Three Excerpts reveal interesting Pattern!
Israelis Now Feeling More Peace and Safety!
Syria wants more pressure on Israel for Peace!
Fatah & Hamas are planning to make up in 2010!
Time Frame for a Beginning of War LOOKING Good!
I THINK it is possible for the Middle East War to Begin
As early as the time frame lying between 2010 and 2012,
But it’s much more LIKELY to start between 2012 and 2015,
WITHOUT American GROUND TROOPS in the Middle East Zone!
September 9, 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.
Begin Excerpt 1 from Jerusalem Post
‘Peace index’: Israelis feeling safer
September 8, 2009
rebecca baskin , THE JERUSALEM POST
Despite the recent streak of violent incidents throughout the country, Jewish Israelis’ sense of security is on the rise.
The August 2009 “War and Peace Index” of the Evans Program for Conflict Resolution Research of Tel Aviv University shows that the Israeli Jewish public’s sense of security, on both personal and national levels, is increasing.
However, it also shows that a majority of Israelis do not trust their government to withstand international political pressure, and that most see an urgent need for a political solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Forty-nine percent of those surveyed define their personal security level as high or very high, 29% as medium, and only 19% as low – compared to April 2007, when 42.5% described their level as high, 32% as medium and 24% as low.
In terms of national security, 38% of those surveyed felt the level is high, 37% said medium, and 22% said low. In 2007, the respective rates were 24.5%, 36% and 39%.
The survey also shows that those who define themselves as “left” feel less worried about the national security situation than those describing themselves as “center” or “right.” Fifty-one percent of those on the Left feel that national security levels are high, compared to 37% of the Center and 39% of the Right.
The same correlation between political leanings and sense of security extends to the question
of whether or not interviewees feared a large-scale attack against Israel by one or more Arab states. Twenty percent of those on the Left fear such an attack, compared to 40% in the Center and 44% on the Right.
However, overall, a plurality of those surveyed – 48% – see a low or very low chance of such an attack in the next five years.
There is no clear trend on the way the Israeli Jewish public sees the country’s situation on the world stage.
One third think Israel is moderately or very isolated, another third think Israel is not at all or is barely isolated, and the last third have no clear view on the issue.
However, the survey shows a clear tendency on the part of the public to doubt the current government’s ability to withstand international pressure in order to safeguard Israel’s political and security interests. Fifty-four percent do not rely on the government’s ability at all, or not very much, compared to 42% who moderately or very much rely on it. Among Left, Right and Center the majority do not trust the government’s ability, though the percentage on the Left, 57%, is slightly higher.
Almost all of those surveyed – 85% – rely on the IDF to defend Israel and its citizens in the face of an attack by Arab states. Nonetheless, a large majority – 72% – believe that the need to find a solution to
the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is urgent. This sense of urgency is clear all along the political spectrum, but is strongest on the Left.
The public trusts the IDF to deal with an attack, but would prefer a political solution.
Interviews were conducted on August 31st and September 1st, 2009.
530 people representing the adult population of Israel, including the territories and kibbutzim, were surveyed.
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Syria urges world to pressure Israel over Middle East peace
Septemper 8, 2009
JPost.com Staff , THE JERUSALEM POST
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem urged the international community to pressure Israel so that it accepts a “fair and lasting” peace agreement in the Middle East, AFP cited a report by the SANA state news agency on Tuesday.
“The hindrances Israel has put in the way of the peace process merit pressure from the international community on Tel Aviv to make it yield to the need for a fair and lasting peace based on UN Security Council resolutions,” Moallem was quoted as saying during talks with Spanish counterpart Miguel Angel Moratinos, who was visiting Syria.
Begin Excerpt 3 from Jerusalem Post
Hamas, Fatah set to sign reconciliation accord by 2010
September 9, 2009
Khaled Abu Toameh , THE JERUSALEM POST
Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal’s recent visit to Egypt has brought the Islamist movement and Fatah closer to ending their differences, sources close to Hamas in the Gaza Strip revealed on Tuesday.
In another sign of rapprochement between the two parties, Hamas has welcomed plans by senior Fatah officials to visit the Gaza Strip for talks aimed at resolving the crisis.
The Fatah officials who are expected to visit the Strip include Nabil Sha’ath, Jibril Rajoub, Mahmoud al-Aloul and Fakhri Bsaiso.
The sources said that Mashaal has agreed to sign a “reconciliation accord” with Fatah after the Egyptians promised to permanently reopen the Rafah border crossing between Sinai and southern Gaza.
They said the agreement would be signed before the end of the year.
The Rafah terminal has been formally closed since Hamas seized control of the entire Gaza Strip in the summer of 2007. Under pressure from human rights groups and many Arabs, the Egyptians occasionally open the border crossing for a day or two for “humanitarian cases.”
Cairo’s pledge to reopen the border crossing on a permanent basis is seen as a significant victory for Hamas, which has been struggling hard in the past few years to end the blockade on the Gaza Strip.
According to the sources, Hamas and Fatah are very close to reaching agreement over the reconstruction of the Palestinian security forces under the supervision of Arab countries.
Again, this is seen as an achievement for Hamas, which has long been demanding an end to Fatah’s exclusive control over the Palestinian Authority security forces.
Fatah, the sources said, has also agreed to make concessions on three other issues: bringing Hamas representatives into PLO institutions; the release of all Hamas supporters from PA prisons in the West Bank; and the establishment of a unity government that would not be committed to the Oslo Accords, but would only “respect” them.
“The Egyptians said that they would reopen the Rafah border crossing if the two sides signed a reconciliation accord,” said a Hamas legislator in Gaza City.
He said that the two parties have yet to reach agreement over the timing of the next presidential and parliamentary elections. He added that Hamas was opposed to holding these elections early next year as requested by Fatah.
“Hamas first wants to see if Fatah will fulfill all its commitments under the planned agreement,” he explained. “If we see that Fatah is abiding by the terms of the reconciliation and that the Egyptians have fulfilled their promise to reopen the Rafah terminal, then we can start discussing a date for the elections.”
A Hamas delegation headed by Mahmoud Zahar arrived in Cairo on Tuesday for additional discussions on ways of ending the rift with Fatah.
The delegation is also expected to hold talks with Egyptian security officials on the prospects of reaching a prisoner exchange agreement that would resolve the case of kidnapped IDF soldier St.-Sgt. Gilad Schalit.
The Hamas delegation is scheduled to visit Damascus later this week to brief Hamas leaders there on the outcome of their talks in Cairo.
This is the second Hamas delegation to visit Cairo in less than a week. Last weekend, Mashaal headed another high-level Hamas delegation that held similar talks with intelligence chief Gen. Omar Suleiman and other senior government officials on the power struggle with Fatah and
on the prisoner swap issue.
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