61 Years of Middle East TERROR,
Playing A Middle East PEACE GAME!
Begin A Good Cop – Bad Cop Routine,
The Good Cop Syria says we want Peace,
Bad Cop Iran says Annihilate all of the Jews,
Keep predicting a True Middle East Peace Soon,
AND Ignoring Prophetic BIBLE Scripture Predictions,
It will be brief & false followed by Sudden Destruction!
Now you have a Middle East situation in place since 1948,
And it’s been almost 1990 years since Jerusalem fell to Titus,
But the Lord is Not Slack concerning His Jerusalem Prophecies,
Jerusalem will fall again to be trodden down by Islam 42 Months,
Until Israel returns
from the Negev Wilderness led by her Messiah,
To Begin His Millennial Reign On This Present Earth For 1000 Years!
August 31, 2009
http://www.tribulationperiod.com/
II Peter 3:1-4, 8,9 – This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance: [2] That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour: [3] Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, [4] And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue
as they were from the beginning of the creation.
[8] But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. [9] The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
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.
Revelation 12:6 – And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
Revelation 11:2 – But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
Daniel 7:24,25 – And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings. [25] And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
Zechariah 14:3 – Then shall the Lord go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
Zechariah 14:8,9 – And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be. [9] And the Lord shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one Lord, and his name one.
Begin Excerpt from Middle East Online via World News
August 31, 2009
Syria backs peace with Israel on UN rulings
Assad: Syria seeks ‘fair and global peace’ based on UN Security Council resolutions 242 and 338.
DAMASCUS – Syria favours a peace deal with Israel based on implementation of UN resolutions, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Sunday at a meeting in Damascus with EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana.
“Syria is working for a fair and global peace based on UN Security Council resolutions 242 and 338,” Assad was quoted as saying by SANA state news agency.
Those resolutions call for Israel to withdraw from the territory it occupied in 1967, including the Syrian Golan Heights, the Palestinian West Bank and East Jerusalem, in exchange for Middle East peace.
Assad and Solan a dis
cussed “ways of reviving the peace process in the region,” SANA reported.
The EU foreign policy supremo arrived in Damascus on Sunday as part of a four-day Middle East trip amid renewed international efforts to resume peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.
Speaking in a press conference with Solana, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem stressed that “the Palestinian dossier takes precedence,” whether it is “freezing settlements, lifting the blockade on Gaza or making East Jerusalem Jewish.”
Solana next heads to Israel for talks with hardline Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the leading members of his government, before going to Ramallah to see Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad.
On Tuesday he will be in Lebanon and will round off the trip in Egypt on Wednesday.
Begin Excerpt from Jerusalem Post
The Region: Let’s pretend we’re making peace
August 30, 2009
Barry Rubin , THE JERUSALEM POST
Here is one of my favorite stories explaining how the Middle East works as told by the famed Egyptian journalist Muhammad Hussanein Heikal. Like all of Heikal’s stories, it may or may not be true, which is also part of the lesson being taught.
When Muammar Gaddafi first became Libya’s ruler, Heikal was dispatched to meet and evaluate him by Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser.
After returning to Cairo, Heikal was quickly ushered into the president’s office.
“Well,” said Nasser, “what do you think of Gaddafi?”
“He’s a disaster! A catastrophe!”
“Why,” asked the president, “is he against us?”
“Oh no, far worse than that,” Heikal claims to have replied, “he’s for us and he really believes all the stuff we are saying!”
The point was that the Egyptian regime took the propaganda line out of self-interest that all Arabs should be united into one state under its leadership, all the Arab monarchies overthrown, Israel wiped off the map immediately and Western influence expelled, but it knew itself incapable of achieving these goals and to try to do so would bring disaster. Indeed, when Nasser had tried to implement part of this program in 1967, he provoked Israel into attacking and suffered his worst nightmare.
Come to think of it, Arab regimes are still playing this game of systematically purveying radicalism, hatred and unachievable goals to distract their populace, excuse their own failings, focus antagonism against foreign scapegoats and seek regional ambitions.
Western governments do this kind of thing a bit differently.
In this regard, recent statements by a number of leaders including US President Barack Obama, prime ministers Gordon Brown and Binyamin Netanyahu and others establish an important principle: Actually achieving Middle East peace is of no importance. The only thing that is important is saying that progress is being made and that peace will come soon.
I don’t mean that as a statement of cynicism, but as an accurate analysis of what goes on in international affairs at present. What’s achieved by pretending there is progress and success is imminent? Some very real and – in their way – important things:
• World leaders are saying that they are doing a great job, doing the right things, remaining active and achieving success.
• By saying peace is near, the situation is defused. Why fight if you are about to make a deal?
• Israel (and anyone else from the region who joins in) shows that it is cooperating, so others should be patient and not apply pressure.
• Since the West is taking care of business, Arab states will supposedly feel comfortable working with it on other issues, like Iran for example.
I want to stress that this behavior is not as silly as it might seem. Often this is how politics actually work.
THE FREEZE on settlement construction, as another example, is a scam. If Israel gives something on this issue, the Western governments declare victory and go home, so to speak. That doesn’t mean there aren’t reasons for not doing so, but the virtually open cynicism of the US and European strategy is striking.
When the US president portrays the possibility of two tiny states, Oman and Qatar, letting one-man Israeli trade offices reopen as a major triumph in confidence-building, despite being his sole achievement after months of top-level diplomacy, what can one do but snicker?
Finally, since Israeli-Palestinian peace is not within reach, pretending it is while knowing the truth is not such a bad alternative. It is certainly progress, since the Obama administration came into office and originally pursued a policy based on the idea that it could achieve peace in a matter of months.
What is the downside here?
There are three problems. The first is if Western leaders believe their own propaganda.
Because if peace is “within reach” but isn’t actually grasped, then someone must be blamed. That someone will, of course, be Israel.
Why? Because if the West blames the Palestinians, leaders presume that Arabs and Muslims will be angry and not cooperate on other matters. There could be more terrorism and fewer profitable deals and investments. They gain nothing.
But if they insist that everything is going well, there is no need to blame anyone. This is the phase we are now entering.
The second problem, however, is that neither the Palestinians nor Arab regimes will join in the optimism. Their line is: The Palestinians are suffering! The situation is intolerable! Something must be done! And since we will make no concessions or compromises, the only solution is for the West to pressure Israel to give more and more while getting nothing in return.
Since this is not going to happen if Israel resists, they fall back on their alternative approach: Okay, so since you aren’t forcing Israel to give us what we want, you have to give us other things, like money, and you cannot demand we help you.
The best outcome is th at certain Arab st
ates, with other interests at stake, will downplay the conflict altogether and focus on more pragmatic needs. The radicals – principally Iran and Syria
– will never do so and will claim that the situation shows how the West cannot be trusted and must be defeated.
What’s the third problem
? Actions that might actually promote regional stability, or even Arab-Israeli peace, are not taken. These include two especially important tactics:
• More energetic efforts to overthrow the Hamas regime in the Gaza Strip.
As long as Hamas is running half the Palestinian territories and outflanking Fatah in militancy, there won’t be peace. Keeping Hamas from taking over the West Bank, isolating it and maintaining sanctions against it is a good policy and can preserve the status quo. It is not, however, the best policy and the pressure on Hamas could erode over time.
• More pressure on the Palestinian Authority to moderate and compromise. The PA and its positions are the main barriers to peace. As the PA possibly becomes more radical, the likelihood of violence increases. Thus, while in the short-to-medium run the “feel good” and status quo policy may work, it also has risks and limits.
Still, it is the best that can be expected at present.
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