps until the [refugee] problem is resolved, so that they will serve as fundamental political evidence for the refugees who have been deprived of the right to return to their homes. It is essential that UNRWA be retained as the international address and that [the existence of] the refugee problem be recognized until they return to their homes and their cities. At the same time, it is necessary to act to improve the situation of the refugees and of the refugee camps, and to stress that the PLO is the source of political authority of the Palestinian refugees…
* “There must be an emphasis on opposition to the idea of forced resettlement of the Palestinian refugees or to a call for an alternative homeland. There will be no resettlement in Lebanon nor an alternative homeland in Jordan…”
* “Fatah opposes the call to declare Israel a Jewish state, and it adopts the demand of our people in the 1948 territories [i.e. the Israeli Arabs] that Israel recognize them as citizens with full rights.”
No Peace Without Jerusalem as the Capital of the Palestinian State
“There will be no peace if Jerusalem is not restored as the eternal capital of the Palestinian state. Fatah considers all Israeli decisions to annex Jerusalem, to build settlements in it, to expel its residents, and to change its characteristics to be null and void, and the results [of such decisions] must be removed. There must be action to implement U.N. resolutions condemning all attempts to Judaize Jerusalem, which
“The realization of [the vision of] holy Jerusalem as the eternal spiritual capital of Palestine, of the Arab homeland, and of the Muslim and Christian world… Jerusalem must be provided with all types of support in order to defend it and resist its Judaization, the construction of settlements in it, and its isolation from the rest of the Palestinian territories…”(5)
Fatah Sets Five Contingency Options in Case Dialogue with Hamas Fails
“The continuation of the state of schism between the two parts of the homeland threatens the future of the national cause of the Palestinian people, and Hamas will bear the responsibility for the continuation of this schism. We must move ahead in order to succeed in the general national dialogue, headed by the dialogue with Hamas [aimed at] ending the schism in Gaza and establishing a national unity government that will hold simultaneous elections for the presidency and for the Legislative Council. [The dialogue is also aimed at] unifying the security apparatuses so that they will protect the security of the homeland and the people, dealing with the results of the coup and the schism, achieving national reconciliation, and freeing all the prisoners. Failure of the dialogue due to Hamas obstinacy will not change its [top]-priority [status], and will not detract from our determination to continue the dialogue. However, it will oblige Fatah to adopt alternatives:
* “Rebuilding the Fatah movement in Gaza in accordance with the requirements of the existing situation, and giving full help to our organization [the Tanzim] so that they will be able to deal with the [current] schism.
* “Directing the movement’s energy to reinforcing the popular activity and motivating the Palestinian people to deal with the schism and the dictatorship.
* “Denouncing acts by Hamas that deviate from [our] norms and from the Palestinian leaders’ traditional [ways], and [denouncing] the crimes that it is carrying out towards the Palestinian people.
* “Demanding Arab security assistance for the interim.
* “Reinforcing media activity in the Arab and Islamic street, to expose the truth about Hamas’s policy and deeds.”
‘Abbas’ Speech
In his speech opening the Fatah conference, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud ‘Abbas said: “The popular resistance being carried out by our people against the settlements, the separation fence, and the destruction and expropriation of homes is an example of our people’s ability to devise various forms of struggle that can penetrate the conscience of the world and mobilize the support of the peoples.
“I salute and express my esteem for our people in Jerusalem, in Bil’in, in Ni’lin, in Ma’sra, and in all the places where defenseless demonstrators armed only with hope, determination, and belief in victory [hold] demonstrations that express their opposition to the deeds of the occupation…
“While we stress that we espouse the option of peace and negotiations based on the U.N. resolutions, we retain our fundamental right to legitimate resistance guaranteed by international law. This right is also linked to our perception and to the national consensus, which is what must determine the appropriate forms of the struggle and the proper timing for [each] – while learning lessons from the past and making sure that we are not dragged into places where the steadfastness of our people and our adherence to our moral superiority and to the principles of our struggle might be harmed.”(6)
* C. Jacob is a Research Fellow at MEMRI
Endnotes:
(1) www.fatehconf.ps, August 13, 2009.
(2) www.e-fateh.org.
(3) www.fatehconf.ps, August 13, 2009.
(4) Fatah political bureau chairman Nabil Sha’th declared at the conference that the plan sets out the forms and methods of the struggle, and that it stresses the Palestinian people’s right to armed struggle as guaranteed by international law, and also that diverse types of struggle devised during the Intifada of the Stones (1987-1991), including methods of struggle such as those used in Bil’in and Nil’in, and various types of political and diplomatic struggle and negotiations. Al-Ayyam (Palestinian Authority), August 10, 2009.
(5) Al-Ayyam (Palestinian Authority), August 10, 2009.
(6) Al-Ayyam (Palestinian Authority), August 5, 2009.
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