March - 2005

Wednesday - March 2, 2005

Some Arabs See Beginning of New Era

By DONNA ABU-NASR
Associated Press Writer

March 1, 2005, 3:16 PM EST

KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia -- It was a scene the Arab world's autocratic regimes have dreaded -- and through the power of satellite TV, it could catch on as fast as the latest hit music video: Peaceful, enormous crowds carrying flags and flowers bringing down a government.

What happened in Lebanon this week, analysts say, is the beginning of a new era in the Middle East, one in which popular demand pushes the momentum for democracy and people's will can no longer be disregarded.

Television stations broadcast Beirut's protests live into homes, coffee shops and clubs across the Middle East, with the dramatic images of Lebanese youths wearing red-and-white scarves and waving the country's red, white and green flag as they handed out roses Monday to troops who had been ordered to block them. The coverage, lasting all day with hardly a break on some stations, culminated with the Syrian-backed government's resignation.

Inevitably, it raised the question among many spectators: What about here?

"I wish this could happen in Yemen," Ahmed Murtada, an unemployed Yemeni, said in San'a. "But here, tanks would prevail."

Anas Khashoggi, a 46-year-old management consultant in the Saudi city of Jiddah, said he followed Monday's events from beginning to end. "I wanted ... to see how the government reacts to the will of the people," he said.

Was he disappointed? "Not at all," he said.

The scenes from Lebanon come as Saudis are having their first -- albeit small -- taste of democracy. In the second round of the country's first nationwide elections ever, Saudi men go to the polls Thursday in the kingdom's east and south to choose municipal councils. The monarchy has been promising reform, but going slowly.

Newspapers in Saudi Arabia and Egypt -- authoritarian nations where the state heavily influences the press -- did not shy away from showing the protests.

"The Lebanese street joins the opposition," read the banner headline across the front page of the Saudi daily Okaz, along with photos of the Lebanese protest tents and a banner in Arabic reading, "We want the truth."

In Syria, however, the state-controlled media was largely silent. It reported on the resignation of Prime Minister Omar Karami but did not mention -- much less show pictures -- of the protests. State TV aired none of the dramatic footage the few Syrians with satellite dishes could see with a flick of the channel.

Syria has kept a firm hand on its small reform movement. But it had a rare instance of civil violence last year, when riots in March between Kurds and police spread to parts of northeastern Syria and killed at least 25 people in unrest sparked by a soccer brawl but fueled by Kurdish resentment.

"What happened in Lebanon conforms with our hopes for every Arab country," said Michel Kilo, a Syrian intellectual. "It was a rehearsal for a peaceful popular movement that unfolded right before our eyes."

The protests in Lebanon -- triggered by the assassination of the popular former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri on Feb. 14 -- come on the heels of a string of democratic steps in the Arab world, including elections in Iraq and by the Palestinians, and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's promise to allow multi-candidate presidential elections.

But the forcing out of Lebanon's government sets a very different precedent in a region where freedom of speech is muzzled, human rights activists are jailed and sons either succeed or are being groomed to succeed their fathers.

"For the first time in the history of the Arab world, a country's policy has come face-to-face with the will of the people who went down to the street and said: 'We don't want you,'" said Dalal al-Bizri, a Cairo-based Lebanese sociologist.

"The minimum feeling among Arab masses now will be: 'Are the Lebanese better than us?'" she said.

Many may be wary of where the people spirit takes Lebanon. If the protests drag the country into civil war or prompt a fierce Syrian response, as some critics have warned, bloodshed could scare off others.

Also, Lebanon's uniqueness in the region could lessen the events' impact. Its 3.5-million people belong to 17 sects, with large Christian and Shiite communities. Its press is the freest in the Middle East. Its issues are with external domination from Syria, not a domestic government, and the protests resulted from the explosive trigger of Hariri's murder.

Still, with television making people power visible to all, "it's a phenomenon that will catch on the way music video clips have caught on," said al-Bizri.

It may not spread quickly, however. Sherine Bilal, a 19-year-old Egyptian student, was wary of the limits imposed in her country, where protests are usually restricted to university campuses.

"Here, if we try to demonstrate, we can only do it inside these walls," Bilal said from at the American University in Cairo. "Even then, it's only about certain things."

But Dawood al-Shirian, a Saudi talk show host on Dubai TV, had a warning for Arab governments, pointing to Ukraine's Orange Revolution: "Either they embrace the orange, or they will find themselves slipping on the peels of bananas."

I was wrong! I thought Syria would have to fall by military action, and with the fall of Syria would come the pacification of Lebanon. The LORD had a better way, and the government of Lebanon has fallen first. The ultimate end to all this Arab democratic fury will be the secular Jews dream of pacified Arab neighbors for Israel. Long aga practical Jews realized they would never see all of Islam pacified. What they thought might be possible was pacification of their boardering Arab neighbors. Egypt and Jordan changed the dream into a possibility, and now the nation of Lebanon seems coming into the fold. All that will be left is Syria, and finally the secular Jews can feel secure. The plan is to have these buffer Arab nations keep the rest of Islam at bay. These secular Jews have no need for God. They are perfectly willing to sell out the Independent Fundamental Jewish Settlers so they can give the Palestinian Arabs a kingdom of their own in the heart of the Holy Land. It is all part of the phony peace of which Ezekiel prophesied as being in place just before the Last Jihad Islamic invasion of Israel takes place.

God is not going to share His Kingdom with the heathen. It is plain and simple. The salvation of the world that brings true peace is not going to come through the wits of the secular politicians. It is not going to come at the prayers of all the religious leaders who participate, and support this Road Map. I suspect this Road Map is going to be presented as the crowning achievement of this generation for all generations to come. The world will rejoice for the peace that is no peace. The Jews will put down their guard feeling at rest and secure. It is then that Ezekiel says Islam attacks. A three pronged pincher movement flowing right through the buffer nations herding the Jews with their backs into the Mediterranean Sea. The Koran says on that day the rocks and trees will speak saying their is a Jew hiding behind me. Kill him! The Western gentiles who guaranteed Israel's security will be under the control of the antichrist. He will find his hands tied. He might even say: "Oh, what a terrible thing," but he will do nothing to help the Jews.

Only God will help the Jews, and His help will be terrifying. Islamic influence over the Holy Land ends forever. The utter supernatural destruction of the Islamic Army will not only end Islamic influence, but will allow the Jews to build Ezekiel's Temple (Ezek. 40 - 48) on the Temple Mount! The Koran will be proved false, and the Bible will stand in all it's magnificence. The antichrist will sign a peace treaty with the secular Jews promising peace forever, and never to let such inaction take place again. The Great Tribulation will begin. All fundamental Bible scholars agree the first half of the Great Tribulation will be a time of phony peace, and the second half will be called Jacob's Trouble. A time of trouble such as there never was. It ends with Armageddon, and the times of the gentiles closes forever.

The LORD Jesus Christ comes again to the Holy Land, Jerusalem, and Ezekiel's Temple establishing His Kingdom. He comes as the King of Glory. Friend, I hope you are ready? I hope you can see through this phony gentile peace plan called the Road Map?

 

 

Friday - March 4, 2005

Sign of Things to Come? Carbomb Explodes in Shechem
12:54 Mar 03, '05 / 22 Adar 5765

A carbomb exploded harmlessly outside Joseph's Tomb last night, while some 500 Jewish worshipers were visiting. It is expected that disengagement from the area will give new life to terrorism.

Several busloads of people arrived at the holy site in Shechem (Nablus) late last night, under the supervision of the IDF. The explosion occurred as one group was leaving and another was entering, around 1 AM this morning.

Contrary to popular perception, Palestinian terrorism in Judea and Samaria continues apace. Earlier last night, Palestinian terrorists opened fire at an IDF unit near the Balata slum section of Shechem. In addition, terrorists threw an explosive device at an IDF unit nearby. No one was hurt in these incidents.

Slightly to the north, in Jenin, Israeli forces arrested four Islamic Jihad members of the Saadi family, well known for its terrorist connections. This week, a Kassam rocket factory was found in Jenin; a Jenin terrorist arrested several weeks ago said that the plan was to fire them at Afula and environs, in pre-'67 Israel.

The northern Shomron area, if Israel in fact withdraws its forces and residents, is liable to become a "second Gaza," security sources warn. Jenin and Shechem will become cities of refuge for terrorists, and Kassam rockets could be fired at Israeli towns and cities bordering the area. Hizbullah has built a foundation of terrorism in this area over the past few months, mainly with the Islamic Jihad, but has not scored much "success" due to the IDF activities in the area. With the departure of the IDF, Hizbullah and the Islamic Jihad are expected to increase their terror activities.

Terrorist activity is currently dammed by IDF measures such as isolating villages, encircling areas, checkpoints, and nonstop local activity by the army and GSS. A senior officer said, "It's no coincidence that though there are explosives, labs, lathes and the know-how – there have not been Kassams in the Shomron. Our control doesn't allow the translation of these resources into rockets. But when Israel leaves, the situation will change, and it will just be a matter of time until the first Kassam. The Beit She'an and Gilboa communities will come into rocket range." The municipal leaders in these areas have already been warned.

The withdrawal is also expected to endanger Israel's water supply from the area. PA elements currently dig illegally, and are expected to intensify this activity once Israel leaves – depleting and salinating the water supply used for agriculture in the Gilboa region and possibly wiping out regional farming.
 

The site of the car bomb attack is where Joseph's Tomb is located, and the reason Jews were visiting the place. The Arabs have all but destroyed the thousands of year old structure that stood there, but a remnant of  Jews still visit the site for what that piece of land represents. It represents to a small remnant of Jews the Bible! It represents God keeping His Word to the Jewish people about possession of that Land! Today, it represents God keeping His Word, but the secular Jewish politicians corrupting what God has done! Today, it represents the Jews giving away their heritage for a bowl of pottage (for nothing because it means nothing to them)! The majority of secular Jews see nothing of value to them in Joseph's Tomb. It lies in the midst of Arab occupied land that Israel controls, but has no desire to possess. The majority think it is nothing but a myth that has no relevance to the modern world.

This generation of Jews are proving why God said in the Bible it would be through Great Tribulation that they would come to Him. Their stiff necks prevent them from obeying God the easy way. They are forcing God to bring them the hard way! They should be able to see through this phony gentile Road Map peace plan, but they would rather trust the gentiles then trust God. It is foolishness beyond belief, but it is this generation of Israeli Jews.

Joseph was very clear in his last request to the Jews. They were to carry his bones from their burial place in Egypt to the Promised Land so confident was he that God would visit and direct a future generation to the Holy Land. It was that kind of faith that he instilled into the Jews. It is that kind of faith that must be rekindled in the Jews of this generation. When God says we must come with all our heart, all our soul, and all our might. It is this kind of faith of which He speaks!

I am fully confident that God can take the Jews of this Third Miraculous Exodus into the Holy Land, and make them the foundation for His coming Kingdom! Most are not going to come. The Bible is clear it will only be a remnant, but they will come. Even less gentiles are predicted to come to God during the last years of the Great Tribulation. The Bible has never been a book for the masses. It has only been written for the few who come via the narrow way. The Bible is all but banned from institutions of higher learning. Any reporter who might relate the Bible to current events would lose his job. Any Christian leader who would denounce the Road Map as blasphemous, and stand up for the rights of the Independent Fundamental Jewish Settlers would no longer be in a position of leadership.

This generation wants only a man centered peace, but never a peace that is centered in absolute surrender to the God of the Bible. We want a happy-go-lucky peace where everybody has the freedom to worship any god their own way. Democratic freedom of religion is all that will be tolerated, and not Biblical righteousness. A puritanical King of righteousness is not even within the scope of desirable endings for this generation. The faith that only comes with complete surrender of all the heart, all the soul, and all the might is not being exhibited. The counterfeits have overpowered the airwaves, and pulpits of main stream Christianity with a false christ that appeals to the masses. It is no wonder this is the generation God chose to conduct dispensational change. They are neither hot or cold. They are just happy-go-lucky uncommitted Christians whom God has already declared He will spew from His mouth. They will be left behind when the remnant are removed at the rapture. A new remnant of Jews will replace them, and a whole new dispensation.

Revelation 3:15-16

15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.

16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
KJV
 

Saturday - March 5, 2005

Lebanese opposition contacts Israel about Syrian withdrawal

By Yoav Stern and Shlomo Shamir, Haaretz Correspondents, Haaretz Service and Agencies

Lebanese opposition members have asked Israel to encourage the United States to pressure Syria into withdrawing its troops from Lebanon

In the wake of recent diplomatic activity aimed at getting Syria to withdraw its military forces from Lebanon, a top Syrian envoy headed Friday to Moscow to discuss the step with Russian officials.

Lebanese figures contacted Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz's advisor, Uri Lubrani, among other officials in Jerusalem, and indicated they were determined to keep struggling against the Syrian presence in Lebanon but need American support.

The Lebanese opposition members believe the U.S. has a great deal of influence over Damascus, even without the use of military force.

Senior officials at the Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's office were in touch with Lebanese leaders even before the current crisis.

The events of the last few days, which culminated in a demonstration that led to the fall of the Lebanese government, have been dubbed "The Spring of Beirut."

The Lebanese opposition figures indicated to officials in Jerusalem that they have no claims from Israel whatsoever. They also said they don't understand Hezbollah's insistence to perpetuate conflict over the Shaba Farms. This small area near the Lebanon-Israel border remained in Israeli hand after its withdrawal from the southern Lebanon security zone in 2000.

The Hezbollah has been running a military and propaganda campaign to get Israel to withdraw from Shaba Farms.

Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said Thursday during a meeting with the British Minister of State for the Middle East Baroness Elizabeth Symons: "We must put our forces together and support the [Lebanese] opposition, and this is [the British government's] responsibility.

"The international community must deliver an unequivocal message to Syria - to pull out its military forces from Lebanon now," Shalom said.

Syrian envoy heads for Moscow
A top Syrian envoy headed to Moscow Friday for talks with Russian diplomats on a United Nations resolution urging Syria to pull out of Lebanon.

Syria's Deputy Foreign Minister Walid al-Moalim's visit comes after Moscow urged its longtime ally to withdraw 15,000 Syrian troops from Lebanon, adding to the mounting international pressure.

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the Syrian troops should leave Lebanon in line with September's resolution of the United Nations? Security Council, but added in an interview with the BBC that the withdrawal must be conducted in such a way that it does not break the "fragile balance in Lebanon."

Russia's Foreign Ministry said that Lavrov's talks with al-Moalim would focus on the UN resolution requiring the Syrian pullout and also touch on the regional situation and bilateral cooperation.

Lavrov said that while Russia, a permanent Council member, abstained during the vote on the resolution, it must be implemented. He also voiced hope that forthcoming elections will bring a new Lebanese government that would help stabilize the situation.

Syria, which the United States says sponsors international terrorism, is also accused by the Lebanese opposition of being behind the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri last month that plunged the nation into political turmoil.

A close ally of Moscow since the Soviet era, Syria and the Russian government is negotiating to sell advanced anti-aircraft missiles to Damascus in defiance of the U.S. and Israeli pressure.

Saudi Arabia: Talks with Syria 'fruitful'
Talks between Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad about his country's withdrawal from Lebanon were "fruitful" and their results will appear soon, Saudi's foreign minister said.

Abdullah told Assad on Thursday to meet international demands to start withdrawing troops from Lebanon immediately, Saudi officials said.

Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal told the pan-Arab al-Hayat newspaper in remarks printed on Friday the talks were "fruitful" and "their positive results will emerge soon."

One Saudi official said after Abdullah's talks with Assad in Riyadh that Syria must start withdrawing soon, otherwise Saudi-Syrian relations would go through difficulties.

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Hizb'Allah warns Israel against Lebanon ties

Israel should have no illusions that the rise of the opposition in Lebanon, and even the possible departure of Syrian troops, will lead to warmer relations between Jerusalem and Beirut, Hizb'Allah officials warned on Wednesday according to The Jerusalem Post. "There is no way that Hizb'Allah will just dissolve into thin air after the Syrians pull out," said one Beirut analyst, pointing out that the group would resist any Lebanese effort to force it to disarm.
 

The talk is it is a done deal that Syria will pull out of Lebanon. I doubt it will go as easily as many seem to think, but in the end the Syrians will leave. Hisb Allah will be forced to pull all the way back to Iran. I doubt they will get the support they think they have once the Syrian troops are no longer around. They just could dissolve into thin air without the Syrian thugs around to back them. Israel may have a bigger problem with the Orthodox Christian community of Lebanon then Hisb Allah. I'm sure they will remember how the Jews sold them out when Israel pulled their troops out of Lebanon several years ago. It was much like the US pull out of Viet Nam. It was dirty business against those who helped, but were left behind. I still remember the wholesale slaughter of the Christian insurgents who helped Israel when the Syrians replaced the Israeli troops. It was a sellout that will be long remembered by the Lebanese. Right now it is the Syrian occupation that is center, but after the Syrians go I'm sure Israel will have to face up to past abominable actions against their former ally. I would hope the secular Jews will be reminded of this black mark in their history, and not be so quick to likewise sell out the Independent Fundamental Jewish Settlers.

Dirty politics always have a way of coming back, and haunting the perpetrators. Israel is no exception. Backstabbing is abominable in every culture, and is most certainly opposed by the God of the Bible. King David turned God's blessings into a curse by his backstabbing of Uriah. David lusted after Bathsheba, and when she became pregnant he tried to manipulate Uriah into thinking he was the father. However, The Hittite Uriah would not go into her because he felt his loyalty to David and the Jewish army out in the field would be compromised if he should take advantage of this opportunity provided only him. He rather stayed with the other servants of the King, and did not go home. This led to the abominable backstabbing letter to Joab which David allowed the victim of his conniving carry himself to the commander. A great man fell that day. He never recovered from his terrible sin. The glory of David, and all God had done through him was suddenly reduced to nothing. A testimony for God was destroyed forever. The sad account will forever be recorded in the Bible for all to see throughout eternity. A reminder to all of how wicked the heart of man really is! We can call out for forgiveness, and God is faithful to forgive the repentant sinner. But, the testimony is lost forever. God's children can't trust those who play loose with their testimony. None can know if temptation will again take control?

There is a great problem with the Lebanese trusting the Jews after the last withdrawal of Israel from Lebanon. The Syrian withdrawal may be the important issue today, but the backstabbing testimony of the Jews is going to come back to haunt them!

Friend, God is such a gracious God that even abominable sin such as David committed can be forgiven. The LORD Jesus Christ died at Calvary in the sinners place. The penalty has been paid for the repentant sinner. What can't be repaired is the testimony! We give the enemies of God occasion to blaspheme Him through our action. The secular Jews of Israel are about to backstab the Independent Fundamental Jewish Settlers for a phony Road Map peace plan. It will not be any less then what David did to Uriah!

Exodus 34:9

9 And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.
KJV
 

 

Sunday - March 6, 2005

Abbas Demands Withdrawals as PA Terrorists Plant Bombs
23:48 Mar 05, '05 / 24 Adar 5765
 

PA leader Mahmoud Abbas’ promises to enforce a cease-fire and preclude terrorist attacks against Israeli targets received another blow on Saturday as IDF troops discovered and successfully detonated two road-side charges on the road leading to the northern Samaria town of Mevo Dotan.

Earlier on Saturday, before the incident was reported, Abbas claimed he cannot enforce law and order until Israel hands over to the PA Arab cities in Judea and Samaria that were seized from PA control in Operation Defensive Shield in the spring of 2002.

“We have no control on the ground,” Abbas told reporters at a news conference on Saturday in Ramallah.

After the Sharm e-Sheik summit on February 8, Israel promised to hand over major Arab cities in Judea and Samaria to PA security forces.

But when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a Tel Aviv nightclub on February 24 killing five Israelis, Israel suspended talks with the PA. The suicide bomber came from a village near Tulkarem, one of the Arab cities, along with Jericho, that Israel had promised to hand over.

Israel is still waiting for the PA to complete an investigation into the attack. “We are waiting to hear the results of the investigation into the bombing that came from the same city they wanted us to handover,” said Assaf Shariv, a spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.

“We are waiting to see what he (Abbas) will do and so far it is not enough,” said Shariv.

Abbas has been resisting Israeli demands to crack down on the terrorists, and so far has attempted to disarm them only with promises and words of persuasion. At the same time he has reiterated demands that Israel resume negotiations over relinquishing IDF control over Arab populated cities in Judea and Samaria.

``There were some differences that could have been overcome but unfortunately, the Israeli government suspended the dialogue,'' Abbas said. ``We call upon the Israeli government to resume the contacts as soon as possible.''

It is Arafat politics all over again. The one sided world pressure on Israel to make all the concessions must not happen this time if peace is to be realized. I know where this phony peace is going, but I also realize it is the Palestinians who must have their feet held to the fire if even this phony peace will work. Another Arafat era will not be tolerated by even the liberal secular Jewish politicians.

I suspect the soon collapse of the Syrian government will bring an end to the Arab games of one sided politics. A sobering across the Arab world that this is not the time to be making demands is just the thing to bolster the gentile Road Map. This time if the pressure is put on the Palestinians first, Israel will have no option but to comply with the Road Map as a result.

The secular Jews in their passion to pacify their Arab neighbors have fallen into a terrible trap that in the end will cause the pacification of the Jews themselves. They will be forced to trust the gentiles for their security. A trust that in the post rapture world will prove faulty. The Road Map that will give the heathen Islamic barbarians a forever kingdom in the Holy Land will also bring about a pacified nation of Israel. The Jews will no longer look to God for their protection, but rather trust in the good will of the gentiles.

Events are happening fast again in the Middle East. Things that most would have expected decades to take place are happening in just months. The fall of the Lebanese puppet government happened in just days. The Road Map seem unstoppable as this torrent of change rushes on. It all means the rapture, and dispensational change is closer them most of us imagined. The time is short. I only pray you are ready to give account to God for what you have done with Christ in your life.

 

Tuesday - March 8, 2005

PA Media Glorify Bomber of Tel Aviv Night Club
20:47 Mar 07, '05 / 26 Adar 5765

Abbas poses pragmatic for the Western press, while the PA Media Portray Feb. 25's Suicide Bomber of a Tel Aviv Night Club as a Hero fighting for Allah.

While PA leader Mahmoud Abbas issues tersely worded condemnations of the February 25th suicide bombing of a Tel Aviv night club, the PA news media has been glorifying the memory of the bomber, Abdalla Badran, calling him a “shahid”, a martyr, a person who died for the highest ideals of Islam.

Taking a page right out of Arafat’s book, Abbas has been projecting a moderate, pragmatic image abroad while the PA's state-controlled media depicts the suicide bomber as a hero fighting for Allah.

The daily newspaper, Al-Ayyam, for example called Badran’s family, “the family of the Shahid” and the bomber an “istish-shahid” a shahid who sought death for Allah and succeeded.

Another paper, Al-Hayat Al-Jedida, printed a giant color photo of the terrorist on the front page with a caption calling him the “Executor of the Tel Aviv Operation”, a caption more appropriate for a fighter carrying out a daring commando raid behind enemy lines than for a terrorist who killed five innocent people at a birthday party.

PA officials interviewed in Arabic expressed dissatisfaction over the attack, not because innocent people were killed, but because the timing was bad.

Hasan Asfour, a member of the PA parliament said to PA television, “This is the first action that no one is happy about. Everyone felt that the timing is not [right] and there is absolutely no need for it... It is not because the resistance against the occupation is a mistake, but because the nature, location and timing of the action are a mistake."

Under Abbas’ PA, killing Jews is still mainly a question of the finding the right location and timing.
 

The blood lust for Jews comes from the heart. The Arab press is only telling the truth. It is the lies of Abbas that should be brought to bare. It is the same old game Arafat played that the world should demand Abbas not duplicate. The Arabs are testing the waters to see how much they can get away with before the waters get too hot! A world that demands a gentile peace at any cost, and a secular Jewish desire for security will set the parameters. It is up to the Jews to say we've been there already, and we're not going through that a second time with Abbas. Should they remain silent, the gentile world will say it's too late now - forever hold your peace! The Road Map will not go back. It only goes forward!

Stopping the withdrawal plan which right now is only voluntary on the part of the Jews would go a long way in setting what kind of parameters the security for Israel will be like. World pressure is on the Arabs right now. Syria is in big trouble, and Abbas is watching close. Pressure is coming from every side. Should that same pressure be applied to the Palestinians to stop playing the old Arafat games, it will probably have effect! It is up to Israel to say right now enough! We are not going to go through another era of Arab dirty tricks.

I wish I knew how this Road Map is going to play out? I'm convinced it is going to be rammed down the throats of Arab and Jew alike. I know the two State part of the Road Map is blasphemous according to the Bible, and I know without the Two State conclusion there really is no Road Map. Everything happening in the Middle East is being stuffed into the Road Map funnel. It seems there is no way out anymore. The stage is set for the antichrist to come center front. The Bible says: "by peace shall destroy many" in reference to the antichrist. He will come on the world stage as a man of peace! But, that peace will prove to be no peace, and many will be destroyed. The present Road Map is tailor made for the antichrist.

The Arab heart is not going to change. They are waiting for the kind of peace the antichrist will control. They want Jewish blood, and the peace of the antichrist will give them the platform for a quick final solution to the Jewish problem in the Middle East. By a wink, or a nod from the antichrist the Last Jihad Islamic invasion of Israel as recorded in Ezekiel 38 & 39 will take place. The gentile world just stands by doing nothing. It is God who saves the Jews. My best guess is that it happens not long after the rapture of the saved remnant of the Christian Church leaving behind the great Apostate Whore of today's Christianity. The Church Age ends, and dispensational change takes place as the Kingdom Age begins to emerge under 7 years of Great Tribulation. A new Biblical Judaism is founded under the Two Witnesses and 144,000 Jews, 12,000 each living on the original tribal lands of their fathers. A peace treaty is signed with the antichrist that allows the Jews to build Ezekiel's Ch. 40 - 48) Temple on the Temple Mount just as the chronology of Ezekiel implies. Islamic influence over the Holy Land ends at Ezekiel 39! The phony man of peace keeps up his image for only 3-1/2 more years, and then brings about the time of Jacob's trouble when he usurps the throne of the coming again Jewish Messiah. The phony peace turns into world war, and the antichrist leads the gentiles to Armageddon. Only then will the world realize the foolishness of this Road Map! On that day it will be too late!

Friend, it is not too late for you right now. Will you come to the Christ of the Bible who is coming again to the Holy Land, Jerusalem, and the Temple Mount! Will you come with all your heart, all your soul, and all your might? It is the only way you can be accepted. God does not play the games men play. He looks right into the heart, and makes His judgment which is irreversible. You are the only one keeping Christ out of your life! You must decide before it is too late. The antichrist, and all who follow him are doomed. The seed that falls on the road side, on stony places, or among the thorns is as surly doomed. Come to Christ today for tomorrow may be too late!

 

Thursday - March 10, 2005

Israel Set to Withdraw from Key Cities Despite Terror Upsurge
18:20 Mar 07, '05 / 26 Adar 5765

Despite an upsurge in the frequency and severity of terrorist attacks, the IDF is going ahead with plans to transfer control of five key cities in Judea and Samaria to the Palestinian Authority.

Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz is scheduled to meet with PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in the next few days in order to coordinate the IDF withdrawal. The withdrawal, agreed upon at the Sharon-Abbas summit in Sharm El-Sheik, has been held up due to a terrorist attack on a Tel Aviv night club on February 25, which killed five and wounded 50.

The suicide bomber came from Tulkarem, one of the first cities to be handed over to the PA in according to the withdrawal schedule.

PA reports that the handover will commence as early as tomorrow should be treated with caution, say IDF officials. While not denying the reports, IDF sources said that no withdrawals will take place until after the Mofaz-Abbas meeting. A date for the meeting has yet to be announced.

Haj Ismail Jabber, commander of PA forces in Judea and Samaria, said after meeting with Brig.Gen. Gadi Eizenkot on Sunday, that “it was agreed in principle that the Israeli army will begin Tuesday withdrawing from Tulkarem and the areas around the town, and afterward we will discuss the Israeli withdrawals from the other towns” in Judea and Samaria.

It is unclear how today’s attack at the Ma’arat haMachpelah (Tomb of the Patriarchs) in Hebron will impact the planned withdrawal. According to Hebron residents, the IDF effectively withdrew from 80% of Hebron on February 13 in a redeployment move that was dictated by political, not military interests.

Warnings from the Hebron Jewish community that the IDF withdrawals from parts of the city would precipitate a terrorist attack went unheeded.

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P.A. Prepares to Execute 15 Citizens
15:30 Mar 09, '05 / 28 Adar 5765

The Palestinian Authority has sentenced 15 Arabs to death on charges of having collaborated with Israel. Their sentences will be carried out this month – unless the Israel Law Center has its way.

Asked about this looming blow to the interests of both Israel and human ethics, Defense Minister Sha'ul Mofaz surprised reporters by ignoring the question. At a press conference last night following his meeting with PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, Arutz-7's Moshe Priel asked Mofaz if Israel is demanding that Abbas pardon the 15. Priel reports that to the astonishment of the reporters in attendance, Mofaz totally ignored the issue and delivered a small lecture on the future relations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Abu Mazen, as well, ignored the question.

The 15 were sentenced to death after having passed information to Israel about arch-terrorists who were later killed by Israel.

Abbas [Abu Mazen] announced several weeks ago that he would sign execution decrees for three accused collaborators if Moslem religious authorities agreed that they should be killed. Several days ago, Israel Law Center director Attorney Nitsana Darshan-Leitner told Arutz-7, the anticipated ruling was handed down by the Mufti of Jerusalem, Sheikh Akrameh Sabri – but suddenly the list had grown from 3 collaborators to 15.

Darshan-Leitner said, "Together with [former refusenik] Ida Nudel, we sent a letter on Monday to Prime Minister Sharon demanding that he take immediate steps to ensure that these executions are not carried out. He should threaten not to release more prisoners, and he must turn to the US and Europe, as well as donor nations, and he must involve the United Nations as well. And if all this doesn't work, then we even recommended that he even resort to military action to stop these executions."

Darshan-Leitner said that if Sharon does not respond to the letter by the end of the week, "we will turn to the Supreme Court." She said that in 2002, Israel proved that it could influence the Palestinian Authority: "We turned to the Shabak [General Security Service], and they turned to the Palestinian Authority, and the result was that the person in question was not executed, but rather received a sentence of 40 years at hard labor. This shows that we can succeed if we try."

Darshan-Leitner summed up: "These people are our front in this war, how can we abandon them to the dogs?"

 

This gentile Road Map is a disaster! The truth is suppressed, and the spin is out of control. The Road Map can't be implemented any other way. This generation demands the spin. They only want to hear the lie. It matters not what men may want. The God of the Bible is a God of truth. Foolish men may believe lies with good intent are wise diplomacy, but lies are lies when compared to righteousness as presented in the Bible. The LORD Jesus Christ is not going to establish His coming Kingdom on lies. He is very forthright in stating the entire gentile dominated world will be broken at His return. All the religions of the world will be outlawed. Freedom to sin openly will not be permitted. Democracy will be replaced with a dictatorial monarchy to which all men will be required to submit. Puritanical righteousness will be the rule, and spin in either direction will not be tolerated.

I know the average freedom loving American is saying: "I could never live in such a repressive society!" Remember, hell has been prepared for all who resist. Let me remind you that the same LORD Jesus Christ who loved men so much that He went to Calvary to secure forgiveness of sin is the same Christ who is coming again as the King of glory! Only the Biblical Christ can rule with a rod of righteousness, and also have the compassion of a Savior. He loves the sinner, and wants all men not just to be saved from past sin. He wants them to stop sinning, and causing all the tragedy that comes with sin. The purpose of His Kingdom is to demonstrate that if men will truly submit real peace can be implemented. Such peace can only come one way. A Jewish Biblical Kingdom ruled over by a perfect Jewish King! This is not the Road Map plan. The Road Map would give the Islamic barbarians a forever kingdom right where the Bible says the King of Glory is going to return! The Great Whore of Apostate Christianity loves the one sided Road Map as it is progressing today. They, more then most others want a platform of lies for which the antichrist can come to power. They do not want a Jewish King! They want the Apostate Christian christ! It is a bad choice that will condemn an entire generation.

The antichrist will cause an entire generation to acknowledge him as the Messiah of the world. They willingly will shift from all their false religions to him. God already knows how phony this freedom of religion democratic generation has become. What they really want is to worship any way they want any god who meets their fancy. They reject the strict rules of Biblical righteousness. Words such as Puritanical bring up feelings of hate. God knows the truth behind their patriotic words of love for the American way of freedom for religion. God knows just how phony their loyalty is to the Christ of the Bible. God knows the easy christ of the Apostate Church that only forgives, but never demands holiness. God also knows how all religions will turn to the antichrist, but not to the Christ of the Bible. The demands of God for absolute submission only to His Son will never be open to criticism from any generation. God knows the heart of man, and yet He loves His creation. The hard demands of perfect righteousness, purity, and holiness has behind it a God who knows how to break without destroying. He knows how to keep the ember burning when all would appear to be lost.

Friend, there is a way to come to this Holy God of the Bible. There is a way of reconciliation. There is a way to have your heart changed forever. God will perform all the seemingly impossible things. He will hold your hand! All you need do is come to the Christ of the Bible. God will do the rest!

John 14:6

6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way , the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
KJV
 

Saturday - March 12, 2005

TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel's military has been preparing for the increasing prospect of a war with Syria in a confrontation expected to include Iran and Hizbullah.

 

The General Staff has discussed an assessment by the military's Northern Command of an emerging threat from Syria and Hizbullah over the next year. Northern Command said a weakened Syria, under pressure from the United States to withdraw from Lebanon, was likely to approve an Iranian-Hizbullah campaign against Israel.

 

"We might have to fight those countries, which could drive them back a dozen years," Maj. Gen. Benny Gantz, chief of Northern Command, said. "We can drive Lebanon and Syria 50 years back. It's an option."

 

Gantz told the LIC-2005 conference on Wednesday that Hizbullah -- backed by Iran and Syria -- has become a strategic threat to Israel. He cited the 15,000 missiles and rockets deployed by Hizbullah along the Lebanese border with Israel and the Shi'ite organization's increasing support of Palestinian insurgency cells in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Should war break out between Israel and Syria, I would imagine it will be the last war fought by Israel. I am expecting the Syrian government to fall. It seemed more likely it would be a US invasion similar to Iraq, but Israel could invade just as easily. The pacification of the Syrians is what I'm expecting by whatever means. The phony peace of the Road Map hinges on giving the Israelis the feeling of security that will cause them to become pacifists. The secular Jews knew long ago they would never have peace with Islam, but they envisioned a pacification of their Arab neighbors as a buffer that would be good enough. This is why I believe if war breaks out between Israel and Syria, it will be the last war the Israeli Defense Forces fight. They will have achieved the age old dream of the secular Jews. The Road Map will assure them security from the rest of the world, and they will have no need for a defensive force.

 I know how radical this may sound, but Ezekiel is very specific that when the Islamic invasion of Israel takes place in Ezekiel 38 & 39, the Jews are at rest in un-walled cities. They will ignore the warnings from God in the Bible to be prepared and on their guard! A secular Israel will be basking in the false security of a gentile manufactured peace when the invasion takes place. A successful implementation of the Road Map would bring about just such a situation that fits the words of Ezekiel. Syria must be pacified for all these things to come to pass.

Democracy of the Arabs without the God of the Bible "in which we trust" will leave them wide open to the influences of the antichrist when he appears. I expect Babylon to emerge as the banking capital of almost all the oil riches of the Middle East. I would expect the democratized Arabs as the benefactors of all this future wealth. It is here that the link between the antichrist and the Arabs takes place. The antichrist will use them to take control of the world's economy. All who unite with him will gain worldly wealth, but lose their soul. It is here that the 666 of the Bible comes into play.

I suspect the Arabs of Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon will join with the democratized Arabs of Iraq to form this new Babylon. Others like Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Yemen may also climb on the riches wagon. Allah will become secondary to riches as the motivation for their societies. The antichrist will be their new hero. This will still leave a lot of Islam to remain hostel to the Jews. Turkey will join the hordes of Islam coming from the North, Iran will come from the East, and North African Islamists will come from the South to exterminate the Jews of Israel, and grab their share of the wealth.

The fall of the Syrian government is critical to the Road Map, and the Biblical scenario that follows. History is on fire right now aimed at Syria. It is only a matter of time.

Sunday - March 13, 2005

1000 Participate in Monthly Encirclement of the Temple Mount
11:52 Mar 11, '05 / 30 Adar 5765

(IsraelNN.com) Nearly 1,000 people took part in the traditional march encircling the outer walls of the Temple Mount Thursday.

Rabbi David Dudkovich, the spiritual leader of the Samarian community of Yitzhar spoke outside the Iron Gate of the Temple Mount about the importance of reconnecting with the Holy Temple specifically during these times.

The march, or , takes place at the start of a every Jewish month, meeting in the Western Wall plaza toward nightfall and continuing around the outside walls of the Temple Mount. The march is accompanied by prayer and singing and is known as one of the most festive and moving Jerusalem traditions.
 

The Temple Mount remains the most important place on planet earth! Everything, and I mean everything happening in the Middle East and the world is tied to this single place. It is here that the Bible says the LORD Jesus Christ will return!

Acts 1:9-12

9 And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.

10 And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;

11 Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.

12 Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey.
KJV
 

His feet will touch the Mount of Olives which will cleave in two. He will cross the Kidron valley, and approach Ezekiel's Temple via the East Gate. The times of the gentiles will end, and the Kingdom Age will begin! The Church Age will have ended at the rapture, and the seven year Great Tribulation transition will have reached it's climax.  As Zachariah has said: "then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as He fought in the day of battle." The blood of the mostly gentile nations will flow as the wine press of God is squeezed close.  It is a terrible day to be on the wrong side. It is a day of great glory for those who have waited upon the LORD to fulfill all He has said in the Bible.

Revelation 14:19-20

19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.

20 And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress , even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.
KJV
 

This generation of the Road Map is hurtling toward the horrors of Armageddon. It is this generation that is preparing to give most of the Holy Land, a large part of Jerusalem, and forever control of the Temple Mount to the Islamic barbarians! This is the gentile Road Map to which the secular Jews of Israel are accepting in exchange for a phony gentile peace. Islam will claim the Koran victorious over the Bible when the Road Map is implemented. Most of the Holy Land, most of Jerusalem, and full control over the Temple Mount will be theirs. Extermination of the Jews from the rest will only be a matter of time. There will be nothing for the LORD Jesus Christ to come back. Islamic barbarianism will be the future for the Holy Land if the God of the Bible were not to intervene. Ezekiel 39 is the answer to this threat from the Road Map. It will end all Islamic influence over the Holy Land, Jerusalem, and the Temple Mount. Ezekiel 39 will open the door for a new back to the Bible movement among the Jews to build Ezekiel's Temple. The Temple with a throne. The Temple to which the King of Glory will sit as He administers the Kingdom Age upon planet earth.

Friend, I hope you are ready for all these great things to happen? I hope you agree that the Temple Mount is the most important place on earth? The day is quickly approaching when the Jews will agree. Right now the Wailing Wall is the holiest site to the tradition bound secular Jews. It remains a wall between the Jews and their God. It separates them from the site of the Temple! Ezekiel says it must go! The abominations of the past must be cleansed. The abominations of the heathen Islamists must be bulldozed off this Holy Site. The Glory of the LORD demands absolute purity. The Glory of the God of Israel is coming from the East, the Mount of Olives, to fill Ezekiel's Temple!

 

Tuesday - March 15, 2005

Labor Demands: Erase Outposts Now
13:05 Mar 13, '05 / 2 Adar 5765

The government convened this morning to discuss the controversial report on the "unauthorized neighborhoods." It accepted the report's recommendations, and established a ministerial committee.

The resolution voted on today states, "The government sees great importance in dealing with the findings and recommendations of the report, and agrees to the principles and methods of operation therein."

The report, prepared by former State Prosecution attorney Talia Sasson, has caused a backlash against all the bodies involved in building "unauthorized outposts" in Judea and Samaria. The report purports to show a series of illegalities perpetrated by many different government offices and bodies that were involved in funding, constructing and providing services to budding Jewish neighborhoods in Judea and Samaria.

The Cabinet meeting approved the establishment of a ministerial committee to oversee progress on implementing the report. Headed by Justice Minister Tzippy Livny, its members are Defense Minister Sha'ul Mofaz, Public Security Minister Gideon Ezra, Housing Minister Yitzchak Herzog, Infrastructures Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, and Agriculture Minister Yisrael Katz. The first two are Likud disengagement supporters, the second two are Labor disengagement supporters, and the fifth is a Likud disengagement opponent.

Minister Livny said that her committee will not decide which outposts to dismantle first, but rather whether the outposts will be dismantled before or after Gush Katif. She personally prefers the latter.

Education Minister Limor Livnat (Likud) says that the ministers have not had time to review the entire 300-page report, and that the decision should be put off for at least a week. Minister Katz agreed.

Livnat further said that in any event, all outposts established before March 2001 should essentially be legalized, and the public debate must center only on those built afterwards. "We need not be more American than the Americans," she explained today. "The U.S. Road Map plan demanded the demolition only of outposts built before March 2001 [when Ariel Sharon became Prime Minister]." Livnat said that while Sasson's report deals with 100 to 150 new outposts, "Israel agreed to remove [only] 24 that were built since March 2001."

It was reported last week that the U.S. continues to adhere to this principle. The U.S. administration warned on Tuesday that Israel's failure to remove all outposts established since March 2001 would harm American-Israeli relations.

MK Chaim Oron (Meretz/Yachad) responded to Livnat's claims by saying, "Claims like that turn us into the 51st U.S. state. This is not an American issue, but rather a grave Israeli issue of the establishment of outposts against the law."

Health Minister Danny Naveh agreed with Livnat that the report need not be accepted in toto. "The government should establish a committee to check how to implement the Sasson Report conclusions," he said, adding it would not be a good idea to "adopt [them] as one bloc without examining them in detail."

Public Security Minister Gideon Ezra said that Israel cannot begin to deal with the demolition of "unauthorized neighborhoods" while the disengagement from Gush Katif and northern Shomron is on the agenda. "Whatever has not been done until now will have to wait until later," Ezra said.

Similarly, the IDF and police say they do not have the forces necessary to deal with the removal of both "outposts" and communities in Gaza and northern Shomron.

Interior Minister Ophir Pines (Labor) responded that though these points have merit, "The fact that the government has not taken serious action against the outposts has detracted from its deterrence power, and has portrayed a weak image among the settlers. At least one outpost should be removed immediately, and the rest after the disengagement." Communications Minister Dalia Itzik of Labor was even stronger, saying, "We will insist that the outposts be removed, and that the guilty be made to pay the price."

The Sasson Report, which found that many government ministries and bodies "broke the law" in the course of building new neighborhoods in Yesha, was initiated by Prime Minister Sharon. Sharon is considered the "father of Yesha settlement," having been the initiator, planner and designer of many of the locations throughout Yesha now populated with Jews.

On Oct. 18, 1999, then-opposition leader Sharon even exhorted his supporters, "Let everyone get a move on and take some hilltops! Whatever we take, will be ours, and whatever we don't take, will not be ours!"

Aviad Visuly, head of the Haifa-based Land of Israel Task Force, said on Thursday, "The main 'suspect' in this whole story is actually Prime Minister Sharon, who encouraged people to come to the outposts. No mention was made in the report of the unwritten agreements in which Yesha leaders would come to Sharon with lists of new places and he would approve them."

 

It is no secret in Israel what a back stabber Ariel Sharon is to the Independent Fundamental Jewish Settlers. The secular liberal majority just giggle with delight to see the minority of conservative Jews have the rug pulled out from under them by this Benedict Arnold of Israeli politics. Sharon just used the settlers when it benefited him, and now has dumped them when they became a thorn to the American sudden shift to the gentile Road Map authored by Russia, the  UN, and the EU. The settlers only did what the government authorized. Now, the liberal majority are indicting all the government agencies that did what they were authorized to do by making it illegal to ever have helped the settlers. It is the Road Map not Israeli law that was violated, but the Liberal secular politicians are using the Road Map as the standard that needs to be applied to the settlers.

Obviously it is the Independent Fundamental Jewish Settlers who are going to suffer. They are the ones who have no rights! No Civil Rights group from anywhere in the world is going to come to their aid. They are a politically incorrect hot potato that no one will touch! Liberal Jewish goon squads are being formed to expel entire families with ruthless political vigor. Wherever the goon squads operate a media blackout will be enforced. There will be no record of woman and children being physically dragged off to already constructed fenced in concentration camps so they can't go back, or join their neighbors in protest.

This is going to be a terrible human rights violation that no one will want to hear about. There will be no demand for the blackout to be lifted. It will be passed off as a Jewish internal issue which no one really cares about. The settlers will be secretly removed, and their land will openly be given to the heathen Palestinians as a gift. The Road Map will have had the thorn removed, and the whole world will rejoice at the gentile peace plan. Somewhere the antichrist will be rejoicing more then any other.

Folks, the Bible is built around the prayer "Thy Kingdom Come!" The Jews are back in the Holy Land as the literal answer to this prayer. The Road Map is intent on giving most of the Holy Land to the heathen and their Koran rather then the Biblical Jews. It will be a forever giveaway when the Road Map has been completely implemented. It will forever prevent the Bible from fulfilling the Kingdom predictions. This generation of Christians are quick to protest every violation of perceived Christian law, but silent on this issue! I am telling you that main stream Christianity is blind to what God is doing in the Holy Land today. Don't expect any Christian help to be offered to the Independent Fundamental Jewish Settlers. It just isn't going to materialize. The gentile world along with the secular Jews are intent on all this taking place fast! There is absolutely no patients anywhere. The Road Map is a done deal, and stalling will not be tolerated. This is the number one priority issue of the Bush administration, and I'm sure they will demand it be finished before the next American election!

 

Thursday - March 17, 2005

Cairo Talks: Hamas Rejects “Full” Cease-Fire
16:58 Mar 16, '05 / 5 Adar 5765
 

PA Chief Abbas in Cairo juggles the interests of the various terrorist factions as he attempts to arrange a full cease-fire with Israel. Hamas still isn't buying into the whole deal.
Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas opened the second day of negotiations in Cairo with Arab terrorist groups with a problem on his hands: how to convince Hamas, a radical Islamic terror group that does not recognize Israel, to sign on to the cease-fire he’s trying to broker among the various terrorist factions.

Hamas spokesman Mohammad Nazzal said yesterday, “The Hamas organization believes it is not possible to declare a full cease-fire at this stage of the talks.” He said a “cooling down” period of a few months might be attained, but rejected “a long-term truce.”

Recognizing the difficulty of presenting a unified position among terrorist groups, Abbas said yesterday at a speech opening the talks, “It is impossible for us to take upon ourselves the implementation of our commitments in a unilateral fashion."

But he was also quick to point a finger at Israel, accusing it of reneging on commitments to the PA: “We reject Israel reverting to its policy of procrastination, and as we are making progress towards quiet and a truce in the interests of our people, we ask that Israel fulfill its commitments.”

Abbas has long said that the armed struggle against Israel was bad strategy for the Palestinian Authority and its cause. He himself, however, served as treasurer of the PLO and helped secure funding for attacks such as the massacre of the Israeli athletes in Munich in 1972.

Another contentious issue in the Cairo talks is “right of return” for Arabs who fled Israel in the 1948 Independence War. Abbas has reportedly taken the position that individual Arabs would be allowed to reclaim their homes in Israel, but the majority of those who claim the right to "return," numbering in the millions, would be given the right to live in Judea, Samaria, and Gaza, and to receive compensation from Israel.

The major issue that is important to Israel and the Bush Administration is not being discussed in Cairo, however: disarming and dismantling the terrorist factions.

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has stated that a cease-fire among the PA terror groups would not be sufficient for resuming permanent status negotiations with the PA. United States President George W. Bush has conditioned American support for a Palestinian state on the PA fighting terrorism.

The Roadmap plan specifically states, "Palestinians declare an unequivocal end to violence and terrorism and undertake visible efforts on the ground to arrest, disrupt, and restrain individuals and groups conducting and planning violent attacks on Israelis anywhere. Rebuilt and refocused Palestinian Authority security apparatus begins sustained, targeted, and effective operations aimed at confronting all those engaged in terror and dismantlement of terrorist capabilities and infrastructure. This includes commencing confiscation of illegal weapons and consolidation of security authority, free of association with terror and corruption."

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Jericho finally transferred to PA control

By Amos Harel and Arnon Regular, Haaretz Correspondents

Israel finally transferred security authority for Jericho to the Palestinian Authority on Wednesday, after a month of crisis-ridden negotiations.

But due to yet another 11th-hour dispute, the formal handover took place only in the late afternoon. On Tuesday, the parties had agreed to make the transfer Wednesday morning, even though the agreement was still undergoing legal review in Israel and had therefore not yet been signed. But at the last minute, with the television cameras already in place, the Palestinians refused to go through with the ceremony until the document could be signed. There was also some last-minute haggling over the wording. Thus only several hours later did the transfer finally occur.
 

 

Today is a day of infamy for the Bible. Imagine Joshua handing over control of Jericho to the Canaanites for a peace plan arranged by the Assyrians? What would the promises of the God of the Bible mean to those of that dispensation? The book of Joshua would have gone down in history as the time when the Jews humiliated their Almighty God. The time when they believed the gods of the gentile powers were more powerful then the God of the Bible. God would probably have taken that entire generation as He did the generation before them, and would have destroyed them. God would probably have taken Caleb as the only faithful Jew, and raised up another Israel as He intended to do with Moses.

Deuteronomy 9:13-14

13 Furthermore the LORD spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:

14 Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.
KJV
 

God did not replace that generation as He could have, but used them with all their stiff necks to accomplish His will for the Holy Land. I suspect the same will be true for this present generation of Jews. This generation is clearly worse then that generation that Joshua led to the city of Jericho, but the God of the Bible remains the same all powerful God over all. Stiff necks are not a deterrents to Him.

It is a terrible shame that the Jews of this generation would humiliate the God of the Bible this way by using Jericho as the first town to turn over to the heathen Islamic Palestinians. I can't imagine anything other then spiting in His face that could be more degrading to the Biblical God. These Jews seem intent on reversing everything the Bible says. It is as if they are saying to God "We have a better way!" Rather then following up on the conquest of the Land God provided, they pull up short. They sue for negotiations rather then conquest. They desire peace when God says it is time for war.

The heathen with whom they are negotiating are a motley crew of the worst barbarians the world has seen. They are not honorable men! They will never be satisfied until the Jews are driven out of the Holy Land. Islamic peace means the Koran must rule the Land as interpreted by the most vicious of the Mullah's. There is no tolerance for any other book to have authority. Especially a book the documents Jewish history in the Holy Land. The walls of Jericho do not have to fall this time. The Jews have just given up!

A change in the heart of these Jews is the only answer. Only the God of the Bible can accomplish such a miracle. Only then will the Jews understand correct doctrine. Only then will they be ready to lay down the foundations to the coming Kingdom!

 

Friday - March 17, 2005

IDF BRACES FOR GAZA MEDIA FRENZY
Gush Katif families ready to strike deal with PM

Bracing for a huge media blitz for the July disengagement, Israeli military and government officials will impose curbs on press coverage, declaring the area around the settlements a closed military zone and "embedding" news crews with IDF units, IDF Spokesperson Brigader General Ruth Yaron has told Ha'aretz.

The army estimates that some 4,000 members of the foreign press will be here in July to cover the disengagement, when around 7,500 settlers will be evacuated from the Gaza Strip's Gush Katif. 

According to Thursday's Yediot Ahronot, meanwhile, a crisis of confidence is developing between Gush Katif residents and the politicians that represent them, with Gaza families saying that the