WORLD AT WAR: 11.11.23 - PART 1 - America's Misguided Plan

 The Ancient Blame Game: Hating Jews Goes Back Further Than The Word Jew- By Hal Lindsey - https://harbingersdaily.com/the-ancient-blame-game-hating-jews-goes-back-further-than-the-word-jew/ The Bible repeatedly condemns lying, especially lies meant to harm others. 2 Timothy 3:34 talks about humanity becoming “unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, withoutself-control, brutal, haters of good, treacherous.” Verse one of that chapter says it will get worse as the last days approach. That’s bad news for the Jewish people because for centuries they have already suffered as the victims of “malicious gossip.” That’s the kind of lying meant to harm or destroy.People blamed Jews for wars and for economic downturns. The losers of wars made Jews their scapegoats — blaming them for selling secrets and other traitorous activities. Anti-capitalists often blame Jews for the rise of capitalism. But just as often, capitalistsblame Jews for the rise of socialism. I could go on and on listing the things they’ve been blamed for, including the Bubonic Plague, earthquakes, floods, and all kinds of natural disasters. Hating Jews goes backfurther than the word Jew. In ancient times, the Hebrews were hated because they refused to adopt pagan religions or adapt their own beliefs to those of their captors or conquerors. It’s hard to “adapt” belief in the one true God to a belief in a pantheonof gods. The propensity to blame Jews for all manner of evil led to the Holocaust, but it did not stop there. It is alive and well. For instance, a new UN report blames domestic violenceamong Palestinians on Israel. They ignore centuries of Muslim teaching that belittles and devalues women, sometimes to the level of livestock. But if a Palestinian man gives his wife what for, they blame Jews. When people are confronted on video while tearing down posters of Hamas hostages, they usually respond with some form of profanity rather than actual discussion. But whenthey talk about it, they often say, as one did in New York, that the posters are “making the conflict worse.” These posters feature photos of human beings, all or almost all Jews. So once again, it’s the fault of Jews, even when those Jews are clearly thevictims of horrific violence. One person said that the posters promote genocide. That word is bandied about often. It creates an extreme emotional response to those who say it and believe it. The infamousletter signed by 31 Harvard student associations spoke of, “the ongoing annihilation of Palestinians.” Let’s look at that. Israel became a nation in 1948. At that time, the Palestinian population was well under a million. It is now well over 5.4 million. In the US, 1948 marksthe beginning of the baby boom. That lasted until the mid-1960s. In recent years, America has had a flood of legal and illegal immigration. But with all that growth from without and within, the US population is only about 2 ½ times what it was in 1948. ThePalestinian population has grown at twice that rate. Their population is five times larger now than then. It has shown steady growth the entire time. How can anyone say Palestinians have experienced “genocide” or “annihilation”? In this case, they are blaming Jews for something that never happened. But once an accusatory word against Jews enters the thinking of their haters, it is almost impossibleto get it out. Naturally, they blame the Jewish state of Israel for the current situation in Gaza. That can be answered well with the words of the new Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson.To those calling for a ceasefire, he said, “There was a ceasefire before October 7, and Hamas broke it.” The present situation in Gaza is heartbreaking and hard to watch. But to blame it on Israel is to blame the victim for fighting back. ------------------------ America's Misguided Plan - The 'Two-State' Solution To Murder Jews – Bassam Tawil - https://www.prophecynewswatch.com/article.cfm?recent_news_id=6484 Since Hamas's October 7 massacre, thousands of Palestinians from the West Bank have been taking to the streets almost on a daily basis to voice support for the Iran-backedterrorist group based in the Gaza Strip. This is the same West Bank that the Biden administration and many Westerners are hoping will be part of a future Palestinian state next to Israel. Those who continue to promotethe dangerous idea of a "two-state solution" are ignoring the fact that Hamas is sitting not only in the Gaza Strip, but in the West Bank as well. Bizarrely, President Joe Biden and some Western leaders are continuing to talk about the need for establishing a sovereign and independent Palestinian state, even after theHamas atrocities in October. What they are actually saying is: Now that Hamas has used the Gaza Strip to invade Israel and slaughter Jews, let's give this Islamist terror group the West Bank so it, too, can use it to butcher Jews. The pro-Hamas demonstrations show that the terrorist group is popular among the Palestinians, including those living in the West Bank. The demonstrations also serve as a reminderthat a large number of Palestinians support terrorism against Israel, including sickening crimes such as rape, beheadings, torture and burning women and children alive. Recent public opinion polls conducted by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR) have shown that most Palestinians support Hamas and the "armed struggle"(murder) against Israel. Every Palestinian child knows that if presidential elections were held today, the terrorist group Hamas would win. The most recent PSR poll, published one month before the Hamas massacre, showed that 58% of the Palestinians would vote for Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh as opposed to 37% forPalestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. The poll also showed that 58% of the Palestinian public supports "armed confrontations and intifada" against Israel. The pro-Hamas demonstrations have been taking place mostly in those areas of the West Bank that are controlled by the Palestinian Authority (PA), headed by Abbas. AlthoughAbbas and other senior PA leaders hate Hamas, they are not doing anything to stop the Palestinians living under their rule from taking to the streets to celebrate the murder of 1,400 Israelis and the wounding of more than 5,000 others during the October 7carnage. It is worth noting that in 2007, Hamas expelled the PA from the Gaza Strip after killing hundreds of Abbas loyalists, some of whom were dragged through the streets and lynched,while others were thrown from rooftops of tall buildings. By failing to curb the pro-Hamas demonstrations, the Palestinian Authority is not only complicit in incitement to murder Jews, but also acting against its own interests byemboldening its rivals in Hamas. One of the reasons why the PA is not taking any measures to stop the pro-Hamas demonstrations is because its leaders themselves are also involved in the campaign of incitement against Israel and replacing it with an Islamicstate. Abbas's anti-Israel and antisemitic rhetoric sometimes appears to surpass that of his rivals in Hamas. One month before the Hamas massacre, Abbas repeated a number of antisemiticcanards he has uttered over the years, including that Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler had Jews slaughtered because of their "social role" as moneylenders, not because of his racist enmity toward Jews. In a speech broadcast on Palestine TV on September 3, Abbas told leaders of his ruling Fatah faction during a meeting in Ramallah: "They say that Hitler killed the Jews because they were Jews and that Europe hated the Jews because they were Jews. Not true. It was clearly explained that [the Europeans]fought [the Jews] because of their social role, and not their religion... The [Europeans] fought against these people because of their role in society, which had to do with usury, money, and so on and so forth." It is also worth noting that it was Abbas who initiated the campaign of incitement against Israel surrounding visits by Jewish individuals and groups to Jerusalem's TempleMount, the Western Wall of which is all that is left of the Jewish Temples (destroyed in 586 BCE and 70 CE), and which is Judaism's holiest site. In a notorious speech in 2015, Abbas falsely accused Jews who visit their holy Temple Mount of desecrating the Al-Aqsa Mosque, located on the Temple Mount: "We salute every drop of blood spilled for the sake of Jerusalem. This blood is clean, pure blood, shed for the sake of Allah... Every martyr will be placed in Paradise, andall the wounded will be rewarded by Allah... The Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher are ours. They are all ours, and they [Jews] have no right to defile them with their filthy feet. " Abbas's blood libel was interpreted by many Palestinians as a license to murder Jews. In fact, shortly after Abbas made the accusation in 2015, Palestinians embarked on aspree of terrorism in which dozens of Jews were murdered in stabbing and car-ramming attacks. Abbas and the Palestinian Authority have proven again and again that they hate Israel as much, if not more, than Hamas hates Israel. The PA leadership has been waging an unceasing campaign to vilify Israel and demonize Jews, especially in the international arena. The Palestinian leadership has repeatedlyaccused Israel of "genocide," "war crimes," ethnic cleansing," and "apartheid." It has also consistently threatened to file "war crimes" charges against Israelis with the International Criminal Court. For decades, Abbas has used every available podium, including the United Nations General Assembly, to spread messages of hate and lies against Israel. His ultimate goal hasbeen to undermine and delegitimize Israel to a point where Israel would be completely isolated in the international arena. His daily incitement against Israel has not only empowered Hamas, but also promoted antisemitism around the world. Since the Hamas pogrom last month, Abbas has refrained from condemning the terrorist group. Instead, he has chosen to hold Israel responsible for the ensuing war. Essentially,Abbas is saying that Israel has no right to defend itself in the face of Hamas's atrocities. He is also implying that he sees no problem with Hamas having sent thousands of terrorists to invade Israel and brutally murdered innocent Israeli civilians. There is a dangerously false idea that Abbas or any other Palestinian leader would rein in Hamas in the West Bank. Abbas has no problem with Hamas operating in the West Bank,as long as the terrorist group is targeting Israel, and not him or the Palestinian Authority leadership. That is why he has permitted Hamas supporters to march in the streets of Ramallah, Nablus, Jenin and other West Bank cities and chant slogans in favorof Hamas. On October 29, dozens of schoolgirls marched in Jenin, chanting: "We are the daughter of [Hamas arch-terrorist Mohammed] Deif" and "We want Jihad [holy war], we want to diefor the sake of Allah," and "We want to blow up the head of the Zionists." At other demonstrations by Hamas supporters, some of which were held not far from Abbas's office, Palestinians chanted: "Anyone who has a rifle, should either shoot a Jew or give itto Hamas." The idea of establishing a Palestinian state in the West Bank means turning this area into another launching pad for attacking Israel and slaughtering Jewish men, women andchildren. US President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Anthony Blinken can continue to argue as much as they want that Hamas does not represent the Palestinians, but everyone who lives in the West Bank and Gaza Strip knows that this is a lethal lie. EveryPalestinian is aware of, and often admires, the pro-Hamas demonstrations that have been taking place in the West Bank since October 7. Every Palestinian sees, and often admires, the Hamas-affiliated armed groups that emerged in the West Bank over the past two years. Every Palestinian has also seen how Hamaswon student council elections at major universities in the West Bank, including Birzeit University and An-Najah University. Every Palestinian, in addition, sees how the Palestinian Authority is unwilling to combat Hamas and other terrorist groups in the WestBank. What appears to be missed by many in the West is that it is Israel's security and civilian presence in the West Bank that is preventing Hamas, or groups such as Al Qaeda orISIS, from seizing control of the area. What they also do not seem to realize is that Abbas is in power in the West Bank thanks to Israel's presence there. Without Israel's presence, Hamas would have taken control of the West Bank a long time ago. Creatinga Palestinian state in the West Bank would mean turning it into another Iran-led base for Jihad against Jews. Despite knowing all of this, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in the region pushing Israel to turn Gaza over to the Palestinian Authority if and when it is liberatedfrom Hamas. Last week, Blinken told a congressional hearing, "At some point, what would make the most sense would be for an effective and revitalized Palestinian Authority to have governanceand ultimately security responsibility for Gaza." Blinken met with PA President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday and it is assumed that the subject of the PA taking over Gaza was discussed. While the PA and Hamas are ostensibly at odds, ten days after the October 7 massacre, the PA announced they would pay the Hamas terrorists and their families $3 million fromtheir "Martyrs' Fund". -------------------------- Will Hezbollah and Iran Step Back and Watch as Their Terror Ally, Hamas, Is Wiped Out by Israel? � By Erick Stakelbeck - https://harbingersdaily.com/will-hezbollah-and-iran-step-back-and-watch-as-their-terror-ally-hamas-is-wiped-out-by-israel/ Major Escalation: Hezbollah Launches Barrage Of 30 Rockets intoNorthern Israel Within One Hour Earlier today, Hezbollah, presumably along with Hamas and other Palestinian jihadist factions in southern Lebanon, launched a barrage of 30 rockets in the span of one hourinto Northern Israel. This was the largest barrage since October 7th, when Israel�s war with Hamas broke out. To my mind, this is a major escalation to the north. A key point here is that Hamas, which also has a presence in southern Lebanon under the watchful eye of Hezbollah, said it launched 16 of those rockets. Presumably, Hezbollahlaunched the rest. Whatever the case, Israel responded by directly targeting Hezbollah. If Hamas is operating in southern Lebanon, it�s with the full approval of Hezbollah. Israel went straightto the source, carrying out air strikes and shelling against Hezbollah�s infrastructure. This is no joke. This was 30 rockets in one hour from the north, where Hezbollah has a powerful arsenal of some 150,000 rockets and missiles pointed at every inch of Israel. After the rocket launches, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) fighter jets struck Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, including a site housing �technological assets,� a weapons depot,rocket launch positions, and other infrastructure. Is Hezbollah Being Pressured To Jump Into The War? Why is this so important? It comes on the heels of what was a pretty major event on Friday: the much-anticipated speech given by none other than terror master Hassan Nasrallah,the leader of Hezbollah. During that speech, Nasrallah engaged in the typical rhetoric, with threats against the United States and threats against Israel. Overall, it was a dud, considering all the anticipation built up around it. That�s actually a good thing. A lot of people were saying that Nasrallah may very well declare war against Israel during this speech. That didn�t happen. What was interesting to me about Nasrallah�s speech on Friday was his insistence that everything that happened in Gaza was completely Hamas. October 7th, he said, was Hamas�splanning and acting by its own volition. Nasrallah applauded the massacre, saying that Hezbollah views it as one of the greatest days in history, but stressed that it was strictly Hamas. He did state Hezbollah�s intention to escalate increasingly the more Israel tightens the vise around Hamas and Gaza. Was the barrage of 30 rockets in one hour, Hezbollah �uppingthe ante� so to speak? It�s not that Hezbollah has completely pulled its punches. Israeli soldiers have been killed in the engagements with Hezbollah along the border over the past four weeks; atleast 11 Israelis have died. Over 50 Fighters have been killed by the Israel Defense Forces in these daily engagements as well. Hezbollah has a much more powerful, advanced, and well-trained fighting force than Hamas. Do the math. One hundred fifty thousand rockets and missiles pointed at every inchof the world�s one and only Jewish State, and at least 40-50,000 well-trained battle-hardened foot soldiers. Hezbollah is a different beast, and I do mean beast, than Hamas. We saw the damage Hamas did on October 7th. Picture that multiplied by several times, and that is what you have in the form of Hezbollah. Which begs the question, does Nasrallahfeel the pressure to activate that Northern front? Hezbollah is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Iranian regime. Do Hezbollah and the Iranian regime step back and watch as their brother in arms, their terror ally, Hamas, iswiped off the face of the Earth by the IDF? Hamas has been a very valuable asset to Iran, to Hezbollah, and to the jihadist cause. Do Iran and Hezbollah let that fall by the wayside and lose that crucial tool in their Jihadi terror toolbox? Do they allow IslamicJihad to be eliminated in Gaza? Or do they jump in? Will Israel Act Preemptively? Another question is, will Israel act preemptively? Israel really ultimately has no choice; the Day of Reckoning is coming between themselves and Hezbollah. Israel may be forced,sooner rather than later, to face off against Hezbollah and the Iranian regime in Lebanon and in Syria. Israel is on war footing, having called up over 300,000 reserve soldiers to be on the front lines in Gaza and also positioned in the north. Over 30 Israeli communities in the north along the Lebanon border have been evacuated, with hundreds of thousands of Israelis displaced. The memory of October 7th is freshin everyone�s mind. Seeing what Hamas did down south along the Gaza border, and given Hezbollah is much more powerful, would you not feel very uneasy living along the Border of Lebanon unless Hezbollah is defeated? Israel has some very tough decisions to make. Pray for the IDF that God would give them wisdom, protection, and discernment. Pray for innocent civilians in Israel who are still being bombarded by rockets. Pray for Palestiniansin Gaza who are being used as human Shields by Hamas, who have no regard for human life. These are demonic Nazis and barbarians�I do not say that lightly. Lastly, pray for the hostages; for a miraculous God-ordained rescue so that they can come home safelyto their families. ---------------------------------- A Prophecy for our Time: Zechariah 9 and the Gaza War - Elie Mischel- https://www.israel365news.com/378529/a-prophecy-for-our-time-zechariah-9-and-the-gaza-war/ The lord of Hosts will protect them: [His] slingstones shall devour and conquer; They shall drink, shall rage as with wine, And be filled [with it] like a dashing bowl, Likethe corners of an mizbayach. hen seeking signs of current events in the Bible, it�s important to do so with care and humility. History is littered with exciting yet false interpretations of scripture.Nevertheless, the Bible is not a book of history, but rather an eternal book that speaks to every generation. And so we must, despite the dangers, seek to understand the tumultuous times we are living in through the lens of the Bible. With this in mind, I believe that the 9th chapter of the Book of Zechariah was written for our generation, and specifically for this painful time. On October 7, Hamas terrorists brutalized, raped and murdered over 1,400 Jews, the worst and most sickening massacre of Jews since the Holocaust. Hamas also abducted 242 hostages,including babies, children, and elderly Holocaust survivors. Hezbollah, another radical terrorist group sponsored by Iran and based in Lebanon on Israel�s northern border, soon joined Hamas in attacking Israel. In response, Israel has launched a full scalewar against Hamas in Gaza, while simultaneously engaging with Hezbollah in the north. Last week, the Iran-backed Houthi rebels of Yemen joined the attack on Israel, launching missile and drone attacks at Eilat, Israel�s southernmost city. A close study of the 9th chapter of Zechariah makes clear that this war was prophesied by Zechariah. Most significantly, studying Zechariah�s words can give us great strengthduring this deeply painful time. A Prophecy for our TIme One of the challenges in interpreting prophecy is determining which era of history the prophet is prophesying about. The words of the prophets are often opaque and difficultto interpret clearly. Some prophecies were meant for the near term � such as when Jeremiah prophesied the destruction of the Temple � while other prophecies concern the distant future. Chapter 9 of Zechariah begins with a reference to the land of �Hadrach.� �The prophecy of the word of the Lord in the land of Hadrach� (Zechariah 9:1). But where is this mysteriousland of �Hadrach�? According to one of the Talmudic sages, �Hadrach� is not a country, but rather a hint to the time period addressed in this chapter. In Hebrew, the word �Hadrach� can be brokeninto two separate words: �Had,� meaning �sharp,� and �Rach,� meaning �soft.� �Rabbi Judah the son of Ilai expounded: This refers to the Messiah, who is sharp against the nations and soft to Israel� (cited by Rashi, Zechariah 9:1). When the Messiah arrives,he will inaugurate an era that will be very �sharp� and painful for Israel�s enemies, but �soft� and joyous for Israel. According to Rabbi Judah, this chapter speaks about the era of redemption and difficult events that will occur in the generations before the Messiah finally appears. The ninth verse of the chapter also makes clear that this chapter is speaking of the Messianic age: �Be exceedingly happy, O daughter of Zion; Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem.Behold! Your king shall come to you. He is just and victorious; humble, and riding a donkey and a foal, the offspring of [one of] she-donkeys.� Rashi, the great Jewish commentator, explains: �It is impossible to interpret this except as referring to the King Messiah, as it is stated: �and his rule shall be from seato sea.� We do not find that Israel had such a ruler during the days of the Second Temple [and so this chapter must be referring to the Messianic age].� We are currently living in the �Messianic age,� the generations leading up to the arrival of the Messiah. The �Messianic age� refers to the time when the people of Israelhave returned to their land, and the prophecies of the Bible are being fulfilled. A War in the North Zechariah first speaks of an enemy in the north: �And Tyre built a fortification for herself, and she gathered silver like dust and gold, like the mire of the streets. Behold,the Lord shall impoverish her, and He shall smite her wealth in the sea, and she shall be consumed by fire� (Zechariah 9:3-4). Ancient Tyre was located on the southern coast of Lebanon, 83 kilometers south of Beirut � where the Iranian backed terror group Hezbollah is currently fortified. Receivingbillions of dollars in funding from Iran, Hezbollah has �gathered silver like dust and gold like the mire of the streets,� funding it has used to stockpile 150,000 deadly rockets that it has aimed and begun to fire at Israel. As I write this, Israeli townsnear the northern border have been evacuated and there are daily clashes with Hezbollah. Fortunately, God has promised that �He shall smite her wealth in the sea, and she shall be consumed by fire.� Hezbollah is destined to be destroyed. A War in the South �Ashkelon shall see and fear, and Gaza � and she shall quake violently � and Ekron, for the one to whom she looked was ashamed. And a king was lost from Gaza, and Ashkelonshall not be inhabited. And the strangers shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines� (Zechariah 9:5-6) The modern day cities of Ashkelon and Ashdod, on Israel�s southern Mediterranean coast, are under Israeli control. In ancient times, however, the cities of Ashkelon, Ashdod,Gaza, Ekron, and Gath were the strongholds of the Philistines in Gaza. To be clear � the �Palestinians� of today do not descend from, and bear no relation to, the ancient Philistines who dwelled along Israel�s coast in Biblical times. It wasonly on May 28, 1964, the date on which the PLO was established, that the Arabs in Israel began using the name �Palestinian.� Nevertheless, I believe it is no accident that today�s Arabs of Gaza have taken on the name �Palestinian,� for they share something in common with the Philistines of old.The Philistines of the Biblical era were the Jewish people�s most persistent and terrible adversary. Beginning with the era of Samson and continuing through the generations of Samuel, Saul and David, the Philistines were consistently the most dangerous foeof the twelve tribes of Israel. When Zechariah tells us that God will �cut off the pride of the Philistines,� he must be referring to the �Palestinians� of our time, the evil spiritual descendants of theancient Philistines, for the ancient Philistines no longer exist. The arrogance of Hamas and the Palestinian people will be cut off. �And I will remove his blood from his mouth, and his detestable things from between his teeth. And it, too, shall remain to our God: and it shall be like a study hall in Judah;and Ekron, like Jebusi� (Zechariah 9:7). God will remove the blood from the mouths of the Palestinians, a people that glorifies death and celebrates the murder of Jewish children with mass celebrations and fireworks. But Israel�s victory over Gaza will not merely prevent the Palestinians from committing any further murders. Ekron, the great Palestinian city, will become like �Jebusi.� What does this mean? The Jebusites were a Canaanite tribe that dwelled in the Jerusalem area. Even after Joshua conquered much of the land of Israel, the Jebusites continued to control Jerusalem.It was David, 400 years later, who conquered the Jebusites and transformed Jerusalem from a pagan Jebusite city to the capital of Israel and the seat of God�s glory. In this verse, Zechariah says that the Philistine cities of Gaza will be transformed into Jewish cities, just as Jerusalem was. The day will come when the streets of GazaCity will not be used to train terrorists, but rather as �a study hall in Judah.� �And I will encamp beside My house against a garrison of those passing by and of those returning. And no oppressor shall overrun them, for now I have seen with My eyes� (Zechariah9:8). On October 7th, Hamas terrorists overran Israel�s southern border. In this verse, God promises that Israel will not be overrun again. As Rashi explains: �I will encamp besideMy house to protect it from those who set up a garrison and raiders, that they should not set these up against it.� What has changed? God says �for now I have seen with My eyes.� On that terrible day, God hid His countenance from His people. But now God�s eyes are opened, and Hamas willnot again succeed in overrunning the people of Israel. �You, too � with the blood of your covenant I have freed your prisoners from a pit in which there was no water.� This verse, more than any other, made my heart stop. As I write these words, Hamas terrorists are holding 242 innocent men, women and children as hostages. They have imprisonedthese hostages deep underground, among the 500 miles of terror tunnels that Hamas built underground in Gaza. For the last 17 years, Hamas has used billions of dollars of international aid to build these tunnels and buy weapons, instead of using the money tobuild the Gazan economy. �I have freed your prisoners from a pit in which there was no water.� Please, God, may these words come true today! Please free our hostages, who are hidden in a pit, deepbeneath the earth. Bring them home to us now! An Attack from Yemen �And the Lord shall appear over them, and his arrows shall go forth like lightning. And the Lord God shall sound the shofar, and He shall go with the whirlwinds of Yemen� (Zechariah 9:14) Last week, the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels of Yemen launched missile and drone attacks against Israel from the south. In this verse God promises that �his arrows shall goforth like lightning,� that He will bring retribution upon Yemen from the air. May we soon see Israeli missiles rain down upon the Houthi terrorists of Yemen! Israel�s Great Awakening Israel will defeat its enemies, both in the north and the south. But at the same time, Israel itself will be transformed: �Return to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope.Also today, I will restore to you a double promise� (Zechariah 9:12). The people of Israel are described poignantly as �prisoners of hope.� Through thousands of years of exile and persecution, the people of Israel refused to give up hope. Theynever gave up on the dream of returning to their homeland, which God had promised them throughout the Bible. If there was ever a nation that could recover from the horrors committed by Hamas on October 7, it is Israel, the �prisoners of hope.� God tells the people of Israel, �Return to the stronghold!� �Return to your strength and to your glory� (Rashi). You have suffered terribly, but you can and will rise again! �I will restore to you a double promise� � though you have suffered terribly, you will recover and double in strength! �For I bend Judah for Me like a bow; I filled [the hand of] Ephraim, and I will arouse your children, O Zion, upon your children, O Javan; and I will make you as the swordof a mighty man� (Zechariah 9:13). God promises that the children of Zion will awaken � a prophecy that has come true before our eyes. Jews in Israel and throughout the world are awakening from their spiritualslumber. They are standing up with pride and strength, and they are returning to the God of Israel. In recent weeks, tens of thousands of �secular� Israeli soldiers have requested tzitzit, the tassels Jews are commanded to wear on the corners of their garments.Thousands of videos are circulating of Israeli soldiers of all religious backgrounds praying intensely before heading into battle. �For how [great] is their goodness and how [great] is their beauty! Corn [will give strength to] young men, and new wine will cause maids to speak� (Zechariah 9:17). The youngmen and women of Israel will rise up and reveal to the world their goodness and beauty, which had heretofore been hidden from sight. One of the great tragedies of our generation is the loss of so many young Jews to secularism and woke progressivism. Most young Jews in America and across the world were raisedwith little Jewish education and almost no connection to their glorious heritage. But since October 7th, many of these young Jews have begun to rediscover their heritage and to take pride in being Jews. Shocked by the rabid pro-Hamas antisemites that havetaken over American universities and scream for the destruction of Israel, they now realize that they have been betrayed by their fellow woke activists. Though many young Jews continue to cling to secularism, a great Jewish awakening has begun. Great Days are Coming This is believed to be the first time the flag is raised in Gaza since Israel disengaged from the area in 2005 �Be exceedingly happy, O daughter of Zion; Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem. Behold! Your king shall come to you. He is just and victorious; humble, and riding a donkey anda foal, the offspring of [one of] she-donkeys. And I will cut off the chariots from Ephraim, and the horses from Jerusalem; and the bow of war shall be cut off. And he shall speak peace to the nations, and his rule shall be from the sea to the west and fromthe river to the ends of the earth� (Zechariah 9:9-10). The Messiah, Israel�s king, is on his way. He will not be like the kings of our enemies; he will not be an arrogant dictator like Vladimir Putin or Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khameneiof Iran. The king of Israel will be just and humble, and inaugurate an era of peace. And yes � he is on his way. May the prophecy of Zechariah soon be fulfilled, and may peace return to Israel and the entire world. --------------------------- The IDF Is Making Major Progress In Gaza, And That Makes Intervention By Hezbollah Much More Likely - by Michael Snyder - http://endoftheamericandream.com/the-idf-is-making-major-progress-in-gaza-and-that-makes-intervention-by-hezbollah-much-more-likely/ If Hamas had been able to hold off the IDF, the entire Islamic world would have greatly rejoiced and Hezbollah would have no need to escalate the war to the next level. Butinstead, the opposite is happening. The IDF has successfully surrounded Gaza City, the perimeter is being tightened with each passing day, and the tunnels that Hamas is hiding in are being systematically destroyed. On top of everything else, the bunker ofthe top military commander of Hamas has been �isolated�, and we are being told that he will soon be dead. All of this is going to create tremendous pressure on Hezbollah, because radical Muslims all over the globe are calling for the terror group to intervenebefore Hamas is completely wiped out. Of course there has already been fighting day after day along the northern front. I believe that the leaders of Hezbollah are scared of the U.S. aircraft carriers that are sitting in the Mediterranean. And I also believe that the leaders of Hezbollah are deeply concerned about how Israel will respond if this becomes an all-out war. But if Hezbollah just sits there and watches Hamas get wiped out, it will completely lose legitimacy with radical Muslims all over the world. So watch for a major intervention from Hezbollah soon, because Hamas is in huge trouble. On Tuesday, it was being reported that IDF forces were active �deep inside� Gaza City� Israel said Tuesday that its ground forces were battling Hamas fighters deep inside Gaza�s largest city, signaling a major new stage in the month-old conflict, and its leadersforesee controlling the enclave�s security after the war. The push into Gaza City guarantees that the already staggering death toll will rise further, while comments from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about controlling Gaza�ssecurity for �an indefinite period� pointed to the uncertain endgame of a war that Israel says will be long and difficult. It is important to remember that the IDF is not just fighting Hamas. There are eight different terror organizations operating inside Gaza, but Hamas is definitely the largest. The military leader of Hamas is a man named Yahya Sinwar, and we are being told that he has now been �isolated� by the IDF in his bunker� Hamas�s Gaza leader Yahya Sinwar has been �isolated� in his bunker, Israel�s defence minister said tonight, as he confirmed IDF troops are in the heart of the terrorist group�s �stronghold�, Gaza City. War cabinet minister Yoav Gallant said in a televised statement that the Hamas leader, who has been compared to Al Qaeda�s late leader Osama Bin Laden, �is hiding in his bunkerand is without contact with his associates,� but did not disclose where Sinwar�s bunker is located. Killing him would be a really, really big deal. In fact, the Israelis are actually comparing him to Osama Bin Laden� Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described Sinwar, 61, as acting like a �little Hitler in a bunker,� as he was suspected of hiding in a Hamas control centre beneatha Gaza Strip hospital. And Israel Defence Forces spokesman Lt Col Richard Hecht compared him to al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden for his role in the Hamas atrocities. Lt Col Hecht said: �Yahya Sinwar is the face of evil. He is the mastermind behind this, like Bin Laden was [with the 9/11 US attacks].� But Yahya Sinwar is not the real leader of Hamas. The real leaders of Hamas have been living lives of luxury in Qatar and Turkey while their people have been living in complete and utter poverty� The leaders of the Palestinian terrorist group known as Hamas have become multi-billionaires over the past two decades, as they launch wars in Gaza from a safe distance inQatar and Turkey, and condemn their own people to poverty and misery. According to the Israeli embassy to the U.S., the leaders of Hamas � an acronym for Islamic Resistance Movement � �line their pockets� with money while Gazans depend on internationalassistance, and must suffer Hamas�s period wars against Israel. These creeps are not just millionaires. Over the years, they have stolen so much money from their own people that some of them have actually become billionaires. Just check out these numbers� Hamas leaders net worth: Abu Marzuk $3 billion Khaled Mashal $4 billion Ismail Haniyeh $4 billion Haniyeh is apparently the wealthiest of them all. His private jet takes him from one luxury hotel to another, and his sons are not exactly �good Muslims�� A 61-year-old father of 13 children, Haniyeh has been in hiding since 2019, living the high-life in luxury hotels in Qatar and Turkey. German tabloid Bild reports that he often jets between Tehran, Istanbul, Moscow and Cairo in his private jet to meet leaders in friendly nations, and two of his sons Maazand Abdel Salam are often seen in Instagram posts lounging on hotel beds in Istanbul or Doha. Maaz, who is a very wealthy real estate mogul in his own right, is known on the Gaza Strip as the �father of houses�. When he�s in Turkey, he is often seen in the companyof attractive women and alcohol, despite his Islamic faith. His brother Abdel Salam, meanwhile, was disgraced after being found to be siphoning off money in his role as sports ambassador for Hamas�s �Shura Council� (Politburo), Bildsays. If these creeps really believe what they are preaching, why aren�t they in Gaza leading the fight against the IDF? And why aren�t their sons in Gaza? Ultimately, the truth is that they are all a bunch of frauds. They have used the suffering of their own people to get filthy rich, and now they hide as others do the fighting. Such people should make all of us sick. In my brand new book entitled �Chaos� I discuss the three wars of the apocalypse, and thanks to the cowardly leaders of Hamas one of those wars has now begun. The good news is that Hezbollah has been relatively quiet so far. But the worse that things get for Hamas, the more likely it will be that Hezbollah will feel forced to intervene more directly. And once Hezbollah starts firing thousands of missiles into Israel, all hell will start breaking loose. ----------------------------------------- The pro-terrorists in America - Bill Wilson � www.dailyjot.com The news media is complicit in shaping the message of Hamas terrorism as evidenced by coverage of the weekend protests across the US where Hamas sympathizers took to the streetsto demonstrate for a �Free Palestine.� Couched in words like �demanding an Israeli ceasefire,� �Palestinian solidarity,� and a �choice for morality,� media outlets like CNN are now positioning Hamas supporters as the moral high ground. In reality, the thousandsthat are marching for Hamas across the nation are, in fact, marching in favor of the stated goal of Hamas: the elimination of Israel and the establishment of a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capitol. This means they support the genocide of Jews. CNN, posing as an unbiased news organization, actually took the side of the Hamas supporters. In an article covering the weekend protests, CNN exclusively quoted anti-Israeldemonstrators and speakers. CNN also parroted the Hamas-Iran-Palestinian Authority propaganda that Israel was targeting civilians in its assault on Hamas terrorists in Gaza. For example, CNN reported Saturday, �The nonstop Israeli bombardment has killed almost10,000 people in Gaza, many of them civilians and a large portion of them children. Israeli airstrikes have targeted hospitals, schools, refugee camps, and ambulances, sparking outrage from the international community and warnings from rights groups that thestrikes may constitute war crimes.� However, CNN, like many other news outlets, does not document the claims. This is largely because the claims are coming from the terrorists� propaganda. Israel is not �targeting� civilians, children, hospitals, schools, refugee camps and ambulances.Israel is targeting Hamas and its leaders, who as a matter of policy use hospitals, schools, and refugee camps as human shields to prevent attacks AND to use their own people as propaganda tools to curry international sympathy. CNN failed to report that anambulance Israel targeted was carrying Hamas terrorists. CNN did not report any of these truths, nor does it report that the people in Gaza support Hamas and elected Hamas to govern them. At some point, people need to understand the consequences of their actionswhen they support barbarians. NBC was slightly more honest. It sourced the Palestinian and Hamas public relations officers� claims, which also were without documentation. The twisting of truth, the outrightlies, the international community becoming the biggest suckers in the world. To Hamas, every person killed or injured is a �civilian.� They are classic liars using public sympathy to advance their cause of killing all Jews. And there are people in the UnitedStates and elsewhere gullible enough to buy into it. Let there be no mistake: Supporting a Free Palestine is advocating the genocide of the Jewish people. With this many pro-terrorist people marching in the streets, how long will it be before terrorist attacksbecome a way of life in America as they are in Israel? As Christ said in Matthew 24:4, �Take heed that no man deceive you.� Or media outlet for that matter. Sources: https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/04/us/washington-dc-ceasefire-protests-palestine/index.html https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israel-strikes-ambulance-convoy-gaza-palestine-al-shifa-hospital-rcna123624 --------------------------