In Middle East Warfare the Best Defense is a Good Offense!
December 28, 2006
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I could not agree more with the statement of Colonel Moshe Hagard in paragraphs four and five of the Arutz Sheva article which follows:
[Begin Quote] Col. (ret.) Moshe Hager, a deputy division head during Operation Defensive Shield in 2002, told Arutz-7, “The current policy is immoral – not because of any given Kassam attack, but because every minute, Gaza is becoming more and more like Lebanon, as the terrorists increase their military capabilities.
The Negev will soon be lost to us, at this rate.”
Hager’s recommendation is to “conquer all of Gaza, kill all the terrorists, install mayors whom we support, and realize that the Palestinian Authority has not fulfilled its Oslo commitments and that the Oslo Accords no longer exist… At the very least, the northern Gaza areas must be conquered in order to shorten the range of Kassam rockets.
In addition, the Philadelphi corridor in southern Gaza must also be conquered; it will be hard, but it’s absolutely imperative, in order to crumble the terrorist infrastructures, just like during Operation Defensive Shield.” [End Quote]
For those of you who might think this is not the best solution, please let me tell you that for almost 40 years I have steadfastly declared there is no solution to the Middle East problem, other that the Second Advent of their Messiah. Only God can bring a true peace to the Middle East. And I would remind you that, when dealing with Armageddon, God does tend to lean toward the concept of a Good Offense being the best Defense. His offensive weapons are his own creations that man cannot control.
He is Israel’ s defen
se, and he will use his weapons, the heavens and the earth, as the greatest offense against her enemies that the world has ever seen.
Isaiah 29:6 – Thou shalt be visited of the Lord of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire.
Zechariah 14:1-5 – 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. [4] And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
[5] And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the Lord my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.
Revelation 16:16-21 – And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. [17] And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.
[18] And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. [19] And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. [20] And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. [21] And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.
Luke 21:25-27 – And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; [26] Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
[27] And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
For an exposition of “this man” in Micah 5:5 & verses 6 through 9, take a look in our Prophecy Update Archives at whole numbered Update Numbers 66 through 69)
Micah 5:5-9 – And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men. [6] And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.
[7] And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the Lord, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men. [8] And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver. [9] Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall
be cut off.
Begin Arutz Sheva Article
Army Begs: Let Us Fire Back!
Wednesday, December 27, 2006 / 6 Tevet 5767
Arutz Sheva – IsraelNationalNews.com
The government’s restraint in the face of the rocket attacks is “immoral,” “ineffective,” and must end.
So say various IDF officers, as Olmert convenes an emergency security meeting this morning.
Defense Minister Amir Peretz said it last night, following the serious wounding of two boys in Sderot by a Kassam rocket, and increasing numbers of army officers are now saying it publicly as well: The policy of restraint must end.
Peretz told Olmert last night that Israel can no longer afford to restrain its fire. IDF forces are currently not permitted even to fire at a Kassam rocket launching cell, unless the soldiers’ lives are directly and immediately endangered.
Col. (ret.) Moshe Hager, a deputy division head during Operation Defensive Shield in 2002, told Arutz-7, “The current policy is immoral – not because of any given Kassam attack, but because every minute, Gaza is becoming more and more like Lebanon, as the terrorists increase their military capabilities. The Negev will soon be lost to us, at this rate.”
Hager’s recommendation is to “conquer all of Gaza, kill all the terrorists, install mayors whom we support, and realize that the Palestinian Authority has not fulfilled its Oslo commitments and that the Oslo Accords no longer exist… At the very least, the northern Gaza areas must be conquered in order to shorten the range of Kassam rockets. In addition, the Philadelphi corridor in southern Gaza must also be conquered; it will be hard, but it’s absolutely imperative, in order to crumble the terrorist infrastructures, just like during Operation Defensive Shield.”
An unnamed government source, quoted on Voice of Israel Radio, said that the security establishment would recommend putting an end to restraint and taking military action against the rocket launchers.
“The IDF’s inaction gives immunity to the rocket launching cells,” an unnamed army official told Ynet. “In the past, a terrorist who went out on a rocket launching mission thought seven times whether it was worth it and what were the chances that he would be hit. Now, he doesn’t have to think even twice.”
Maj.-Gen. (ret.) Yom Tov Samiyeh, a former IDF Southern Region Commander, told Army Radio today that if we don’t want to end up having to re-conquer all of Gaza – “and I don’t want to; who needs it?” – then we had better implement smaller-scale military measures to uproot the terrorist infrastructure
there.
It is assumed that Prime Minister Olmert is still trying to fulfill his promises to Palestinian Authority chairman Abu Mazen at their Saturday night meeting. Olmert promises to remove many security checkpoints throughout Judea and Samaria – though the army is reviewing the issue and this will not happen until next week at the earliest. Olmert also promised to free up $100 million in tax monies that Israel had been withholding.
The wounding of the two boys last night was the climax of a day of Kassam rockets against Israel. No fewer than eight rockets were fired, the most in one day since
the ceasefire took effect just over a month ago. Damage was caused, and one rocket landed dangerously close to a sensitive infrastructure in southern Ashkelon.
Noticeably differing in his approach is Yuval Diskin, the head of the General Security Service (Shabak). Diskin has recommended that Israel act diplomatically, not militarily. Just two days ago, Israel submitted a detailed complaint to the UN against the PA and its continued ceasefire violations.
Meanwhile, Shimon Peres continues to reach out to Israel’s deadliest enemies. In a speech in Spain last night, the Vice Prime Minister said he believes Hamas is an “important factor” in the Middle East peace process, and that the organization should play a role in it. Israel’s official position is to conduct no negotiations with Hamas as long as it continues not to recognize Israel’s right to exist and calls for its destruction.
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