Signs Of The Times - UN Vote In Sept Could Divide The World Over Israel

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Israel is gearing up for what could be massive Palestinian protests in September, when the United Nations may move forward with the recognition of a Palestinian state. "The most immediate one is the decision of the Palestinian Authority to reject negotiations with Israel," former Israeli U.N. Ambassador Dore Gold told CBN News.Palestinians want the United Nations to accept them as a member state in September. Gold said they want to use mass demonstrations in the West Bank to challenge Israel.Turning World Opinion"There's a strategy in the field to create an atmosphere of violence that leads TV networks to give it special coverage and forces public opinion, as well as Western governments to shift their position from one of questions about what the Palestinians are doing to strong support for what they're trying to accomplish," Gold explained.



Israeli Messianic leader Chuck Cohen said any such action would be dividing God's land to make an Islamic state in the territory promised to the Jewish people."The Palestinians never had it in the first place, and yet here we are facing this threat," Cohen said.And they want to divide Jerusalem."God is saying, I'm testing your hearts with Jerusalem that I'm giving back to my people," he added.If Israel defies the U.N., author Joel Rosenberg warned that the international community could team up to cut off Israel diplomatically and even economically."Think of what we did with Iraq for example. We built a coalition to cut her off economically and then eventually we sent a military to overthrow a regime," Rosenberg said.Weapons of WarAnd what if Israel agrees to divide its land with the Palestinians?

Joel 3

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God Judges the Nations

 ¹ “For behold, in those days and at that time,
      When I bring back the captives of Judah and Jerusalem,
       ² I will also gather all nations,
      And bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat;
      And I will enter into judgment with them there
      On account of My people, My heritage Israel,
      Whom they have scattered among the nations;
      They have also divided up My land.
       ³ They have cast lots for My people,
      Have given a boy as payment for a harlot,
      And sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.
       ⁴ “ Indeed, what have you to do with Me,
      O Tyre and Sidon, and all the coasts of Philistia?
      Will you retaliate against Me?
      But if you retaliate against Me,
      Swiftly and speedily I will return your retaliation upon your own head;
       ⁵ Because you have taken My silver and My gold,
      And have carried into your temples My prized possessions.
       ⁶ Also the people of Judah and the people of Jerusalem
      You have sold to the Greeks,
      That you may remove them far from their borders.
       ⁷ “ Behold, I will raise them
      Out of the place to which you have sold them,
      And will return your retaliation upon your own head.
       ⁸ I will sell your sons and your daughters
      Into the hand of the people of Judah,
      And they will sell them to the Sabeans,^[a]
      To a people far off;
      For the LORD has spoken.”
       ⁹ Proclaim this among the nations:

      “ Prepare for war!
      Wake up the mighty men,
      Let all the men of war draw near,
      Let them come up.
       ¹⁰ Beat your plowshares into swords
      And your pruning hooks into spears;
      Let the weak say, ‘I am strong.’”
       ¹¹ Assemble and come, all you nations,
      And gather together all around.
      Cause Your mighty ones to go down there, O LORD.
       ¹² “ Let the nations be wakened, and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat;
      For there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations.
       ¹³ Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe.
      Come, go down;
      For the winepress is full,
      The vats overflow—
      For their wickedness is great.”
       ¹⁴ Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision!
      For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
       ¹⁵ The sun and moon will grow dark,
      And the stars will diminish their brightness.
       ¹⁶ The LORD also will roar from Zion,
      And utter His voice from Jerusalem;
      The heavens and earth will shake;
      But the LORD will be a shelter for His people,
      And the strength of the children of Israel.
       ¹⁷ “ So you shall know that I am the LORD your God,
      Dwelling in Zion My holy mountain.
      Then Jerusalem shall be holy,
      And no aliens shall ever pass through her again.”

 

 

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Israel strikes arms depot in Gaza following Palestinian rocket fire - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News

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Palestinian sources say arms depot belongs to Hamas' military wing; attack comes after two rockets and several mortars were fired into southern Israel earlier Thursday; IDF to deploy Iron Dome next week, Channel 10 says.

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The Israel Air Force bombed an arms depot in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday, which according to Palestinian sources, belonged to the military wing of Hamas.
The attack was carried out around 8:30 P.M. local time, after two rockets and several mortars were fired from Gaza at southern Israel earlier Thursday.

	An area bombed by the Israel Air Force in Rafah, Gaza Strip on Thursday, March 24, 2011.
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According to Palestinian reports, IDF forces also attacked a military facility which was formerly used as the Palestinian Authority's intelligence headquarters.
Channel 10 reported Thursday night that the Israel Defense Forces will deploy the Iron Dome missile intercept system next week in Israeli areas around the Gaza Strip.

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israel today | Netanyahu has already divided Jerusalem! - israel today

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A prominent Israeli activist told participants in the 8th annual Jerusalem Conference on Tuesday that while the world bickers over future control of Jerusalem, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has in fact already divided the city.
Aryeh King of the Israel Land Fund charged that today eight neighborhoods on the eastern side of Jerusalem are off-limits to Jews.
He presented video evidence of Israeli police preventing Jewish motorists from entering the neighborhoods in question. Jews entering these neighborhoods by special permission require an Israeli army escort.
King also noted that Palestinian Authority police officers are operating freely in these neighborhoods with no opposition from Israel.
“The Likud government, the present government of Israel, already divided Jerusalem,” King told Israel National News following the presentation.

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What Would a Palestinian State Look Like?

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What Would a Palestinian State Look Like?

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The current peace negotiations are consuming the headlines.& U.S. Envoy George Mitchell is beaming that the parties are getting down to the "core issues" far sooner than he dreamed. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is pinning her reputation on the success of the talks. President Obama seems convinced that solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will lead to a peaceful and stable Middle East.
But far less attention is being paid to what a future Palestinian state might look like: the state that's meant to live "side by side with Israel in peace and security."
Today, three items provided clues to the answer.
First, Jerusalem Post Palestinian affairs correspondent Khaled Abu Toameh reported in Monday's paper that the Palestinian Authority affirmed the death penalty for land sales to Israelis.
In case you didn't know, if a Palestinian Arab is caught selling land to an Israeli Jew, he can be executed. Selling land to Jews is considered an act of "national treason." In fact, when an Arab sells land to a Jew in Israel, the contract often includes additional money so the Arab seller can safely leave the area and establish residency in another country. He knows if he stays, his life is in danger. In fact, if you look on the Mount of Olives today, a large Israeli flag flies over one house. It's not far from where thousands of tourists come to overlook the city of Jerusalem. The Arab who sold the building to its Jewish residents was killed for his "crime."
According to Toameh's article - the PA - the future governing body for this proposed Palestinian state, "... on Sunday reaffirmed the death penalty for any Palestinian found guilty of selling land to Israelis.  The decision came in response to a ruling by a Palestinian court according to which such acts were only a 'minor offense.' PA Prosecutor-General Ahmed al-Mughni appealed against the ruling to a higher court, arguing that the sale of land to Israelis was a 'major offense' punishable by death. The appeal was accepted."

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Now for those that just don't seem to grasp what is going on with the state of Israel today. Note a chapter written from the Bible over 2000 years ago. Are we actually seeing these Prophecies happening right in front of our eyes? Not just that. Is the Christian Church awake enough to realize what is happening?

1 Thessalonians 5

The Day of the Lord

 ¹ But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you. ² For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. ³ For when they say, “Peace and safety!” then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape. ⁴ But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief. ⁵ You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness. ⁶ Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober. ⁷ For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk are drunk at night. ⁸ But let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation. ⁹ For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, ¹⁰ who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him.
¹¹ Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are doing.

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¹² And we urge you, brethren, to recognize those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord and admonish you, ¹³ and to esteem them very highly in love for their work’s sake. Be at peace among yourselves.
¹⁴ Now we exhort you, brethren, warn those who are unruly, comfort the fainthearted, uphold the weak, be patient with all. ¹⁵ See that no one renders evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good both for yourselves and for all.
¹⁶ Rejoice always, ¹⁷ pray without ceasing, ¹⁸ in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
¹⁹ Do not quench the Spirit. ²⁰ Do not despise prophecies. ²¹ Test all things; hold fast what is good. ²² Abstain from every form of evil.

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PM: Peace plan possible by end of '11

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  Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told the Council of Foreign Relations in New York on Thursday that all core issues could be discussed in direct negotiations, and that if it were up to him, a peace deal with the Palestinians could be signed by the end of 2011.
  "If it's up to me, we'll have an agreement," Netanyahu said.
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  But he stressed that an accord would require a willing and able partner in Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. While he expressed a reluctance to criticize Abbas, Netanyahu said, "I tend to confound the critics and the skeptics, but I need a partner. You can't go out on a trapeze, hold out your hand and not have a partner on the other side."
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  Obama's reception of Netanyahu was markedly different from their last meeting, which was held without photographers present or a joint statement.
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  Trust must be built so both sides will not be 'paranoid'
  One result of the direct talks, he said, would be to build trust between the sides so they would not be "so jumpy or paranoid about every single move being made, whether it is being related to Jerusalem, or any other issues that have to be dealt with."
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  Asked about the lack of trust many Israelis had in him and his commitment to Israel, Obama said this was ironic, considering that "I've got a chief of staff named Rahm Israel Emanuel, and my top political adviser [David Axelrod] is somebody who is a descendant of Holocaust survivors."
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  "The Jews will no longer be passive victims of history," he said to the approval of the gathered crowd. "We are now actors on the stage of history. We now chart our own collective destiny."
  In addition, he responded to charges of Israeli impropriety in the May 31 Gaza flotilla incident.
  "For 2,000 years, the Jews were the perfect victims," he said. "They may be perfectly moral, but they're still victims.The purpose of the Jewish state is to defend Jewish lives. The standard that must be applied to Israel is not perfection, but the standard applied to any other country faced with similar circumstances."

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Israeli-Palestinian peace process at critical stage, Arab leaders say

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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas warned Saturday that peace talks would not move forward "as long as Israel maintains its settlement policy," continuing the rift in the region that began this month with Israel's intent to build housing in disputed territory.

The remarks came at the Arab Summit in the Libyan city of Sirte, where many leaders echoed Abbas' views.

"It's time to face Israel. We have to have alternative plans because the situation has reached a turning point," Moussa said.

The conference -- titled "Summit for Supporting a Steadfast Jerusalem" -- gathered 14 Arab heads of state, the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Italian Prime Minister Slivio Berlusconi, among other guests.

"For too long our opponents have been able to talk about international law without being held to account," Ayalon said. "We say strongly and firmly that we have a legal right to build in Jerusalem. ...

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America’s shiny new Palestinian militia

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Arab Protesters Leave Temple Mount, Muslims Call for War

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U.S. Jews to Biden: Leave Jerusalem Alone

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Secret Obama deal for Palestinian state?

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