WORLD AT WAR: 5.11.24 - END OF THE AGE IS CLOSE

The Jewish Question - By Hal Lindsey - https://www.hallindsey.com/ww-4-28-2024/ The world is staggering under the weight of billions of bad decisions � bad decisions by regular citizens and by the world�s leaders. Of those choices, one stands out as particularlydangerous � the decision to blame Jews for humanity�s problems. We have seen where this decision leads. The Nazis took it to a place they called Endl�sung. In English, that means, �The Final Solution.� Adolf Hitler built his whole sorry career on extreme hatred of Jews. In his book, Mein Kempf, he blamed Jews for mankind�s worst evils. He spoke of �the Jewish question� asa primary problem for humanity � a problem he could solve. His solution was simple. In 1922, three years before Mein Kempf, Hitler told a journalist, �Once I really am in power, my first and foremost task will be the annihilation of the Jews.� Of course, no one believed him. He said it, but if his voice entered the consciousness of most people at all, it did so as something of an oddity from the outer fringe. Atfirst, no one thought he would gain power. When he did, they assumed his power would be checked by more moderate forces. He abused Jews from the beginning, but that abuse did not start with �annihilation.� He did not pull the trigger on his plan to exterminateJews until December 12, 1941 � one day after declaring war on the United States. On that day, Hitler held a secret meeting with 50 Nazi officials, including their Minister of Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels. There are no official minutes from the meeting, but in his journal, Goebbels wrote, �With respect of the Jewish Question, the F�hrer has decided to make a clean sweep. Heprophesied to the Jews that if they again brought about a world war, they would live to see their annihilation in it. That wasn�t just a catchword.� If the German people have now again sacrificed 160,000 dead on the eastern front, then those responsible forthis bloody conflict will have to pay with their lives.� Hitler had decided to exterminate an entire people, to engage in actual genocide. The Nazis called it the final solution. We call it the Holocaust. They decided to rid Europeof Jews by murdering them. Germany was a modern nation filled with intelligent, educated people. They were children of the Enlightenment. They weren�t so different from us. That point was brought home to me again in the last few days when I saw a sign that featured a large Palestinian flag and a small Israeli flag beside the words, �Final Solution.� This was not in some faraway land. It was at George Washington University. That sign is a clear and obvious reference to the Holocaust � a call for the destruction, not just of Israel, but of all Jews. What happened in Germany eight decades ago started as something small and from the fringe of society. This time it has spread to the whole world. Jewish students at Americanuniversities are being bullied and belittled; threatened and injured. They are not alone. It is a worldwide phenomenon. How far will it go? The Bible teaches that hatred of Jews will be a feature of the last days. I had hoped it would be a post-rapture phenomenon � that the Church would bemorally strong enough to hold back this evil as long as the Church stays on earth. It still could. The next few days and weeks will tell quite the story. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It's About Time - By Daymond Duck - https://www.raptureready.com/2024/05/04/its-about-time-by-daymond-duck/ On Apr. 25, 2024, by a vote of 357-20, the European Parliament passed a resolution: • To place the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corp (IRGC) on the list of terrorist groups. • To sanction Iran’s oil and banking industries. • To acknowledge that Iran is not keeping its nuclear agreement. • To acknowledge that Iran is destabilizing the Middle East. • To call for Hezbollah to cease its attacks on Israel and withdraw its forces to the Litani River. These steps are important and long overdue, but years of watching the international community let Iran get away with violating sanctions and agreements has made me a skeptic. (My opinion:Iran will likely sell its oil to Russia, China, or some other country; that country will sell the oil to a U.S. company at a higher price; U.S. citizens will pay the difference at a gas station, and nothing will be done about it; Iran will continue as usual.It’s about time they did something that makes a difference.) Here are some recent articles that seem to indicate that the end of the age is close. One, concerning hostages, Muslims keeping agreements, the declineof America, etc.: on Apr. 25, 2024, the U.S. was one of 17 nations that urged Hamas to release all the hostages it took when it attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. Hamas responded, “No. You can’t force us to do anything.” The 17 nations are: the United States, Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Spain,Thailand, and the United Kingdom. It is about time they realize that placating Islamic terrorists does not work. Two, concerning Israel’s coming invasion of Rafah: on Apr. 26,2024, it was reported that Hugh Lovatt, a senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations, said, “My assessment is that Hamas in Gaza will survive the Rafah operation. It has been a long time coming, and the military wing will have been preparingfor this… to a certain extent, they will be able to regroup in the central part of Gaza and the north.” Giving Hamas time to prepare and survive seems to be what Biden wanted by forcing Israel to delay the attack. Biden has allowed Hamas time to regroup: stock up on weapons, ammunition, medical supplies, food, water, etc.; booby-trap, fortify, and disguise the tunnels, and more. His efforts to protect Hamas will make the war more difficult for Israel and get more Israeli soldiers killed. (More:On Apr. 26, 2024, White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said it’s “not clear” that it’s even possible for Israel to have “a credible plan” for an invasion of Rafah that the White House would support.) (More:On Apr. 28, 2024, former U.S. senator and candidate for Pres. of the U.S, Rick Santorum, said, “To him (Pres. Biden), it’s all about winning elections, and he is willing to throw Israel under the bus.” Santorum added, “President Biden is doing everything hecan to pressure Israel into doing things that are not in their national security interests. He is doing everything he can to support Iran as being the power in the Middle East.”) (My opinion:The White House will not support a plan that does not include the Two-State Solution – division of Israel – and Prime Min. Netanyahu will not agree to that. Netanyahu’s resistance is why Biden keeps trying to undermine him. Biblically speaking, the divisionof Israel is not in anyone’s interest; Joel 3:2.) Three, concerning the Two-State Solution and the controversy overJerusalem: on Apr. 29, 2024, it was reported that several EU nations will recognize a Palestinian State that includes the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem at the end of May despite Israeli opposition. According to the European Council President, their goal is to trigger significant progress toward peace in the Middle East. Israel has already said it will reject any unilateral recognition of a Palestinian State. Four, on Apr. 29, 2024, U.S. Sec. of State Blinken met with SaudiArabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), and MBS announced that the Saudis will normalize relations with Israel in exchange for guarantees that there is a Palestinian State at some point in the future. MBS was saying: • It is no longer a matter of if Saudi Arabia will normalize relations with Israel; it is a matter of when to do it (in the next few weeks, after the U.S. election, etc.). • Saudi Arabia will stop demanding the creation of a Palestinian State now and only ask for guarantees that there will be one in the future. • Israel is opposed to the creation of a Palestinian State due to the Palestinians’ ties to terrorists that are committed to the destruction of Israel. According to the Bible, the Tribulation Period will begin when the Antichrist confirms a worthless 7-year treaty, and that may be shaping up. (My opinion:Iran and her terrorist proxies and allies will try to thwart this.) Five, concerning the violence and hatred toward Jews on collegecampuses: mobs of hate-filled students (and some college professors) are threatening to harm or kill Jews, disrupting classes, forcing Jews to leave the campus, forcing Jews to take classes online, calling for the destruction of Israel, calling for the destructionof America, calling for a repeat of Oct. 7 (rape of women, beheading babies, seizing hostages), etc. On Apr. 24, 2024, Mike Johnson (U.S. Speaker of the House) called the demonstrations at Columbia University “disgusting and unacceptable,” and he called for the Pres. of ColumbiaUniversity to resign. On Apr. 24, 2024, Israeli Prime Min. Netanyahu said, “What’s happening on America’s college campuses is horrific. Anti-Semitic mobs have taken over leading universities. Theycall for the annihilation of Israel. They attack Jewish students. They attack Jewish faculty – it is reminiscent of what happened in German universities in the 1930s.” (More:On Apr. 26, 2024, it was reported that Columbia University expelled a student when a video of him was unearthed that has him saying, “Zionists don’t deserve to live.”) (My opinion:It’s about time they acted. It seems to me that calling for the death of Jews and people who support Israel is hate speech.) (My opinion:Satan wants to destroy Israel to make the Scriptures wrong and to prevent the Second Coming. It is impossible for him to succeed at this.) (My opinion:Even though I am aware that some officials have good reason to believe that foreigners (and some U.S. haters such as the George Soros clan) are paying these protestors to harm America (and America’s relationship with Israel), something else is going throughmy mind: At the end of the age, God will cause multitudes of Jews to leave the nations they are in and to return to the Promised Land. The demonstrators are unwittingly fulfilling Bible prophecy that is a prelude to the Rapture and Tribulation Period.) Six, because of complaints that Israel was hindering the flowof humanitarian aid into Gaza, the U.S. decided to build a pier in Gaza so ships can deliver aid. U.S. troops working on the pier came under attack, and Israel agreed to protect them. On Apr. 24, 2024, while UN officials were touring the pier to observe its construction, terrorists in Gaza started firing rockets at them, and the Israeli army rescued them. (My opinion:The fact that Israel has to protect U.S. troops and UN officials while the U.S. and UN are trying to get humanitarian aid to the Palestinians is incredible. It reveals that a big part of the aid problem is Hamas, not Israel.) Seven, concerning world government: on Apr. 28, 2023, it was reportedthat “Muslims across Europe are chanting Allahu Akbar and discussing ways to form a global Sharia law (Islamic world government) by force.” Sadly, the Muslim groups that are behind this movement to take over the world are not banned. Eight, concerning pestilence killing multitudes at the end ofthe age: on Apr. 23, 2024, it was reported that open border policies (like what is happening in the U.S.) are spreading pestilence around the world. In many cases, government officials are spreading the diseases by transporting infected illegals to various cities in their nation and refusing to track them. Diseases that were once thought to be extinct (or almost extinct) are on the rise, and apparently, many officials are unconcerned. Nine, concerning the Battle of Gog and Magog: on Apr. 26, 2024,Russia’s Defense Minister notified Iran’s Defense Minister that Russia is ready to expand its military and technical cooperation with Iran. Ten, concerning the coming cashless society: a recent report bythe World Economic Forum says, “Over 98 percent of the global economy’s central banks are researching, piloting or deploying central bank digital currency (CBDC).” This is a necessary step toward tracking all buying and selling at the middle of the Tribulation Period. (Note:As I understand it, the central banks must start using CBDCs before they can force ordinary citizens to use them.) Eleven, concerning the coming economic collapse: on Apr. 28, 2024,it was reported that Ford sold 10,000 electric vehicles during the first 3 months of 2024, and it lost the equivalent of $132,000 for each vehicle sold. The Biden administration seems determined to force consumers to shift from gas-powered vehicles to electric vehicles. Twelve, concerning world government: society is now about onemonth away from the WHO meeting (May 27-June 1, 2024) when nations will cast their vote on the International Pandemic Treaty and amendments to the International Health Regulations (IHRs). Concerning the WHO Pandemic Agreement, the Family Research Council (FRC) has concluded that: • The WHO Pandemic Agreement puts in place the beginnings of “a turnkey totalitarian state.” • FRC’s official comment filed with the U.S. government warns the WHO Pandemic Agreement, as written, “could authorize funding and support for abortion.” The agreement obligatesnations to ensure the provision of “essential health care services during pandemics,” and critics say abortion can be held up as an essential service. Concerning the WHO Pandemic Treaty and the International Health Regulations: on Apr. 25, 2024, presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy said: • In desperation, watered-down versions of the proposed international health regulations and pandemic treaty were floated over the past few days. Don’t be fooled! The WHO stillwants experimental vaccines rolled out, still wants liability shields, still wants to impose censorship, and still plans to use ‘One Health’ to control humans, plants, animals, and ecosystems, all in the name of health. According to the Bible (Rev. 13:2-7), the world will be ruled by a satanic world government during the Tribulation Period, and the world ison the brink of a vote that will permit unelected godless people to establish one. Thirteen, concerning the tracking of all buying and selling duringthe Tribulation Period: a committee in the U.S. House of Representatives is investigating several U.S. government agencies (FBI, etc.) and at least 13 financial institutions (Bank of America, Chase, Citi Bank, Wells Fargo, etc.) for tracking what people boughtfollowing the J6 demonstrations at Dick’s Sporting Goods, Cabela’s, Bass Pro Shops, etc., without warrants. Without getting the required court permission, federal agencies apparently tracked the purchases of private citizens to see if they bought guns, knives, etc. Part of the problem appears to be that federal agencies haven’t limited their tracking of purchases to J6 citizens; they have also tracked millions of other citizens who holdconservative views (called white supremacists, white nationalists, etc.). Simply put, it looks like big government has started spying on average American citizens who are politically conservative (especially those who might oppose the globalistagenda or support Make America Great Again). Fourteen, concerning the destruction of Damascus in one night:on Apr. 29, 2024, it was reported that a Western diplomat said, “The Israelis clearly warned Assad (Syria’s Pres.) that if Syria was used against them (in Israel’s war with Hamas), they (Israel) would destroy his regime.” Hezbollah and Iran have attacked Israel from Syrian territory (and there are some Hamas terrorists in Syria), but Pres. Assad appears to have kept Syria’s troops out of theIsrael-Hamas war. Fifteen, concerning pestilences at the end of the age: on Apr.28, 2024, the Arizona Republican Party passed a resolution that says mRNA jabs are biological and technological weapons. The “Ban the Jab” resolution calls upon the governor and attorney general to analyze the vaccines and prevent their distribution. Some authorities believe people have committed murder by forcing others to take mRNA jabs. Sixteen, concerning corruption in Washington: on Apr. 29, 2024,it was reported that a South Carolina state representative said, “The federal government is including voter registration forms in packets at the Social Security Office in Spartanburg, South Carolina,” and the packages are being sent to non-citizen refugees. Seventeen, concerning world government: there are reports thatthe UN may restructure itself (called UN 2.0) at the Summit for the Future on Sept. 22-23, 2024, to speed up the development of world government. I cannot predict what they will do, but power must be given to Ten Kings before the Antichrist appears, and everything seems to indicate that he is waiting in the wings. Here is my daily update on the Israel-Hamas war. Thursday, Apr. 25, 2024 (Day 202): The one hundred-forty-seventh day of the resumed war. • An anti-ship ballistic missile fired by the Iranian-backed Houthis at a U.S. ship in the Gulf of Aden was shot down. • Several missiles (about 7) were fired from Lebanon into Israel. Israel struck back. Friday, Apr. 26, 2024 (Day 203): The one hundred-forty-eighth day of the resumed war. • Egypt sent negotiators to Israel to push for a ceasefire that would hold off an Israeli invasion of Rafah. • Israel told Egypt this is a last chance for a ceasefire. Hamas must quit stalling and accept a ceasefire soon, or Israel will attack Rafah. • Houthi terrorists attacked 2 vessels in the Red Sea (one damaged). Saturday, Apr. 27, 2024 (Day 204): The one hundred-forty-ninth day of the resumed war. • A Hezbollah official said Jews will not be allowed to return to their homes in northern Israel anytime soon, and the increased fighting between Hezbollah and Israel may meanthey will never be allowed to return. Sunday, Apr. 28, 2024 (Day 205): The one-hundred-fiftieth day of the resumed war. • Saudi Arabia does not say so publicly, but in private, they prefer to see the Iranian-backed Hamas terrorists defeated. • Israel said it is expecting Hamas Gaza Chief Sinwar to respond to the latest ceasefire proposal within 48 hours. Hamas said a delegation will deliver its response in Egypt onMonday. • Fox News asked the White House if college protesters will be barred from student loan forgiveness programs, and the White House did not comment. • In a phone call between Biden and Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Min. asked Biden to prevent the International Criminal Court (ICC) from issuing arrest warrants for Netanyahu andseveral other Israeli officials. The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee is threatening to demand sanctions against ICC officials if they issue arrest warrants. Monday, Apr. 29, 2024 (Day 206): The one hundred-fifty-first day of the resumed war. • The Lebanon branch of Hamas launched about 3 dozen rockets into Israel. • Israel killed an Iranian Revolutionary Guards Commander (IRGC) in Iran that attacked several synagogues in Germany 2 years ago. Tuesday, Apr. 30, 2024 (Day 207): The one hundred-fifty-second day of the resumed war. • The right-wing parties in Netanyahu’s government are threatening to leave if he puts off the invasion of Rafah again. This could possibly (but not necessarily) bring down Netanyahu’sgovernment. There will be an urgent meeting today to discuss the matter. • Netanyahu said Israel will attack Rafah with or without a ceasefire deal. • Qatar reneged on an agreement with the U.S. to expel Hamas leaders and freeze Hamas bank accounts in Qatar if Hamas did not agree to a release of hostages. (My opinion: Agreementswith terrorists who are determined to kill people are worthless.) Wednesday, May 1, 2024 (Day 208): The one hundred-fifty-third day of the resumed war. • Netanyahu told U.S. Sec. of State Blinken he will not accept the end of the war in Gaza as part of a hostage deal. • Israel is expecting a response from Hamas on Israel’s latest ceasefire offer later tonight. FYI: God does not send anyone to Hell (all of us are born witha sin nature and destined to go to Hell because we sin), but God has provided a way (Jesus) for everyone to go to Heaven (and He is the only way to get there; John 14:6). Finally, are you Rapture Ready? If you want to be rapture ready and go to heaven, you must be born again (John 3:3). God loves you, and if you have not done so, sincerely admit that you are a sinner; believethat Jesus is the virgin-born, sinless Son of God who died for the sins of the world, was buried, and raised from the dead; ask Him to forgive your sins, cleanse you, come into your heart and be your Saviour; then tell someone that you have done this. duck_daymond@yahoo.com --------------------------------- Ezekiel's Alliance Draws Closer - Sudan Could Become Iran's New Terror Proxy � Peter Hoekstra - https://www.prophecynewswatch.com/article.cfm?recent_news_id=6883 While the Biden administration is preoccupied trying to win re-election this November, as well as putting out a series of fires it helped start in Ukraine, the Middle Eastand the Indo-Pacific, a new area of urgent concern, largely flying under the public's radar, has been brewing: Iran's increasing penetration of Sudan. Pocketing Sudan would provide Iran with more oil, gold and rare minerals, as well as another port on Red Sea from which to continue blocking maritime commercial passage. Sudanwould also provide Iran with proximity to Israel, and serve as an additional launching pad from which to swarm Israel with more lethal drone attacks � at least until its nuclear weapons program is complete. Iran could also add Sudan to the list of the four other countries it already effectively controls in the region: Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen. Sudan, with Iran's backing, would then be well on its way to being another Hamas, al-Qaeda or Taliban, and spreading its inclinations to the rest of the African continent. Areej Elhag recently wrote for the Washington Institute for Near East Policy: "What makes the future in this case darker is Sudan's history of hosting extremists and jihadists from the far right and far left. During the previous regime, Sudan hostedOsama bin Laden, leader of Al-Qaeda, Hamas, Hezbollah, and Carlos the Jackal. This warm embrace of violent extremists earned Sudan a spot on the list of state sponsors of terrorism." Bloomberg reported on January 24 that Iran has been supplying the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, with military drones � everyone's new"cheap, instant air force," more accessible than a real one. Iran has also been teaching the Sudanese how to make them locally. The SAF, reportedly linked to the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamists, is currently embroiled in a civil war. The Sudanese regime, headed by al-Burhan, is a dictatorial one. It has reportedly committed atrocious crimes against the Sudanese population, including bombing entire neighborhoodsand killing civilians. Worse still, this regime signed a strategic agreement with Iran, an enemy of democracy that has been killing and wounding American troops to try to force the US out of theregion. It is crucial that the US not comply, as it did in Afghanistan. Whatever modest US force is presently in the Middle East, it sends a strong a message that the entire areadoes not belong to the most aggressive predator. Both the Iranian and Sudanese regimes, by a security cooperation agreement signed last month, have becomes an additional threat to Israel, to the region, and to the nationalsecurity of the United States and its allies. The SAF, with Iran's help, is attempting to defeat the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), headed by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, and apparently not much better. Dagalo, alsoknown as "Hemedti," appears aligned with Ethiopia, Chad, and the Libyan National Army of Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar (an ally of Egypt). The Iranians evidently see the sale of weapons and new economic agreements as the initial steps to leverage chaos in the world to enhance its geostrategic aims. That is whatit appears to be doing in deepening its ties to Sudan. Reports indicate the extent to which these Iranian activities already are taking place. Iran has also reportedly offered Sudan a "helicopter-carrying warship" in exchangefor allowing Iran to construct a naval base in the country. The request was reportedly turned down out of fear of the response by Israel and the United States. After the Biden administration relaxed sanctions on Iran, Iran was able to reenergize its treasury. From being cash-strapped, Iran has bolstered its cash reserves by billionsthrough increased oil sales. It has used these extra funds to help finance the Houthi's threat to shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, fund the brutal attack by Hamas against Israel on October 7, fund its own massive drone and missile attacks againstIsrael on April 14, and fund the ongoing build-up of arms caches by Hezbollah. Iran now seeks to use its money to buy influence with the Sudanese government as it wages a violent and deadly civil war. Sudan and Iran have a complicated history, but thecivil war there has created an opening for Iran to build stronger and closer ties with Sudanese leaders. These efforts could well result in Sudan itself, or groups in the country, becoming the latest proxy for Iran in its efforts to spread conflict and distractthe West. Given Sudan's strategic location, Iranian efforts to weave the nation into its sphere of influence must be blunted. In a world seemingly on hair trigger, it is essential that the U.S. and our allies in Europe not let the chaos exploding in Eastern Europe and the Middle East spread. TheRussia-Ukraine war has strained Western military supply capabilities, revealing shortcomings in both the stockpiles and defense industrial base of the West. It also has caused growing divisions in Washington, D.C. as was witnessed by the months-long delayin Congress to approve the latest arms package for Ukraine. This same arms package included funding for a key U.S. ally, Israel, in its ongoing war against Hamas in Gaza and the threat posed by Hezbollah in Lebanon. The other issuegaining significant attention in the region is the ongoing threat to international shipping posed by the Houthis in Yemen. There is one constant in all of these areas of unrest�Iran. Iran's support for its armed proxy groups, and its provision of weapons to Russia, have provided the necessarykindling to fuel conflict across a large chunk of Eurasia. Curtailing Iran's malign influence is critical to putting an end to the current conflicts in the Middle East, but it is also imperative that the West wise up and halt thespread of Iranian influence into other areas of the world. The Iranians evidently see the sale of weapons and new economic agreements as the initial steps to leverage chaos in the world to enhance its geostrategic aims of "exportingthe revolution," becoming the hegemon in the region, and displacing the other oil-rich countries and holy sites in the Gulf. These are dangerous and escalatory steps being taken by Iran to increase its influence and ability to project chaos and terror in the region. The U.S. government has publiclycalled for a halt to weapons sales to Sudan, and added that Sudan faces "a crisis of epic proportions." U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., Linda Thomas-Greenfield, noted that the city of El Fasher is "on the precipice of a large-scale massacre." These official U.S.statements highlight the desperate situation in Sudan today, a situation that is being worsened by and for the benefit of Iran. The bottom line for America and Europe is that the strategy of engaging and appeasing Iran has failed miserably. Not only is Iran a key supplier to Russia's war effort inUkraine, it also has successfully destabilized the Middle East. The war that is currently being fought by Iranian proxies has resulted in massive public demonstrations. These seem notably well-organized well-funded in the U.S. and Europeby outside agitators who are dedicated to overthrowing America, the rule of law and the West � in preference for terrorism and tyranny. It is therefore doubly important to prevent Iran from extending its chaos and malign influence without delay. Tensions in the Middle East, and the growing pressure to appeaseterrorists, have also strained the relationship between the U.S. and Israel �- the two main countries that stand in the way of predatory regimes, such as Iran, Russia and Communist China from achieving their goals. Washington cannot allow this chaos to be the opening for Iran to expand its footprint in the Middle East and Africa. The lessons of the past five decades are clear. When Iransees an opening � an opportunity in chaos � it will seize the initiative and leverage its resources to create more areas of chaos in additional parts of the world to further expand its influence. The U.S. and Europe must step up now to counter Iran's efforts in the Middle East and Sudan. We cannot allow new "proxies of terror" for Iran. ---------------------------- The delusional two-state solution - BillWilson � www.dailyjot.com In August 2005, nearly two decades ago, I wrote that �The unilateral retreat from Gaza by Israel has revealed much about the peace process. It shows the true heart of many. Overthe weekend, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas signed a decree giving to the Palestinians the land in Gaza vacated by the Israelis. Almost immediately, Hamas, the terrorist group, and soon to be a major successful political party among elected Palestinians,sent its gunman to take over the central square of Gaza City. Against the backdrop of a sign that read, �My dream is not going to be completed without Jerusalem,� A Hamas spokesman declared that �This retreat [by Israel] does not mean the end of our battle,but it is the beginning.� �Promising more terrorism and violence, the Hamas gunman continued, �We will not stand with our hands tied as the remainder that our land remains occupied and our holy sitesare desecrated. We will work to strengthen the resistance in these areas for the resistance is the only thing that will kick them out of these areas.� Hamas has launched a very effective propaganda campaign to make Palestinians believe that it was Hamas, nota unilateral decision by Israel, who was responsible for the evacuation of the Gaza settlements. With an eye toward the newly set January 25th Palestinian elections, the Hamas political campaign has begun.� Well, Hamas won that campaign. Eventually, as itremains today, Hamas won the support of well over 70% of those living in Gaza today. The �Palestinians� support Hamas and its acts. With Joe Biden and the rest of the world trying to pressure Israel into standing down against the terrorist entity that wants every Jew eliminated from the face of the earth,Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, continue to send the message that terrorism pays. They continue to press a very firm mission that there will be no peace until the Jewish state of Israel does not exist. Yet, Biden and his ilk fail to recognize that the terrorists aretelling the truth. They have been saying the same thing since George W Bush forced Israel�s hand in evacuating Gaza. Moreover, the terrorists have been shelling Israel and committing terrorist acts continuously for 20 years. Nothing changes. And Biden aboveall has even funded these recent terrorist attacks by giving Iran, Hamas, the Houthis billions of dollars. The two-state solution is really the state of reality verses the state of delusion. We see this delusion every single day in political leaders and so-called intelligent peopleat the most prestigious universities around the world. With pro-terrorist organizations using ignorant students at college campuses across America advocating for a free Palestine from the river to the sea, what is it that keeps politicians and the left-leaningwoke crowd doing the same failed thing again and again, expecting different results? 2 Thessalonians 2:11-12 says, �And for this cause God shall sent them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who did not believe thetruth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.� This phenomena is systemic in today�s global society. It is worse than, say it with me�Stupidocrisy. ------------------------------ The Real Reason Hamas and Egypt Oppose Israel's Control of Rafah, the Only Border Out of Gaza- by Bassam Tawil - https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/20624/israel-gaza-egypt-border-rafah On May 6, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) captured the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, drawing condemnations from the Iran-backedHamas terrorist group and Egypt. The IDF said it had "intelligence that terrorists were using the border crossing for terror purposes." A day earlier, Hamas terrorists fired rockets from near the Rafah terminaltoward the Kerem Shalom area (near the Israel-Gaza border), killing four Israeli soldiers and wounding several others. In response to the Israeli military operation, Hamas and Egypt were quick to issue statements denouncing the capture of the Rafah border crossing, claiming that the move would"threaten" the lives of the Palestinians and hinder the entry of humanitarian and relief aid into the Gaza Strip. "Egypt condemns in the strongest terms the Israeli military operations in the Palestinian city of Rafah, and the resulting Israeli control over the Palestinian side of theRafah crossing," read a statement by the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. "This dangerous escalation threatens the lives of more than a million Palestinians who depend primarily on this crossing as it is the main lifeline of the Gaza Strip, andthe safe outlet for the wounded and sick to exit to receive treatment, and for the entry of humanitarian and relief aid to our Palestinian brothers in Gaza." Hamas and other Palestinian terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip also expressed outrage over the Israeli move and said they would not accept the presence of any non-Palestinianparty on the Palestinian side of their terminal. "We will not accept from any party the imposition of any form of guardianship over the Rafah crossing," the terrorist groups cautioned. They urged the Arab and Islamic states"to reject any plans and attempts that affect Palestinian-Egyptian sovereignty over the Rafah crossing." The Egyptians and Hamas have good reason to be angry with the presence of the IDF at the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing. For several years, Palestinians whowanted to exit the Gaza Strip via the terminal have alleged that they had to bribe Hamas and officials. Hamas and Egypt are now afraid of losing the Palestinian milk-cow. In 2015, Egyptian journalist Ahmed Moussa revealed that Hamas received bribes worth $6,000 from Palestinians for passing through the Rafah border crossing. A year later, Palestinian journalist Noha Abu Amr wrote on her Facebook page about the plight of her 50-year-old mother, who was unable to travel through the Rafah crossing,but she did not pay a bribe to Hamas officials. She said that her mother sat on the floor and kissed the hands and legs of the crossing officials in full view of the people and begged them to allow her to travel. "They treated her like animals," Abu Amr recounted."It is our right to travel without bribes and without corruption. We are living under a [Hamas] dictatorship." Abu Amr was later arrested by Hamas security officers, who confiscated her mobile phone and ordered her to delete the Facebook post. Arab and Western media outlets have reported that since the start of the Israel-Hamas war in October 2023, Palestinians who want to leave the Gaza Strip through the Rafahterminal are being compelled to bribe Egyptian officials with thousands of dollars. The war erupted after Hamas terrorists invaded Israel and massacred, decapitated, raped and dismembered 1,200 Israelis on October 7. Additionally, more than 240 Israelis wereabducted by the terrorists and taken to the Gaza Strip; 132 hostages, many of whom are believed to have been killed, are still being held there by the terrorist group. "To leave Gaza, people are paying a $5,000 bribe to Egypt," the Gaza-based Palestinian journalist Hind Khoudary wrote on X on November 23, 2023. Palestinians who try to leave the Gaza Strip through the Rafah border crossing have to pay bribes to brokers of up to $10,000, the British newspaper The Guardian reportedon January 8, 2024. "Very few Palestinians have been able to leave Gaza through the Rafah border crossing but those trying to get their names on the list of people permitted to exit daily saythey are being asked to pay large 'coordination fees' by a network of brokers and couriers with alleged links to the Egyptian intelligence services." It quoted a Palestinian man in the US as saying he paid $9,000 to get his wife and children on the list. On the day of travel, he was told his children's names were not listedand he would have to pay an extra $3,000. He said the brokers were "trying to trade in the blood of Gazans". "It's very frustrating and saddening," he said. "They are trying to exploit people who are suffering, who are trying to get out of the hell in Gaza." According to The Guardian: "A network of brokers, based in Cairo, helping Palestinians leave Gaza has operated around the Rafah border for years. But prices have surged since the start of the war, from$500 for each person." The Guardian interviewed a number of Palestinians who have been told they would have to pay between $5,000 and $10,000 each to leave the Gaza Strip, with some launching crowdfundingcampaigns to raise the money. A Palestinian living in the UK was quoted as saying: "People are making money off the misery of others. They're desperate to get out to save their lives and instead of helping they're trying to make money. If there's a way toget people out, then why not just help?" A company owned by an influential Egyptian businessman and ally of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is making around $2 million a day from Palestinians fleeing the Gaza Strip,according to the Middle East Eye (MEE), a UK-based news website, on May 1, 2024 "Hala Consulting and Tourism Services, a firm owned by Sinai tribal leader and business tycoon Ibrahim al-Organi, has been charging Palestinians crossing from Gaza's Rafahto Egypt at least $5,000 per adult and $2,500 for children under 16. "It has a monopoly on providing transfer services at the Rafah crossing, the only Gaza exit not bordered with Israel and the single route out of the coastal enclave for Palestinians." In the past three months alone, the company is estimated to have made a minimum of $118 million from desperate Palestinians trying to leave the Gaza Strip, according to MEE. "By the end of this year, if the April average continues, the company may earn well over half a billion dollars from the so-called VIP list of people Hala is transferringacross the Gaza-Egypt border... "Palestinian and Egyptian sources told MEE that several intermediaries were involved in coordinating the exit of Palestinians in a haphazard, decentralized way. "Before February, Palestinians were charged up to $11,000 per adult to leave Gaza, until Hala monopolized the business and standardized fees. "Prior to the war, Hala charged everyone exiting Gaza via the Rafah crossing $350 per person, but the price has increased 14-fold for Palestinians." According to the Palestinian ambassador in Cairo, Diab Allouh, an estimated 80,000-100,000 Palestinians have fled Gaza via Egypt since the war began. Earlier this year, MEE reported that an international charity with extensive experience in providing emergency aid in wars, famines and earthquakes throughout the Middle Eastand in Afghanistan is also being forced to pay $5,000 per truck to a company linked to Egypt's General Intelligence Service to get aid into the Gaza Strip. "The charity, which does not want to be named to avoid obstruction to its relief efforts in Gaza, spoke to Middle East Eye in outrage at having to pay what it openly describesas a bribe to a state-linked agent." MEE quoted a spokesman for the charity as saying: "We have worked around the world in times of war, earthquakes and other disasters, but we have never been treated like this by a state that is profiteering from the dispatchof humanitarian goods. It's draining a lot of our resources and the bribe being paid is per truck." According to MEE: "The charity's statement to MEE is the first concrete evidence of Egypt or Egyptian government-linked parties demanding a cut from the humanitarian aid going into Gaza..." MEE said it spoke to five Palestinian families who all confirmed that they had paid fees in the thousands, mostly in US dollars or euros, to mediators who then facilitatedtheir exit from Gaza. Nadia Atawy, an Egyptian woman trapped in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the war, said in a video that she is unable to pay a $650 bribe to return to her family inEgypt though the Rafah border crossing. "I don't have the money to pay," Atawy complained. "I have children with me and I can't afford to pay [the bribe]. I don't know what to do." The Palestinians actually owe Israel a huge debt of gratitude for finally driving Hamas out of the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing. Since the terrorist organizationtook over the Gaza Strip in 2007, the crossing has been under its control. Hamas used the crossing to collect money for its corrupt officials and their families. In a similar vein, Palestinians are now being forced to pay thousands of dollars to Egyptiansto escape the Gaza Strip. One can understand why Egypt and Hamas strongly oppose having the IDF stationed at the border crossing: the millions of dollars they have been receiving may disappear. Egyptand Hamas are, it seems, indifferent to the pain endured by the Palestinians they are effectively imprisoning. All that matters to them is making more money off anyone desperate to leave the Gaza Strip. ------------------------ Remember history so it�s not repeated - BillWilson � www.dailyjot.com In September 2005, less than a month after Israel, in a painful action of good will toward peace, evicted the last settler from Gaza. The darlings of the international peacemovement, the Palestinians, used Gaza as a launching pad for a missile attack on Israeli towns. This is no less than what any common sense observer could have predicted because Hamas, the U.S. and European-engineered Palestinian Authority, Islamic Jihad andFatah are just various shades and colors on the spectrum of terrorism�lipstick on a pig does not change the nature of the swine; nor has Gaza elections, western clothing and coached rhetoric changed the nature of Palestinian terrorists. In the month between August and September 2005, Israel watched its former territory become a hotbed for terrorists. Thousands came across the border from Egypt, bringing withthem rockets, rocket launchers, AK-47�s (I wonder where they get those�it couldn�t be the peace-loving trading partners of the US�China and Russia?). This entire Palestinian peace concept is among the biggest scams of the century and billions of dollars ofAmerican and European tax monies are supporting it�all in the name of peace. In September 2005, a Palestinian rocket launch came in the wake of an explosion during a Hamas military parade where they were showing off their rockets. Their recklessness blew up19 Palestinians and wounded 80. The Palestinians promptly blamed Israel and used the incident as an excuse to attack Israeli towns. Sound familiar? On October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorists, with the support of over 70% of those living in Gaza, attacked Israeli civilians�killing, maiming, sodomizing, raping,torturing them and worse. Then these bold terrorists hid in hospitals, schools, civilian homes and used women and children as shields as they blamed Israel for defending itself. In the ensuing months, Israel conducted a military campaign to end Hamas. Duringthat time, world opinion turned against Israel and somehow the messaging became about Israel being like Nazis committing genocide. This is a repeat of history over and over again. We see it every time Israel defends itself against the terrorists. There is always an incident, usually created by the terrorists. There is always an excuse to attack. And there is always blame put on Israel. Unfortunately, the United States,drunken with a concept that democratizing terrorists will bring peace, is chief among those who pressure Israel to make nice. The Apostle Paul said satan has pulled a veil over the eyes of those who do not believe in 2 Corinthians 4:4, �In whom the god ofthis world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not.� Those who support a free Palestine from the river to the sea are supporting nothing less than evil. The phrase itself is calling for the genocide of the Jewish people and the annihilation of Israel.While they call those who support Israel fascists, they themselves are the fascists�they want a repeat of the holocaust. We must remember history that it is not repeated. ---------------------