MIDDLE EAST UPDATE INCLUDING THE AMAZING DEVELOPMENT THAT "ISIS" WANT TO DESTROY THE KAABA IN MECCA!!! - AND HOW NEAR IS THE PSALM 83 SCENARIO NOW THAT ISIS HAVE EMERGED AS A MAJOR FORCE?
WE STARTED WITH A SHORT 8 MINUTE VIDEO BY GARY STEARMAN FROM "PROPHECY IN THE NEWS" LAST FRIDAY, THE 11TH JULY - THINGS HAVE MOVED ON APACE - AS THEY NORMALLY DO IN THE MIDDLE EAST! GARY SPECULATED THAT WE ARE SEEING THE FULFILLMENT OF ZEPHANIAH CHAPTERS ONE AND TWO BEFORE OUR VERY EYES TODAY!
GARY WAS TALKING ABOUT A POSSIBLE ISRAELI GROUND INVASION INTO GAZA. WELL THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED ON SUNDAY, THE 13TH JULY.
A CRACK TEAM OF IDF COMMANDOS ENTERED THE "PHILISTINE" (my words) AREA AND DESTROYED A LONG RANGE ROCKET LAUNCHING PAD AND CACHE SITE NEAR GAZA CITY. HOWEVER, THIS FELL SHORT OF A TRUE GROUND INVASION OF MASSIVE PROPORTIONS!
SUNDAY WAS THE FIFTH DAY OF "OPERATION PROTECTIVE EDGE". AND SINCE THEN, WE HAVE ALSO LEARNED THAT THE IDF ARE THREATENING TO OPEN A NEW FRONT ON THEIR NORTHERN BORDER! WHY? BECAUSE ROCKETS FLOW DOWN FROM TERRORISTS IN LEBANON (PROBABLY HEZBOLLAH).
ISRAEL, AS WE KNOW, HAVE ENEMIES ON ALL SIDES. AND MOST OF THEM WANT TO SEE THE TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF THE TINY JEWISH STATE! THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN, OF COURSE, UNTIL NEAR THE END OF "THE TRIBULATION", AS GOD WILL PROTECT THE APPLE OF HIS EYE.
LESS THAN A WEEK AGO, WE WERE ALL TALKING ABOUT "ISIS", WHO THEY WERE, AND WHAT THEY WERE DOING IN THE MIDDLE EAST. BUT THINGS MOVE SO SWIFTLY, THAT THE GAZA CONFLICT HAS TAKEN OVER THE MAJOR HEADLINES OF THE WORLD!
WE WILL KEEP OUR EYE ON THE "OPERATION PROTECTIVE EDGE" WAR IN GAZA, BECAUSE THIS COULD BE THE BEGINNING OF THE FULFILLMENT OF ZEPH 1:14-18 and 2: 4-5 AS GARY STEARMAN READ FOR US.
HOWEVER THERE IS ANOTHER ONE OF THE MINOR PROPHETS WE OFTEN NEGLECT, AND WE NEED TO TAKE NOTICE OF, NAMELY OBADIAH.
TWO OF THE BEST PROPHECY EXPERTS AROUND TODAY ARE DR JOHN McTERNAN AND BILL SALUS, BOTH PICTURED BELOW. THEY HAVE REGULARLY AND CONTINUALLY WARNED EVERYONE THAT THE PROPHECY OF OBADIAH (the whole chapter) MUST COME TRUE SOON, ALONG WITH OTHER BUFFS SUCH AS CHUCK MISSLER AND RON MATSEN ON CHRISTIAN TV AND THE INTERNET).
WE WILL COME BACK TO OBADIAH, BUT FOR THE MOMENT WE WILL NOTE THAT THESE TWO PROPHECY EXPERTS STATE THAT THIS PROPHECY IS CLOSELY LINKED WITH THE OMINOUS PROPHECY OF PSALM 83, WHICH HIGHLIGHTS FOR US THAT ALL OF THE SMALLER SURROUNDING ENEMIES OF ISRAEL WILL BE DESTROYED "BEFORE" THE FINAL MAJOR CONFLICT OF EZEKIEL 38 AND 39, WHICH LEADS TO THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON.
SO BEFORE WE LOOK AT THESE NATIONS WHICH WILL BE DESTROYED, LET US DRAW BREATH TO REMIND US ABOUT "ISIS", WHO THEY ARE, AND WHAT THEIR INTENT IS.
ISIS versus the World - Destroy the Kaaba, WHY??
GARY WAS TALKING ABOUT A POSSIBLE ISRAELI GROUND INVASION INTO GAZA. WELL THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED ON SUNDAY, THE 13TH JULY.
A CRACK TEAM OF IDF COMMANDOS ENTERED THE "PHILISTINE" (my words) AREA AND DESTROYED A LONG RANGE ROCKET LAUNCHING PAD AND CACHE SITE NEAR GAZA CITY. HOWEVER, THIS FELL SHORT OF A TRUE GROUND INVASION OF MASSIVE PROPORTIONS!
SUNDAY WAS THE FIFTH DAY OF "OPERATION PROTECTIVE EDGE". AND SINCE THEN, WE HAVE ALSO LEARNED THAT THE IDF ARE THREATENING TO OPEN A NEW FRONT ON THEIR NORTHERN BORDER! WHY? BECAUSE ROCKETS FLOW DOWN FROM TERRORISTS IN LEBANON (PROBABLY HEZBOLLAH).
ISRAEL, AS WE KNOW, HAVE ENEMIES ON ALL SIDES. AND MOST OF THEM WANT TO SEE THE TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF THE TINY JEWISH STATE! THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN, OF COURSE, UNTIL NEAR THE END OF "THE TRIBULATION", AS GOD WILL PROTECT THE APPLE OF HIS EYE.
LESS THAN A WEEK AGO, WE WERE ALL TALKING ABOUT "ISIS", WHO THEY WERE, AND WHAT THEY WERE DOING IN THE MIDDLE EAST. BUT THINGS MOVE SO SWIFTLY, THAT THE GAZA CONFLICT HAS TAKEN OVER THE MAJOR HEADLINES OF THE WORLD!
WE WILL KEEP OUR EYE ON THE "OPERATION PROTECTIVE EDGE" WAR IN GAZA, BECAUSE THIS COULD BE THE BEGINNING OF THE FULFILLMENT OF ZEPH 1:14-18 and 2: 4-5 AS GARY STEARMAN READ FOR US.
HOWEVER THERE IS ANOTHER ONE OF THE MINOR PROPHETS WE OFTEN NEGLECT, AND WE NEED TO TAKE NOTICE OF, NAMELY OBADIAH.
TWO OF THE BEST PROPHECY EXPERTS AROUND TODAY ARE DR JOHN McTERNAN AND BILL SALUS, BOTH PICTURED BELOW. THEY HAVE REGULARLY AND CONTINUALLY WARNED EVERYONE THAT THE PROPHECY OF OBADIAH (the whole chapter) MUST COME TRUE SOON, ALONG WITH OTHER BUFFS SUCH AS CHUCK MISSLER AND RON MATSEN ON CHRISTIAN TV AND THE INTERNET).
WE WILL COME BACK TO OBADIAH, BUT FOR THE MOMENT WE WILL NOTE THAT THESE TWO PROPHECY EXPERTS STATE THAT THIS PROPHECY IS CLOSELY LINKED WITH THE OMINOUS PROPHECY OF PSALM 83, WHICH HIGHLIGHTS FOR US THAT ALL OF THE SMALLER SURROUNDING ENEMIES OF ISRAEL WILL BE DESTROYED "BEFORE" THE FINAL MAJOR CONFLICT OF EZEKIEL 38 AND 39, WHICH LEADS TO THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON.
SO BEFORE WE LOOK AT THESE NATIONS WHICH WILL BE DESTROYED, LET US DRAW BREATH TO REMIND US ABOUT "ISIS", WHO THEY ARE, AND WHAT THEIR INTENT IS.
ISIS versus the World - Destroy the Kaaba, WHY??
Just when you think you understand what ISIS is up to (based upon their proclaimed jihadist ideology), they make another press release that has the effect of turning everything you thought you knew about their objectives upside down and inside out. This is exactly what has occurred on the 1st July.
ISIS announced that their battle plan is to destroy the KAABA in MECCA!!! Why? Isn’t the Kaaba (pictured below with thousands of Muslims swarming around it) central to Islamic practices, the heart of the Islam itself? Apparently not so according to Islamic purists like ISIS and AL QAEDA. That rock, the Hajar al-Aswad or Holy Black Stone is located within a metallic shroud on a corner of the KAABA in Mecca, and is what they consider to be the centerpiece of IDOLATROUS WORSHIP!
The stone is a black meteorite, and an icon they want to destroy as soon as possible—as soon as their new ISLAMIC CALIPHATE conquers Saudi Arabia (one of their main enemies). The KAABA and the black rock pre-date the establishment of Islam, they were both were part of the pagan religion in Arabia prior to the establishment of Islam. This is, of course, because the Sunni's hate the Shia's, and think that only THEY have the pure brand of Islam.
An ISIS spokesman by the name of Abu Turab al-Mugadassi has been quoted as saying: “If Allah wills, we will kill those who worship stones in Mecca and destroy the KAABA. People go to Mecca to touch the stone, not for Allah.” During the Islamic pilgrimage, the hajj, to Mecca, Muslims nearly stampede each other in an attempt to merely touch or kiss the black stone. That means it's pretty important to them. ISIS has different plans for treating it.
BUT HERE IS WHERE IT GETS REALLY INTERESTING.
Where else do Muslims go to worship a stone? To Jerusalem, on the Temple Mount, in the Dome of the Rock, that’s where they go. Let that thought sink in and the potential repercussions OVERWHELM you for a moment! Imagine ISIS destroying THE DOME OF THE ROCK,the very centre of which used to be the Holy of Holies within the first two Jewish temples.
Since June 1967, just over 47 years ago, THE DOME OF THE ROCK has been under the joint protection of the Hashemite Kingdom of Abdullah II, the Waqf and Israeli security forces. And so ISIS would want to destroy the Dome of the Rock because it is idolatrous and something a Muslim should never do in the "pure version" of Islam propagated by ISIS.
What then would stand in the way of the Temple Institute beginning the construction of what will be the third temple on the mount? Not much, especially if the anticipated "PEACE TREATY" followed speedily.
Everything for the construction of the temple is in readiness, and there's even a very strong candidate red heifer alive at this precise moment in time WITHOUT SPOT OR BLEMISH!! This is the last missing item needed to re-establish Temple Worship for the Jews, and now it has been found. As I said, things move very quickly in the Middle East. WE NEED TO KEEP A VERY CLOSE EYE ON THIS ONE! FOR IF "ISIS" ARE CAPABLE OF DESTROYING THE KAABA IN MECCA, THEN THE DOME OF THE ROCK WILL MOST CERTAINLY BE NEXT ON THEIR AGENDA!
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Everything for the construction of the temple is in readiness, and there's even a very strong candidate red heifer alive at this precise moment in time WITHOUT SPOT OR BLEMISH!! This is the last missing item needed to re-establish Temple Worship for the Jews, and now it has been found. As I said, things move very quickly in the Middle East. WE NEED TO KEEP A VERY CLOSE EYE ON THIS ONE! FOR IF "ISIS" ARE CAPABLE OF DESTROYING THE KAABA IN MECCA, THEN THE DOME OF THE ROCK WILL MOST CERTAINLY BE NEXT ON THEIR AGENDA!
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SO WHO ARE ISIS, "WHO NOW JUST WANT TO BE KNOWN AS "IS" (ISLAMIC STATE)?
ISIS chief claims WORLD ISLAMIC LEADERSHIP in video released on the 4th July.
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is the head of the al-Qaeda splinter group that has overrun large parts of Syria and Iraq.
"Caliph" Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi speaks to Muslims at a mosque in Mosul, Iraq, on Friday the 4th July.
The Islamic State (IS) jihadist group which spearheaded a sweeping militant assault that overran swathes of Syria and Iraq is now claiming leadership of the world’s Muslims.
Formerly known as ISIS and known for its ruthless tactics and suicide bombers, IS has carried out frequent bombings and shootings in Iraq, and is also arguably the most capable force fighting Pres Bashar Assad inside Syria.
It truly gained international attention last month, when its fighters swept through the northern Iraqi city of MOSUL, then overran swathes of five provinces north and west of Baghdad.
The group led by “caliph” Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and backed by thousands of fighters in Syria and Iraq, some of them Westerners, appears to be surpassing al-Qaeda as the world’s most dangerous and influential jihadist group.
In a sign of ISIS confidence, the hitherto secretive Baghdadi made an unprecedented public appearance in Mosul, ordering Muslims to obey him, according to a video distributed online on Sat 5th July
The recording would seem to be the first known footage of the jihadist leader, who espouses an extreme form of Islam and aims to return conditions in conquered territory to an approximation of those in the early years of the religion.
In a June 29 audio recording, IS spokesman Abu Mohammad al-Adnani declared Baghdadi "THE CALIPH" and “leader for Muslims everywhere”, referring to a system of rule last used almost 100 years ago before the collapse of the Ottoman Empire.
"IS" appears to have attracted more foreigners than any of the rebel groups fighting in Syria, and unlike other groups fighting Assad, has sought to appeal to non-Arabs by releasing English-language magazines, as well as videos in English or with English subtitles.
Much of the "IS" appeal stems from BAGHDADI himself — he is touted as a battlefield commander and tactician, a crucial distinction compared with al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri.
THIS SPEECH WAS SHOWN AGAIN ON BBC'S PANORAMA LAST NIGHT (MONDAY THE 14TH JULY) IN A PROGRAMME WHICH HIGHLIGHTED THE FEROCITY AND BRUTAL NATURE OF ISIS - FAR MORE BRUTAL THAN AL QAEDA!!
THIS SPEECH WAS SHOWN AGAIN ON BBC'S PANORAMA LAST NIGHT (MONDAY THE 14TH JULY) IN A PROGRAMME WHICH HIGHLIGHTED THE FEROCITY AND BRUTAL NATURE OF ISIS - FAR MORE BRUTAL THAN AL QAEDA!!
MOVING ON TO THE PSALM 83 SCENARIO - WHO ARE THE SERIOUS PLAYERS? LET US READ THE FIRST 8 VERSES OF PSALM 83.
AND HOW DOES THIS TIE WITH THE PROPHECY IN OBADIAH?
THE FOLLOWING ARE EXCERPTS FROM THE BILL SALUS BLOG:
“For the day of the LORD upon all the nations is near; As you have done, it shall be done to you; Your reprisal shall return upon your own head. The house of Jacob[Israel Defense Forces (I.D.F.)] shall be a fire, And the house of Joseph a flame; But the house of Esau [Palestinians] shall be stubble; They shall kindle them and devour them, And no survivor shall remain of the house of Esau,” For the LORD has spoken. (Obadiah 1:15,18; NKJV)
The Two End Time's Judgments Upon Edom - Part One
by Bill SalusThe Bible predicts two powerful prophetic judgments upon Edom; the first on the people and the second on the land. Judgment one, executed by the Israeli Defense Forces, eliminates the Edomites. Judgment two takes place in ancient Edom and is delivered single-handedly by Jesus Christ against Antichrist and his armies. Part one of this two part article identifies both judgments but primarily focus upon the first. Part two expounds upon the timing and purposes of the second judgment.
The first judgment:
1. Concludes the present Arab – Israeli conflict
2. Ends the ancient Arab hatred of the Jews
3. Gives Israel sovereignty over modern day Jordan
4. Eliminates the Palestinian Refugee crisis
5. Elevates the Israeli Defense Forces into “an exceedingly great army”
6. Proves God’s Genesis 12:3 Gentile foreign policy is still effectually in tact
The second judgment:
1. Makes an end of wickedness and wicked ones
2. Terminates the Antichrist and his armies (Armageddonites)
3. Devastates modern day Southern Jordan
4. Saves the Jewish Race from Genocide by the Antichrist
5. Paves the way for the 1000 year millennial reign of Christ.
These are just a few of the results of these two end time judgments upon Edom.
Who Are The Edomites Today? Simply put they are the descendants of Esau, twin brother of the infamous Jacob/Israel of the O.T (Gen 32:28). The descendants of Esau formed the nation of Edom from which comes the term Edomites (Gen 36:1, 9) and Edom today is primarily Southern Jordan.
Although a remnant of Edomites still reside in Southern Jordan, most Edomites migrated in several waves centuries ago into Israel proper and made Hebron their central city. Hebron still exists today in the West Bank and is predominately inhabited by the Palestinians.
Around the time of “Alexander the Great”, (born 356 BC), the Edomites became known in the Greek language as the Idumeans. Presently Edomite descent can be traced into the Palestinian ethnicity as follows: (Edomites-Idumeans-Palestinians). Although the Palestinians are made up of a mish mash of ethnicities, many of them are Esau’s Edomite descendants.
Who are the Palestinians?“Palestinian” is the ethnic label tossed about loosely in modern times to identify three predominately Arab groups of people: the Palestinians of the Gaza Strip, the Palestinians of the West Bank, and the Palestinian Refugees. These groups inhabit the territories that most closely border modern day Israel, with pocket communities in the surrounding Arab nations. It is generally understood that these three groups are comprised of a mixture of peoples who descended from various origins, including Esau, the father of the Edomites.There are numerous prophecies in the Bible written by various prophets that foresaw Edomite participation in the current Middle East crisis. These prophecies, when appropriately discerned, present us with invaluable insights into the cause, details, duration, and resolution of the conflict at hand. As such this prophetic information has direct specific application to this present generation. (Fig. 1. Dheisha (Palestinian refugee camp, Bethlehem, West Bank 1949)
First Judgment upon Edom
The cornerstone prophecy regarding the Edomites around which all first judgment events are designed is contained in Psalm 83. Psalm 83:6 labels them as the “tents of Edom”. In Biblical usage populations residing in the “tents of” condition are either refugees or military encampments. In this instance the Psalmist appears to identify the Palestinian refugees of today.Additionally, it is important to note that these refugees are listed first among the confederate populations predicted to come against Israel. This implies that they are the star of the prophetic show. Thus the present Palestinian Refugee crisis serves as the rallying call of the Psalm 83 confederacy. (Fig. 2. Baqa'a Palestinian refugee camp, Jordan, 1969)
These Palestinians ally with Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt with the goal of destroying the nation of Israel. This confederacy probably also includes the Hezbollah (the inhabitants of Tyre in Psalm 83:7), and Hamas (Philistia in Psalm 83:7).
Several of the prophecies related to the first judgment on the Edomites are listed below. By association, we can safely conclude that the entire Psalm 83 confederacy is adversely affected by the first judgment of Edom. In my book, “Isralestine the Ancient Blueprints of the Future Middle East,” I identify the connecting prophecies that affect the Arabs listed in Psalm 83.
“For the day of the LORD upon all the nations is near; As you have done, it shall be done to you; Your reprisal shall return upon your own head. The house of Jacob[Israel Defense Forces (I.D.F.)] shall be a fire, And the house of Joseph a flame; But the house of Esau [Palestinians] shall be stubble; They shall kindle them and devour them, And no survivor shall remain of the house of Esau,” For the LORD has spoken. (Obadiah 1:15,18; NKJV)
These Obadiah passages inform us that the I.D.F. will decimate the Edomites leaving them with “no survivor”. Furthermore, it identifies the timing of the judgment to be prior to the Day of the LORD. The first judgment occurs just prior to the Day of the LORD, when it “is near”, but not yet come.
The Day of the LORD is commonly connected with what is called the seven-year “Tribulation” period culminating in Armegeddon, which is outside the scope of tonight's study.
Another prophecy we need to take notice of is:
‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Because of what Edom did against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has greatly offended by avenging itself on them,” therefore thus says the Lord GOD: “I will also stretch out My hand against Edom, cut off man and beast from it, and make it desolate from Teman; Dedan [SAUDI ARABIA] shall fall by the sword. I will lay My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel,[I.D.F.] that they may do in Edom according to My anger and according to My fury; and they shall know My vengeance,” says the Lord GOD. ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Because the Philistines [Palestinians / HAMAS] dealt vengefully and took vengeance with a spiteful heart, to destroy because of the old hatred,” therefore thus says the Lord GOD: “I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites [Palestinians of GAZA] and destroy the remnant of the seacoast. I will execute great vengeance on them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I lay My vengeance upon them.”’” (Ezekiel 25:12-17; NKJV)
The expanse of the devastation extends deep into the collaborating Arab populations. Ezekiel 25:12-17 points out that the I.D.F. will defeat the Palestinians, Saudis (Dedan), and Hamas (Philistines and Cherethites) for their confederate involvement, and Psalm 83 also tells that HEZBOLLAH and ISIS(i.e. SYRIA AND IRAQ AS THE ASSYRIAN) will also be destroyed.
In the aftermath of the first judgment Israel seems to expand its sovereignty over modern day Jordan, West Bank, and Gaza. This would correlate with the prophecies in Jeremiah 49:1-22 and Obadiah 1:19. Israel annexing the territory of Southern Jordan paves the way for the final end time’s faithful Jewish remnant to flee there during the Antichrist genocidal campaign against the Jews.
Part two is not for this study, but it is quite interesting to note that NONE of these defeated enemies are present in the northern invasion of Ezek 38/39 led by Russia, Turkey and Iran, as they have already been obliterated in the Psalm 83 war! It is a different coalition and confederacy of enemy countries altogether!
HOW QUICKLY THINGS CAN CHANGE!!
BELOW IS AN ANCIENT POLITICAL MAP OF THE COUNTRIES LISTED IN PSALM 83. THESE ARE THE ONES TO BE DESTROYED IN THE SOON COMING WAR GRADUALLY HOTTING UP IN THE MIDDLE EAST. THEY ARE NOT LISTED AT ALL IN THE EZEKIEL38/39 INVASION BECAUSE THEY NO LONGER EXIST!!!
HERE ARE ANOTHER COUPLE OF EARLY MAPS SHOWING THE COUNTRIES THAT WILL BE DESTROYED IN THE PSALM 83 WAR.
MEANWHILE IRAN (PERSIA) ARE LEFT ALONE BY THE USA TO BUILD THEIR NUCLEAR WARFARE, WHICH WILL MAKE THEM VIRTUALLY UNBEATABLE BY THE SLEEPING WESTERN WORLD.
THEY WILL THEN TEAM UP WITH TURKEY, RUSSIA AND ALL OF THE MUSLIM "STAN" STATES IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION, TOGETHER WITH SMALLER NATIONS SUCH AS LIBYA AND ETHIOPIA, AND A FEW OTHERS SUCH AS GOMER, AND TOGARMAH (disputed amongst Biblical scholars).
THIS WILL INDEED BE A VERY MIGHTY ARMY WHICH WILL ANNIHILATE THE NEW "GREATER ISRAEL" (FORMED FROM THEIR VICTORY IN THE PSALM 83 BATTLE) EXCEPT FOR THE INTERVENTION OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AT HIS SECOND COMING BACK TO EARTH TO JERUSALEM TO SAVE HIS CHOSEN NATION.
----FINISH-------THE END------except that updates for the Middle East keep coming in!
LATE NEWS BULLETIN NUMBER 1
ANOTHER BBC NEWS ITEM OF INTEREST FROM OVER THE WEEKEND IS THE FOLLOWING:
Iraq has warned the UN that Sunni militants have seized NUCLEAR MATERIALS used for scientific research at a university in the city of Mosul.
In a letter seen by Reuters, Iraq's envoy to the UN said nearly 40kg (88lb) of uranium compounds were seized.
The letter appealed for international help to "stave off the threat of their use by terrorists in Iraq or abroad".
But the UN atomic agency IAEA said the material was "low grade" and did not pose a significant security risk.
US officials have also reportedly played down the threat, saying the materials were not believed to be enriched uranium.
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LATE NEWS BULLETIN NUMBER 2
Hamas Has Just Attempted To Create An Horrific Nuclear Disaster In The Heart Of Israel!!
After the horrors of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, how insane do you have to be to fire missiles directly at a major nuclear facility? No matter what side you are on in the conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians, everyone should be able to agree that it is utter madness for Hamas to fire rockets at the Dimona nuclear installation in the Negev.
The intent, of course, was to destroy the Dimona facility and create a horrific nuclear disaster in the heart of Israel. Fortunately, the area is heavily protected by the Iron Dome missile defense system and none of the rockets did any damage.
And it is questionable how much damage to the facility that Hamas missiles could actually do. But that is not the point.
What matters is that Hamas is trying to do it. With each passing year, Hamas rockets are becoming more advanced, more accurate and more powerful.
And when Hamas fires some of their best rockets at a major nuclear facility, they are committing an act of all-out war. If Hamas continues to do this, it could spark a major regional war in which countless numbers of people could die.
Is that what they want?
There has been a lot of criticism of Israel in the mainstream media in recent days, but much of it is quite hypocritical. Just imagine what would happen in the U.S. if another country fired just one missile at New York City or at one of our nuclear reactors.
If that happened, "glass parking lot" would suddenly be on the lips of tens of millions of Americans all over the country, and the U.S. military would rapidly be preparing for an absolutely devastating response.
Well, it isn't just one missile that has been fired at Israel. In recent days, dozens of rockets were fired at Israel before there was any response from the Israeli military at all.
And more than 225 rockets have been fired at Israel since Operation Protective Edge started on Monday night. At one point, an average of about one rocket was being fired into Israel every ten minutes.
And many of these rockets are being shot directly at Israeli population centers with the intention of killing civilians. It is a miracle that we have not seen many casualties so far. But where Hamas has really stepped over the line is by firing at the Dimona nuclear facility.
The fact that Hamas is attempting to create a nuclear holocaust is essentially an act of genocide. The following is how the Jerusalem Post described the attack...
Three rockets were launched at Dimona in southern Israel on Wednesday afternoon. The Iron Dome intercepted one rocket before it could land, while two other rockets landed in open areas.
Dimona is the location of Israel's nuclear reactor. There was no indication that rockets damaged any part of the reactor.HAMAS CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ROCKETS, stating that it had been attempting to hit the nuclear reactor. Militants from Hamas's Qassam Brigades said they had launched long-range M-75 rockets towards Dimona.
HAMAS ARE A DESPERATE AND DANGEROUS TERRORIST GROUP WHO WILL STOP AT NOTHING IN THEIR ATTEMPTS TO WIPE ISRAEL OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH!!!
And as Breitbart has pointed out, what Hamas has just done is actually an act of nuclear terrorism as defined by the United Nations...
Article 2 (1) of the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism states:
1. Any person commits an offence within the meaning of this Convention if that person unlawfully and intentionally...(b)...uses or damages a nuclear facility in a manner which releases or risks the release of radioactive material: (i) With the intent to cause death or serious bodily injury; or (ii) With the intent to cause substantial damage to property or to the environment; or (iii) With the intent to compel a natural or legal person, an international organization or a State to do or refrain from doing an act.
Let us hope that future Hamas missile strikes will not do any damage to Dimona either. In the end, it is questionable how much of a threat Hamas rockets actually are to an extremely well defended facility such as Dimona, but let us not completely underestimate their capabilities either.
According to the Christian Science Monitor, Hamas rockets are stronger and more accurate than ever and are now even capable of hitting Tel Aviv and Jerusalem...
Hamas has emerged from a 19-month cease-fire stronger, savvier, and more effective at hitting Israel where it will hurt the most.
Hamas's arsenal, estimated at 10,000 rockets, is only marginally bigger than it was heading into its last conflict with Israel, in November 2012.
But its mid-range rockets are much more accurate, and it has acquired long-range missiles that reach beyond Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, putting as many as 5 million of Israel’s 8 million citizens at risk.
If Hamas wants Israel to stop attacking, they need to stop lobbing missiles into Israel. If Hamas keeps launching rockets, it could spark a major regional war. Just consider what Shimon Peres is saying about the conflict...
“We didn’t start the war today, they started it already several days ago,” he told CNN. “We asked them to stop it... We waited one day, two days, three days and they continued, and they spread their fire on more areas in Israel.”
He also said that a ground offensive on Gaza “may happen quite soon”. Referring to rockets being fired from Gaza, he added: “If they will stop for example tonight, there won’t be any ground entrance - but if they will continue, sooner or later this will be the response.”
And there are news reports today that Israel has already warned 100,000 Gaza residents living in cities near the border with Israel to leave their homes. That means that a ground invasion could be imminent.
The intent, of course, was to destroy the Dimona facility and create a horrific nuclear disaster in the heart of Israel. Fortunately, the area is heavily protected by the Iron Dome missile defense system and none of the rockets did any damage.
And it is questionable how much damage to the facility that Hamas missiles could actually do. But that is not the point.
What matters is that Hamas is trying to do it. With each passing year, Hamas rockets are becoming more advanced, more accurate and more powerful.
And when Hamas fires some of their best rockets at a major nuclear facility, they are committing an act of all-out war. If Hamas continues to do this, it could spark a major regional war in which countless numbers of people could die.
Is that what they want?
There has been a lot of criticism of Israel in the mainstream media in recent days, but much of it is quite hypocritical. Just imagine what would happen in the U.S. if another country fired just one missile at New York City or at one of our nuclear reactors.
If that happened, "glass parking lot" would suddenly be on the lips of tens of millions of Americans all over the country, and the U.S. military would rapidly be preparing for an absolutely devastating response.
Well, it isn't just one missile that has been fired at Israel. In recent days, dozens of rockets were fired at Israel before there was any response from the Israeli military at all.
And more than 225 rockets have been fired at Israel since Operation Protective Edge started on Monday night. At one point, an average of about one rocket was being fired into Israel every ten minutes.
And many of these rockets are being shot directly at Israeli population centers with the intention of killing civilians. It is a miracle that we have not seen many casualties so far. But where Hamas has really stepped over the line is by firing at the Dimona nuclear facility.
The fact that Hamas is attempting to create a nuclear holocaust is essentially an act of genocide. The following is how the Jerusalem Post described the attack...
Three rockets were launched at Dimona in southern Israel on Wednesday afternoon. The Iron Dome intercepted one rocket before it could land, while two other rockets landed in open areas.
Dimona is the location of Israel's nuclear reactor. There was no indication that rockets damaged any part of the reactor.HAMAS CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ROCKETS, stating that it had been attempting to hit the nuclear reactor. Militants from Hamas's Qassam Brigades said they had launched long-range M-75 rockets towards Dimona.
HAMAS ARE A DESPERATE AND DANGEROUS TERRORIST GROUP WHO WILL STOP AT NOTHING IN THEIR ATTEMPTS TO WIPE ISRAEL OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH!!!
And as Breitbart has pointed out, what Hamas has just done is actually an act of nuclear terrorism as defined by the United Nations...
Article 2 (1) of the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism states:
1. Any person commits an offence within the meaning of this Convention if that person unlawfully and intentionally...(b)...uses or damages a nuclear facility in a manner which releases or risks the release of radioactive material: (i) With the intent to cause death or serious bodily injury; or (ii) With the intent to cause substantial damage to property or to the environment; or (iii) With the intent to compel a natural or legal person, an international organization or a State to do or refrain from doing an act.
Let us hope that future Hamas missile strikes will not do any damage to Dimona either. In the end, it is questionable how much of a threat Hamas rockets actually are to an extremely well defended facility such as Dimona, but let us not completely underestimate their capabilities either.
According to the Christian Science Monitor, Hamas rockets are stronger and more accurate than ever and are now even capable of hitting Tel Aviv and Jerusalem...
Hamas has emerged from a 19-month cease-fire stronger, savvier, and more effective at hitting Israel where it will hurt the most.
Hamas's arsenal, estimated at 10,000 rockets, is only marginally bigger than it was heading into its last conflict with Israel, in November 2012.
But its mid-range rockets are much more accurate, and it has acquired long-range missiles that reach beyond Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, putting as many as 5 million of Israel’s 8 million citizens at risk.
If Hamas wants Israel to stop attacking, they need to stop lobbing missiles into Israel. If Hamas keeps launching rockets, it could spark a major regional war. Just consider what Shimon Peres is saying about the conflict...
“We didn’t start the war today, they started it already several days ago,” he told CNN. “We asked them to stop it... We waited one day, two days, three days and they continued, and they spread their fire on more areas in Israel.”
He also said that a ground offensive on Gaza “may happen quite soon”. Referring to rockets being fired from Gaza, he added: “If they will stop for example tonight, there won’t be any ground entrance - but if they will continue, sooner or later this will be the response.”
And there are news reports today that Israel has already warned 100,000 Gaza residents living in cities near the border with Israel to leave their homes. That means that a ground invasion could be imminent.
Let us pray for peace because every human life is extremely valuable. Every Israeli life is extremely valuable, and every Palestinian life is extremely valuable.
Nobody should want to see a major war between the Israelis and the Palestinians, because if one does happen it will be extremely bloody.
The Middle East is a powder keg that could erupt at any moment.
A single wrong move could bring about a nightmarish conflict that results in countless deaths.
Nobody should want to see a major war between the Israelis and the Palestinians, because if one does happen it will be extremely bloody.
The Middle East is a powder keg that could erupt at any moment.
A single wrong move could bring about a nightmarish conflict that results in countless deaths.
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LATE NEWS BULLETIN NUMBER 3
Hamas Takes Out Power Plant… In Gaza!!!
As if the Palestinians didn’t have enough problems in having to deal with the ‘Iron Dome’, which is quickly becoming the difference maker in the latest round of fighting between Israel and Hamas, they now have Hamas to thank for taking out one of their own power plants. The best part? Apparently, Israel was considering a strategy that would involve cutting off electricity to Gaza. Any hesitancy to do so was quite likely rooted in political considerations.
Well, when Hamas does it themselves, time to check the box and move on.
Seventy thousand Gazans from Khan Younis and Deir el-Balah were in the dark Sunday night after a Hamas rocket hit the power line that supplies electricity to those places. It’s not clear when Israel Electric Company workers will be able to repair the system, but they are apparently in no rush to do so. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has asked the IEC not to risk the lives of its employees in trying to restore power to the affected sector in Gaza, an operation that could take hours.As Operation Protective Edge enters its seventh day, many Israelis are demanding that the country take more aggressive action against Hamas in order to put a halt to the seemingly endless missile attacks from Gaza. One suggestion that has come up numerous times – including from MKs and Ministers like Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon – is cutting off electricity to Gaza,which Israel is still supplying. The Hamas missile, which hit one of the high tension wires that move power from Israel to Gaza, apparently made that a moot point, at least partially.
Somehow, the Jews will probably still be blamed.
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LATE NEWS BULLETIN NUMBER 4
LATE NEWS BULLETIN NUMBER 4
BBC REPORT THIS MORNING (TUESDAY 15TH JULY)
Israel has accepted an Egyptian truce proposal to end conflict in Gaza
Hamas, which controls Gaza, has not formally responded. But its armed wing has stated that the plan can be accepted "AS A SURRENDER BY ISRAEL" (WHAT A JOKE!!!!!!!).
Under the terms, the ceasefire should begin immediately, followed by a series of meetings in Cairo with high-level delegations from both sides.
Palestinian officials say at least 192 people have been killed by Israeli air strikes launched eight days ago to stop militants firing rockets into Israel.
There have been no Israeli air strikes into Gaza since the 09:00 ( 06:00 GMT) truce, but at least one rocket has been fired from Gaza into Israel.
LATE NEWS BULLETIN NUMBER 5
HOW SHORT LIVED IS A NEWS ITEM?? BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON (15TH JULY) THE PROPOSED CEASEFIRE IS ABORTED BEFORE IT GETS STARTED!!
The first Jewish fatal casualty is announced as a rocket from Hamas in Gaza has a deadly result, killing one Israeli and injuring many more. The Jewish death total is now four following the kidnapping and killing of the three Jewish teenagers a couple of weeks ago.
Hamas state that they never received the proposed truce deal from Egypt, and that they only heard of it on the news!!!! Can you believe this, I think not??? Therefore, Hamas continue to fire rockets into Israel who will always respond in like manner........but with more deadly consequences!
FINALLY!!..........THE REAL FINISH............FOR NOW......BUT WATCH THIS SPACE.............AND ON A DAILY BASIS!!!!!!!!!!!!
HOW SHORT LIVED IS A NEWS ITEM?? BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON (15TH JULY) THE PROPOSED CEASEFIRE IS ABORTED BEFORE IT GETS STARTED!!
The first Jewish fatal casualty is announced as a rocket from Hamas in Gaza has a deadly result, killing one Israeli and injuring many more. The Jewish death total is now four following the kidnapping and killing of the three Jewish teenagers a couple of weeks ago.
Hamas state that they never received the proposed truce deal from Egypt, and that they only heard of it on the news!!!! Can you believe this, I think not??? Therefore, Hamas continue to fire rockets into Israel who will always respond in like manner........but with more deadly consequences!
FINALLY!!..........THE REAL FINISH............FOR NOW......BUT WATCH THIS SPACE.............AND ON A DAILY BASIS!!!!!!!!!!!!
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