Hamas's Plan: A Hamas State of Palestine in Gaza (For Now) - By Khaled Abu Toameh - http://www.breakingisraelnews.com/36730/hamass-plan-a-hamas-state-of-palestine-in-gaza-for-now-opinion/#18wkczFmyDqBtBmt.97
Hamas is consolidating its grip over the Gaza Strip and making plans to turn it into a separate state.
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas and Fatah consider the purported plan a "severe blow" to the two-state solution and unity among Palestinians.
The Americans and Europeans will also have to listen very carefully to what Hamas is saying: namely that a Palestinian state in the West Bank or Gaza Strip - or any part of the Palestinian territories, would not end its struggle to destroy Israel and replace it with the State of Greater Palestine.
As the U.S. Administration and the international community continue to push for a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians, Hamas seems to be working toward establishing an independent state of its own in the Gaza Strip.
In recent weeks, reports have surfaced in a number of Arab and Western media outlets to the effect that Hamas leaders have decided to establish a "higher committee" for managing the affairs of the Gaza Strip.
Although Hamas spokesmen have denied the reports, sources close to the Islamist movement said that discussions were underway with representatives of other Palestinian groups in the Gaza Strip to set up the "higher committee."
The sources said that the decision came after Hamas gave up on the idea of achieving "national reconciliation" with Mahmoud Abbas's rival Fatah faction.
Abbas and Fatah see the talk about a "higher committee" as a sign of Hamas's intention to proceed with its scheme to establish a Palestinian state in the Gaza Strip. They consider the purported plan a "severe blow" to the two-state solution and unity among Palestinians.
Mahmoud Zahar, a senior Hamas leader, last week confirmed that his movement was working toward turning the Gaza Strip into an independent state. "There is nothing wrong or shameful about labeling the current situation in the Gaza Strip an authority or administration," Zahar said. "If we establish an emirate or state in the Gaza Strip or in any part of Palestine, this would not mean that we are prepared to give up one inch of Palestine."
He later went on to explain that Abbas's Fatah faction, which controls the West Bank, would be excluded from the proposed administration in the Gaza Strip "because of its collusion with the Israeli occupation."
Zahar's statements came amid mounting tensions between Hamas and the Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority.
In the past few weeks, Hamas leaders stepped up their criticism of Abbas, who recently celebrated his 80th birthday, and called for his removal from the political scene. Hamas leaders also do not miss an opportunity to remind everyone that Abbas is no longer a legitimate president, because his term in office expired back in January 2009.
Salah Bardaweel, another senior Hamas official, said that Abbas was acting as if he were a dictator "who lives in a state of personal intransigence and total refusal to share powers."
Hamas's attacks on Abbas are seen by some Palestinians as part of its efforts to prepare for the creation of a separate entity or state in the Gaza Strip. Today it has become obvious that the talk about "national reconciliation" and "unity" between Hamas and Fatah is not serious.
Hamas and Fatah officials agree that the split between the West Bank and Gaza Strip is likely to continue for many years.
Abbas's repeated statements that there would be no Palestinian state without the Gaza Strip reflect nothing but wishful thinking on his part. Deep inside, Abbas knows that Hamas is not going to allow him to set foot in the Gaza Strip or set up any governing body there.
Abbas and the Palestinian Authority continue to seek the world's help and support in establishing an independent Palestinian state in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem. But they are not telling the world how exactly they intend to achieve this goal, at a time when Hamas is consolidating its grip over the Gaza Strip and making plans to turn it into a separate state.
Palestinian political analysts believe that it is only a matter of time before Hamas succeeds in fulfilling its scheme to turn the Gaza Strip into an independent state.
"The discussion is no longer whether there is a separationist plan for the Gaza Strip, but when and how it would be implemented," said Hassan Asfour, a former Palestinian Authority minister affiliated with Fatah. "It is the duty of the Palestinian Authority leadership to say what it intends to do to foil this plan."
Addressing the Palestinian Authority president, Asfour added: "Mr. Mahmoud Abbas, it is not enough to talk on television about [Hamas's] separation plan. Think of ways to thwart it. Otherwise, no one will say that Hamas 'hijacked' the Gaza Strip; instead everyone will be talking about how the Palestinian Authority leadership abandoned the Gaza Strip."
If and when Hamas carries out its plan and establishes its own sovereign state in the Gaza Strip, the international community, primarily the U.S. and EU, will have to come to terms with the fact that the two-state solution has finally been realized; the Palestinians ended up with two states of their own - an Islamist emirate in the Gaza Strip and a PLO-controlled state in the West Bank.
The Americans and Europeans will also have to listen very carefully to what Hamas is saying: namely, that a Palestinian state in the West Bank or Gaza Strip, or any part of the Palestinian territories, would not end its struggle to destroy Israel and replace it with the State of Greater Palestine.
Israel In The Crosshairs Of The Middle East War Drums - Jim Nash - http://watchmansview.com/Commentary_-_Israel_in_the_Crosshairs_of_the_Middle_East_War_Drums.html
OPERATION WAKEUP CALL - THE PROPHECIES ARE COMING!
warns Bill Salus... http://www.prophecydepotministries.net/2015/operation-wakeup-call-the-prophecies-are-coming/
The following headlines from the past week should be a Wakeup Call that many wars which have been prophesied for Israel are about to be fulfilled! ...
Attack Now - Russian Interference Leaves Israel No Choice
(Jeremiah 49)
The Obama Doctrine - scorn your friends, reward your enemies - has finally reaped the whirlwind, namely Russia and its pledge to provide Iran with an array of the most advanced "defensive" missiles on earth. This leaves Israel with no choice except to act BEFORE those missiles are deployed...It's been explained that the S-300 Surface-to-Air Missile System would provide Iran with an impenetrable shield....Israel must attack to remove those nukes before it's too late...There is no choice but to take action now... http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/16800#.VTEjy4s2U9V
Iran marks Army Day with cries of 'Death to Israel, US'
(Jeremiah 49)
"If Israel makes a mistake," the announcer on Iran television said during the broadcast, as heavy trucks carrying armored personnel carriers rolled past, "those in Tel Aviv and Haifa will not sleep at night, not one person."... http://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-marks-army-day-with-cries-of-death-to-israel-us/
Iran leader urges military to increase 'preparedness'
(Jeremiah 49)
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urged the country's armed forces Sunday to increase their "defensive preparedness," hitting out at a US warning of possible military action... http://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-leader-urges-military-to-increase-preparedness/
ISIS appears ready to announce expansion to Gaza
(Psalm 83, Zechariah 12, Obadiah 1)
ISIS supporters indicate the brutal jihadist organization is debating when to declare the Gaza Strip part of its expansive caliphate...Israel is so concerned about the prospect of ISIS rising in Gaza that the Jewish state has helped to step up the transport of civilian goods into the territory. Israel fears a shortage could provoke a discontented population to turn closer to ISIS, which has been trying to endear itself to Gazans with numerous Islamic charity initiatives...Any ISIS gains in Gaza would pose a major threat to both Israel and neighboring Egypt... http://www.wnd.com/2015/04/isis-appears-ready-to-announce-expansion-to-gaza/
Israeli Officials: Iran Massively Ramping Up Arming of Hezbollah in Preparation for Major Assault on Israel
(Psalm 83 & Zechariah 12, Obadiah 1)
Over the last few weeks, Iran has considerably stepped up its operations to arm Hezbollah in order to prepare its terrorist proxy for a large-scale conflict with Israel...Tehran has accelerated its proxy war with Israel on all fronts...Iran has also been attempting to establish a new front for Hezbollah with Israel on the Golan Heights, linking it to the existing one in southern Lebanon... http://www.algemeiner.com/2015/04/13/israeli-officials-iran-is-massively-ramping-up-arming-of-hezbollah-in-preparation-for-major-assault-on-israel/
Hamas accelerates its tunnel-building, using heavy machinery
(Psalm 83 & Zechariah 12, Obadiah 1)
Hamas is accelerating its tunnel offensive from Gaza into Israel , using specialized digging equipment to speed up the effort...the terror organization was making significant efforts to dig at great speed... http://www.breakingisraelnews.com/36679/despite-humanitarian-restriction-hamas-using-heavy-machinery-to-expand-terror-tunnel-network-jerusalem/#uQFXMWhRCrF9vMaC.97
'Lebanon prepares to receive massive shipments of French weapons'
(Psalm 83 & Zechariah 12, Obadiah 1)
The Lebanese military is due to acquire some $3 billion worth of French military hardware and Saudi Arabia has subsidized the weapons purchase... http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Israel-concerned-as-Lebanon-to-begin-receiving-shipments-of-French-arms-398426
Thousands of Iraqis flee as Islamic State makes gains in Sunni heartland (Psalm 83 & Zechariah 12, Obadiah 1)
Thousands of families are fleeing Iraq's western city of Ramadi after an Islamic State advance...U.S. and Iraqi officials have warned that the city is at risk of falling to the Islamic State...Such a large wave of displacement has never happened in the history of the city... http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/thousands-of-iraqis-flee-as-islamic-state-makes-gains-in-sunni-heartland/2015/04/17/b143d9aa-e44d-11e4-ae0f-f8c46aa8c3a4_story.html
Putin warns Israel: Selling arms to Ukraine would provoke Russian S-300 sales to Syria too (Isaiah 17)
Russian President Vladimir Putin's warning to Israel against selling arms to Kiev - in retaliation for the S-300 air-defense missiles Russia has released for Iran - adds a European dimension to the dispute by planting Israel squarely in the middle of Moscow's Ukraine dispute with the United States, The Russian leader's implied threat to hit back by sending the same missile system to Syria...Putin has repeatedly cautioned Washington that arming Kiev with US offensive weapons would bring forth matching Russian steps that would hurt US interests in Europe and other parts of the world... http://debka.com/article/24542/Putin-warns-Israel-Selling-arms-to-Ukraine-would-provoke-Russian-S-300-sales-to-Syria-too
Egypt's dangerous stalemate (Isaiah 19)
Despite his all-out effort to defeat Islamic terrorism and insurgency, President Sisi has yet to achieve the results needed to prevent the country slipping back into anarchy and chaos...Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is fighting for his country'...Despite the army's all-out effort to defeat Islamist insurgency in Sinai, there is no end in sight...In Yemen, Iranian-backed Houthi tribes are poised to take over the strategic Red Sea straits, threatening free passage to the Suez Canal...The fact is that the president has not been able to secure a large enough block to ensure his electoral victory, while the Muslim Brotherhood - though banned - and other Islamic parties can still muster a sizable vote... http://www.jpost.com/International/Arab-world-Egypts-dangerous-stalemate-398383
Iranian ship convoy moves toward Yemen, alarming US officials
(Ezekiel 38, 39)
U.S. military officials are concerned that Iran's support for Houthi rebels in Yemen could spark a confrontation with Saudi Arabia and plunge the region into sectarian war...Iran is sending an armada of seven to nine ships - some with weapons - toward Yemen in a potential attempt to resupply the Shia Houthi rebels...Iran wants to force a confrontation with Saudi Arabia that it believes it will win, because Iran views the Saudi military as weak and suspects the U.S. lacks the willpower to support its Gulf ally... http://thehill.com/policy/defense/239295-us-officials-concerned-about-iranian-convoy-headed-towards-yemen
... Why is this prophetically important? Prophetically the Russia/Iran alliance would benefit from control of this gateway to the Red Sea, when Ethiopia and Sudan also bordering the Red Sea, and all part of the Gog & Magog confederacy, come up against Israel, providing a close access point by sea. The Red Sea gives access to the Port of Aqaba in southern Jordan. Aqaba has been a major port since the Iron Age. The Bible refers to the area in (1 Kings 9:26): "King Solomon also built ships in Ezion-Geber, which is near Eloth in Edom (or Mount Seir, part of Jordan - see a Judgment on Mount Seir...Ezekiel 35), on the shores of the Red Sea," in which Eloth refers to a port on the grounds of Aqaba. The port of Aqaba was particularly important after the Ottomans built the Hejaz railway, that connects the port to Damascus and Medina. This railway and Jordan Highway 65, from the Port of Aqaba pass extremely close to the Jordan River Basin and valley (head waters of the Dead Sea), between Jerusalem and Ammon Jordan, which is bound by the mountains of Gilead and Moab on the east and by those of Samaria and Judah on the west - this is the site of the Battle of Gog & Magog. Iran's potential control of the mouth of the Red Sea and picking up the armies of Ethiopia and Sudan along the way, would serve for a quick deployment access in mobilizing a war on Israel. Russia with Turkey would come down from the North and Libya, Algeria and Tunisa attacking from the East likely coming in through the port of Tartus which is currently home to a Russian naval facility, or through a Turkish port and joining Turkey and Russia in the attack on Israel.
Putin Issues Warning to Israel Over Possible Sale of Weapons to Ukraine (Ezekiel 38,39)
Russian President Vladmir Putin warned Israel on Saturday that the government's decision to sell weapons to Ukraine would be "counterproductive" and flame the fires of conflict. Israel's move to supply weapons to Ukraine come in response to the Kremlin's decision to supply Iran with the advanced S-300 surface-to-air missile system...According to Netanyahu, providing Iran with the S-300 missiles "will only encourage Iranian aggression in the region and further undermine the stability of the Middle East."...
http://www.breakingisraelnews.com/36700/putin-issues-warning-israel-sale-weapons-ukraine-jerusalem/#b1HTGTyelDIGQEBC.97
The clear indication from the articles above, is that war related activities and preparation is dramatically and quickly increasing by the sworn enemies of Israel, and they have Israel surrounded on all sides. The Prophecies linked above are about to be fulfilled as a very dark Middle East War Storm is Coming!
My belief on how all of this may go down, based on the current activity and knowing what the Bible tells us concerning the end-time prophetic wars - it may now start with a triggering event, of the IDF attacking Iran. This is not speculation, but an imminent fact based on the Prophet Jeremiah's warning in Jeremiah 49: 34-39. It would appear from many of the news stories above concerning Iran, it is readying their main Proxies, Hezbollah, Hamas and Syria, who they have armed to the teeth, and they are in strategic positions for a massive retaliatory strike on Israel. Israel striking Iran will cause an immediate reaction and domino effect - Hezbollah (Lebanon) and Syria will strike Israel from the North - Israel destroys Syria (Isaiah 17) and destroys Hezbollah as well as others in the Psalm 83 Confederacy such as Hamas and the Palestinian Authority in Gaza and the West Bank (east and west of Israel). As well, I believe IDS will destroy ISIS (in Iran, Syria and factions within every State surrounding Israel), and factions of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt (attacking from the Sinai south of Israel) and in Turkey, all fulfilling the prophecies of Psalm 83, Zechariah 12 & Obadiah 1. All of these, mixed with Iranian elite Revolutionary Guards, already in place in Syria, Lebanon and the borders of the Golan Heights, will be neutralized per the fulfillment of these prophecies. The suggested sequence of this also may dictate that Israel may elect to conduct some level of preemptive strike on Hezbollah and Syria in particular to lessen their ability to retaliate for the Israeli IDF strike on Iran. Syria likely still has enough firepower and capacity (most likely WMD's they never gave up) to inflict a significant blow to Israel, for Israel in turn, to make it (and other Syrian cities) "a ruinous heap" which "will cease from being a city." This then likely unites the rest of the Psalm 83 confederacy to ban together and attack Israel..."For they have consulted together with one consent; They form a confederacy against You: The tents of Edom [Palestinians and S. Jordanians] and the Ishmaelites [Saudis]; Moab [Palestinians & central Jordanians] and the Hagrites [Egyptians]; Gebal [Hezbollah & N. Lebanese], Ammon [Palestinians & N. Jordanians], and Amalek [Arabs of Sinai]; Philistia [Hamas of Gaza] with the inhabitants of Tyre [Hezbollah an S. Lebanese]; Assyria [Syria & N. Iraqis] also has joined with them; They have helped the children of Lot [Moabites and Ammonites, thus the modern day Palestinians will be the principal power engaged in the confederacy against Israel. The others [ISIS] come to assist them]." ~ Psalm 83:5-8
This all results in the Deliverance of Israel "In that day the Lord will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem" - Zechariah 12:8 ...and God's purpose in all of these wars will be known and fulfilled for Israel "Thus I will magnify Myself and sanctify Myself, and I will be known in the eyes of many nations. Then they shall know that I am the Lord." ..." I will set My glory among the nations; all the nations shall see My judgment which I have executed, and My hand which I have laid on them. 22 So the house of Israel shall know that I am the Lord their God from that day forward." Ezekiel 38:23 & 39:21.
With this Prophesied and massive Israeli victory, there are strong initiations Israel will thereby increase its borders ( http://watchmansview.com/New_Israel_Borders.html ) back to the borders of the Abrahamic Covenant in which God gave all of this land to Israel (Gen. 28:13-15; 35:11-12; and 48:3-4). Israel will believe they are now able to live in peace, safety & security, without walls or gates. At this point their will likely be a prophetic Gap of time - see http://watchmansview.com/Commentary_-_The_Prophetic_Gap_Between_the_Rapture_and_Tribulation_Period.html . This actually Sets the stage and becomes the likely impetus for the next greater War, with Russia, who "makes an evil plan...to take plunder and to take booty" and leads the Ezekiel 38 & 39 War and its confederation (Russia and the former Soviet republics; Iran; Sudan; Ethiopia and Possibly Eritrea; Libya; Algeria and Tunisa; Turkey and possibly Germany and Austria) an outer ring of States, which is listed as all being different from the Psalm 83 (inner ring confederacy, which not one is listed with the Gog Magog confederation - as they are now within a Greater Israel). It is not hard to see how all of this is likely going to play out - as we get closer to the day of the fulfillment of these prophecies...the light and lens of Scripture overlaying the headline news is making everything previously unknown (or hazy), visible and very clear "for the light is making everything visible" Eph 5:14a ...do not doubt it, we are at the door-step of the fulfillment of these very significant prophetic events!
A Proclamation against Egypt (Isaiah 19) and a Judgment on Mount Seir (southeastern Jordan - Ezekiel 35) also find fulfillment somewhere, likely within the same time period as the fulfillment of the prophecies of Psalm 83, Zechariah 12 & Obadiah 1.
The next event? ...Enter the Antichrist Daniel 9:27
"Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: "May those who love you be secure. May there be peace within your walls and security within your citadels." Psalm 122:6-7 ...May PM Benjamin Netanyahu and his new Cabinet members be like "the sons of Issachar who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do"... I Chronicles 12:32
Be assured of the Biblically promised outcome: "And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it." Zechariah 12:3
"And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem." Zechariah 12:9
"No weapon formed against you shall prosper..." Isaiah 54:17a
The Bible (God's Word) has prophesied all of this, so you can absolutely count on it all being fulfilled!
All things are becoming crystal clear in these end-times...Like Bill Salus is preaching, its OPERATION WAKEUP CALL - WAKE UP CHURCH!!..."for the light is making everything visible. That is why it says, "Wake up, sleeper! Arise from the dead" Ephesians 5:14NASB "Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed" Romans 13:11ESV
"Blow a trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm on My holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the Day of the Lord is coming; surely it is near." Joel 2:1
"Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near." Luke 21:28
"Encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near." Hebrews 10:25b
Prophetic implications of Iran, Libya undeniable - Bill Wilson - www.dailyjot.com
There are many differing views on how Biblical prophecy will play out, the timing of events, and how the players come together. One thing among several, however, is certain--that Persia, modern day Iran, and Libya play a role. Both are specifically named among the nations led by Gog against Israel in Ezekiel 38:5, "Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet." Verse 8 says, "...in the latter years you shall come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel..." Both these nations have been repositioned in recent years by the current US "president" to step into their roles, possibly accelerating end time prophecy.
Behind the guise of humanitarian crisis, the "president" used the US military and political maneuvering to back the Muslim Brotherhood and al Qaeda to overthrow and destabilize the government in Libya. The result was a radical Islamic regime that has assisted with destabilizing not only Northern Africa, which would include the territory of ancient Ethiopia, but also reaching into Syria and Yemen. His policies then swept into Syria, arming Islamists with associations to al Qaeda and eventually unifying with the current Islamic State, which is storming through Syria and Iraq, taking spoil to fund its terrorist activities. Through the Islamic State, the world is witnessing first hand the brutality of Islam, the antithesis of peace.
The "president" has also aided Iran's ability to be an end time player by assisting it in buying time to develop a nuclear weapon. While the "president" is trying to convince the world that allowing Iran 10 years to develop its nuclear capabilities is a good idea, Iran is holding national military parades featuring vehicles decorated with signs that say "Death to America" and "Death to Israel." The "president" also said that he was surprised that the Russians had held back for as long as they did in delivering S300 missile defense systems to Iran. It almost seems as though the "president" and Russia are working together to ensure that Iran can maintain its nuclear program, which in turn, accelerates Iran's position in prophecy.
While the Shiite Muslims in Iran and the Sunni Muslims in Libya traditionally are at deadly odds, make no mistake that Sunni and Shiite will band together to come against their most hated enemy--Israel. The Bible says so in these Ezekiel passages. Interesting, however, that virtually the same language as in Genesis describing the father of Islam--Ishmael--"his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren" is found in Ezekiel 38:21, "every man's sword shall be against his brother." When the Lord defeats the Ezekiel coalition that they "shall know that I am Lord," the coalition turns on itself--just as they do when they are not fighting Israel. Sadly, though, the leadership of America has a hand in this, which also has Biblical consequences.
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