How Much Support Will Israel Receive from America in the Time of Jacob’s Trouble?
September 22, 2006
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For 32 years I have contended that when Israel is attacked from the north by 10 Arab nations, it will receive only nominal support from the United States,
and that U.S. troops will not be committed to the fray. As each year has flown by, I am more convinced than ever. When the war begins Israel will stand virtually alone, and will be driven into the Negev Wilderness, where God will preserve her for three and on-half years in the time of Jacob’s Trouble.
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.
Two-Thirds of the Jewish population will perish in the initial stage of the war, but one-third will flee to, and survive in, the Negev. During the initial attack Jerusalem will fall to the Arabs and remain in their hands for some three and one-half years. At the end of that time God will once again, as it was in Old Testament times, turn back to Israel when she repents near the end of the 1260 days, and will fight for her. Jerusalem will be recaptured, and Israel will be given the Land Grant promised to Abraham.
Zechariah 13:8 to 14:3 – And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the Lord, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein. [9] And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.
[1] Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. [2] For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. [3] Then shall the Lord go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
Jeremiah 30:7 – Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.
Genesis 15:18 – In the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
If you would like to know the reasons I believe God is going to unleash tectonic chaos during the time of “Jacob’s Trouble,” plus the extent to which America will help Israel, and whether atomic weapons will be used, then I encourage you to read
the following Prophecy Updates, listed in our Archives as Numbers 10, 32, 71A, 116C, 129C, 135A, 187A, and 204C.
The United States is beginning to compromise its long term stand and promise to support Israel to the hilt, no matter what, and the article from Israel National News, which follows, is the crack in the dike that will grow wider and wider over the next couple of years, to eventually leave only God standing in the breach for Israel during the last three and one-half years of her stay in the Negev. However, Israel is much better off with “only God,” than all her fickle friends and agreements. I would be a fool not to want my God between myself and the enemy than all the armies that have ever existed in history. It will be the God of Israel who delivers her, not the United States.
The only reason that Fatah and Hamas have put forward this ridiculous joint government proposal is to get millions from the quartet to grow strong enough to destroy Israel.
And yet, the United States now seems to be shifting its position toward compromise and away from its zeal to support Israel at any cost, which the three articles from three different Israeli news sources indicate as being the case.
Begin Arutz Sheva Article
U.S., Europe Warm to Hamas Government
Arutz Sheva – Israel National News
Thursday, September 21, 2006 / 28 Elul 5766
The Quartet, including the U.S., issued a statement “welcoming” a possible Hamas-Fatah unity government and expressing the “hope” that it would “reflect” recognition of Israel.
Concerned surprise is the order of the day in Jerusalem government corridors, following the announcement issued by the Quartet at the United Nations on Wednesday. The statement was formulated at a meeting of the UN Secretary-General and the foreign ministers of the U.S., Russia and The European Union.
“The Quartet welcomes the efforts of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to form a government of national unity, in the hope that the platform of such a government would reflect Quartet principles and allow for early engagement,” the statement read.
Though it falls short of the full recognition of Hamas sought by the terrorist organization, the statement marks the first time the U.S. has shown any sign of recognition of a government in which Hamas has a part.
Fatah, lead by PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen), and Hamas, which currently leads the Palestinian Authority government, are trying to form a coalition government. The purpose is to end the boycott imposed by many western countries on the PA, brought on
by the Hamas refusal to recognize Israel and renounce terrorism.
Reuters reported that U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice “played down talk of a U.S. shift,” and that she told reporters, “If indeed there is going to be a government which is able to govern, it is going to need the support of the international community and it needs to be committed to peace.”
Just two days ago, U.S. President George Bush told the United Nations that a PA government would earn recognition only if it recognizes Israel and previous agreements signed with it, and gives up terrorism.
Voice of Israel Radio reports that Jerusalem government officials are “surprised and worried” over the Quartet’s announcement. Attempting to be reassuring, some said the Quartet statement still “maintains the principle” that the above conditions must be met.
Hamas, on the other hand, greeted the statement with jubilation, saying it showed “political flexibility” and “progress.” Just hours before the Quartet statement was released, PA Prime Minister Ismail Haniye of Hamas said again that he has no intention of ever recognizing Israel.
End Arutz Sheva Article
Begin Jerusalem Post Article from Jerusalem Alert Center
Quartet Approves PA Government with Hamas
The Jerusalem Post
Nathan Guttman
September 21, 2006
The international Quartet (the UN, U.S., EU, and Russia) declared its support on Wednesday for PA Chairman Abbas’ efforts to form a unity government with Hamas. It was the first time the U.S. had supported the idea of a Palestinian government that included Hamas. The Quartet said it hoped the new PA unity government would recognize Israel, renounce terrorism, and accept previously signed agreements, but did not set these three principles as a condition for its acceptance of the new proposed government. Israeli diplomats were surprised by U.S. support for a Hamas-Fatah government.
Senior sources in Jerus alem s
aid Israel would not recognize Hamas, nor any organization of which Hamas was a member. (Jerusalem Post)
End Jerusalem Post Article
Begin DEBKAfile Exclusive
DEBKAfile Exclusive: Downside of US policy shift in support of Palestinian unity is the downgrading of Bush’s strategic relations with Olmert government
September 21, 2006, 1:17 PM (GMT+02:00)
DEBKAfile’s Washington sources report that the Middle East Quartet’s support for a Palestinian unity government is just the first step in a new, not fully-consolidated Bush administration initiative on the Palestinian-Israeli dispute. The steps to come will exact from Israel the full price for losing ground in the Lebanon War. Nonetheless, the three war leaders, prime minister Ehud Olmert, defense minister Amir Peretz and chief of staff Lt. Gen. Dan Halutz, continue to evade the sorry consequences of that war and play down the resulting rift with the Bush administration. Indeed the trio shouts down voices calling for an accounting and declares no one can better correct their mistakes and prepare the army and country for another conflict.
In contrast, Hizballah’s Hassan Nasrallah is paying for his blunders. Iran has confined his duties to domestic politics and public appearances in which he excels, no longer empowering him to decide when to fire rockets into northern Israel, order deep cross-border incursions or abduct Israeli soldiers. President George W. Bush cannot demote the Israeli premier, only their relations; and distance him from White House Middle East decision-making. On Sept 13, Bush looked in on a discussion between visiting foreign minister Tzipi LIvni and his National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley on the Lebanon and Palestinian issues and the Iranian nuclear threat. He exchanged a few words with her for the clear purpose of sizing his visitor up. Jerusalem is playing down that seemingly casual encounter like the many symptoms of the widening breach with Washington for the following reasons:
1. The cracks were evident in the course of the 33-day Lebanon War when the US president never once conversed with the PM Olmert.
2. The impression the US president gained of Livni at the White House did not change his mind about not doing business with the Olmert government or persuade him she was of a different caliber.
3. Wash ington is not bl
ind to the low esteem in which the Israeli public holds the prime minister, his team and his party. One of the opinion polls published Thursday, Sept. 21, on the eve of the New Year festival, gives Olmert an approval rating of 7%! Yet he continues to declare that no one is better qualified to lead the country. This gap in the Israel government’s credibility at home and abroad convinced Bush to launch a new Middle East initiative headed by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice without conferring first with Jerusalem.
The Quartet’s announcement at UN Headquarters caught Livni by surprise Wednesday, Sept. 20, the day of her address to the General Assembly. “The Quartet welcomes the efforts of Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas to form a government of national unity, in the hope that the platform of such a government would reflect Quartet principles and allow for early engagement.” This announcement not only opens the way for international recognition of a Palestinian government led by Hamas, but is also the first step towards engaging that government in peacemaking, without requiring Hamas to recognize Israel’s existence or forego terrorism. The US president has no guarantee that engaging the most radical Palestinian elements in a fresh round of Middle East diplomacy will be any more successful than his failed attempt to pacify Iraq by dealing with its violent Sunni insurgents. But whatever the outcome, Israel has taken a dive in Washington’s strategic calculations.
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