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WAR COMING WITH LEBANON AND SYRIA?
Posted by: D. Dolan on Tuesday, February 09, 2010 - 12:25 AM GMT
Israel
| Israeli military and political leaders expressed grave concern over Syrian media reports stating that officials in Damascus believe Israel is preparing for a springtime offensive against Hizbullah militia forces in Lebanon. According to the Syrian Al Watan newspaper, the Assad regime has hard intelligence indicating that a major IDF offensive is being planned for this coming May. The reports stated that Syrian leaders have vowed to enter any such conflict on Hizbullah’s behalf. Reports said a call up of reserve Syrian soldiers began on January 23.
Prime Minister Netanyahu forcefully denied that any military action was being planned. However other members of his cabinet said a major clash with the heavily re-armed Lebanese force is inevitable at some point.
Meanwhile Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah delivered yet another anti-Israel diatribe on January 16, vowing to "change the face of the region" if another war breaks out with Israel. He claimed Lebanon was "facing the threats that you hear about today, adding that “if another war breaks out with the Zionists, we will defeat the enemy and achieve a great victory.” The Shiite clerical leader averred that "Israel is in real trouble,” and repeated earlier assertions that “a handful of resistance fighters and jihadists” bested the more powerful IDF during the 2006 Second Lebanon War. ”
The Kuwaiti newspaper, Al Rai, quoted an unnamed American government official who said that Syria is training Hizbullah militiamen in the use of sophisticated anti-aircraft missile batteries which could bring down Israeli fighter aircraft. The official reportedly added that Israeli leaders have passed on messages to Damascus through third parties warning that if Syria allows Hizbullah to deploy SA-2 anti-aircraft batteries inside Lebanon, Damascus itself will be bombed and another major Middle East war will begin. However the official said he did not see such a war as likely given the stern Israeli warning, which will hopefully cause Syria to prevent such SA-2 systems to be moved into Hizbullah-controlled Lebanese territory.
With war clouds apparently gathering in the region yet again, Israelis welcomed the many rain clouds which also appeared during January—even if that resulted in some flooding. May Israel’s Eternal King, the One with “the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day” (Ezekiel 1:28) also visit the Promised Land very soon!
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Hitchcock Discusses the US in Isaiah 18
Posted by: Anonymous on Tuesday, February 09, 2010 - 12:25 AM GMT
general
| A lot of people like to go to Isaiah 18 when looking for the United States in Bible prophecy, and so I have read that as well. This view is from centuries past and is a very old view.
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Mark Hitchcock on Hope in a Cashless Society
Posted by: Anonymous on Monday, February 08, 2010 - 05:45 AM GMT
general
| I ended my book Cashless with a chapter titled "Cashless and You, Dollars and Cents." I always like at the end of my books to convey one of the main purposes for writing these books — that if someone doesn't know Christ I give them the Gospel of Jesus Christ. For those of us who know the Lord, I also give some practical challenges and admonitions. I end with some hope.
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IRAN BEHIND ATTACK IN JORDAN
Posted by: D. Dolan on Monday, February 08, 2010 - 01:00 AM GMT
Israel
| A two car Israeli diplomatic convoy traveling on the main road from the Jordanian capital back toward the Allenby bridge which crosses the Jordan river into Israel was attacked by a concealed roadside bomb on January 15. The explosion did not wound any of the Israeli passengers, but did leave a three foot crater near the road. It was the first time a roadside device was ever deployed in Jordan. Such attacks became routine in Lebanon before the Israeli military pullout in May 2000, and more recently in Iraq.
Jordanian officials immediately stated that the bombing was a well planned assault carried out by highly trained terrorists. Later reports in the Jordanian press said Iran had ordered and funded the attack, working closely with local Al Qaeda operatives. They added that the explosives used in the bombing were probably smuggled into Jordan by Iranian diplomats who are not subject to the usual security inspections others go through. Jordanian security officers arrested several suspects in Amman, while vowing to do everything possible to prevent future attacks.
Israeli leaders said they would order stepped up security measures at their embassy in Amman, which is already among the most heavily guarded buildings in the world. They also ordered additional security measures for all other overseas missions. This came amid what were termed “firm intelligence reports” that Iran and its Lebanese Hizbullah puppet force are planning to launch attacks on Israeli targets abroad to mark the second anniversary of the assassination of Hizbullah military leader Imad Mughniyeh in February 2007. He was killed by a car bomb while visiting Damascus. Hizbullah leaders blamed the incident on Israel and vowed to avenge his death.
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THREAT OF ARREST
Posted by: D. Dolan on Sunday, February 07, 2010 - 01:14 AM GMT
Israel
| Meanwhile a Turkish human rights organization filed a motion in the country’s courts to have Ehud Barak arrested when he visited Ankara. The group wanted him detained and tried as a war criminal. Despite the threat, Barak carried on with plan to travel to Turkey, arriving there on January 17. Afterwards he said Turkish leaders do want to keep up their alliance with Israel. However he also admitted that relations are very strained and will probably never return to the high level of military and diplomatic cooperation that was present in previous years. Analysts noted that Erdogan was noticeably absent from any public appearance with the visiting Defense Minister.
The petition to have Barak arrested in Turkey came after similar threats arose during the past few months in Britain and a few other European countries against Barak and several other Israeli government and military leaders, including former Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni. The threats prompted Livni and several others to cancel planned visits to London and elsewhere.
As the diplomatic crisis was escalating with Ankara, tourism officials announced that Israelis were cutting back sharply on vacation visits to Turkey, which had been a very popular and inexpensive destination over the past 20 years. Statistics showed that visits were down by 44% in 2009. Officials said that while some of the falloff might have been due to the economic meltdown slowing tourism worldwide, it was mostly because of the anti-Israel statements coming on a regular basis from Ankara, and the country’s budding ties with Iran.
In a related matter, the Tourism Ministry announced that 2.7 million foreigners visited Israel during 2009—the second highest total ever. This was despite the Gaza conflict which deflated tourism early in the year, and the worldwide economic crisis. Tourism Minister Stas Meseznikov said he hopes that around three million people will visit Israel this year. He added his ministry is preparing for an additional million extra tourists per year by 2012. He said this would boost Israel’s economy, predicting that around 190,000 Israelis will be working in the tourism industry by that year.
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ON THE COUCH
Posted by: D. Dolan on Saturday, February 06, 2010 - 12:39 AM GMT
Israel
| The Turkish ambassador, Oguz Celikkol, was summoned to the Foreign Ministry on January 11 with the approval of Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman. However neither senior official apparently realized in advance that Ayalon planned to deliberately place the Turkish diplomat in a lower seat than his own during the terse meeting—considered an insult in many eastern cultures. On top of that, a miniature Turkish flag was not placed next to the Israeli flag on a table between the two diplomats. It is normal protocol for the visiting diplomat’s flag to also be displayed at such meetings.
The moves might have gone fairly unnoticed, or at least not commented upon, had Ayalon not pointed out in Hebrew to Israeli journalists covering the meeting that Celikkol was seated lower than him. The remark was soon shared with the ambassador by other Turks in the room who understand Hebrew, prompting the diplomat to take umbrage. He was formally recalled to Ankara the next day by Erdogan, who was said to be incensed over the perceived diplomatic slight.
Turkish officials—who may still be smarting somewhat over the loss of their forebear’s vast and powerful Ottoman Empire at the end of World War One, which included the Holy Land—demanded an immediate apology from Jerusalem for the “humiliating slight.” This prompted the Foreign Ministry to issue an unusually blunt statement saying that “Turkey is the last country that can preach morality to Israel.” Political analysts said the statement reflected real anger in Israeli government offices and in the country’s security services over both the insulting television program, which many considered openly anti-Semitic, and the equation of Israel with Iran.
At the same time, Ayalon and Lieberman came under sharp criticism from opposition politicians and pundits for exacerbating the growing diplomatic rift with Turkey, which has been Israel’s closest regional ally for many years. This prompted Ayalon to issue a written apology, at the request of both Netanyahu and President Shimon Peres, who stepped in to try and stop the latest diplomatic hemorrhaging. Ayalon replied that he had not intended to insult the Turkish ambassador, and also pointed out that he had often lobbied on Turkey’s behalf when he served as Israel’s ambassador to Washington.
Turkish officials initially rejected the apology, terming it insufficient. A second, stronger letter of contrition was then delivered to the Turkish embassy in Tel Aviv, which was accepted by Ankara. However Turkish media outlets continued to blast Israel in harsh terms, which analysts said reflected the growing anti-Israel attitude of the country’s mostly Muslim citizens.
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CRISIS GROWING WITH TURKEY
Posted by: D. Dolan on Friday, February 05, 2010 - 12:47 AM GMT
Israel
| Israel’s flaying diplomatic relations with Turkey became further strained in January after Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon summoned Turkey’s ambassador to complain over harsh anti-Israel comments made by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan, and to protest a television program broadcast in the Muslim nation in early January that portrayed Israeli security agents as evil baby stealers. Titled “Valley of the Wolves”, the program was screened on state television with the apparent approval of government authorities. It depicted Israeli Mossad agents as murderous thugs who wantonly kill innocent children.
The offensive program was broadcast shortly after Erdogan—who strongly denounced Israeli leaders over their conduct of last year’s Cast Lead military operation—issued a scathing assault on the Netanyahu government’s ongoing campaign to prod world powers to enforce stronger economic sanctions against Iran, designed to force the Shiite regime to curb its ongoing nuclear program. The Turkish Premier said the United Nations should at least exert the same level of pressure upon Israel over its presumed nuclear weapons program as it has so far done with Tehran.
Erdogan further added to growing tensions by reportedly telling Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri and President Michel Suleiman during their January 11 visit to Ankara that Israel is preparing to attack Lebanon in the coming months.
The Turkish leader was echoing Syrian dictator Bashar Assad, who sent a similar message to Hizbullah leaders one week before. Assad averred that the IDF will launch a major assault upon Lebanon in May. Erdogan told the visiting Lebanese leaders that “Israel is compromising global peace by fighting the Palestinians, using Lebanon’s air space and waters, and for not disclosing its nuclear capabilities,” adding that “Israel has never denied it has nuclear weapons. In fact, it has admitted to such. Those who are cautioning Iran must also caution Israel.”
When in office, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert did indeed tell a German magazine that his country possesses nuclear weapons, which raised a firestorm at the time in Israel. However Israeli officials point out that the two programs are hardly equal, given that the Jewish state is a vibrant democracy allied with the West, and has never threatened any particular country with annihilation. On the other hand, Iranian leaders constantly proclaim that Israel will soon be completely wiped off of the Middle East map, clearly implying the use of such mass destruction weapons.
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BACK TO THE TABLE?
Posted by: D. Dolan on Thursday, February 04, 2010 - 12:02 AM GMT
Israel
| While violence was flaring in Gaza, Israeli media reports claimed that Defense Minister Barak was holding two days of clandestine talks with Mahmoud Abbas in Amman Jordan. The PA leader was there before heading to Egypt to meet with President Mubarak. Later in the month, Abbas met with American envoy George Mitchell, as did Israeli leaders. However the discussion produced very little, said Israeli media reports. This came after PM Netanyahu angered Abbas by stating during a tree planting ceremony in the disputed territories that Israel will retain some of the land it captured in the 1967 Six Day War as part of any final peace deal.
President Obama expressed unhappiness with both Israeli and Palestinian leaders during an early January interview with Time magazine. He said Netanyahu “found it very hard to move with any bold gestures,” adding that Abbas “has Hamas looking over his shoulder.” Israeli analysts had warned early last year that the new American leader was making a serious mistake by raising the peace poll so high in the air, noting that neither Netanyahu nor Abbas could politically afford to move forward at this time.
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Mark Hitchcock on the Mark of the Beast
Posted by: Anonymous on Wednesday, February 03, 2010 - 08:29 PM GMT
FalseProphets
| I believe the Bible makes it clear the Mark of the Beast will be very simple. The Mark the Bible says will be upon the right hand or the forehead. That it is "upon" is especially clear in the Greek.
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IRS acquiring shotguns
Posted by: Anonymous on Wednesday, February 03, 2010 - 08:26 PM GMT
OneWorldOrder
| Acquiring Shotguns
Solicitation Number: TIRWR-10-Q-00023
Agency: Department of the Treasury
Office: Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Location: Field Operations Branch Western (OS:A:P:B:W)
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