BUSH STOPPED ISRAEL BOMBING HAMAS BECAUSE HE DID NOT WANT TO LEAVE OFFICE HHAVING A WAR GOING ON WHEN HE WANTED TO BE A SO CALLED PEACEMAKER.
PSALMS 20:1-9 PRAY THIS FOR ISRAEL EVERY DAY OF THIS WAR
1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee;
2 Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;
3 Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.
4 Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.
5 We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.
6 Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.
7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.
8 They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.
9 Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call.
ISRAELS INHERITED LAND IN THE FUTURE
And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.
ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.
HAMAS AT THERE WORST
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UptNr0v1p3E
WAR COVERAGE
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Special/War/
ONE JERUSALEM - SPAIN STORY
http://www.onejerusalem.org/2009/01/perceptive-defense-of-israel-b.php
THE WAY HAMAS EDUCATES ARAB,MUSLIM CHILDREN
http://www.onejerusalem.org/2009/01/the-way-hamas-educates-the-pal.php
EU pledges navy patrols to prevent Gaza smuggling
LEIGH PHILLIPS Today JAN 19,09 @ 09:24 CET
European Union states have engaged in a flurry of diplomatic activity following the announcement of a ceasefire by Israel and Hamas declaring its own truce over the weekend, with the EU's big three pledging naval support to prevent the delivery of weapons into Gaza.On Saturday (17 January) at midnight, Tel Aviv declared a unilateral ceasefire, saying its objectives of degrading Hamas' ability to fire rockets into Israel had been achieved.Hamas on Sunday followed with an announcement of a truce, giving Israel seven days to leave the occupied territory and open all border crossings to permit the entry of humanitarian aid and basic goods.Six EU leaders - the chiefs of France, Germany and the UK, alongside the Italian, Spanish and Czech prime ministers - then descended upon Sharm al-Sheikh in Egypt for a summit to discuss the crisis, where they committed to work to prevent arms smuggling, a key demand of Israel.Specifically, they offered troops and technological assistance in co-operation with the US and Egypt to execute the task.
Neither Israel nor the governors of Gaza attended the meeting, but the leaders subsequently met with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in Jerusalem.Ahead of the summit, France, Germany and the UK furthermore offered support of naval patrols to monitor against weapons shipments, according to Reuters.The leaders also called on Israel to lift the blockade.Israel should state immediately and clearly that if rocket fire will stop, the Israeli army will leave Gaza. There is no other solution to achieve peace, said French President Nicolas Sarkozy.Announcing an additional €22m (£20m) in humanitarian aid to Gaza, UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown criticised Israel for the extreme violence of its offensive.We are yet to discover the full scale of the appalling suffering, he said, according to the Guardian. But what is already clear is that too many innocent civilians, including hundreds of children, have been killed.Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi meanwhile offered support to the Jewish state, pointing out that he was proud to have been the one to push for the inclusion of Hamas on the EU's terror list, according to Israeli daily Haaretz, adding that he will work to see Israel welcomed as a member of the European Union.
When I heard about the rocket fire at Israel, I felt that it was a danger to Italy, and to the entire West, the paper reports the Italian leader as saying.German Chancellor Angela Merkel also backed the provision of technical and training assistance to prevent arms deliveries via the Sinai peninsula, saying: The two-state solution is the sole possibility [for peace].The Czech Republic, currently chairing the EU's six-month rotating presidency, also welcomed the ceasefire in a statement.
The priority now is to ensure that no more civilians die as a result of this conflict. It is vital, therefore, that all required humanitarian assistance, including food, fuel and medical aid, is freely and rapidly delivered into, and distributed within Gaza, it read, calling for a renewal of the peace process.The EU stands ready to help establish an independent, democratic, contiguous and viable Palestinian state, living side by side with Israel in peace and security, it continued.The EU's executive body, the commission, expressed relief at the apparent end of the fighting.It was indispensable to have a ceasefire, said external relations commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner. I call on Hamas to refrain from any violence in order to allow for an end to the terrible human suffering. It should also allow the EU and other donors to deliver much needed humanitarian assistance.
Our priority is a durable peace. I hope we will soon see the regular opening of the Gaza crossings and the withdrawal of all Israeli troops from the Gaza strip, she added.The peace nevertheless remains fragile. Some 20 rockets were fired across the border following the Israeli ceasefire had been announced, while Israel responded with additional bombing. It is unclear who perpetrated the rocket barrage. Over 1,300 Palestinians were killed during the three-week war, mostly civilians, including hundreds of children, according to Gaza medical sources. A total of 13 Israelis were killed.
Wild Card: Double Dealing Egypt Won’t Stop Smuggling by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu JAN 19,09
(IsraelNN.com) Egypt is the key to any plan to end smuggling of arms into Gaza, but two university experts say that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is a double dealer who cannot be trusted. They warn that smuggling will continue despite the international community's vow to stop it.Egypt… is playing a dangerous double-game in its ties with its neighbors, Israel and Hamas, according to a FrontPage.com interview with Dr. Michael Widlanski, a research fellow at the Shalem Center in Jerusalem and teacher at Hebrew University.Egyptian officials have actually encouraged attacks on Israel [and] have condemned Israeli retaliation against Hamas, calling it aggression, without ever condemning a single Hamas attack, he added.Dr. Widlanski noted that after the beginning of the IDF's Cast Lead counterterrorist campaign in Gaza, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak criticized Hamas for goading Israel into the kind of military action which would hurt Hamas and all Palestinians, but he justified Hamas attacks, while excoriating Israeli aggression no less than 11 times in a ten-minute speech.Mubarak is basically saying that the attacks themselves are okay and legitimate, but that they bring Israeli reprisals…. Mubarak ended his speech by saying that the Palestinian case will never ever die. This kind of terminology again suggests the Arabic rhetoric of Arafat-Abbas-Hamas that no Israeli withdrawals will ever satisfy the Arab opponents of Israel but that diplomatic agreements or truces are nothing but a transitory stage in the ultimate erasure of the occupation.
Mubarak has been worried that Israeli attacks on Hamas will cause an uprising by the Muslim Brotherhood, the major opposition party in Egypt. Hamas, though currently supported and trained by the Shi'ite regime of Iran, is actually the outgrowth of the Muslim Brotherhood organization inside Egypt, according to the researcher.He called on Israel to attack the terrorist organizations mercilessly and ceaselessly by physically killing or capturing their members, preferably killing them. And no truces or ceasefires ever—not for Ramadan, not for Christmas and not for Rosh HaShanah.Cairo holds several cards up its sleeve against Western efforts to place international forces along its border to try to stop smuggling, although Egypt claimed on Monday that arms enter Gaza by sea and not through tunnels under the border between Gaza and Egypt.
Bedouins and Bribery
Egypt's problems with Bedouin smugglers, a culture of bribery and Cairo's own complex administration are obstacles that will thwart any international attempt to stop arms smuggling to Gaza, according to Dr. Mordechai Kedar, a lecturer at Bar-Ilan University's Department of Arabic Culture.No agreement or decision that includes a component of ending arms smuggling will be implemented, even if the Egyptian regime wants it to happen, he wrote in the Hebrew-language Yediot Acharonot daily newspaper. No agreement or decision that includes a component of ending arms smuggling will be implemented.Dr. Kedar pointed out that the source of smuggling usually is Bedouins, whose culture and language are as separate from that in Egypt as they are from the culture and language of Jews in Israel. They make a living by smuggling women and drugs to Israel, as well as arms, ammunition, and missiles to [Gaza], he explained…. Every time the Egyptian regime attempts to press them, they carry out an attack on a Sinai beach…. This is how they convince the government in Cairo to let them be and continue the smuggling.The likelihood of the Egyptian government overtaking them is similar to the likelihood that the Israeli government will be able to eliminate polygamy among the Bedouins in the Negev. The Bedouins in the Sinai will continue to smuggle regardless of agreements or decisions that bound Egypt, Kedar said.He added that the culture of bribery and the multi-leveled Egyptian bureaucracy are further insurmountable obstacles to well-meaning Western intentions. Mubarak may want it [a halt to smuggling], but his decisions are not carried out. This is not about malice; it's merely Egypt.
Hamas Vows to Rearm: We Know How to Acquire Weapons by Hana Levi Julian JAN 19,09
(IsraelNN.com) Less than 24 hours into a ceasefire it agreed to after a devastating defeat by IDF forces, Hamas vowed Monday to rearm as soon as possible.Manufacturing the holy weapons is our mission, and we know how to acquire weapons, Hamas's military spokesman Abu Ubaida told journalists at a news conference in Gaza.The terrorist group agreed Sunday afternoon to halt its rocket fire against southern Israeli communities about 12 hours after Jerusalem declared a unilateral ceasefire. Israel warned, however, that it would renew military operations if Hamas resumes its attacks or tries to smuggle more arms into Gaza.Abu Ubaida declared that all options would be open if IDF troops were not out of Gaza by the end of the week, a condition demanded by the terrorist organization when it announced its own ceasefire.No one in Jerusalem was surprised by the news. That is to be expected, said Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's spokesman, Mark Regev. We have no deal with Hamas, and we have no illusions about Hamas.Regev said that the IDF had substantially destroyed the Hamas military machine and that the terrorist group would think twice and three times before resuming its rocket fire on Israeli communities, however, because it is against their basic interests at this point.The prime minister's spokesman expressed confidence that the international arms embargo put into place Sunday by European leaders at the summit hosted by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Sharm el-Sheikh would prevent the group from rearming. Iranian weapons have to reach the Gaza Strip, Regev said. We have reason to believe that this is going to work.
Leaders of eight European and Arab countries, as well as the heads of the United Nations and the Arab League met in the Red Sea resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh to discuss arrangements for a durable truce in Gaza. Hamas terrorists had continued to insist they would not be bound by any agreement worked out without their participation. They were not invited to the summit, which included among the participants Palestinian Authority Chairman and rival Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas.The conference was also attended by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Jordanian King Abdullah II, Turkey's President Abdullah Gul, and the prime ministers of Britain, Italy, Spain and the Czech Republic, as well as German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Also present were United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the head of the Arab League.Following the summit, the heads of all six European nations traveled to Jerusalem to meet with Israeli leaders and promise their technical and physical support in stopping Hamas from acquiring new arms.
The Gaza War in Numbers
by Hillel Fendel JAN 19,09
(IsraelNN.com) Operation Cast Lead, the just-ended anti-terror military offensive waged by the IDF in Gaza, began on Dec. 27, 2008, and ended three weeks later with a unilateral Israeli ceasefire that went into effect at 2 AM on Jan. 18, 2009.
13 Soldiers and Civilians Killed
Of the 13 Israelis killed during the three weeks of war, four were felled by Hamas rocket and shelling attacks in the first three days: Babar Vaknin, 55, of Netivot; Bedouin construction worker Hani Al-Mahdi, 27, from Aroer; Israeli-Arab soldier St.-Sgt. Lutfi Nasraldin, 38, of the western Galilee; and Irit Sheetrit, 39, mother of 4.
Nine soldiers were killed in offensive activity, all in the first five days of the ground offensive, which began on Jan. 3: St.-Sgt Dvir Emanuelof, 22, of Giv'at Ze'ev; Maj. Dagan Vertman, 31, of Maaleh Michmas; Capt. Yehonatan Netanel, 26, of Kedumim; St.-Sgt. Nitai Stern, 21, of Jerusalem; Corp. Yusuf Muadi, 19, a Druze soldier from Haifa; St.-Sgt. Alexander Meshbitzki, 21, from Be’er Sheva; Maj. Ro'i Rosner, 27, of Holon; St.-Sgt. Amit Robinson, 19, from Kibbutz Magal; and Captain Omer Rabinovitch, 23, from Arad.
Wounded and Homeless
780 soldiers and civilians received hospital treatment over the course of the war, including many who were treated for shock and trauma. As of Sunday, 64 were still hospitalized - 51 soldiers and 13 civilians. Soroka Medical Center in Be’er Sheva admitted the most patients during the war – 518, including nearly 200 soldiers.
Ten of the wounded are still listed in serious condition.
Thirty-five families were left homeless as a result of direct rocket hits, and 15 of them are still being housed in hotels.
Estimated Costs
War costs take into account ammunition, reserves soldiers’ salaries, direct and indirect damage to towns and property, losses to businesses, and more. Total costs of the war are roughly estimated at 5.5 billion shekels ($1.43 billion), including 250 million shekels ($65 million) in damage to agriculture in the south. Payments to reserves soldiers for missed days of work are estimated at 600 million shekels ($155 million).
Over 1,725 damage claims have been filed with the Finance Ministry’s Property Tax department. These include 424 damaged apartments and cars in Ashkelon, 404 in Ashdod, 388 in the Gaza Belt communities, and 324 in Sderot. A total of 268 cars were reported damaged by rocket shrapnel.
Industry in the south suffered direct losses of 88 million shekels ($23 million), largely because of worker absences. In factories within 10 kilometers of Gaza, worker attendance ranged between 40% and 60% during the three weeks of war.
How Many Rockets?
The IDF Spokesman's office said that a total of 640 Grad/Katyusha and Kassam rockets were fired into Israel by Hamas, as well as 180 mortar shells.
1,300 Arabs were killed in Gaza, including hundreds of terrorists, according to the IDF Spokesman's office. Hamas says 200 women and 410 under age 16 were killed, and 5,300 were wounded.
Three Arab leaders call for end of conflict with Israel in 2009
Time is GMT + 8 hours Posted: 18-Jan-2009 22:45 hrs
Egypt President Hosni Mubarak, Jordanian King Abdullah II and Arab League chief Amr Moussa called for an end to the Arab-Israeli conflict in 2009, at the end of a summit in Egypt Sunday. — AFP
European Leaders Fly to Egypt, Israel Reported: 11:15 AM - Jan/18/09
(IsraelNN.com) European Leaders will meet for an Egyptian cease fire conference Sunday before flying to Israel to meet with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, according to Army Radio. The cease fire conference will take place in Sharm Al Shiekh with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.In attendance will be UN Chief Ban Ki-Moon, and Prime Ministers of France, England, Italy, Germany, and Spain. In addition, PA Chief Mahmoud Abbas will attend. Afterwards, the leaders will travel to Israel and have dinner with Olmert.
Israel hopes peace will last as Hamas hits dead end
Updated Mon. Jan. 19 2009 8:11 AM ET CTV.ca News Staff
Israel's devastating offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip has laid the groundwork for what could be an unprecedented push for peace in the region, says a top spokesperson. The blitz by air, sea and land killed more than 1,200 Palestinians -- half of them civilians according the the United Nations -- before Israel announced on Saturday its decision to stop the attacks. Twelve hours later, Hamas also ceased shooting. Mark Regev, spokesperson for the Israeli government, told CTV's Canada AM that the militants have lost credibility and there is a new sense of hope that lasting peace can be achieved. Hopefully in the longer term, maybe later this year, we could see a peace process with greater momentum precisely because the radicals, the extremists have been discredited and the moderates are ready to stand at centre stage, Regev said. The path of radicalism followed by Hamas has been exposed as a dead end, Regev said. I think Palestinians are asking themselves today What did Hamas give us? What did this path of extremists bring to us? And I think today the whole extremist theology has been discredited.Regev also said the ceasefire will remain permanent so long as Hamas doesn't resume its barrage of rockets into southern Israel. There was also word on Monday that Israel planned to pull all of its troops out of the Gaza Strip by the time U.S. president-elect Barack Obama is inaugurated on Tuesday -- unless Hamas rocket fire resumed.
Thousands of Israeli troops have already pulled out of Gaza since Saturday, when Israel announced its unilateral ceasefire. Troops were still amassed on the border, however, ready to invade at the first sign of aggression from the militants. Israeli officials told The Associated Press that pulling troops out of Gaza ahead of the inauguration would set the stage for a smooth start to Obama's presidency. With a steady ceasefire in place, Obama would avoid having to wade into the conflict immediately after taking office. The officials spoke to AP under the condition of anonymity, because they are not authorized to speak publicly about the plan. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert shared the plan on Sunday with leaders from Spain, Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Czech Republic. They were in the region to shore-up the fragile peace deal. Olmert told the leaders he had no desire to maintain a military presence in Gaza. We didn't set out to conquer Gaza. We didn't set out to control Gaza. We don't want to remain in Gaza and we intend on leaving Gaza as fast as possible, he said, according to the officials cited by AP. Regev said the presence of the European leaders proves Israel is serious about achieving lasting peace and moving forward with a process of historical reconciliation.He also said Israel is doing all it can to bring relief to the citizens of Gaza who have been hardest hit by the conflict. We'll be a full partner in all international efforts to give humanitarian support to the people of Gaza, Regev said. The border crossings are open, from our point of view there are no limitations on the number of trucks going in with food stuff, medicine, emergency supplies for the people of Gaza. We want to see that support arrive in a timely fashion, we want to see in the correct volume, we want to see the people that need that human aid receive it immediately.
FORCING ISRAEL TO STOP BOMBING HAMAS WILL HELP TO KILL AMERICAS FUTURE POWER. THE EU IS GETTING TO BE THE WESTERN LEADER NOW LIKE THE BIBLE SAYS WILL HAPPEN.
Poll confirms US image problem ahead of Obama debut
VALENTINA POP Today JAN 19,09 @ 09:29 CET
The United States is viewed favourably by a majority of people in only two of the world's other 21 large economies, an Ipsos/Reuters poll shows, released two days ahead of Barack Obama's inauguration as America's 44th president.India (72%) and Poland (53%), along with the United States itself (74%), were the only countries where the majority gave America a favourable rating. In Britain and South Korea, the number of US supporters were equal to its critics.The nations with the strongest overall negative image of the US were Russia (60%) and Turkey (55%) – historically a strong US ally - followed by Argentina and three EU member states: Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands. The online poll of 22,000 people was conducted for Reuters by Ipsos Global Public Affairs, an international market research and polling company, in late November, weeks after Mr Obama was elected to succeed President George W. Bush.Ipsos polled people in the 22 countries that make up 75 percent of the world's gross domestic product: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Britain, Canada, China, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Turkey and the United States.
The nations surveyed named valuing human rights as the most important factor for a nation to earn respect, followed by respect for its citizens' rights and contributing to international peace and cooperation.Although the United States earned good reviews for having a high standard of living and contributing to the global economy, those surveyed ranked these issues far lower in importance.Obama follows Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr.Meanwhile, in Washington, president-elect Barack Obama will spend his last day before becoming US leader commemorating the figure of Martin Luther King Jr., after a weekend dedicated to president Abraham Lincoln.Mr Obama is set on Monday (19 January), the day the civil rights leader was born, to take part in a community renovation project in the Washington area commemorating Martin Luther King.On Sunday, he ended an historical two-day trip retracing the steps of Abraham Lincoln in 1861 as he travelled from Philadelphia to Washington to assume the presidency. Mr Lincoln, Obama's fellow Illinoisan, the country's 16th president, led the nation through its Civil War and ended slavery.A pop concert was also staged at the Lincoln memorial on Sunday, with famous singers and bands such as Bruce Springsteen, Beyonce, Mary J. Blige and U2.Between one and two million people are expected to make their way to Washington for the swearing-in ceremony and inaugural parade on Tuesday.
