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February 8, 2006

It's Official: Israel To Withdraw From West Bank
JERUSALEM – Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has announced Israel will unilaterally withdraw from most of the West Bank and make other moves aimed at changing the Jewish state's borders.

In taking the widely anticipated actions, Olmert explained his policy by claiming Palestinians may soon outnumber Jews and threaten Israel's Jewish character unless a separation is imposed.

Israel To Keep West Bank Settlement Blocs
AP via Yahoo! News
Wed, 08 Feb 2006 1:58 AM PST
Israel will retain its main West Bank settlement blocs and all of Jerusalem when its permanent borders are drawn, but will give up parts of the West Bank where most Palestinians live, acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said.
 

Hamas: Terrorism Brings About Israeli Retreat
The ruling Hamas terror group has produced a video crediting its terror attacks as the policy that successfully led to the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and will bring about further withdrawals.

Israel Outlines West Bank Plans
The Monterey County Herald
Wed, 08 Feb 2006 3:06 AM PST
Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Tuesday that Israel will give up territory and relinquish control over most of the West Bank's Palestinians, while holding on to main settlement blocs -- his clearest statement about how he sees Israel's future final borders.

Islamic Jihad Rejects Idea Of Truce
Los Angeles Times
Wed, 08 Feb 2006 3:25 AM PST
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- The militant Islamic Jihad group rejects the idea of a long-term truce with Israel and will not join a Hamas-led government, a leader of the group said Wednesday.

Hamas Comes Out Of Shadows To Lead
Detroit News
Wed, 08 Feb 2006 1:25 AM PST
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Ahmed Bahar arrived here in his mother's womb, the beginning of a journey that has taken him from the refugee camps of the Gaza Strip into exile, prison and, soon, a seat in parliament.

Israel Disclosing Detailed Border Plan
Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Tuesday that Israel plans to separate from most of the Palestinians in the West Bank and this would require withdrawing from some of the territory.

It was the first time Olmert, who took over from ailing Ariel Sharon a month ago, has spelled out his thinking for future policy if he wins March 28 elections. The Kadima Party he inherited from Sharon, who is comatose after a stroke, is far ahead in the polls.

DEBKAfile Exclusive: Hamas Gaza leader Mahmoud A-Zahar Is Gravely Ill With Intestinal Cancer. His Illness Has Slowed Down The Cairo Talks With Hamas Leaders On A Palestinian Government
A-Zahar’s illness bears radically on the prospects of a formula coming out of the Cairo talks for Hamas to take over Palestinian government. The Americans and Egyptians believe that the indisposition of the most rigidly hardline Hamas leader will ease the prospects of a formula for letting Hamas into a government with which Israel can be asked to live, or at least conduct day-to-day affairs. Khaled Mashaal’s statement to the BBC Wednesday, Feb. 8, was the first outward development.

Iran Acquires Russian Fighters
MOSCOW [MENL] -- Iran has quietly acquired three fighter-jets from Russia.

Russian industry sources said Teheran has procured three Su-25UBT twin-seat attack aircraft from Moscow. The sources said the contract was concluded in 2005 and deliveries would take place in 2006.

The deal marked the first Iranian purchase of the Su-25. In 2001, Iran negotiated with Georgia for surplus MiG-25s, but the two countries failed to reach agreement.

Comments
It's official, Israel will pull out of most of the West Bank but incorporate some settlements.  Israel's borders will be altered to include these settlements.  The reason for the move is to prevent Palestinians from outnumbering Israelis in their own country.  

I have to agree that this is necessary especially in a democratic country such as Israel.  It would have only been a matter of time before Israelis were elected right out of their own country.  Certainly, this will solve the problem in the short run.

But Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert does have his critics. They believe "not only is the territory covered by Olmert's plan strategic and vital to Israel's defense, but the acting prime minister is relying on false demographic information. They point to a recent studying indicating Jews likely will outnumber Arabs by more than double in 20 years."

"[Israel] will separate from most of the Palestinian population that lives in the West Bank, and that will obligate us to separate as well from territories where the state of Israel currently is," Olmert said in his first media interview since assuming his job as premier after Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's massive stroke last month." http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=48733

Olmert said that Israel will gather themselves in the main settlement blocs and maintain a united Jerusalem.  But in time, the international community will pressure Israel to give up half of Jerusalem citing that it is primarily inhabited by Arabs anyway.  I'm no prophet, but I do believe the Bible does support this eventually happening (Revelation 11:1-2).

Hamas is about ready to take the helm of the P.A.  I have to say, in the short run, I'm not sure what's going to happen.  Right now, Hamas Gaza leader Mahmoud A-Zahar apparently is very ill with some sort of intestinal cancer.  He's in Egypt trying to iron out a reasonable plan for their new government that will allow them to co-exist with the Israelis.  "The Americans and Egyptians believe that the indisposition of the most rigidly hardline Hamas leader will ease the prospects of a formula for letting Hamas into a government with which Israel can be asked to live, or at least conduct day-to-day affairs."  http://www.debka.com/

As I look at the headlines I see the world as a very dangerous place and on the verge of major war on every corner.  Not just conflict but major war!  A couple of days ago this article was published regarding the opinion of an important political figure who believes our time is short.  His words may prove prophetic sooner than we think.

"The man in charge of hoodwinking the Western powers about Iran's now 18-year-old secret nuclear program believes the apocalypse will happen in his own lifetime. He'll be 50 in October.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Shi'ite creed has convinced him lesser mortals can not only influence but hasten the awaited return of the 12th Imam, known as the Mahdi. Iran's dominant "Twelver" sect holds this will be Muhammad ibn Hasan, the righteous descendant of the Prophet Muhammad. He is said to have gone into "occlusion" in the 9th century, at age 5. His return will be preceded by cosmic chaos, war, bloodshed and pestilence. After this cataclysmic confrontation between the forces of good and evil, the Mahdi will lead the world to an era of universal peace.

"The ultimate promise of all Divine religions," says Ahmadinejad, "will be fulfilled with the emergence of a perfect human being [the 12th Imam], who is heir to all prophets. He will lead the world to justice and absolute peace. Oh mighty Lord, I pray to you to hasten the emergence of your last repository, the promised one." He reckons the return of the Imam, AWOL for 11 centuries, is only two years away.

Mr. Ahmadinejad is close to the messianic Hojjatieh Society, which is governed by the conviction the 12th Imam's return will be hastened by "the creation of chaos on Earth." He has fired Iran's most experienced diplomats and scores of other officials, presumably those who don't share his belief in apocalyptic conflagration.

The Iranian leader's finger on a nuclear trigger would be disquieting under any circumstances. Positively alarming would be a nuclear weapon in the hands of a man who badgers Israel, the U.S. and the European Union in belief a pre-emptive aerial attack on Iran's nuclear facilities will hasten the return of the missing Mahdi. Such an attack presumably would trigger anti-Western mayhem throughout the Middle East."  http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20060205-100341-6320r.htm

Are you ready to meet the Lord?  If not, your time is running out!

Pastor Malone

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