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Uniting of Fatah & Hamas, New Egypt & Possible Coup In Syria; Could This Be Beginning Of Psalm 83/Gog & Magog War?
Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh on Friday called on Fatah to renounce their recognition of Israel. Haniyeh was addressing reporters following Friday prayers in Gaza.
His comments came on the background of Israel's denouncing the unity deal reached this week between Hamas and Fatah.
"The presence of the Zionist entity on our land is illegal and it is impossible to recognize it," Haniyeh stated. "Recognizing the Zionist entity cannot be justified after it rejected the rights of the Palestinians and the internal unity," he added.
Haniyeh said that he believed the deal between Hamas and Fatah would hold up this time because of the changing environment in the Arab world and the lessons learned from past experience.
Also on Friday, Palestinian officials said Egypt has invited Palestinian leaders to Cairo next week for the signing of the unity agreement that would end rivalry among the ruling factions (Jpost.com).
Israel is concerned about recent developments in Egypt, a senior Israeli official said on Friday according to a Wall Street Journal report published Saturday.
The unnamed official said "These developments can affect Israel's national security at a strategic level."
Israel
is concerned about recent developments in Egypt, a senior Israeli official
said on Friday according to a Wall
Street Journal report published Saturday.
The unnamed official said "These developments can affect Israel's
national security at a strategic level."
The comments come in response to Egypt's plans to open the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip.
Egyptian Chief of Staff General Sami Anan on Friday warned Israel not to interfere in Egypt's internal affairs (Jpost.com).
The Muslim Brotherhood said on Saturday it will contest up to half of Egypt's parliamentary seats in elections scheduled for September.
But the group said it will not field a candidate for the position of president in an election due to held after the parliamentary vote.
The group is viewed with suspicion by Washington but is regarded as the only truly organized bloc in Egypt and reckons it could win up to 30 percent of votes in a free election (Jpost.com).
In other news, Syrian President Bashar Assad has been branded by Iranian officials as being too slow and too soft in suppressing the popular uprising and are pushing for more direct Iranian intervention before it develops into a full-blown armed rebellion. Rumor is that pro-Iranian members of the royal family and Syrian military officers are plotting to overthrow Assad. But it should be understood, if the Assad family is removed from power it will be so that Iran can come in and quickly quash the uprising before it turns into a full blown revolution (Deka.com).
Although many may believe that Assad's removal would be good for Syrian democracy and Israeli relations, just the opposite would happen. If Assad is removed it will likely be at the hands of Iran for permitting the unrest to continue. It should also be noted that one of the main points of contention of the unrest has been that the Assad leadership has been unwilling to confront Israel and take back the Golan Heights. In short, the Syrian masses are more than willing to go to war with Israel to regain this coveted area. If Assad is replaced by an Iranian puppet regime war with Israel may be inevitable given the new direction in Egypt and the reuniting of Hamas and Fatah.
These are the facts on the ground. Syrian officials, who are seen as weak by their Iranian big brother, could be endanger of being replaced in the very near future if they don't quickly put down their unrest. I believe Iran may be viewing Assad's weakness as a stumbling block to their ultimate goal of destroying Israel. If Syria is engaged in a civil war they will be useless to Iran in their future war with the Jewish state.
Lebanon is now completely controlled by Iranian puppet regime Hezbollah with as many as 40,000 rockets and hundreds of powerful and precise SCUD missiles at their disposal.
Egypt, although they have not renounced their peace accord with Israel, that process is well into becoming a reality. Their opening of the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip is nothing more than a blatant message that they are no longer cooperating with Israel to prevent weapons and missiles, SCUD's possibly, from entering into Gaza and into the hands of Hamas. And to make matters worse, Egyptian officials have warned Israel not to interfere with the planned opening. This in and of itself is a recipe for war. It will be interesting to see how Israel reacts to this warning, but I can't believe they will allow unlimited passage of weapons to freely be brought into the Gaza Strip.
The sudden reuniting of Hamas and Fatah should be viewed with great suspicion. By making this decision, the PLO risks losing a rather large chunk of their funding (US). In my estimation, in order for them to risk losing their stature in the international community, a new strategy for destroying Israel must have materialized. I have to believe the unraveling of Egypt is key to this move. And don't look for things to get any better once the Muslim Brotherhood takes over the Egyptian parliament.
The only two remaining border neighbors are Jordan and Saudi Arabia. At this time, it does not look like either nation will fall to unrest within their own borders, but that doesn't mean they wouldn't participate in a war that was likely to rid the region of their enemy Israel. If conditions were right, Jordan and Saudi Arabia would participate in this war. It is highly likely, when Egypt ends their peace accord with Israel, Jordan will not be far behind. I suspect Egypt and Jordan will end their peace accord with Israel when the next Middle East war breaks out. I could be wrong, but I don't look for either country to break the peace until war breaks out in order to not lose their US military aid.
Certainly, the Middle East picture looks to be shaping up for war against Israel. Could this be the beginning stages of what many believe is a soon coming Psalm 83 War? That could be very possible, but there are a few factors favoring Israel that should be considered as well.
Israel still rules the skies and is far and away superior to any islamic air force in the Middle East. They possess an estimated 80-200 nuclear weapons (some have estimated as many as 400) that they will not hesitate to use if their existence is threatened. It should also be noted that it has been many years since an enemy nation has directly challenged Israel in war. Recent battles have all been fought through proxy military branches such as Hamas and Hezbollah. There is a very good reason behind this strategy...all of Israel's neighbors have counted the cost of war and have come to the conclusion that they are individually and/or collectively inferior to Israel's military strength. Simply put, it's not a winnable war and would likely place them in a position of assured destruction.
These are the facts on the ground. How and why Israel's neighbors will come to the conclusion that this has changed is still yet future. But one thing is for sure, the Bible is clear that Middle East war is coming.
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Terry Malone
Calvary Prophecy Report
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