Welcome To the Middle East “Land of Let’s Pretend” Called the West Bank.
Both Israel and the Palestinians know a lasting manmade peace isn’t Possible
Psalm 122:6,7 Requests Prayer For The Peace Of The Holy City of Jerusalem
My prayer for Jerusalem is for her remnant in the coming Tribulation Period
And for the Peace her Messiah will bring her During His 2nd Advent Kingdom
Those Coming against the Apple of God’s Eye will Pay a Price at Armageddon
August 9, 2013
http://www.tribulationperiod.com/
Even President Obama and his appointed “talking head” Czars know a lasting peace between the Palestinians and Israelis is impossible. Their underlying motive is to keep both sides talking until the mid-term elections, hoping they can use it to keep Democrats in control in the Senate.
Psalm 122:6,7 – Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. [7] Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.
Revelation 17:12-14 – And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. [13] These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast. [14] These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
Revelation 19:19-21 – And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. [20] And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. [21] And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.
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This is not how you make peace
Op-ed: Decision to prioritize isolated West Bank settlements casts doubt on government’s desire to reach agreement with Palestinians
Dov Weisglass
August 9, 2013
The government and the person who heads it repeatedly state their support for a two-state solution, and talks aimed at reaching a solution based on this paradigm have recently resumed. Yet, this week the government decided on a list of communities that have been defined as “national priority areas.” The list includes nine West Bank settlements that are located outside the large settlement blocs.
Most of the settlements on the list are situated in the heart of the territory. A look at the map reveals a “line” of communities that stretches from the northern part of the West Bank to the south. Seeing that communities on the national priority list are awarded significant financial benefits, which are aimed in part at attracting new residents, one must conclude that the Israeli government wants the chain of Israeli settlements in the West Bank to be as long as possible, to the point where it will cross the West Bank almost in its entirety. Meaning, the government’s decision casts doubt on its desire to reach an agreement with the Palestinians
How will the Palestinian state (which Israel says it wants) look if it will be split by a chain of Israeli communities? During one of the conversations held with senior Bush Administration officials during Ariel Sharon’s term as prime minister, National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice said that even if the future Palestinian state will be the size of a football field, it is crucial that it will also have the shape of a football field. Meaning: It should be complete and continuous so the Palestinians will be able to move from one part of the state to another without running into Israelis. She said Washington would never agree to a Palestinian state that looks like a “slice of Swiss cheese.”
George W. Bush is no longer in office, but I do not believe the American position on this has changed. The Israeli government’s decision is aimed at deepening, expanding and enlarging the Israeli “holes” in the Palestinian “slice of cheese,” despite knowing full well that the Palestinians will never agree to a state that is dissected by Israeli settlements, and neither will the international community.
How does the decision to bolster communities located in the heart of the territory advance an agreement which Israel claims it is seeking?
The manner is which the government is shirking previous commitments is also unacceptable. On May 1, 2003 Prime Minister Sharon and senior US government officials reached an agreement stating that Israel would not expropriate additional lands for the sake of settlement in the West Bank; additional settlements will not be built; and the government will not offer incentives aimed at encouraging the settlement enterprise in the West Bank.
Prioritizing isolated settlements is a blatant violation of Israel’s agreement not to grant special financial benefits to Jewish communities in the West Bank. Israel’s policy to develop existing communities in the large settlement blocs was recognized by the Americans in Bush’s letter to PM Sharon in April 2004, which stated that these large settlement blocs will remain under Israeli sovereignty in any peace agreement reached with the Palestinians. But economic benefits to isolated settlements scattered deep within the Palestinian territories undermine the possibility of an agreement and make a mockery of the Israeli government’s peace rhetoric.
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