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Wednesday - December 1, 2004

Wednesday 1st December, 2004

Top level Egyptians to Israel, Wednesday   

Big News Network.com     Tuesday 30th November, 2004  

Egypt's foreign minister and chief of intelligence Tuesday prepared for meetings in Israel to work on advancing the peace process.

Foreign Minister Ahmad Ali Abu-al-Ghayt and intelligence chief Omar Suleiman were scheduled to arrive Wednesday, the Israeli Foreign Ministry announced. They were expected last week but postponed their trip after an Israeli tank killed three Egyptian police near Rafah. Israel apologized saying it was an accident.

Egypt has been deeply involved in attempts to end the Israeli-Palestinian fighting and Tuesday Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak met with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Sharm el-Sheikh. Assad has been sending messages saying he wanted to resume peace talks with Israel.

Egypt has offered its help to advance contacts with Damascus and al-Ghayt said he expected a response from Israel. So far Israeli officials have reacted coldly to the Syrian initiative.

Al-Ghayt and Suleiman are to meet the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and the foreign and defense ministers.

Now the Syrians are jumping on the peace bandwagon. It could be they have opened their eyes with the Bush victory election, and realized they are next on the list of Arab countries to be pacified. I doubt there is some secret great master plan to overthrow the hostel Arab neighbors of Israel, but were doors to open through the natural flow of events that would make this possible - I'm sure such an opportunity would be looked upon as very favorable. The Syrians looking at what just happened to Saddam Hussein may well be thinking very differently today. What is certain is that before the gentile Road Map can ever be enacted, something must change in Syria! Egypt had gone from being the worst enemy of the Jews to signing the first Arabic peace treaty with them. I suppose it is not an impossibility that Syria might contemplate doing the same. Especially with the US Army standing on their boarder fresh with victory over the more powerful Iraqi army.

The pacification of Syria would carry with it the pacification of Lebanon. This would force the Hizb Allah terrorists all the way back to the Iranian boarder. Islam would be besides itself were the Jews to find peace, no matter how phony, with their Arab neighbors. The death of Arafat has opened the door to all this. The politicos realize doors do not stay open long, and so the secular peacemakers are working quickly. Not one has considered the Bible, or what God's will is for the future of the Holy Land, but they all are working furiously while the moment is at hand.

It may seem strange to the God is love groups that this movement for peace in the Holy Land is doomed to fail. It will have temporary secular success which will make me look like an ogre, but then I see God as much more then just love. I see Him as Just, and I see His coming Kingdom as a Kingdom of perfect justice based on Biblical righteousness. I see God as no respecter of persons, or the religions they have put together. I see all men as lost in sin, and the God of the Bible as the only one who is right! I see the righteousness of mankind as filthy rags, and only God with the perfect plan for eternal peace.

Dispensational change is coming to the Holy Land, Jerusalem, and the Temple Mount. All religions, all governments, all Nations must step aside for the Holy God of the Bible. The LORD of hosts is about to reveal His fullness as the coming King of glory. All men will be required to bow the knee to this mighty ruler. He will be the perfect judge. Only He will be able to see into the heart, and judge accordingly. He will be the only perfect leader who will balance grace through love with righteous wrath against those who would desire their sin to ruin His perfect Kingdom. He is the only one who can establish perfect religion that humors holiness without compromise on any single issue. Only He has the power to change hearts into conformity to His holiness. Yet, He will not force His love on any who reject His revealed plan for salvation. The sad truth is that most of this generation reject His puritanical holiness. They want no part of it. They want the freedom to sin. They want the freedom to establish their own styles of religion. They refuse His standards as too perfect. They chose sin over righteousness! They reject the Christ of the Bible!

 

Thursday - December 2, 2004

Al-Qaeda Statements Increasingly Focused On Israel

Secent statements by Al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden and one of his top deputies may indicate an apparent shift in the global terror group’s main objectives.

Recent communications from Al-Qaeda show an intensified focus upon Israel, with attempts to scare the American public into abandoning its support of the Jewish State having become a recurring theme.

Osama Bin Laden released a statement last month addressing the American public prior to the U.S. elections. Though excerpts of the statement appeared in the Western press, the full text was not widely publicized for fear that it included coded messages to operatives. The following are excerpts of Bin Laden's October 29th statement, translated by MEMRI:

"O American people, I address these words to you regarding the best way of avoiding another Manhattan, and regarding the war, its causes and its consequences,Bin Laden said. "I say to you, as Allah is my witness: We had not considered attacking the towers, but things reached the breaking point when we witnessed the iniquity and tyranny of the American-Israeli coalition against our people in Palestine and Lebanon, then I got this idea.

The Al-Qaeda chief went on to explain how American support for Israel directly led to his murder of Americans:

"The events that had a direct influence on me occurred in 1982, and the subsequent events, when the US permitted the Israelis to invade Lebanon with the aid of the American 6th Fleet. They started shelling, and many were killed and wounded, while others were terrorized into fleeing. In those critical moments, I was overwhelmed by ideas that are hard to describe, but they awakened a powerful impulse to reject injustice and gave birth to a firm resolve to punish the oppressors.

"As I was looking at those destroyed towers in Lebanon, I was struck by the idea of punishing the oppressor in the same manner and destroying towers in the US, to give it a taste of what we have tasted and to deter it from killing our children and women.

On February 11, 2003, Bin Laden released a vehemently anti-Israel statement to Al-Jazeera:

"We are following up with great interest and extreme concern the crusaders' preparations for war to occupy a former capital of Islam, loot Muslims' wealth, and install an agent government, which would be a satellite for its masters in Washington and Tel Aviv, just like all the other treasonous and agent Arab governments. This would be in preparation for establishing the Greater Israel.

"...We stress the importance of the martyrdom operations against the enemy operations that inflicted harm on the United States and Israel that have been unprecedented in their history, thanks to [Allah].

"Allah says: 'O ye who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians [emphasis added - ed.] for your friends and protectors: they are but friends and protectors to each other.' And he amongst you that turns to them [for friendship] is of them."

In earlier Al-Qaeda statements, US support for Israel was only referred to as one of many perceived injustices on the part of America. For instance, the terrorist organization demanded in October 2001 that the US "retreat in defeat in Afghanistan, stop your assistance to the Jews in Palestine, end the siege imposed on the Iraqi people, leave the Arabian Peninsula, and stop your support for the Hindus against the Muslims in Kashmir."

As noted, however, more recent communiques from the terror group have increasingly featured Israel as the main target. A videotape recorded before the American election but broadcast just two days ago (Monday) on the Al-Jazeera Arab satellite station is a prime example. The tape features Al-Qaeda's second-in-command Ayman Al-Dhawahiri telling Americans that it did not matter whether they voted for a Republican or Democratic candidate, because both were guilty of supporting Israel's existence.

"The two US presidential candidates are challenging each other to satisfy Israel," Al-Dhawahiri said, "to continue a crime against the Islamic nation in Palestine that began 87 years ago."

Al-Qaeda has been implicated in several attacks or attempted attacks against Jewish targets. In September 2003, IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Moshe Yaalon mentioned plans by Al Qaeda to hijack a Saudi Arabian fighter jet and crash it into a major office tower in Israel. Earlier that year, police in Thailand nipped in the bud an Al-Qaeda shooting attack against El Al passengers in the Bangkok airport. In April 2003, it was reported that Al-Qaeda terrorists planned to fire a Strella-2 anti-aircraft missile at an El Al airliner landing in London's Heathrow International Airport. In October 2003, two Iranians with ties to Al-Qaeda were deported from Great Britain after they were caught photographing synagogues and other Jewish community buildings.
 

We lost one of our own this past week. A 25 year old Marine who grew up in our Church. He died in Iraq cleaning out those who are the sworn enemies of both Christians and Jews! A true Christian soldier who did his duty with pride, and is another added to the list of American heroes. He died fighting the supporters of the  9/11 attackers, and his death has great purpose and meaning. He represented the Bible, and his LORD and Savior Jesus Christ in a land buried in darkness. He died in defense of the God of the Bible who is forcing His will for the future of the Holy Land on the entire world. The conflict of sin filled resistance to dispensational change has only just begun. God is determined to bring in the Kingdom Age. Islam is the first that must step aside for the coming Jewish King of glory. David died for the Biblical future of the Holy Land, Jerusalem, and the Temple Mount. Our heart felt sympathy goes out to his mom, dad, and family. Our duty is to march ever onward as to war. Our Savior is worthy of all sacrifice. His coming Kingdom will be the victory we seek. Not by our power, but by our faithfulness.

 

Marine on 2nd tour dies in Iraq

Memorial service for lance corporal to be held Sunday in Mooresville

DÁNICA COTO

Staff Writer

Bob Houck believes more than ever that the fight for the Iraqis' freedom must go on.

"I feel that any place worthy of shedding my son's blood is a place that's worth doing the right job for," said Houck, 57, of the Mooresville area.

His son, Lance Cpl. David B. Houck, 25, of Winston-Salem, died Friday while fighting in Iraq's Anbar province, the Department of Defense said. Houck was assigned to 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Lejeune.

Bob Houck said he knew what to expect when he saw Marines in full dress uniform knocking on his door in the Millbridge community north of Mooresville.

He used to have the same job, he said, when he was in uniform himself. The elder Houck spent a career in the Navy working as an electronic technician senior chief and later as second in command in Arkansas.

"It's really hard to do when you see the sorrow and grief that families are going through," he said.

Bob and Beth Houck deal with their grief by remembering the funny songs they invented for David and his four siblings to help them fall asleep at night.

They also remembering how happy they were in February 2002, when David Houck called and asked if they could store his belongings.

He was joining the Marines.

"I was overjoyed," Houck said. "He had no direction. He had been floundering and working at UPS at night and delivering furniture during the day, wearing himself out."

The Marine Corps was a good fit for his son, Houck remembers thinking. David Houck knew right from wrong and had a strong sense of duty, he said.

In February 2003, Houck left Camp Lejeune for the Iraqi coast. His son fought at the airport in Mosul and helped quell riots, surviving on one meal a day, Bob Houck said.

According to The Associated Press, in the midst of the airport battle, Houck found a rose growing among the rubble. He enclosed petals from the flower in a letter he sent his mother.

In his letter, he wrote: "It seems strange that beauty can be found in the midst of chaos."

In later e-mails, he discussed how he had killed others.

"I've actually killed a couple of people," he wrote, according to The Associated Press report. "It's kind of strange how something that I've been trained to do can sit so heavily on my mind."

David Houck returned to Camp Lejeune in October 2003 and trained in urban warfare.

In June 2004, he was deployed again to Iraq.

With that kind of training, which focuses on fighting in tight spaces, the family knew their son would likely face situations where he could be injured or killed.

"We were hoping that wouldn't be true, but that's just reality," his father said. "We are both confident that David is in heaven and that we'll see him again.

"That's really what sustains us through the day."

A memorial service for David Houck will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Peninsula Baptist Church in Mooresville.

He will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

 

Friday - December 3, 2004

Fatah´s Farouk Kadumi: "Two States" Just a Temporary Solution
19:38 Dec 02, '04 / 19 Kislev 5765

A top PA official has reiterated the end-goal of the creation of a Palestinian state alongside Israel: a Palestinian state instead of Israel.

In a seeming re-affirmation of the PLO's 1974 "destroy Israel" program, commonly known as the Phased Plan, Fatah co-founder Farouk Kadumi termed the struggle for a two-state solution just a “stage” on the road to “only one [state].”

Kadumi spoke on Nov. 29th with Iran’s Al-Aram television station. When the interviewer asked Kadumi, “What is the future of Palestine?” the PLO leader answered: “At this stage there will be two states. Many years from now there will be only one.”

Asked why he has not softened his stance against Israel’s existence, Kadumi
replied, "Our enemy always says, 'This is Judea and Samaria' ... They haven't changed their discourse. If they change theirs, we will change ours, and if not, we will keep saying that armed resistance is the way to Palestine."

He expressed confidence in the Arabs' ultimate victory, saying, “[There are] 300 million Arabs, while Israel has only the sea behind it.”

The entire clip, translated by MEMRI, can be viewed by clicking here.

The basic principle of the 1974 Phased Plan is that the PLO would struggle to initially establish an "independent combatant national authority" over any territory "liberated" from Israeli rule. That “national authority” would then be used as a base for continued terror attacks. The final phase of the plan is all-out war against Israel by all her Arab neighbors with the hope of destroying the Jewish State entirely.

 

The truth is not hard to find. The real intent of the Palestinian Arabs has never changed. They have raised this generation on hate for the elimination of all Jews from the Holy Land. The plan is if this generation can't accomplish the goal then the next will. The gentile Road Map is only interested in one plan, and that is the two States. I suppose they figure once accomplished it will be someone else's problem what happens afterward. The Road Map is nothing more then self imposed blinders that refuse to see the surrounding truth. A peace plan based on lies! The Islamic Arabs could never be more clear in their intent, and lying to get to the two State step is already part of their final goal. They say one thing in English, and a totally opposite thing in Arabic.

Destroy Israel is what this generation of Islam is about. The world is on the brink of all out religious war already declared by Islam. Who does not know that if Islam should succeed with the Jews the Christians would be next. After them the Hindus, Buddhists, and down the line. Islam is a time bomb religion ready to explode. The defeats in Afghanistan, and Iraq have dented their resolve, but victory over the Jews is still statistically in their favor. Islam has the numbers. They have the oil money. They have the ear of the Europeans. They see only the United States as the thorn that prevents them from ethnically cleansing the Holy Land of Jews. The fact that they can't get along with each other never seems to enter into the discussion. It is always someone else to blame, and ultimately it is always the Jews.

God has His own plan for the future of the Holy Land. It is a plan that eliminates Islam! God is also very clear about His goal. The first step will be to lure Islam onto the mountains and into the fields of Israel. Then the final step will come crushing down in the destruction of the Islamic armies with one supernatural blow. Islam will never be an influence over the Holy Land after Ezekiel 39 takes place. The Jews will be free to build the Last Jewish Temple on the Temple Mount.

Folks, things are happening fast in the Holy Land once again. The false peace that Ezekiel predicted seems inevitable now. The death of Arafat has changed everything. The security wall is being put on hold, and I fully expect the Jews to pull it down just as Ezekiel predicted. This is all part of the first step God has planed to lure the blood thirsty heathen in for their final destruction. The 3 pronged Islamic Invasion is very close, and the resulting cleansing of the Temple Mount in preparation for construction of Ezekiel's Last Holy Jewish Temple (Ezek 40 - 48) is about to begin. No longer will God's sanctuary be trodden down. The latter days have arrived. The time for dispensational change is here.

 

Saturday - December 4, 2004

Sharon Turns to Labor Without Likud Permission
12:04 Dec 03, '04 / 20 Kislev 5765
 

Israel once again faces an uncertain political future, with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon making every effort to garner the support of a majority of the Knesset.

The firing of the five Shinui Party ministers, and the party's departure from the coalition, takes effect tonight, 48 hours after they voted against the government's 2005 budget proposal.

The government currently includes only 13 ministers, the smallest it has been in over 50 years. More tellingly, it commands the support of only precisely one-third of the Knesset, namely, the 40 MKs of the Likud. Prime Minister Sharon is now pursuing the Labor and United Torah Judaism parties, in an attempt to retain his hold on the regime.

Though the Likud Central Committee has rejected the option of including Labor in the government without at least one religious party, Sharon has already begun negotiations with Labor. The Committee is scheduled to convene next week to vote on the move. Significantly, Sharon has refused to say that he would honor whatever decision is made in that forum. Asked by reporters if he would abide by the party's decision, the Prime Minister said yesterday, "I know how to handle things... I expect to win the vote." This past summer, Sharon said he would abide by the results of the party referendum on the disengagement – but proceeded with his program even after it was defeated in the vote.

Health Minister Danny Naveh, who opposes the disengagement/expulsion plan, said today that he would rather have the Likud "renew our historic alliance with the religious parties," and not be beholden to Labor.

Sharon, however, has said that all future coalition partners must agree in advance to support the disengagement. This rules out Shas, whose spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadiah Yosef has come out strongly against a unilateral withdrawal. United Torah Judaism, however, has been more circumspect. Though the party voted against the withdrawal and uprooting in the recent Knesset vote, some of its MKs made clear that this did not necessarily mean its absolute opposition to the plan.

UTJ's MK Meir Porush said this morning, "Such an ultimatum [by Sharon] is not a respectable way of doing things. According to this, some of Sharon's own ministers who have voted in the past against the disengagement will have to be replaced. Let them [the Likud] first invite us to talks, we'll see what they want, we'll see what we want, and things will proceed from there."

The Prime Minister said yesterday that Arafat's death will not impede the disengagement. Though he hopes that Arafat's successors will enable the renewal of talks with Israel, he emphasized that "the disengagement will take place, period."

 

There is one big thorn to the gentile peace plan that is yet to be tested. The Jewish street response to Sharon's unilateral withdrawal plan which will be the first step onto the Road Map. Already the Sharon government is in terrible trouble, and close to collapse. The dictatorial approach by Sharon is hitting heavy resistance. The ultra right wing Sharon is reaching out to the ultra left wing Peres to save his withdrawal plan. It is hard to figure how Israeli politics work, but the conservative Sharon has adopted the most liberal position of giving away the Holy Land for a hand shake. It is no wonder Israeli politics are in turmoil. The Jews are confused not knowing who stands for what.

The untested factor to Sharon's dictatorial approach for withdrawal will be the passion of the 8,000 Independent Fundamental Jewish Settlers who are expected to sacrifice their homes in the Gaza. Next will be the 250,000 Settlers living in Samaria and Judah. It is not just their homes, but their vision of the future for the Holy Land. It is their faith in the God of the Bible that is about to be tested. The government is offering them large cash incentives to go along with the relocation program. That will all be lost should they refuse to leave, and concentration camps are already under construction to forcibly house the resistors. Automatic jail sentences for entire families are being formulated by the liberal politicians. An iron fist is the plan on how to deal with a remnant of Independent Fundamental Jewish Settlers by the secular majority. What is yet to be seen is how the average Jew on the street will react to such strong arm tactics? Many are predicting Civil War will break out with the first pictures of Jewish children behind barbed wire fences. Residual memories of the Holocaust may be more then what this generation of Jews can take. Many still remember how turn coat Jews worked with the Nazi gentiles to create the Holocaust, and Jewish government officials could find themselves categorized as such collaborators. There is plenty of liberal hate for these conservative Jewish settlers to cause great misery. Sharon, who used to support the settlers is now stabbing them in the back. They are no longer politically useful in the Road Map era of Jewish politics. The unknown factor remains how the Jewish street will react when the violence begins.

The cost of the coming Kingdom is going up. Already, many Christian soldiers have paid with their lives in Afghanistan and Iraq. Many Jews have been paying ever since 1948 with the establishment of the State of Israel. The price is definitely going up! The faithful Jews are now about to be isolated. They are about to be concentrated behind barbed wire. The government will do it's best to vilify their motivations. The world will hate them for putting God's plan for peace above the more popular secular peace plan. The sacrificial lambs have been chosen. The scapegoats are ready to be rounded up. I don't think they are going to go peaceably. The Holocaust is just too fresh in their memories.

The full price has been paid at Calvary, but faithfulness to God in a world sold out to sin has a price exacted on the children of God by the majority. It is not possible for a mere man to buy his way into salvation. The price is too high. Only the precious blood of the LORD Jesus Christ is able to atone for sin. Another price is required from those who love this Savior who died in the sinner's place. A price of living for Him in a hostel world. It is that price which has just gone up because the hostility has just gone up. The hate for any who put God above the interests of men is increasing with the approach of the coming Kingdom.

 

Sunday - December 5, 2004

New slump in 2004 immigration to Israel
 

Fri Dec 3, 8:13 AM ET

JERUSALEM (AFP) - Immigration to Israel further slumped in 2004, as a rise in Jews coming from Western countries failed to compensate for plummeting numbers of immigrants from the former Soviet Union.

"Israel is set to absorb some 22,000 immigrants this year," compared with around 25,000 in 2003, Jewish Agency spokesman Yarden Vatikai told AFP on Friday.

The number of immigrants from the former Soviet Union went down from 12,500 to 10,000 during the same period and represents half of those Jews and descendants of Jews who immigrated to Germany.

The Jewish Agency, the semi-government agency that promotes Jewish immigration, criticized Germany's generous immigration policy, which led to a decrease in the number of Jews from the former Soviet Union settling in Israel.

It deemed that Germany should not consider them as refugees.

Sixty percent of immigrants from the former Soviet Union are not viewed as Jews by Israel's rabbinic authorities, but still enjoy the Jewish state's law of return that automatically grants them the Israeli citizenship as Jews or descendants of Jews.

The number of French and US Jews moving to Israel in 2004 went up 20 percent but remained quite modest with 2,400 coming from France and 2,800 from the United States.

In 2002, 34,831 people immigrated to Israel, compared with 44,000 in 2001 and 60,000 in 2000 -- numbers that were already in stark contrast with the massive wave of immigration from the former Soviet Union in the 1990s.

Jewish immigration in 2004 is five times lower than that forecast by Israel's Prime Minster Ariel Sharon (news - web sites) for the next ten years.

Since 1948 when the Jewish state was created, more than three million Jewish immigrants have settled in Israel.

The last Exodus from the Babylonian captivity did not involve the majority of Jews. It was only a remnant that returned with Ezra and Nehemiah. It was only a remnant that built the Second Holy Jewish Temple on the Temple Mount. It may well be that the remnant of this third Exodus are now in place? The Exodus has slowed, and may be over. Should this be true then the first responsibility of this remnant is now to build the Third Holy Jewish Temple on the Temple Mount! There is no doubt in my mind that the Last Biblical Holy Jewish Temple (Ezekiel 40 - 48) will soon be built upon the Temple Mount. This present Exodus has no purpose without that Temple! The greatest obstacle today preventing the building of the Last Temple is Islam. Many are convinced this is too great an obstacle to be overcome by man or God. Compromise and negotiations are the practical solution by little men who have no concept of just how great is the God of the Bible. This generation has willingly forgotten what this God did to Egypt, Babylon, more recently the Nazis, and all other obstacles placed in His way.

The building of the Last Jewish Temple is a task relegated to just a remnant of the remnant. I'm convinced the Two Witnesses and 144,000 Jews of Revelation will accomplish this task. I'm convinced 12,000 from every tribe are those Jews now living on those original tribal lands. Most of whom are now part of the over 250.000 Independent Fundamental Jewish Settlers now living in Yesha (Samaria, Judah, and Gaza). The conflict between God's plan for the Last Holy Jewish Temple, and the gentile Road Map is about to explode. God is forcing the issue! Sin, in resisting God, is forcing the issue from the other direction. The hostility against the Jewish Settlers will find full fruition when the 8,000 Settlers of Gaza are physically removed from their homes.

Only one plan is going to work. I suspect the Road Map forces will gain a temporary victory. A phony peace that will only encourage Islam to invade Israel. The God of the Bible has not only compensated for this coming shallow victory, but will incorporate the Islamic invasion into His overall plan for the building of the Last Holy Jewish Temple on the Temple Mount. Ezekiel 39 describes the supernatural destruction of the Islamic armies. Islamic influence over the Holy Land ends with Ezekiel 39. It is no coincidence that after Ezekiel 39 comes the description of Ezekiel's end times Temple from chapter 40 - 48. The chronology is the end of Islam, and then Ezekiel's Temple.

It will be up to the remnant of Jews to build this Temple. They will need supernatural direction to accomplish the task. The Last Holy Jewish Temple must be perfect. It will be holy! Nothing will be allowed to pollute this Holy House of God. This Temple will have an altar as did all previous Temples. Blood sacrifice will be offered, but this time as a remembrance of Calvary not looking forward to Calvary. This Temple will be the only Temple built with a throne. It will be in preparation for the coming King of glory. The return of the LORD Jesus Christ.

 

Monday - December 6, 2004

A New Government.
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About a month ago, I sarcastically wrote about the meaning of Israeli democracy and the Israeli government when the government pulled the 2005 budget at the last minute.

This last week, the government was very busy haggling with the religious parties to get their support and all they had to do in return was to name their price.

The Likud, Prime Minister Sharon's leading party gave in to the blackmail and we saw funds that could not previously be found for medical aid or education, suddenly appear out of nowhere distributed freely to the religious sector for their support.

PM Sharon knew that his main partners in government, the "Shinui" (Change) party, would not allow for this and would vote against the budget; I am at a loss as to his tactics this time.
The budget of course did not pass and all Shinui ministers were fired from the government for voting against the budget. (Great democracy :-) ).

Now PM Sharon has a government of 40 members of Knesset as opposed to 80 members of Knesset. (120 in total)

He is looking to create a national unity government with the Labor party and who knows whom, but one thing is for certain. If it were not for the detachment plan that is getting everyone's support, we would be having elections in 3 months time.

The "lucky" religious party that is going to do the best negotiating is going to take money for Yeshivas and their own purposes instead of it going where it should.

Shame on you Mr. Sharon.
Shame on you Mr. Nethanyahu.

 

These "Insider" comments show the frustrations faced by the Independent Fundamental Jewish Settlers. Everyone in Israel, even the so called religious right wing, is ready to sell them (the settlers) down the river for the right price. Democracy is a sham whenever the sin of greed is allowed to dominate. America has been blessed with enough honest men to keep our democracy from tumbling into the pit. The God of the Bible can be thanked for such results. We have also had our share of crooked politicians who make democracy stink. Hopefully, the Jews will be able to overcome this present crop of politicians, and get back to basic honesty. The more probable course will sadly be that sin will drag down Israeli politics to the murky depths where all godless governments eventually go. It is only when men turn to God that good comes out of a government. The founding fathers of the United States emphasized that it was in God that we trust for our democracy to work right.

There is a lot of talk these days about democracy. The vote is thought to be the factor that corrals greed. They have it all wrong! It is God not the vote that makes the democracy of America shine. The light is fading fast. I suspect the rapture will forever put out that light, and godless men will control American politics taking it into the same miry pit the Jews are now heading. Democracy is no man's salvation. Democracy in Iraq based on the wrong god is a disaster in the making. Democracy in Israel based on hypocrisy will not fair much better.  

God is in control! He uses a remnant of faithful followers to keep the gospel light shining in a world sold out to sin. It is amazing how a minority of small, and seemingly insignificant little lights can guide the masses into right thinking. Even more amazing is that they lead some to the Bible, and salvation. Yes, God is in control!

I do not have good feelings about where I see Israeli politics heading. I rejoice knowing God is preparing this generation of Jews for redemption. Dispensational change will start in the hearts of many Jews now living in Israel. It will happen after the rapture. It may even touch some of the crooks now ruining the present government? It is not democracy, but theocracy that can save. But, only when that theocracy is centered in the Bible. It is only when the theocratic King the LORD Jesus Christ sits on His throne in the Holy Land, at Jerusalem, and on the Temple Mount that redemption will be realized for this generation of Jews in Israel.

 

Tuesday - December 7, 2004

Report: U.S. backs Mideast peace conference in London

By Reuters

LONDON - Britain has won U.S. agreement to hold an international peace conference on the Middle East in London early next year, the Daily Telegraph reported on Monday.

The newspaper, quoting unidentified senior diplomatic sources for its information, said British Prime Minister Tony Blair would discuss details with Israeli and Palestinian leaders during a visit to the Middle East this month.

No immediate comment was available from British officials on the report, but Blair has made a resolution of the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians a foreign policy priority and has linked it to fighting terrorism.

The conference, planned for late January or early February, was likely to be attended by foreign ministers but it was not yet clear that Israel would send a delegation at that level, said the Daily Telegraph.

The newspaper said the conference would probably be announced only after a Jan. 9 Palestinian ballot to choose a successor to Yasser Arafat and would depend on the election of moderate former Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas.

It quoted an unidentified Israeli source as saying "there will be no conference" if Palestinians elected Marwan Barghouti, who is serving five life sentences in an Israeli jail for ordering militant attacks that killed Israelis.

The Daily Telegraph said Washington was unlikely to deal with Barghouthi either.

The newspaper quoted the diplomatic sources as saying preparations for the conference now dominated U.S.-British foreign policy talks and were at the heart of attempts to heal rifts between Washington and some European nations over Iraq.

Blair discussed the question of a conference with U.S. President George W. Bush in Washington last month. Both leaders said the death of Arafat offered an opportunity to advance the long-stalled Middle East peace process.

Bush has vowed to use the next four years of his second term to help establish a Palestinian state as part of a peace deal.
 

The entire world is now  noticing that on this London Conference will ride all expectations for the future of mankind. This gentile dominated world is putting all their eggs into one basket with only one single two State peace plan. The gentile world is determined to make it work! The time is right with the death of Arafat. The mood is right with the disgust of terrorism. The place is right with the Holy Land being center to all the perceived unrest in the world. 9/11, terrorism, the Iraq War, and the relationships between the Western powers are all riding on this conference producing results. Failure will not be tolerated! God and the Bible are expected to step aside as the wisdom of men prepares the way for world peace. It is a Christ-less peace plan that totally ignores the fact that the God of the Bible has chosen this time for dispensational change. All these world leaders have purposely ignored the clear teaching of the Bible that the Lord Jesus Christ is coming again to the Holy Land, Jerusalem, and the Temple Mount.

The gentile challenge against the Bible is being formulated. The London Conference will establish the implementation of this affront to the God of the Bible. The world, and especially the Christian religious world, lies slumbering in some unexplainable stupor. It is almost as if the Bible never said anything about the future coming Kingdom Age. It is as if the most repeated prayer "thy kingdom come, thy will be done" are just words without meaning. Folks, giving the worst culture in the world today a large part of the Holy Land is not a plan the will produce peace! The Holy Land does not belong to the gentiles, or the compromising Jewish politicians. It belongs to God, and God has clearly brought about this third miraculous Exodus ever recorded in human history to prove His intent to keep His word about the Jews! A Jewish Kingdom with a Jewish Temple at Jerusalem is center to the Biblical peace plan, and this London Conference will totally ignore that plan. In fact, it will be the compete opposite replacing the Arabs for the Jews, and giving Allah the glory rather then the God of Abraham. Isaac, and Jacob! This plan is blasphemous!

This world needs to learn a hard lesson! It is not man, but God upon whom we must trust for our future. It is His righteousness that will prevail. It is His mighty arm that will accomplish all that He wrote in the Bible. Salvation is coming to Zion once again, and it is man who must step aside. The plan that God had from the very beginning through Father Abraham will be accomplished. The whole gentile world is scheduled for destruction because they will refuse to submit to God's Biblical plan. The times of the gentiles is over. The times for the Kingdom Age are about to begin. 

 

Wednesday - December 8, 2004

December 8 - 15

This was the Second Temple that was completely refurbished by King Herod in the days when Christ walked the streets of Jerusalem. The Greek despot Antiochus IV is a prominent character in the Book of Daniel. He is known as the "little horn" who was predicted to come, and torment the Jewish people. Bible scholars have long recognized Antiochus !V as a type of the antichrist yet to come in the latter days. Just as Antiochus was prophesied to come, and did! So also will the antichrist come! Both are called the "little horn" in the Book of Daniel. Both are the worst thing that ever happed to each perspective Jewish generation. Antiochus IV was a vicious fellow who made Hitler look like a kindergartener. The worst thing I read about his outrages against the Jews was what he did to mothers who circumcised their male babies as Jewish law required. He would have the baby murdered in front of the mother, and then have the dead corpse chained around her neck. She was forced to walk the streets of Jerusalem with a sign designating her crime against the State. The crime of obeying the Bible. She would eventually succumb to the diseases produced by the decaying corpse around her neck. It was a scene of unparalleled barbarianism.

The barbarians of our generation are yet to reach this level of depravity. The same prophet Daniel predicted another "little horn" is yet to come. He will be more vicious then the first who already came. He will not just control the pleasant land, but the whole world. He will not just oppose the Bible, but will declare himself to be god. His blasphemies and barbarianism will set new lows in human depravity. He is called the beast by God for good reason. His animalistic behavior will have no equal. Today, our generation is being reintroduced to barbarism. It is only the beginning. The Jewish Temple Mount is again becoming the center of all resistive barbarism in the world. The great conflict between the beast, and the God of the Bible is almost here. The full meaning of Chanakkah is about to revealed to the world.

 

Thursday - December 9, 2004

December 8 - 15

Two children suffer shock in attack on Gaza settlement

By Haaretz Service

Palestinians fired two anti-tank rockets at a day-care center in the northern Gaza Strip settlement of Nissanit early Wednesday, causing two children to suffer from shock.

The attack came as PA officials in Gaza confirmed that the Lebanese-based Hezbollah is trying to recruit activists from among local armed groups in the Strip, Israel Radio reported.

Reacting to the rocket attack, Nissanit settlers Wednesday demanded that the IDF demolish the buildings from which the projectiles were fired.

In a separate incident, a mortar shell was fired at an area of hothouses in a settlement in the Gush Katif region in the southern Strip. The shell caused neither damage nor casualties.

PA officials: Hezbollah seeking inroads in Gaza
Senior Palestinian Authority officials in the Gaza Strip have confirmed that the Lebanese-based militant organization Hezbollah is trying to recruit activists from among local armed groups, Israel Radio reported Wednesday.

According to the report, the officials believe that the Iranian-backed group is trying to repeat its success in recruiting in the West Bank, but, save for a few exceptions, the group has failed to attract any recruits in Gaza.

The sources claimed, however, that the Palestinian group behind the kidnapping of Israeli Arab journalist Riad Ali several months ago had ties to Hezbollah and had received funding from the group, the radio said.

The sources also said that they were looking into the possibility of replacing the top official in the security forces in Gaza in a bid to improve performance.

According to the sources, the head of the Preventative Security in the Gaza Strip, Rashid Abu Shbak, could be named as the new head of the Palestinian police force.
 

Here is a politically improper report that will never make CNN, or any of the other American news sources. It most certainly will not be reported in Europe. It is anti-peace. It reveals the truth of the targeting of Jewish children by the Islamic militants. However, this story will be reported in the Islamic press where it will cause joyful excitement as the power of Allah over the Jews is promoted between the lines. There will be no disgust at the targeting of Jewish children. This is not a story that will cause embarrassment in the Islamic street. It will be accepted as a positive story! The Palestinian Arabs will characteristically dance in the streets at the news of Jewish children being terrorized. They would dance even more intensely had they been murdered. The politicians only talk peace while the truth says there is no peace.

Iran wants desperately to have an influence over the Holy Land. Right now the only instrument at hand is Hizb Allah, the army of god. These mercenary terrorists are the worst of the worst. In this particular instance they purposely targeted a Day Care School where they knew the youngest of Jewish Children would be present. Other Hizb Allah targets are school buses, and playgrounds. What a sick army of Allah they are! They should be called the perverts of Islam not the army of god. There are only one class of people who get a thrill out of terrorizing children, and Islam has put all they could find into Hizb Allah. Islam glorifies these perverts who would be jailed in any other culture in the world. It is hate for the Jews which blinds Islam to the truth.

I have seen many pictures showing how the adult terrorists use the Arab children as shields. It makes me wonder what they do to their own children when not trying to kill Jews? I only wonder how many perverted acts are perpetrated against Arab children by these perverts that are never reported? What do these perverts do in the dark? They seem to have no respect for children using them as human shields. What kind of sexual respect do you think they would have for these same children?

The God of the Bible has clearly always stood against any such kind of disrespect perpetrated against any children who dwell in the Holy Land. The causing of children to go through the fire of Molech sums up all child abuse conducted in the presents of God who is everywhere. The penalty is not only execution of the pervert, but expulsion of any who hide their eyes from such perverted acts. Ignoring Hizb Allah, or any of the other perverts acting in the name of Allah will bring down the wrath of God. The judgment on judgment day will fit every filthy act these perverts have ever committed against little children. Justice will be fierce as the Holy God of the Bible lets lose the full extent of His anger on this particular class of people. Perverts who prey on children will find the God of the Bible does not tolerate their behavior. There will be no excuses! There will only be wrath! Woe to Islam for supporting what God says is defiling perversion!

 

Friday - December 10, 2004

December 8 - 15

Seven Mortar Shells Today – "and the World is Silent"
13:50 Dec 09, '04 / 26 Kislev 5765

Seven mortar shells were fired from PA-controlled areas in southern Gaza at Jewish communities this morning, and another two in the north. "The world is silent," dryly sums up the Katif.net website. No one was hurt in the rocket attacks.

Veteran Gaza resident Avi Farhan said today, "Following yesterday's miracle in which rockets were fired and hit a kindergarten in northern Gaza [no one was physically hurt – ed.], two more shells were fired at a neighboring town today.

"We expected that Arik Sharon and [Defense Minister] Sha'ul Mofaz would instruct the IDF to enter [PA-controlled] Beit Lahiya and instill some order. We're sure that if there were similar rockets on a nursery in Sderot, the IDF would have already been in action in these areas. But apparently the Prime Minister and the Defense Minister don't want to upset the Likud convention today, or possibly they don't want to intervene in the one-sided 'hudna' ceasefire [being talked about by the PA].

"In any event, as long as the shells only land on Jewish areas in Gaza, it's apparently OK not to respond."

Rabbi Yishai Bar-Hen, northern Gaza's regional rabbi, will light tonight's three Chanukah candles at a large menorah in Elei Sinai, at the spot where the most recent rocket fell.

Last night, four terrorists were sighted approaching the Israeli-Egyptian border from the Egyptian side. IDF soldiers opened fire, hitting at least two of them. Somewhat later, after midnight, an IDF force saw another terror cell approaching from the Gaza side, with the apparent goal of meeting up with the Egyptian smugglers. The Israeli force again opened fire, and verified hits against at least three of them.
 

It appears the new policy will be silence. All mortar and rocket attacks on settlements will be considered a necessary evil which will now be included as part of the peace plan. It will be a green light to the animals of Islam that they can have open season on the settlers. This policy will break down quickly because the animalistic terrorists do not have the discipline to just target the settlers. Once loosed, their lust for Jewish blood has no discrimination. They are all Jews whether liberal, conservative, or settler. The liberal politicians will soon find the beast they are releasing on the settlers will come back to bite them. It will be their own children who will die once the genie is let out of the bottle.

It amazes me how many bad things keep coming out of the Road Map. The desire to make it work seems always to effect the the good guys rather then the bad guys. It is not until the effects are felt by the political elites that resistance to the Road Map takes place. Mortars and rockets on the settlements are ok, but suicide bus bombings that take liberals as well as conservatives are not acceptable.

The animosity toward the settlers is not the first time that Jews meant evil unto their brethren. The story of Joseph should be remembered. How his brothers sold him into slavery. God took something meant for evil, and turned it into something for good. Joseph was used by God to provide for his brothers, and their families the sustenance they needed during the time of famine. Joseph not only saved his brother Jews, but he saved the rest of the gentile world of which they lived.

The Independent Fundamental Jewish Settlers may well be from where God draws the 144,000 Jews of Revelation. They also like Joseph are experiencing evil from their brothers. That which is meant for evil will be turned to good once God calls 12,000 Jews each living on the tribal lands of the original seed from the brothers of Joseph. What was meant for evil will become a light for the Jews first, and then the gentiles. These Jews will continue the testimony of Christ after the rapture of born again Christians out of the Apostate Church.

 

Saturday - December 11, 2004

December 8 - 15

Four Israelis wounded by mortars in Gaza settlement

By Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondent, and Haaretz Service

Four Israelis were wounded Friday afternoon in a Palestinian mortar attack on the southern Gaza Strip settlement of Neveh Dekalim.

A woman and child were lightly to moderately wounded and two men were lightly wounded. The four casualties were evaucated to Soroka Medical Center in Be'er Sheva.

In a separate incident, Palestinians fired a Qassam rocket Friday morning at the border fence separating Israel from Gaza south of the Sufa crossing. There were no casualties and no damage was caused.

Settlers clash with soldiers evacuating outpost
Police officers and Israel Defense Forces soldiers evacuating a caravan from the illegal West Bank settlement outpost of Nofei Nehemiyeh faced opposition on Friday morning from settlers at the scene.

According to police, settlers illegally brought the caravan to the site east of Ariel on Thursday.

The area was declared a "closed military zone" due to the settlers' opposition.
 

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8 Mortar Shells Were Fired into N’vei Dekalim
14:55 Dec 10, '04 / 27 Kislev 5765
 

(IsraelNN.com) A total of eight mortar shells/rockets were fired into N’vei Dekalim during a twenty minute period. Two persons are listed in moderate condition and the remainder light. Three persons were transported to Soroka Medical Center in a military helicopter and one by ambulance. The remainder appears to be hysteria victims, possibility being treated and released on the scene.

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Numerous Injured in Southern Gaza Mortar Shell Attack
14:19 Dec 10, '04 / 27 Kislev 5765
 

(IsraelNN.com) Magen David Adom emergency medical service officials report at least four persons have been injured in a mortar shell attack in the southern Gaza community of N’vei Dekalim. At least one of the victims appears in serious condition. Details to follow as they become available.

 

It did not take the Palestinians long to realize they could freely shell the Jewish settlements in Gaza. Here is the fruit of the gentile Road Map peace plan. It is now open season on Jewish settlers. Islam does not want them there. The gentiles don't want them there. The majority of secular Jews do not want them there. It seems only God wants the Jews to reposes their Promised Land! It is only a small remnant of Jews who have responded, and they have turned the world upside-down. They are not vicious animals like the Palestinians. They are peaceful family units following the open doors that the God of the Bible has provided for them. It is just this that causes the world to hate them. The press must now vilify them for standing in the way of the Two State Peace Plan. The Independent Fundamental Jewish Settlers must be turned into unreasonable animals while the Palestinians must be turned into honorable freedom fighters for this plan to go forward. Much of the world hates the Jews already so such spin is exactly what they want to hear. The secular Jews who compromise with the gentiles at every turn they will tolerate. Jews who are committed to the God of their fathers, and will not budge are beyond contempt.

This settler issue is going to be the news for the foreseeable future. Everything happening in the Holy Land seems destine to be tied to the settlers. The gentile Road Map will only work if the world can be convinced that the settlers are bad, and the Palestinians are good. It is these Independent Fundamental Jewish Settlers who must pack up their families, and leave their homes in the Holy Land while the mortar shooting Palestinians are given their land. This is how the peace of man works! God has a totally different plan based on good! His plan is to force all who resist His holiness to move right off the planet. Armageddon is God's answer to all evil plans no matter how they are spun! God's plan is to establish His Jewish King in the Holy Land, at Jerusalem, and on the Temple Mount. The Christmas season re-enforces that one never ending plan! It is evil mankind that must leave not the children of God.

A perfect Kingdom is coming soon. The only perfect King will rule! The Bible says He will bring peace through judgment and perfect justice. The bad people will be suppressed, and only good will be allowed. The lion will lie down with the lamb, and a child will be safe between them. This peace is beyond the ability of the politicians. It is the future for the Holy Land not the Road Map. It is near at hand.

 

Sunday - December 12, 2004

December 8 - 15

Likud and Labor Join Together

By Mazal Mualem, Haaretz Correspondent

Likud and Labor negotiation teams met late on Saturday, after earlier the Labor Party Central Committee approved a measure that allows party leadership to enter coalition talks on forming a unity government with the Likud.

Representing Labor at the talks are MKs Benjamin Ben-Eliezer, Dalia Itzik, Haim Ramon and Peres' aide Yoram Dori. Likud is represented by Minister Tzipi Livni, MK Gideon Sa'ar and attorney Yoram Raved.

Labor MK Dalia Itzik said Friday that her party would insist on receiving key portfolios, like Education, National Infrastructure and the Interior Ministry.

Speaking to his party's central committee, Labor chairman Shimon Peres said, "The question that will stand before each of us in the coming six months or year is whether to hold elections, to hold primaries, or to take action to advance the peace process." According to Peres, party voters expect Labor to prefer the good of the country over "other things."

Peres said that the main reason Labor was joining the government was to advance the disengagement plan, adding that "if there will be no disengagmenet, Labor will leave the government." ....


 

I don't know how many of you realize what this shift in the Israeli government means? The largest conservative Likud Party had been in charge. Ariel Sharon was elected as the head of the Likud. He suddenly changed horses midstream with his withdrawal plan. He suddenly took the main platform of the largest Liberal Labor Party, and began promoting it as a conservative goal. The Likud split over this turncoat position almost causing the collapse of the government and new elections. What is happening this weekend is that the Liberal Labor Party is shoring up where the conservative Likud Party has pulled out. The government will continue, but with a strong liberal influence.

The Labor Party hates the settlers. The Labor Party is the anti-religious party in Israel. They are the modernists who revel in their secular self-determination. It is the Labor Party that has been trying to pass legislation to put all the Independent Fundamental Jewish Settlers who refuse to withdraw peacefully from their homes into concentration camps. Labor has proposed jail sentences for entire Jewish families should they resist the Two State gentile peace plan.

The Likud was never the friend of the Settlers, but at least they tolerated them. The Settlers kept their independence not flocking to any of the many political parties now part of Israeli politics. The settlers in general wanted to follow God not politics. It is probably why the Likud never saw any gain by supporting them during difficult times. Today, the settlers are being abandoned by all except God.

A modern miracle is in the making for those who want to watch. How the settlers of Yesha (Samaria, Judah, and Gaza) survive during an era when the majority of secular Jews hate them, the majority of Islam hates them, and the majority of the gentiles hate them. The entire world is coming down on only a little over 250,000 individuals who will not join. They are convinced that God has called them to occupy the Holy Land of their fathers. They have built their homes on the tribal lands of their fathers in expectation that God will keep His word about establishing a Jewish Kingdom. They know it can't be by their strength for they have no political power. It will have to be by the miraculous power of God that they continue. They have no friends in these times of the gentiles. Their survival can only be successful if the times of the gentiles ends.

I am convinced it will be from these settlers of Yesha that God will chose the 144,000 Jews from every tribe during the Great Tribulation. They are the Jews living on those lands settled by those original tribes.  Who else would be qualified? These will be the Jews who build Ezekiel's Holy Jewish Temple on the Temple Mount (Ezekiel 40 - 48) under the direction of the Two witnesses of Revelation 11 during the first half of the Great Tribulation.  This last Jewish Temple is the only Temple that will have a throne. It all falls into place, and the miracle is now in the offering!

. Ezekiel 43:7

7 And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne , and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more defile, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by the carcases of their kings in their high places.
KJV